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Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
GRAND JURY WORK

TN the Indictment of Broadhead there
is a climax to the investigation by
n the grand jury. The Herald's fa-
nous question, rs Vice Protected in
Los Angeles?" has been answered con-
it is the duty of citizens to unite in an
effort to make the improved conditions
permanent; to keep our sweet clear
atmosphere from ever again being
polluted with smokegraft or any other
kind of graft.
obligations to the members of the
grand jury for a painstaking inquiry
into conditions which in great degree
have been remedied. 1t did not stand
to reason that any attempt to prostl-
tute public office, conduct graft oper-
ations, organize vice for revenue pro-
ducing purposes or effect combinations
between officialdom and the under
world, to the injury of the public, could
be successful in a city of the excellent
reputation, high moral courage and
standard, sound principle and fearless
On the other hand, It did stand to
reason that any course of conduct
which would besmirch the good name
of Los Angeles or cause conditions in
furious to public interest could not be
practiced successfully for any length
of time. This is a clean city, not a
dirty city. 1t is an honorable city, not
a refuge for grafters. 1t is an honest
city and dishonesty has no place here.
In no other city of the United States
is there a higher level of general mo-
rality. Our people are literally good
people," Graft plans, graft schemes.
graft plots, graft conspiracies and
grating agreements between official
dom and the underworld would be sin
gularly out of place in this cultured
metropolis, the headquarters of liter
ature, art, science, music and whatso-
ever things are true, lovely and of good
report.
We hope there will never again be
any occasion to question the conduct
of public officials, and do not believe
there will ever again in the history of
Los Angeles be any repetition OF the
conditions which led to various disa-
greeable incidents and episodes. Right
eousness exalteth a nation and right
eousness exalteth and prospereth a
city. Los Angeles is city of high
principles and clean life. For this
reason it is the greatest "city of
homes on the North American conti-
nent, and it is the ambition of Los An
geles Herald. as it is of every good
citizen, to protect those homes from
any influences that are degrading, de-
basing or detrimental to life, liberty,
law, order and the pursuit of true hap
piness.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

in old age, in destitution, in innocence,
wherever they could find 1t. There was
no place far them of the worlds max
ing.
All over the world are toiling women
who are hardly able to keep body and
soul together. What nobler purpose
could a temple serve than the protec-
ton of women? Surely the need LOT
this hotel for women is more evident
than a club house or a new church.
Build 1t big and build it soon, lest
MANY of those who stand so sadly IN
need NAV perish before succor arrives.
Build a hotel where lonely women may
find suitable companionship, and not
have to seek 1t in the streets; GIVE
them a little pleasure in life Do not
send them by the thousands to weep IN
some dark, lonely room, half starved,
as YOU are doing now by not providing
for their needs in the world you nave
invited them to enter. What would
Won think of hostess who left ner
guests to forage for themselves, and
nerhaps not And anything to eat even
them? And yet that is what the world
does to her women visitors from the
other world. She invites them here
and then deserts them SO far as any
EFFORT on her part is concerned Get
the working women that home, Los
Angeles Herald! You can do IT, Try.
GOOD SERVANT.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

when seeing it was Jesus received a
nervous shock from fear which awoke
them from the subjective state ana
brought them back to the obJectivel
In st. Johns, Mary did not know
Jesus until he called her by name, ana
then forbade her to touch hip. In ST.
Matthews Mary is allowed to touch
him and to hold him by his feet.
If there had been real resurrection
Jesus would not have vanished at the
close of each visit. And If he is in
spiritual world he will need no material
body.
At Saurs conversion the men who
were with him, according to Acts s'7,
heard the voice but saw no man. But,
according to Acts 22:9 the men saw the
light but heard not the voice. The
gospel narratives do not agree concern
ing the resurrection, but each one has
his own story to tell, and l cannot see
why we should believe any OF them.
That the early Christians would die
for their faith is only natural. They
were all work people, who up to that
time had been denied soul. Now that
belief in Jesus gave them a soul and
everlasting life, 1t was certainly some-
c. u WHITE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
SAYS ORIENTAL INVASION
WILL BE COMMERCIAL ONE

