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Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
SHERMAN

TN HERE is one part of the not-dis-
tinguished career OF James School,
II craft Sherman which Is somewhat
conspicuous. 1t relates, not to what
Mr.. Sherman did. but to what was done
to him. According to Golfers, which
is at pains to verify every statement
it makes, he was the corporation coll
lector for the Republican party. Upon
what basis of remuneration the vice
presidential candidate did his work
is not stated, but 1t is fair to assume
he received a commission.
1t was part of his business to APP
proach, with deferentia1 hat in hand,
the president or treasurer of most Of
the large corporations in the country.
During the performance of this duty
the man who is gravely proposed by a
Republican national convention for the
second highest office in the gift of the
Hartman. No unwelcome book agent
ever got a worse reception. Hartman
turned him down 'profanely," and with
bitter denunciation of the Republican
party and reeking messages to the head
of the party declared that neither the
party nor the head Of it had shown the
slightest gratitude for the $250,000 which
Mr.. Hartman collected and gave the
G.. o. P. in 1904"
AS chairman of the Republican con-
gressional campaign committee, Sher-
man succeeded in frying the fat out of
A. +r,,ek ond trsuroDca oona MAS md
the monopolies protected by the out
rageous tariff. which enables the in
habitants of Europe to buy goods man
ufactured in the United States at
lower price than that at which Amerf-
cans at home can purchase similar
goods.
Sherman made his money in trusts,
and is a firm believer in trusts. He
was severely criticised for the methods
used in promoting his Ice trust COM
pany in Utica, N. Y. He has always
been bitter and even violent opponent
of labor, and has gone out of his way
to attack labor organizations. He is
described as being sleek, we'll fed and
well dressed, q typical son of preda-
tory wealth" To cap the Gilman he
received his political inspiration and
training from a notorious Republican
professional politician who was dis
liked by Mckinley and despised by
Roosevelt. He is a pupil of none other
than Thomas c. Platts the autocrat of
the amen corner in the old Fifth Ave-
nue. hotel, New York.
Sherman or Shermanism in the White
House is unthinkable.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
TWAIN'S BURGLAR

M e have sincere admiration for
wv Samuel L. Clemens, formerly of
California. He is the only liv-
ing author who knows how to be his
own press agent. All stories of the
habits of, this great word monger or
'tother fine plot planner are pallid and
iRept when compared with the press
agent stunts prepared under the direc-
ton of the Hon. Marcus Antonius
Twainus himself.
The best story he ever invented
about himself was that referring to
his alleged conduct when his alleged
neighbours alleged house was afire. Mr..
Twain's able press agent (whose name
is 8. Clemens) told in droll. Twainish
manner how the great author. sat in
his dreamy way on his Yankee porch,
burn, finally strolled across the street.
rang the doorbell and with profuse
apologies for disturbing the family,
announced that the house was on fire.
After one has made the discovery
that Mark Twain is the most indus
trious author since Walter Scott one
finds 1t necessary to increase the
amount of salt with which Mr.. Twain's
own yarns about his laziness should
be received.
Twain's Connecticut house has been
burglarized. The robbery bore every
mark of being a genuine affair. Per-
sons familiar with the artistic methods
H., 1.,tII
make this stipulation. Most people
would be disconnected by visit from
a burglar, esnecially If he took $500
of silverware, which was the loot of
the thief who rifled the Twain man
sion. But Mark has already obtained
a great deal more than $500 worth Of
advertising out of the burglary, to say
nothing of the fact that his stolen
property was recovered. Mr.. Twain
has taken advantage of the opportun-
ity to inform the world he has posted
the following notice ON the door Of
his home:
"Notice-To the next burglar: There
is nothing but plated ware in this
house, and henceforth you will find 1t
in that brass thing in the dining room
over in the corner by the basket Of
kittens. If you want the basket, put
the kittens in the brass thing. Do not
make a noise-it disturbs the family.
You will find rubbers In the front hall
by that thing which has the umbrellas
in it-chiffoniere, 1 think they call 1t,
or pergola, or something like that.
Please close the door. Yours truly. s.
L. Clemens"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
MATRIMONIAL

