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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
CONSOLIDATION

Z os ANGELES consolidation COM
mittee is rapidly getting into
- working order, and much wisdom
has marked its methods Stoddard Jess.
the president, intends in his work to
follow out a good old plan. His idea is
that the committee should be sure 1t is
right in every detail. and then go
ahead. Mr.. Jess says the committee
will hear all sides, and endeavor to
learn just exactly what is wanted by
the people of all the territory con-
cerned. Every one is to have a hear
ing and no conclusion is to be reached
until it is found everybody concerned
can meet on common ground.
This liberal policy will disarm all but
the most prejudiced opponents OF con-
solidation. Prejudiced opponents are
telling the public to beware of all con-
solidation plans, inasmuch as they are
only subtle method of exploitation.
According to the 'antis," Los Angeles
is to be benefited at the expense of the
other communities. The Herald has
already pointed out the ridiculous ma
ture of a plea of this kind. Greater
Los Angeles cannot afford to have any
part of its metropolitan area discrim-
mated against.
The only policy which will be success
full in the work of consolidation will be
an old-fashioned policy, that of the
greatest good for the greatest number.
The consolidation campaign will be con-
Quoted in a way that will convince
every one of the fair and square tnten-
lions of the advocates of a plan for
Greater Los Angeles. Behind the oppo-
sition is corporationism. With great
reluctance certain corporations behold
the control of San Pedro passing en-
tirely out of their sphere of influence.
Greater Los Angeles. with its seaport,
San Pedro. will be independent of inter-
ests. It will be a public seaport.
As city with a superb seaport, Los
Angeles will be the peer of any in the
world. Consolidation is the next neces-
sary step in the growth of what is
surely destined to be the commercial
and maritime metropolis of the west, as
well as the finest and most artistic and
beautiful city on earth.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
TAG DAY

MAY will be Tag day in Los An
M geles. The Associated Chart
4IA ties will endeavor to raise by
the tagging system the sum of $4,000.
Everybody will be asked to buy tag
and the fund will be used to help
worthy applicants for charity and 10
establish woodward which will be un-
der the control of the charities confer
ence committee.
Tagging is popular The victims
don't seem to object to it, The tag is a
decoration which means something,
The object is worthy. 1t is too bad
that under our social system there
should be so much need for charity,
but since the need exists the members
of society who can help themselves
and take care of themselves must be
cheerful over the need of having TO
help those who cannot or are not al
lowed to help themselves and to take
care of those who cannot or are not
allowed to take care of themselves.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
LAwLEss GREED
HT HAT Is the use OF mincing wordu
w with regard to such crime as

HT HAT Is the use OF mincing words
Nv with regard to such crime as
advance In the price of flour?
Does It not show positively and beyond
any further opportunity for question
that measures must be adopted which
will take the necessaries of life out OF
the hands of the gamblers? Opera
lions" in these necessaries of life should
be recognized by law to be what they
are In faet-grave criminal offenses.
One gambler can raise the price of
the bread of nation. The increase
means a fortune to this holdup man.
A small combination of gamblers con-
trolling prices of the necessaries OF life
can easily double the cost of living
In the United States. BY conspiring to
increase the price arbitrarily these I'M
scrupulous men may make fortunes.
Apart from the humanity and greed
of the transaction it is grossly immoral
to manipulate" the flour supply. Ar
guments as to the propriety or impro-
priety of speculation must be ruled out.
In a crisis of this kind the nation is
confronted by situation and not by
a theory. It's food supply is being in
terfered with in order that an indi-
vidual and his friends may levy black
mail from the people.
There must be permanent reform.
Special legislation may meet the pres
ent emergency, but it lacks the neces7
sa1.y element of permanence. An
amendment should be added to the con-
stitution of the United States making
it always and forever unlawful for
any citizen or any group of citizens
to make plans or enter into agreements
or conspiracies to control the supply
of foodstuffs of all descriptions and
regulating or increasing the price
thereof.
The bread of the nation should be
kept free from the gamblers faint.
Gambling in the necessaries of life is
equivalent to the foulest and blacklist
treason.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
INDIANS HAVE KNOWLEDGE
OF IMMORTALITY OF SOUL

