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The herald., 1897-11-13
That Competing Steamship Line

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her.
aid: In regard to the opposition of our
Los Angeles merchants to the establish
ment Of a cheap transportation line to
San Francisco, have they not adopted
a rather provincial attitude and policy?
Los Angeles has now two competing
transcontinental railroads. while San
Francisco has but one; therefore, her
facilities for obtaining eastern supplies
and merchandise are at least as good as
those of her northern rival. Can she
not, under the circumstances. maintain
an Independent and dignified attitude?
Cheaper transportation between the two
ports will enable the enterprising Los
Angeles merchant to land goods in this
| city coming to San Francisco oceanward
cheaper than he otherwise could. and it
is difficult to see how ne or anybody in
this section of the state. will be harmed
under those conditions.
This city was once. and not so very
long ago, an insignificant town, largely
dependent on San Francisco, but 1t
should not be forgotten that we have
grown to metropolitan dimensions and
are today, not dependency, but rival,
and have a territory and clientage Of
our own. which will derive benefit from
whatever advantages we possess.
Would Philadelphia or Boston mer-
chants oppose better transportation
facilities between their respective cities
and New York lest some small modicum
of trade should be diverted from them
selves to the greater business mart? We
cannot conceive such thing possible.
Such a course would be bad policy and
bad business.
We criticise San Diego for harboring
petty and unworthy jealousies of her
larger sister city of Los Angeles. Let
us not be trapped into making similar
mistake in our relations with our larger
sister city. San Francisco. We rightly
condemn the exhibition of such spirit
in others. Let us not be guilty of 1t our
selves. Il. II. w.
The herald., 1897-11-13
The Wheat Supply


The October increase Of stocks Of
available wheat, United States and Cam
ada, was II, ,1O1, 900 bushels, smaller in
little more than half the October gain
in 1896, and a materially smaller total
than the increase during the same
month in 1894 and 1893. The Pacific coast
increase last month, 1.140,000 bushels,
is compared with an increase Of .429. 900
bushels in October a year ago, Is In con-
trast with a decrease IN October two
years ago, and may be compared with
a gain of 2,934,000 bushels in October.
1894. The total gain in wheat supplies
last month, United States and Canada,
1924, 900 bushels, is compared with .
corresponding gain Of 14,190,000 bushels
in October, 1896; 20,411 900 bushels In
October, 1896; 16,708,000 bushels In 1894,
and with 12,755,000 bushels in October,
1893. It will be recalled that available
stocks of wheat continued to decrease
east of the Rocky mountains through
the months of July and August, and that
the first gains were those reported In
September and last month. In view Of
the rapid movement of wheat during
the past sixty days, large totals Of in
creases in available supplies and the
heavy foreign shipments, 1t is of more
than usual interest to observe that the
total net increase of American and Cam
adian stocks of wheat since July 1st
last is only 1888. 900 bushels, compared
with 20,31S,000 bushels in a like portion
of 1896, 25,041 900 bushels in 1896, 44,379,-
900 bushels in 1884, and as contrasted
with a net increase of 14,907, 900 bushels
between July 1st and November1st, 1898.
These totals, taken In connection with
the extraordinarily heavy export move-
ment and the prospect for the continu-
ance of the latter will sooner or later
recommend themselves to the attention
of some in the wheat trade who have
not permitted themselves to be disturbed
by the statistical position of the cereal.
November increases In available
stocks Of wheat, United States and Can
ada and afloat for and in Europe, have
generally been quite heavy. In 1889 the
gain in the so-called worlds available
stocks of wheat amounted to %, 900
bushels, in 1890 it was only 10,0O0,000
bushels, but 1t was $4,000, 900 bushels In
1891 and 3,000, 900 bushels in 1892. The
November increase in the following year
amounted to 15,000,000 bushels at home
and abroad, to 16,OO0,0OO bushels in 1894,
to "a, ,O00, 900 bushels in 1895, and to 20 O00,-
900 bushels in 1896. For the past two
months decreases of wheat in the United
States and Canada have not been az
heavy, relatively, as in several preced-
ing years, while gains in stocks of wheat
afioat for and In Europe have been.
larger than usual. Should the October
movement continue during the current
month, the prospects are for q net In
crease in the worlds available stocks
of wheat between November 1st and
December !, 1897. Of at least 20.0000oo
bushels. y.
The herald., 1897-11-13
THE DEATH OF COLONEL AYERS

