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The herald., 1898-01-08
The Cotton Industry

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
The free traders of this country are to
be congratulated upon the admission this
morning by one of the leading protection
papers of California that so far as the
cotton industry is concerned 1.-The protec-
tive tariff is powerless to secure the wan
ing supremacy of New England" But
how strangely this sounds coming from
paper that such a short time ago shouted
for Mckinley and protection as the panacea
for all our ills
AS to the claim that it is southern COM
petition" that is running New England,
please hear what a correspondent OF the
Woonsocket Reporter, writing from Spar
tenberg, Carolina, has to say:
"There are no fine goods made in the
south. What they call fine goods here are
No. 30 yarn. Fine goods as we know them
in New England are unknown here. A
first class weaver averages from 20 to
$3.50 per week This Is about the average
all over the south. When/the fine goods
mills in the north cry southern competi-
tion,' they make false statements"
The last cut in wages at Lowell previous
to the one Of this week was made IN 1885,
while the Mckinley bill was in operation
Wages were restored in 1895, under the Will
son bill, and have been practically working
full force and time ever since, up to the
passage of the Dingley bill, contrary to
all expectations of protectionists. Now
the Dingley bill, instead of raising wages,
as its author and friends claimed 1t would
causes a cut and reduces wages even lower
than they were under the Mckinley BILL
Mr.. Editor, it Is said that in this world
there are a great many kind OF fools.
Will you please inform me what species
or variety the mill operatives of Lowell
belong to. who would vote for protective
tariff either with or without Mckinley?
j. r. p.
The herald., 1898-01-08
A DISGUSTING SPECTACLE

OF all the many repulsive features Of
the Durrant case the spectacle of the
parents of the condemned man in the
last hours of his miserable existence,
trading upon the incidents that marked
the approach Of the hour of execution,
was the worst. 1t is almost incredible,
yet it is related that Mrs. Durrant in
terrupted an Associated Press man in
the middle of a sentence to say that a
monetary consideration was expected.
Everything that Theo says now is
worth a good DEAL the mother said.
of the eastern papers,
The father, it is also reported, begged
the sheriff to allow his son to pose be-
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fore the kaleidoscope. 1t is to the credit
of the official that he refused to con-
slider the proposition.
1t is possible that the long siege
through which the Durrants have
passed since their son was arrested. the
many trials and disappointments to
which they have been subjected, the
constant association with all the re-
pulsive features Of the crime. and the
Objectionable manner in which the case
has been exploited in the yellow news
papers, have so dulled the sensibilities
Of this unhappy couple that they are
unaware Of the dreadful light in which
their speculative spirit has placed them.
The Herald can conceive of no other
explanation. 1t is to be hoped that the
country will be spared the spectacle of
the aged couple standing upon the plat
form of a dime museum, the center of
attraction for gaping, morbid minded
crowd
The herald., 1898-01-08
THE NORTH WIND

What tickle, double dealing fellow is
saves, with the next he may destroy.
Southern California has thus far ex-
perienced very dry winter. The lack
of rain is approaching the dimensions
wind has been blamed for it all. Boreas
is charged with driving back the mois-
ture- laden clouds that would be glad
to deposit their contents on the parched
evil genius of the drought.
That is one side of the story. Here is
the other. A short time ago this sec
ton of the country was visited by pro-
longed cold snap. 1t was feared for a
time that great damage had been done
to the orange and lemon crops, and to
the citrus fruit trees by the frost; yet
time proved that the injury was very
slight. even in the sections outside the
frostless belt. And it was the north
wind that saved the crop.
1t was this way, as an old-timer in
Southern California explains it: The
constantly blowing north wind tenn
pered the frost to the exposed oranges,
the agitation of the atmosphere prevent
ing the biting visitation from getting
good grip on the vegetation and fruit.
So long as the north wind held, the
crop was safe; but if it had ceased be-
fore the cold snap expired, great dam
age would have been done.
We may as well call the account with
the north wind square.
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e5ANQElfs ~ e'i; szh hls: IS