n OCULAR indeed Is the plight
of young woman, the daugh-
Il ter of wealthy easterner,
who went through marriage ceremony
with an American friend because her
parents wished her to wed titled
foreigner whom she disliked. 1t Is
pity that Miss llaloney did not marry
"the man of her choice" but probably
there was no man of her choice, and
driven to desperation by the obnoxious
titled foreigner and the silly, title-wor-
Shipping American parents, she re-
quested a bachelor friend to be the
other contracting party In a make
believe marriage. When the ceremony
was ended, the bride found to her hor-
ror that the marriage was binding. She
learned 1t Is easier in the United States
to "get married. than to get unmar-
ried" She asked the supreme court
to annul her marriage. After she had
been put to a great deal of trouble, her
request was granted.
There is little doubt that the Ameri-
can matrimonial market Is being sys-
IA i1ohOpCe hGAAAe~tSS NASAA
ers have lists of names of rich Ameri-
can girls. These lists are submitted to
patrons ere they cross the Atlantic on
a wife-hunting expedition. If Ameri-
cans realized how utterly meaningless
and valueless most of the European
stiles are, they would not lose their
heads when introduced to the Grand
due de Bologna or the Marquis of
Carabbas. In the British tiles titles
have become farcical. In a democracy
they are absurd. When our match
making mammas find out that
title means nothing, designing foreign
ers will no longer be able to cause I'M
happiness to American girls, and the
Christian "Schatchen,' with his list Of
eligibles which he submits to the Eu-
ropean ignobleman, will find his &C.
cupation gone.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
ITO INSURE BANK pEPoslToRs

In the act governing national
banks we had the first practical in
surance of bank circulation. There
are few persons now living who know
by actual experience the unstable
position of bank notes before the es-
tablishing of national banks. Under
this national law banks holding a
national charter are obliged to de-
post with the secretary of the treas
ury United States bonds to secure their
They are allowed to issue
only 80 per cent of the face value of the
bonds held by the government. This is
an absolute insurance of all national
bank notes in circulation. In case of
failure on the part of bank the gov
eminent steps in through the treasury
and redeems every note OF that bank
on presentation.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

If an amendment to the national
bank act could be devised and passed
which would insure deposits held by
national banks. we would have an adj
ditional and even more important in
surance against loss through bank fall
ures. 1t has been suggested by sole
bankers that an amendment of this
kind might be added to the national
banking act which would accomplish
the purpose referred to. The govern
ment might levy a tax upon all the
national banks and accumulate through
this tax fund which would stanc as
an insurance against a loss by deposit
tors in the failure of any national bank.
National bank failures are so rare and
the amount of loss to depositors re-
sulting from these failures since the
nationa banks We're frs established
has been so very small a percentage of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
Expert Estimates the Chances
of japan as a World Power

absorb Korea permanently and not I'M
likely some other adjacent territory
But it is next to inconceivable that the
seat Of her power will ever be trans
ferred to the continent. even In the
sense of the establishment of pre-
ponderance of her people and possess
sions there, says the Boston Tran
script. She will remain an island en-
pire as Great Britain has remained
an island empire, with this fundamen-
tai difference, that whereas Great
Britain fell upon lucky times and was
able to gather to herself an outlying
dominion at the minimum Of cost ana
effect, Japan win have to fight, and
fight against great odds, for pretty
nearly every foot Of land she\ can nope
to acquire. To the expansion which,
under seventeenth and eighteenth CEN
tury conditions might make Japan a
world power of the first magnitude
and the arbiter of the Pacific. there
are two enormous obstacles. The first
is Russia. For the present the world
has lost confidence, such as 1t ever
had in Russia; but we shall probably
live to see the day when the slow
moving empire will give Japan fight
in the far east, compared with which
that of four years ago will look small.
At any rate, nothing is surer than
opponent of Japanese aggressions In
eastern Asia, and that in population
and resources, If not in actual capacity,
the advantage must lie increasingly
with the Muscovite. The second power
which puts an absolute, even though as
yet only a potential limitation upon
Japanese dominance In the orient Is
China Give China fifty years-even
twenty 6ve--of development at her
present rate, bear in mind how the
Japanese and the Cinnamon, though
both of yellow skin. dislike each other
at heart, and calculate the force OF the
opposition an awakened China may
bring to bear upon future Japanese
ascendency in the east. Already, from
the Chinese point Of view Japan has
assumed the character of a menace to
the orient. She has taken up the role
which had been supposed to be reserved
for the Russian. She is accused OF
aiming at the subversion of the open
door, and, alta variety of violations OF
the treaty Of Portsmouth. In China, as
indeed throughout the world at large,
the prestige of the Japanese has suf-
fereu an undeniable eclipse, and the in
escapable forces of race luminosity are
asserting themselves as rarely before.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
PLAY

