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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
TEMPERANCE

n URE wine, made in America, will
do more for the cause of temper
L ance than any arbitrary legisla-
ton which may be devised, 1t was
this thought which caused the native
wine industry Of California to be
hailed with delight by temperance ad-
vocates, who saw in domestic wine
making and vending the possibility of
a complete regulation Of the traffic,
with a guaranty of purity which would
promote the public health. The Re-
publican government, however, has
been so kind to foreign grape growers
and wine makers that in the opinion
of some men well qualified to speak on
the subject the California wine industry
is facing the greatest crisis in fifteen
years, owing to the enormous falling
off in the sales Of the American prod
uct.
At the hearing before the ways and
means committee there was a complete
and satisfactory disclosure of the
cloven hoof. We hope our friends the
AAAu4oNA AAAAA4lolS piOAAibAAipAAloAS VIII tame
this to heart. 1t turns out that the
chief enemy Of the California wine
trade is alcohol. The present tariff act,
which is making it difficult for Cali
fornia wines to obtain due recognition,
has for it's champion the representative
of the wine and spirit trade of the
United States.
Whisky distillers and the manufac-
turers Of cheap, highly alcoholic liquors
of various kinds are alarmed by the
progress of the California wine indus
try. 1t scares them far more than does
the prohibition movement because in
its success and in the adoption of CALI
fornia wines as the beverages of the
American nation they see the triumph
Of TEMPERANCE.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

TN HE enactment of a law in Califor-
MIA, embodying the main features
Il of the probation system as en-
ployed in some other states, is now
shown to have been a wise and humane
procedure on the part of the legisla-
ture. The act, which has beendn force
for over two years, is working ad-
mirably, says the San Diego Union.
It appears from the published reports
that during that period the courts of
Los Angeles county admitted to proba-
ton about 200 males over Is years of
age who pleaded guilty to offenses pun
ishable by terms in the penitentiary
OF that number only ten or twelve
have since been rearrested. 1t is esti-
mated that had those 200 men been
tried and sent to prison their mainte-
nance would cost the taxpayers of Call
fornia at least $4,000 monthly, in addi-
ton to the financial relief that would
be necessary for the destitute wives
and children of large proportion of
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
British SI1ipbuildi1g Firm
GiUeS> Employees Partnership

~ ONE time ago we called attention
to the remarkable proposal of the
~ British shipbuilding firm of Fur
ness, Witty & Co. to its thousands of
employees. Weary of strikes and I'M
certainty, unable to make contracts of
a definite nature, the firm told the men
that it might be forced to go out of
business unless they agreed to become
partners in it and as such Joined with
it in efforts to eliminate strife and loss.
Alternative suggestions were sub
mitted by the firm at the same time,
but 1t was plain that the partnership
and prof1t-sharing solution was the
most practical. A conference was
held with the employees, and they
promised to take the matter up with
their unions and leaders. A prompt
decision was asked. but an even
prompter one given, says the Chicago
Record-Herald.
The delegates of the trade unions
concerned Endorsed the partnership
proposal and referred it to the exc
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
BUY AND BOOST

n Wy and boost Los Angeles prod
* ucts during Prosperity Week, but
- do not think your buying and
boosting is restricted to one week. Buy
and boost home products all the year
round. If you have not already &C
quired the habit, you may acquire It
during Prosperity Week. 1t is a fine
thing to pick up really good habits.
When all Of us get the habit of believ-
ing in home products and in home tall
ent we may be happier yet, you bet.
All the necessaries and luxuries of life
are made in Los Angeles. Some of
the biggest packing houses in the world
have important branches here. We
have wholesale and retail food supply
stores of all kinds and much of their
stock is made in Southern California.
In our supply of meat and drink we
are Independent. If all other cities
and states were to boycott us we would
still have plenty to eat and drink. We
take It for granted no one will dispute
the assertion that food Industries are
foundational. We must have them, if
we are to have the others.
But If we were to attempt to enumer-
ate the industries that flourish on the
firm foundation of great food indus
try. and bring in money with which
to finance the undertakings for which
Los Angeles is famous, the list would
read like a trade directory. There is
hardly useful art or occupation that
is not represented in this city and in
this section of the country.
All over the United States and all
over the world Los Angeles is famous
for climate, fruit and vegetables.
The climate is responsible for many
California industries. as well as an
abundant supply Of unsurpassed fruits
and vegetables. Climate has great
deal to do with the Industrial success
of Los Angeles. 1t gave our city
its start and in climate it has a
marked advantage over most of the
manufacturing centers Of the east.
With San Pedro harbor and an mex
haustible water supply. which will
increase greatly power possibilities, Los
Angeles Will be the industrial. COM
mercial and maritime capital of the
west.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
WHOLE NATION MUST STUDY
THE SOCIOLOGICAL PROBLEM

