The herald., 1897-01-29
called upon by their party to serve the
country. The hayseed and the sharp are
the favorites with the machine"
THE FIGHT AGAINST HORTI
CULTURE RENEWED

The university lobby has arrived from
Berkeley. The men paid by the state
to educate young people are educating
the legislators This is fortunate for the
young people. The two scholars In the
graduating class can scarcely spare any
of the forty professors, associate pro-
fessors, assistant professors. assistant
instructors, inspectors, foremen, labor
ers, ETC.. of their wonderful
agricultural tax eater. The two
scholars WILL. we hope, not be up
to their instructors as character
killers and agricultural falcirs. The
present campaign of this lobby is for
a big appropriation and slander night
against the state board OF horticulture.
The Berkeley agriculturists want the
property and appropriation OF the board
of horticulture. The result will be the
same as in the case of the viticultural
commissioner dissipation OF the prop
erty and a stop to all work. The viii
cultural money did enable the college
of agriculture to add one student to their
register by paying him $1,000 to keep the
wine cellar This may seem high to pay
for one student, but this college of agri-
culture has over $4,000 of state money
to burn every year. and $4,000 of federal
money which goes the same way. After
paying for their efficient lobby and pay
ing their newspapers through the coun-
try for putting their delightful deceptions
of how smart and honest they are they
still have about $4,000 for each gradu-
ate. The schools of Los Angeles, at the
same rate per scholar, would cost s400,
)Oo OOo This is neat sum of money.
To figure it out yourself, multiply the
20 900 for each Berkeley graduate by the
2O, 900 school children of the county The
taxpayer can see that it will not do to
extend agricultural education very far
at the Berkeley rate.
The most distressing feature Of the
Northern Californian college is its moral
blindness. Truth appears to be an en-
ire stranger to its active officers. These
men keep themselves in print. They
praise themselves anonymously. They
anonymously attack the reputation
and standing of those whose property
hey seek to obtain. These things are
lone regardless of honor and fair deal
ng.
What specially ruff1es our temper is
their malicious Misrepresentation of
men in Southern Califor-
Tia. Their renewed attack upon the
Hon. Ellwood Cooper recalls the cow
ardly efforts made two years ago by |
hese agriculturists when they were |
seeking to obtain the property and ap
Of the board. The Berke
ey people do not seem to have the first
dea of what an honorable man owes to
himself and to an institution like the
state university. The whole business
# the university ought to be gone over
cry carefully. The very fact that de- |
iberate and persistent libels against |
.ood citizens and that malicious mis-
presentations are made by its officers
nd tolerated by it's governing body is |
nough to show the standard of morals |
0 be low. The vast investments and |
oans of the university should be looked |
o. Southern California has nothing to
,ain from taxing itself and all it's inde-
'endent educational institutions for |
lander bureau at Berkeley. We are
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