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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

hind the Dingley bill, supplemented by
the Pennsylvania and the New Jersey
manufacturers.
The Pennsylvania and New Jersey
manufacturers were said to have been
behind the Mckinley tariff, aided by
the New England manufacturers. All
were periodically enlisted to protect
our infant industries. and most every
thing that could be thought of belong
Ing to the infant class was listed for
a share of assessment.
The free list was not very large but
for many years every tariff reviser left
sauerkraut on the free schedule, and
that succulent vegetable luxury has
assumed a standing all its own, and al
ways makes its presence apparent and
stands against infant" American
sauerkraut manufactures, hard and
fast.
Let us hope that our tariff revisers
will not disturb business" by Interior
ing with the sauerkraut trade. Think
what calamity might be invited to
this country of ours If that wonderful
product and import from the cabbage
country should be interfered with. It
might lead to serious international dis
turbances with the German kaiser, with
whom we are at present on terms of
amity. Let us be forewarned in time.
RANDALL H. HEWITT.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
HIS HoNoRED NAME

He wandered from the little town
A dozen years or more ago;
He hoped he might achieve renown,
And fancied he was doing so
He thought Of those who stayed behind
To toll unseen and die unknown,
While he, more fortunate than they.
Was mounting upward day by day
And claiming laurels as his own.
He went back, when he thought his fame
Had spread to every land and cline,
When he supposed his honored name
Had been exalted for all time
When he believed that every man
From Budapest to Hackensack
And from Spokane to Ispahan
Must know that few were greater than
He had become, he Travelled back.
An ancient settler met him where
He fingered when the train had gone;
well. Dan'l BnlSs, I do declared"
The old man murmured, well, I swami
I'm glad to see you back agin,
I am, by gum! You're lookin' prime
Say DanI, IL the questions fair,
What you been drivin' at. and where
Have you been stayin' all this timer
IS. Il. Kiser in Chicago Record Herald
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Pipe Visions for the Longest Least Llal
GAMBLING
ID ACE TRACK gambling in Cali
IA, fornia is reluctantly gasping its
~ last at Santa Anita park. The

n ACE TRACK gambling in Cali
X. fornia is reluctantly gasping its
~ last at Santa Anita park. The
bookmakers and their gambling allies
are outstanding lies taper at the close.
1t is admitted the anti-gambling law
cannot be outwitted, so the bookies
are preparing to move on. No one will
regret the exodus of the gambling in
dustry from California. 1t is perhaps
somewhat unjust that only one form
of gambling should have been ban
ished and that others should be toll
Grated. The day may come when the
conscience of the community will be
aroused and when all.games of chance
will be suppressed forever in the Unit
ed States.
In spite of reforms effected here and
there, reforms like that which has
cleaned the race track gambling evil
out of California, there are still va
rieties of gambling which are not only
tolerated but encouraged.
How disgraceful it is to a great pro-
gressive nation that it's very food sup
ply should provide material for gil
gantic gambling deals, hazards of for
tune which make or mar the operators,
sometimes in a few days, sometimes
within a few hours. This nation will
be much better off and much more
prosperous when the economic system
is absolutely unmenaced or unimpaired
at any point or in any respect by the
gambling evil.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

of the Wings. But he was not as
much of Wing as his party asso-
ciates wanted him to be, and break
followed, the result of which was that
Tyler became less Whig and more
of a Democrat than ever.
The hard times that followed the
crash of 1887 caused the receipts OF
the government to fall off. and finally
to sink below the expenditures, just
as the panic of 1907 brought about
similar condition. Before the worst
years of the financial stress OF the
late thirties the revenues had become
redundant. The sales of public lands,
added to the other receipts of the gov
eminent, had piled up surplus that
had to be got rid of. To accomplish
this it was decided to deposit with the
states SAC, 900, 900 of the surplus, and 1t
was not expected that they should re-
turn it-an expectation that was fully
realized. 1t is needless to follow al!
these matters further than to state
that the historians whose works are
regarded as impartial agree that the
Clay compromise was not responsible
for the hard times which lasted until
1872 though they assert that the act
of 1912 did serve to produce the good
times that followed its enactment.
The important reductions of the
tariff under the Clay compromise were
treasury was sailing too close to the
wind for the nations financial safety
and it became necessary to enact law
that would prevent those reductions
going into effect. With deficit show
ing before reductions were made, 1t
was obvious that their taking effect
would serve only to swell that deficit.
To meet the exigencies of the occasion
an act was passed putting most of
the articles that had been on the free
list into the class which required a 20
per cent duty, and bringing other du-
ties up to that standard. It was not
expected that even this upward re-
vision of the tariff would suffice to
cover the deficit, but 1t was designed
measure could be adopted. 1t came to
be known as the little tariff bill"
The president promptly vetoed this
measure. To understand why he did
so, reference must be made to the So
called distribution act' alluded to
above At this time the government
was selling its public lands, and when
the treasury was full to overlooking.
this act was passed, providing for the
distribution to the states of all the
money received from the sale of these
lands. The measure had in 1t a pro-
viso, however, to the effect that when
ever 1t became necessary to revise
the tariff upward in order to secure
more revenue, this distribution should
be suspended so long as that higher
tariff remained in force. 1t was in
tended to protect the treasury and OBJ
viate higher tariff taxes. The little
tariff bill'' repealed this proviso, MAX
ing the distribution to continue
whether the tariff was raised or not,
and whether the treasury could spare
the funds or not This led President
Tyler to veto the measure, his position
being that so long as the treasury
needed the money for current expenses
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
OUR LABOR TEMPLE

