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Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
CHILD LABOR

HHE age at which children may be
compelled to work without viola
u ton of law is much too low in
most of the states which have child Ia
Dor laws. 1t is twelve years in Ala
bama, fourteen in Arizona, fourteen in
Arkansas, sixteen in California, four
teen in Colorado, fourteen in Connectl-
cut, fourteen in Delaware. fourteen in
the District of Columbia, twelve in
Florida, twelve in Georgia, fourteen in
Idaho, fourteen in Illinois. fourteen in
Indiana fourteen in Iowa, twelve in
Kansas, fourteen in Kentucky, twelve
in Louisiana, sixteen in Maine, sixteen
in Maryland, sixteen in Massachusetts
eighteen in Michigan, fourteen in Min
nesota, twenty-one male, eighteen fe-
male in Mississippi unless by assent
of parents); fourteen in Missouri six
teen in Montana, fourteen in Nebraska,
twelve in New Hampshire, fourteen in
New Jersey, fourteen in New York,
twelve in North Carolina, twelve in
North Dakota, fourteen in Ohio, four
teen in Oklahoma, fourteen in Oregon,
fourteen in Pennsylvania, fourteen in
Rhode Island, ten in South Carolina,
fourteen in South Dakota, fourteen in
Tennessee, twelve in Texas, fourteen in
Utah, twelve in Vermont, fourteen in
Virginia, fourteen in Wisconsin, four
teen in Wyoming. In addition to gen.
eral regulation regarding child labor, in
many states there are provisions with
regard TO special employments.
The discrepancies between the state
regulations indicate the necessity for
special national legislation on the sub
ject. Some states treat children OF
fifteen and sixteen with more consid-
Grafton than other states treat children
of ten and twelve. If the civilization
of the states is to be judged by their
child labor conditions the reader may
easily distinguish between the more
and the less civilized.
There should be no child labor in the
United States. There is no necessity
for it. 1t is a menace to the health
and morals of the rising generation
and it is a menace to the earning pow
er of the present generation. 1t is diff
ticult to understand how communities
which would have rioted at the sight
of Chinese cheap laborers taking the
places of white working men can calm
ly behold the disgraceful spectacle OF
women and children crowding into the
gainful occupations, mainly on account
of the fact that some employers be-
lieve in cheap labor, and if they can
not get Chinese will take white cheap
labor. The lower the wage accepted
by a worker the nearer to slavery he
goes. OF course we take into account
special skill with its attendant special
wage, but our general proposition
holds good, and a white child or white
woman who works hard during a COM
plete day for wages much lower than
those for which a workingman would
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
DUTY OF DEMOCRATS

hEMOCRATS, IL you have the sue
~ cess of the party at heart, you
= must work for it. You cannot
expect your party to achieve success
while you sit with folded hands, or per-
haps criticize results. You are part OF
the party. You are the Democracy.
When we speak of the Democracy we
speak of you. The party is not an alb
straction. 1t is made up of individuals.
You are the individuals. you are the
party. It is the duty of Democrats to
guard the interests of Democracy by
choosing the best men for delegates.
This is Democratic year. Opportuni-
ties for Democratic success are many.
Not one opportunity should beN lost.
The campaign should be conducted with
conscientious care. A conscientious
campaign will produce results. A CAM
paign conducted in a spirit OF indlffer-
ence will be an Indifferent campaign
and will produce Indifferent results.
The laws of cause and effect cannot be
set aside in politics. Democrats must
that would fain use the Democracy for
their own ends, and defeat must be ac-
complished by an assertion of Demo-
cratic independence. The Democratic
voter must choose the right kind Of men,
manly men, honest men, independent,
high principled men, fearless men, as
convention delegates, and they must
have at heart the interests of the Demo-
cracy and not of any corporation or
Democrats, be true to
yourselves, and you will be true to
Democracy and to the nation. Loyalty
to Democracy and the nation forbids
Indifference as positively as it forbids
and knuckling to corporation
interests and sending their tools and
delegates to do the work which should
be done and could be done and can be
done and shall be done by honest, in
dependent Democrats. The Democracy
expects every man to do his duty. Let
every consistent, conscientious Demo-
crat cast a conscientious freeman's
vote, and the conscientious Demo-
cratic freemen will fight winning bat
tie. Let Democrats be true to them
them keep the Democracy true to itself
and the state and the nation, and the
results will vindicate the truth and
will be gratifying to every true Ameri-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