ALTADENA, April 19.-[Edltor Her.
add: Your editorial in Sundays Her
aid, entitled, Chinaphobia, Is strictly to
the point, and there is no more danger
from the armed hordes of China, in so
far as the Occidental world is con-
cerned, than there is from an invad-
ing army from Mars; but when we
view the economic and commercial
awakening of the teeming millions of
the Orient then may we well pause and
consider what 1t means to the indus
trial, social and political institutions
of the Occident, including of course
the United States. When modern cap
italism has applied the cheap labor of
China and Japan, through Yankee in
vented machinery to the mighty
natural resources of the Orient, and
the surplus product of their labor is
thrown upon the markets of the world,
it is then that Occidental capitalist
civilization must make its choice be-
tween a reduction to the level of the
civilization of China and Japan, cor
universal cooperation. Either we
must ultimately abandon capitalism or
accept the Oriental standard of life
and civilization. This statement is not
Chinaphobia, but an economic fact.
Our danger lies not in the invading
military hordes of China, as DR.. Cell
seems to imagine, but the real cata-
clySm of western civilization lies in the
competition, in the world markets. of
the surplus products of the unnum-
bered millions of the Orient. For the
first time in history Japan this year
exports more than she Imports; this
means that she sells in the worlds
market more than she buys, and thus
acts as a check upon the Industries of
other countries. Wait until China be-
gins to export and see where your in
Il, 1k,,tO Ia n
stroyed each other by the sword and
torch. Modern nations destroy each
other by underselling.
]. MALCOMB JONES.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
BEARDED FISH

A VALON reports the capture of q
"A fish with a beard like goats.
IA 1t is also blue-eyed. Scientists
have failed to classify it, but its ap-
pearance would suggest it is norman
disguised as a fish. The Pacific ocean
has yielded many strange specimens
and we should not be surprised at any
thing we hear or learn with regard to
our submarine neighbors
After all, why should fish with whls-
kers be startling? 1t is only because
we are not we'll acquainted with the
hirsute style of denizen of the deep
that we shudder or utter exclamations
when one is brought to the surface.
This fellow may not even be a norman.
Perhaps he is a bearded mermaid es-
caped from a subaquatic dime museum.
We hope Mr.. Roosevelt will hear of
the capture of the bearded fish. 1t
will cheer him in his African solitude,
and encourage him to utter a few re-
marks on nature fakes that will make
the lions sit up. We assure Col. Roose-
Welt that in this case truth is stranger
than fiction. The fish with the goatee
is a reality and not romance.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
EDUCATION

T OS ANGELES is one of the princi-
pal educational centers of the
IL United States, and owing to Its
equable climate it is possible to study
practically all the year round. The
summer session of the University OF
Southern California is an advertisement
of the fact that Los Angeles enjoys dur
ing the summer months a climate of
pleasant days and cool nights.
In no other educational center of the
United States is there such opportunity
for combining recreation and study
Summer students in our city find them
selves within easy access of many
attractive mountain, beach and island
resorts. The fame of Los Angeles as
an educational center is being spread
abroad by the brilliant men and women
who are going forth into the world
after having received a Los Angeles
training.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
COPYRIGHT

COPYRIGHT is again in a state OF
transition which may cause chaotic
~ confusion until all the citizens who
desire to avail themselves of the privi-
lege of protecting their writings are
aware that ONCE MORE the great and
good government is experimenting with
the literary market.
So many changes have been made in
copyright rules and regulations within
recent years, and government has taken
so little pains to procure due and gen.
eral publicity for such changes, that
many writer's have ben put to incon-
venience and have sometimes found
they have disobeyed some red tape reg
ulation of the existence of which they
had no knowledge,
The latest move" in copyright will
add greatly to the governmental reve-
nues, and at the same time beyond
doubt will be hardship to many peo-
pie who have wished to copyright small
publications, but have not thought
worth while to get a certificate OF
copyright The acknowledgment by
the librarian of congress of receipt of
the fee was enough of certificate to
serve their purpose.
Now all authors or publishers are to
be FORCED to buy certificates, and the
lowest fee will be One Dollar. If the
government, having gone thus far, will
go one step further, how grateful all
writer's will be. Apply to the great
American industry of writing the prin-
ciple of the protection of American
industries. Impose a high tariff not on
classical literature, which, like classical
works of art, should be free, but on
modern literature that comes into COM
petition with the homemade product.
If the protected American manufac-
turer had to struggle against a free
trade competition like that which
makes the writing business ruinous to
American writer's, he might come to his
senses and help obtain protection to
American literature by the absolute
exclusion of all pirated stuff, and the
imposition of a high tariff on foreign
reprints that compete with original
matter produced in America. The cool
indifference with which the writing
business has been ignored in all tariff
schedules and discussions shows we are
only just beginning to be civilized
after all.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
CURTAIN REFORM