Z OS ANGELES has been architect
urally enriched by the jealous
~ enthusiasm of union labor, which
has added to the splendid buildings
for which our city is famous mag
nifcent labor temple, in many respects
unique in it's methods of construction,
and a model for all buildings of this
type or indeed for all club or sociable
headquarters buildings which may
hereafter be erected in the United
States. In the auditorium floor, which
may be easily lowered or raised in or
der to provide complete floor surface
or a floor and platform, there is new
idea which should become popular. In
deed. the predominant feature of the
fine temple is its all around usefulness.
1t is practical, and at the same time
It is artistic.
A celebrated artist was once asked
tell with what he mixed his colors
in order to obtain the wonderful eff
fects which made his canvases excep-
tionally valuable. His reply was:
with brains, sir" The labor temple
has been built and equipped with
brains, sir" 1t represents the prac-
tical application of good, original
ideas, and it also represents an inn
mense amount of planning, of perse-
vering, and Of that sterling loyalty to
the cause for which union labor men
are justly noted. The faith that re-
moves obstacles as big as mountains
is the same kind of faith that has built
the magnificent labor temple of which
Los Angeles may well be proud.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
AT THE THsATERS

MASoN-LiIlian Russell in "Wfidfire."
BELAsCO-"The Dollar Mark"
BURBANK-"Jn Gay New York"
NAJESTTC-'Friends."
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-"The sultan of
Sulu."
Observation-Disclosures.
Los ANGELES-Vaudeyille.
FISCHER'S-"Poppylan
EAIPIRE-Vaudeyille.
UNIQUE-"The Generals Dilemma"
WAI4KER-Vaudeville.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Far and Wide
WorId-conquerinq Language

The English language has long been
predominant over the French. In 1890
there We're no fewer than Ill, 100000
English speaking persons in the civil
lied world while those speaking
French numbered 51,200,000. Since that
time, statisticians say, there has been
considerable increase in the use of
English over French. 1t is, in fact,
rapidly spreading to every corner of
the globe.-Kansas City Star.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

aDle 10 prOuuco IL
bill that would pass
muster at the White
House. That bill be-
came the Wing tar
iff law of 1912.
In the presidential
campaign of 1910
the Wing leaders
concluded that 1t
would be wise to
use the soft pedal
on the tariff ques-
ton, and therefore
turned down Henry
Clay and nominated
"Tippccanoe a n d
Tyler, too" Harri-
son and Tyler were
milder protection
lists than was Clay.
Harrison fell q VIC
tim to the horrible
weather of inaugu-
ration day, and
Tyler soon became
president. Tyler was
a Whig. stood for
protection, and for
~. .-~AsI .NltAtAcs
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

DR.. Robert ]. Burdette says drunk
enness is the only vice that tells a
man the truth the first time it meets
him. In spite of it's engaging frank
ness, it is a gay deceiver. BY the way,
the question of temperance reform
narrows itself down to this: Is in
toxicating liquor responsible for
drunkenness? We apologize for put
ting the matter so BADLY and so SEEM
ing foolishly, but ofttimes in rude fol-
ly there is wisdom.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
LET NO TARIFF REFoRMER
LAY HANDS ON sAUERkRAUT

LOS ANGELES, April 1.-[Editor
the Dingley tariff and the Mckinley
tariff schedules have been i'm effect
and both acts took their names from
the congressman who introduced them
there has been a continued running
fire against many provisions in the
levy of rates. The New England man
ufacturers were said to have been be-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
The State Press
DemoraIizinq Influence

