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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-11
PROSPEROUS PLUCK

DY THE sale of 10000, 900 aqueduct
n bonds to a New York syndicate
composed of Kountze Brothers
and A. B. Leach & Co. the completion
OF the aqueduct within a reasonable
time is assured. The reputation of Los
Angeles throughout the United States
will be enhanced greatly by its deter
mination to carry out without inter-
ruption Of successful progress what is
described truly as the greatest en-
cheering feat ever attempted by a
municipality Of its size. Los Angeles
has always been celebrated for what
the Yankees call ''git up and GIT" a
quality Of hustle and triumph In spite
of obstacles" which is characteristic of
Southern California.
Gigantic enterprises stimulate state
patriotism and civic pride. Great deeds
help citizenship to become great, and
the greatest citizenship is that which
is the most self sacrificing and the
most jealous for the common good.
San Pedro harbor plans to be COM
pletedl
The Panama canal to be dug!
Provision for constant and plenti-
full water supply for Greater Los An
geles to be madel
And well begun is half DONE"
The golden luck Of Los Angeles has
never deserted 1t, and never will, If we
continue to pronounce it with the letter
"P'' in front of 1t.
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CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
CHINESE EXCLUSION

MIR. BRYAN'S position with regard
I to Asiatic ~coolie laboS on the
49, Pacific coast is firm, strong and
impressive. This is one of the numer-
Gus social questions OF which the Dem
ocratic candidate is master. 1t
should never be forgotten that Mr..
Bryan is a lifelong student of these
questions, and that at present they are
Of vital importance in the United
States. On the subject Of Chinese ex-
clusion Mr.. Bryan has said: 1.-THE
Chinese exclusion act has proved an
advantage to the country and its
continuance and strict enforcement, as
well as it's extension to other similar
races. are imperativeIy necessary.
THE Asiatic is so essentially different
from the American that he cannot be
assimilated with our population. and
Is therefore not desirable as perm&-
nent citizen. His presence as a tenn
porary laborer, preserving his ma
tional identity and maintaining a for
eign scale of wages and living, must
ever prove an injustice to American
producers, as we'll as g. perpetual
source OF irritation.
1T every American could visit China
the question of Chinese immigration
would soon be settled upon a perma-
nent basis. for no one can become ac-
quainted with the Chinese coolie with
out recognizing the impossibility of
opening the doors of our country to
him without injustice to our own la
boring men. Generalization to our
social ideas, injury to China's reputa-
ton among us and danger to our dip
lomatic relations with that country
1t would require generations to bring
our people down to plane upon which
they could compete with the Chinese,
and this would involve a large i'm
pairment in the efficiency OF their
work.
1T is not just to the laboring men of
the United States that they should be
compelled to labor upon the basis of
Chinese coolie labor or stand idle and
allow their places to be filled by an
alien race with no thought of perma-
nent Identification with our country.
THE AMERICAN LABORER MOTT
ONLY PRODUCES THE WEALTH
OF OUR NATION IN TIME OIL
PEACE. BUT HE rs ITS SURE DE-
FENDER IN TIME OF WAR;"
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OFFERS TO WORK IF HE
is GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY

FAN FERNANDO, July 9.-[Editor
Herald: AS a regular subscriber and
reader of your paper I have been in
terested in the recent expressions of
opinion concerning workingmen and
churches. "A Gentleman" Mr.. Cum
mingway and the experience of Clar-
ence Churchill were particularly inter-
esting, illustrating as 1t does some Of
the methods in vogue on this coast
When a man deliberately states that
any man out of work is either crooked,
crippled, lazy or incompetent he makes
a strong Implication against the char
acters of 100000 men In the United
States who are today unemployed. "a
Gentleman" loftily refers us to the
associated charities for assistance
If we apply to the police we are
vagged and put in the chain gang
that relic of barbarism which would be
a disgrace to Timbuctoo, but which
fourishes at Its best in Los Angeles
that God-fearing city. whose every
block contains church and whose
ministers coax so eloquently and
whose streets are blocked nightly with
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CORRESPONDENT BELIEVES
Mr.. cUMMlNeWAY BENiGHTED

