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Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
GERMANS ARE BEHIND THE
TIMES IN PRINTING ARTS

difficulty of obtaining parts in the event
of a breakdown. They freely admit
that the American product is more
efficient, faster and constructed on
more graceful lines-in short, that it is
a better all-round "money-maker' than
the German press. But they contend
that the increased profit which would
accrue while the press Is running would
soon be offset by a wait of six or
eight weeks for parts to make neces-
sary repairs after a breakdown. This
objection could easily be overcome by
the establishment of a centrally located
warehouse, stocked with the various
parts. The majority of the large daily
newspapers on the European continent
are still being set by hand, although
there is linotype factory in Berlin.
There are four or five different type
heights in use, The many disadVant-
ages will be obvious to every Amer1-
can printer and manufacturer of print
ers' materials. However, 1t seems
probable that the market for STANDARD
height and standard line body type
would be considerable. In fact, the field
for this entire industry, as well as for
any article of merit produced in Amerl-
ca, is practically unlimited, PROVIDED
competitive figures are quoted and the
manufacturers advertise their goods
and push their sale with energy. me
German is conservative in all his busl-
ness dealings. Once shown, however
where he can save time and labor, he Is
not afraid to invest his money
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
MODERN DEVILRY

<kHNHE old conception of the devil
which furnished him with the
Il absolutely useless appendase OF
ho5yes. horns and a forked tail may
fit one of the lesser and rougher MEM
bers of the Independent Order of lmps'
but as a description of the modern deyii
it is misleading"
Thus far Rev. Burt Estes Howard
impersonal, but he added;
1.-THE horns are hidden in a silk nat
the hooves neatly encased in patent
leather shoes, and the tail run down a
creased trousers leg.
Again, in speaking of people applying
the old conception, DIR. Howard declared
that these persons do not see that
boodling is treason; that blackmall Is
niracy: that embezzlement is theft;
that speculation is gambling; that tax
lodging is larceny; that railroad dis
elimination is treachery; that factory
labor of children is slavery, and that
deleterious aduIteration is murder"
This is truth plainly put The temp
tation TO comment is strong; the desire
to quote more is almost overwhelming
The sermon was preached yesterday
morning. The Herald prints good
account of it this morning.
Read it.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
ALIEN IMMIGRATION LAW
CAUSES UNNECESSARY TROUBLE

Nevertheless, it is not difficult to sup
pose cases i'm which even a. few hours
detention might be highly detrimental.
The affair merely shows that even 4
wholesome regulation should admit OF
some discretion on the part of those
charged with its enforcement. The law
in case of this sort seems to be
straining at a gnat. tuberculosis is to
be found in every city. The time may
come When every patient afflicted with
that malady will b. isolated or other
wise rendered harmless to the COM
munity. In the meanwhile little of
practical value is gained by treating
consumptives coming to this country in
the same manner in which person suf-
fering from cholera or bubonic plague
would be treated. The fault, it need
not be suggested, lies in the law, not
in the officials whose duty compels them
to execute it. The purpose of the law,
of course, is to safeguard the public
health but when 1t can be shown that
the latter will not be imperiled 1t should
not be necessary to go to Washington
to obtain authority to do that which
humanity and common sense dictate
San Diego Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
Los ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY 81
THE CITY JAIL

q UNDAY in the city jail is an I'M
- usually melancholy and dreary
~ day. The prisoner, unless he is
hardened old-timer. is in doleful dumps.
When his mental state is aggravated
by physical conditions which would
humiliate Hottentot, he is in serious
danger of leaving jail in much worse
condition. mentally and morally, than
when he entered it. One of the main
purposes of imprisonment is therefore
rendered null. It's reformatory aspect
disappears. Before Charles Reade, the
novelist. and other philantnropists
started in England a wave of prison
reform which spread not merely over
Britain, but over the English speak
ing world, Los Angeles city jail would
have been an ideal place of conflne-
ment in the land of the cockney-one of
the kind that Hogarth drew. Any Wis
itor who has the time and the laudable
curiosity may witness for himself, any
day, a Hogarthian picture in Los AM
geles. 1t is living picture, and 1t is
at the city Jail.
Here, immured in such straitened
quarters that privacy under any cir
cumstances is out of the question, he
will see a number of poor creatures, all
created. like him, in the image of God,
They are thrown together without re-
gard to the demoralizing effect of
crowding together human beings with
one common interest. the interest of
disgrace in common, crime in common,
suffering in common. Restricted in
their exercise, deprived of fresh air,
together with whatsoever may
make for moral or physical eontamina-
ton accentuated and whatsoever may
make for reform and righteousness
lacking-entirely lacking-without the
remotest suggestion of any tendency
that is uplifting, he will see prisoners
condemned, not by the law, but by
human negligence, to suffer cruel and
punishment, degradation, de-
terioration, degeneration.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
LABOR IS NEEDED