In Mexico the director of public edu-
cation has just made the remarkable
discovery that to allow teachers and
pupils to witness bull fights has a
tendency to harden the minds of
students and make them unfit for citi-
zenship.' This announcement is a long
time in coming, but augusr well for a
change in ideals in Mexico. The edu-
Gator goes on to affirm that the bull
ring has been largely responsible for
the decline of Spain as a world power
Humboldt Standard.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Makinn IL Worth While

Observing that it's power to collect
fines from trusts is fully established,
Texas raises the amount of the fine
the work of collection more remunera-
tive to the state than to the trusts
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Beautiful California

The winter tourists who are still lin
gering in Southern California, and the
homeseekers coming at low rates made
by the railways for colonists, now see
this part of the state at its best. AS a
result of the abundant rains, the hills.
dry and brown six months or more of
the year, are covered with flowers and
verdure.-San Diego Union.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

The Filipinos are taking an active
part in the tariff debate. When we
marvel at the "smartness" of these
wards of Uncle Sam we should not for
get they are closely related to the
Japanese.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

Los Angeles women are eagerly sign
ing the protest against the proposed
increase in the tariff on hosiery. They
say the Payne bill gives them one.
Subtle joke.)
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

The statesman who managed to get
the women of America really interest
ed in the tariff deserves the thanks of
the nation. Tariff reformers are now
certain of the support of a powerful
though voteless army of allies.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

Congressman McLachlan may get
his steamship bill through the house
at this extra session. but not unless
he is solidly supported by the united
coast. California has many important
plans and projects, but none more far
reaching than provision for a steam
ship line which would check the &C
quisitive activities of the railroad
rab-all
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Commission Stuna

Members of the country life commits
sion paid their own expenses and now
must pay for printing the report, as
congress refused to make an appro-
priation for the purpose. No one pro-
poses to pass the hat among the farm
ers.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Two impressive Decisions

1t is said to be decided by the treas
ury department that Henry Hudson
did not discover the Hudson river. But
the authority of the same department
that frogs legs. are dressed poultry
seems likely to have a more binding
Dispatch.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

May will be mothers day. 1t will
be celebrated in a most practical way
by the creation of fund for destitute
mothers.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

International court at The Hague has
already saved mankind several wars.
1t is the highest and most useful
tribunal on earth.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Play Ball

When the Inauguration is over. the
baseball season will occupy the coun-
try's undivided Observation-Disclosures
Leader.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

Old Indian fighters are forming an
organization. They will probably be
known as the Great Unscalpef
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

When Los Angeles becomes Greater
Los Angeles it will be well on the way
toward becoming the greatest city OF
the west.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Cabinet Discretion

NUNS the word in the cabinet of the
new president and if there is to be any
talking done it will be done by the
president himself. That is sensible.
If all the cabinet members were al
lowed to give out cabinet information
it would soon be a messed up affair
Tulare Advance.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06

Yes, George Alexander was the peo-
pies choice for mayor. The statement
is founded on figures, not sentiment.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
IN ERE was a more bitter fight over
the tariff In 1912 than In any other

\ year in American history. 1t was
not so much a fight between the par
ties in congress as 1t was between the
president and congress. That body
passed one bill, which was promptly
vetoed. Then 1t passed another, and
the presidential foot was set on 1t as
firmly as on the first. 1t was only on
the third attempt that congress was
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
The Public Letter Box

intended for publication
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Short-Lived

The sheath gown has gone. And
there are none to mourn it's demise.-
Humboldt Standard.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Bird Life

The state, as we'll as the nation,
should do all in its power to protect
bird life as we have it from wanton
destruction. There are few varieties
that do harm. They all do an i'm
mense amount of good, and should be
honoredSfor it.-Fresno Republican.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Mecca

Colonst travel for the coming season
has now set in. and California will be
the Mecca of eastern tourists for the
next few months-Modesto News.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Rights

Rights of the land extend upward
to the top of things and some day the
airships will run across signs reading:
keep Off This Sky Patch Richard
Roe, Owner!"-Fruitvale Progress.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-06
Governess of Oregon

A woman is to be appointed acting
governor of Oregon and still the eman-
cipettes are not satisfied. They never
will be quiet until they get at least a
near Observation-Disclosures City Dem
ocrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-27
JAPANESE ROUTED BY FIRE
ola Globe Hotel, Ninth and Leaven-
worth, Narrowly Escapes
Destruction.

