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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
THE STATE NORMAL

1t is regrettable that the board OF
trustees of the state normal school
should ignore the moral, if not the legal,
responsibility of the state as between
the school and the city of Los Angeles.
The board now proposes to receive Of
fers Of new sites and such sites are not
to be confined to this city, but will be
acceptable from anywhere-at least no
limitations appear in the notices pub
lished.
But it should be remembered that the
people of this city raised the cash re-
quired to donate The site which the
board of trustees now proposes to sell
for a sum not less than $500,000. The
people of Los Angeles by their generous
donation at a time when the city was
small procured the land which today
enrlches the state to the tune of half
a million.
A moral obligation exists to rebuild
and re-establish the state normal school
in Los Angeles. 1t belongs here. Every
interest of the state and of the stu
dents demands that it remain here.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
DOESN'T LIKE BRYCE

The appointment of the Hon. James
Bryce as British ambassador at Wash
lngton does not find favor among Cana
dian public men. They would have pre-
rerred a diplomatist of the old British
type, trained in the service from his
youth.
The appointment is looked upon here
as a step on the part of England toward
conceding the American claim to the
establishment of a new diplomacy, made
successful in London by such men as
Reid, Choate, Ha Bayard and Seward.
Granted that Bryce is one of the great
est publicists of he dsy, it is felt here
that Canadian interests, which are
growing more important yearly, would
have been safer under an appointment
from the regular staff. 1t is recognized
that Great Britains desire is to be a
little more than friendly to the United
States and that Bryce's appointment
will allay the last lingering doubt OF
this at Washington, but feeling is
strong in Ottawa that this friendship
may cost Canada too deal.
The Alaska boundary award and the
Newfoundland fisheries dispute are for
the moment uppermost in the Canadian
mind, and future diplomacy will be
watched with some anxiety. 1t Is true
that there is every prospect of Cam
adian being attached to the British
embassy, which suggestion comes from
President Roosevelt himself, but such
an attache will have little or no say
In matters of imperial moment, even in
those in which Canada is concerned
Ottawa (Ont) di=2atch to the New
York Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
EiAl1l3 SIR '[!llt'| Is ;{!Eltla5| ,||EIg!k5

Pacific has this line as a mere incident
In Its acquisition. mere link in the
chain with which 1t binds the continent.
BY purchases in the Atchison and con-
troll of the Southern Pacific, Mr.. Har-
riman holds the entire transcontinental
situation south of he two Hill lines
the Northern Pacific Id Great North
ern. He has begun to parallel one of
these He traverses his transcontinen-
tai lines by the Illinois Central, from
the lakes the gulf. Holding the west.
this new empire has stepped into the re-
gion- from which the pennsylvania
withdrew (because 1t feared itself liable
to the law against etising competition)
by buying into lines eac,l side of the
Pennsylvania, the b, ltimore & Ohio
and the New York central. Lastly, H.
c. Frick, who appeared on the board Of
the Atchison after he purchase of 25,-
900 or more shares Of that road on behalf
of the Union 'acific. has just appeared
on the board of the Pennsylvania itself.
Philadelphia Press.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
EASTERN FLOODS

A person who has never witnessed a
great river flood cannot fully compre-
hend the news Of the last two or three
days from the flooded districts of Penn
sylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Even
the most graphic description fails to
convey to the mind an adequate idea
of the awful yet grand and fascinating
spectacle.
The reports from Pittsburg and there
about tell of whole blocks of submerged
homes of people huddled in the sec
ond stories of their dwellings, terrified
by the fear of being swept into the
swirling waters below; of hotel guests
"either marooned or compelled to use
skiffs to and from the buildings" etc.
But only the spectator can fully real
ize what such description means. One
who has witnessed such an extraordi-
nary flood as is now reported in the
upper Ohio river and it's tributaries
will be likely to rate 1t as the most awe
inspiring of natural forces. A great
confiagration, a terrific storm, or even
/ a iiAOuSAaAS 1dllHludht uOeS not impress
the beholder as equally awesome with
mighty flood.
And flood more or less destructive
is an annual visitor to all orr large
rivers. 1t is looked for every spring
in all sections OF the United States
where there are rivers whose sources
are subject to winter accumulations OF
snow and ice. In the rivers of the
eastern states the floods come with the
first warm ra of spring, the usually
rapid fall in grade causing the waters
to rush in torrents from the tributary
streams. In the great 'rivers OF, the
west. particularly the Missouri anc
Mississippi, the food movement is quite
slow In the main streams, causing the
floods therein to appear weeks and ever
months later than in the eastern rivers
No Southern California reader of tn,
eastern flood news can fail TO Zee
thankful that he lives in a so-caliet
semi-arid land. where the horrors OF
great flood are practically unknown
And such a reader Is oiled with thank
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
THE NEW RAILROAD EMPIRE

