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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
SORROWFUL SCHWAB

NHARLES NJ. SCHWAB, who was
president of the United States
Steel corporation and is RESPONSE
Bile for having talked Andrew Carnegie
and others into belief that trusts are
benevolent and philanthropic organiza-
tons, told the students Of the Univer-
sity of California that money had made
him dreadfully unhappy. Carnegie
says a man who dies rich dies dis
graced, and now comes one of the
magnates who might be stamped
made by Carnegie" and tells us that
money is snare. wealth a delusion.
Il have occupied palatial residences
in New York and Boston," said Mr..
Schwab to the edited students, land
thought at the time I was enjoying
myself" During his occupancy of the
palatial residences the unhappy wretch
remained under the spell of this H.
fusion.
But now. as he looks back on the
pleasures and palaces of New York
and Boston, he finds he was not en-
joying himself at all. He only thought
he was enjoying himself. At the time,
he was convinced of it. but after re-
Elections have told him he was being
hoodwinked by an unreal senblance
of g1adness.
Il now know" he says, that only
the clang Of the steam hammers and
the blowing of factory whistles mean
real happiness"
We are more than half way inclined
to think that after such a dose Of the
blowing of steel millionaires as he has
had to endure, Charlie might gladly
seek relief among the hammers and
whistles. And what binders him? Is
there any law which prevents him
from selling all he has. giving the
proceeds to the destitute and going
back among his well beloved whistles
and hammers to earn enjoyment and
a weekly wage? If there isn't any such
law, then why should he bemoan his
fate? These weeping millionaires who
go sobbing around the country sniv-
elling over their cruel fate and be-
moaning the hard luck which compels
them to be wealthy make the public
TIRED.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
SAYS COMMON SENSE WOULD
SOLVE THE STONE PROBLEM

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12.-LEditor
Herald: First it was necessary to
explain to Mr.. Stone the obvious fact
that by the nature of things all CO.
operation must be either voluntary or
involuntary, and that the contest was
between these two conflicting systems.
Then it had to be shown that a po-
Iitical party, such as that of Socialism,
lived, moved and had its being in the
principle of majority rule, and that it
proposed when in power to lay down
the law to the minority.
All this, which would seem to be OBJ
Vious enough, had to be set out in de-
tail, and l do not wonder that Econo-
mist, 7. K. G.. and others grew tired
and dropped out of the discussion.
Now Mr.. Stone, who seems to have a
passion for stories, tells an anecdote
of a tea party at which an Anarchist
was stumped by the question of what
would be done with an idiot who in
sisted on hanging his washing on the
telephone line. He first entered into
a long argument and then shouted:
1--WE would hang him.
Fools attach themselves to every
philosophy. If Mr.. Stones Anarchist
had known the A, B, of his doctrine
he would have answered at once that
the idea of equal freedom carries with
1t the right to resist invasion of that
equal freedom. If he had been a man
of sense he would have said: 81 can't
answer for what other people would do,
but I should think they would have
pulled the washing down and told him
not to be an ass"
I notice that Mr.. Stone finds it neces-
sary to indorse his arguments by cap
italizing about every other word. /
suggest arguments that indorse them
selves by their natural strength and
need no adventitious aid.
@ IT SPR ADTNC
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
ADMINISTRATION MUST HAVE
POWER OR WILL BE FIZZLE