A CONTEMPORARY in the rural
u districts offers suggestions that
"a may be most valuable both to the
unemployed and to those who have
undertaken to care for the unemployed.
The statement is made that the labor
supply in the United States was never
more unequally distributed than it is
at present. So many prosperity stories
have been published that many honest
bucolics became afflicted with a ira
ditionally familiar form of delusion.
They were certain that the streets of
the great cities were paved with gold
bricks. They flocked to the cities. and
in due process of time found that in
deed they had been gold bricked." A
large proportion of this prosperity in
flux is still in the larger cities, in a
state that is as far from prosperity as
may be. And yet, in the country
regions the market for hired labor is
undermined. Farmers cannot find
enough help. Neither can the residents
of the smaller cities and villages. There
is plenty of work in the country, on
iaIlil, IdiAcn anu NlllegdfQ. IL tne un-
employed who are leading a miserable
existence in the big cities could be
taken and distributed among the places
where their labor is needed there would
be an easing up all around. The plight
of the congested masses in the cities
would be less serious. because the con-
gestion would be relieved Immediately.
and the rural districts would be in a
position to add more to the sum of the
national work than they have been
contributing. their productivity having
been restricted by the lack of labor.
The mere suggestion of government
interference in the distribution of pop.
ulation arouses angry opposition on the
part of some people who assert that
such action would be an unwarrant-
able interference with personal liberty.
But if the liberty of some poor battered
hulk of a man who is shivering in the
New York bread line could be inter-
fered with for the prolongation of his
life and for the promotion of his pur-
suit of happiness it is not at all likely
that he would disdain the governmental
trip ticket which would entitle him TO
a free passage to some region where
there are more broad acres and fewer
narrow men than in most of the big
cities.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

lists invincible to the troops to defy far
fiercer foes, King Frost, King Snow and
King Hunger. when at Valley Forge
the prints of their bare and bleeding
feet incarnadined the snow. All the
millionaires on earth cannot bride or
hire a man TO be a patriot All the
riches in the world cannot make a
good American citizen. Freedom still
sits upon her heights" and the prin-
ciples of Robert Burns and George
Washington, and not the monetary ac-
cumulations of the princes of industry
have made America great and free,
and, unless overwhelmed in that ava
Ianche of materialism and buried out
Of sight forever, will forever keep her
great and free. "a mans life consist
eth not in the abundance of the things
that he hath" and the life of nation
can never be expressed in terms of bill
lions of dollars.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
DEEP RIFT IN ARIZONA is
CAUSED BY FALL OF AERoLlTE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Prof. Geo.
p. Merrill of the United States Ma
tional museum, who, under a recent
grant from the Smithsonian institution,
has made a study of the geologic origin
of a peculiar large crater-form de-
preston in the desert near Canyon Dr.
ablo, Ariz., has come TO the conclusion
that the depression was caused by the
impact of a stellar body. The hole is
nearly three-quarters of a mile across
and about six hundred feet deep. There
has been much discussion among men
OF science respecting It's origin, some
believing it to be an extinct volcano,
and others 20 be the record OF the Inn
pact of huge meteor which, many CEN
turtles ago, came out of the sky.
Prof Merrill, whose report is now in
press, has gone thoroughly into details.
He has secured many specimens of the
meteoric irons and other things from
the locality, which are now on exhibit
ton in the national museum. In sup
port of the meteor theory. Prof. Merrill
says that the crater could not have
been formed by any volcanic action,
for all the phenomena have a superb
cial nature. Some 800 feet of overly
ing limestone and 500 feet OF sand
stone have been thoroughly shattered
as though by some powerful blow. and
the quartz particles in the sandstone
in part fused, indicating a very high
degree OF heat. The underlying sand.
stone is entirely unchanged. Prof.
Merrill says that this absolutely pre-
cludes the formation of a crater by
any deep seated agency.
II Prof Merrilrs theory as to the
origin of the depression Is accurate
there never has been a meteoric fall
comparable with this. The largest
known meteorites, such as that brought
by Commander Peary from Cape York
Greenland or the enormous irons from
Oregon. fell with so little force as
hardly to bury themselves. The near
est approach to the Canon Diablo oc-
currence happened at Knyahinya
Hungary, in 1866, when a 660-pound
stone penetrated the ground to a depth
of eleven feet.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
CHICAGO BANKERS OPPOSE
ALDRTCH CURRENCY PLAN

