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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
MATERIALISM

T OSEPH SCOTT is right. Not the So
called successes in life contribute
to comfort. satisfaction and peace
of mind, but the knowledge that an
honest course has been pursued. and
that to every man has been given a
square deal. The Golden Rule is prac-
tical. 1t is not an abstract philosophy
Obeyed by nations, communities and
individuals it would make an ideal
world, a heaven upon earth. Disre-
gard of the Golden Rule is the cause OF
ALL the social ills which afflict ma
tions, and is at the bottom of all the
international trouble in the world. II
is not worth while to live for the sake
of material gains. The man who de-
votes his life to what he calls with an
amusing and pathetic touch of SIM
plicity, the improvement of his finan-
cial condition, is building his house or
the sand. 1t may be a fine house, but
the bigger it is, the greater it is, the
grander it is, the more imposing 1t is.
the more impressive will be its final
fall. "And GREAT was the fall there
Of" While we agree with Mr.. Scott,
we would like to know whether he, a
man interested in education, can sug-
gest any practical, practicable method
of combating the materialist influences
which are threatening religion. politics
and society. 1t seems to us that a re-
form of methods of life can be accom-
~; I;-I Ixy nf rf
thought. "As a man thinketh in his
heart, so is he.' Now, where are chill
dren supposed to be taught how to
think? Surely at school. What meth
ods are adopted there for training the
power of correct thinking?
Is the standard of thought concerned
with materialism and with material
results, or is it concerned with whatso-
ever things are true and lovely and
of good report? Are we afraid that II
system of mental training founded
on the Golden Rule or ethics is substi-
tuted for the present shopworn system
the fundamental proposition in which
is that material two and material two
are material four" the nation may lose
it's material supremacy? This fear il
foundationless. "Seek first the king
dom (basileia. reign, sovereignty, do.
minion) of God (or goodness) and al
these material things shall be added
| unto you" Joseph Scott is right, an6
times uncomfortable and at all times
| rather uncertain because the nationa
cart is before the national horse.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
OF WORLD wilde INTEREST
.JAPANS DKPL LOMATYC GAME
BY FREDERIC J. HAskIN

ment. was asked what he thought
about the American missionaries in
Korea. He picked up q match and
placed 1t at arms length from him on
the table. Then he took two other
matches and placed them near the
edge of the table in parallel lines,
pointing toward the first match. This
first match represents the betterment
of the condition OF the common people
of Korea" he said. "These two paral-
lei matches are the missionaries and
myself. We are both working for the
betterment of the Korean people, they
along religious lines and l along polit-
ical and economic lines. AS long as
these lines are parallel there will be
no conflict. But II the missionaries
turn aside ever so slightly to interfere
In politics, then the time will come
when our paths will cross" continued
Prince Ito, moving the two matches
in illustration. "When that time
comes the elder statesman flicked
the missionary match from the table
with his fingernail.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
CAUSE AND EFFECT

nj ANY publications of the national
N child labor committee prove the
ALL close relationship between the
increase of abject poverty and of child
labor in the United States during the
years of Republican rule. 1t is PLAIN
that it will be difficult to abolish child
labor until we also abolish extreme
poverty caused by lack of opportunity
to earn a living. The practical ques-
ton which from time to time has puz-
zled workers for the emancipation of
children bears family resemblance
to the question which puzzled Taft. 1t
is: Shall child be allowed to work
illegally in order to save a widowed
mother and younger brothers and sis
ters from starvation? Some states
have attempted the solution of TINS
problem by explicitly exempting from
the provisions of their laws children of
poverty stricken or disabled parents. In
this way scores of delicate, undeveloped
children as young as 10 years of age
are today legally working twelve hours
per day in the noisy, dust laden at
mosphere of the cotton mills of Georgia
and South Carolina. Nor does this
condition exist in the south alone, for
the employment of under-age children
is similarly LOCALIZED in California,
North Dakota, Minnesota and Wash
ington To be allowed to work when
two years younger than the strictly
legal age children need but allege to the
law enforcing authorities that the few
dollars a week they might earn is all
that will keep starvation from their
homes. This is sometimes the truth.
but the law complacently lodges the
issue by allowing the child to be sac
rificed to the conditions which prevent
poverty stricken parents from working.
"Thou shalt not earn, but thy child
may, because thy child is CHEAP"
This is the new American command
ment, and Republicans would have US
believe it arose out of conditions illus
trating what their spellbinders call
prosperity" There is limit to the
credulity and gullibility of the voter
You can fool some of the people some
of the time, and all the people some of
the time. but, Republicans, you can
not fool all the people all the time, as
you will discover in November.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
RELIABLE NEWSPAPER

