Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-17
TERMINAL RATE
PLEDGE STANDS
CANARD STARTED AT HARB0R
CITY Is REFUTED
SECRETARY FLEMING DECLARES
THEY WILL BE FORCED
Citizens Applaud the Movement
for a Stately Entrance to
New Harbor of Con-
soIidated Cities

An attempt maze yeStSlodS a.
San Pedro to advance the argument
that the Los Angeles consolidation
committee and allied bodies were op-
posed to terminal rates for San Pedro
and would fight the complaint filed
with the Interstate commerce commits
sion was vigorously refuted by A. P.
Fleming, chairman of the consollua-
tion campaign committee.
The complaint was prepared some
time ago by the Harbor City whole
sale company of San Pedro and was
filed yesterday Immediately aIter-
ward a statement was circulated at the
harbor that the consolidation commit
tees would go on record as opposed 10
consideration of the complaint
Nothing of the sort" said Mr..
Fleming Yesterday. Let us have ter
minal rates at the harbor. If they can
be obtained before consolidation, SO
much the better; if not, we Will force
them anyway. 1 am certain that noth-
ing will be done by any of the conson-
dation committees to put anything IN
the way of any action toward this END.
"The consolidation platform, as
standing for the opinion of the city OF
Los Angeles and it's business bodies,
has an explicit plank for terminal
rates for San Pedro and Wilmington.
be respected by Los Angeles. But that
does not mean that any effort Will be
made to defeat other moves Tor ter
minal rates. On the contrary anything
that works toward that result should
be welcomed.
Consolidation Platform Explicit
"An anti-consolidation circular has
been handed to me as issued at san
Pedro in which the suggestion ad-
Vanced in an interview in Inc derald
relative to improvement of the harpor
by slightly warehouses is attacked. l
regard that as a great compliment.
Whoever wrote that anti-consolidation
document is driven to admit that he
must attack anything advanced Tor
consolidation. He does not deny that
the utility and facilities of the ware
house can be preserved, but argues
that they should not set new stand
ard in architectural appearance. The
inference is striking that his calloer
runs to shacks and sheds.
81 maintain that Los Angeles is
competent to set a new standard to
the world one that will evoke admlra-
ton and be wonderful advertisement
of the city's good taste. This can
be done without great additional ex-
pense and with absolutely no sacrifice
or fireproof construction, receiving and
storage room or other necessary feat
ures. This is already being achieved
at foreign ports. and l should like
to see Los Angeles take the lead in
this country.
FOLLOWING The Herald's article on
the subject, 1 received an unsigned let
ter from a. man who commends 1T
strongly and points out salient argu'
~neRt in that the harbor Will become
a great gateway through which thou
sands will come to the city for the first
time when the transoceanic commerce
shall be diverted through the Panama
canal.
Stately Entrance Is Urged
1.-THE writer says: I want to con-
gratulate you on your splendid stand
taken in behalf of Los Angeles when
YOU try to protect her from the Grim
jnal mistake of building the oldstyle
warehouses. The gateway to the city 5
hearthstone should be stately and
safe. It should be built so there
would be no breeding and skulking
place for criminals or for the germ
laden Vermin that infest ships from
uncared-for and unguarded countries.
Unless the door of a home is a
safeguard from those who would de-
stroy the home there is no safety for
the home. The city is the common
home of It's citizens, and the door lead
ing to their home should be safe and
stately. Stately homes have stately
doors; safe homes have safe doors.
"'Thus it should be with the Greater
Los Angeles-home of the citizens of
Los Angeles. 1t should not look like
the backyard of tin cans or the attic
of rubbish. So build your coast line
up with buildings that will not be an
encouragement to the low and vile,
but will impress them with your power
to protect your own
"That, I think, is good doctrine, ana
] fail to see where the anti-consolida-
tion circular has gained anything by
attacking the opinion that the harbor
warehouses of Los Angeles should be
the best in the world-in appearance
as we'll as in modern facilities and
construction"