order to take out new circulation. In
order to get additional circulation I'M
der the proposed plan it is necessary to
deposit with the government bonds of
a certain class.
This would impose upon national
banks in this section, for instance, the
burden of going into the market to get
bonds. Under the circumstances, l do
not feel that such scheme would give
the relief the Aldrich bill purports to
furnish"
Il do not approve of the Aldrich bill,
said George M. Reynolds, president of
the Continental National bank, "be-
cause think 1t is too cumbersome and
likely to delay too long by red tape the
needed relief in emergencies. Bankers
will have to go to Washington and go
through long explanations. Perhaps
the Washington officials will not be
able to see the situation in tho same
light and will demand time to consider.
While considering the trouble might be
growing"
E. A. Hamill, president of the Corn
Exchange National bank, said:
Il do not like the measure brought
out by Senator Aldrich. / have so in
formed Senator Hopkins, to whom l
wrote yesterday. l feel that the AL
drich plan would favor eastern bond
houses and banks, especially those of
New York and Boston"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
WORLDWIDE HONOR

T N every part of the civilized and in
many regions of the uneivilized
world yesterday groups of men
forgot ordinary business cares. and
united in celebration OF the birthday
of the man who by principle was an
American. the man who wrote the first
ode ever penned "for the Birthday of
General George Washington" the man
whose soul and mind were so far in
advance of contemporary thought, and
of eighteenth century thought, and of
nineteenth century thought and prac-
tiee. and of twentieth century practice,
that mankind has not yet overtaken
their pioneering.
Robert Burns. the scholarly Ayrshire
farmer whose Scotch muse outstripped
the tolerated barbarism of it's day and
gave a glimpse of the civilization that
is to be, or, as Tennyson phrases it,
the Christ that is to be, embodied all
the first principles Of Anericanism in
his poems and songs with such effect
that the whole resultant work consti-
hood. A man is a man for a that
in spite of circumstances. Poverty is
not a disgrace-is there for honest
poverty, wha' hangs his held. and a.
that? The brotherhood of man must
come--then let US pray that come it
may, as come it will for a. that--in
spite Of everything and Of everybody
that may hinder it.
The point in Burns life that is gen.
orally overlooked by Americans is his
intense Ainericanisn. THY spirit, in
dependence, let me share" he wrote,
and he saw in the young United States
the opportunity for which mankind had
been yearning and clamoring. "a free
fair field and no favor, for human
thought and human endeavor."
In the materiaiism of the age we are
losing sight of the spiritual and ethical
forces which made the American colon
.onists invincible to the troops Of KinR
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
A REMEDY FOR INSANITY
T ADDINGToN BRUCE calls pub
4 lie attnention to the increase of

Read it.

e" ADDINGTON BRUCE calls pub
II lie attnention to the increase of
LIZ insanity in the United States,
and an increase which he shows is out
of proportion to the increase of popula-
ton. In other words, mental diseases
are gaining upon our civilization. 1t is
therefore not a time to cry peace,
peace, when there is no peace, or to
think that calamity to the national
nervous system or any other calamity
will be abated by keeping quiet. Bruce
recommends, urgently, the study and
practice of psycho-pathology. He says
that it will not degrade the practice of
medicine but that it will exalt it, Civ
ing the practitioner surer grasp of his
subject, truer methods of diagnosis and
wider means of cure. He believes that
steps should be taken Immediately for
the foundation of chairs of psyche
pathology in every medical college in
the land. After this, or if possible con-
temporaneously, he advocates the es-
Establishment in leading cities and towns
of ACKNOWLEDGMENT institutes ana
laboratories where patients may resort
for treatment. and at which lectures
may be delivered instructing the public
in methods OF personal utilization OF
the energy hidden in the recesses Of the
subeonseious. 1t is hoped that the
expenditure of money that will be
necessary will produce better citizens
of a sturdier race. of Greater Amer
'ca. TIE Observation-Disclosures. says Mr.
Bruce, Nas even now shown that much
supposed insanity is but functional
arrangement, and thus susceptible OF
cure, ara, in any event, there is. mo
reason to doubt that once heredity has
had opportunity to operate on a sufi-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