NH ORR4S MEYERFIELD, president
lEA of the Orpheum company of San
A'A Francisco, says the theatrical
drop curtain covered with advertise
ments is offensive to good taste. He is
the pioneer in a reform for which
many theatergoers will be grateful.
He will substitute for the commercial
drop curtain one on which there is a
high@class painting. Mr.. Meyerfield
thinks display advertising on a theater
curtain is inconsistent with art and
disturbs the harmony of the entertain
ment. Perhaps some day all theaters
will find it worth while to go back to
first principles, and keep their temples
of art" free from advertising pictures
or devices. 1t is questionable whether
they help business, and they certainly
don't help a theater.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
COMMITTEE IGNORED

WY HAT! And after all that has
wv been said and all that has been
w done the board of supervisors
in letting the first contract for road
construction under the s3,5OOOO 900 bond
issue ignored the good roads advisory
committee.
The excuse offered by one of the
members is ITO tell the truth, never
thought of it. 1 guess it has gone out
of existence" Where big public
financial transactions are concerned il
is better not to guess. The best policy
an official can pursue is to make sure
he is RIGHT before he goes ahead.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
AMERICAN TARIFF LAWS
XXV-ReEatiOn TO The Trusts
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN

NHERE are four different tariff sys-
TENS in use by the nations of the
"A world-a revenue system, used py
Great Britain, China, Persia and Abys-
sinia a one-standard protective tariff,
employed by the United States ana a
few South American countries; a max
imum and minimum system, employed
by France and Spain, and the ,onVen-
tion system. used by all other coun-
tries, with Germany as it's leading ex-
ponent.
The sole purpose of a purely revenue
tariff is to raise revenue. 1t seeks only to
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
SUGGESTS THAT IMMUNITY
BATHS ENCOURAGE CRIME

WARRINGTON, d. c.. April A.
[Editor Herald: ! should like very
much to know the opinions OF your
correspondents to the Letter Box in
regard to granting immunity to men Of
the Oswald type.
Is it right to allow a man who has
been called upon to defend himself in
at least three criminal charges to slip
easily through the fingers Of justice
Just because he has been tricky enough
to avoid arrest and gives himself up to
justice only to make justice ~ serve
his own personal ends?
How can such Amaneuvers meet the
requirements of equity?
Does it not put premium on crime?
AMERICuS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
SAYS JESUS APPEARED TO
SUBJECTIVE MINDS ONLY

POMONA, April 19.-[Editor Herald ]:
In the Public Letter Box OF April IL ~.
u" makes an excellent plea for MS
belief in the resurrection of Jesus,
He thinks the Apostle Peter knew
Jesus too we'll to be mistaken. But we
read in st. Luke of two disciples who
met Jesus on their way to Emmaus.
They did not know him until he brake
bread and gave 1t to them" AS Soon
as ne was recognized he vanished. This
proves that he had appeared to their
subjective minds only and cannot De
proof of q bodily resurrection. And
why did he vanish as soon as recog-
nized but for the fact that the disciples
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

Gambling Jim Patten of Chicago is
a good name for him. But the United
States should make it impossible for
Patten and men of his type to "get
away with the goods" The protection
of American business interests as well
as of American homes demands the
suppression of Pattenism. 1t should
be made impossible.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

DR.. Franklin C. Wells of New York,
medical director of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the United
States, says the climate of Southern
California has made good risks of per-
sons who had been afflicted by tuber-
culosis before they came here to be
cured. The climate is conducive to
longevity. Great is Southern Califor-
MIA, and fortunate indeed are the citi-
zens of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
MAKES PLEA FOR HOTEL FOR
WOMAN WHO NEEDS HE'LL