Our local columns contain news of the
passing away of Col. James J. Ayers, at
his home in Azusa, at o'clock yesterday
morning.
The salient incidents of his life are
given in short biographical sketch.
The. death of Colonel Ayers removes
from the sphere of earthly activities one
of the most notable characters in the
history Of this state. He came to the
coast among the earliest Of the pioneers
and at once took place among the lead
ers of thought and enterprise in the
heterogeneous population which gath
cred here from all shores.
Colonel Ayers character was COM
posed of all the elements that go to make
a great man, and it was singularly free
from all smallness. He was one of the
best read men in America, and one of
the best versed in the affairs of the
world. His intelligence was of remark
able keenness, and his grasp of prnci-
Piles most thorough. He formed clear
views of things through profound pene-
tration into their meaning and far
reaching comprehension of their rela-
tions.
But, keen as was the mind of the late
journalist, it was on the side of his moral
perceptions and of his affections that he
was greatest. Colonel Ayers instincts
We're all pure; his impulses We're all good
and his aspirations all noble. Without
parade or ostentation, he was q reformer
and philanthropist to the deepest re-
cesses of his soul. To be on the side of
right and truth and humanity was a
thing for which he claimed no credit, no
merit, no distinction, for the reason that
to be there was as natural to him as to
breathe. The true. the beautiful and the
good had for him fascination irresist-
ible, and to go counter to this influence
would have done violence to his nature
1t is superfluous to eulogize Colonel
Ayers. He is known in all parts of Cali
fornia, and the admiration of his char
acter and the love for his personality are
as wide as the circle of his acuuaint-
ance. Hundreds of thousands of readers
for half a century have read his classic
leaders in many newspapers with an ad-
miration which was practically without
bounds. 1t was not alone the polished
diction which charmed, but even more
so the pure vein of golden thought and
sentiment that flowed with each per-
fectly rounded sentence. He was one Of
the most forcible and convincing orators
that the state has possessed. His peri
DDS, flowing with natural spontaneity
charmed the mind and convinced the
heart of his hearer. In after dinner
speech he had few equals, and he spoke
in French as fluently and as eloquently
as in English. His pen often ran in
numbers, and his verse was full of in
spiration and of beauty. While on
his feet speaking his thoughts fire.
Quently We're expressed in blank verse
with a music so Shakespearean that his
listeners Were entranced.
Colonel Ayers life work is impressed
on the history of the state in characters
which are indelible, and so broad that
they must be seen and read of all men
truth which will make them fruitful for
good long after the earthly form has
crumbled into dust.
In the constitutional convention of
The herald., 1897-11-13
The Dullitt Proposition

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles Her
aid: The plan proposed by Mr.. J. c.
Bullitt for the unincation Of the banking
and currency systems OF this country, as
outlined in the press dispatches Of the
8th inst. ID in many respects an admira-
BILE one; and, IL based on the double
standard Of the constitution, in
stead Of on the ever-appreciating
single gold standard. or, II whilst
recognising that we are at present,
whether rightfully or not. practically on
the gold standard, it provided any
method for a gradual return to the prac-
tice Of the true principles Of money as
taught by the constitution, the plan In
its main features might be, and ought
to be. adopted with as little delay as the
actual situation will permit. .
But however admirable or whatever
the merits Of the proposed plan for the
unif1cation of our at present heteroge-
neous currency, 1t may as well be under
stood at the start as later that there Is
not the least probability, immediate or
remote, that congress or the American
people can be induced to adopt that or
any other plan based exclusively on gold
as the sole permanent primary money of
the country.
One hundred millions Of dollars in gold
locked up In safety vaults twenty-five
years ago and lying perfectly idle and
useless during all the intervening time
till now would buy from $110, 100000 to
$130, 900, 900 more Of the products of hu-
man labor today than the same quantity
of gold would have bought at the former
period. In other words, the 800, 600, 900
gold Of twenty-five years ago, without
activity of any kind and as an inert
mass, would have become now 5000, ,O00,-
900 to $3.50, 100000. Therefore the Amer
lean people for overwhelming economic
as, well as constitutional reasons, will
not make permanent standard for the
measurement of all material values,
both present and future, which fiuctu-
ates as gold has done, to their sorrow,
during the last twenty-five years.
The grand object Of the double stand
ard is to prevent these appalling varia-
tions of a single standard, which 1t will
effectually do. as France abundantly
demonstrated for seventy years prior to
1873
With some changes, the central idea
of the plan above referred to for the
much needed unification of our currency
and banking systems might be adjusted
to double standard, primary money
basis. HI. D. BARROWS.
Los Angeles, Nov. 10th.
The herald., 1897-11-13

