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Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
PENSIONERS

w HAT must American heiresses do
wv with their cast off husbands?
This question has wrinkled
many a fair brow during the past few
years and has caused many an old
family lawyer to mingle his language
with blanks and dashes. Former hus-
bands are worse than family skeletons
-confound them, If they were only
skeletons, they would be above re-
proach. But when they persist in re-
manning in the flesh and in taking adj
vantage of every opportunity to poster
the wife who has dismissed them and
to plague her wealthy relatives, they
present a problem more complicated
than any of Euclid's. Boni de Castel-
lane thinks his former wife should PEN
sion him. If this idea is carried out
and is adopted generally, we may yet
see the inspiring spectacle of an Ameri-
can noble lady with one husband and 4
train of pensioners. Ugh!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
REPUBS. NERVOUS

WILL the Republican convention
w adopt good, square, honest
" and ringing platform? anxiously
and nervously asks a Republican con-
temporary. The reason for anxiety is
that there is dissatisfaction in the
ranks of the industrial workers of the
nation. At the eleventh hour the Re-
publicans are beginning to realize there
is national discomfort. Humph! What
was the matter with them? And now
they have made the discovery, what
are they going to do about it? Did they
ever hear of party in power carrying
an election while there was disaffec-
ton or discomfort in the industrial
ranks? We never did. That part of
the labor or industrial vote which rep
resents widespread discomfort will be
given to the Democrats. The Republi-
cans won't get the vote of enough
"dinnerpails" to fill a railway car. They
are "in for" the most crushing defeat
in their history.
They will find that "slick" phrases,
claptrap talk and glibly worded yarns
could fool somo of the people some of
the time, but cannot fool all the people
all the time. The fool dinnerpail has
had the bottom knocked out of it.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
CHILD LABOR

n UBLIC sentiment is being aroused
and educated to an appreciation
u of the existence of that menace
to our civilization, child labor. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has commended highly
the District of Columbia child labor
measure and has expressed the hope it
will be a model for state legislation in
every part of the Union. Under this
law children under fourteen years of
age must not work at gainful occupa-
tions during school hours or before 8
a. m. or after p. m. No children
under sixteen can be employed In fac
tory or shop without school certificate.
No such child under any circumstances
can work more than eight hours a day
or forty eight hours week. No boy
under ten or girl under sixteen can sell
papers or other articles or engage in
bootblacking on the streets. Boys un-
der sixteen are required to obtain per-
mits and wear badges. AS matter
of fact every conscientious citizen in
the nation is ashamed of child labor.
Stringent legislation on the subject
would be welcomed. Child labor is a
disgrace to nation which prides itself
upon it's liberty for there is not in ex-
istence in the darkest regions of the
world today and there never was in ex-
istence anywhere on earth at any time
of the worlds history a more cowardly
and contemplate form of slavery than
child labor.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
PROHIBITION

nY the statutes of the state of Cali
X fornia the sale of liquor to drunk
~ ards or Indians is forbidden.
Merely pausing to remark that al
though Indians are not as rule drunk
ards 1t is undeniable that drunkards as
a rule are Indians" we hasten to COM
mend this limited prohibition of the
traffic. When a. man is too full for
utterance the law at last recognizes
the evil of drink and creates for the
benefit of the inebriate special pro-
hibitive measure-a prohibition spasm,
as it were. The lawmakers have been
oblivious of the fact that it is nothing
less than ridiculous to regulate the sale
of liquor to victim after the poison
has done it's worst.
When man is either a chronic in
ebriate, a condition attained to by the
connivance, aid, comfort, support and
countenance of the law, or is in a con-
dition of temporary obfuscation pro-
duced legally, with governmental sane
ton which is bought by the vender
who administers the liquor, it then be-
comes unlawful to sell him intoxicants.
AS far as the Indians are concerned
we would be at a loss to know why the
law cares for them so tenderly and
takes measures to protect their health
and morals if we were not aware that
liquor incites the loaded Indian to 60
on the warpath, and no bartender yet
was ever so devoted to the business he
practices that he could contemplate
with stolidity the hazard of an in
ebriated Indian leaping over the bar
and executing hasty surgical opera
ton on his scalp. Thus we have pro-
hibition for the Indians and for drunk
en- men. Minors are also protected by
prohibition. So"-.e day everybody will
see the force of the prohibition argu-
ment and realize that the average
young man or the father of family
of boys has as much right to be pro-
tected from the peril of the sale of in
toxicants as has the chronic drunkard
or the Indian.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
BRYAN ON CHINA

