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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-27

Il am charged with befriendinR and
protecting these wicked capitalists. who
are said to have spread their insidious
poison through the whole life of New
York city" he said. yet there is no one
who has ever made even the slightest
insinuation that l ever took a dishonest
dollar"
Mr.. Jerome contended that the paymen,
of $24, 600 Of the stockholders money TO
trace down those who were raiding the
Metropolitan's stock was legitimate. He
went into. at great length the investiga-
ton of the American Ice Company. He
said the January grand jury looked into
the matter carefully and found no indict-
ments. and the present grand jury had
been at IL for two weeks and had done
nothing as yet.
AT the most. your honor" said Mr..
Jerome. IF il transpires that / erred In
the ice trust matter. ii can only be an
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
SAN PEDRO HARBOR

A GAIN Capt. Fries has spoken out
n with vigor and force on the sub
- ject of a free harbor at San Pedro.
He says there is only one path, straight
and narrow, to be followed If San
Pedro harbor is to become great and
free. Its wharves, storage yards, side
tracks, etc., must be brought under
public ownership and control at the
earliest practicable date. To do this
he specifies three things which are
necessary. First, the tideland suits
must be carried through to the finish,
with all possible dispatch. Second, a
simple, direct law must be passed by
the state legislature extending to cities
with freeholders' charters the same
right to annex contiguous cities upon
a majority vote of each, as is now en-
joyed by cities under the general law
not having freeholders' charters. Third,
the proposed charter amendments to
the charter of the city of Los Angeles
authorizing the city to vote bonds to
improve it's water front must be adopt
ed on February 2. 1909.
The progress of the harbor of San
Pedro toward a realization of the
wishes of it's pioneers is now assured.
San Pedro harbor should be constant
incentive to all who are interested in
the manufacturing and industrial de-
velopment Of Los Angeles and the pros
perity of Southern California.
Before the completion of the Panama
canal a big commerce both in exports
and imports will have it's maritime
headquarters at San Pedro, and It's
forwarding and distributing station at
Los Angeles. Upon the completion OF
the Panama canal, San Pedro will be
one of the principal ports of the short
line to the Orient" 1t is impossible to
predict what trade conditions VIII be-
but it is possible to predict that they
will be revolutionized by new condi-
lions which will make for the increased
prosperity, of Los Angeles and South
ern California, and for the greatness
Of San Pedro harbor.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
HERALD's CHRISTMAS
<kVNT e WILL never quit thanking
w you" says one of the letter
w writer's to the Santa Claus

<kVNT e WILL never quit thanking
Nv you" says one of the letter
w writer's to the Santa Claus
department of The Herald.
1--WE" are four children and a wild
owed mother. There are many similar
cases in Los Angeles. Many Of our
fellow citizens who have as much
right as we to the full and unin-
terrupted enjoyment of life. liberty and
spangled banner are unjustly deprived
of that enjoyment or part of 1t by the
social rules and regulations and tradi-
lions and unwritten laws to which we
as well as they are slaves.
In one OF the Gilbert and Sullivan OPP
eras a character sings I'VE are the vic
Tins of circumstances" Gilbert wsse u
satirist, and If he had lived in the
United States we would have had the
social satirical opera which we need
over here in order to make US 'sit up
and practice Americanism.
The victims of circumstances are
numerous in America, and the cruel
injustice of their fate is never more
striking than at Christmas time. 1t
forms the theme Of ballads and poems
and stories innumerable, but society
most of the time is content with sem
timentality, which, by way of rem
edy, is far from being satisfactory.
All who help The Herald in its work
of entertaining the children at the big
Christmas festivity are helping their
country as much as they are helping
the boys and girls. To see that peace
and prosperity and happiness and good
will are Christian realities and not
Christmas shams is the patriotic duty
Of every citizen.
1t is because The Herald realizes this
TRUTH that we have never had the
slightest hesitation in urging the case
OF the children who win be benefited
by The Herald's Christmas festivity.
They deserve your help and II you have
abundance you can spare a good deal,
and If you have lust little more than
enough" you can afford to give some-
thing.
Volunteers to help the working COM
mittees at the Christmas dinner and
entertainment at the Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing and Simpson auditorium are asked
to send their names, addresses, tele-
phone numbers and preferred work to
the Santa Claus editor Of The Herald.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
AIR-TRAVEL

