Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-27
SHOWS FALLACY
OF open TOWN
JOSIAS ]. ANDREWS STANDS
FOR CLEAN CITY
DIscREDITs EDITORIAL PRINTED
IN TIMES
Quotes Same Paper to Prove Redicu-
lousness of Observation-Disclosures
stmson Presents Barney Healy
in True CoIors

"The Times asserts in its editorial
column that this is an Uncle Aleck
town and tries to give the impression
that 1t is retarding-that 1t is back
number city" said Josias j. Andrews
last night at Mnnewaska hotel assem-
bly, hall. POI South Grand avenue.
"The Times says this in a small edi-
torial--it doesn't dare to take up long
editorial on this subject because II is
out of material on the subject. IL can
not point to one single mistake George
Alexander has made. However, 1t told
us il was nonsense to put him In there
for nine months, and now when he mas
done things it does not like, simply
because 1t was in the interests OF the
people, now it wants to discredit MN
and tell you it Is an Uncle Aleck' town.
Yet here is something from the news
columns of the Times, quoted word 1or
word. which absolutely discredits 1t:
"Flgures covering the period from
November / to November 10, inclu-
sive, show a gain over correspond
ing period of last year OF ZlS per
mits. S512,506 valuation, the increase
In the latter figure being over 115
per cent. The gain Is at the average
rate of over $50. 900 a day.
Mind YOU, in this Uncle Aleck' town
that It would try to make you beleNe
is going to the dogs and the bowwows.
again: The total for the past week
alone was 215 permits and $364,741 Yalu-
alton. an average of As permits, $72,OOO
valuation gain for every business day.
excepting Saturday, for which only es-
Inmates are available
Tells About Licenses
Clarence e. Taggart, candidate Tor
city tax collector, stated that there are
a. -. h.. gttV f,f
who have been doing business for
twenty years without paying licenses;
that in SINE instances there were firms
and individuals paying license 10
conduct one line of business and then
conducting another line which required
higher license. For instance, there
are $50 edible wagons In the city or
Los Angeles that are conducting ther
business of selling, butter, eggs, saeur-
kraut. etc, under the license for SELL
ing milk. A milk license costs 81 less
month than an edible wagon license.
Marshall Stimson addressed the audi
once on the question of whether II
pays to have wide open town or
clean city" The speaker showed by
conclusive argument that IT was not
the passing tourists Of the type who
strik a wide open town. builds up
a credit with what money he has and
then sponge on that credit and strikes
out again, leaving bunch of unpaid
bills; nor is 1t the second story man
and petty thieves which wide open
town attracts who build up a town,
but it is the homeseeking class who
desire clean government and equal
privileges to all who are desirable citi-
zens and who seek a clean town, as
compared with a wide open one.
Attacks Barney HeaIy
Mr.. Stimson, in speaking of Barney
Healy, said: "rhey say he is a friend
of the poor man. Because man does
not wear a necktie he seems to think
that he is doing something to show
that he is a friend of the poor man.
When n man gets into public office
and votes to give away as valuable
franchise as that river bed franchise
was ii does not seem to me he has very
much cause to say that he is a friend
of the poor man, for the poor man Is
as much interested in seeing that the
city of Los Angeles shall conserve her
valuable franchises as any man in the
community.
And Furthermore. when such a man
votes toreduce the assessments of the
large corporations, and does it not once,
but always and invariably, 1t does not
seem to me that there is an argument
that is going to help him in his asser-
ton that he is a friend of the poor
man. When a man votes for public
utility ordinance that sets aside $4,000
for a public utility commission and
then gives away $1,000 of that $4,000 for
salaries Of the commissioners and the
secretary, it daes not seem to me that
that is an argument to strengthen his
plea that he is a friend of he poor
man.