money tor repairs IN this section than
Win ~ necessary for the abatement Of
the nuisance. II the work Is not done,
the expense Of repairs will be continued
indefinitely. One must also consider
the exasperating condition that has OBJ
tained for some time after every heavy
storm.
If the city council can find the money
for the work, 1t would be real economy to
carry out at once the recommendations
Of the city engineer.
The herald., 1897-11-13

The seed trade people ere about right.
If the congressmen insist upon . fres
seed distribution they should pay tbs
expenses out Of their own pockets. an
the scheme is for their own benefit. 1t
will be interesting to see what Secre-
tary Wilson has to say to the charge
that he is acting under false pretenses
In this important matter.
The herald., 1897-11-13
Alleged JobberY

If the old home for feeble-minded chill
dren at Santa Clara is sacrificed for
$4,000, the people Of California will be al
ways convinced that there was job.
and very rotten job, in the sale. VIII
they permit it to be carried out?-San
Jose Mercury.
The herald., 1897-11-13
Worked the Opposite Way

visalia gave the bloomer girls a good
crowd when they played their game Of
baseball here. but the crowd was moth
ing to the one that turned out to see the
girls at Tulare Sunday in spite Of the
half dozen protests that were circulated
and printed in the papers there. For
once those protests evidently worked
like boomerang-the opposite way to
the one ntended.-Visaiia Times.
The herald., 1897-11-13

The money received by the government
from the sale Of the Union Pacific rail-
road win. according to dispatches from
Washington. be needed to meet the cur
rent demands on the treasury and to
wipe out the deficit that has been rapidly
increasing since the passage of the
Dingley bill. The excess Of the expendi-
lures over the receipts since July LIST,
the beginning Of the fiscal year, amounts
to $42,000.000. This looks like paying
for q dead horse"
The herald., 1897-11-13
Rough on Uncle

If courts generally follow the precedent
established by Judge Allen Of Los An
geles, and decide that the Southern Pa
cific must return money for which it
has not given value received, Uncle
Coils yet may have occasion to regret
that he heedlessly gave away that ten
dollars.-San Francisco Examiner.
The herald., 1897-11-13

The New York Evening Post the day
after the election said:
The verdict Of the country in yester-
days elections was a severe rebuke to
the Republican party and the new adj
ministration. No president has re-
oeived SO heavy blow at the polls so
soon after his Inauguration.
If the election had been held earlier
the blow would have been administered
sooner.
The herald., 1897-11-13
WellP

Mondays Los Angeles Herald in a
long editorial openly declares that the
real money question now before the peo-
pie is, shall the government issue our
medium and control it's vol
ume or shall this sovereign function be
delegated to private corporations?
Evidently even the great journals are
rapidly progressing. Good.-San Ber-
nardino Free Press.
The herald., 1897-11-13
Horace Greeley's Mistake

Statistics for the past year and esti-
mates for next season demonstrate that
running for president was not the only
mistake made by Horace Greeley.
Thirty years ago that gentleman
prophesied upon g. visit to California
that our gold production would decline
to less than s10.0OO,OO0. The production
Of 1897 will be nearly double that
amount, and it is steadily increasing
San Francisco Post.
The herald., 1897-11-13
innitators.

Secretary Gage must sign his name
10000 times this week. Secretary Alger
would have to sign his name but once
in order to advertise for bids in the
San Pedro harbor work. One can't tell
very much about signs in the depart
ments at Washington.
The herald., 1897-11-13

chises and other special privileges. 1t
would be absurd to suppose that the
condition of a city so managed could be
improved by municipal ownership OF its
gas, water and electric light works. We
apprehend that the experience OF nine
out of ten American cities would be
identical with that of Philadelphia
Eureka Californian.
The herald., 1897-11-13

Great internal revenue frauds are be-
ing unearthed by the treasury depart
ment officials. They are supposed to
have occurred in New York city. The
southern moonshiners will now point
the finger Of scorn just as the southern
lynchers have reprobated their northern
imitatOrS
The herald., 1897-11-13
WHAT THE RESULT MEANS

