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Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
SAN PEDRO HARBoR

AA ORE than passing notice is due
W the entry, discharge and de-
4A parture of the huge German
ship, r. G. Rickmers. from the port of
San Pedro. This. in view of the jealous
filings of other ports at the alleged in
sufficiency of water and equipment at
that port for the largest ships in the
worlds merchant or naval marine.
This ship has freight capacity of 5000
tons dead weight, at a load line of
twenty-nine and half feet, and could
not enter many harbors on this coast
at that draft. She came loaded with
cement and at once went to her wharf
and discharged her freight, finding all
things convenient for the work She
then pumped in some 1900 tons of water
ballast and left for Australia, for coal
to San Francisco. Her harbor dues
and wharfage charges were light, and
her master expressed himself as pleased
with the port on the score OF adapta-
bility to deep water shipping needs.
Her towage in and out and for dock
ing did not cost a dollar, she has an
duAllldIy cHBlHeeI, anu dll ueT SupplleS
and requirements were furnished at
open market rates. Runners nor towing
combines, nor branch pilots, nor board
ing house masters, nor wharf commits
sioners, nor any other form of annoy
ance or extortion troubled her officers,
and they will be pleased to come here
again.
The Ricxmers is the limit in draft of
water in the merchant marine, and her
experience proves how readily all things
at San Pedro fit into the needs of a
first class shipping post, When the
breakwater shall have been built to the
intended distance there is no port on
either coast that affords better facilities
land many afford poorer-than does
San Pedro, especially in the matters OF
facility of handling and docking ships
and freedom from extortions, and it is
safe to predict heavy and growing
trade for the next decade. The Rick
mers solved successfully any possible
problem of water, dockage or costs, and
these are the tests of harbor facilities.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

Now it has been cruelty pointed out
that the swells of Newport have been
fawning on princeling whose ancestry
runs plumb into common tiller of the
glebe not over a century ago. 1t is
awful to contemplate the situation.
When old Commodore Vanderbilt was
a ferryman and the Astors' forebears
were dealers in pelts the ancestor of
the downy prince was common SOL
dier of fortune of Gascogne. The blot
on the 'scutcheon such as having
sprung from line which once actually
worked for livelihood is unforgivable.
Who hath wrought this awful thing?
Here is where Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish will get theirs from the
Goelets and other envious outsiders
who weren't invited.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE

II JUDGED by the action of the leaders
of the telegraph strikers in Chi
y cago the most pleasing stage of
the fight has begun. They have
opened the way to peace negotiations
with the companies by ordering the
election of peace committee of fifteen
members. whose duty it will be to de-
wise ways and means to reach satis-
factory solution of all disputed ques-
tions.
This is the first and absolutely the
only competent step to reach a settle
ment, and that it has been ordered
almost insures it's adoption by vote of
the telegraphers, who are men up to a
level of intelligence and education equal
to any body of skilled workmen in the
nation and who may be relied on to do
the fair thing in consultation with their
employers.
The strike has lasted sufficiently long
to develop the strength of both sides
and to perfect the arming Of their fight
ing powers, all of which is the concern
chiefly of those engaged therein, but
there comes now for consideration the
people and the business of the people,
and these should have prompt and de-
cisive effect on the doings of both
sides.
Public opinion is divided on the merits
of the. case, but has been held in abey-
ance, hoping some satisfactory step
would be taken in which their interests
would be considered, and it is impera-
tive on both sides now to attempt some
solution before the public is forced to
intervene in self-defense and call both
to order. Weighty and important ma
tional interests are menaced and some
warrant of settlement Is demanded by
the people. Personal prejudices or likes
and dislikes may not be considered, but
the vital merits of the case as between
both sides as belligerents, and the test
cannot come too soon. Doubtless the
companies will appoint other arbitra-
tors to meet those of the striking men,
and judicious hearing can be made to
cover all just differences.
The unusually quiet and orderly con-
duct of the operators is the strongest
card they could play and will be power
full in the coming meeting to plead fol
them. But it should be borne in min6
that the whole nation is at a standstil
awaiting a settlement, and that al
other considerations are but secondary
to the resumption of paralyzed pub
lie service to the people.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
THE WORM TURNS