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10. - Editor
Herald: In my daily reading OF the
Letter Box I came this morning across
the communication from Pasadena by
observer" in which he speaks OF the
interest with which the various letters
are read, and answers a critic VINO sug-
gests that they run too much on one or
two subjects. observer thinks this
is because only students of SOCIOLOGY
and economics study the Letter Box
I write to say that the entire natlon
is today, or will have to be shortly
students Of sociology.
What Is the position? Never has
there been such practical nation as
this - within, unfortunately, narrow
limits. In the bringing large areas
under cultivation, in the organization
of industry, in the development OF ma.
chinery, in short, in the production OIL
wealth, we have accomplished the IN
credible. And in the face or all TINS
we have an army of tramps, women
and children worked to death IN rae
tories, and all the economic evils we
used to fancy were the exclusive curse
of the old monarchy-ridden countries.
Are we. who have proved ourselves
giants In one domain of practical effort
going to stop there and leave the prob
lem half solved-at point at which
all this labor and ingenuity results
solely 10 Lfl6 D6ll0hI u tAAS AN' ~
few2
Such a thought is unthinkable, and
therefore in the face of every obstacle
that the wealthy and powerful may
throw in the way the problem is sure
to be thought out first and worked out
afterward.
At present we are thinking and argu-
ing it out. Various remedies have peen
suggested. These must be sorutinized
most carefully, for we have been
cheated over and over again.
We have looked to the old parties
generation after generation, for relief
and thew have given us stone. Now
others come forward and declare they
have the cure-all.
Warned by the past 1t behooves US
to examine their claims with the ut
most care, for they also may be quacks.
Nothing but good can come of the
fullest and most drastic discussion, and
The Herald is doing magnificent service
by giving all sides hearing.
D. S. TRAVERS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
FREEDOM FLOUTED

n ALL has been denied to the alleged
X Mexican revolutionists in the Los
~ Angeles county Jail. For years
before the war between the United
States and Spain New York was head
quarters of a Cuban revolutionary
junta, the members Of which were CON-
stantIy ''conspiring'' against the tyran-
nous power Of Spain, but no one
thought of arresting them, and If Spain
had demanded their imprisonment the
government would not have waited for
the destruction Of the Maine before it
went to war.
Why Mexico should be treated by the
Republican government with more con-
sideration than was Spain is a dark
secret. Moreover these men have been
held in jail weary months on charges
which their friends have declared to be
palpably trumped up such as splitting
on the streets of the City of Mexico"
John Doe warrants for murder" time,
place and name of the victim" not
specified, conspiracy" etc. What is
the secret Of the Mexican governments
power to prosecute political prisoners
in America?
Where are the descendants Of those
who avenged the Alamo?
Where are the men who remembered
the Maine?
Why do Americans sit supinely and
allow those who have committed no
worse crime than to espouse liberty TO
be bounded even unto death in this fair
land where freedom has ever been our
watchword?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
SAN PEDRO HARBOR

m HAT harbor freedom will be defin-
itely and permanently established
II and assured as a result of the
legislative committee inquiry is the
wish of every good citizen. Examples
of state control of local interests have
not been such as to encourage a hope
that anything great or good may be
expected as the result of an adminis-
tration of the harbor in which the rail-
road would have a debating voice. Poll
tics must be kept out of the harbor, if
the railroad is to be kept out, and to
Yield the control to influences in which
both politics and the railroad might
not impossibly be factors would be to
surrender, at the end OF a long fight,
much of what was fought for stoutly
and won fairly.
Los Angeles in San Pedro will have
a magnificent seaport, as closely allied
with Los Angeles as the harbor cities
of the Clyde are with Glasgow, which
is not situated on, the seacoast, and
yet is one of the principal seaport
cities of the world. 1t is reasonable
and right that Los Angeles should con-
troll it's own harbor. Owing to circum-
stances the harbor Of San Pedro is as
definitely a part of Los Angeles and
comes as accurately within the infu-
ence of this city ais if there were no
intervening miles.
With the freedom Of San Pedro defin-
itely assured, its progress will be
rapid Railroad corporation influences
should not be allowed to interfere, d.
rectly or Indirectly, with the seaport
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
ADVISES Mr.. COOK TO STUDY
SUBJECT BEFORE CRITiCISING