TN PROPORTION to the space at its dis
posal The Herald published far more
news yesterday than either OF the other
morning papers. The Examiner had an
edition of twenty pages, in which it printed
1se items of news. The Times In twenty
1ve pages published 225 items. Los Angeles
Herald. in a compact, easily handled, crisply
written issue of twelve pages had 200 items
IL gave all the news in compact, condensed
readable style. No better or more complete
newspaper than The Herald is published In
the United States. Highly trained, expert
enced. reliable reporters gather city and
local news. Experienced, reliable cores
pondents are stationed at all the principal
news centers In the state and throughout
the United States. The Herald receives also
the complete. reliable news service OF the
Associated Press, which enables 1t TO give
its readers the news OF all the world. Our
special dispatches are all genuine. The
Herald prints the news and nothing but the
news. 1t does not dress up stories in order
that they may read effectively" IL be-
lieves truth Is more effective than fiction
When you read news in The Herald IL Il
reliable.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
THE TIMES AND NEWS"

OUR favorite morning contemporary,
the Times, has replied to the ques-
" ton propounded by The Herald as
to its special dispatches, as follows;
"The Times will state for the benefit of
the public that it's special dispatches
are In all cases actual telegraphic dis
patches wired specially to the Times
and paid for at the regular press rate
OF course this is full and complete
answer to the query propounded by The
Herald, and as such must be accepted
as conclusive that our contemporary
receives and pays for the matter which
1t publishes for the delectation OF It's
readers under the head of by direct
wire to the Times"
We are glad indeed to receive this
assurance for more than one reason:
First il establishes the good faith OF
our contemporary in dealing with its
readers, and. secondly, it gives us the
opportunity of favoring our contem-
porary with bit of information which
we trust may be of use to it and may
save it the unnecessary expenditure of
some of it's wealth.
1t is quite evident to us. in view OF
the reply of the Times above quoted,
that that journal is being imposed upon
by an unworthy correspondent, and we
base our conclusions upon this fact:
Not long ago a considerable portion OF
one of the columns of that paper was
taken up by an item appearing under
20 h..
Times" dated New York and relating
to matter of supposed news value.
This item appeared verbatim ct litera-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

If Japan is cabined, cribbed and
confined within the narrow lm-
its of it's island home it will
never be a great power. The Jap
anese know that. But If, like England,
1t can make that island home basis
from which 1t can control large por-
tions of the outside world. then 1t can
hope to become in the Pacific what
England is in the Atlantic.
AS a result of the war with China,
Japan wrested from the Chinese the
predominant influence in Korea and
seized an important piece OF Chinese
territory. the Lao Tang peninsula.
The powers forced Japan to retrocede
this tract. Time went ON and Rus
sian influence in Korea became men,
acing. Russia obtained a lease on Port
Arthur. on the same peninsula which
Japan had once held, and Russian ag-
gression threatened China. Again Ja-
pan went to war, ostensibly to free
Korea. to maintain the "open door, In
Manchuria and to save China from the
Russians.
The real result of the war was that
Japan practically annexed Korea; that
Japan has followed the Russian initia-
tive in Manchuria with more than
Russian aggressiveness, and that 1t is
now Japan which threatens the Chi
nese empire. All of these events,
I
stretching through a period of sixteen
or seventeen years. serve to point out
the course Japan is pursuing, looking
always to Japanese domination OF Asia.
Japan has not been signally success
full in the world of diplomacy. The VIC
tories it won on field and sea in the war
with Russia were not reflected In the
negotiations at Portsmouth. Its sue
cess in forming the alliance with Eng
land and the subsequent ententes with
France and Russia was due in large
part to the desire of the European par
ties to the contracts. That Japan made
fatal error In diplomacy when II
raised the question concerning the San
Francisco school incident is everywhere
admitted, for 1t was the beginning of
the end of Americas purely senti-
mental regard for Japan. Within the
last few weeks Japan so bungled the
quarrel with China regarding the gun
smuggling ship Tatsu Maru that China
was enabled to call the attention of the
world to the fact that its stronger
neighbor was taking advantage of Chi
nese weakness TO force acceptance OF
Japanese demands without a hearing.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
TRUE

