Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-29
ADAM DIXON WARNER

| ing, 1 have decided to become a can
| didate for mayor on public owner
ship of all public utilities platform.
Must Have Free Council
But you must remember that I will
be absolutely powerless. even though
elected mayor, unless you elect a
working majority of the city council
who are free from machine control.
! Another machine council will give you
no relief.
THE following will be my platform
municipal government is a public
trust for public betterment and should
have a charter commensurate with its
needs.
THE rich shall not graft off the pub
lie necessities of the poor.
stop farming out public utilities
TO individuals and private corporations,
| and stop now. The public stdeets and
public utilities belong to all the people
and are held in trust by the city gov
| eminent for all the people and are not
! for private exploitation.
"Malfeasance in office is indefensi-
! BILE. Laws are made to be enforced
| equally as well as obeyed equally.
Taxation for the rich and poor alike.
Every dollar of taxable property
should be taxed as provided by law
/ at lJS actual cash value.
Calls Saloon Nuisance
THE saloon is a public nuisance. 1t
! is an institution of evil that tends to
nullify the school, the church and the
! library, and destroys the home and all
! its sanctities. In the language of the
! supreme court of the United States
There are few sources of crime and
misery to society equal to the dram
Ia1,n ,t-ba fv,fn tine Er1InrC in
small quantities. to be drunk at the
time. are sold Unfortunately to all
parties applying. The statistics of
every state show a greater amount of
crime and misery attributable to the
use of ardent spirits obtained at these
retail liquor saloons than to any other
| source.'-197 U. S, 81.
LAS the capitalist. the merchant, the
banker and the manufacturer have a
right to demand the opportunity to
labor a reasonable day at a reason
able wage that will give him reason
able profit. so has the wage-earner the
right to demand the opportunity tc
labor a reasonable day at a reasonable
wage that will give him a reasonable
profit So, therefore, for the better
protection of the employer and the EN-
ploye, and the safeguarding of the
public interest and the tranquility OF
society, and to prevent lOckouts anC
strikes, and in order to promote The
continuous employment and uninter
rupted development of the city and 1t!
industrial and commercial life, I am Il
favor of, and will demand of the coun'
ell, an ordinance making an eight-houl
day and fixing a minimum wage scale
for every class of employment in the
city of Los Angeles.
There should also be a business and
professional license tax based on in
comes.
The congestion of the streets, com
merce and better fire protection, al
demand that no building permit should
be granted in the business district tina
does not provide for an alley.
Favors Big Bono Issue
am in favor of a municipal improve
ment and public utility bond issue OF
$65, 900 900, to be issued serially, as fas
as the public credit will permit Sale
bonds to bear interest at 3 per cent
payable $1,0O0,OOO each year, beginning
at the expiration of fifty years after
the issuance of such bonds with the
option of the city to retire any or al
of them after twenty-five years..
Fifteen millions to be issued imme
diately after consolidation, for harbor
canal, dock and warehouse purposes
and the construction of terminal rail
road and tramway from San Pedro tt
| Los Angeles and along the river bed
with a semi belt line about the city
and on both sides of the river bed ant
on the south side of Arroyo Seco, will
a terminal freight and passenger depo
from First street south.
Five million of said issue to be thu
capital of a common good and sinking
fund and municipal savings bank, op
| Grated by a board of directors, consist
Of I,a nt11Io1it tpa n thf
city council, the board of public works
the treasurer, auditor and mayor, fol
the solving of housing conditions ant
for the opening of alleys in the con
gested business district, to facilitate
commerce and for better fire prOtec'
ton. The immediate purchase and i'm
provement Of Arroyo Seco park ant
boulevard and another park site be-
! tween the city and the sea; and suct
other internal improvements as the
city council and board of directors may
deem necessary.
Better Use for Money
With this capital of $5,OOO,OO0 ant
/ the 50, 000 900 that is annually deposited
J in the saloons deposited in the savings
| banks. and the $4,00O,000 that the city
now has locked up in it's vaults ant
! loaned to the banks at per cent the
earning capacity of the cltys money
under such management can be made
| as great as that of the commercial
banks that are now borrowing city
| money at per cent, and loaning il out
| to citizens at to 10 per cent, and de-
claring Is and 20 per cent dividends
on their capitalization.
Better fire protection must be pro-
vided.
! Fifty mounted police and 100 more