everything pertaining to the printing
industry. They do not take much in
terest In labor saving devices.
"The APPARENT lack of interest here
may be due to the low cost of labor,
continued Mr.. Lowrie. For instance,
a Job compositor who would demand
$50 a week in an American printing
concern in a large city is glad to earn
40 to As marks ($9.52 to $10.7D here,
and so on in proportion along the en-
tire wage schedule.
presses are built much heavier here
than in America, the machines being
constructed to last a long period, even
at the sacrifice of speed and efficiency.
Few cylinder presses run more than
900 Impressions an hour, and they re-
ouire two or three operatives each.
Feeders are in almost all cases girls
or women, earning about 20 marks
($4.76) a week. A two-revolution press
is practically unknown in this country
The web press, printing direct from the
type form, without the expensive opera
ton of stereotyping, is also absent from
the market.
1.-THE one great objection the German
printers and publishers have against
the American built machines Is the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

John D. Rockefeller showed how
really large hearted he could be Satur-
day when he discharged hundreds of
regular employees, who had been work
ing on his estate, in order that he might
give others work in their positions.
Particulars of the philanthropie deal
will probably come later.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

r=====-1HICAGO bankers in general
N !: !: :: : !: :: :: !: !:
- in the letters to the United
Stares senators representing Illinois.
James b. Forgan, president OF the
First National bank and chairman OF
the clearing house committee, in let
ter to Senator Hopkins, in part said:
1T seems to me the national bank act
itself might with good reason have
been entitled An act to provide an artl-
fetal market for government bonds,
and that this proposed amendment
might with equally good reason be en-
titled. An act to provide an artificial
market for municipal and railroad
bonds | can imagine no other motive
for it's enactment than an attempt to
enhance the value of the bonds referred
to, but / am doubtful if ultimately 1t
would be effective in accomplishing
even that, because 1 do not believe the
banks will avail themselves of 1t, and
it will become a dead letter"
E. A. Potter, president of the Amer
lean Trust and Savings bank, said;
National banks, as a rule, and par
ticularly in the middle west, do not
carry in large amounts the securities
which the Aldrich measure requires, in
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

Barrett WendelPs utterances at Chi
cago Friday night regarding the "un-
privileged upper class and privileged
lower class" will doubtless win for him
a proud position alongside Divine
Rights Baer. If the professor of Eng
fish is seeking notoriety he will doubt
Jess get 1t, muy pronto.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

While these delightful warm rains are
carpeting the fields and hills with green
velvet and the sun peeps through the
clouds today to brighten the scene let
us remember that the whole east and
north is in the grip of terrific snow and
sleet storms. We should be the most
thankful people on earth.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

Two detectives attached to a private
agency in the employ of the Mexican
government admitted while under oath
Saturday that they had lied on several
previous occasions. If any one in this
vicinity sits UP in an endeavor to Guido
have to go some.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
THE STRIFE

No more do men their feeling show
By shot or thrust or culgel blow,
When anger fierce is stirred,
By mail you now approach the zoe
And fell him with a word!
The ''milksop'' is an epithet
Which leaves wound quite sure 10 tfet
The one to whom addressed.
The 'moliycoddle," too will let
Its victim lnd no rest.
Each dictionary big shall be
An arsenal where, offered free'
Are weapons ready made
nv which each fool or knave wen see
Abashed and made afraid!
when fayorite worl Is have lost renown,
cali some one ''colstil." oat or Town."
THEY'LL cause discomfort great,
while 'nizy| blizzard humps or
Clown,
VIII sure annihilate.
So men of evil ways, take care,
The lexicon holds many rare
And grewsome epithet
One-haIf the danger lurking there,
You've never known as yet
Washington Star.
AS-o-----
The less a man thinks OF his neighbor
he more he thinks of himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