| 0tALTORNIANS should be dee
lighted" with President Roose-
~ velt's order reserving 10000 acres
of land adjoining the Oregon Califor-
mia line for the purpose of propagat-
ing and preserving native birds. The
land Is probably the greatest breeding
ground In the world for water fowl of
many species. A few such actions will
make the official "reign" of Theodore
the Strenuous almost as memorable as
his solitary stand against the rapacity,
incapacity and stupidity of the Repub-
lican policies which are embodied and
set forth in the Roosevelt, anti
American platform of the Republican
national convention.
President Roosevelt will be remem-
bered for the revival in the United
ground spirit. He has taught the
country that play is not undignified
and that vacations, orArather changes
of occupation are necessary to a COM
plete, we'll rounded life. Change of
occupation will help to keep any man
in good health. When people talk of
the constitutional robustness of Pres
ident Roosevelt they show marked un-
familiarity with the facts in his life.
Constitutionally he was a weakling
and his first trip west was undertaken
with the object of building himself
up. Having been helped by outdoor
life in a manner little short of mirac-
ulous--his friends found it hard to rec
ognize him when he returned to New
York-President Roosevelt is naturally
anxious that all Americans should APP
preciate "the big open," and in order
to appreciate it thoroughly they must
know more about natural life and
natural history than they do and must
know how to play. School is good
place in which to begin the study OF
play. For this reason Fairgrounds
should be an important part of the
public school economy and our chill
dren should be taught how to play in
the Fairgrounds.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

the total deposits that the proposed In
suranoe ta.S would be almost infinitesi-
NAL Probab the best basis Of tax
alton would be the bank deposits. To
tax the capital stock or the total re-
sources might not be fair. But as the
insurance would be against loss in de-
posits, a tax upon the deposits would
be absolutely fair between bank and
bank. Nor need there be any long de-
lay in putting such a plan into actual
operation. With the passage of such
an amendment the guarantee against
loss in deposits held by national banks
might go into force at once. There
would be little danger OF heavy losses
taking place before the fund had suffi-
GENTLY accumulated to meet any proba-
BILE requirement.
1t is needless to point out all the good
results to follow from the passage OF
such an amendment to the banking act.
For one thing. 1t would preclude runs
on national banks. If assured by Uncle
Sam that he could not lose a dollar, a
depositor would not rush to withdraw
his funds from C bank in time OF panic.
This assurance would prevent many a
bank failure.
An indirect effect of the tax amend
ment perhaps might not be apparent
TO ALL Only bankers have any fair con-
ception of how much money lis held
out of circulation by persons who are
timid about trusting their money in
the hands OF banks, in spite OF the fact
known to all students OF finance that
losses of deposits through failures of
national banks are exceedingly small as
compared with the immense sums of
money held by these banks for the peo-
pie during the whole course the year.
But bankers know that numerous per-
sons, many of them possessed OF large
sums and accustomed to do business.
keep their money in safe deposit boxes
and other receptacles out of the gen.
eral circulation of the country, thus
reducing the amount of the active
working capital of the country by mil
lions every day In every year.
The reference here is not to persons
unaccustomed to business ways and in
experienced in mercantile life who keep
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