THEODORE ROOSEVELT talks
more to the point than any man in
u public life with the exception OF
William Jennings Bryan, who has not
| only a forceful but sometimes witty
way of uttering truths. Roosevelt is
forceful, but seldom amusing. Like the
Scot in the story, he Jokes wi deefi-
Guilty" Bryan, like Lincoln, has a
sense of humor. Roosevelt never IN
his life took such mastery humorous
advantage of anything Bryan said as
Bryan has taken of the presidents race
suicide theories. His suggestion that
the Republican trust family is illustrat-
Il ing a Roosevelt domestic doctrine, and
that there is evidently no race suicide
among the trusts, is the wittiest utter
ance of modern times. 1t illustrates
the style of humor the Scots call
"pawky." The more one thinks of it
the droller is the idea.
But Mr.. Roosevelt makes up in power
and drive for what he lacks in humor'
Many Of his statements are assertions
of existing facts so commonplace that
they are often overlooked. The COM
monplace is frequently the essential, as
the president shows in the following
truism:
1.-THE first duty of every man is to
provide a livelihood for himself and for
those dependent upon him; it is from
every standpoint desirable that each of
our citizens should endeavor by hard
work and honorable methods to secure
for him and his such a competence as
will carry with it the opportunity to
enjoy in reasonable fashion the COM
forts and refinements of life"
The president is right. But, "if
man is willing to work, able to work,
eager to work, has no source of income
excepting the money earned by work,
has a wife and family dependent on
him, and cannot find work, what is he
going to do about it, and what is TO
become of him and of his family?'
This Is the question that staggered MT.
Taft. The best answer he could make
was "God knows" Mr.. Roosevelt takes
a firmer grip of the situation than Mr..
Taft, which is natural, because Mr..
| ftOOSeNelL lS VI an ulluSNhiS "SoA N'-'0
disposition; the same disposition that
he had while he was still young, thin
and wiry, while Taft is obsessed by the
lamiability which {, s,nerally accompanies
a generous supply of adipose tissue.
Since it is the first duty of a man to
provide a livelihood, it is the first duty
Of a political party which enjoys power,
the gift of the people, to see to it that
the possibility of conditions like those
upon which the Taft question was
founded should be eliminated from the
national, social, business life of the
United States of America. ut can't be
DONE" That is the voic of the weak
ling. It can be done, and therefore
should be done. Smallpox and the
black plague were both conquered by
the English speaking peoples. Poverty
can be conquered. 1t causes as much
waste Of human energy as smallpox
caused. This energy should be used for
the good of mankind. When all the
human energy of the world is being
used for the good of mankind, for the
greatest good for the greatest number
and not for the good of human hogs
poverty will be as rare as the diseases
which decimated English-speaking pop
ulation in bygone ages.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

It is gratifying to know the police of
Los Angeles made an excellent showing
in annual review. In many respects we
have the finest police force in the
United States. and therefore the finest
in the world. We believe the average
intelligence of the Los Angeles force Is
higher than that of any other city.
Many men seek police service here who
in other cities might be tempted to
enter industrial occupations. But, be-
sides that, the spirit of our police force
is one of civic patriotism. 1t is worth
while to be a guardian of the finest and
most beautiful city in the world. Every
Los Angeles policeman realizes this and
is proud Of his office.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
THE EXILE