HILLIAM J. BRYAN'S criticism of
w the presidents attitude toward
China will be we'll taken by res
idents of the Pacific coast. He is right
in calling attention to the fact that for
once in his life Col. Roosevelt made a
mistake which might be characterized
as strange or even absurd, when he
said China was a peaceful nation,
kindly good natured, etc. The Chinese
at home, among themselves, where they
have an opportunity of giving vent to
their natural passions and character
istics, are not only quarrelsome but
most ferociously and savagely cruel.
"It is not China's lack of military
enthusiasm that has caused her mis-
fortunes" says Col. Bryan. 1T is the
fact that she has been the abode of
IGNORANCE AND SELFISHNESS.
A few of her people have had a little
learning, and have run the government
on the graft system while the masses
have dwelt in IGNORANCE, and have
been taught the philosophy in which
each one looks out for himself and the
devil for the hindmost. But to compare
the United States with China, Turkey,
Spain and South Africa is to ignore
essential differences. Our nation is the
most advanced nation in the world; its
people are intelligent and well Informed.
Our nation has abundant resources and
our people have an enormous produc-
tive power. We have an ocean on
either side to protect us against at
tack, and no nation is foolish enough
TO invite a conflict. If there is any
nation that does not need to i'm
poverish it's people with preparations
for imaginary war our nation is that
nation. Not only do we need less pro-
lection than any other nation, but our
ideals forbid that we should enter into
the mad race for physical power that
has led other nations to decay"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
WORLDWIDE INTEREST
THE JAPANESE POINT OF VIEW
eY FREDERIC J. HAskIN

higher wages than in Japan. and one
of the first things his opulence leads
him to do is to form the habit of eat
Ing bread. These arguments that the
Japanese In America are consumers of
American products are always adj
vanced by the Japanese. 1t reveals the
curious reasoning of the Oriental mind.
1t Is taken as q matter of course that
the European immigrant to the United
States consumes American wares. but
the Japanese holds 1t as an extraor-
dinary work of virtue that he does not
follow the plan, obvious to him, of
buying all his wares in his home land.
To the objection that the Japanese
artisans and mechanics have driven out
the white men, the Japanese business
men reply that 1t would not have been
so had not the employing white man
desired to take advantage OF the jap
anese willingness to work for lower
wages. This is wellnigh unanswerable.
1t is certainly true that the Pacific
coast cities which so harshly criticise
the Japanese continue to give him a
Job. But in the rural districts, espec-
tally in California, this Is rapidly
changing. Many fruit growers this
year are using white labor Mt a greater
cost in order to keep the Japanese out
of the community. The railroads. how
ever stick to the proposition that the
Japanese labor Is the best they can get.
and nearly all of the section hands
west of the Missouri river are Jap
anese.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

and equal rights which was born
among Anglo-Saxon peoples in England
and which had it's fruition in America.
1t is a doctrine which Is utterly repug-
nant to the institutions of Japan and
at war with every tenet of the faiths Of
Asia. He goes further ana Justines
his remaining here by an argument to
prove his proposition that he is a
wealth creator whose energies benefit
the United States more than they do
Japan, Them his mind turns from the
west to the east and he declares that
he ought to be permitted to remain
here because of the fact that he is still
a loyal Japanese and that Japan and
America are friends. ignoring the fact
that the San Francisco school issue was
raised by Japan, the Japanese resident
i'm America is sure to assume the In
scrutable face of the oriental and swear
that Japan loves America. has always
done so and always will do so, no mat
ter how harsh the misguided Americans
may be in their unjust criticism. Then,
invariably. the speech is concluded by
a touching reference to Commodore
Perry.
The commodore was a fighting man
and he sailed the seas in ships as good
as any navy had in those days. He
went to Japan on a mission of peace,
which received slightly more attention
than it otherwise would have received
on account of the guns which backed
it up. He opened Japan to communica-
ton with the other nations of the
world, the Japanese named their great
harbor Mississippi bay in honor of his
flagship, and modern Japan dates its
history from Perry's coming. Undoubt-
edly the Japanese of today have an
honest sentimental affection for the
name of Perry, but they have used 1t so
much in palavering Americans that 1t
has become almost tiresome.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
THOSE GOOD OLD COLLEGE DAYS

