Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
SOUTH CALIFORNIA


Los Angeles from which opposition tC
a great. popular, logical, reasonable
and right movement could be expected
South California's Rump champion
the chronic advocatus diaboli of this
community, is Of course opposed to
what it calls tearing a great state
in two" Although 1t condemns south
ern statehood, It says editorially:
There is no reason why Arizona and
New Mexico should any longer be shut
out from statehood.
''The case of Arizona Is perhaps a
little more clearly defined than that
of New Mexico. but we think both OF
these commemorative should be in a
position to participate in the next pres
idential election"
Then why should not South Califor-
mia be placed in a position to partici-
pate independently in the next presi-
Dental election? Why should not South
| California, with it's separate interests,
have a separate governor, a separate
legislature, separate representation at
Washington and a separate vote for
the electoral college?
Under present conditions, every time
new star is added to the flag, and
new state to the Union, emphasis
will be put on South Californias hu-
initiating place in the Union.
The formation OF the state of South
California will MT 0taor a e1-aof sta 70
in two" It will enable a state that
is Independent in everything but name
to assert it's individuality, to reap the
reward of the industry, intelligence.
progressiyeness of its citizens-many
of whom. by the way, came to SOUTH
CALIFORNIA without a thought of
the northern portion OF the state, and
in many cases without expectation of
ever visiting it for more than few
hours or a few days at a time Nay,
more, we will even say there are many
intelligent, capable, high class citizens
of South California who have never
been in San Francisco or the northern
portion of the state. They have no
northern interests, and there is moth
ing to attract them north.
However, when outrageous valua-
tions and taxations are placed on
southern property for the benefit of
the north, citizens come to a su den
realization of the fact there
North" as we'll as South this
great state, and that northerr sdomi-
nation is far from healthful fsr south
seems to be to discourage southern
progress, even If in the act of swat
ting us" the northerners inadvertently
admit South California's prosperity is
making greater advances than that of
North California.
But great as the progress of South
California has been, 1t is preposterous
to say 1t is a depository of accumulated
wealth greater than that of San Fran
cisco, which has been for three-quar
ters of a century a reservoir, fed by
many streams of enrichment. If there
were any "favoring" to be done, a
square deal assessment would have
favored Southern California, which,
as far as modern achievement is con-
cerned, is the younger portion of the
state, and is now in the very act Of
entering upon the period Of its great
est prosperity which will come with
the development of San Pedro harbor
and the completion of the Panama
canal.
Instead of encouraging South Cali
fornia, the northern knifers fined 1t,
and attacked it with such savagery as
to make it evident in the eyes of many
northern interests the progress of
Southern California is regarded as a
crime against North California. 1t is
North California, not South California,
that has demonstrated the necessity
for state separation. If the north nd
It's Los Angeles representatives and
Rump newspaper advocate are cha
grined at the prospect of the independ-
ence Of South California, let it blame
It's own gougers, who gave impetus and
direction to what will undoubtedly be
a successful movement for the eman-
cipation of Southern California from
northern control, embarrassment, hin
drance, interference, and for the crea-
ton of South California which, in the
course of human events, is destined to
be the greatest, most attractive, most
prosperous and most populous state