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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
CAPTAIN INDICATED

A HARD hearted Catalina steamship
N captain refused to wed an elop-
IA ing couple who thought they could
be safely and securely married on the
high seas. The skipper baked on
technicality, and not on scruple OF
conscience. He could not decide
whether Catalina channel is the high
seas, or only passage of water flow
ing between two portions Of Los An
geles county.
While the tar was hesitating, Cupid
sat like Jean 1ngelow's dove on the
mast, and while the ship sailed fast
did mourn and mourn and mourn.
Although the ship sailed steadily, the
clippers realized the course of true love
never does run smooth. Perhaps 1t is
Just as well the captain was obdurate
and obstinate. If he had relented Cat
alma channel might have become
maritime Gretna Green, and imagina-
ton suggests the Cabrillo racing
madly, with a precious cargo of run
away brides and grooms, while in stern
chase would come fleet Of irate tugs,
catboats, yawls and sloops. No! The
captain may have been cruel, but he
was correct. BY officiating at a mar
rage he would have established a
precedent and his subsequent career
might have been too strenuous for his
peace Of mind. ..tA4A.N.
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BRYAN SENTIMENT

A CCORDING to Professor James
u Main Dixon of the University of
"A Southern California, who has re-
turned from visit to the east, there is
far more Bryan sentiment in the At
lantic and middle western states than
a reader of nothing but Republican
morning dailies would suspect - or,
rather, would be allowed to suspect.
According to this unbiased, non-politi-
can observer, many other credible wit
nesses and the Democratic and indie
pendent Republican newspapers of the
country Mr.. Bryan's prospects of being
elected are bright, and his chances are
becoming better every day.
The growth of Bryan sentiment is
due to many contributory causes, but
not the least is the personal popular
ity of the candidate, which is far
greater than the personal popularity of
Governor Taft. The election of Mr..
Bryan will cause genuine, general re-
joicing among all classes of the COM
munity except the class which fears
reform. 1t will be an assurance of
peace, prosperity and contentment,
whereas the election of Taft would as
certainly be an assurance of a con-
tinuation of conditions which are pro-
ducing dangerous discomfort.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
RIGHTS OF LABOR

HTE ADVISE every citizen to read
w with the utmost care and atten-
ton two documents, each OF
which is masterpiece. One is the
platform Of the national Democracy,
which is most statesmanlike and Amer
lean, and will win votes If voters will
put aside foundationless prejudices and
vote according to their conscientious
convictions. The other is the platform
Of the Democratic county convention
which any American citizen who be-
lieves in Americanism might we'll be
proud to support. In both the national
and the county platforms the rights of
labor are recognized in a frank and
outspoken manner.
1--WE reaffirm the planks in the ma
tional Democratic convention OF 1903
regarding injunctions," says the local
platform, 'and emphasize the belief
that the courts of justice are the bull
wark of our liberties, and we yield to
none in our purpose to maintain their
dignity, and that injunctions should not
be issued In any case in which injunc-
lions would not issue If no industrial
disputes were involved. We reaffirm
the attitude of the national Democratic
convention of 1908 in its determination
to maintain the standing of American
labor and to establish the eight-hour
work day. We believe that labor has
an undoubted right to organize for its
own protection; and we. approve the
efforts of labor to elevate its citizen
ship and increase it's efficiency. We
pledge our legislative candidates. If
elected, to advocate the enactment of
law creating a court of arbitration
for the adjudication of all differences
arising between employers and en-
ployes, which they are unable to settle
amicably."
Strong, sturdy common sense charac-
terizes the labor plank In the platform.
the same kind of common sense which.
| in office, both nationally and locally,
will do much to restore evenness of
temperament and hopefulness of dis
position to our much vexed, much wor-
ried, much misused nation.
We are informed officially that the
Democratic county platform has the
hearty and appreciative approval of or
ganized labor, which may be depended
upon to give its loyal and undivided
support to the Democratic candidates
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
CORRESPONDENT TAKES EXCEPTION TO
SOME STATEMENTS UPON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