o good old college days.
] see you thro' the haze
The hazy may days Of yesteryear.
] recollect the hour
When in my youthful pow'r
/ kicked the merry pigsking without fear.
What tho my knee Is stiff
From Hefflefnger's bin.
What tho my hip is broke beyond repair!
I mourn for them no more
The while I'm dreaming DER
The cheers that round the gridiron rent
the air.
What tho l cannot hear,
Deprived of either ear,
Because the Harvards used them for a
mat?
What tho my neck is like
A solid iron spike,
Because the Princeton 'leven on 1t sat?
All that is left of me
Today is full of glee
AS lying on my back l dream OF days
When, spurred by battle hymns,
/ sacrificed my limbs
To cover Alma Matters name with praise.
John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
WARNING

IF YOU were told that your house
would tumble about your ears at
u noon tomorrow, and if you knew
the prophet who warned you of the
disaster was reliable, you would be
somewhat nervous, wouldn't you? In
all likelihood you would make prepa-
rations to try to defeat the prophecy
by strengthening your house. You
would say, Well, that old prophet may
be telling the truth, but my house
won't come down about my ears IF
CAN IrELP IT, and I certainly do not
propose to sit with folded hands until
the walls begin to fall in on me. If
tumble it must, tumble it will, but /
shall do whatever I can to prevent
it from falling. Forewarned is fore
armed. Yet there is not much excite
ment over statements made by respon-
sible persons with regard to probable
future events in the United States if
we do not strengthen Uncle SANS big
list arises and warns us flee from
the wrath to come, and we do not
pay any more attention to him than if
he were minister of the gospel tell
ing us about certain disagreeable fea-
lures of some folks hereafter-not ours.
never ours; oh, no. But we certainly
ought to listen to the words of a man
who is not an alarmist, who is in the
habit of weighing his words, and whose
opinions are of great value, or he
would not have been chosen for the
responsible position he occupies. 1t
was Professor George H. Boke of Ber-
kelley, and not noisy agitator, who
told an audience of U. S. c. students
and not a street corner rabble that
educated men today MU~T wake up
to a realization of the situation and of
the peril which mt naces the permanent
existence of the United States. Col
lege men, and all good citizens, must
make a firm stand for Justice and
freedom, which are included in the
term "Americanism,' and must make
Americanism, which is to say justice
and freedom, their first aim in life, no
matter at what financial or material
cost to their individual careers. He
said the youth of the nation should
organize and use its united force in
overcoming the machines of corruption
which are threatening the DOWNFALL
OF BOTH STATE AND NATION.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
JAPANESE DECLARE THEY
USE ONLY AMERICAN
CLOTHING AND FOOD

In Hawaii the Japanese were greatly
incensed at first on account of the re-
striction of immigration, but the gen.
eral policy of conciliation they have
adopted has buried that feeling out of
sight. The Japanese leaders there now
declare that the restriction Is proving
to be good thing for the Japanese in
Hawaii because of the fact that it has
stopped the fitting to the mainland
and has made the population more
stable and reliable. They point out the
fact that Hawaiian Japanese no longer
buy much merchandise from Japan, but
are manufacturing things formerly i'm
ported. Establishments for the manu-
facture of soy. the Japanese sauce
which is universally used. and for MAX
ing Japanese vermicelli are among the
promising industries of Honolulu. The
raw materials used, wheat and beans,
come from the mainland of the United
States This is the creation of an In
dustry which swells American trade
and which would not have been in ex-
istence were 1t not for the great Jap
anese population of Hawaii. The OPEN
ing of the Honolulu vermicelli factory
was celebrated by banquet attended
by 800 business men OF all races and
creeds. The products of the Japanese
factories using American materials un-
der the American flag are to be sold
not only III f1dWdI, Out dii ONCl liic
western states where there Is a Jap
anese population to demand them. The
advantage in freight and tariff rates
will permit the Honolulu Japanese to
outstrip their compatriots Of Osaka and
Kobe.
Japanese business men in Honolulu
deny that their wholesale merchants
are cutting into the trade of American
firms. There are about a dozen large
wholesale concerns in Honolulu con-
Quoted by Japanese, but 1t is declared
in their belief that they handle only
Japanese ware and appeal to their own
people for business. At the same time
it is argued that the Japanese in the
islands use more American goods than
Japanese wares, fully rs per cent of
their expenditures going for American
cotton goods, -four, hats, shoes and
householud furniture.
On the Pacific coast this percentage
is still higher, according to the Jap
anese. leaders. This contention Is borne
out by the statistics in California and
is apparently true in other states. The
Japanese men always abandon their
native costume when they get east of
Hawaii and the younger ones affect the
most expensive clothing they can af-
ford, always leaning to the college"
variety of costume style. OF course, the
Japanese in America receives much
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