demand for them will undoubtedly be in
excess of the supply.
Now, In order to secure the greatest rev.
enue from this business, as one license Is
vacated and makes room for new one
to be issued, let all have an opportunity
to put in a bid for 1t, with the understands
ing that no bid will be considered for less
than a named price.
The fewer the saloons the better. The
higher the license the fewer the saloons.
BY keeping the number of saloons at Its
present limit, or even reducing 1t materi-
ally, and then auctioning off the licenses
to replace those that drop out, 1t will in
time be seen what value the saloon men
themselves will place upon the privilege
of carrying on a business which but very
few will claim does not do more harm than
good.
BY this course there can be fewer sa.
looms and probably more revenue; unless
1t might be thought better to keep the
revenue at a fixed amount and reduce the
number of saloons as much as possible
and keep the revenue up to the fixed
amount by selling a smaller number OF
licenses at a higher price.
POMAGADEL.
Los Angeles, January 9Th. 1T
The herald., 1898-01-08
BONDS AND BANK NOTES

Section of Secretary Cages pro-
posed bill for placing the finances of this
country upon the gold basis, authorizes
the secretary of the treasury to re-
ceive the per cent bonds of 1904, and
other bonds, and to issue in exchange
therefor new bonds bearing interest at
the rate of 21s per cent per annum, re-
deemable after ten years, the principal
and interest of which are payable in
gold.
1t would be decidedly to the advan-
tage of the government to exchange
500, OOO, 900 of per cent bonds for the
same amount of 21s per cent bonds, be-
cause it would be a saving in interest
of 50, 500, 900 per annum. and no sensi-
BILE person could. or would, object to
this.
But this same section provides that
none of the outstanding bonds shall be
received at a valuation greater than
their present worth to yield an income
of 2ls per cent" What does this mean?
The present market value of the 5
per cent coin bonds is about 1885, The
market value of the proposed 2H per
cent bonds would be about los. Does
this mean that the secretary Of the
treasury is authorized to issue to the
holders Of the presents per cent bonds,
of which there are 500, 200, 900, sufficient
of the 2la per cent bonds to make up the
difference in market value between
them, or, in other words, to give $780,
600, 900 of 2lh per cent bonds in exchange
for $1OO, 900, 900 per cent bonds?
Or, does it mean that since s100,00000O
of the 5 per cent bonds will yield an in
terest income of $4,000, 900 per annum, or
$25, 1000 900 for the five years which they
have to run, and that since $4,000 900.
at the rate Of 212 per cent per annum
for the period of five years, would be
the interest upon the principal sum of
5000, 100000 that the secretary of the
treasury would be authorized to issue
the latter amount of 21a per cent bonds
in exchange for the 100000 900 of per
cent?
Just what this section does mean 1t is
impossible to tell, but it is plain, how
ever, that it is in keeping with the
other provisions in this bill and that it is
intended-not to reduce the interest
burden upon the people-but to clothe
the secretary of the treasury with au-
thority to increase the bonded indebted
ness and thereby afford a means of in
creasing the issue of bank notes, of re-
firing the greenbacks and, by playful
trick, converting the coin bonds into
gold bonds.
1t will now be in order for the phil
osophers of the gold standard school to
enlighten the people upon this misty re-
funding scheme and tell them wherein
they will be benefited by it, and at the
same time it might be we'll for these
same philosophers to explain to the
people how it is that the interests of the
bondholders and the bankers, not the
bond payers and banknote borrowers,
are so carefully protected and profitable
modes of speculation provided for them
alone.
The herald., 1898-01-08
Just the Thing

The annual edition Of the Los Angeles
Daily Herald, issued on January 2. 1885
shows the wonderful progress made by
that excellent journal. 1t presents In =
comprehensive manner reliable and valua-
BILE information concerning the resources.
Industries and charms of beautiful South
ern California 1t shows the progress made
during the past year In different sections,
and contains special articles on the In
dustries and special advantages Of South
ern California In fact, 1t contains just
the kind of information which people In
the blizzard-stricken east are anxious to
secure 1t is valuable number.-Santa
Monica Signal
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MARKETS FOR OUR FRUITS