LOS ANGELES, April 16.-IEditor
Herald, In my anxiety to impress my
readers with the fact that the pooy 70
a necessary adjunct for the minu 70
work through, l gave you the I'M
preston that think the mlnu ma.
terial conception only, which ~
mistake, as ! believe in the iminoI,,
tality of the soul l believe tnaL an
human and animal life is animated py
the same spirit, called by the 1nolans ,
"the Great Spirit" do not think tnat
the soul and mind can act without a
body any more than the body can
live without the soul and minu'
hence the necessity for the resurrection
of the body We have sat in DARKNESS
so long that we see without pereeiv-
ing and hear without Understandings
1t is today as it was when 1t was Writ
ten. 1.-The people which sat IN dark
ness saw great light; and to tneni
which sat in the region and shadoW
of death light is sprung up" Mat. 4:16.
The Indians are aware that the AMI
mai as we'll as man is resurrected, put
they have forgotten that 1t Is wrong
to shed innocent blood They, IKE
the rest of mankind, have lost the
knowledge that death should not be,
or at least how to prevent 1t, but they
still know that both man and amman
flesh is resurrected in another worid.
The Herald of February 10 contained
a notice of the death of Geronimo, the
Apache chief, of which the following
is a part: ut was only by great er-
forts that Geronimo's widow was kept
yesterday from killing the old war
rior's sorrel driving horse, his favofite,
so that IL might pass on with him TO
the happy hunting grounds. The mis-
sionary conducted the services as
similar to the oN Apache style OF
burial as his conscience would let
him." That missionary's elastic con-
science doubtless could not be stretched
to the point of believing that the de-
spised and ignorant Indians know
much more of the past and the future
than he does. MRS. A. r. NJ.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
URGES SALE OF PRODUCT
AT COST or PRODUCTION

LOS ANGELES. April 12.-[Editor
Heraldl In speaking OF the new tariff
bill you say II should be adjusted to
do the greatest amount of good to the
greatest number and that sensible
tariff would be one that would take
care of the people and protect the wage
earners. l wish you would give us
wage earners your idea of what kind of
tariff you could have that would do
that thing. Name 1t if you can. His
tory proves that a tariff lowers wages
and puts up the price of living to the
wage workers. If 1t does not do this
please give your figures to the contra
ry. The higher the tariff in the old
countries the lower the wages of the
working men are. That point you will
hardly dispute. Again, your tariff pro-
tects my employer, Mr.. Diston, the saw
manufacturer, so that he charges me
more for my saw than he charges my
fellow working man in the old coun-
try. If there was no tariff on saws he
would sell me the saw as cheap as he
sells 1t to my fellow working man
abroad.
AS to the price paid in our American
factories as wages, our wage earners
receive less wages for producing the
article produced than Is paid for pro-
ducing the same article In either Eng
land or Germany and the ae,, proof ,be Of
abroad. Even Mr.. Hartman. the
railroad king. said the other day that
protection does not increase wages.
Now, what would be wrong In us
working men comparatively owning
all the machinery of producing and dis
tribution and having all that We con-
sumo sold to us at the labor cost of
producing them? Wouldn't that be a
system that would benefit all men who
are willing to work?
No matter whether they work editing
a newspaper or work digging a sewer.
wouldn't this be a sensible system, and
wouldn't 1t take care of all the people
who are willing to work? And should
the man who refuses to work be taken
care Of? H. l.. WHITE.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
coMMENDs INQUIRY MADE
Against sPlRiTuALlsM