N RIENDS of Col. w. F. Stewart are
asking why that officer should
u have been sent to an ungarrisoned
post. OF what breach of the regula-
tions was he guilty? Serious indeed
must have been the offense which
merited a Russian punishment. The
pathetic feature of the case is that Col.
Stewards innocent wife must share his
exile or suffer separation from him. A
little light has been thrown on this un-
American transaction by a letter writ
ten to President Roosevelt by Senator
Rayner, who asked that Col. Stewart,
like Dreyfus, be allowed a court of in
quiry, and that he be fully examined.
The president replied he would answer
with some unnamed official in the war
department. So there is a niger in
the woodpile. Stewart has been de-
prived of society and civilization at the
instigation of someone" in the war
department. This unknown official
should put his complaint against
Stewart in writing, and should publish
it, in order that the American people
may find whether there is a bona fide
case against the exile, or whether by
keeping still about it we are all stand
ing by consenting to a Dreyfus case in
the American army. For. after all, it
is the American army. 1t is not the
presidents army or the war depart
ments army. The American nation has
right to be taken into the confidence
of the officials at whose instigation a
cruel and unusual punishment is being
inflicted upon an army officer.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

Harry Thaw cannot beat the game
He has been declared to be hopelessly
insane and must stay in the asylum
Well, we suppose this will end the case
at any rate for a year or two. Our
sympathy for the hapless Harry is tenn
pered by the thought that almost every
asylum in the country can produce a
gibbering, squeaking maniac who has
gone clean crazy over that everlasting
Thaw case. Some of them were once
newspaper writer's and copy readers
gifted men, too. Poor fellows!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
CLEAR. CRISP AND CLEAN
JOIN THIS LEAGUE

A VIGOROUS fight for the emanci-
II patton of the two million American
- children enslaved under conditions
created during the reign of Re-
publican prosperity" is being made by
the Anti Child Slavery league. We in
yite readers Of The Herald who wish to
take part in the great anti-child-slav-
cry crusade to send their names to the
editor of The Herald, in order that a
branch of the league may be established
here, and as soon as possible affiliated
with the national league. The follow
ing are the articles of the league;
First-We believe in the right
of every child to health and edu-
cation.
Second-We believe child la
Dor interferes with that right.
Third-We believe child labor
is in itself cruel and wasteful !;
that it is mentally, morally and
physically injurious to the child,
and distinct menace to the ma
ton.
Fourth-We believe no child
under IA should work i'll fac
tory, workshop, mercantile house,
store, office, hotel or apartment
house, in any place of public
amusement, or should be en-
ployed in marking, preparing or
distributing articles OF commerce
at home or in any place in the
nature of a factory, workshop or
mercantile establishment.
Fifth-We believe no child be-
tween IA and 10 should be per-
mitted to work under the condi-
tions specified unless the child
can read fluently and write legi-
bly, simple sentences in the Eng
lish language.
Sixth-We believe no child un-
der 10 should be employed be-
tween the hours of 7 p. m. and !
a. m. or longer than eight hours
in any twenty-four hours, or
longer than forty-eight hours a
week.
Seventh-We believe no child
under 10 should be employed in
occupations dangerous to lie,
limb, health or morals.
Fiehth-We believe in the es-
tablishment OF a permanent chill
dren's bureau to be conducted for
the purpose of investigating and
reporting upon the general condl-
tions directly involving the wei
fare of children, especially all
matters connected with child
labor.
Ninth-We believe uniform
laws against child labor should
be enacted without delay in every
state. territory and colonial pos
session of the United States.
Tenth-We believe every en-
ployer guilty of taking advantage
of the need of his poorer or the
greed of his weaker brother by
EMPLOYING boys or girls should be
compelled to send said boys and
girls to school, to support them
While there, and to pay the par
ents a sum equivalent to the
earnings of the working child
whose youth said employers have
been misappropriating.
Eleventh--We believe IN the
right of every able-bodied and
mentally sound non-criminal
adult to employment.
Twelfth-We believe in the
first principles of Americanism,
life in liberty, with opportunity
for the pursuit of happiness, the
greatest good for the greatest
humber of people and, if possible,
3 for all the people; we believe i'll a
square deal and square meal.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