The general result of the November
elections was rebuke to the party in
power and a distinct notification that
the silver cause is not dead. The New
York Sun-now Republican-says:
What does all this portend? 1t por-
tends a united Bryante Democratic
party in 1900, with the delegation from
the great and pivotal Empire State of
NAV York supporting the reaffirma-
tion of the Chicago platform, against
which it stood so solidly in 1896. 1t
means the unconditional surrender of
the New York Democracy to Bryan
ism.
And the New York Times says:
Every leader of the Bryanite party of
last year, from the candidate down,
takes fresh courage for 1900 from the
reaction against the Republicans on
Tuesday. 1t is plain that the most
powerful leaders of the Democratic
party of last year now mean to make
the fight again. and think they can win.
Of course it would never do for the
hide-bound Republican organs to ad-
NIT what such papers as the Sun and
the Times set forth so plainly, but they
recognize the situation, nevertheless. 1t
is easy to predict that the most strenu-
Gus efforts will be made to rivet the sin
gle gold standard about the necks of the
people, so that the work Of unshackling
it will be difficult four years hence. But
that is game at which two sides can
play.
The herald., 1897-11-13
The Farmers Institutes

The farmers of this county should
bring their wives and sons and daugh-
ters to the farmers institutes. They
will all return home satisfied with the
investment 1t will entail One new idea
acquired may save the expense many
times over-Fresno Expositor.
The herald., 1897-11-13

The Sultan refuses to do thus and so
until Greece signs the peace treaty. He
communicates the fact to his subordi-
nate, the concert of Europe, and the lat
ter informs Greece that it must sign. 1t
is not the first time sick man in the
house has made things lively for the
whole family
The herald., 1897-11-13

Miss Aria s. Huntington, Democrat,
Syracuse, N. Y, last week. Miss Hunt
ington is daughter of Bishop Hunt
ington of the Episcopal diocese of Cen
trail New York and a woman suffragist.
Tamamny did not win all the victories
in New York at the last election.
The herald., 1897-11-13
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION

State of California, County Of Los Ange-
less.
L. M. Holt, superintendent Of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
first duly sworn, deposes and says: That
for the five months from February l, 1897.
to June 30 1897 Qnclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was 1890 6S5
copies, being nm average daily circuln-
tiOn of SGO4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1.O71,567 being n daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,O59 beir- an average
for each Sunday of 1O.41i.
L. M. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of July, 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER.
Notary Public in and for the County of
Los Angeles State of California.
The herald., 1897-11-13
Perhaps

Los Angeles is taking on all kinds Of
metropolitan airs. An ordinance has
Just gone into effect there prohibiting
the hitching Of horses on the principal
business streets. We will be hearing Of
a Greater Los Angeles pretty soon,
that will take in Pasadena and all the
surrounding settlements. and then dis
pute with San Francisco the right to
be considered the first city on the Pa
cific coast.-Oakland Tribune.
The herald., 1897-11-13

Mrs. Mack in her confession declared
ter what hung over her. Her simile was
a trife unfortunate but distinctly ap-
urOpriate.
The herald., 1897-11-13
A Guarantee

"There's one amusing thing I've no.
ticed about self-made men,"
"And what's that?'
you get manufacturers guaran-
tee with every one of them."-Chicago
Journal.
The herald., 1897-11-13

How many inches of rain or feet OF
snow does it take to reduce a Republican
majority so per cent in off years? The
explanations of the falling off in the
Republican vote are beginning to come
in
The herald., 1897-11-13

A Cincinnati man, now under arrest In
London, said he would rather be hanged
in the United States than live longer in
England. Why didn't he stay here and
prove his sincerity?
The herald., 1897-11-13
One View of II

Municipal government in the United
States Is a failure. Our cities are domi-
mated by bosses who create and control
the city officials and from private cor
porations receive large sums for fran
The herald., 1897-11-13

Tod Sloan, the American jockey, has
now won a number of races in England.
We shall soon hear that he Is suspected
Of being cousin to man who once heard
that another man stole sheep.
The herald., 1897-11-13
The Paris Exposition

Paris exposition of 1900. Experts esti-
mate that it will be necessary for the
United States to expend $1,000,O00 in
order to make creditable showing.
The herald., 1897-11-13

Mr.. Quigg, the Platt Republican
chairman, is spending a few days at Old
Point Comfort.
The herald., 1897-11-13
THE PUBLIC PULSE