All the steps by which it was con-
quered will not be known until the In
vestigation of the interstate commerce
commission at Seattle is completed; but
enough is already revealed to show that
II. H. Hartman Is now the head of a
railroad system which makes II other
combinations look Ike mere provinces
and branch roads. When the Penn
sylvania ended rate cutting by its pur-
chase OF shares In the Baltimore q Ohio
and other lines about 1t, the report was
widely circulated taat its next purchase
giving II control IN the .Atchison, To-
peka a Santa Fe.
The new railroad empire OF the Uniten
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
EARTHQUAKES AND CITIES

Surprise is expressed in some quar-
ters because the people of Kingston.
like those of San Francisco, propose to
rebuild their shattered city substan-
TALLY where it stood before. With re-
spect to Kingston the prediction is
made that 1t can never regain the
fiourishing tourist trade which did so
much to promote its prosperity. AS for
San Francisco, the statement is made
that a large portion of the business
which 1t formerly transacted with
Alaska has been transferred to the
more northerly ports of Seattle and
Tacoma, and will not return to the
Golden Gate.
1t may be doubted whether in either
instance the prophecies will come true.
Certainly the American people would
have been greatly surprised If the San
Franciscans had announced last April
that they intended to shift their COM
munity because 1t had been devastated
by the twin agencies of earthquake and
fire. 1t seems undisputed that the
Pacific slope metropolis is in region
which is peculiarly exposed to seismic
shocks Moderate and innocuous dis
turbances of this sort were compara-
lively common for many years before
the great quake came last spring. Yet
since these manifestations may not
show themselves in destructive form
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
THE TOBACCO TEST FOR NOVELS

The other day in public library in
London an attendant noticed a young
girl shifting suspiciously at the books
When he asked the reason of her
strange conduct she told him frankly
Il sniff at n book" she said, ito see u
IL smells of tobacco. IL II does, then
know it's a book man has been read
ing. and that It's good one"
This is a novel literary test, but a
wise one In some respects Horse sense
lies behind 1t, and feminine intuition
Still, 1t wouldn't do for the girl who
practicel II to announce her habit to
the suffragists who are now kicking ur
such a Robbery in London town. They
would denounce her as q traitor to her
sex, when, as matter of fact, she Is
simply showing her fidelity to 1t.
Novel reading is popularity supposed
to be much more practiced by women
than by men, but any clerk in a book
shop or attendant In library will tell
you otherwise. More men read novels
than Is generally supposed; more men
read love stories than would willingly
admit It, But they want q good grade
of romance, something that is woven
of the flbers of the world rather than
the moonbeams of sentimentality. They
love sentiment, but they have no use
for mush.
So the love story or the tender little
tale that sends out odors of stale to-
bacco when it's pages are opened can be
accepted with confidence by fair read
ers. They can accept this nicotine In
dorsement in more stirring things as
well. The woman of today-active,
muscular, ozonated with her open-air
life-likes good lusty fiction herself.
She has a fondness for heroes with
bulldog chins who do masterful
things; for rattling good fight, with
sword or with fists, according to the
period of the tale.
She can enter, also into the spirit OF
the modern novels which have the bat
ties of business in them, although she
cannot appreciate all their fine points.
So when she scents the flavor of good
cigar on the pages of the next bit Of
muscular fiction she picks UP, she can
take 1t without hesitation.
Still, this tobacco test has its dan
gers. A willy librarian, letting out his
wares at the usual rate, could make a
run on an inferior book by having the
office boy come boldly out into the open
with his cigarette smoking and scent
the pages of all his copies. But such
a practice would react, and so the
woman who shifts books for masculine
approval can depend on the testimony
of her nose to guide her selection
Cleveland leader.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
ROOMS WARMED WITHOUT FIRE

