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Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
SAN PEDRO HARBOR

COUNCILMAN A. J. WALLACE in
a ringing address before the City
~ club yesterday said not one in a
thousand of our citizens recognizes the
significance of what is going on in the
San Pedro waters, where one Of the
finest harbors in the world is being
completed. He also called the at
tention of his hearers and of the
public to what he described as an
appalling situation. Mr.. Hartman
and his interests control the Pacific
Mail Panama route, and it is made
serviceable to the Hartman interests
not chiefly by carrying freight, but by
controlling freight rates.
Grown the hilltops of San Pedro
with the most modern and expensive
military forts possible added Mr..
Wallace, "but by so doing you will
render to Los Angeles city but a frac-
ton Of the service that would be rem
dered if our citizens would wake up to
the situation and demand that at once
we have a governmental steamship line
in the Pacific that shall connect our
western ports with Panama and give
US on this coast the benefits that are
rightly ours, growing out Of the gov
eminent ownership of the Panama rail-
way and the government ownership
steamship line in the Atlantic. Our
tocsin is, San Pedro harbor completed
and unequaled prior to the opening of
the Panama canal and the first ship
through that canal unloaded at our
San Pedro docks, and our other cry is
a government steamship line at once
from Panama to the Pacific ports"
Public interest IN the maritime out
look and prospects of Los Angeles and
it's seaport, San Pedro, should be
stimulated by Mr.. Wallace's ad-
dress, and care should be taken
to impress Washington with the
fact that Los Angeles is alive to the
Importance Of the Recommendation of
Senator Bristow of Kansas, an
impartial observer, who, after careful
investigation, reported. "A steamship
service. should be established between
Panama and the Pacific ports, Los An
geles, San Francisco and Puget sound"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
If LABOR LEARNS LESSON
SACRIFICE is NOT IN VAIN

San DIEGO, Jan. IL Elitor Herald:
| wish to begin the new year by COM
mending the exceedingly liberal edi-
torial policy of your publication, espe-
cially the open forum of the Letter
Box. 1t is such wide departure from
the policy of the modern metropolitan
press as to meet with the appreciation
ana favorable comment Of people in all
walks OF lie. While it is quite i'm
possible to be editorially right every
time upon every phase of every public
question 1t is refreshing to believe that
az least one of the great metropolitan
papers is always right to the extent Of
us llght upon every question discussed.
Your editorial recently on the Gompers
court decision and sentence was time
~ except that the argument used was
based entirely upon a false concert of
facts IN the case. Gompers and asso-
c1ates were not accused Of violating any
laW-either state or federaI-but of vio-
lat1ng an injunction of the court which
was issued in defiance of both law and
the constitution Of the United States.
Ihey violated judge-made law, and
L think they came within the category
OF citizens described by Emerson when
that philosopher wrote that ''the best
citizen obeyed the law not too well.'
Obedience to judge made law is submis-
sion to tyranny. Injunctions are only
issued when there is no law to cover
the case. Gompers and his brothers are
right, but they are doomed to defeat
unless they carry the issue to the ballot
box-and then they would lose unless
they vote for change of the economic
and industrial system-for there is no
affinity between a political democracy
and an industrial despotism. If the
present situation teaches the labor
world this lesson the sacrifice of Com
pers and his fellows will not be in vain.
JAMES BUCHANAN WHITE,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
BELIEVES MEN SHOULD LEARN
HOW TO KILL EACH OTHER

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31.-[Editor
Herald: News item yesterday: Five
men rob a bank in small town in Okla
homa; citizens all out, fighting bandits,
who, when they had gathered up the
funds, quietly rode off with $4,000; 200
shots exchanged, and nobody hurt!!!
Shades of our fathers! What would
they think of such shooting as that?
Wonder if any of the shots hit the
bank? If our fathers had missed like
that would they have won in '76 or in
1872, or in the Mexican war? L guess
not. And yet when Mr.. Roosevelt the
other day advised that the young men
be trained to shoot straight some good
people were quite worked up about it;
thought it all wrong. 1t seems to me it
was right and prOper-gOod common
sense. When we have to shoot, and we
may, any of us, be placed in such a pO-
sition some time, let's know how to hit
something, or else go way back and
sit down among the mollycoddles anf
beg the strenuous ones to protect us!
w r q
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
SHOWS THE WAY TOWARD
THE COMING OF FREEDOM