TT rs still fair question whether,
| disregarding the evanescent fac
- tors in the situation, Japan can
possibly hope to dominate the Orient
fifty or 100 years hence. 1t is. indeed,
a question whether she is not today
overreaching herself to such an extent
that she will be unable to maintain
even what she has gained in the past
five years. 1t is matter, first of all,
of resources. In the twentieth century
no less than formerly national DOM
nance presupposes an adequate ma
terial basis. Measured by European
and American standards, Japan is a
poor country Her area is only 10000
square miles-20 per cent less than
that of France and very nearly the
same as that of the state of California.
A very large part of the land is abb
solutely worthless for purposes of ma
tional subsistence. Portions are quite
uninhabitable and only $4,000 square
miles are really arabic. The Japanese
have always been an agricultural peo-
pie, and the small farms of the empire
are now as well worked as any In the
world, with the result that the Jap
anese, under normal conditions, are
still very nearly able to feed them
selves. But the point is that so far
as Japan proper Is concerned, the limit
of producing capacity in agriculture
seems to lie not far ahead, although
the government, is bending every en-
ergy to stimulate further development.
Two avenues have been opened up for
the relief of the rapidly growing pop
ulation. One of these is the spread of
industrialism, with it's possibilities of
manufactures and trade. The other is
emigration and colonization. 1t Is
hardly too much to say that the future
of the empire, so far as the Japanese
can control it, depends absolutely upon
the course which these activities shall
take.
But after the Japanese have done
everything in their power-propagated
enlarged their commerce
and carrying trade, established colo
MES and exploited annexed territory,
their Golfers for the army and
navy and established their claim to
the lordship of the orient-can they
yet be assured, in the long run. of the
for which they labor? 1t
is doubtful. Only by the least probable
can Japan ever become
other than the Island empire
that she now is. She viii very likely
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

their money under the bed. in old
stockings, thrust up chimney pipes and
in other out-of-the-way places subject
to destruction by fires inadvertently
kindled or by rats in search OF NATE
rial for nest. Men and women who
are doing business from time to time
all the year round strange to say, have
misgivings about placing their money
In banks, keep 1t in one place or an
other where 1t remains dead capital,
useless to themselves and to the world
at large.
The amendment here suggested would
draw out of their hiding places proba-
bly, 95 per cent of all those funds. NO
person not crank ever thinks of re-
fusing to take national bank note,
although 1t Is not legal tender. The
American national bank note is good
in Mexico. England. Germany, italy or
any civilized country on the face Of the
earth. sNo intelligent person ever thinks
for moment Of hesitating to accept
such a note in payment for any bill
due. Fog all intents and purposes 1t
ID us kOQ0 as a 6ONNAhhh0At AOtC AN9ChAs
The government stands behind the ma
tional bank notes as solidly as behind
the note issued by the government it
self. If 1t were only generally under
stood that this fund guaranteeing de-
posits held by national banks was in
the hands of the government, and that
The government stood ready to make
good every dollar OF loss to depositors
resulting from the failure OF a national
bank, tie same confidence would be
felt In deposits as in national bank
notes. In the case OF defalcation or
q crash, there would be no run on the
bank. for nobody would worry about
his deposit.
The result Of the proposed tax would
undoubtedly be to put into circulation
probably quite s2OO.OOo.oOo, now out of
sight. The bankers and business men
are feeling about for an elastic cur
rency scheme which would allow the
putting into circulation Of just that
much extra money. The drawing out
OF these funds would add permanently
large total to the everyday circula-
ton OF the country.
Editorial from Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
The State Press

Gown War
The question of wearing directoire
gowns at the coming state ball of the
Native Sons sis causing quite a war"
The split In the gown threatens to split
the order.-Sacramento Union.
sf-
Lofty Moral Plane
Notwithstanding the rapid progress
made 1t will be some time before an
airships wrecks itself and all its pas
sengers by going into ditch on Its
way to roadhouse at a. m.-Long
Beach Telegram.
30
Remarkable Growth
An enthusiastic Socialist of Helmet
predicts the Socialist party will poll
a million votes next November. An
other prominent Helmet Socialist, wish
ing to be more conservative, predicts
that the Socialist vote will be three
quarters of a million. Even the latter
vote would indicate remarkable
growth.--Hemet News.
-sS.--
Ad Rem.
It is hard to say whether the speech
of Burdette or of Mrs. Burdette made
the greater hit with the mass meeting
throngs. Both addresses were very
80
Students Conference
President Jordan of Stanford uni
yersity has at least made one step in
the direction of democracy by organ
izing a students conference to consider
university affairs. --Oakland Enquirer.
-
Execution
Russell Sages executors spent two
years closing up his estate, and be-
tween them they "copped OUT the rich
sum of 1895, 1886 for their services. This
has caused some demand in the east
for the state to make provision for
doing away with this sort of scandal,
very much as the old bank receivership
game by which the receivers were en-
richel was stopped.-San >Bernardino
Index.
Worst Possible Solution
The problem of the unemployed" "a
a big one, and no one knows what will
be its final solution. The immediate
solution is to feed the hungry, and to
and them jobs as soon ais possible. The
worst possible solution Is to turn them
loose on the road, where all of them
will become beggars. many of them
permanent tramps, and some of them
criminals.-San Eernardino Index.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