A ERIAL navigation has become COM
u mercialized In Los Angeles and
IA this city will lead the world in
regular balloon and airship service be-
tween given points. To people who
think only of the publicity side of ev-
cry event and of the possible benefits
to be derived therefrom, we may say
we believe the aerial navigation plans
will make the biggest advertisement
Los Angeles has ever had, and will
give this city a place in the history
books of civilization as that in which
the first regular airline service was
established.
The pioneers of aerial navigation who
have been making experiments here
have probably attracted as much Won
dering attention as did the pioneers of
the steam locomotive, but the difference
between our civilization and that of
our forefathers is that ours is much
more receptive than theirs was. This
is not the day of doubt and derision
but the day of cordial welcome of ev-
cry novelty. Innovations are not con-
demned but applauded. Truly this is
the golden age of the inventor, and in
consequence Of the prevailing mental
attitude the world within the next ten
years will be benefited by more discoy-
cries and useful inventions than in any
previous fifty years of its history.
The first president of the first aerial
navigation company says the aerial
trips made in Los Angeles by Knaben-
shue and Mueller demonstrate the feas-
Utility of conquering the air. The pres
ident also points out that of all places
where ballooning and other aerial travel
should be keenly enjoyed there is none
better situated than Los Angeles. Here
air-travel can be made possible all the
year round and we have no doubt win
attract many tourists who wish to ex-
perience the new sensation of journey
ing through the air. The Herald wishes
all who are concerned in the CONNER
cial venture of aerial navigation the
greatest success, because 1t recognizes
in the formation of the company the
beginning of another great and profita-
BILE industry in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
UNDER COOPERATION MUST
HAVE OBEDIENCE TO ORDERS

LOS ANGELES Dec. 10.-tEditor
Herald: In the Letter Box" recently
Mr.. Spreading, for the purpose of show
ing that collectiveism would be
tyranny, quoted from Sydney Webb as
follows:
ITO suppose that an Industrial state
can be run without strict subordlna-
ton and discipline, without obedience
to order, is to dream not OF socialism,
but of anarchism."
To Mr.. Sprading obedience to or
ders' is tyranny. If he can point out
how any factory or business in when
large numbers of workers cooperate
can he run without obedience to or
ders I would be greatly Interested.
Just imagine Mr.. Spreading trying TO
run a train on which all the trainmen
scorned obedience to orders" as ty-
ranny. The conductor gives his orders
to the engineer to pull out, but the en-
gineer doesn't propose to be tyrannized
over. and. so refuses. In a minute an
other train will be due from the rear,
and the conductor orders the brakeman
hack TO flag it. But the brakeman is
also a liberty-loving cuss and de-
+ermines to remain free" man. The
result is that the trains collide and Mr..
Snrading and his "free'' crew make a
ranid exit out of this world where
"obedience to orders" is tyranny.
Under any system of cooperation the
workers would have to obey orders. But
If thew did not like the superintendent
thew could recall him and elect another
man. or they could quit and go TO
work in some other department, or Tor
themselves. GEO. w. DOWNING.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
Big Crowd of Office Seekers
WI Mob the NeW President

quantity of commissioners. Then there
are several hundred offices in other de-
partments.
OF course, the president elect has no
intention of disturbing many of the in
cumbents, but that makes it no easier
for him, as it does not decrease the
number of applicants for the various
places. The civil service commission
has lessened the strain, but it has not
removed it entirely, for 80 per cent of
the federal offices are still filled with
out reference to the commissions regu-
lations.
Eighty seven hundred places to be
given out with an average of ten APP
plicants for every place-it means that
$1,000 citizens want to get on the fed
eral pay roll. They are usually men
of prominence in their respective COM
munities, too-men who have shown
ability, force and powers of leadership.
What would it mean, If all these APP
plicants were to turn into private busi-
ness the energy they now waste in try
ing to get a public place! Right here
in San Francisco, If the men who are
cherishing ambitions for office would
pay less attention to such will-o'-the-
wisps, the city would be the better for
1t in every way, not to speak of the
men themselves. San Francisco gives
altogether too much attention to poll
tics and chasing Jobs.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
Absentee L0ndIOrdiSn1 Is
Detrimental to Progress