eye upon it and keep from under, fear
ing not q suspension of the law, but
that that which suspends 1t Is not strong
enough.
The way to cast out fear is not to
deny the existence of the chandelier OF
the cord or the weakness of the latter,
but to put up g. strong rope. So when
Mrs Eddy's teeth needed repairing she
may have spent long time in saying:
There is no toothache." But when
all proved vain she summoned the dem
fist. There is a law, and a divine law
it is, there is truth about teeth just as
there is about God; when the nerve is
exposed the containing tooth will ache.
If the nerve Is carefully covered and
the cavity sealed well the ache will
cease.
Just here enters the system of fake
negation that runs through their sys-
tenn. There is truth and law about
language and the meaning of words.
but these people who speak about truth
and light so much violate the truth of
language and obscure it's light by using
in impossible ways the visible signals
Of thought.
They say there is no pain, no disease,
so sin, but don't mean it. The testi-
mony that Jesus bore to himself the
Christian Scientists deny. as well as
that which the apostles have written.
Concerning their healing of disease.
the truth of the matter is very sanely
exhibited in an article In the August
issue of McClure's Magazine, entitled
lone Hundred Christian Science Cures"
The publication Of that article in your
columns would, in my Judgment, do as
much good---to say the least-as the
publication of the article in question.
To lilsen the cures of Christian Science
which cures have a way of being
realized in a very slow way IL at all,
and "at the rate of 50 per-" to those
which Jesus wrought is amusing.
When Christian Science shows us the
c1eansed lepers, the raised dead, the
restored withered hands, the lame from
birth made to walk, we shall believe
that it N connected with the same
source of life, light and truth as was
Jesus. w. II. HANNA.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22

LONG BEACH, Aug. 17.-LEditor
Herald: On page 10 of your issue Tor
August 10 is found an article entitled
Faith Removes All Obstacles" and
copied from the Christian Science jour
nal. AS usual, by misrepresentation
and evasion of their own conclusions,
the writer leads lin purpose) all readers
to the feet of Mrs. Eddy and advertlses
her little book.
7 submit to the readers of the Public
Letter Box the following animadVer-
sions on the article:
In the first paragraph in connection
with her definition of faith, the writer
misrepresents Christian thought. God
is not unknown and unknowable" Ills
creative and providential works nave
made him known in q degree; Jesus
Christ has made God known in all MS
f1lness. Christians do not have the
"spiritua1 attitude which accepts as
guide to eternal life theories about an
unknown and unknowable God" Faith
for Christians rests upon something
more definite, real and worthful than
theories about GOO; NOT is II
true that the hope of salvation Is based
i,1pon belief in the unexplainable
miracles attending the life of Christ.
only the ignorant of the truth of God
are to be trapped to throw overheard
the faith that is so travestied IN TINS
paragraph.
as much time to the study of the Bible
and Christian doctrine as she evidently
has to Eddyism she would be better
able to represent faith and the hope OF
salvation and might not have been led
into accepting the skeleton key"
What right has a Christian Scientist
to pirate about the law of graVitatlon,
the non-convergence of rails, the science
of bookkeeping and the peace of mind
which comes from knowing these things
and other scientific and mental or
spiritual truth, when Mrs Eddy and
her followers deny things just as true
as the law of gravitation? But 80 do
they deceive themselves and others
The law of gravitation effects a CHAM
delier suspended by a defective rope,
and the Christian Scientist will cast his
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
CiUiIiZGtiO71'S Thin Veneer
Is ShO1v1 by Race Riots

an emperor of Uganda with soldiers
and sailors enough to enforce his will,
he would be justified In sending pun
tive expedition to Springfield, ILL.,, ana
erasing it from the face of the earth.
The savagery and villainy of the white
rioters of Springfield were a hundred
fold greater than was shown by The
odore, emperor OF Abyssinia, toward
white men, and yet Theodore was pun
ished with the loss Of his crown and
his life.
The fact that race hatreds are so
deeply implanted in the savage human
breast should be a warning to the
statesmen of all races to so order the
affairs within their control that the
masses of different races shall be kept
apart. When one is strong enough to
enslave the other, and does 1t, there
may not be many exhibitions Of saw
agery. But when one race is locally
much the stronger, and yet the weaker
race is free, 1t will be impossible to pre-
vent such occasional outbreaks as that
which has just disgraced the city of
Springfield and shocked the whole
nation
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
Eastern Business Is Helped
bv Good Western Conditions