the common people would besvpfsaHed.
to have elucidated on strictly patriotic
lines and not from party standpoint,
for the reason that the names, Demo-
cratic and Republican, mean less tnan
nothing in remedying the wrongs Wnlch
you admit exist today.
First--Can you assure the people
that the Democratic party OF today
represents the undying principles of
Jeffersonian Democracy any more than
the Republican party of today repre-
sents the principles preached and prac-
ticed by good old Abe LincoinY
Second-Accepting WI. Bryan as a
true. pure and honest American. which
he undoubtedly is, what assurance
has the people that there. Will be a
congress in harmony with his views?
Would il not be safer guess that be-
tween the Democrats with a corpora
ton tag on them and the Republicans
holding over that are owned body and
bones by the trusts, that he would
have a congress that would laugh and
sneer at his recommendations, as they
have at those of President Roosevelt?
Thirds it possible to induce or
compel the people of this United
states to forget the last Democratic
maladministration and can it be ar
gued from any reasonable standpoint
that they will be justified in returning
either of the old parties to power?
Fourth-Would 1t not be much more
honorable. and for the lasting good of
the nation that all true patriots unite
regardless of their past party affilia-
tions and have general housecleaning
unite as the great American party,
not a Willie Hearst Independence
league, but party OF lovers of their
country, whether by birth or adoption;
a party which both Jefferson and Lin
coin would be proud to affiliate with
IL here today?
AS before said, the nation has today
some of the most serious problems it
has ever been called upon to solve
The ship of state is adrift ON a rough
sea with as gallant captain as ever
trod a deck, but with mutinous crew.
1t remains for the people to find an
other crew who will be true to their
trust.
That party has never been known to
exist that ever purified itself from
within. The people must do it from
without. Spank them and turn them
out. Ostracize them as men should
be who sell their honor and make their
country a laughing stock among the
nations of the earth.
Men must be brought to the front
who have read and studied and under
stand and live the golden rule. Then
and not till then will the American
dinner pail be full. The American
child educated and the pursuit of life
and happiness will be free to all and
not to a special few as at present.
Yours truly.
T. ]. POLLARD.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
DO AMERICAN PROBLEMS
NEcEssITATE A NEW PARTY?

LONG BEACH, April 22--LEditor
Herald: Being regular subscriber
and daily reader of your valuable pa
per 1 read often very able and patriotic
editorials and though tinted strongly
on party lines, yet eminently fair IN
unfolding most of the official acts Oh
our noble president.
1 note in your political fable Oh this
date, especially that part which points
ont the moral, which compels me "a
workingman) to ask a few pointed
questions. Before doing so | must IN
Justice to all make confession Which
yo;css the sentiments of a great many
,vorlxinpmen who have for years voted
the Republican ticket. In this tneir
Intentions and aims have been perfect
Iv honorable; they have believed tnat
narsv TO be the party OF progress, put
are free to admit 1t has become the
party of special privileges; that tne
evils we are fighting today nave grown
up and been fostered under HepuDiicaai, ~
nisnanaeement. The promises made
to the workingman to secure his vcte
have been ruthlessly broken. The Luii
dinner pail has become empty. Ihs
banner of the good old party OF Lin
coin is not trailing in the dust put I'll ~ =
the mire of political corruptioh. az ~
Republican party has been welgnea as IN !,
the balance and found wan.lns' ra,r,
resent ws NIT the people, who sit with folded
hands hands regardless of the big stick re-
sa ardIess Of their oath of office; dis
rSeearding S the recommendations of the
president or the demands OF their con-
stituents: defying the So,o1o,VUV OF peo-
nIe which without doubt should be the
aovernment p1v OF this republic; and this
"a their conduct while the nation is
20 cling one of the most serious prob
Lens in its history BY their actions
(which speak louder than words( they
saw we are here to do the bidding OF
our masters, the trusts.
Toii. about Nero fiddling while Rome
burned. Nero could not hold a candle
to q United States senator!
Now, Mr.. Editor. without further
comment some of the many questions
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
PACIFIC FLEET

