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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12
Y. M. C. A.

4 BIG CAMPAIGN to secure new
~ members for the Y. M c. A. will
- be begun this week. There is no
organization, association or club which
offers as many advantages to it's mem
bers as does the Y M. C. A. In its
membership all classes of society and
all callings and professions are repre-
scented. Even as a business PROPOSE
ton" membership is advantageous, for
1t increases a young mans list of
friends and acquaintances. The Y. M.
c. A. is becoming more and more a
power for good in the community. Not
only are It's social and other features
attractive, but its educational features
are excellent. Through membership in
the association many young men who
have been deprived of some of their
school years on account of having had
TO go to work may gain some Of the
educational ground they have lost.
1t should be added the Y. M. C. A.
is not a collection of people with long
faces and somber manners. The day is
gone by when 1t was thought piety was
a penance. The Young Mems Christian
association believes a merry heart
doeth good like medicine; and cheer
fulness is the principal characteristic Of
the atmosphere of the association.
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GOOD ROADS

A REPRESENTATIVE, enthusiastic
"a and altogether successful good
- roads convention met in Los An
geles yesterday and in ringing resolu-
lions advocated the $3,500,OOO good
roads bond issue. The convention was
called by the Los Angeles County
Good Roads association The resolu-
lions adopted declare that members of
the association unqualifiedly indorse
the alignment Of the roads as set forth
in the report recommended by the
highway commission, and that after
investigation they are satisfied the es-
Inmates of the cost Of road construction
have been carefully, Systematically and
accurately compiled, and further be-
lieye the highway commission is COM
posed of men who are competent and
thoroughly trustworthy and will see
to 1t that the funds are economically
and satisfactorily expended, and that
they are amply protected in this ex-
penditure by the law under which the
commission is constituted: that there
fore the bond election should receive
"the unqualified support of every voter
and taxpayer in the county OF Los An
geles who is loyal to its best interests,
and should command their utmost in
diyidual and collective service from
now until the close of the day of cleo
ton, as this question is of paramount
and immediate Importance to the pres
ent and future welfare Of this great
county"
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HEARST

" HAT does Hearst mean by his
w attack on the Democratic party
and on William Jennings Bry-
an? He says in an editorial 1--WE have
lost confidence in the Democratic
party" He means HE has lost con-
tidence in the Democratic party. His
loss Of confidence dates back to the
minute at which he begun to be sufe
he could neither bullyrag nor bride the
Democracy of the United States into
giving him the nomination for the
presidency, and thereby rendering not
merely the Democratic party but the
American nation ridiculous in the eyes
of all mankind By refusing to respect
Hearst or his ambitions the Democratic
party retained it's self respect and that
of the nation. Hearst goes on to say:
I'VE are bound to add with regret,
that WE have lost confidence also in
William j. Bryan" This is a testi-
monial to the sterling worth, courage,
patriotism, Americanism and admirable
character of William Jennings Bryan.
Hearst loses confidence In him! Hearst,
the lackey of Hartman; charged with
being owned by him, challenged to
deny it, but not bold enough to tell
the necessary falsehood! Hearst, the
trucker to scheming corporations
Hearst, whose papers are so absolutely
controlled by interests that they
shirked the greatest fight in which
"the good men and true" of California
have ever been engaged for political
freedom, for emancipation from the
usurpations of a domineering politico-
railroad organization! Hearsts au-
dacity is without precedent or parallel,
for which the country may be devoutly
thankful. One Hearst in its history
is enough.
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sUNLAND MAN ASKS QUESTIONS
ABOUT ROAD CONSTRUCTION

SuNLAND, July 9.-[Editor Herald;
Taking advantage of your Letter BOX
the citizens Of this valley would like
to have some pertinent questions an,
sWered. in regard to the coming roao
bond election. These questions are OF
vital interest to this valley ana sec
ton. ,.-,..o
Why was this valley ignored, lying
as IT does between La Canada and san
Fernando, on a direct line west from
Pasadena? Why was the proposed
road scheme switched on ana run
down Verdugo canyon7 This valley
does more business on the roads in one
month than Verdugo canyon does IN
one year. Sunland sends 10 market
20. 600 boxes of fruit each year, Whlcn
has to be hauled over the roaos py
wagon, and If anyone wants good roaas
we do, but do not propose TO vote 10
mortgage our homes and ranches Will u
out receiving any benefit we wish 10
call attention to the cost per iii H., u
these proposed improvements Ihree
million five hundred thousand dollafs
fo,, 900 miles make the cost $4,000 per
mile deducting the 100000 for the tun-
paI which TO our people and man up
a tree seems quite likely to cover up
Niger in the woodpile. NOW, are your
commissioners going to puild car
line or q common ulAt 81. ASe.Nt
simply oiled. II it is car line, as the
cost would imply, we will kick at the
polls hard. II we have to pay we want
something to show for our taxes Fin
aIlv 900 per mile for a dirt road
sivteen feet wide, even IL 1t is covered
with gravel and oiled, is, in our opin-
ion having too dear for the whistle and
more SO as this section has no chance
to blow it. $1,000 .. ~,
san Fernando, sixteen miles, or to
Roscoe on the san Fernando road, pass
inc through Sunland, can be built for
Ss00o ner mile and allow so per cent
nrofit to the contractor. The grades
have been established by competent
eneineers; the gravel is at hand to
cover the road, and will cost nothing
hi,t the expense of hauling and spread
inc. Three-quarters of the roads the
commission propose to improve are in
the same condition and men who know
something about road building and are
conversant with the route have no
hesitation in saying that, in view of
the actual condition of the present
roads. eliminating the tunnel, the ag-
eregate cost is far too high for that
amount of roads. We are we'll aware
that some places will cost more than
others. but the average Of $4,000 per
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CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
S S S S S