~ ALIFORNIANS regard this as a
highly progressive state, But
~ what a hue and cry there would
be If some member of our legislature,
with the object of breaking up land
monopoly, should introduce such a
measure as the Irish land bill, now
before the British parliament! This
bill provides for the issuance of 3 per
cent land scrip, to the total amount
of $3.50, 900, 900, guaranteed by the gov.
eminent, for the purchase of large es-
tates in Ireland and their sale in sub
divisions on the long-term, installment
plan Of payment. And, furthermore,
the measure calls for the forced pur-
chase of great areas now devoted to
grazing, in order that they may he
cut up and restored toA tillage, says
the Sacramento Bee.
This bill is in pursuance of the policy
of enforced land subdivision in Ireland,
which has already involved large
outlay by the government, and whose
completion will need a grand total OF
expenditures not far from $1,000, 00O, O00
Thus the absentee landlordism which
has for centuries been a curse to the
country, is doomed to extinction.
Probably no such legislation would
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
SAYS GOLDEN RULE DOESN'T
GO WITH PROFIT SYSTEM

SAN Illus OBISPO, Dec. 12.-LEd-
itor Herald: 1t is evident that MIS-.
A. r. M. has had little experience in
the business world. Although still
young man / have gained sufficient IN
sight into the business methods en-
ployed and rendered necessary by the
present Industrial system to fill me
with profound disgust and convince
me that the Golden Rule is lamentaply
inefficient as remedy for the eVils OF
the present day.
Does not Mrs. A. r. NJ. know tnat
the main undercurrent of private pusl-
ness interests today Is to beat the
other man no matter at what cost
Does she think that such prlnclpless
and the Golden Rule will make goou
hedfellows? Does she not recognize
fine fact that the whole struggle IN the
business world today is for PROFIT!
Does she think for moment
that as long as the profit is per-
petuated and competition remains the
life of trade" many merchants could
he prevailed upon to weep tears or
abiect sorrow when competitor was
forced to the wall?
II is not difficult to see that the COM
peitive Industrial system and the
Golden Rule are as far apart as are
heaven and hell. Until the system
which not only induces but makes 1t
practically necessary to wink at the
Golden Rule in order to keep above
water is swept away and a sane manu-
facture of commodities for use, and not
for sale at profit, becomes the basis
OF honest work the Golden Rule will
stand about as much chance of assert
ing itself as the proverbial SNOWFALL
in Hades. PRINTER.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
SAYS MOTHERS SHOULD TEACH
SONS PROPER MORAL LESSONS

LOS ANGELES, Dec. n.-LEditef
Herald: A young man. in this morn
ing's Herald, speaks the truth when
he says mothers should be informed
better in order to give proper moral
teaching to their sons. We may not
agree about heredity, but l give him
my hand on the other question. Moth
ers should be informed not only as TO
conditions, but they should make use
of their information in the proper
moral training of their boys.
There is no subject more important
for mothers to study. Should they CO.
operate for the purpose OF training
their boys to high standards of purity,
more good could be accomplished than
in any other way.
We, are not discussing the physical
consequences of sin (Which are serious
enough), but we are looking at the
subject from the point of view of eth
les of sex relations. lie US teach QUE
bows to be masters of themselves, and
that 1t is more manly to be masters
of themselves, with strong wills, than
to be weak, cowardly sinners.
Anyone can do wrong. 1t requires no
manliness to yield to temptation and
to, run with the "gang." Moral cour-
age is more admirable than physical
courage.
From a scientific standpoint. also,
the forces which are wasted in vice,
II directed to the brain, strengthen and
brighten the intellect and produce val
liable thought. Appeal to conscience,
in the training of boys, and conscience
and reason surely will show them what
is sin for one sex is sin fer the other,
as the two sexes rise and fall TO-
gether, VERA FIDELIA.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17