about the same showing as in the
south. Coming farther west the de-
mand even makes gains for the cur
rent year, in places showing that devel-
opment has not ceased because of hard
times. The report says;
West of the Mississippi TO the
coast, excepting Texas, conditions
are quite normal and spotted, with
quite a number of improvements
above last year. Average returns
show an improvement OF ~ per
cent in staple groceries and a fall
ing off of about per cent In luxu-
ries; same applies to biscuit and
bakers and confectioners' articles,
but it must be said here that some
new territory has been opened IN
this section, which has improved
business materially in certain sec
tions, while in others it has fallen
off a little. Collections on the above
are normal.
Prospects on the Pacific coast are re-
garded as most encouraging, and the
fact is made apparent that the decline
in trade has been mostly in the manu-
featuring centers of the east and south.
The agricultural centers where crops
have been abundant for several years
are recuperating wonderfully. With a
strong effective demand for goods in
the west, 1t will not be long before the
manufacturing centers begin to feel
the quickening movement.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
CLERKS

NJ r HOPE the clerks outing today
wv will be big success. Some
times we think citizens are not
appreciative enough Of their fellow cit
liens who make shopping possible on
the huge scale on which 1t is practiced
In the United States. Clerks make the
business wheels go round. Without
them the great machine would be use
less On their personal characteristics,
their health, appearance, disposition,
depends to a great extent the success
of sale. They are never referred to
as public servants, and yet they take a
most patient part in the public service.
Their relation to the business success
of city or community is very close,
and the great business prosperity which
characterizes the stores of Los Angeles
must be attributed partly to the high
character, the amiable and attractive
qualities and the great general ability
of the clerks.
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VOLUNTEERS WANTED

VIZ E THINK there should be no diff
w ficulty in finding five business
men to represent the local
chamber of commerce in Japan
that is to say. there may be diff
ficulty, but there SHOULD not be.
We think this is splendid oppor-
tunity of giving our friend Japan a
Roland for an Oliver. Heretofore COM
panies of Japanese business men, who
in reality were investigating commit
tees, have been allowed to inspect
every industry in the United States,
to make copious notes, and to make
use of every suggestion, hint or bit
of advice they could beg, borrow Or
convey, the wise 1t call.
We hope the chambers of commerce
of California will send to Japan a
goodly company Of the all firedest
smartest. Yankee-est, up to date-est.
quickest witted. most observant men
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
DENIES THAT POVERTY IS
THE CHIEF CAUSE OF CRIME

SAN PEDRO, Aug. 18.-LEditor Her
adj: Ella Smith OF Pasadena makes
the statement in the Letter Box of to-
day that the largest percentage of crime
can be directly traced to poverty. !
think her point is not we'll taken, and
is a superficial view of the subject.
There are many other causes which
conduce to crime, that become appar-
ent to the student of penology, and are
not seen by the person who merely
looks upon the surface of things.
This is such broad subject and has
SO many ramifications that l smile at
my temerity in attempting to discuss IL
in an article limited to two or three
hundred words. This question has been
the despair of the penologist ana the
philanthropist ever since our ancestor.
Cain, committed the first crime or
which we have record, ana 1t still re-
mains In the main an insolvable prob
lem.
Poverty does not account for it, as
we know that many of our greatest
men were born and reared in homes
of poyerty, and there learned to de-
velop stalWart virtues that are not cul-
tivated in homes of ease and comfort,
and many of our worst criminals are
Degenerate sons of rich fathers. Then
another question presents itself: Who
are the real criminals? They are not
bv any means always the men behind
the bars. The criminal is very much
the same as other men, and many men
of good repute are criminals at heart,
differing chiefly from those we call
felons In that they are able to keep
within the limits of the law with con-
summate cunning, yet are dishonest to
the very verge of robbery. Another
man more honest at heart, but less pru-
dent, oversteps the boundaries of the
law, goes to the penitentiary, loses all
self-respect, and dies an outcast from
society and fills a felon's grave. I
know my remarks have been very de-
sultory, but I have reached the limits
OF my space. Let us hear from others
along this line s
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22