LOS ANGELES, July 6.-[Editor Her
add: In your issue of July 5, one j.
r. Cummingway pirates about the
prosperous condition of this country
and there being plenty of work for all
and that people who have no work are
either crippled, crooked, lazy or incom-
petent. Now, do not know what post
ton the gentleman occupies financially
or otherwise, but do know his state
ments read like those of a man woe
fully benighted, as regards the true
condition of Industrial or commercial
affairs in general. He has but to look
to the state and city in which he now
resides for fair sample of that pros
perity whose praise he is singing. On
last Wednesday, July l, at Sacramento,
the Southern Pacific closed its shops
indefinitely, throwing out about 1000
men; at Bakersfield from eighty-five to
ninety men; at Oakland and San Fran
cisco, and even in this city, right at
his door, they have done the same
shutting down, throwing out about 600
men. And 1t is these men who are
mechanically, mentally and morally
his equal, If not superior, and there
are at least 80 per cent of them good,
honest-born American citizens. And
these men are today looking and anx-
ious for work So I think this ,gentle-
mans logic is not infallible AS to
the present system or government he is
also wrong again, for 1t Is not good.
No government is good whose laws are
such as to permit the absolute rule of
class over the masses, who permits it's
courts to be governed and dominated
by and for the benefit of the privileged
few, whose money dominates the state
as well as the federal government,
whose rule over both congress and the
senate is as absolute as that of the
robber barons of the Middle Ages, who
do not tolerate a competitive system
but crush it out with an iron hand
wherever it comes in conflict with their
interests, and If It is this system of
government which the gentleman J.
R. c. calls Ideal, then his ideals are
not very high. and should be expressed |
)nly to himself. T. c. DOANE.
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CAUSES AND CANDIDATES

TT is NOW the duty Of every Amer
lean citizen to make up his mind
- which of the candidates and which
voice and vote. We invite and urge
Americans to become students of
economical and social conditions before
they make a decision. As Grover Cleve-
land said. it is condition and not a
theory that confronts US. The condition
is one unprecedented and unparalleled
in the annals of the United States.
After a period of great Industrial
activity and of good crops, the results
Of which were attributed by Republic
most remarkable depression which af-
fected financial and business, and
through them social interests. The first
lesson of the depression was that there
must be something defective in a sys-
tenn which can enjoy full years with
out making the slightest provision for
lean years. In other words, the sys-
tenn was shown to be unelastic and
and the country ex-
perienced what people who have not
always enough to eat call "a burst and
a starve" The Republican govern
ment's management" Of the affairs of
the country was characterized by most
reckless extravaganza. This fact was
exposed by the money stringency,
which might have been COPIED with by
a thoroughly prudent government
without humiliating appeals TO British
bankers. 1t was also exposed BY the
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PUNISHMENT BEFORE TRIAL:
CAN 1T BE JusTiFiEp7

LOS ANGELES, July B.--[Editor
Herald: I want to make suggestion,
to follow that with statement, and
last of all to ask for information.
My suggestion Is that 1t is contrary
alike to common law and common
sense to begin Furnishing an accused
man before he has been tried and con-
victed.
NV statement is that here in this city
our Jail authorities commonly and
habitually start to punish untfied and
unconvicted persons directly they reach
the lookup.
NV inquiry. which make Of The
Herald or OF any correspondent having
the requisite knowledge, is as to the
correctness OF my opening suggestion.
In other terms, Is there anything In our
criminal laws which can even give
color to this assumption by our prison
authorities of the right to commence
Imposing penal conditions on persons
not yet proved deserving Of punish
ment? This seems to me a very seri-
GUS question. and information will be
greatly appreciated.
ONE IN DOUBT.
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SAYS "a GENTLEMAN" TALKS
WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING

LOS ANGELES, July 10.-[Edltor
Herald: Your excerpt from the Fres-
no Herald, dealing with Robert Hunt
er's book on poverty in great cities, is
right up against" your Cumming
way and Gentleman" correspond
ents.
The latter, I notice, has told us the
Associated Charities "can readily Sc
cure employment" for the needy. Yet
read In Los Angeles paper only yes
terday that in the case OF a woman
who, with starving children, tainted on
the streets, through privation, the AS
ISOLATED Charities cannot provide" for
the family needs. And. by the way. a
man was sent recently to the chain
gang for begging, instead of applying
to this "unfailing'' sourse or relief. In
the face of these FACTS, what is the
use of this Gentleman airing his
"gentlemanly" ignorance?
Your correspondent H. b. Godkins
hits the mark all right.
HAROLD e. SMALE.
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CALIFORNIA is GETTING HER
SHARE OF THE PROSPERITY

PASADENA. July 9.--[Editor Her.
add: Bravo, Cummingwayl Bravo,
A Gentleman! Those werS hot shots
for the incompetents and the lazy riff
raft. Methinks those who protest so
loudly are the very ones who have
brought about the conditions they de-
scribe In such exaggerated terms. If 1t
were not for that bunch of noodles I
would not be out here enjoying this
salubrious climate. There is but one
danger, my good compatriot, and that
Is that these people begin to think. I
have found In my factories that this is
bad habit for their class. Keep them
busy somewhere, but don't encourage
them too much when they want to read
the mass of literature which Is strewn
about these days, and, don't let them
get inoculated with the crazy ideas
preached by soap-box lawbreakers.
This is the most prosperous country
In the world today, and California
seems to be getting more than her
share of the prosperity. TOURIST.
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TARIFF REFORM

| IN TARIFF reform should not be a de-
ciared intention followed by a
- prolonged representation, and
that is what the Republican Idea of
tariff reform amounts to. AS the
Democratic platform says. the people
cannot intrust the execution of the
important work of revising tariff
schedules to party which is so deep
ly obligated to the highly protected in
terests as is the Republican party.
This is the common sense of the situ-
alton. The Republican vague prom
Use concerning tariff revision was
merely a sop to Cerberus. and was in
tended by way Of protection to the
Republican party. 1t was believed by
the cobblers who constructed the freak
Republican platform that tariff re-
visionists might be fooled into voting
for the Republican candidate If
promise were made that the schedules
would be revised "manana." But, in
the meantime, the Republican cam
paign fund must be collected, and the
idea that Republicans will take ac-
ton which will close the wallet of
Croesus and harden his heart against
the opportunities of Republican solic-
itors is fantastic. 1t might be en-
tertained in the Fourth Dimension Of
Space, but there is no room for it under
conditions which govern the world. In
order to have even a remote chance
of success in the election the Repub
licans must have money, money, !
money. They have no arguments.
Money must take the place of argu- |
ments. They have a poor record. |
Money must supply the deficiencies of
record. Their candidate is good, |
man, who has had an OPP
portunity of demonstrating executive
ability. but has not shown he pos
sesses any. Therefore the Republican
party, hat in hand. must go to the in
of the high protective
tariff: and the men who enjoy a huge
lnearned increment procured for them
by the intervention of an arbitrary
loldup tariff will finance the Repub-
lean campaign on condition that the
Republican party does not interfere
With their sources of revenue. The
party is free 1t stands in
1--WE of no interests. 1t represents the
,ld-time spirit of American institu- {
ions, which were founded and !
and grew and prospered un-
Ter the rule of equal opportunities for
IL of them; special privileges for none
f them. The Democratic party is,
therefore,, in earnest, and means BUSH
ess when it says I'VE favor IMME-
DATE revision of the tariff by the
eduction of import duties. Reductions
hould be made in the tariff on ar
Giles entering into competition with
products and on the .
of life, especially upon ar .
cles competing with such American
as are sold abroad more II
heaply than at home: and graduate :
eductions should be made in such
Their schedules as may be necessary 9
D restore the tariff to & revenue basis. q
Existing duties have given the mar n
facturers Of paper a shelter behind I
1hich they have organized combina- q
Ions TO raise the price of pulp and of o
aper, thus imposing a tax upon the S
pread of knowledge. We demand the
IMMEDIATE repeal of the tariff on wood p
ulp, print paper, lumber timber and h
gs, and that these articles be placed Il
pom the free list" Is
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Statistics on Immigration
to Be Compiled Carefully