ea HE case of the Mexican girl
H.. I'll who arrived in San Diego a
lH few days ago but was not
III permitted to land until per-
IL & mission had been asked and
n1 received from Washington,
strongly suggests that some
discretion should be given the ohlclals
charged with the enforcement or the
alien immigration law. The glrl is
victim of tuberculosis, and her parent Us
requested permission to take her py
way of this city to a place below the
Mexican boundary, where 1t is thought
her condition might improve. OF course,
with proper precautions, the transfer
could have been made-in fact, was
made-without exposing any residents
of this city to risk of becoming az
fected with the disease. But IN tne
absence of authority, permission had 10
he refused, and the patient was de-
tanned on board the steamer Gay or
more until word could be received from
washington permitting her 10 De
hroueht ashore and taken to her des-
tination in Lower California.
1t is very possible that no real hard-
shin was oecasioned by the delay.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

Here's an ancient mariner of the
baseball world wanting to abandon the
fielding mitt and play ball barehanded.
Next thing we know some one will pro-
pose a game of football played with
the feet
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

cient number of psycho-pathologicall
strengthened individuals. the racial
power of resistance win become such
that insanity, with minor mental ills,
will markedly decrease"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
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|IFE:. :. WIRE,


Magazine Verse
out of the dark tarn sodden rain
Into the night.
Faces that tarnish and turn again
Amethyst white.
Round me the pulsing, misty years
Limitless gloom.
Downpour and eddying swirl Of tears
Terrible doom.
Reader. picture these awful scenes.
Why do you sigh?
You don't know what this poem means
Neither do l.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27

That is an extremely pathetic story
from Florence, Italy, about the death
of ouida. This brilliant author wrote
scores of books which held the interest
of nearly the whole world. Her death
in squalor proves the strange irony of
q O
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-27
Quiet Life Near Watts

The early car was seudding across
the landscape toward Los Angeles and
the commuters buried their noses in
their morning papers. At a cross
roads near Watts the motorman saw
a man speeding down the lane at
rate that would have brought joy to
the heartL of Santa Anita railbirds.
1t was a long run but the man made
If. His frantic efforts convinced con-
ductor and passengers that the sprint
er's mind was tormented by visions of
a vexed head beokkeeper when his
man is late.
The kind hearted motorman stopped.
The philanthropie conductor stood
statuesque, poised, bellcord in leash.
Wildly galloped the GREATNESS COM
muter. With windup sprint he
reached the handrail
you (puff) goin' (puffl to Los An
geles? (WhewO"
Yes, sure; climb on" said the con-
ductor briskly.
rs this the 7 o'clock carr"
sc II iS' lSofSS WdhtS at SSNcHi
get aboard"
What time is it now?" asked the
runner, saspily.
Seven Ave, we're two minutes late
now; get on or let go the rail-" said
the conductor, his voice showing how
he was peeved.
IT don't want to ride gasp. 1 only
wanted to get the time, This dad
eummed watch / bought at Compton
and blamed clock my wife got at
Watts both stopped last night.
thought maybe we'd oversight and it
might be 10 o'clock or maybe we'd
skipped ?. whole day. This is Saturday
all right, ain [ it?"
"Whang, whang!" (this the bellcord,)
Passengers say the conductor made a
cussy noise. anyway. the car leaped
forward with a wild lunge and the
commuter from Watts intimates that
the motorman's language was fright
Gul.
Peck..-Doesn't it seem strange that
Harry Thaw could have been so crazy
and still escape the BOBBY hatch?
Beck--Nothing strange about it. No
one knew he was crazy but the law
yers for the defense, couple Of hun
dred insanity experts, dozen family
physicians anu few hundred rela-
tivss,
49,
That Boston man who left a million
dollars (which he never possessed) to
friends and charities, was a mad wag.
He called it a ''cold million" 1t was
imaginary money and If he has any
more of it with him it probably isn't
so cold just now.
| -
The postoffice department decides
that big Coon is not suitable name
for a postoffice in Alabama. If they
will tell whether it refers to a large
negro or a full. grown specimen Of pro-
j cyon lotor We may suggest title.