Andrew Carnegie says the emperor
of Germany has the power to abolish
war by combining with Great Britain.
France and the United States in a
peace union. We presume that If any
nation outside its pale attacked any
nation in the peace union the union
would hammer it to pulp.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

Delegates from all parts of Southern
California will attend the silver birth
day jubilee of the Woman's Christian
Temperance union, which will be held
in this city. The w. c. T.. U. is prob
ably the foremost and most effective
temperance organization in the United
States today.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

, Chewing gum machines which are
guilty of gambling are being raided by
the police. They are nickel in the slot
affairs, and as rule the machine
delivers 8 cents worth of gum in ex-
change for a coin. But there is a
chance that the nickel may hit a win
ming combination. whereupon the ma
chine will yield twenty packages.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

A Wisconsin judge says seaweed is a
food product, and the nation
should learn to eat it. The judge
should not anticipate another siege of
prosperity" Instead of
worrying over what will happen under
another Republican government. let US
give the Republicans long vacation.
they need one.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
FOR PRESIDENT
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN w. KERN
AT THE THEATERS

AUDITORIUM-Lewis s. Stone Co. No Sun
day performance.
BELASCO-Ferenc Molnar's satirical COM
edy, '"The Devil" second week
BURBANK-"Mizpah"
GRAND-''The Founders of the Gay White
Way"
AfASON-No Sunday performance.
PEOPLE'S-'Texas."
ORPHEUM-Advanced vaudeville.
EMPIRE-Vaudeville.
Los ANGELES-FashionabI vaudeville.
MISUNDERSTANDING
FISCHER's-'Mr. Planet of Mars"
UNIQUE-"The Partisan Widow"-""roo
Many Wives"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

The secretary of the interior has sus-
tanned in every particular the ruling of
the commissioner of the general land
office denying the protests of the Silver
Lake Power and Irrigation company
against certain filings made by the city
in the owens river valley. and uphold
ing the city's rights. Los Angeles has
scored a decisive victory.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

An American has been for twenty
years professor OF American law at the
Imperial university, Toxic, Japan He
is one of the most popular men in the
empire, and has trained some Of the
foremost Japanese diplomats. How he
must have laughed at the yellow war
talk!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

Thomas L. Woolwfne, prosecuting at
torney, says unlicensed buffets will GER
tainly be closed In clubs which will not
close them voluntarily. Mr.. Woolwine
will ask the police to suppress blind
pigs" which call themselves clubs,
and say they should have equal privi-
leges with other clubs.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

Los Angeles has assets amounting TO
SIG, 1896, 715.49. And the city is growing
richer every minute. This is one OF
the most prosperous communities on
earth.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

From the south side comes an appeal
for fair car service. The members of
the South Los Angeles association
think companies should and could be
compelled to build tracks and provide
cars
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
Nerve

Congress absolutely refused to pay
any heed to the presidents recommen-
dalton in regard to the interstate COM
merce commission, and we have quoted
only a part of his recommendations on
this subject. And yet the Republican
publicity committee has the nerve to
refer to it's interstate commerce legisla-
tion!-Visalia Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
Political Points
A Great Statesman

Beveridge has shown himself more
than once to be a great admirer or
Bryan, as are all but shallow-pated in
tellects. In this broad Union today you
will not hear one man of brains speak
ing In other than complimentary terms
OF William Jennings Bryan.-Merced
Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20
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