CHE Herald under this heading printa
Communications. but does not assume re-
sponsibility for the sentiments expreesed
Correspondents are requested TO cultivate
orevity - 'far ~ = consistent with the
proper expression Of their vieWs.>
The herald., 1897-11-13
Just for a Change

The price Of wheat Is still going down.
That wave" needs bracing from some
quarter, and we suggest that the presl-
dent order the price Of California fruit
The herald., 1897-11-13

Senator German must now regard
protection in the Democratic party as a
failure.
The herald., 1897-11-13

If Bob Fitzsimmons does not get his
solar plexus blow patented it will soon
become the plaything Of all the third
rate pugilists in the country.
The herald., 1897-11-13

It is about time for Poker" Davis and
his gang to round up another victim at
431is Spring street.
The herald., 1897-11-13

Speaking of offices, it is understood
that Tammany is in a receptive mood.
The herald., 1897-11-13

Los Angeles now has hitching orii-
nance, and there is no hitch In It's en-
forcement.-Santa Monica outlook.
The herald., 1897-11-13

Tiburon island should be stocked with
vegetarians.
The herald., 1897-11-13
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER IL, 1907.

The business Office Of The Herald has
been moved from the Bradbury build
ing on Third street to The Herald's new
home at 1873 South Broadway.
The herald., 1897-11-13
N o Hitch in It

elevated. just for . change.-visalia
Times.
The herald., 1897-11-13

EASTERN AGENTS FOR THE HERALD
A. Frank Richardson. Tribune building,
New York; Chamber of Commerce build
ing Chicago.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-01-27

years ago. He was the company's agent
at that place and it was alleged that he
had failed on demand to deliver or ac-
count for the grain purchased by him or
to pay over the money in his hands fur
nished him by the company for the pur-
pose Of buying grain, notwithstanding it
was one of the conditions of the bond
that he should do so. ".
At the trial of the case in the district
court, the defendants raised the point
that the company, in the conduct OF its
business, used and furnished, for the use
of its agent, scales which had not been
tested and sealed rs required by statute.
The supreme court holds that this fact
constituted no defense in favor of the
sureties. The illegal act alleged the
use of unseuleG scales in weighing graln)
constituted no link in the plaintiff S
claim or title to the grain or to the mon
cy. Neither was the plaintiff dependent
upon it for the purpose OF establishing
his claim,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-01-27

snitely ascertained, where about thirty
women and children were massacrcd on
an area of less than an acre,
The upper Minnesota valley is as beau.
itlfua as Cashmere, as celebrated as Wv
'oming and Glencoe, and as historic as
old Sparta, where s'bistory gives to eve
:ry rood a page
The young historical society is doing
well in recognizing and APP rrectating sk.z
character of its home, a,sl' in placing
these landmarks is performing valuable
work for Minnesota history. Never be-
fore has practical effort been made
ito thus Identify tile ground where Capt.
Marsh and his men pcrished by the first
bolts from the Indian storm cloud. and
no tablet of any kind has ever been
placed over the dust of poor jim Lynde,
one Of the founders Of the stat.. and a
gallant spirit withal. ss-v.
The histoiie points will all Ike 'partic-
ularly identified, and selected upon the
testimony of whites and Indians who
knew them in 1862, and the monunl ITS
will be placed early in the coming spring.
Press. ,.- -...
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-01-27
lie EAGLE MILL co: WINS.
Supreme Court Decides Point a
gainstI IDillman's Bondsmen.

she Eagle Mill Co. of this city has,by
tAfsecision of the Supreme Court, won
& round against Geo. Dillman, the
<6den buyer, and his, bondsmen. The
<asmen are all Sleepy Eye parties,
<sh McBain being among the number,
ls1t was through their attorney that
4 case was taken to higher court.
Z ne action was one that grew out Of
Dillman shortage at Cobden some
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-01-27

ankee Pancake Flour at 25c.. q sack.
Sleepy Eye Pan-kako and Golden
Harvest Breakfast ood at I0c i pack
500 st r. II. BEHNKE.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-01-27
CR0NE BROS.

our WHITE GOODS, EMBR0IDERlEs and LACEs all n
BEE our GOLD MEDAL DRESS GOODS FANCY RaeocADE,
ALL WOOL SERGE, ALL WOOL HENRIETTAand Fine M0HA1R
also NOVELTY sUlr1Ncs and all the latoss Styles in
DRESS GOODS Lowest Prices