PASADENA, Jan. 3.-[Editor Her
add: In The Herald of January 1 DR..
Humanitas takes the position that a
Christian Science Socialist would be
quite unthinkable. In the ordinary So
ctalist concept of Christian Science this
is true. A similar statement from
Christian Scientist with the Christian
Scientist concept Of Socialism would
also be true Of a Socialist Christian
Scientist, but it seems to me that
the line of divergence between the two
is more apparent than real. DR.. HUI
manitas will hardly dispute the fact
that all poverty in this age is the re-
suit of ignorance All the agitation for
Socialism is for no other purpose than
to change the mental concept of the
labOring class. The moment the labor
ing class think they want economic
freedom they have only to stretch forth
their hand at the ballot box in Amer
lea and take it.
AS long as they think capital
ism is necessary they will be what
must be, first of all, a mental revolu-
must be, first of all, a mental revoIu-
ton. The Christian Scientist is also a
revoluttonist-thus far purely mental
but he will also become an economic
revoluttnist or else his religion will
avail him nothing. A religion without
material expression is dead. That is
why all orthodox religion of today
has lost it's influence upon the work
ing class. The deplorable fact is the
ignorance of economics which Chris
tian Scientists display and equally de-
plOrable, it seems to me, is the So
cialist ignorance of the part which
mind must play in the economic re-
generation Of mankind
J. MALCOMB JONES.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
OILY SCANDAL

kkM ERCY-mercy for Pooh Bah!'
MI John D. Rockefeller, the Pooh
AA Bah Of the oil industry in the
United States, is suing for clemency.
He asks the state of Missouri to deal
gently with the erring, to rehear the
Missouri custer suit, to allow the
Standard Oil company of Indiana to
remain in Missouri as long as it con-
forms to the rules and regulations that
may be laid down by the court, and to
remit the $4,000 fine imposed on the
Republic Oil company, on the ground
that the company has gone out Of bust
ness. The request for the remission Of
the fine stands out in bold relief from
all the others. Let us suppose the
Rockefeller plea were acknowledged to
be valid and were put into general use.
What would be the result?
Bill the Bold Burglar is up for SEN
tence. LET me off, judge says he.
''For many years have practiced
burglary for a living, but I am about
to go out Of business. What's the use
of furnishing me now?"
pocket, is hailed before the magistrate.
You cannot impose any sentence on
me-" he says. Last night, in my pris-
on cell, I turned over a new leaf. !
will pick no more pockets. You must
let me co.
Daring Dick, the holdup man, is cap
tured, tried and convicted. Zone word,
judge" he says, addressing the bench.
It wish the court to understand dis
tinctly I am only a retired holdup
man. am about to apply for a pen
sion from the Holdup Mems Old Age
fund. To punish me would be unjust.
I am out Of business"
Not one of these instances is more
extravagant than is the actual case of
the Standard Oil company of Indiana,
which asks the state of Missouri to
remit the fine Of the Republic Oil COM
pany, because it has gone out Of bust
ness!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
GOING DRY"

MOST remarkable of many social
MI and moral phenomena attending
AiA the beginning Of this New Year
is the evidence on all hands that the
nation is 'going dry and is slowly but
surely voting the liquor traffic out of
it's economy. Three more states climbed
on the water wagon-North Carolina,
Mississippi and Alabama. With the
dry section Of the south greatly en-
larged, the foes Of the liquor traffic pro-
pose to conduct campaigns in various
other states.
All civilization will watch with inter-
est the big experiment in prohibition
which is now being conducted in a large
area of America. This is the greatest
opportunity the temperance advocates
and prohibition champions have ever
had Of putting to the test their theory
that liquor is the chief cause Of crime,
and that without liquor police and court
expenses would be reduced greatly.
If it should become apparent that
liquor is to blame for the deplorable
evils which produce waste and misery
in the United States, it is as certain
the nation would abolish the liquor
traffic-at least in it's present con-
vivial form-as 1t Is certain the nation
abolished human slavery.
1t is a favorite theory among many
that drink causes poverty. On the other
hand, there IS a new school the adher-
ents of which stoutIy maintain that
poverty causes the drink habit. Ac-
cording to the first stated theory, which
is held by nearly all temperance advo-
Gates, there should be a remarkable
decrease Of both crime and poverty in
the south as a result Of the abolition of
the liquor traffic. If the percentage of
crimes against property and person
does not show an immediate decrease
the speakers and writers who accuse
liquor of being the principal cause Of
crime will have to seek a new explana-
ton. And If the poorhouses are not
depopulated as a result of the abolition
Of the drink traffic, then something
besides that traffic must be blamed for
hopeless. helpless poverty.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
MAYOR AND KERN