AHe san rrdHClSco call, in discussing
the necessity for finding new markets
for California fruits, suggests that in
dividual and corporate effort be directed
toward introducing our oranges into
other than the large markets, where, as
nowhere else, they come in direct COM
petition with the imported article from
Palestine and other semi-tropical for
eign countries There is more in the
suggestion than would appear on the
surface. There are scores of cities
ranging in population from ten to one
hundred thousand, scattered over the
country from Denver to the seaboard,
that never get sight of California fruits.
and hence know nothing of their excel
lence. This is due to a variety of causes.
but mainly to the fact that the profits
of the middlemen are greater upon the
imported than upon the domestic pro-
duct, although the superior manner in
which the foreign article is packed for
the market may have something to do
with 1t.
1t remained for Los Angeles lady to
furnish a practical illustration of the
efficacy of individual effort in the d.
rection of creating new demand for our
citrus fruits. Between the sessions of
the national gold convention at Denver
last summer, being a delegate from the
mining exchange of this city, she saun-
tered into the fruit exchange section
and. displaying samples of Southern
California oranges, soon placed orders
for three carloads, at figure consider
ably in advance of the market quotation
for Florida and imported fruit, which
have for years had a practical monopoly
of that trade, supplies arriving via the
Gulf ports. What this energetic lady
accomplished in one place can be dupli-
Gated in hundred others that have not
had the privilege of choosing between
our fruits and those grown elsewhere.
Colorado is becoming a great producer
of the harder varieties of fruits, the
product of 1897 aggregating $500, 900 in
son that the producers learned how to
profitably market their crop. For years
they had been at the mercy of the COM
mission men In Chicago and elsewhere,
but last spring by thorough organiza-
ton they broke away from the thrall-
dom. Aided by the railways they sent
agents to all Missouri river towns and
to other places more remote, to open
sion men of those towns and to secure
all the information possible regarding
the demand Of the trade in each, how
best to prepare the fruit for the varying
conditions of each, the probable con-
based upon local statistics,
and other equally valuable facts. The
net result has been most gratifying, and
scores Of new markets have thus been
opened.
The cooperation Of the railroads, 1t
may be mentioned in passing, has
been an important factor in the
success of the Colorado fruit
growers in placing their surplus
products. Several If not all the Trans
lines sent their own travelling
agents into the field to bring the merits
of Colorado fruit to the attention of
consumers in the Missouri and Missis-
sippi valleys, and If they made some
in rates, "just to introduce
the goods" we shall not violate conf
dences by giving away the information.
The Herald hopes there is helpful sug-
The herald., 1898-01-08

The Post-Dispatch wants all the silver
and gold belonging tothe government re-
moved to st. Louis, to save it from cap
ture by hostile foreign fleet. If it is to
be stolen, the people won't care much
what class of foreigners get it, Span
iards or Missourians.
The herald., 1898-01-08
The Christmas Herald

The Christmas number of the Los AM
geles Herald was issued on the 26th, and
is an issue of forty-four pages. with the
cover pages elegantly printed In colors
The issue is full of interesting reading for
the people of its section, and Is in keeping
with the usual enterprise shown by that
journal, which is one of the leading papers
Of California. If newspaper enterprise goes
for anything, The Herald should certainly
prove q characterization News,
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mulgated in this country; nor will he
lose any votes because of his advo-
cacy of the other reforms which the
World even now so vehemently de-
mands.
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Her Explanation

This building" said the little city girl,
who was taking her little country cousin
around and showing her the sights, sis
called the half-orphan asylum. They in
tended to make whole asylum out of It,,
but they found they didn't have money
enough, expect."-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1898-01-08
The Collar He Wanted

IT want" he said firmly, lone Of those
paradoxical collars"
"Er-er, what is the name again, please?"
asked the puzzled clerk.
Il don't know. 1t is rundown. stand
up affair.-Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une.
The herald., 1898-01-08

The Cuban relief committee appointed
by the president makes an urgent appeal
for contributions for the suffering
islanders. The plan Of distribution de-
scribed in our news report this morning,
seems to be we'll adapted to the end de-
afrnd
The herald., 1898-01-08
The PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
Eponsibility for the sentiments expressed.
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as Is consistent with tho
proper expression of their visws)
The herald., 1898-01-08