H HERE is nothing surprising in the
announcement that Andrew Car
a negie says the election of Taft is
drew Carnegie did not speak in a tone
of confidence. This shrewd business
man is about to make a heavy invest
ment, in order that the protected indus
tries which have made him rich may
continue to be protected and to make
him and his heirs richer. Thanks to
the school Of politics represented by
the Republican candidate, Mr.. Carnegie
has been able to employ thousands of
serfs-some of them American born and
able to read American, but most of
them not American born and unable to
read American. These serfs, with only
a dim perception of what is going
on In the vast civilized world outside
of the blast furnaces and beyond the
dismal Stag heaps, from time to time
have been conscious they were engaged
in procuring for Carnegie and the
favorites and chums whom he made his
partners a colossal fortune, and that in
return they were getting barely enough
to live on-certainly never enough to
enable them to pay their railroad fares
to other parts Of the country and
remove with their wives and families
to an America they know nothing of,
except by hearsay-a strange fairy
land, where the birds sing and the
brooks plash, and flowers bloom, and
men walk erect, with rosy cheeks in
stead of slouching along with faces
thinned by unnatural heat and hlanched
with furnace pallor. From time to
time they have gone on strike and have
been shot down like mad dogs. Have
these men had a square deal? Per-
haps they have. If you told Carnegie
they had not been treated fairly he
would turn on you and tell you that
some of them earned as much as ten
dollars a day. 1t is true, and in such
dangerous work, attended by imminent,
deadly, constant peril, twenty dollars a
day and a guaranteed pension to wives
and families in case of death by acci-
dent would not be too much to pay.
The life insurance companies will not
insure the lives of these workers ex-
cepting on almost prohibitive terms.
The accident insurance companies will
carry" them, grudgingly, as extra risks.
The Black Country of Pennsylvania.
the furnace and pit region, is no more
like California than the inferno is like
paradise Exile to Siberia is a recrea-
tion when compared with the fate OF
the steel trust slaves. And Carnegie
says he thinks and, hopes Taft will be
elected OF course he does, and the
news should be published far and wide.
Ring it out. Proclaim it from the
housetops. THE STEEL TRUST
HOPES AND EXPECTS TAFT WILL
BE ELECTED. and in order to secure
that end it is giving not only it's hopes,
its wishes, its work, but it's S$$$$S$$$$$$.
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PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE

DAYS a Republican morning daily
paper: "The people are like a
- court. 1t is difficult. almost inn
possible to get them to reverse their
own decision" What balderdash! They
reversed their own decisions in. the
case of Harrison and Cleveland-in
fact. for years played see-saw with
these two candidates. We have no
doubt the Republican paper from which
we have quoted thinks the world stands
still and the people are always the
same people. But people have a habit
of being born, Of being educated (when
their parents can afford to give them
the luxury Of complete education), Of
growing up and Of voting, and the new
voters from time to time reverse the
decisions Of their predecessors, as they
have a good right to do. Thank
heaven, the people of the United States
are not barnaclea
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POINTS OUT THE DEBT WE
OWE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