LOS ANGELES. April 19.--[Editor
Herald: While you have your nand
in trim for working along needed re-
form lines, why do you not start a
monster movement for the erection of
a woman's home? The world has erect
ed Libraries, museums, monuments,
built national parks, ZOOS, soldiers
homes, churches, homes for the insane,
ETC., but never, never a home for wom-
en-. These have been left to wander
the streets of the earth, seeking shelter
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

ascertain lTle rate ol
duty that will Yell
the greatest rev.
enue and never lays
a prohibitive duty.
When the merchant
goes to reckon his
sale price on a
given article he
figures out whether
he can make more
by selling much at
a short profit or
little at a long
profit. Those are
the essential con-
slderations in franz
ing q revenue duty.
In the case of a
one-standard pro-
tective tariff all i'm
ports look alike to
the customs officer.
No matter from
what nation they
come they must
pay that one inflex-
ible rate of duty,
In the main all
a . 4
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
The State Press
Emancipation

Railroad rule, however, is not going
to endure forever in California. There
are numerous signs that the submission
of the people has about reached its
limit, and that by the time the canal is
open for traffic the state will in Il
measure be free from the present cor
rupt dominationnieje ,mrgRd D w L
rupt dominance of Harriman.-Sacra-
mento Bee.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
AT THE THEATERs

BELAsCO-'"The Dollar Mark"
MASON-Dark.
AUDITORIUM-Ben Greet Players In
Shakespeare Repertoire.
BURBANK-"Salomy Jane"
MAJESTIC-'"The Lightning Conductor"
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-"The Mayor OF
Toxic"
ORPHE
LOS ANGELES-Vsudeville.
FISCHER'S-Vaudeville.
EMPIRE-Vnudeville.
UNIQUE-'Billie Kin"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
Considerate

Our school trustees are not only con-
siderate for pupils but for their horses
as well. A load of lumber was laid
down on the new playground for the
building of a shed. This new addition
and convenience will be appreciated.
as the pupils who ride to school have
a great regard for their horses.-Ante-
lope Valley Gazette
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

sheet used to refer to him as doc"
Howton. When he was educating
causes dear to the heart of our con-
temporary he was promoted to ''Dr. A.
D. Houghton." But he is denoted, and
again he is doc" Howton.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

BY May the sum of $4,000 must be
raised for the construction of new
buildings at Colegrove for Los Angeles
Orphans Home. Have you subscribed
to the fund? The cause is one of the
worthiest that ever appealed to our
generous Los Angeles public.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

When the sultan of Turkey issued or
ders that not a shot should be fired by
his household troops or the Constan-
tinople garrison against the Young
Turks" he took the wind out of the
sails of those who have been calling
him half civilized. Undoubtedly blood
shed was prevented by his order. AS
one of his henchmen put it; His sub
lime majesty awaited benevolently the
arrival of the constitutional army"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

One million tons of rock will be quar-
ried by Los Angeles county from its
own property and used in the construc-
tion of good roads. Los Angeles is
living up to its reputation for big en-
terpriSeS
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

A New York financier says the effects
of the late unlamented money strin-
gency will be beneficial to the country.
So all was for the best. No American
an OptimiSt.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

Tag day, May 1. Don't forget the
date. Los Angeles Orphans Home and
the Mckinley Memorial Home are
among the institutions that will be
benefited.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENTS Intended
Tor publication -'ust be accompanied By tie
name and address of the writer. The Her
Md gives the widest latitude to Correspond
ents, but assumes responsibility for their
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
Party Readiustment

"They talk so much in the news
papers about the split in the Demo-
cratic party" remarks Champ Clark,
land they never seem to think there Is
greater split in the Republican
party. y."-Ventura Democrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
Brave Kings

King Alfonso is talking Of going up
in an aeroplane, and King Manuel of
Portugal is thinking of getting mar
ried. What brave kings these be.-San
Luis Obispo Breeze.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

John D. Rockefeller says his Remi-
niscences are Random" Some of his
actions, however, have been marked by
the utmost deliberation.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
Weston's Boom

