The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-10-29
ROTTEMEST CITY IN WORLD
San Francisco In The Hands Of a
Bad Gang.
SO SAYS 4. WElISCH IT TACOMA
IF PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS
ARE NOT cURsED IT WILL
NEVER BE REBUILT.
50 SAYS H. WElIscH At TACOMA

"San Francisco has become the rot
tenest city in the wor,>. The middle
class is being driven out and is being
replaced with thugs. The extortiona.e
demands Of the trade unions are throt-
thing the life of the California me.rop-
oils and she is in the hands of the
worst gang of political grafters that
ever disgraced an American munich
pality," declared Herman Weliscn, for
many years a resident of San Froncis-
CO, at the Donnelly Hotel at Tacoma.
Wages Too High.
"Sne will never be rebuilt if the
present state of affairs is not terminal
3D." he continued. ''The inflated prices
Of labor will kill her. Hodcarriers are
paid more than her college professors.
If brute strength commands premium
over brain power, what is the neces-
sity Of sending our children to school?
Rents have gone up out of all rea-
son. For three years 1 have lived in
one fiat. The rent has always been
$3.50 a month. 1t was recently raised
to $50. That is only sample of what
is true throughout the city. Excuse?
There is none, or, at least, no more ex-
only spring in a desert and charges 81
a glass for water. You buy or die.
This is Kidding the city Of the solid
middle class, which cannot stand the
pace Rascals are flocking in, and the
press dispatches are telling, day by
day, the result.
Insurance Rates Prohibitive,
Insurance rates are almost prohi-
bitive and what would happen if there
would be another fire I tremble to
think Present rates in good COM
panies vary from to 10 per cent AMI
often insurance cannot be had even at
those figures. The fight against the
German and Austrian companies which
defaulted is, read in the papers, to be
carried into those countries. I think
the pride, if nothing else, of the kaiser
will be so touched that he will virtually
compel the courts to grant San Fran
cisco justice.
Ruef Gang Bad One.
mo other political ring but Tam
many under Tweed and Croker ever
grew SO corrupt as San Francisco un-
der Ruef and his gang. I was glad to
read in tonight's paper that the courts
have, temporarily, at least, blocked
their bold move to GUST LangdOn and
Heney from the prosecuting attorneys
It has come to be a question in San
Francisco of whether the government
is at Washington, D. c., or whether
the government is in the hands of CAL
lagher and Mccarthy.
"In my mind it is doubt whether
Ruef and his associates have been US
ing the unions to achieve their unholy
purposes Ut WHCliICI 'iC oiiAOiio laSS
zen utilizing the politicians. 1t is so
now in that city that if an American
citizen, not a member Of union, comes
in. he must either swallow his princi-
pies and join the union, or die. or get
out
"Los Angeles has now greater pop
ulation than San Francisco. 1 think
that was shown very decidedly by the
last election in the two cities. San
Francisco polled $1,000 votes and Los
Angeles $1,000"
Mr.. welisch is looking for loca-
ton in the Pacific northwest and IL
planning to make his home in one of
the Washington or oregon cities at
once.