| ~ REAT coal barons of Pennsylvania
ItT are unable to furnish coal be-
NJ cause, as they say, men who for
merly worked in the mines are seeking
employment in less dangerous lines OF
business. Many have abandoned min
ing as a means of livelihood and have
turned to farming in western states.
Foreigners who formerly came to the
United States to take up mining now
seek employment in other fields. And
so, at last, the worm has turned on his
tormentor and is fighting back at him,
and with the most deadly of weapons,
for they reach into the corporate purse
and despoil it. 1t is difficult to see
poetical justice in this turn of fortune,
but it is an excellent example of how
overreaching greed, when given rope
enough, will even hang itself.
The history of the coal industry in
the coal regions of Pennsylvania is a
continuous story of battle and blood
shed between the baron operators and
labor, frequently acquiring national
Importance through coal famine in
and often enlisting the purses and
brains of our ablest men of all pro-
fessions to solve the riddles of cause
and cure. Under the tyrannous sys-
TENS of the barons a miner is held to
rules and regulations such as could OBJ
tain in no other industry, and when
the miner and his family are in the
field it has been next to impossible for
him to change either location or en-
ployment because of the dreaded black
list that enslaved him. For many years
the Pennsylvania coal miner was a
veritable slave to his employers.
Rebellious and angry at their servi-
tude and poverty, the miners organized,
and all the deviltry of the human heart
under the inspiration of deep-seated
hatred was planned and practiced by
them in their struggles for relief till
the power of the law was necessary to
call a halt So keen was the need for
coal that the nation was at the feet OF
the men in the mines, and national
board of arbitration developed that
while the acts of the men were clearly
lawIess there were sufficient good rea-
| sons to prompt them. A truce was
patched up and coal was forthcoming
but the deep-seated wrongs of these
men were not assuaged nor their anger
appeased, and now we find them slowly
but surely taking the only competent
revenge possible on their tormentors-
leaving the latter to face shortage ir
output by reason of lack of men; ant
it's corollary, depleted treasures. But
for the fact that the people at large
must be the sufferers in the end this
would be a righteous punishment. out
of some $4,000 men who worked thu
great coal regions 80 per cent have gone
and more are going, and there is nj
source of competent supply. Coal will
be scarce and prices high. and the poo
will have to pay.
No just man will defend the riotou
and barbarous deeds of many of thu
miners in ohganized bodies, but no mai
can justly excuse the tyranny and op
preston which called these bloody re
taliations into being, and though the re
suits must work hardship to those wh'
will be forced to pay exorbitantly TO
I their winter fuel they will have tn
effect of bringing these hypocritical am
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
FORGOTTEN FACTORS