Counting chickens before they are
Matched isn't small circumstance to
the previousness of the Redlands young
man who secured a marriage license
without first consulting the young lady
Of his choice He did not use the
license. There was slight difficulty in
the way. He was not the young man
of her choice.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

With Admiral Evans on the after
bridge OF the Connecticut. the fleet
sailed into San Francisco harbor.
Fighting Bob on the bridge sounds
more natural than: "The admiral rested
easily yesterday"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

Japanese nation Is
still under control of
the same men who
brought 1t out from
the yellow mono
chrome of Asiatic
heathenism a n d
made it one OF the
first class nations.
This fact must not
be lost sight of, for
1t means that men
wise enough and
able enough to ac-
complish that great
feat in .orty years
are too wise and too
able to be wasting
their energy in a
purposeless pursuit.
The { wo wars
fought by Japan In
the last fourteen
years had the same
ultimate object in
view - the securing
of a foothold on the
sf,ICN 10 nuRIufRuI
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson is
lecturing on America, Mistress of the
Seas" In order that the title of his
lecture may become an established and
indisputable fact he advocates a
greater American navy.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07
The P ublic 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., 1908-05-07

These desperadoes of students at
Stanford have cartooned President Jor-
dan in the college annual Nearly all
the presidents of the United States
have been cartooned, but college pres
ident should be immune from such ir-
reverence. Stanford, how could you be
so naughty? We hope the cartoons are
of the really funny variety
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

milk, at cost for the babies and Ice
within reach of poor folks! If the peo-
pie were not sheep they would see in
such things something more inspiring
than-battleships, say.
JULIAN COUGH.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

OKIO - Japan is playing a
diplomatic game with a def
mite purpose in view - to be-
come the leader of Asia. to
dominate the richest and most
populous continent ON the
globe, and to become a world
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

power In fact as we'll as in courteous
acknowledgements of diplomatists. The
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-07

Tomorrow-The stake in the Game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
Fine Team Work Wins
 In Tennis Tournament

Newport, R. l., August 1S.-The su- periority of superlative team work over brilliant individual play was demon strated at the opening day of the twen- tieth annual national championship ten his tournament on the Casino courts today, when H. H. Hackett and F. B. Alexander of New York, who have been tennis partners for several years sue cessfully defended their title to the championship in doubles by defeating B. C. Wright of Boston and R. D. Little of New York, three sets to love. The scores were 6-1, 7-5, GO.
 After the victory of Wright and Little at Bay Ridge last week over the cham pions of the west and south, it was be- lieved that the match for the cham pionship would prove one of the best in years. It was disappointing almost from the start. Out of the 25 games that were played only nine went to deuce while in the first and third sets the challengers took only 21 out of the 75 points scored by both teams.
 Little's errors lost the first set, and Wright's the second, while the quality of Hackett's play was the feature of the third. Alexander bore the brunt Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19

After the games today the Barons re- turn to Birmingham.
 As yesterdays engagement was the one of greatest importance as indicating the way the series will go, it is probable that Atlanta will take the series
 The fans were in hopes that Robertaille would twirl yesterday afternoon, it being believed that if any Baron pitcher could win 1t were he.
 In case Robertaille is not i'll or injured he and Bauer will work this afternoon, and one of them should land at any rate.
 Atlanta will probably pitch Radabaugh and Maxwell or Sitton.
 Manager Molesworth has not kept the fans at home posted, and it is not known whether Walters absence from the three games played in Atlanta is due to sick ness, injury or what not.
 On account of the fact that Molesworth worked Turner yesterday, when 1t was Robertaille's turn, and Robertaille had the better chance to land the victory causes fear that the pitcher, too, is indisposed.
 Tomorrow the Barons tackle the Nash vile Volunteers, who, incidentally by wal lopng Master Juul of Montgomery, man aged to regain the lead in the pennant race The series calls for three games but as there are two postponed affairs, 1t is possible that five will be played.
 After the Nashville series the Barons go into the wilds of the west, meeting