| n NLY one naval program will be APP
proved in California and the west,
~ and that is a program which viii
put this great, rich coast absolutely,
positively, certainly and indubitably
beyond danger not only of invasion,
but of molestation by foreign foe. So
certain must the security of California
be made that any suggestion that Il
foreign navy could menace it may
cause as much derisive laughter as a
statement that Japanese fleet could
sail up the Clyde and levy tribute from
the city of Glasgow. 1t is not nature
that has rendered the invasion of Glas-
gov almost an impossibility, but the
engineering art of man, and lavish
expenditure of money on Notifications
end ships of war. A Pacific feet
should patrol, police and protect our
coasts regularly, even as a channel
fleet protects the shores of the Clyde
country and the Atlantic squadron pro-
tects the cities of the Atlantic coast.
Little Americanism is unthinkable in
the United States under present condi-
tions. Yet there may be little Ameri-
cans, and indeed we know there are.
Sometimes they bob up serenely in
congress, sometimes they exhibit them
selves in daily papers. Their argu-
ment against protecting the nation is
that because there was no rain yes
terday there will be none tomorrow,
therefore an umbrella will not be need
ed. This won't do. You cannot CONF
pare things that are different, and the
course of events has shown that the
yesterdays and tomorrows of American
history are different. No man can
tell what day or an hour may bring
forth, yet the nation is asked to dis
regard eventualities and to practice
the art Of saying peace, peace, when
there is no peace. There are times and
seasons when little Americanism comes
perilously near to being treason. Prov
:dence has been kind to the American
nation and Providence gave the Demo-
cratic party a lease of power WHICH |
enabled ii'e Democracy to plan a navy |
the achievements of which have made
new chapters in history.
That Providence will again intrust |
the destinies of the country to a re-
united Democratic party, pledged to
the first principles of Democracy and
of Americanism, is indicated by the
shadows of coming events. We must
have naval protection on the Pacific
coast. The wiseacres at Washington |
should be made to understand we are
not jingoes over here, and it is not
in a spirit of jingoism we ask for
adequate naval protection. We ask for
it in the name of good Americanism.
1t is certain the patriotic course will
be for the best interests of the whole
country, east and west. A fortified
Pacific shore, well guarded by an ade-
quate navy, will mean a vast increase
of trade and commerce on the Pacific,
and THE EASTERN STATES WILL
NOT SUFFER BY THE INCREASED
WEALTH, POWER AND IMPORT
ANCE OF THE PACIFIC STATES.
THAT is THE EASTERN DELUSION.
FOR THAT THERE ARE EASTERN
ERS WHO WOULD SACRIFICE OUR
INTERESTS AND US. But it is an hal
lucination. The increased prosperity
and power of the Pacific coast will
mean the increased prosperity and
power of the Atlantic. What is for
the greatest good of a part of our
united nation is for the greatest good
of all of our united nation.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
CUPID

NUFID does a land office business in
I California. Elderly bachelors from
~ the middle west and the east who
have sworn to remain independent until
death do part them from their savings
come to California, and after a resi-
dence of month or two make up
their minds that after all it is not good
for man to be alone and hasten up the
hill to get a marriage license. Widow
ers who have come here to spend the
winters of their discomfort and lone
someness are seen in white suits and
colored neckties after they have been
consoled by California sunshine for o.
week or two; and soon up the court
house hill they frisk to get a marriage
license.
Men disappointed in love, who have
fled from the troubled memories of the
east and arrived in Los Angeles with
the fell intention of devoting the
remainder of their blighted lives to
grirding out lugubrious poetry, speedily
forget how to rhyme, mourn and urn
Of indeed they have been guilty of
such an atrocity-but they have) and
you see them reverting to the rhymes
of their primes: 'Love-dove-heaven
ahove'-you know!
Put it is the Cupid of the elderly to
whom we would pay our especial re-
spects. Thackeray once sketched him
in spectacles with face astonishingly
like Thackerays. Giddy old things
plight their troths under our alluring
skies every day. Yesterdays papers
announced the weddings of two couples
whose united ages numbered 25S years.
1t is never too late to wed in Cali
fornia.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
The NeIghborly Hen