LOS ANGELES, July 10.-EEditor
Herald: Amid the groans of pessimism
which seems to be the fashion of the
of this morning to see your editorial
of this morning quietly reminding the
inhabitants of this charming city OF
fact for which they should be pro-
foundry thankful, namely, that Los
Angeles enjoys the biggest and best
city and suburban car service IN the
world" Will your Socialist correspon-
dents kindly take notice that this Is
entirely due to private enterprise ana
thar the history of securing this fine
service was for many years one of
utter discouragement, reorganization
following reorganization, because the
system did not pay!
Is nothing to be said in favor OF the
men who risked and lost their money
TO multiply intellectually the value of
every LOT in the city? There are thou
sands and thousands of persons in Los
Angeles who are today comfortably
situated for the rest of their lives on
account of the increased worth of the
homes that they had the foresight to
acquire when the splendid service of
today was undreamed of and property
went begging.
So It will be with the magnificent
work the Good Roads association is
now taking in hand; a work from
which we shall all profit and one that
will open UP a thousand opportunities
to which we are at present blind.
This is again the work of private
enterprise of those who have the
brains to understand and the hope and
courage to discount the future that
surely awaits this metropolis.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12
Only Southern Pacific Way
OF Granting Nice Vacation

they had at first supposed. True, the
matter of bread and butter might cause
some temporary trouble, but If they
only make enough noise the admins
tration- will see that free soup houses
are established. That has been done
for several hundred thousand men
without work in the east. We repeat.
Congressman Smith will convince them
that their layoff was the most for
tunate event in their lives. He has
been coached well in this line of talk.
Republican congressman all over the
country have had similar coaching.
Perhaps they will be able to fool the
laboring mamie has been fooled often
enough before-but we believe not.
Time will tell.
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Unless you hide behind a generality,

Unless you hide behind a generality,
surely this will convince you.
If 1 did not accept as sincere Mr..
Stones conviction that conscience is a
superstition, l would frivolously dis
miss the matter by saying: 1922 S.
Flower street for you, Frank" But
1t strikes me that he is in earnest when
he denies that there is implanted in the
hearts of every normal human being
an inherent knowledge of right and
wrong. In contradiction and not in
refutation, / repeat that this inherent
power has geen admitted, net by "a
few who think loosely" but by a null
titude of the greatest intellectual lights
the world has ever known. Please
don't require me to enumerate. The
power of distinguishing between right
and wrong is providential gift, whose
influence we can't escape. WnaI is II
that tells you and me that to steal is
wrong? Is it custom? Is 1t the law?
What is 1t that tells won nd me that
to lie is wrong? Is it custom? Is 1t
law? Conscience may vary with time,
place and condition, but only IN de-
gree; the intuitive power of distin-
gushing between right and wrong Is
ever present, though perhaps but Zee
bly,.
The attorneys for the defense of the
BOTTOM Dog" have lost sight of the
fact that the public, welfare is the
guiding principle in controversies or
this kind, and not the welfare of the
Individual. The plea of mot guilty
presumes, outside of its purely techni-
cal APPLICATION, that the defendant has
only been guilty of no intentional
wrong. Mr.. Blatchford comedies that
the wrong is intentional by using such
terms as ''ruffian," "libertine" etc. Eth
icaily, / suppose. he is entitled to de-
fend a criminal despite the fact that
the latter's guilt is Acknowledged. -
AS a result of the impulsiveness WIN
which am accused, l have today
..ehinned in sc cents for a copy of
..Not Guilty" Notwithstanding the
promptings Of my conscience.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12
Importance of the Pacific
Is Emphasized BY the Fleet

OFFICERS and enlisted men have
fraternized with all classes of our
~ people in all pleasant ways, and
the sailormen have been with us so
long that we have come to regard
them as part of ourselves. We are
heartily sorry that they are going, but
since go they must we as heartily wish
them a prosperous voyage and all the
enjoyment possible from the visits of
ceremony which they will make to the
hospitable people of foreign ports who
are preparing to welcome them. But
out people will feel, and possibly hope,
that with whatever reclamation and
entertainment they will be received in
foreign lands, our boys viii still rec
ognize that there can be no regard so
deep-seated as that which exists in
the hearts of ones countrymen, no hon.
ors SO satisfying as those which are
bestowed by ones own country, mad no
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

hospitality so delightful the hos
pitality of ones home.
The voyage Of the Atlantic fleet has
certainly thus far accomplished all
that it's projectors could have hoped
or desired. Wherever 1t has gone 1t
stimulated interest in America and
strengthened the bonds of interna-
tional good will. And that makes for
peace. Its stay in the home ports of
the Pacific has not only been product
i've of much social enjoyment to the
personnel of the fleet and the people
of the ports visited, but 1t has created
here a deep interest in naval affairs,
developed pride among us in our own
ships and those who sail in them, and
brought home to us most forcibly the
necessity of a naval force on the Pa
cif1c corresponding to the magnitude of
that great ocean and its coming i'm
portance as the theater in which the
greatest exchanges of the future must
take place.-San Francisco Chronicle.
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William ]. Bryan says publicity OF
campaign contributions will give the
people a chance to elect the man OF
their choice. Yes, if the publicity is
characterized by candor. Is 1t to be
expected the Grand Old Party will reveal
the secret sources of its revenues and
tell in detail the exact amounts re-
ceived? Alas, no! That would be too
millennial! Still. publicity is excellent,
and having secured publicity we may
be able to adopt measures for compel
ling truthfulness.
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independence Celebration
Gives Food for Reflection

the forests, the water and much Of the
land and dominating the government.
We see executive officers, legislative
bodies and judicial tribunals in many
states responsive to the will of these
special interests through fear, SYM
pathy or that gratitude which has
been defined as lively expectation of
future favors founded upon the re-
ceipt of favors in the past. We see
wealthy men committing great crimes
against the state and an earnest dis
trict attorney apparently powerless to
punish them. Why, then, should we
explode f1recrackers?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