HN HE veneer of civilization is thin.
1t used to be a saying that ''if
n you scratch q. tartar you will find
a savage" and it seems to be about
equally true that if you scratch any
body you will find a savage. A crime
committed by one negro resulted In
indiscriminate attacks by hordes of
white American savages on every negro
in the capitol of Illinois, and 1t re-
quired more than 5000 soldiers to put
an end to the horror. And yet there
is no reason to doubt that the average
morality of the negroes Of Springfield
is quite as high as, that of the white
population of that city. The outbreak
was the result of deep-seated race
hatred, which is as strong in America
as in Africa or Asia. When the wild
tribes of Africa seize upon stray white
men and murder them the world cries
out in horror and sends punitive ex-
petitions to revenge the murder by
killing as many as possible of the
offending tribe and incidentally selling
and keeping their territory. One can
not but wonder whether, If there were
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22

A WHOLESALE grocery house in
II New York doing business with all
u parts of the United States some
time ago instituted a useful inquiry to
ascertain the comparative condition of
business during the first six months of
1907 and of 1908, says the San Francisco
Call. The inquiries addressed to oorre-
spondents in the several states covered
groceries, biscuits and confectionery.
The greatest decline in demand IS
shown in the southern states, although
conditions do not materially differ from
those in the north. These are the re-
suits for states south of Pennsylvania
and Ohio:
Grocery articles-Falling off in
staples, II per cent; falling off in
luxuries, IS per cent.
Biscuits and bakers articles
Falling off in staples, 10 per cent;
falling off in luxuries, 151h per cent.
Confectioners' articles-Falling
off in staples, 91s per cent; falling
off in high priced confectionery, 1874
per cent.
Collections on the above about
per cent slower with quite a num-
Der OF extensions required.
AS we come west things begin to
show some improvement in the demand
for staples, but even that Is not strik-
ing. The demand for luxuries makes
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
WRITES scATHING REPLY TO
nANoTHER s."-DEFENDs s. A

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17--[Editor
Herald: In Sundays Herald, with a
good deal of sarcasm mingled with
sheer ignorance, Another s." says:
take away these good forces (the SAL
walton Army and other missions in this
city, and 1t might be found necessary
to reconstruct society on Just lines"
I wonder what Another S. would do
should his suggestion be carried out.
What kind of reconstruction would he
recommend? From the tone of his let
ter would judge that he would favor
as a substitute more saloons, dance
halls, gambling dens and red-light
brothels for each Salvation Army nall
and mission now existing in the clty'
and after this was accomplished ne
would suggest closing every church ana
house of worship and lifting the ban
or restriction on all these "hell holes"
and run an open shop of vice. IN
short he would soon turn beautiful Los
Angeles into a recruiting station for
hell and destruction for every poor soul
In it, and have the red flag OF ever
lasting fire floating. over his recon-
structed society,""
He saws: IT am no S. A. Halter, no
reviler of true religion or or earness
people in any line" A pure-mlnueo
man does not have to defend or JUSTIFY
himself in statements he makes. There
is no need for Another 8. making sucn
a statement. Any man with clear
mind and a wee bit of discernment VIII
understand where my friend stanus
DO not consider the Salvationists
and mission workers are In need OF
Another SIS pity,for their head" They
have It well fastened on, well balanced
and under good control ''Deep-rooted
social Injustice" is deep, not In the
head of man but in the heart of man,
and the cause and real name OF the
same Is sin.
Get sin out Of the heart OF man, An
other s. included, and the problem Is
solved. Not until then. G. w. r.
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they can gather, sand that when they
return they will put us in position
to add to what we know, commercially,
ali that Japan knows beside. She has
taken all our occidental, progressive
knowledge and patched 1t over her
orientalism in the places where 1t win
do most good. Now let our representa-
tive business men go to Japan and
bring us back accurate information
concerning every Japanese wrinkle"
which may be useful to the United
States.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
GREAT GRAFTON