Electric heating rugs are the newest
innovation calculated to make the
house owner and home maker smile
with gladness and relief. In the Feb
ruary number of the Technical World
Magazine an article by r. c. Perkins
describes this new addition to domestic
comfort and economy. Imagine rugs,
carpets, and comforters so heated by
electricity as to warm the rooms In
which they are used, and then imagine
the effect of such an innovation IN your
own home-on your own housekeeping.
Think of a dustless, odoRless, noisele5s
heating system in your house, which
preserves an even temperature, makes
no trouble, requires practically no care,
and which not only banishes stoves,
radiators, registers and all such cum
brous, unsightly things, but hides the
very presence of it's own mediums of
radiation in the heart of some beauti-
fully decorative fabric. 1t seems like
the perfection of devices for satisfac-
tory heating. 1.-THE advantages of this
new SYSTEM" says the author, "are
many. 1t can be used wherever incan-
descent lights are in use. There is no
smoke, no combustion, no gaseous by
products are thrown off; 1t creates
neither dust nor odor; requires neither
fuel, reservoir nor special apparatus. 1t
does not consume oxygen from the air
and, spread out fiat on the floor, one of
the thermopile rugs for instance, fur
nishes a mild, steady and permanent
source of heat, evenly distributed over
a very large surface. The feet of per-
sons occupying room heated in this
way will always be warm and their
heads COOL" Ideal combination! But it
is reasonable, and as an invention sure
TO find favor, it is worth knowing
about.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
HoLn 1AE EAaMER noY

There is no place IN the cities for the
farmer boy. He Is not at home In any
city occupation. To him everything Is
strange and he is a veritable stranger
In n strange land. The houses are not
built right. The cooking is not like
that Of his mother. The streets are
hard and the pavements slippery. His
clothing does not fit right and there Is
too much expense and bother in keep
ing up with the demands of fashion.
No one knows him and few care to
form his acquaintance except for the
money he may possess. Nothing goes
right and everything goes wrong.
The city is a commercial community
It requires the boys who are trained In
its ways. And there are always plenty
of such characters. No business man
goes to the farm to find assistants. The
farmer boy has another sphere In life.
1t is his duty to remain there and grow
into a wealthy and respectable citizen.
The world needs the products of his
labor That world has the money to
pay for all It orders. Let that be suf-
ficient for the farmer boy to stay. at
home and bring out from the land that
which his less Fortunate cousins in the
city must purchase.
Intensive farming will go far in solv-
ing the problem OF what to do with the
farmer boy. The dividing Of the land
into small farms will give every aspiring
young man an opportunity to become
king on his own domains. 1t will make
of him a producer of wealth. 1t will
bring to his home the public utilities of
telephone, electric light, rural mail and
city privileges. If the farmer boy only
knew enough to be satisfied where he
is, what happy world this would be to
many who are now struggling along for
a mere existence in the cities, and hop
ing that further competition from the
farms will not reduce their earnings
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
KNELL OF cONsoLIDATIoN7