HNDER the title Forgotten Fac
II tors in Farming Prospects" lat
~ issue of the Wall Street Journa
recognized as the leadin
financial paper of this country, has tn
which 1t may be worth Will
to consider carefully just at this par
ticular time:
Certainly the ways of nature are
beyond the calculations of man.
Now that the main crops are turn
ing out quite good deal better than
even the more hopeful had ven
tured to expect, the minor crops are
also proving themselves much bet
ter than was anticipated. Pastur-
age, which Is the basis of stock
feeding in dairying and grazing
sections throughout the country, is
generally better than last year and
has improved steadily. The hay
crop has been surprisingly good,
which means that farm stock has
plenty to go on during the coming
winter and Will come out in good
condition for the following spring.
Many millions of dollars are thus
wrapped up in the condition of
meadows and grass fields. This is
especially so in the several surplus
hay states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Missouri, which as whole
are 80 per cent better off in this
respect than they were in 1906.
The maintenance of the animal
equipment of the farm at high
condition is like keeping a railroad
in high state of operating
efficiency. Pasturage and folders
on the farm in abundance are like
an ample margin of gross receipts
in railroads for turning into main
tenance accounts. Not only the
present condition, but also the fu-
ture earning power of the farm, is
involved in the state of these crops,
whose prospects, however vital, are
frequently ignored in summing up
the agricultural outlook.
Looked at from the standpoint of
their capacity to endure any re-
verses that might befall the business
world, the farming interests of the
United States are now undoubtedly
stronger than at any earlier date in
their history, both in the elements
Of farm maintenance and Of market
able resources. American agricul
ture, as now organized and in
trenched, is industrially. CONNER
cially and financially a veritable sea
wall against which neither the high
tide of panic nor the low tide of
depression can have any demoraliz-
ing influence. If a new base line OF
values is to be laid down as a con-
dition of new start, the sound con-
dition of the farming industry will
show where the line lies.
The foregoing contains matter that
,ught to be encouraging to those people
Who imagine that Wall street is the
financial center of the universe, and
hat because Wall streets regular busi-
less of shearing lambs by the sale OF
stocks and securities containing large
of water has been seriously
nterfered with Of late the real, legiti-
nate interests of the country are going
% the demnition bow vows.
This country has never witnessed a
serious financial depression which has
1ot had its inception largely in un-
favorable agricultural conditions, and
t is very certain that with the splendid
crops of all leading staples now assured
% the country and the excellent prices
which those crops are bringing no seri-
,us business depression is possible.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
Popular Man
THE VANISHED FLEET

The old whaler passed away as quietly
as did the great industry with which ne
was so closely associated. The first sign
was willingness to rest-something
which his long, active life had never
known. He then knew and said that he
had 'signed on for his last voyage" His
last words were I'm all clear now"
showing he knew that crooked channels
and treacherous shoals were behind him,
and that he was now rolling away steadi-
ly over the blue curve of the sea, as his
ship had so often done, and would soon
slip over the horizon into the great un-
known.-Benjamin Sharp, in the Atlantic
MONTHLY
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

is to come from the ocean power be-
cause that power is so cheap and easy
to get. The Starr Wave Motor has
made the method of taking the power
from the ocean swells so simple and
SO easy that those who examine the
model in our Office wonder and exclaim,
''It is so simple. yet so perfect" Sim
plicity simp1ified," etc. Its simplicity,
strength and durability are what made
it the great success it is. A limited
amount of our stock is now offered at
SO cents, par 81.
Now is the time to come in on the
ground floor and get big profit.
Do not delay, but come now-today-
and get some of our shares. The price
will double in short time; before you
fully realize it. If you do not buy now
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

What, with the "swadeshi'' in India
and the "sinn fein" in Ireland, John
Bull is experiencing some uneasiness
about his ability to keep in the saddle.
There are those who believe the Hindoo
boycott is far more dangerous than any
such move as Sepoy mutiny. If the
policy Of non-resistance and refusal to
use English made cloth and food gains
enough headway the most serious crisis
in the history of England's rule in the
orient win be at hand.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

'Dr." William Francis Ireland's solic-
itude for the poor, down-trodden actor
folk is quite pathetic, but his narrowing
disclosures probably will be unable to
persuade the shop girl who is on her feet
ten hours a day that she has softer
snap than is to be found behind the
footlights.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

Wall streets gloom about some con-
ditions caused by Wall street is not
shared by the agriculturists. With good
crops and good prices the farmers are
not downcast. These men do not par
ticipate in stock gambling, therefore
they care little for guinness Of brokers.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