MIR. BRYAN has begun what prom
WH ises to be a memorable discus
LII sion Of issues of national moment,
which he proposes to group under the
broad general title, "shall the Peo-
pie Ruler" with the ablest review of
the tariff question which has ever been
presented to the American people. We
have no hesitation In characterizing the
Democratic leaders great Grafton as a
masterpiece.
1t is refreshing to read the epigram-
matte and logically sequential reason
ing of Bryan after course of the tur-
gid and tedious dreariness of his hon
orable and well meaning opponent, the
good-natured champion of the losing
cause.
Mr.. Bryan both summarizes and in
diets the tariff system, with its iniqui-
ties and its train of miseries, when he
says: when protectionist comes to
make tariff law he votes hundreds OF
millions of dollars to manufacturers
whom he has never seen, and trusts
them to be just in the distribution of
the trust fund among their employees.
And what has been the result? Just
what might have been expected-the
manufacturers HAVE APPROPRIATE
ED THE TRUST FUND TO THEIR
OWN USE, and have paid their em-
pioyes only such wages as trade con-
ditions compelled
This is the startling truth. The ma
ton has literally been buncoed by tar
if benefciaries, and as Mr.. Bryan says
1.-THE whole aim of the Democratic party
is to secure justice in taxation" the
nation must and doubtless will give
that party the power 1t must have be-
fore it restores justice to our national
life.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
Cancellations

A situation fraught with dreadful
possibilities in the way of international
complications has arisen in San Fran
cisco. One All Sing, a Chinese and a
subject of the high and mighty celes-
tiaI empire, has been arrested and
rudely thrown in jail because he, hav-
ing gathered shrimps, as he had per-
feet and undisputed right to do. pre-
pared to ship them to Callao, Peru.
His shrimps have also been seized
upon by those agents of a petty and
exacting tyranny, the officers of the
California flsh and game commission.
Fresno Republican.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22

Science is fast replacing religious ny
potheses with physical facts. 1t is evil
dent the mission of the modern scien-
fist is not to destroy but to fulfill re-
ligion. DR.. William Hanna Thomson
has proved beyond reasonable doubt
that the brain does not think, but is
used to think with; is the instrument
by means of which the individual
shapes the thoughts to which he gives
material, objective expression in speech
or writing.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22

almost beyond BELIEF is Admiral
Sperry's description of the cordially
and enthusiasm with which Australia
welcomed the American fleet. But it
is neither beyond belief nor surpris-
ing to observant students who have
watched the ripening of the sentiment
which win eliminate in worldwide
for the federation of the
speaking nations.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
The Regulator
State Press Echoes
Latest Music

"Come Where My Love Lies Dream
ing" with illustrated cover.
"Trust Her Not" for so cents.
III Would Not Live Always" with
out accompaniment
"See, the Conquering Hero Comes"
with full orchestra. :
"There Was a Little Fisher Maiden"
in three parts.
"The Tale of a swordfsh," with
many scales.
Home, Sweet Home" in A flat
MADEIRA Tribune.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22
AdverHalna

The newspaper is a medium indis-
pensable to the majority of advertisers.
because of it's wide and repeating cir
culation. AS a promoter of trade and
profit newspaper advertising is no
longer an open question; that is when
done in practical and intelligent man
ner and pays because of its effective
ness and cheapness.-Santa Paula
Chronicle.
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Many unexpected products are made
in California" therefore it is not sur
prising that the best Scotch English
dictionary of modern times is being
prepared here by Professor James
Main Dixon of the University Of South
ern California.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-08-22

In spite of the cry of hard times,
more new families have tome to Los
Angeles recently than ever before in
its history, If one may judge by the
number of requests for information
about school matters that are being
sent to the superintendent office.