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15.-LEditor
Herald: Will Cassius v. Cook, whose
name is appended to the leading letter
in The Herald of November IL, please
tell when or where Socialism proposed
to make monopoly supreme?" Also
for what reason he affirms that 'the
very foundations of Socialism
are compulsory in character" He
closes by declaring: What we need
is the abolition of all monopoly and
the Inauguration OF unlimited oppor-
tunity within the limits of equal free
DOM" That is exactly what Socialists
have in view. He had better read the
writings of Socialist authors instead
of the columns of papers blindly OPP
posed to the coming cooperative
commonwealth. w. N. SLOCUM.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
CALIFORNIA; Probation Law
Is Yielding Good Results

them. There would also be the cost of
the trials and other preliminaries be-
fore these offenders were sent to serve
out their sentences. This, of course, is
the hard, unitarian side of the case
from the standpoint of the taxpayer.
But from another aspect the pro-
baton system Is even more desirable.
1t saves many people from becoming
confirmed criminals. Judge Wilbur
thus presents this phase of the prac-
teal workings of the plan. MANY
crimes are committed because of in
temperance. A man gets drunk and
steals something he never would have
taken otherwise, or overdraws his
bank account, or falls in with bad
company, or in some other way is led
to the commission of an act out of
keeping with the rest of his life. In
some such cases leniency may he high
ly desirable. The primary object of
the inquiry is to get at the causes Of
the crime and to determine the mans
capacity for good citizenship and flu
ture usefulness in the community"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

cutive officers. These have also APP
proved it, and the scheme is TO be
tried experimentally for one year.
The firm is much pleased with the
decision of its employees and their
unions. The British press hopes that
the results of the first year may JUS
tify the permanent acceptance of the
scheme, and that other disturbed in
dustries may follow the example set
by the great shipbuilding company.
Profit sharing, it is believed by the
heads of the firm, will do away with
waste, inefficiency and distrust, with
strikes and disputes, and will spell
prosperity for capital as well as labor.
The plan provides for the selling to
the employees OF stock paying GER
tain rate of interest. About five per
cent of the wages is to be deducted to
pay for the shares taken by the men.
There are other interesting details, but
the general idea Owners interest" in
the business of the firm is powerful
motive for maintaining peace and
striving after the highest efficiency.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

Secretary Fleming of Los Angeles
harbor commission spoke for the peo-
pie when he said at the harbor hear
ing: What Los Angeles and the peo-
pie around San Pedro harbor want is
a lsHx permitting them to become one
municipality If they wish to do so.
They have the ability. They have the
patriotism. They have the energy.
They have the enterprise. They also
have the capital to develop San Pedro
harbor without state aid, and they
wish the opportunity to do it."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
AT THE THEATERs

AUDITORIUM-''The searchllgkt."
NIASON-"Paid In Full"
BELASCO-"Madam Butterfly" and "Ths
Critic"
GRAND-'The Honeymooners"
BURBANR-"Zaza."
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Los ANGELES--VaudeFille.
PEOPLE'S-"The Rocky Mountain Express
FTSCHER'S-"A Day at Arcadia"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
UNIQUE-'Fun on the Santa Rosa"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

BY a superior court decision the
board of supervisors and the w. p.
Jeffries company are temporarily en-
Joined from carrying into effect the
$25O0 contract for printing and engrav-
ing $500 bonds of the Ss.5oo,ooo good
roads bond issue; but the supervisors
are not restrained from proceeding
with the sale of the bonds. Think of
the trouble the sapient supervisors
have made for Los Angeles! A move
ment to erect monuments to them
when they retire from office will not
be popular.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

Ambassador Francis is accused by
the Austro-H ungarians of parsimony
and lack of politeness. They did not
object to his thrift until he hired q
room at a dollar a day and sublet his
home to the Japanese embassy. If
Francis did this he certainly deserves
censure. How can the Japs have any
respect for a power a leading repre-
sentative Of which makes a Cheap
John of himself for the sake OF few
dollars?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
A sERENADE

The surface cars are crashing by,
The elevated shrieks at me,
AS meath thy window here / sigh
And wait, dear love. for thee.
Belated wagons rumble past
Belated cyclers scorch,
Pedestrians gaze at me aghast,.
Here tanning Cupid's torch.
NY chances toward thy window bend,
Full fifteen stories high,
The tender messages send
VIII reach thee by and by.
No sounds disturb the tranquil air,
save those described above.
Canst thou resist so fair a tryst?
come to me, my Lowell
Puck.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
The State Press
Haaratla plsappearance

One of the interesting problems Is
what has become of the Hearst vote.
Two years ago the. Independence league
candidate for governor, Mr.. Langdon,
polled 377 votes in this county. This
year the party nominee for president,
Mr.. Hisgen, could only muster 46. At
this rate it will soon require micro
scope of high magnifying power to To-
cate the Independence vote in this
county at all.-Riverside Press.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

Chief Engineer Mulholland reports
satisfactory progress on the aqueduct.
Slowly but surely all the dreams Of
the optimists who mapped out a bril-
liant career for Los Angeles are COM
ing true.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

of Los Angeles, and San Pedro is as
definitely and positively the seaport Of
Los Angeles as If 1t were only half
mile away from city hall. Los Ange-
les is the commercial metropolis Of
Southern California, and in becoming
the definitely established seaport Of
Los Angeles the free harbor Of San
Pedro will become the principal COM
mercial port of California,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