My summons came at midnight. Hur-
riedly dressing. repaired to the jail,
abundantly supplied with soft paper, but,
unfortunately, and owing to my haste in
getting away. with only a single lead PEN
Gil. I was at once introduced to the cell
of the condemned man. He was attired
only in suit Of underwear, and half re-
clined upon the proverbial iron bed. The
turnkey closed the iron door and passed
out into the corridor. He had been act
ing as death watch, and must have been
very sleepy for in an incredibly short
space OF time 1 heard his sonerous breath
ing, and later his snores reverberated
through the corridors of the prison. The
circumstance did not impress me as ON
nous at the time. but later it entered my
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the coming Industrial revolutions; the
construction of deep harbors on the
Texas gulf coast and Southern Califor-
MAS seaboard indicate the coming COM
mercial revolution. The two facts men,
ace continued eastern domination in
the affairs of the nation.
The herald., 1898-01-08

A New York Herald correspondent, in
our dispatches this morning, gives a
very interesting and succinct account of
the strength and condition Of the insur-
gent forces In Cuba, from personal OBJ
Seryation,
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There is a good deal of opposition to
the suggestion that the United States
senators be elected by direct vote of
the people. The money class clings
tenaciously to the inalienable privilege.
Why should their rights be infringed?
The herald., 1898-01-08

Secretary Gage should cooperate
with Secretary Alger in getting those
supplies into the Klondike. With meat
at 81 pound, he may be able before the
season is ended to dissipate the deficit.
The herald., 1898-01-08

A New York jury has fixed the value
Of Anthony Comstock's reputation at six
cents. In view of the fact that all COM
modities are falling in value, this esti-
mate seems excessive.
The herald., 1898-01-08

Everything impressible within the
control Of the administration, saving
the White Squadron, has been dis
patched to Columbus to succor the
stranded Cleveland statesman.
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to protect our interest in the orient, we
must needs go into the port-grabbing
business. He doubts not that China
will be disposed to grant to the United
States any privileges yielded to other
nations, but thinks our interests can be
amply protected by treaties.
The herald., 1898-01-08

Numerous patrons have occasion to
remember DR.. Evans, the Paris dentist,
and will rejoice to learn that he died
comparatively poor. leaving but four
million dollars to his INDECENT heirs.
The herald., 1898-01-08

An intimation comes from London
that the British government will de-
mand of China. in consideration of guar
anteeing a new loan of 100000, 900,
that she open several new treaty
ports to the commerce of the world. A
public declaration of such policy would
do much to allay popular feeling, here
and elsewhere, regarding the movements
of the powers In the east.
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Feels So. Too

Patience-What is the cheapest looking
thing you ever saw about bargain coun-
ter?
Patricia husband waiting for his wife.
-Yonkers Statesman
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Home Remedies

in day."
What do you give her?'
Nothing; / simply say that If she Is
we'll by night 1 will take her to the thea
ter."-Chicago Record.
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With the proverbial newspaper instinct,
1 had courted the fellows good will dur
ing the months that he was confined In
the town jail, calling upon him frequently
and helping him to tobacco, fruit and other
dainties not included In the phson menu.
I easily won his friendship, and he prom
ised. before being removed to a neighbour
ing county to be executed. that he would
tell me the story of his life, that it would
be interesting throughout, and. best Of all,
that 1t should be exclusive. The jailer had
agreed to notify me at once upon receipt
of an order Of removal. I retired on the
night before the day set for the hanging
with the belief that Foster would be taken
away on the regular passenger train the
next morning at o'clock Instead 1t was
arranged to put him aboard a freight train
passing ait In the morning. in order
to circumvent any scheme for his rescue.
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store for the American people, but un-
fortunately for them the store is locked.
The herald., 1898-01-08
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATE,

State of California. County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. NJ Holt, superintendent Of circulation
of the Los Angeles Daily Herald, being
first duly sworn. deposes and says: That
for the five months from February !, 1897.
to June 30. 1897 dnclusive), the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was / .29o 635
copies, being an average daily circuln-
tion of S6O4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,071,5s7. being n daily
average of S3O6 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 2ls,05s. being an average
for each Sunday of 1O,431.
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., 1898-01-08