The long journey across the continent
which has been undertaken by the vet
eran pedestrian, Weston, has started
another walking boom.-San Jose Her
aid.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
Providence

TIL Lord will provide-that is, ne
will provide us with the ability to pro-
vide for ourselves.-San Luis Obispo
Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

Jim Jeffries is back in the ring You
can't keep a good man out, especially
when he has never been down.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

We notice with interest the demotion
of Doctor Houghton in the columns of
a morning pro-vice contemporary. This
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21
Don't Block

II you can't march in the procession
of progress stand aside. Don't piock
the street. Oakland Enquirer. 3
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-21

Tomorrow--opening Indian Lands.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-30

is not my own mouth, not my own,
back. not my w life, but theirs to
which l minister. Then hail New
My king is my sense OF manly duty"
He breaks forth into a II The;
cold stars hear him, the iron bound
wheels of his milk cart drum an echo
as a kings chariot could not. He has
entered int a new world. He has for.
gotten himself. Blessed work, when;
work is for a holy love. Alas! for him,
who laves it for his savings bank ac-,
count. with small earnings, hoping to
get rich and growing sick at heart by,
the long delay. The way for most of
US to meet each new year is not to
count how near-or, alas! how far
We are to being independents" but by
thinking thankfully o much many
loved ones are depending on us and we!
are yet able to care for.
Why not look upon each new load
that is added, year by year, az a new
sign of manhood? Why not see in each
from our Creator? Why do we. poor
fools. dream OF a time when we shall
have money enough to be idle. INC then
be Obliged to go to Mexico for q fresh
sensation OF a new wine? Is 1t not all
q matter OF the heart. anyway? Do
the opulent id1ers escape? Can Europe
renew itself to a a who has seen 1t
an? What difference IL there between
h men who have played and danced
till life is old and those who have stored
and plodded till life is old? The
springs Of eternity are In the human
breast. Alas! for him who has dried
up those sweet waters, whether by
overindu1gence or observation-disclosures.
The New Year comes in the Don OF
the invalid, all Gagged and bedridden, II
a bright n deathless spirit fnhabtts
the pain racked body. Do we not know
OF such bright chambers? Can we not
ZACH visit some heroic sufferer to whom
the unconquerable soul within gives
such mastery over time that years Of
sickness possess no powers to cloud?
What is time to the aged whit grow
happier as they grow old? What 10
the date to some of our fathers and
mothers who's ever youthful love
makes them seem as young as their
children's children whom they dandle
on their aged knees? Thank God for
the good and unselfsh heart that never
grows old!
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-30
THE SPIKE BOOKS
THAT EDISON KEPT

which I had linked these words: What is
owed me. Upon the other l pasted an
other slip OF paper upon which / had
written the words: What 1 owe.' One
stood at one side OF my desk. and the
other at the opposite corner. What was
owed me was at my right hand. because
that was Of more consequence.
$50. when I had done and sold a piece
Of work, l stuck a memorandum upon the
spike to tell what was coming to me.
When i got any bills against myself, l
stuck those upon the other spike. l
thought that at the end Of a month. or
certainly at the end Of a year, these mem
oranda would match one another, and
what was left would fill my pockets,
Sometimes. while I was filing these spike
I got short Of actual money, and the bank
would cash my note. I had learned "A
much as that. Then 1 never paid any
more attention to it. till one day I would
receive notice saying that my note had
gone to protest. I thought that was the
way the bank had Of telling me that it was
due, SO I would shin around and get the
money to pay the note. The bank never
made any objection. l guess they under
stood me.
"A the end of the first year my meth
DDS of keeping accounts showed me that
I had made quite a good bit of money,
There wasn't any mistaking the ac-
counts. There was the record. 1 a made
the money-no doubt OF that. And when
it occurred to me: Where is thai money!
1 haven't got it; the bank hasn't got it,
and yet I have surely had it, 1 puzzled
over the problem for a time, then I be-
came satisfied with the thought that !
had had the money, and let it go at that
But afterwards. when 1 had moved Ia
Menlo Park, I saw that that way Of keep
ing accounts wouldn't do. So I hired a
~bookkeeper and cashier, n since h
have never bothered myself about that
end OF my affairs"
Copyright, 1909, by E. J.. Edwards)