gagement at the Republican state con-
vention. He believed 1t was of more
Importance to the nation that he should
play boss at the convention than that
he should meet the president and the
most representative assemblage of
Americans convened in modern times.
California was unrepresented at the
governors conference. The interests OF
the state were sacrificed to the personal
interests of politicians and the inter-
ests of political machines and machine
politics. But that Is nothing new. To
be sacrificed for political purposes is a
chronic characteristic of California.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
MILITARY GAMES

HOLF was invented in Scotland TO
tT teach the men patience and ac-
" curacy. Football was originated
to teach them to rush and charge. Both
were part of a military training and
help to account for the fact that little
Scotland held the border against big
England. In spite of the Sabbatarian-
ism of Sandy" he played golf and
football every Sunday for many dec
ade. In fact, one of the old Gale
donian laws makes a football match
compulsory in every parish after each
Sunday morning church service, lin
order to keep the lads supple and hardie
and in good fettle to meet the South
ropSv
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
STATE UNREPRESENTED

IN A big group photograph of the
governors assembled at Washing
= ton in conference with President
Roosevelt, the western states are we'll
represented. In the historic picture,
which will become more valuable every
year, and will be preserved forever in
the records and annals of the United
States, are the governors of North Da-
kota, Montana, Kansas, Arizona,
Utah, South Dakota, New Mexico,
Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico. All of
Uncle Sam's fine western states and far
western possessions are rep but,
hold on! Are they all represented?
Why, where is the governor of Califor-
mia? Not in evidence. And since the
governor of California is not to be found
in the historic group, where is the gem
tleman who took his place? Where is
the representative of the governor of
California? Alas, California had no
representative! Governor Gillett said
he could not go, and appointed George
Knight to represent him. But Mr.
Knight had an important business en-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Senator Flint has not heard many
enthusiastic "Amens" to his assertion
that when the terms of the compro-
mise effected as to San Pedro harbor
are better understood, there will be no
occasion for discomfort. Why should
there be no occasion for discomfort.
since every citizen who was mot born
yesterday and has cut his wisdom
teeth knows there was no occasion for
compromise?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
WHO CAUGHT THE FESH7

From the city came with costly spit-bamboo
And forty kincs of flies.
10 had OF
fish of
He sed line of silk and multiplying reel
German mountngs all 10 match
He hada tent landin net polished
And scales to weigh he meant to CATCH
A yurchin a from birch bough;
Iekn from angling books;
He tied btoftw to he know hoW
nd wiha ncke dozen hooks
He had lkanl nen nor deadly pointed gan
Norf fancy tempt with unse bright;
fish, chucked with laugh,
And dug canof garden that night
The city man and hshed babbing brook
al Tolcked
IT bovm lied his his little hook
The eexpert whip rippes with hy
The ma gleamin
He keptit I'D to night;
disguised quit at last
He hadn't had a solitary bite. Forest and Stream.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Los Angeles real estate market is in
the conservative chapter of its inter-
esting history. The element of specu-
lation has been eliminated. There are
no more feverish transactions, but
there are no slumps, and, taking one
consideration with another, the gem
eral tone of the business is improved.
Los Angeles real estate is the best in
yestment in the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Los Angeles world wide reputation
as the Young Paris of America and
the center of art in the west will be
enhanced by the appreciation bestowed
on the marvelou- pictures of Frederick
Melville DuMond which are on exhi-
bition here. When the pictures were
hung in the salon they were warmly
praised by the foremost critics of this
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