It's all off. There is not any en-
gagement between Miss Elkins and the
Duke of Abruzzi. So says Papa Ell
kins, and he carries the wad." The
duke is an also ran, has been and a
back number.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Far and Wide
Wall Street

Symptoms of real market appear.
Wall street has the stocks and the
people have the confdence.-Wal
Street Journal.
When the real market arrives the
people will have the experience and
the stocks and Wall street the con-
fidence and the money.-Salt Lake
Herald.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

After a delay Of year and a quar-
ter the ice trust cases in Los Angeles
will be brought to trial. Officials in
four companies are accused Of violat-
ing the Cartwright antitrust law. The
cases have been on ice, so to speak.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

1t is all right to talk about pros
perity 1t is even better to loosen up
the purse strings and promote pros
perity by patronizing your neighbours
industry.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

Participants in the crime of Heney's
would-be assassin are the newspapers
which opposed his attempts and pa
triotic endeavors to reconstruct San
Francisco and eliminate graft from its
official life.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

And now the government alleges the
American Sugar Refining company
cheated 1t out of more than $S,50O,000 by
practicing fraud in Weighing dutiable
shipments. The Rockefellers are send
ing kilograms of coincidence to the
"cheer up. The worst is yet to come"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Sure Cure

Boston is annoyed by some little re-
ligious controversy. Some day people
will begin practicing the golden rule,
and from two-thirds to three-fourthS
of our religious troubles will disap-
pear.-San Bernardino Index.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Morse Lesson

We believe also that the lesson of
Morse's conviction and sentence car
ries it's warning to other quarters than
the group of stockholders who sur
rounded this particular chain of victim
lied banks, and this particular gamble
on the Stock exchange-New York
Post,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
ProhIbItIonIsts Sober

Prohibitionists have about concluded
that they can accomplish nothing by
going 1t alone, and may swing into one
of the big parties. They have been a
long time coming to their sober senses.
Santa Monica outlook.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
California Eggs

The extent Of the egg industry in
California is suggested by the state
ment that since March list OF the pres
ent year, the Sonoma County Cooper
ative association has handled million
eggs, or ninety-two oarloads.-Oakland
Enquirer.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

Prayer healing is making number
fuse to believe in Christian Science.
Or perhaps the truth is they are afraid
of the name.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Principal Worry

Eastern universities are adding COL
leges of business to their organization
everywhere. 1t is not how to do busi-
ness but how to get business that will
worry the graduates.-Long Beach
Telegram.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Woman

indianapolis News.
Woman, take her altogether,
Is a puzzle, that is fiat;
Puts a SIS feather
On a 25-cent hat.
Washington Herald.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Odlous Comparison

The giraffe has a tongue thirteen
inches long, but there are some women
in this town that can make a giraffe
look like a piker.-Montgomery Adver-
tiser,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Law Is for All

People will learn after while that
they must not violate the law no mat
ter how much wealth or influence they
may have. The law is for all and all
must obey it.-Whittier News.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17

Miss Frances Holmes suggested Pros
perity Week. The Fiesta has it's queen.
Miss Holmes is the Queen OF Pros
perity.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
William the laxative

The foes of the kaiser have revised
the biblical words to read "Oh, that
mine enemy would give an interview"
And the kaiser straightway falls into
their trap.-Pasadena Star.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
The Public Letter BON

ed be accompanied
for muslin
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Liberty Menaced

The only positive opponents of in
corporation here are the COWS. City
ordinances might interfere with their
personal liberty.-Huntington Beach
News.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
What Scared hIm2

"Man dies of fright seeking his wife"
says a paper. There it is again. the
eternal question. Was he afraid he
would or wouldn't ?-Sacramento Union.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Socialist Gains

The Socialists claim 100000 votes were
cast for their ticket; an increase of
about % per cent over four years ago.
Corona Independent.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-17
Human

To err is human; failure to profit by
the error is ditto.-Santa Ana Blade.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-09-04

climb is comparatively easy. IL follows
stream of clear. pure cold water
which comes tumbling down narrow
canyon ON the western side. and Major
Powell during his FIRST memorable ex-
pioration of tho canyon called it the
Bright Angel River because II was such
n grateful discovery.
People are beginning to find their
way TO the Grand Canyon. Last year,
which was the first since the railroad
was opened. about t2.0ii0 people came.
This year, If the present average Keeps
UP, there will IL. from 20.000 to 25,00O
visitors, and every one who comes goes
home a walking advertisements for the
place There is nothing 90 compare
with it anywhere in the world. II is
impossible to eEaggeratc The grandeur.
the sublimity, the impressiycueSs of the
scenery; and it's fascination calmot l,e
accurately described Il is impossible