LOS ANGELES, Now 11.-[Editor
Herald: If Socialism, according to Val
Stone, would not and could not be in
the faintest degree comparable to gov
eminent as we know it today" then
1t is no government at all, but merely
an organization or administration not
needing coercive powers.
If ''the very fountain and source of
all our government evils would have
been dried up in the industrial and
economic adjustment" then I say it
will never be applicable politically.
Utopian schemes of that kind have
always failed in ancient times, can
not be applied in present times, and, 1t
is reasonable to assume, will never sue
coed in the future.
In ancient times 1t was Sparta that
came to no good.
Later the Roman motto, "All for the
state and the state for ALI ended in
imperialism.
In Jerusalem the best of men, the
apostles and first Christians, estab-
lished Socialism. That bred Ananias
and Saphira.
In recent years an English colony
under Mr.. Owen tried Socialism here
in America and failed. | heard Miss
owen, daughter of the founder, tell
why it failed. viz, through the wicked
selfshness of men.
The French have had several at
tempts at communism and failed mis-
erably.
Now, Mr.. Stone, you complain of
others assuming, but do you not as
sumo a thousand times more than 9TH
ers, for your assumptions are not even
based on historic example?
An administration without power TO
administer Is a fzzle. What grounds
have you to assume that citizens, or
anybody, will give their services free
for the commonwealth? c. II.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
STAR DAY

VIZ ITH it's usual generosity when
w appealed to properly on behalf
of a deserving object, the public
is responding splendidly to the Star
day plan for raising money for the
Bethlehem institute. The object of
Bethlehem is the social salvation of
the wastrels of humanity, and its star
is a star of hope. But beyond the
sentimental appeal in behalf of the in
stitution considered as a charity a plea
might be made for it on business
grounds. Modern factories have in
creased their profits greatly by finding
use for what were formerly called
waste materials. Everything left over
after the manufacture of the principal
product of the establishment is used
for profitable "side lines"
Industrialism has learned that moth
ing in the material world is valueless,
and it is high time mankind were
learning that this truth applies with
tenfold force to the higher world.
Slowly but surely civilization is be-
ginning to realize it's responsibilities.
If it viii only to it's own self be true
it cannot be false to anything else.
and it cannot be true to itself until it
applies it's genius for organization to
bringing about the greatest good to
the greatest number of human beings.
This greatest good cannot come by
accident.
The success of the Republican party
cannot bring it, especially in view OF
the fact it is not included in the Re
publican program or platform, and
therefore doesn't interest the politt-
clans. If society would meekly get
down from its political high horse and
apply scientific methods to everyday
life, with the view of using all human
energy for the general good, the world
would renew its youth and humanity
would take a new lease of life and
great and Astounding prosperity would
bless the American nation. The Beth
lehem idea is excellent, and Bethlehem
is an admirable institution. Make VI
your mind to be star patron Of Star
day.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
THINKS soBRlETY DOES NOT
REST ON LAWS OR SERMONS

BISBEE, Ariz., Nov. 9.--[Editor Her
aldlS In your issue OF November 1
notice a telegram dated Kingman,
Ariz., and stating that for two months
past there has not been a prisoner in
the Mohave county Jail, although the
population is $500 and the county has
thirty saloons running full blast and
only three churches.
1t is further stated that when court
convened in October there were no
cases to be tried. All this is treated
as if 1t were something remarkable,
since there are several large mining
camps.
AS a miner I have Travelled a good
deal, and I can tell you that my expe-
rience has been always the same.
When times are good, and men are
steadily employed and full of hope,
there is little drunkenness or crime.
1 noticed this especially in Alaska,
when I went there with the rush in
1898. There were about 100000 of us,
and for the first few months, when
every one was full of hope, a more
peaceable or sober community could
not have been found anywhere. But
when the greater part of the claims
turned out-no good, and idle men by
the thousands collected in Dawson,
drink, quarrels and the stealing of out
fits began. This in spite of the fact
that the Canadian mounted police ana
military were most active, and the
sentences imposed by the authorities
of terrifying severity.
MY conclusion is that when men are
employed and have hope in their hearts
they behave themselves, but when they
are forced into idleness and begin to
despair they will drink and quarrel and
rob, in spite of all the laws ever passed
or all the sermons ever preached.
MINER
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
"ORIENTAL" RUGS