with the WORKING oue
of his creed. The
Japanese, as repre-
senting the Orient,
believes as firmly in
the moral superior
ity of his form of
civilization, but he
recognizes greater
opportunity to make
his money under the
occidental forms of
life. So he Is willing
to assume the out
ward forms of west
ern civilization for
purposes of revenue
only. To his critics
and detractors he re-
plies in q fashion
which suggests a
curious mixture OF
the east and west.
He defends his
right to come to the
United States and to
live here by appeal
ing to the doctrine
nf nnrcAnal lihartU
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Congress has blown in hundreds Cf
millions of tax money. Congress viii
have a gay and festive time when II
resolves itself into it's individual con-
stituents and each of them faces his
own irate constituents. With the peo-
ple in their present mood a congress"
mans lot is not happy one unless 1t
is in boom division and has house
on it, (Subtle joke).
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
Encoura ging reports are being re

Encouraging reports are being re-
ceived from county precincts in which
petitions for an extension of the pri-
mary law are being circulated. lr Is
hoped the petitions will be effective IN
lime for the August primaries. Neces-
sity for the extension of the law was
illustrated and emphasized by the ac-
ton of the Southern Pacific machine at
the recent Republican state conven-
tion
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Schwab of steel trust fame says the
steel industry is using up the iron ore
so fast that posterity will have to get
along without steel. Reckless and un-
raralleled disregard for the people who
come after US is one of the character
istics of the most reckless and rapa-
cious generation in the history of man
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Richard Crokers hitherto invincible
bulldog has been beaten at the Bull
dog club show in New York. Can it
be possible that Boss Croker and his
bulldog are losing their grip on Man
haitian?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Edward ]. Fleming, deputy district
attorney, says Los Angeles needs a
moral house cleaning. In that respect
Los Angeles is no worse than other
great cities. Still, that is no excuse
for her.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Veterans of the Soldiers Home are
testing the virtues of long fasts as life
An old comrade who COM
pleted a fast recently says he has taken
a new lease of life. There is something
about fasting. Involun-
tarily fasting is unbearable. But
man who makes up his mind to fast
for fun or a wager enjoys fasting.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

Good by, WaItI ~
Good by, from all you loved Of earth
Rock, tree dumb creature, man and
woman
To you, their comrade human,
The last assault
Ends now; and now In some great world
has birth
A minstrel. whose strong soul Nils broader
wings,
More brave imaginings.
stars crown the hilltop whore your dust
shall lie,
Even as we say good by,
Good by. old Walt.
IT. w. Higginson. in the Atlantic
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

An Italian bandmaster fell in love
with his leading soprano, and secured
a divorce from his wife. The leading
soprano fell in love with the bandmas-
ter and secured divorce from her
husband. Then the bandmaster mar
ried the soprano. This kind of monkey
business reduces civilization to a
merrie jest.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01

tai civilizations. The Japanese point OF
view in looking upon this contest is en-
tireiy different from that of the white
man. The white man, is faithful TO
believe that his form of civilization is
superior in every way to that of the
Orient and he brooks no interference
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
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responsibility for their viswa Letters
should not exceed 500 words
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-01
whereat they will embrace and hug

Whereat they will embrace and hug
AS lovers reunited
And Ted will rest on Williams breast
And softly say. 'De-lishted!'
June gets it's name from Juno, the
Roman goddess of marriage. Juno was
supposed to see everybody happily mar
ried. She was highly qualified to do
this, for she herself had married Ju-
piter, who was worse runabout than
Boni Gould. When the celestial chorus
was playing Parnassus, Jupiter hung
around the stage door like a Pitts
burger. He stirred up more scandal
than Tom Platt, and was as bold as
Gilmanaire Corey. Juno finally avenged
herself upon her rivals by turning them
into cows. which made Jupiter cattle
king.