Black Mans Burden,'" says Prof. Miller.
ut Is In the form OF cross--not a crown
of thorns, but a cross OF skulls. AT the top
of the vertical upright Is the head OF
Roosevelt: Hoke Smith and Tom Watson
are arranged underneath; on the left of
the crosspiece are Thomas Dixon and
John Temple Graves; on the right, TIL
man and Vardaman. An athletic negro,
with broken body, is bowed beneath this
awful load"
Regarded as Chief Issue
Speaking particularly of BROWNSVILLE,
Prof. Miller SAYS
This affair has shaken the prestige OF
the president as has no other occurrence
in his public career 1t gives him no end
of keen concern. There Is every reason
to believe that he could wish the deed
undone. He has sought to conclliate the
negro with the Establishment of office, but
to no avail.
With the double view of disconcerting
Foraker and reconcillng the coloreu
brother, at the psychological moment
when the Ohio senator was booked TO
make strategic move in the Browns
Vile AFFAIR, announcement was made OF
the intention to appoint colored citizen
to the leading federal office in the sena-
tors own state and home city. But as
this move seemed to embarrass the pres
ident's own friends, including his son-in"
law, as much as 1t did the offending SEN
ator. it was abandoned"
Popular Man
In conclusion, Prof. Miller says: Pres
ident Roosevelt is easily the most popular
man in America. The whites who join
issue with him ON the Brownsville incl
dent regard it as thing apart, With the
negro it overshadows all else. with
consenting nod, he can be reelected pres
ident by acclamation. Not only SO, put
he is easily the foremost man of all the
world today. And yet he has so wounded
his coiored fellow citizens that today they
stand apart from this world acclaim. AS
he treads the dizzy highway of universal
fame he must feel a certain sad, unsatis-
fed something prompting him to become
reconciled to his black brother who may
justly have aught against him"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

In England movement is afoot to
abolish the house of lords. Those
Englishmen don't know when they are
we'll off. If they had senate to cope
with it would be different.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

Standard Oil says it looks to the
higher courts for rescue from the field
of public clamor and from the domain
of vindictive politics. The octopus ap-
pealing for rescue shows that creature
in a new role.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

From January to June, 1905, San
Francisco paid $1,6O6,2OO fire insurance
premiums. In the first six months of
1907, with the vast area of vacant lots
in the fre-swept district, the same city
paid $2,676,4 43O. Is there an insurance
trust?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

In Oakland young woman has been
committed to the insane asylum be-
cause she insisted upon wearing pants.
This will be great news for Mr.. Hen
mack
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

An eastern scientist has discovered
champagne affects the eyesight. Per-
haps that is the reason young grand
mammas of the chorus look so good to
the FOUNDERS.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

Attorneys from all over the country
are in session at Portland, Ore, and
the rest of the country is doing as we'll
as could be expected.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

Perhaps the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company used the rubber
stamp method formerly employed in the
city auditors office.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

Goldfield business men are planning
another excursion to Los Angeles, and
as usual they will bring some of it with
them.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

1t seems that even trolley companies
using the overhead wire system some-
times have trouble with the third
rail-"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27

Secretary Taft made three speeches
again yesterday. and the nominating
convention still almost a year away.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
CRlTIclSES ROOSEVELT
SAYS PRESIDENT BELIEVES HE
HAS DIVINE MISSION
Or. Kelly Miller Pays His Respects to
Nations Chief Executive in
Paper That 6ristIes with
Sarcasm

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-With the
Brownsville affair as the basis for his
writing Prof. Kelly Miller, member Of
the faculty of Howard university, has
prepared an article OF about 5000 words
on Roosevelt and the Negro" in which
ne makes severe criticism of the presi-
dent. Prof. Miller devotes many of the
earlier paragraphs of his article to an
analysis of Roosevelt the man, his i'm
pulses and his motives.
1.-THE president Is absolutely self-cen-
tered and believes he was sent into the
world to set things Alright" the writer
declares. There is no question of hui
man interest whose magnitude or minute
ness Is beyond his strenuous handling. He
gives the American women salutary ad-
vice as to their domestic function and
duty; with an offhand stroke of the pen
seeks to reform English photography,
which has been slowly modified from
Chaucer to Mark Twain; sets up as ex-
pert critic of the habits of wild animals;
while Americans, of however high repu-
tation and standing. who persist in seeing
things under other than his own angle
of vision, may regard themselves as lucky
indeed If they escape being relegated to
his famous Index Praevaricatorum.'
HE is the greatest living preacher Of
righteousness, but it is always righteous
ness as 1t is in Roosevelt. He holds to
his conception of public duty with the
tenacity of infallible assurance. If others
are too stubborn to accept or too dull to
appreciate his more enlightened point of
view, the worse is the perversity or the
more the pity"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
Happenings at Brownsville