The Globe hotel. a three-story frame
building on the northeast corner Of Ninth
and Ieavenworth streets, came near being
destroyed by fire about / o'clock this morn
ing and only the prompt work Of the fire
department prevented a disastrous blaze.
Charlie Kumita. a Japanese, conducts the
hotel, which Is patronized largely by men
OF his race. The fire started from a kitchen
on the second floor and burned through to
the roof, but 1t Is thought the damage will
not reach more than 500. A ~five-gallon can
OF gasoline was thrown from an upper
room TO the street Just before the flames
reached H..
Some OF the Japanese roomers first dis
covered the fire and attempted to extinguish
the blaze without calling out the fire de-
partment. but the experiment came near
being costly.
The hotel is one OF the landmarks Of thai
part OF the city, having been built almost
forty years ago. II was formerly known
as the Southern hotel and was a WELL
known hotel during the 70s.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-27
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Polish People Deny Being Victims Of
Sundays Riot.
MORE SOBER FEELING PREVAILS
Koutsky Voices Sentiment that
City Cannot AFFORD Any More Such
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Repair
Now Going On.

The Polish societies of South Omaha are
out after the parties responsible for the
report that the men of that nationality had
been mistaken for Greeks and had been
subjected to assaults during the recent
trouble in South Omaha. The point OF
bltterest resentment is that the Poles
should be mistaken for Greeks. The matter
of being assaulted is ounted a phase OF
the affair which the Poles themselves can
provide against. The Polish people of
South Omaha are very proud of their ma
tionality and the mistake of calling Lithu-
anians. Roumanions. Austrisns, Belgians
or any other European peoples Polish is
resented. Wednesday a committee of Poles
composed OF ]. NJ. Urbanski, T. Koziol, f.
Kozicki. Pete woziniak. w. semlak and
J.. F. Nader made the rounds of all the
papers OF the city and took pains to inform
them thai no Polish people were injured
in last Sundays riot, and that Polish peo-
pie could never be mistaken for Greeks
by anyone. They wanted IL understood
that there was no association between the
two. They declared that the four men at
ended to by DR.. A. II. Koenig were no;
Poles although said TO be such.
Nor are the Poles the only people who
are anxious to disclaim any and all con-
nection with the unsavory events of last
Sunday, Mrs. J. Humpal. who was de
scribed as the old woman who guarded
the walk in front of her hotel at $50
NJ street and who hung out an American
flag as a sign of her loyalty, said thai
she objected to being called old and II
, fact was not such. She also denied beinI
on the walk. although she said some on.
might have been there as some women Of
advanced years lived or either side of the
Humpal property. AS to two Greeks beinS
in the hotel. she also entered a flat denial
saying she never had rented rooms tC
Greeks nor kept them as boarders. The
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-27

only point of truth she says is the flag
which on the advice of a boarder she hung
on the front porch.
South Omaha people are ashamed of the
whole affair." said Mayor Koutsky. ut is
not to be wondered at that they deny every
public statement with which their names
are connected. 1t is likely that some state
ments nave been overdrawn, but the city
can afford no more of this kind of affairs. :"
The work OF repairing damaged buildings
continued yesterday. Many of the places
have been boarded up temporarily. The
Greeks continue to haul their personal
property to Omaha under the direct protec-
ton of the police.
Letcher Held for Assault.
James Letcher was arraigned and given
preliminary hearing before Judge Gala
nan yesterday for assault and battery with
intent to kill. He is charged with beating
Maud Ford in a merciless tanner. The
room was found spattered with blood. The
oman's clothing was saturated with blood
and her flesh a mass of bruises. She was
just able to be out for the first time when
she appeared against him yesterday after
noon. He waived preliminary examination
and Judge Callahan bound him over to the
district court under $500 bonds.
with the sick.
1t Is reported that James Cunningham
T~wenty-fourth and o streets, is at the
point of death from a complication of
diseases. The most dangerous affliction
is pneumonia. He was said to be dying
last night. Cunningham is well known
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-27
GlAsTIcUTUsEs ALL DOWN
Last iGure ON City Hall Removed,
Passersby ON street Ignoring
Danger Signals Meanwhile.

The last OF the giasticutuses on the city
hall are being taken down. these last two
being two mythical figures similar 10 the
sacred Chinese dragon. AS a precautionary
measure the dewal in front OF the city
hall on the Farnam street side was roped
off all day and the front doors OF the mu-
nicipai building we're locked to keep people
from passing under the giasicutuses which
might a fallen. But people by the
score.A Including many women with baby
carriages. did not stop to consider tina the
rope barriers meant that they should keep
off the dangerous sidewalk and most OF
the passersby simply dueked under the
ropes and went ahead as though a piece or
stone weighing so pounds was not dangling
from a rope 100 feet above their headsL