be constitutional in this country, either
by congress or the legislature of any
state. The people are tied up by con-
stitutional limitations, and only the
trusts, the railroad and. other monopo-
lies have things their own way.
Long ago the remote colony of New
Zealand took the lead for the breakup
of land monopoly. The country was
burdened with the evil of great land
holdings used only for sheep grazing,
and there was small opportunity for
new settlers and farmers. So gradu-
ated land tax was imposed, small
farms being exempt from all taxation,
and the rate increasing with the acre
age under one ownership until the tax
equaled or exceeded the rental valne
of the land, thus forcing the property
into the market for subdivision.
Along with this plan of land taxa
ton went a system of government pur-
chase and sale, or of rental to actual
settlers, on such terms as to attract
immigration and home-building. The
results were vastly beneficial. New
settlers poured in, the great grazing
tracts suited to farming were subdi-
vided and sold, and New Zealand en-
tered upon a new era of prosperity and
progress.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
WOMEN NOT THE sEVEREsT
CRITICS OF THEIR OWN SEX

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13.-[Editor
Herald: Why does T. K. G. call Ma
rian Martins letter "misehievous and
bitter" wherein she simply cites the
injustice of a woman being stoned
to death and man allowed to go scot
free for the same offense? Would the
comparison be less hurtful If drawn
by a man?
Further, in what way does it i'm
prove the argument in favor of man
for Il. X. G. to tell us he happens to
know who wrote the first letter, and
that HE is q scientific writer of really
distinguished attachments"
Personally the gentleman made no
protest against the comparison, and
doubtless realized that facts are facts,
whether bitter or sweet, and regardless
of who writes them. 7. x. @. says
woman will not face facts. We would
like to see him face a few himself
and not play the "Artful Dodger' all
the time,
He also asks who is most bitter
against the woman who has gone
wrong, and with mental blaring of
trumpets and a note of finality he as
sumes in all things, he answers
woman.
The writer has had fifteen years of
experience in instructing organized
bodies of women, ana mas peen Drought
in close personal and business relation
ship with the women composing these
organizations. She claims to know
women, and also to be in possession
of her senses, and yet dares to disagree
with Mr.. T. K. G. and asserts woman
is no more bitter than man.
In nine cases out of ten man takes
the initiative and dictates the policy
of his women relatives. He is very
quick to tell his wife or sister, Don't
let me see you with such and such
girl or woman they are unfit for you
to associate with" And when the wife
wants facts, the man sidesteps the is
sue, as I. K. C. does, to question
of personal privilege, and says, II
know, and that's enough"
MURREA MARVIN.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
A DEAD ONE

HI HE recently published figures show
ing the total vote cast for the
Il various candidates for president
have given additional emphasis to the
ridiculous character OF the independence
league movement championed by Mr..
Harriman's friend, Mr.. William Ran
dolph Hearst.
Mr.. Hearst claims that the personal
organs which he likes to refer to as
the Hearst newspapers" have total
circulation of considerably over a mill
lion. Notwithstanding this fact to-
gether with the further fact that a
remnant of the Hearst fortune and adj
ditional financial assistance secured
from corporations and such malefac-
tors of great wealth as Mr.. Hearst's
friend, Hartman, were used in the
effort to injure Mr.. Bryan by boosting
the Independence league, the total vote
cast for the league candidate for presi-
dent was S3,1S6 out of total vote cast
for all presidential candidates of a.,
S52,2Se
There were six states in which not
a vote was cast for the Independence
league candidates, and in Georgia, not
withstanding the fact that the candi-
date for vice president on the indie
pendence league ticket was a man who
at one time had been one of that
states most popular citizens, the
league received the magnificent tribute
of GO votes.
Verify, Mr.. Harriman's friend,
Hearst, and his Harrimanized news
papers as political factors are deader
than the proverbial door nail, and have
met the fate that all traitors win sooner
or later.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
A HEROINE