it is to be hoped that the scope of
observation thus instituted will speed
lily be made more comprehensive. That
that country has been made to an OBJ
Jectionable extent the dumping ground
of the scum OF Europe is not an idle
aggregation of words. Immigrants of
the right kind should be welcomed now
as In the earlier years of American his
tory. People who have come to this
country from Europe to found homes
and become Industrious, law-abiding,
upbuilding citizens have constituted an
important and effective factor in MAX
Ing the United States great and pros
porous country. But there should be
no room here for those whose presence
would tend to lower our standard of
citizenship. Particularly does this ap-
ply just now to people from Asiatic
countries who could never become citi-
zens either in fact or effect, and whose
residence in this country would tend to
debase morals and to decrease the in
dependence of industrial workers.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-11
CLEAN RACING

S THE time draws near for the
~ Republican and Democratic state
conventions 1t might be well to
remember that the citizens of South
ern California are determined to nom
mate men pledged to enact laws which
will help horse racing, the sport Of
kings" by eliminating from it evil
gambling features. Horse racing is
such a splendid type of sport that its
usurpation by a gang of "bookies"
who care nothing for the horses ana
everything for the odds is deplorable.
Unless measures are taken to preserve
the prestige OF horse racing in Cali
fornia by disassociating 1t from all
debased and debasing forms of gam-
bling it is much to be feared this fine
sport may suffer OF may even be BAN
ished from the state, as it has been
banished from other states. Why the
existence OF such a great and en-
nobling form of sport should be threat
ened by parasite is mystery. Sure
ly the state can rid horse racing of
the parasite which affiicts it.
Baseball is held in universal respect
and has gained so constantly In pop
ularity that without challenge II wears
the proud title OF the national game.
It has won this distinction because 1t
is a clean sport and will not suffer
the gambling parasite to prey upon II
or its patrons. California is better
suited for horse racing than is any
other state in the Union. Some Of the
finest and fastest horses in the worli
have been bred here. The horse can
run on his own legs in California.
He does not need the artificial "as-
iistance" Of gamblers and gambling. J
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Wonderful Is the Material
Prosperity of This Country

A great deal OF this spleidid increase
accrues from the advance price of oil
as compared with 1906. The oil product
for 1907 amounts to 100000 barrels.
the largest output in the history OF
the Industry In the state. With the
prevailing price the oil men got for
their product in the neighborhood of
ST., 00O, 900.
In the production OF other minerals
and metals California is constantly
making a rapid advance. The gold
product of the state is far ahead of
that of a decade ago and II keeps in
creasing with the passing OF years.
There Is probably not another state In
the Union that will compare with CAL
ifornia for permanency and consistency
of its mineral product.
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I'VE very frequently hear it said
w that california is still in its
" infancy" In many respects
this is true, but when we compare
California with some of It's contcn-
poraries in the commonwealth of states
we find that 1t is getting to be in the
staid class. Yet II is a fact undeniaLle
as we'll as encouraging that the older
the state grows the greater In bulk
value do its products become. says the
Sacramento Union.
This is particularly true Of the MIR
eral output OF California. The last
report of State Mineralogist Aubury
shows to what extent the mining in
dustry is growing. Compared with the
previous year there is an increase in
the production of oil of nearly $7,000.000.
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SAYS COUNCIL REGARDS ITSELF
HIGHER THAN CONSTITUTION