After reviewing the several contacts
that have occurred between Roosevelt
and the negro, notably the San Juan hill
charge, when Col. Roosevelt's command,
he declares, was saved from annihilation
by the intrepidity of negro tramps; DR..
Crum and the Indianolo postoffice, and
the Booker T. Washington incidents, Prof
Miller enters upon description and ana
lysis of the happenings at Brownsville.
"There has recently appeared cartoon
by clever negro artist representing the
The Greeley tribune., 1907-12-12
READ THESE ARTICLES.

The Tribune has commenced the
publication Of series of articles up
on the different gratis that have
been worked, are being worked, and
will be worked upon the unsuspect.
ing unless care is taken. The arti-
cles are written by men thoroughly
conversant with their subjects, and
are not only of interest but Of great
value to those who will read them
carefully. The first article was pub
lished last week, the subject being
Financial Frauds This article
was written by George B. Cortelyou,
secretary of the United States treas
ury. The series is one of the most
valuable that has been offered in any
newspaper in long time. They are
magazine articles that usually appear
only in the highest priced publica-
tions of that kind, but are given here
without extra cost. All the Trib-
une asks is that you read the articles
and profit by them. This week an
other strong article In the series will
be found elsewhere in this paper.
The full list Of topics Is as follows
Financial Frauds. /" George B. Cor
telvou; How Swindiers Dodge the
Law" Edwin W. Sims, United States
district attorney, Chicago; Work
ing the Wage Workers, John Nit.
chell, president United Mine Work.
ers Of America; How to Sift Sure
Things" Robert B. Armstrong,
former assistant secretary of the
treasury; Traps for the Trusting, -
Hon. William Barnett Ridgely, comp.
troller OF the currency; "Fleecine
the Farmer" Hon. w. H. Hays, as
sistant secretary of Agriculture
Wolves That Prey on Women, .
Jane Adams, of Hull House, Chi
cago.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-12-12
take time to realize upon.

take time to realize UPON
For some reason unknown mere
the big bank fell under suspicion
some weeks ago, and while no regular
run, as the term is generally under
stood, was started, the demand upon
tbe funds of the bank las been STEADY
and heavy. Under such a strain
nrobably no bank in the United
States could stand.
That Is just where the cashier S
checks or clearing house certificates
have saved many bank during the
furry. A bank may be ever so
sound, and yet II all Of Its depositors
should demand their money In one
day, it could last only a few hours,
and then it might take several years
before they could all get their money.
For this reason one of the best as
sets OF a bank is the peoples conh-
deuce in the institution. The con-
dition of the Greeley banks show the
splendid confidence of their custom
ers, and the reports show that this
is justified.
The Greeley tribune., 1907-12-12
MARKET PLACE NEEDED.

The question of place where
farmers can stop with loads of hay
or produce until buyer can be found
is becoming a serious one in Greeley,
and one that should be taken up at
an early date by the city council,
the Commercial club, or somebody
interested directly or indirectly. In
short, Greeley needs market place.
The time to get it is before the price
of land suitable for the purpose goes
any higher.
There is hardly suitable piece of
property west Of the railroad tracks
that is available. About half of a
city block wouldn't be any too much,
for there are many days when half a
dozen to a dozen loads of hay are
brought to town to await a buyer.
Some of these may have to wait
nearly all day for customer.
The place should also be provided
with some sheds were teams could be
put under roof when the weather was
bad. OF course, the whole thing
would involve considerable expense,
but wouldn't it be money pretty we'll
expended?
The question is one upon which
the merchants and farmers should
get together and see II some solution
Of the problem could not be found.