OITIZENS of Los Angeles should buy
! and boost home products, instead
~ of wasting their money on bogus
Oriental rugs. Barnum said the people
like to be fooled, but the deception
which at once takes money out of a
city and interferes with the natural
order of business in that city is intol-
cradle. No one really likes to be
fooled at his own expense, and even
the wise Barnum had to learn this by
his experience with the Jerome Clock
company of Connecticut. When Bar
mum was fooled in business transact
ton his roars resounded in two hemis-
pheres. So much for Barnum.
When new industries are established
in Los Angeles We welcome them.
There is always room for more. But
an industry which consists in foisting
upon the public goods NOT made in
Los Angeles at prices far greater than
their value deserves disbursement.
The city is too old and too "sot in its
ways" to be treated by wooden nut
meggers as If it were a backwoods VIII
lage on the yonder side of Bitter
creek. The gentle art of cozening
should not be encouraged by this COM
munity. Patronize home industries.
Buy and boost goods made in Los
Angeles. Don't waste your money on
gaudy rugs woven by Shekh Bill
Jones in that wildly romantic part OF
the Orient called New Jersey.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
PERSONAL LIBERTY

w E HEAR a great deal these days
w about personal liberty. If the
" gambler is not permitted to pur-
sue his business; IL the saloonkeeper is
forced to close his saloon at reason
able hours or remain closed on Sunday;
if the cigar merchant cannot have a
slot machine on his showcase: in short.
if many people are not allowed to con-
duct themselves or their business as
they please without regard TO the
rights Of others, they are prone to pro-
test that their personal liberty is
being trampled upon and to disregard
mandatory prohibitive laws If they can
do SO with iInpunity.
Often those who have sworn to en-
force all the laws consider they are
doing their entire duty if they wink at
violations of a part OF them, Arrogat-
ing to themselves the prerogative of
determining which laws should be en-
forced and which should not. This has
encouraged and emboldened those who
profit by breaking the laws to con-
tinue their lawless practices until to-
day the disrespect and contempt for
law which characterize the entire
social fabric, from the head of the
Standard OIL company down to the
smallest grocery keeper, compose a most
serious and menacing danger to the
continued success of our republican
government.
While our constitution recognizes the
Eioh4 nf ~ -
erty and the pursuit of happiness in
methods dictated by his own free will
and inclination, yet it has delegated
to the various lawmaking bodies of our
country the power to say under what
restrictions these rights may be exer-
cised in order to conserve the best in
terests Of all concerned, and when these
conditions have been imposed by our
lawmakers 1t becomes the duty of
every citizen to bow and obey, no mat
ter how unjust or severe he may con-
slider the law to be. If his personal
rights have been invaded he should
use his efforts to have the law re-
pealed instead of endeavoring to vio-
late it. /
There should be no dead letter laws
on our statute books. Those which
are obsolete should be repealed, and no
new law should ever be enacted which
is not meant to be rigidly enforced. II !
this were done. people would gain
reverence for the law which they do
not now have. We are all pleased to
note the trust magnates are being |
taught to fear and respect the law, but
we should ask ourselves the question, If
we, too, are not upon occasion disposed
to think too lightly of 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

MANUFACTURING activity will
M soon be again at it's height and
LII the railroads of the country viii
have to handle both the raw material
and finished products. In preparation
for the increased traffic, it is stated
that already the railroad companies
of the country have confirmed orders
for iron and equipment aggregating
nearly a quarter of a billion dollars,
which had been filed subject to con-
firmation after the election. Reports
filed with the interstate commerce
commission show that the operating
expenses per mile of road are already
nearly equal to those which prevailed
before the panic, in which case they
will unQuestionably soon exceed them
and the operating cost per mile Is a
very good indication of the volume of
business. OF course, averages for the
roads of the entire country prove
nothing whatever as to any individual
road They only show general condi-
tions and tendencies. The business of
the well-managed and most successful
roads must in the nature of things be
above the average, says the san
Francisco Chronicle.
Among these successful systems
none stands higher than the Union and
Southern Pacific, whose business suf-
sion than most eastern roads, whose
tonnage depends SO largely on manu-
featuring activity. There has been
much talk of raising freight rates by
reason of the largely increased cost
of operation, which cannot be denied.
The plea was made that, while fixed
charges had not decreased and could
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
PROSPERITY WEEK