4 MONG all the tales of matrimonial
II infelicity and eecentricity revealed
~ by the local divorce mill" that Of
the Arizona couple who lived together
for three, long years on unpleasant
terms is the most remarkable. During
that period the husband never spoke to
his wife excepting when he wished to
curse her. Marvellous to relate, the wife
never spoke to him at all.
This is the most wonderful case Of
self-sacrifice and self-restraint on the
part of human being that has ever
been brought to the attention Of the
public. The woman deserves a Carne-
gle medal for heroism. Helen of Troy,
Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Jael and Car
RE Nation combined could not furnish
q character which for sheer grit can be
compared with this silent wife. We
cannot understand how she survived
the ordeal. especially as the testimony
shows the husband was cutting up"
during part of the time in a manner
that would have taxed the vocabulary
of any ordinary wife.
There are few ill mated couples in
Los Angeles. Perhaps there are none.
The records of the divorce courts show
that an overwhelming majority of the
persons who seek dissolution of marital
partnership hail from other parts of
the country and should not be consid-
cred citizens of our land Of sunshine
and domestic happiness. Yet on ao-
count of the divorce mill which con-
ducts its operations in this city Los
Angeles is getting an i'll deserved and
unmerited reputation for being a place
where people marry in haste and re-
pent, sometimes In equal and eonse-
quent reactionary haste, and some-
times at leisure. No self-respecting
citizen of Los Angeles is proud OF the
divorce mill.
We wish divorce could be made i'm
possible in California. And why on
earth a husband should want to be
divorced from wife because she re-
manned silent for three years is beyond
comprehension. Some men are certainly
most unreasonable and ungrateful.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
sAYsAWoRkERs ROBBED BY
SYSTEM; NOT ALONE BY TARIFF

POMONA. Dec. 14-[Editor Her
adj: 81. NJ A." in today's letter
box tells of the immense profit In high
protection for the protected and how
protection enables foreigners to buy
american productions for about one
third less than the American work
ers. and that the penniless VIII not be
penniless when Americanism comes
home and insists on the robber trust
and protected special interest, known
as capitalism, desisting from robbing
the penniless of everything, even the
right to work. Let me add that when
his has happened there will then be
no privileged few to cooperate with
but a privileged all II is buying and
selling at profit that robs us, tarifi
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
INT TTH eighty-seven hundred berths
w to be bestowed by President-
elect Taft, it is natural that

w TTH eighty-seven hundred berths
w to be bestowed by President
elect Taft, it is natural that
even the beginning of next years mu-
nicipal campaign and the approaching
session of the legislature cannot en-
gross all the attention of the politicians
of San Francisco. EIGHTY SEVEN
HUNDRED APPOINTMENTS TO BE
MADE! And some people think the
president does not earn his salary,
says the San Francisco Globe.
A resume of the possibilities shows
nine cabinet officers, heads of execu-
tive departments, ten ambassadors,
twenty eight ministers plenipotentiary
or resident, several commissioners in
the Philippines and Panama, a Philip
pine governor general, all we'll paid.
Ambassadors, however, owing to the
expense of maintaining embassies. can
not live on $17,500 year, and appoint
ments are necessarily restricted to
those who can afford the luxury. They
must be men of great wealth. But
there are 6S46 postoffices that are not
limited by any such considerations, and
you do not have to possess a fortune.
either If you manage to land post in
the customs service. There will be a
number of vacancies-123 collectors at
from $500 to $4,000 a year, thirty seven
surveyors, six naval officers and any
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17

Southern California Teachers assoc
citation will meet next week in Los
Angeles, and four institutes will be
held. More than 1000 teachers will take
part in the big meeting and the vari-
GUS consultations and swappings of
views and experiences called "insti-
tutes." Southern California is one Of
the greatest educational circles in the
United States, and the hub Of it is Los
Angeles.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-17
President schurman of Cornell u

President Schurman of Cornell uni
versity says Socialism would produce
forced, unjust and unnatural equality
and destroy genius, energy and initia-
tive. Yes. We can imagine the genius.
energy and initiative Of men like Kip
ling, Edison, Roosevelt, Handsomely.
Sehurman, etc, etc, being thus de-
stroyed. What boshl The only kind Of
people it might possibly repress and
keep in their proper places with relation
to society are the Harrimans, Sages and
Rockefellers.