Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-24
AND
WARNER SPEAK
REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT
ON SAME PLATFORM
Democratic Meeting at San Pedro Is
Large and huslastie-War-
ner Touches Up
Trusts

w. l.. Porterheld, the Long Beach
Republican and capitalist and a. d.
Warner, the well known attorney of
Los Angeles, held a largely attended
and enthusiastic meeting at San Pedro
last night.
Mr.. Porterneld continued his crusade
against the Southern Pacific machine,
and declared that 1t is the duty of all
good Republicans to set aside party
during the present state campaign and
assist the Democrats to overthrow the
Southern Pacific machine, which has
gained control of the Republican or
ganization and the state government.
MIR. Warner said in part;
"The railroad power has the san
Pedro harbor in it's relentless grasp.
My friends, do you realize that If Mr..
Porterfield should purchase a million
dollars worth of goods In New York
and order them shipped through this
port he would have to pay tribute on
every dollar Of it to the railway trust
You wake up in the morning and
throw off the cotton trust and jump
out of bed on the carpet trust You
light a match from the match trust
to burn the oil from the oil trust,
and put on your slippers from the boot
and shoe trust, and soap yourself with
the soap trust, and dry yourself with
the linen fiber trust.
You dress yourself with the cotton
trust and linen trust, the cellulofd
collar trust, the worsted trust, the
woolen trust and the boot and shoe
trust or rubber trust, while your wife
is wrestling with the gingham trust,
the pearl button trust, the ribbon trust
and the corset trust.
Trusts Ad Infinltum
You light a fire and burn the coal
trust in the stove trust and fry the
beef trust, salted with the salt trust,
in the frying pan of the steel trust,
while your wife puts the coffee trust
in the pot of the granite ware trust,
and you can say grace on the chair OF
the chair trust, with your head bowed
to the linen trust. You sweeten the
cereal trust with the sugar trust On
dishes and plates of the china trust or
tin plate trust, and eat your bread from
the flour trust or cornmeal trust dry,
or are choked by the pork and sausage
trust or the jungled beef trust.
after breakfast you smoke the to-
bacco trust and walk down the street
with your little boy and little girl
chewing the chewing gum trust,
carrying the slate and book trust on
their way to school. walking on the
cement trust or the brick trust or tne
asphalt pavement trust You go tol
YOUR place of business and open the
door of the sash and door trust by
turning the lock of the lock trust and
60 into your place of business and die
tate u letter to be written on the paper
trust by the lead pencil trust and
Transcribed OH the typewriter trust, and
then open the safe of the safe trust,
and then you are ready to wrap up
everything you have in the paper bag
trust and sell it to any one you can
trust.
You have the satisfaction of knowing
YOUR children are at school reading cut
of the book trust, printed by the ink
trust, while they are seated on the
school furniture trust, looking out of
the window of the glass trust, stuck
together by the putty and glue trust.
IF they come home sick, you can
give them quinine from the quinine
trust in capsules of the capsule trust
from the drug trust. While your over
faithful wife makes them clothes with
the thread trust on the bobbin and
shuttle trust on the sewing machine
trust, by the light of the gas trust,
or the incandescent light trust, or tai
low trust or the oil trust.
Even After Death
r'You go to bed on the mattress
trust, covered by the comforter trust,
or woolen blanket trust, and say your
prayers, Now I lay me, ETC., and put
me- in the shroIld trust and put me I'M