LOS ANGELES. July s.--[Editor
herald: There are two ways of view
ing the principle Of human rights. On
O. certain occasion william H. Seward,
who was wounded at the time Of the
Lincoln assassination, addressed the
United States senate on the slavery
question. In the course Of his remarks
he called forth this query from a
brother SENATOR as that law" The
great secretary, as If to give emphasis
to his own famous reply, assumed an
imposing attitude, and with uplifted
hand pointing heavenward exclaimed;
There is a higher lawi"
Comparing small things with great,
the Los Angeles council are evidently
of the same opinion, for they regard
their enactments as being HIGHER
than the constitution-both federal and
state. Only there is this difference;
One stands for great moral principle
and civil right, the other IS fawnins
L. Il. FISHER.
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There will be a big attendance at the
meeting OF the Good Roads association
which will be held at Blanchard hall
at 10 a. m. today. Good roads plans
will be illustrated by an accurate map
and explained by able speakers, and
all who attend the meeting will I'M
doubtedly become enthusiastic boosters
of the $s,5OO.OOO bond issue. On good
roads depends to a great extent the
future prosperity of Southern Califor-
mia. 1t MUST have them.
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Los Angeles is about to present its
annual laughable farce, called Read
ing the Assessment Roll" The process
will take all of one week. and possibly
two. As 1t is really a great test Of
endurance fer the reader, and is in the
nature Of a physical feat. like a six-day
walking match, we suggest the council
should charge small fee for admis-
sion. People who gladly give up their
money so that they may witness a
six-day walking match will surely flock
to a ten-day talking match.
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WHY NOT TREAT PRISONERS
UNIFORMITY ASKS WRITER

Los ANGELES, July 10.-[Editor
Herald: 1t looks as though we would
go further in the outstanding of our
police methods to oblige foreign des-
pots than we will do to conserve the
peace and comfort of our own bureau
cracy. Why don't we either let these
stitution. or else-if we must Jail them
do the thing properly; order them
incommunicado Gas we have done with
Magon ct alb instead of allowing them
daily interviews with the press, in
which our 'lively" Jail is ventilated ad
nauseam to our eternal disgrace as a
municipality? By the way, that So
cialist who complained that negroes
and whites are not segregated in the
Jail seems to have struck a false note.
Socialism knows no color line.
J. T. DENWORTH.
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NROM Washington comes informa-
ton that the national immigration
- commission is taking steps to OBJ
tain an elaborate compilation of statis-
tics which will show the kind of citi-
zens this country is receiving each year
by adoption. 1t is proposed to follow
the careers of immigrants from the
time they step ashore at Ellis island
until they are assimilated into the great
mass of American citizenship, and to
ascertain also what becomes of the
children they bring with them and
those born here. To this end school
teachers and hospital physicians In
New York and other points where i'm
migrants land and associated charity
officials elsewhere will be asked in a
short time to furnish such data as
come in their power to produce, says
the San Jose Mercury and Herald.
The wonder is that this step, which
concerns a matter of so great i'm
portance, was not taken long ago. and
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~ AMUEL e. MoFFETT, writing in
- Golfers, declares ethat political
~ conventions, having attained their
highest development, have lost their
usefulness and must give way to some
improved form OF selection. The same
idea finds expression in the correspond
ence of Raymond" as result Of his
observations at the Chicago and Dem
yer gatherings. 1t has been a COM
mon reproach among superficial OBJ
servers that conventions have ceased
to be deliberative bodies. The smart
writer's in the press have stigmatized
them as "canned" conventions, because
they assembled merely to register
verdict given by their constituents. In
a word, these conventions assemble
only to declare the result of direct
primary held by the national elector-
ate As Mr. Moffett and Raymond"
point out, they are really a rather
clumsy and expensive method OF re-
cording a forgone conclusion, says the
San Francisco Call
1t is a notorious fact that the pro-
fessiona1 politicians in the Republic
can party did not want to see Taft
Cannon or Fairbanks, Tor
instance, would have suited them much
better The same condition is repeated
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SINGLE TAxER BELIEVES
TIME is RIPE FOR ACTION

Los ANGELES. July s.--[Editor Her.
aid. III am sorry to find so many of
your correspondents who instead of
discussing political ways and means to
benefit humanity. prefer to take up
space In your valuable paper discussing
dogs, cats, ROSTERS, etc. II Is high time
that every man who has TO work for a
living should know what laws II en-
acted would be best for him, and also
the most practical and quickest way
bv which he could obtain them.
The writer believes that nine men
out Of every ten in this country would
be Immensely benefited by having q