The Hanna shouters are making the
most Of the fact that the state conven-
ton Of the Republicans instructed in
present condition of Ohio politics. that
has any significance. Not one of them
but knows that Mr.. Hanna would not
dare submit his cause to the popular
vote of the Buckeye state
The herald., 1898-01-08

If all the names Of all the applicants
for position in the census bureau are
carefully recorded, half the work will be
done.
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1t will pay the nation to settle with
Mr. Hanna on a cash basis. The pow
ers evidently believe in the doctrine of
squatter sovereignty
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Los Angeles, January 9Th.
Saloon Licenses at Auction

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles Herald:
Los Angeles has practically reached the
limit of available saloon licenses and the
The herald., 1898-01-08

Another deplorable phase Of the Ohio
struggle is that Mark Hanna is sure to
raise the price.
The herald., 1898-01-08

General Grosvenor has become the
national idol of the pie hunters.
The herald., 1898-01-08

Secretary Sherman. as will be seen by
disposes of the lingo notion that, in order
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The story told me by Foster was simply
blood-curd1ing. 1t coqHrehended all the
details, told with remarkable particularly,
of a dozen bank robberies, half as many
train holdups, daring burglaries and crimes
Of lesser degree. covering a criminal rec
ord of unusual boldness spread out over
twenty years. He talked fast and I wrote
rapidly. fearing the officers would come
for him before SHOULD secure the full re-
lation. 1t was not Until l found 1t neces-
sary to sharpen my pencil that realized
the peril or the possibilities within easy
reach Of this hardened criminal. 1t was
large pocketknife, and Its major blade
was long and sharp. I was a physical
weaklins, he very giant in stature and
strength. 1t was possible for him to
spring upon and overpower me, cut my
throat with the knife, and pass out to the
spot where the only other occupant Of the
jail sat soundly sleeping, the keys by his
side.
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Foster had committed a most atrocious
crime. Tramping through the country In
the companionship of a negro, he had pro-
posed to hold the latter's gun while he went
into an orchard to secure some fruit. and
when his back was turned he shot him
dead, with no other motive, so far as was
developed by the evidence. thin desire to
possess the weapon. His vicious nature
and criminal record were notorious. and
he was brought to the Jail for safe keeping.
the authorities fearing that some members
of the James boys gang, Of which 1t was
believed he had been member, might. at
tempt rescue. Some years had passed
since the commission of the crime for
which he was to be executed. all the tech
nitalities of the law having been invoked
in his behalf.
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Time and again did I endeavor to bring
the agonizing interview to a close. AS Of
ten did he start upon new and
thrilling incident In his eventful ca
reer Never did pencil need Sharp
ening so often! How the turn
key snored! The gloomy silence of the
prison. aside from this, was appalling.
l did not display my fear. To
have disclosed my apprehensions would
have been fatal "tollied" my subject to
divert his attention from my trembling
hand. laughed to conceal the terror that
filled my whole being. simulated an ease
and a nonchalance that was as foreign to
my emotions as hope of liberty and life
was to his calloused heart. I fancied at
times that he recognized his opportunity.
and that he was only delaying execution
that he might the better arrange his plans
of attack and escape. But never once did
it occur to me that might circumvent him,
that 1 could make an outcry that would
avail me in the emergency, that the sleep
ing turnkey could be aroused in time to
save my precious mech!
The herald., 1898-01-08
A Night Of Terror

I once spent four dreadful hours in the
cell Of a condemned murderer. under cir
cumstanoes of extreme peril. They were
the four hours Immediately following mid
night. They were also the longest hours
ever passed. My companion was to
be hanged during the day that
was just dawning. Life and liberty
were within his reach, had he
but realized 1t. He at least had 1t In his
power to estcape the confines of the pris-
on. and possibly elude the officers. The
Jail was within two squares of swift
flowing river upon which all sorts of craft
were plying. Numerous railroads had
common center near by. The night was
dark, the streets quiet and unfrequented.
The dullness of James Fosters percepcive
faculties cost him this opportunity to at
least temporarily escape the gallows-this
possible chance to secure liberty and life.
1t also saved me from most embarrassing
and dangerous situation.