n NE of the principal features of
Prosperity Week will be factory
~ visiting day, when not only the
factory visitors but the nation will
become impressed by the Importance of
industrial Los Angeles. In some places
to buy and boost home products would
be easier said than done, but such
great progress has been made in manu-
featuring in Los Angeles and Southern
California that practically everything
needed by a community in it's daily
life is made at home.
If Southern California were to be shut
off from the rest of the world for a
year, its population would lack for
nothing. Since We are not shut off
from 1.-The great American nation" of
which Southern California is proud to
be part, and which, we believe, is
Justly proud of Southern California, one
of the lessons of Prosperity Week will
be the ability of this fortunate and
enterprising community not only to
supply its own needs, but to export
goods.
There is a constant increase in the
value and Importance of goods sent out
from Los Angeles to supply domestic
or foreign markets. This will never
cease to be the land of sunshine, and,
contrary to a notion which used to
prevail in some quarters of the east,
sunshine does not make people lazy. 1t
inspires them to work with renewed
effort and increases greatly the brain
sparkle. People who are lazy In land
Of sunshine would be lazy anywhere
else.
When San Pedro harbor comes into
its own, and reaches its legitimate
leadership among the ports Of the Pa
cifc coast, and when Los Angeles is
enjoying an unlimited supply of water,
and fasteners can no longer write
ghost stories about alleged water fam
ines, and when the Panama canal gives
shortcut to vessels plying between
occidental and oriental points. Los An
geles will be one of the greatest CEN
tiers of metropolitan activity on the
North American continent or in the
world.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
THE MODERN TOM

Tom, Tom, the chaufreur's san,
stole the car and away he 'ruu";
Took a jolly joy-ride whiz
With chorus daansele friends of his.
Three were show girls statuesque,
Others, dancing shrimps, grotesque,
Two were pony ballet kiddoes-
NEARLY all were merry widows).
Tom, Tom, the chauffeur's child,
Got the motor running Wild
All the cops within the town
Tried TO run the party down.
Car few long quite merrily,
TIL Il tried to climb a treel
See these stars? sees observe in awel
Those are what the ladies saw!
Myrtle Maize, Ethylie, Cert
All were scratched but little hurt,
Quick retreat they neatly beat
Tom was hsid in Mulberry street,
Puck
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

We think the liquor sellers will find
it to their advantage to furnish papier
mache or cardboard victuals instead of
the present property Sunday meals.
The proposed change will fulfill the
requirements of the law fully as well
as the present fake does, mad as Gus
toners will be unable to eat the
property food, there will be no danger
of serious consequences.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

The plain English of the British
naval program is, if two other nations
conformity build 100 warships, or fifty
apiece, Great Britain will build no.
This does not look like peace. Yet
perhaps it may result In peace. The
cars soothsayer has given the royal
Russian a bad fit of nerves by prophe-
sying big war in the spring. The
car has returned to his original way
of thinking, and is again in favor Of
general disarmament.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
Too Busy for Discomfort

The country is going to the demni-
ton bow-wows, according to Prof.
Wendell of Harvard. He predicts rev.
olution and all that sort of thing, and
declares that the whole land is seeth-
ing with discomfort. The professor
ought to come out to California and
look around a bit. The people here are
too busy to be decentralization
Beach Telegram.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
AT The THEATERs

AUDITORIUNI-''Forty- Minutes from
Broadway"
BELAsCO-'Madam Butterfly and 1.-THE
Critic"
BURBANK-'Tn the Palace of the King"
GRAND-'Isle of Spice"
MASON-Dark.
PEOPLE'S-"At Cripple Creek"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
LOS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FTSCHER'S-"O'Grady's Friend"
UNIQUE-"My Awful Dad"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

What will happen to Emperor Will
pleasantness does not seem to worry
him, for he goes hunting while his
constitutional law makers denounce
him. 1t may be that William really
doesn't care whether the royalty
school keeps or not. Perhaps he has
had enough of absolutism. After an
he made only one serious mistake in
his life. He mistimed it. He should
have been born 200 years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
The State Press
American Defects