Consolidation with the harbor cities
cannot be accomplished until a legisla.
ture meets at the state capital which
is not dominated by railroad interests
That conclusion by the consolidation
commission apparently postpones fruit.
tion Of the harbor project until the
coming Of the millennium. This be-
cause none but a high pressure optim-
ist has reason to hope for the time,
prior to the millennial event. when the
Legislature of California will cease to
be dominated by railroad interests"
But in view OF the tremendous Inn
portance of saving California from rail-
way domination will not the people in
next years election sweep away the
political power Of the railway COM
panies and install at Sacramento an
incorruptible and efficient legislature
Not while California remains Re-
publican state.
The management Of the Republican
party In this state is not only inti-
mately connected with the railway
power, but is interviewer with It as
closely as the wire mesh Of a window
screen.
When the Legislature Of two years
ago adjourned, leaving its infamous
record for public inspection, there were
angry outbursts Of Indignation from
every county in the state. Vows were
made then to break the tyranny of
railway domination when the time
should come to elect another legisla-
ture.
And what was the result? Last fall
the Republican and railway combina-
tion controlled the Republican county
conventions and nominated their parti-
san puppets for members of the legis-
lature Just as they had done before.
And when election day came the Re-
publican rank and file marched up to
the voting places and deposited their
little ballots for 1.-THE grand old party"
just as they had done before.
What hope can even the optimist
have for any different result when con-
vention time and election time roll
next Year, edI dll yOdL lllO
same performance is repeated. Popu-
lar indignation runs high because Of
the fragrant rascality of the combines
legislative puppets during the progress
of a session, and particularly at Its
close, but the indignation oozes out
long before the time for another cleo
tion.
1t is infamous that the railway in
fiuence should be allowed to obstruct
the harbor project for its own selfish
purposes, but there is no prospect Of
any change in the situation next year
nor any future time now in sight. Next
fall we may expect to see the same
spectacle of automatic Republican con-
ventions go through the motions of
nominating Legislators. And in the fol-
lowing November we may expect to see
the usual result at the polls.
1t is eplorable-lamentable But, as
The Herald has often had occasion to
remark. the people deserve just what
they get as the result of an election.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
ROOSEVELT AND BRYAN VIEWS

Is the president wavering IN his
loudly trumpeted purpose TO bring the
railway magnates to terms7
That query is forced upon the pub
lie mind by two incidents of the pres
ent week. One is the financial furry
In Wall street and the other Is the
arrangement for q conference at the
instance of j. Pierpont Morgan be-
tween the president and a group of
prominent railway managers.
Just when the effect of the presi-
dents shot is seen in the huttering of
the railway birds the public is aston
ished by the sudden stoppage Of the
/ presidential fusillade. Instead of push
ing his advantage further the president
calls halt and intImations of a COM
promise of some sort comes from
Washington.
| 1t is reported. in fact, that the presi-
dent now favors the excepting of the
railroads from the provisions of the
antitrust law If 1t can be done with
out injury to the public, as to COM
binations they might make for the
speedy or cheaper handling Of
freights" And 1t appears that he is
considering, at the instance of the rail-
way men, "the Issuing of statement
which will reassure investors and pre-
vent the state legislatures running
amuck, as the railway men express It,"
In the last clause of the quotation
the mystery of the presidential weak
ening is disclosed. The action of the
state legislatures in bringing the rail-
way magnates to their knees is having
damaging effect on railway securities
in Wall street. Many of the presidents s
strongest friends and political support
ers are Wall street men, and the cry
of the street for federal aid strikes
home at the White House.
That situation seems to explain the
indications Of partial compromise with
the railway men and also the order
for federal relief of the Wall street
market by "notice to the New York
brokers that the $3O,OOO.OO0 of govern
ment funds deposited in national
banks for return in February will not
be withdrawn"
Now turn from the spectacle of the
president in the act of offering these
concessions to the railway magnates
and their Wall street allies and note
the sentiments expressed by William
]. Bryan last Wednesday at Bing-
hamton, N. Y. In regard to the rail-
way mems fear of the state legisla-
lures Mr.. Bryan declares that there
has been no legislation of sufficient
severity to impair the real value of
railroad securities where the railroads
have been honestly conducted upon an
honest capitalization"
Mr.. Bryan contends that tine states,
through their legislatures, are the
proper authorities to deal with railway
operation within their boundaries. The
president, welded to the anti-demo-
cratic theory of Capitalization, desires
to concentrate the mighty power of the
railways In the federal government
Therein is the line of difference in the
attitude of the two statesmen plainly
defined.
Which of the attitudes thus indicated
Is more pleasing to the average Ameri-
can citizen?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
BAD COOKING