At the earnest request of Colgrov
we reprint the followin
poem written by Will ]. Hampton fo
the New York World:
THE COST OF HEN
How much It costs to keep hen,
In dollars and in cents,
l do not know, but otherwise
1t simply is immense.
She's such busy, active thing
, And wrecks more garden so!
In half an hour than one can fix
In days apd days of toll
She doesn't seem to bother much
About her mortal needs
Until the flower beds are done,
And then she swipes the seeds.
She's neighborly as she can be,
And when her larder's poor
She climbs the high dividing fence
And helps herself next door.
She roams around the livelong day.
AZ cheerful as can he,
And plays the very dickens with
All growing property.
She seems to think she has a right
To every little bit
That she can see, and what she can't
She goes and digs for it.
oh. sayl
What does a hen cost every Year,
To calculate is vain,
For figures cannot measure half
Her owners mental strain.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Some men had the bad taste to de-
sert from the warships. officers are
showing good sense over it. They are
not trying very hard to capture the
runaways. They don't want deserters
in the navy. They want stayers. No
cutters should apply for enlistment.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Dearly did the West Pointer who
loaned his military coat to a girl pay
for his gallantry. We will venture
the opinion, however, that the young
officer whose resignation has been
forced won't suffer in the estimation of
the girl.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Sad is the charge preferred against
railroad interests which refused to
contribute to the fleet entertain
ment fund. 1t has been said, not be-
hind the hand, but right out in cold
cruel print, that they probably think
they will need the money for the pri-
maries Nav 5.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Postmaster Flint says the entertain
ments during fleet week at which en-
trance fees were charged disappointed
him and the entertainment committee,
who thought there would be more
money in proportion to the shouting
and hurrahing. 1t is one thing to be
patriotic, another to pungle up.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Judge Sloane of San Diego reminded
the City club that the primary election
is the source of power. We should
realize that it is only in the primary
election the individual voter has any
initiative politics.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Already the British loss of life in the
new Indian war has been heavy. But
what is loss of life as compared with
the possible loss of India? Which is
the more valuable in the opinion of
modern civilization" life or property?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Mukden, Manchuria, now has forty
tanneries. That's the place where the
Russians got tanned a few years ago.
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Not for Scent
''They tell me the bonton ladies of
Tartary use "a slice of an Onion for
perfumery."
There's one place where the new
odorless bulb won't be welcome"
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Consideration
FREDDY, did you water the lawn
and lilies this morning."
81 watered the lawn, mamma, but I
didn't have time, so 1 just considered
the lilies"
That Texas Widow
Judd Mortimer Lewis threatens to
burst into poetry about ''peek-a-boos."
Has the dimpled widow paid visit to
the office of the Huston Post?
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Provincial Bowery
New York paragraphers note that the
merry widow hat has reached the pro-
vinces. Yes, and some day the electric
cars of the provinces will penetrate the
darkest depths Of Gotham and replace
the archaic horse cars there.
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Telephone Girls Romance
Conscientious Carrie always tried to DO her
Never lost her temper-she was different
from the rest.
Carrie was a central" with voice OF
sweetest tone.
And that is why Miss Carrie has aacottage
Portland oregonian.
When Mrsl Carrie she became she didn't
quite forget;
She took n,sr low. sweet voice along. and has
But if hubby's just a little slow to answer
TO her call
She can jar him with voice that cracks
the paner on the wall.
Chicago Tribune.
conscientio3s' Carrie in cottageg That is
thought she married Millionbones, who
murmurs, Keep the change"
According to the dope" she ought to be a
lady grand,
With costly clothes upon her back and dia-
monds on her hand
--Birmingham Ase-Herald.
Conscientious Carrie might have married
Milionbcnes,
But Carries conscience stopped her, so she
stuck to Henry Jones;
And in that little cottage" several young
sters raise row.
So Carries on the level when she answers,
BUSY Now"
Nashville Tennessean.
Conscientious Carrie is fulhiling woman's
sphere
When. after Working all day long, she sings
"by-lo pear:"
And looks at Woman's clubs and guilds with
look known as "askance"
The while she builds wee pinafores and
darns her hubby's pants.
Houston Post.
Conscientious Carrie has conscience that
Is sore
When e'er her mem'ry wanders back to
distant days of yore,
And she recalls how long ago she Tilted
Millionbones.
She broke his heart. But now she's broke
and asking furtive loans.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

When Jap is burdened by a secret
he goes to the cemetery and confides
it to one of his ancestors, He knows
dead men tell no tales.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Prosecutor Woolwine is still pursuing
the bucket shops. AS a result of his
diligent hunting most of them have
"kicked the bucket"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
The Public Letter Box

Letters intended for publication must DC
the writer. The Herald gives the widest
latitude to correspondents. but assumes mo
responsibility for their views. Letters
should not exceed 800 words
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans can
walk with the aid of his cane. He will
soon be able to shoulder his cane and
forward march on his own legs.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