Los ANGELES. April s.--[Editor
Herald]a In your issue of this date. you
publish very able letter on hygienlc
laws VS.. Christian Science. The views
expressed are quite In accord with
those of any thinking man, woman, or
even child. 1t Is owing to the fanatics
that extrayagant claims are made Tor
the healing powers of the doctrine, and
like any other belief. is a. good thing so
long as 1t leads it's disciples to higher
things and better lives.
The sect which deserves condemna-
ton, and, at last, seems to be getting
Investigation, is spiritualism. As is
seen in the daily papers, including your
own, 1t is composed mostly of takers,
administering its doctrines or holding
seances, and the fanatical fools who
are parted from their money because
they believe in 1t.
An example of this was shown quite
recently, and came to my notice. In q
department store of this city there Is a
new invention, the Collins Wireless
telephone One Of the most ardent
splrtualsts of this city was allowed to
talk over the phone, and then entered
into argument with the demonstrators
as to the medium through which the
speech was carried 1t was explained
that the ether in the air carried the
electric impulses which formed the
speech, but this did not suit the spir-
itualist. He insisted this was impossi-
BILE. and the only means of conveying
the words from one instrument to the
other was by using spirit force" He
explained how this was done, and said
that the inventor of the telephone did
not realize he was employing this In
exhaustible medium. ETC. The wireless
demonstration, being a scientific man.
attempted to argue the question, but
the spirtualist knew what he was talk
ing about. and would not be convinced,
and the telephone man gave up in dis
gust. Could anything be more ridicu-
lous? The attempt to drag in spirit
forces" in explanation of plain scien-
tific fact is more than amusing.
YES
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
APPROVES PLAN ADOPTED
BY coLLEcTlvlsT OF WEALTH

SOUTH PASADENA, April H.-[Edi-
tor Herald: Tread with some interest
Socialism Capitalized" in your issue
of April 8, but am at loss to under
stand how Socialism can be capitalized.
Capital is "A stock in trade, manufac-
ture, etc" Capitalization is 'the act
of converting money or stocks in trade
into cpital." How then can it be that
in using his money for Socialist propa-
ganda Mr.. Hunter is converting his
money or stocks into capital?"
l do not understand that Socialists
object to wealth when resulting from
the productive effort of its possessor.
But they do seriously object to capital
lists methods of appropriating to them
selves wealth produced by the industry
of others; and to the poverty, peonage,
suffering and graft naturallT and I'M
avoidably resulting.
Suppose Mr. Hunter has accumulated
his wealth by the lawful but demoraliz-
ing methods to which Socialists object,
and which they hope in time to dis
place by methods more humanizing: be-
ing consistent Socialist, what should
he do with his means but use 1t to aid
in inaugurating better?/ Give 1t TO
the poor? But Mr.. Hunter while en-
gagged in the settlement work, learned,
as rhave many others, that charity de-
grades it's recipients. How inconsist-
emit then, Wouiq II pc Tor MN 70 spend
his wealth for palliatives for the few,
instead of for change in the methods
of conducting production and distribu-
ton; that is, for methods which would
eliminate the causes which lead to the
Generalization of employers and op-
preston of the producers. In mechan-
les, do inventors throw away an imper-
feet instrument necessary to produce
better before having made the i'm
proved article? Surely not. Neither
should Socialists fail to devote the
means they now possess to the accom-
plishment of their purpose. the estab-
lishment of justice and elevation of
humanity in general.
M. ". LoNGLEY.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
ORPHANS HOME WILL MAKE
WORTHY CITIZENS OF WAITS

LOS ANGELES, April 14.-[Editor
Herald: A morning paper suggests
that 1856 children will be benefited by
the erection Of a new orphans home.
That is true so far as it goes but 1t is
only a small part of the truth. The new
home will, in the course Of years, re-
ceive and make happy many thousands
of poor homeless and parentless little
ones. In our civilization many small
children. by the death. Of parents, are
cast upon the cold charities of the
world, and it is for these that the good
women of Los Angeles are hoping to
provide. No more worthy appeal Tor
assistance was ever made
But the appeal is to the patriotism as
we'll as to the benevolence of citizens.
TIE object and aim is to make of these
human waits good and worthy citizens
of the great city of Los Angeles.
and surely everybody is In favor OF
that.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Wilbur D. Nesbit writes in the Chi
cago Evening Post:
The name of it and the blame of it. That
she lies in the harbor way
IT'S a scourging thought that should harry
us and should haunt night and day
We have taken her name for another ship
but a whispering world has said.
With a knowing eye and a curling lip, 1T
is thus that they leave their dead"
He refers to the wreck of the Maine.
Why not raise 1t now?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
The State Press
Blind Leading Blind