At a recent trial of a man for muir
dering his wife the circumstances sur
rounding the event prompted the mag
istrate to remark that the inability TO
cook was one of the most prevalent
causes Of unhappy marriages. These
obiter dicta from the bench often have
a swell influence among people; but
we have observed that the Judges are
wrong about as many times as the
common people when they meander
away from the law and indulge in the
ordinary contingencies of life. And so
was the Judge In this case. Now, 1t
was not the bad cooking that kept the
man from loving his wife. 1t was be-
cause the man didn't love his wife that
there was any bad cooking. tor IL
can be set down as true as gospel If a
man loves a woman she can cook; and
whatever she does Is just little better
than anybody ever did. That Is the
universal experience In cases Of true
love.
The multiplicity of occasions when
marital Joy Is ruffled in these days Is
only an indication that the old fash
ioned love is not as prevalent as 1t was.
There are so many fascinations away
from home, so many places of social
incident, so many banquets and club
dinners by way of comparison, that
the old house and its lovely queen do
not hold the zenith of ones life that
they once did. Indeed, so many people
make fun of love, declaring 1t is an in
consistent thing, and fits about like a
bumblebee. Such people are not likely
to have any good cooking at home. If
the man has lost his love for his wife
the coffee Is bitter and the steak is
burned, and the buckwheat cakes are
soggy and sour. No, Mr.. Judge, you
are wrong. Your obiter dictum is not
fate. That bad cooking is not In the
dear woman's hands; it is in the cruel
mans heart. You must reverse your
self.-Ohio State Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

fulness when he considers further that
destructive natural visitations Of all
kinds are unknown here-not only no
floods. but no cyclones, tornadoes, bliz-
yards. hurricanes or other phenomena
that make havoc In human life and
property.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

more than once In many generations,
human nature-at any rate, American
human nature-is not so constituted
that It is willing to abandon existing
investments and q superb commercial
sure Of avoiding future possible disaster
from this rce.-Philadelphia Bull
letin.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

The Los Angeles normal school viii
be sold April 8. Thus win the city
gain a much wanted area and the
state will be enabled to erect school
worthy Of It.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

Street car accidents must be quite
the fashion when a smashup occurs
ON the Hollywood line. The ancient
arks run on that branch are 50 de-
crepit that they don't often have en-
ergy enough TO operate legitimately.
let alone jump the tracks and wander
over the landscape.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

Maybe that gold found in Sacramento
was merely the leavings of some of
those railroad bosses, dropped while
they were passing the buck to the
legislators.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

If San Francisco has strikes in May
it can blame its fiddling executive,
who is so small that he thinks that
the proper way to secure revenge for
his Indictment
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

Maybe that water that is flooding
Pittsburg comes out of the stocks
which are being squeezed in Wall
street. Lots OF them are held in the
smoky city.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

1t is useless in Sacramento trying to
retain the capital by alleged gold dis
coveries. That isn't the way the leg
isators get their coin.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

The Sacramentans down here have
offered to them a living example of
a city that stays on the map regard
less of whether the legislature meets
or not.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

]. P. Morgan seems to have "done
it, by his hurried trip to the White
House. j. p. isn't as strong there,
evidently, as he was in the Paul Nor
ton days
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

AS between decent streets and fine
country boulevards the former will do
lot more people lot more good and
won't cost any more, either.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16
Quick Results

The plckpocket. caught with a number
OF watches, pleaded that he only wanted
TO gain more time for work
you've done It," agreed the Judge
''You have gained five years and never
win be without watch OF your OWN
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

The ceiling fell on Russia's douma,
but that's nothing compared to the
way the sky will fall if the chamber
ever does anything the czar doesn't
like.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

Johnnie Morgan plays the organ;
Jim Hill, he plays the drum; but Har-
riman sits by and scowls. and only
says: Bum! Bum! Bum"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

Squeezing stocks is a poor way for
the railroad magnates to get even.
Most of the stocks are owned by them
or their friends.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

Finding what is wrong with the
streets and where is an easy matter.
If one tried to ascertain what wasn't
wrong it might take some time.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

Throwing scare is the railroads
long suit, but for once the bogey
doesn't seem to frighten any one but
the railroad magnates.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

If 1t were f1zz water that were in
undating Pittsburg now the complaints
from the millionaires wouldn't be so
strenuous.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-16

If all the Sacramentans are like
those now Sin our widst" we are un-
equivoca1ly for the capital remaining
where it is.