Prof Fritz Koch of the Lake Geneva
New school, Switzerland, an eminent
Swiss educator, is travelling in Amer
ica He stated in an interview Sunday
that American school children are too
clean. We may next hear from the
eminent Swiss that American students
drink entirely too little beer.-Alameda
Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

Governor Gillett has invited Judge
Taft to come to California in order to
rest and recuperate and get in trim
for Inauguration and for presidential
hard work We hope the president
elect viii come and VIII return to the
east thoroughly well posted on Cali
fornia and Pacific coast questions.
Nothing is more deyoutly to be wished.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

At the City club luncheon today the
necessity of a government line of
steamers from San Pedro and San
Francisco to Panama will be discussed
by Isidor Jacobs Of San Francisco. Mr..
Jacobs is as much interested in the
good government of California as in
it's industrial development. because he
knows the former is essential to the
latter
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
Heather chinee

In his new "Sidelights on Chinese
Life" Rev. ]. MACEDONIAN says: "The
Chinaman's mind is a profound and
inexplicable puzzle which many have
vainly endeavored to solve How
much better Bret Harte said it: ''The
heather Chinee is peculiar. Fresno
Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

There will be a big attendance at the
meeting of the California Promotion
committee today, The principal topic
discussed will be the 1.-THE Tourist in
California" Everything that can be
done to promote" the health and
happiness of visitors to California will
be done.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

J. Pierpont Morgan has formed an
automobile trust. Morgan is never
happier than when he is meddling. He
is one of those men who refuse to
let well enough alone as long as there's
an extra dollar to be made.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

Almost every day homes are either
injured or broken up by gambling, and
this is not happening thousands of
miles away, but right here in Los
Angeles. Gambling IS out Of place in
highly civilized community.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

Successful as the Elks Harvest fes-
tival has been, 1t is only a small sam
pie of the big success which will at
tend the grand lodge. Los Angeles is
an ideal city for permanent national
headquarters of the Elks and other
orders.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
PIntos

In California pinto Republican at
the present time deserves praise and
not abuse. 1t is a good sign that in
dependent voting is on the increase
the country. 1t will lead
to better officers and government Of
fcials and better government.-Visalia
Tip1ee
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
Far and Wide
stuna

The otherwise exemplary Paris wo-
man who has been discovered to
be the leader Of band of robbers prob
ably took her first step on the down
ward path as a tag day" boomer or
a booth tender at a church social
Washington Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
City Noise

There is a vast amount of wholly
unnecessary noise in the big cities and
the arti-noise movement represents
sound and wholesome sentiment.-Troy
IN. ~ Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
Consolation

Anyway, there is much consolation
to be derived from the glorious antici-
patton that the luscious and justly re-
nowned Houston strawperrles VIII pe
ripe next month.-Houston Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
Superior Farmer

The Iowa farmer who has just sold
his corn crop for $12,S90 might be q
good man to head a national commits
sion for the betterment of conditions
among city folks.--Ohio State Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

Champions Of the citrus industry
have gone to Washington to see that
1t gets a square deal when the tariff
Is being revised.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
The Public Letter Box

publication
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
He Got Back

Elmer linus spent Sunday at Cata-
lima. returning on the midnight train
Anahejm Gazette.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
Pity the Birds

If 1t is true that a New York ostrich
has committed suicide, as reported, it
is high time the women were revising
their styles. Pity the birds II not the
men.-Humboldt Standard.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
Not In Race

The doodle-dees were there at the
finish. but it cannot oe said of them
that they also ran.-Sacramento Union.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14

An Englishman who came to this
country to study the campaign has
gone crazy. Next time he can come
back and take part in it.-San Ber-
nardino Index.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-14
Busy Again

The race track at Emeryville is again
at work grinding out paupers and en-
bezzlers and criminals Of various sorts.
MERGED Sun.