1t is an easy matter for one person
to charge another with lack of knowl-
edge; but 1t may not be so easy to
prove the charge in debate. While We
are willing to admit our ignorance of
many things we thing 1t very presump-
tuous on the part Of the secretary to
volunteer his advice and guidance. 1t
would be too much like the blind lead
ing the blind when both would fall into
the ditch.-Orange Post.
a.
Plant Foes
There was never a season more
favorable for the planting of trees. The
soil is in prime condition; there is suf-
ficient moisture in the ground to carry
the young roots we'll through the
summer and into the next winter 1t
is quite natural that there should be a
large acreage planted, and every va
rity is included in the efforts now
under way.-Santa Barbara Press.
-
Too Much Publicity
The hunting trip of Theodore Roose-
welt is to be spoiled by too much pub
licity. And if we are not very much
mistaken in the man no one under
stands this better and regrets 1t mora
than Roosevelt. He is not a new hand
at running down big game. and he
knows all the tricks of the modern
Nimrod.-Sacrament Union.
q
oratorical Training
We hold it to be a self-evident fact
that no school is doing its duty when
it trains not it's pupils in the art of
composition and voice culture in the
way of public speaking and reading
Antelope Valley Ledger.
Raisn Day
The proposition to establish ma
tional ''raisin day." which undertaking
is now claiming the attention of GER
tain part of Fresno, Kings and Tulare
counties, bids fair to result success
fully.-Visalia Times.
s.
A Real Service
That Philadelphia lady who had been
telling people how to grow old would
confer a still greater service on viva
cious humanity if she would tell 'em
how not to.-Long Beach Telegram.
s.
Still There's Room
The governments conscience fund
originated in 1911. 1t is not thought,
however, that all the people with guilty
consoiences have been enrolled as yet.
Riverside Enterprise.
-
Prophecy
It's a safe prediction that the new
Republican tariff law will not de-
motherize the trusts.-San Francisco
Star.
81
The Roosevelt Policies
Taft's orders are that the army rid
ing tests must continue. Another fond
illusion dispelled. Standard
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Dc itldQC W supply
all the iron needed
in t h e United
States, they mar
veled. None OF
t h Q m dreamed
that within 12C
years there would
be a corporation
making iron and
steel on such q
great scale as ia
require as many
employees as there
were then people
in the sgtate OF
Connecticut, The
Philadelphia plant
cost a few thou
sand dollars. A
modern blast fur
mace of the largest
type costs a mil
lion. The Phila-
delphia plant pro-
duced $50 tons a
year. The blast
furnace of today
can turn out a
Thousand times as
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
AT THE THEATERS

MASON OPERA HOUsE-Nazimova In
Repertoire.
BELAsCO-"The Dollar Mark"
BURBANK--'Tn Gay New York"
MAJESTIC-'srhe Matchmaker"
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-'The Tourists
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Los MISUNDERSTANDING
EMPIRE-vaudeville.
FIsCHER'S-Vaudeville.
UNIQUE-"Ryans Party"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Fresno, renowned for its connection
with the grape and grape wine indus
try, has banished saloons. This ster
was taken because the saloons insisted
on meddling in politics, and saloon
interest began to take part in the af-
fairs of the city. In the present state
of public feeling with regard to the
LIQUOR traffic, the less liquor men have
to do with politics the better 1T will be
for their industry.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Chief Dishman is replacing existing
conditions in the police department
with order, system and discipline. He
is giving Los Angeles police organ
ization. When his plans are COM
pleted the efficiency of the force will
be increased greatly.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Congratulations to Andrew Brown of
Los Angeles and his Scotch Lassie Jean.
A bride who will travel 1000 miles to
her bridegroom should certainly make
that man her willing slave for life.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Norway is frankly in favor Of the
emigration of its citizens to the
United States. Why? Because the
Norwegian in America is thrifty and
every year sends a large amount OF
American money home to Norway to
be circulated there. How much
American industry is represented by
the money annually sent to Europe OF
spent there by Americans?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