White cherries have arrived in Los
Angeles. Has anybody telegraphed the
news to Cocktail Charlie?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
KS PA R M S%1
INN FRord A Ul
lN<lnVE WIRE p |
That Day from Dayton

Sunshine is the golden lure of nature
and the smile is the silver tongue of
life.-Weatherford (Texas) Herald.
We called attention one day last week
to the kind of weather they make in
Weatherford.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

One of the Dreadnaughts being
built for the United States should be
assigned to the Pacific.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

BY those who roam,
1t is now owned by one
Who stays at home
JOHN d.
Grass Valley Union.
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This Is Final
"War is hell"
There's not true, patriotic Ameri-
can today who desires war.
That's why all this "jingoism?'
The yellow journals that talk about
war are doing more to arouse a spirit
There'll be no war.-San Luis Obispo
Breeze.
Stung
A Stockholm policeman tried to ar
rest a swarm of bees and now knows
the meaning of the catch phrase,
'Stung."- Grass Valley Union.
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Hungry Editor
One of the needs of this country is
a billion more hens that will lay fresh
gsI.-Oakdaie Leader.
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Fleet Remorse
japan is doubtless wishing she had
never heard of that "Tatsu Maru." She
would even now be glad if she could
save her felce and pay back hundreu
fold the unjust indemnity wrested from
China.-Sutter Independent.
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Soulless
A scientist is out with the statement
that after death the soul mysteriously
disappears Some souls do not wait
for death to come to make their dis
appearance. Their absence is noted
long prior to the time of the natural
dissolntion of the body.-Fresno Her
aid.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
That Texas Widow

Judd Mortimer Lewis threatens to
burst into poetry about ''peek-a-boos.
Has the dimpled widow paid visit to
the office of the Huston Post?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
Tanned and Japanned

Mukden, Manchuria, now has forty
tanneries. That's the place where the
Russians got tanned a few years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
Provincial Bowery

New York paragraphers note that the
merry widow hat has reached the pro-
vinces. Yes, and some day the electric
cars of the provinces will penetrate the
darkest depths Of Gotham and replace
the archaic horse cars there.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
State Press Echoes
Sole Proprietor

The world may not be won
By those who roam,
1t is now owned by one
Who stays at home
JOHN d.
Grass Valley Union,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27

Tomorrow-Education in Japan.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
Consideration

Freddy, did you water the lawn
and lilies this morning."
81 watered the lawn, mamma, but
didn't have time, so I just considered
the lilies"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
Not for a Scent

"They tell me the bonton ladies of
Tartary use as slice of an Onion for
perfumery."
There's one place where the new
odorless bulb won't be welcome"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-27
reIephone GIrrs Romance

Conscientious Carrie always tried to do her
best5
Never lost her temper-she was different
from the rest;
Carrie was a central" with a voice OF
sweetest tone.
And that is why Miss Carrie has a. cottage
Of hen own.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-10-09
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Bransfore
visited Cairo this week.
w. P. Skinner, of Fulton, was
here for the fair last week.
Miss Nett Parker of Fulton, was
a visitor at the fair Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Smith, OF
Troy, were in the city Monday.
S. H. Williams and wife. of New
bern, were in the city Thursday.
Miss Beatrice McCaw, of Rives,
was visitor at the fair Saturday.
Miss Sue Newman, of Fulton, was
a visitor at the fair here Thursday.
Sam Ford,o of Shelbyville, Ky, was
a visitor at the fair here last week
Nose Box. prominent citizen Of
Waverly, was a visitor to our fair.
Henry Head, of Beechwood, was
in Nashville on business this week,
Miss Bernice Cha mbers, of Mar
tin, was a visitor at the fair Satur-
day.
Miss Sadie Fry, of Fulton, was
in the city Saturday visiting the
fair.
C. H. Parham and wife, of May
field, were here Saturday at the
fair.
Mrs. Emma Luteu, of Martin, was
in the city Thursday attending the
Air.
DR.. J. r. Bond and family, of
rdner, visited the city a few days
t week.
Hon. J. p Rhoades and Editor
aynie, of Milan, were in the city
onday.
w. w. Baird, of Hum boldt,
Il business visitor to this city
Monday. 4
Editor and Mrs. Arch Johnson
kQu, were here last week atte
fair.
nguson, of Moscow, wa
FRS. Clarence Reynolds
his week.
Phebus has returned
ksville, Mo-, after visit
VAST week.
.sebere, of Paris, was
ting her mother