IF the fifty machinists who were
laid off by the Southern Pacific in
n Bakersfield last week would only
call at the Echo office and held
confab with Congressman Smith they
would go home much better pleased
with their lot. He would explain to
them that they were not allowed to
work because the Espee thought they
needed a vacation, and after they
thought over the matter few minutes
1t would occur to them that, in truth,
they did need a vacation, says the
Visalia Times Life for them is to be
one long holiday-an enforced holiday,
to be sure, but nevertheless holiday.
They are really much better off than
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

Charter revisionists have sent an ul-
timatum to the city council asking 1t
to take up the charter business, or
prepare to hear that the members of
the charter revision commission have
resigned. The ultimatum states fur
Their that the commission will not sub
NIT the new charter to the council or
to any other body for review or for any
other purpose until it hands it over to
the board of freeholders.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12
The ubIic Letter Box

Letters intended for publication must be
accompanied by the name and address Of
the writer. The Herald gives the widest
latitude to correspondents. but assumes no
responsibility for their views. Letters
should not exceed 800 words
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

Shipments of fresh deciducus fruits
from California to the east are almost
double what they were at this date last
year. The fruit industry in California
is one of the greatest of the great i'll
dustries of the world.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

Bell of California will head the dele
cation to notify John w. Kern of Indi-
ana, Democratic candidate for vice
president. 1t is not unlikely that few
years hence notifying delegation may
wait on Bell of California.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

Preparations are being made for the
national convention OF the Independ-
ence party, which will be held at Chi
cago Monday, July 81. 1t is said Mr.
Hearst now bangles another prize
before the eyes of his office boys. He
says: IF you are good. will have you
nominated for president of the United
States some day."
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

our cousins across the Atlantic are
taking unusual interest in the presi-
Dental election. The Germans are adj
vocating the election Of Taft and de-
nouncing Bryan. The British say both
candidates are high class men, but
that Mr.. Taft does not represent his
own individuality, while Mr.. Bryan has
Originality, personality and real power
among his own people,"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

Arizona people wish to adopt babies.
This is not a joke. The Children's
Home society has received several APP
plications which have enabled it to
stock with homeless babies some of
the babyless homes of Arizona.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

Latest reports show that within the
last year child labor has been increased
greatly in the United States. After the
financial panic nearly one million chill
dren went to work. There are now
5000, 900 child laborers in the United
States. Republican policies have
brought this disgrace on the American
nation.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

m HERE is a peculiar fitness in the
silent celebration of the Fourth
of July. The anniversary of
American independence has become an
occasion rather for taking serious
thought than for noisy rejoicing. 1t
was a great feat to gain independence
for this country, but what has become
of the heritage of liberty? How has
this generation performed its steward
ship? asks the San Francisco Bulletin.
What measure of liberty do we pos
sess and what measure shall we trans
NIT to posterity? We see special inter-
ests, inimical to the people, controlling
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

America won the international team
shooting match at Bisley, England. At
this rate, the all around international
championship in everything will soon
be transferred permanently to the U.
8. A
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

Long Beach chamber of commerce
passed enthusiastic resolutions in favor
of good roads, and asks citizens to
secure the largest possible vote favor
able to the bonds on the day of cleo
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-12

mile for the whole distance looks. to
say the least, suspicious of job on the
people. G. r. BROWN,
Sunland Cal
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-10-22
sPLINTERS.


Sweet Spring - A soda water foun,
tain.
The charity that begins at home is
usually late in starting.
The nan who who IL always knocking
IL usually the last to get in.
The girl with the beautiful teeth
smiles In company and chews the rag
at home. .
The man who borrows from one
friend to pay back another will never
get out of debt.
The whistling man may be a happy
person, hut you can't say the same fol-
hose around him.
Boyce-Dld you say that young dude
emlnded you Of a part of a locomotlvei
Ioyce--Yes,. the headlight.
Bobhs-Smith says that he is going
o build his house on a bluff. Dobbs-
Veil, from what l know Of his other
transactions | guess he will.
Bills, thought you didn't dare to &c
o the girls house? Wills-It's all
ght this week the old man has got
out In his feet.