It's bad enough to have name like
that without making 1t worse. Sufferin'
Moses, what must be the emotions OF
Suffern Taller as he reads of himself
In the papers as Sufferin?
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

On California Raisin day, April 30, it
is the duty of every good citizen to eat
and boost the Incompatible, inimitable
and altogether excellent raisins of our
cto
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
HaIcyon Days


One mutton-headed member of the
legislature has introduced bill to have
all the present members pensioned.
Good idea. They need the money.-Ma-
rion Advertiser.
Tut, Tut! Don't you know that the
day of money in politics has passed
away forever in wisconsin? These are
the halcyon days of reform, and every
patriot will be broke and thirsty in the
next OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sentinel.
City of Graft
Philadelphia has been robbed, robbed,
robbed for a generation, and is still
asleep. Even the shock of having her
water works jobbed off to a ring never
touched her. She is still the City OF
Brotherly Graft.-Louisville Herald.
Prime Cause of Pcssimism
"Opulence and optimism are generally
boon companions says the Topeka
State Journal. Most always, too, PEN
ury and pessimism are considered
chummy.-Salt Lake Tribune.
-
Speeded Up
Do not blame Judge Hart because
that Cooper murder trial took SO much
time. After it was over he tried four
teen negroes in an hour. to show his
speed.-St. Paul Dispatch.
s.
No Limit to Its Beneficence
We are tempted to prophesy that the
Taft administration Will be signalized
by Improvement in the playing of the
Washington baseball Characterization
News and Courier,
-
He Heard II
The people of Los Angeles recalled"
their mayor, and the haste with which
he resigned showed that he must have
heard the call.-Philadelphia Ledger.
f.
important Senators
The senate adjourned one day last
week in honor of the birthday of one of
the senators. Wonderfully important
body.--Normangee (Texas) Bell.
81
Easy
Question: Who will pay the bills If a
coal strike occurs? Answer: You.--
Providence Journal.
-1--
A Crun Dropped
A Crum has fallen from the pie
counter in Washington.--St. Louis Star
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Los Angeles Bar association held its
semi-annual banquet last evening. A
most distinguished and learned gather
ing listened to eloquent addresses.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
Far and Wide
Poor Man Not Considered

A st. Louis coffee expert calls atten-
ton to the fact that tariff on coffee
will affect only the poor man. High
priced coffee, he says, is sold at such
a profit that the dealer can absorb the
tariff, but on the cheaper grades the
entire revenue will fall on the con-
sumner. This is solemnly advanced as
a reason why coffee should not be
taxed, as though any tariff schedule
was ever arranged with regard to the
poor man.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Oswald was the same old Nick"
There is a happy, godfatherly sugges-
ton in the phrase.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
Greetlnas

Hall gentle spring DER hill and vale.
You move us once again
To timely calculations; HALL
And maybe Snow and Rainl
Washington Post.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
Divided Opinion

Revise the tariff as you may,
Both praise and blame will be your lot.
The favored ones will say 'Hoorayl'
The others will say 'TommyrotV'
Washington Star.
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Intended for publication accompanied p
es bu assumes words
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

Give us each day our daily bread.
Deliver US from the specializing hog.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

WI HEN Representative Clymer OF
wv Philadelphia arose In the first
congress and told his colleagues
of furnace in his city with an output
of 150 tons of iron a year.. which, by q
little protection encouragement could
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
Easy

Question: Who will pay the bills If a
coal strike occurs? Answer; YOU
Providence Journal.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
A crum Dropped

A Crum has fallen from the pie
counter In Washington.--St. Louis Star,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
Prophecy

It's a safe prediction that the new
Republican tariff law will not de-
motherize the trusts.-San Francisco
Star.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
The Roosevelt Policies

Tafts orders are that the army rio
ing tests must continue Another fond
illusion ispelled.--Hunboldt Standard.