Mt EITHER the mayor nor anyone
" else can say he was misled or
4 that he misunderstood popular
feeling with regard to the appointment
of Mr.. Kern on the board of public
works. Public sentiment has been In
dicated clearly in this case.
Public opinion and most of the news
papers Of this city have united in warn
ing the mayor he would be guilty of an
unpatriotic and unpopular appointment
if he made Kern public works COM
missioner. The mayors administration
is practically on trial, and he will dis
appoint deeply many well wishers, and
undoubtedly arouse unfavorable COM
ment, prejudicial to his administration,
if he should persist in course of ac-
ton which is regarded by a great many
indeed, we believe by a vast majority
of the citizens of Los Angeles as con-
trary to public policy. Already critics
and commentators are beginning to
trace connections between the alleged
"corporationism' of Mr.. Kern and what
might easily be mistaken for the anxi-
ETY. of the mayor to place him in a
most responsible official position, Mr.,
Harper certainly does not wish to have
his efforts to give the city a business
mems government suddenly brought to
naught by an unbusinesslike appoint
ment, which is disapproved by the ma
jority Of the business men of this city.
If the mayor should persist in making
this appointment, he will bring upon
himself the censure of many good, con-
scientious citizens who are actuated by
no motive except the desire to see pub
lie positions of great responsibility in
Los Angeles held by men Of indie
pendent patriotism, entirely free from
the slightest faint Of corporationism.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
GAMBLING

NOR the sake Of the reputation of
the police force it is to be hoped
- the officer accused of having car
ried bets to the race track will be able
to show the charge against him is
groundless.
Gambling which is openly coun-
tenanced and aided by officials is the
worst foe Of municipal decency and
order. In many great cities (Which
have had to "pay the piper'') the his
tory of disgrace and shame which at
last brought them into notoriety and
damaged, perhaps 1rretrieva'bly, their
regulations, was begun by official
assent to some form of law breaking.
From assent to completely the step is
only too easy, as has been shown re-
peatedly In the modern municipal his
tory Of the United States.
For this reason the offense with
which one of our finest" is accused,
namely, that he was the go-between of
track bookies and city victims, is Of
moro than ordinary enormity. We take
it for granted that there IS only one in
stance in which there Is any ground
for suspicion the force has aided the
gambling game; because If more than
one officer should be involved. and II 1t
should be alleged or proved the boobies
looked to the police to assist them In
their business" there would be urgent
necessity for that thorough investiga-
ton Of the police system OF Los An
geles which from time to time is talked
about. There are many gallant, good,
efficient public spirited officers on the
force, and for their sake no black sheep
should be allowed to remain on the city
pay roll.
We trust Of course there are no
black sheep IN 1.-THE police business"
and we are thoroughly In earnest in
saying we hope most heartily there will
be a complete and unquestionable exon
carrying bets to the race track. But
let the investigation be thorough enough
to show the world that official Los An
geles disapproves gambling, and will
have none OF it, and if it should be
found that any representatives Of the
gambling interests have been tamper-
ing with our police force or endeavor-
ing directly or indirectly to reach or
influence in any way any man con-
nected with the official life of Los An
geles let the gamblers be called to &C
count and punished.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

Pasadena's twentieth Tournament Of
Roses was a splendid and unqualified
success. We congratulate Pasadena on
the public spirit which enables her,
year after year, to plan and execute
without flaw in detail one of the big
gest and finest shows on earth. The
fame Of the tournament is worldwide;
and wherever it is famous it helps to
make Pasadena famous, and California
shares in the glory. The men who
planned Pasadena's triumphant tourna-
ment are entitled to the hearty thanks
all California
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
CHILD LABOR

nR. THOMAS ROTCH of Boston.
the latest champion enlisted in
II the cause Of the abolition Of child
labor in the United States, says no
child who is not physically developed
should be allowed to work, even if it
has reached the age limit set by law.
An attempt will be made to establish a
federal children's bureau. Statesmen,
philanthropists and labor leaders agree
it will be impossible to solve the child
labor problem, and next to impossible
to control the actual fact of child labor,
until some systematic arrangement is
made by which the government will
take official cognizance of the fact that
there is child labor. When the gov
eminent of the United States and all
the state governments unite in recog-
nizing that the American child is en-
titled to protection from greedy task
masters and avaricious exploiters, the
work of correcting the child labor evil
will be in a condition to yield constant
practical results.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
THE HooDoo CAMERA MAN

The camera man implored the Judge:
II fain would go with thee;
1 fain would sit within yon boat
And have my box with me,
To make a record of your catch
That all the world might see.
I'm picture you prepared to cast,
And when you get a strike
I'll show the skillful way you play
The gamy bass and pike.
To prove to all that you can land
A fish whene'er you like"
may, nay,' said Taft, "for believe
That fishing is an art
In which deep solitude must play
A most important part;
This Illustrating fishing yarns
Is not for me to start.
For yesterday I caught six bass,
And nine the day before.
Had I not heard the dinner bell
L might have landed more;
But then 1 had no kodak man
To photograph my score
The kodak man persistent was,
He promised to be still;
He swore he would not say a word
The judges sport to kill;
And finally he got a bid
To fishing go with Bill.
All, where is Drawer fisherman
In story or in song?
What angler in his luck before
Fer boosted faith so strong,
To go bass fishing and t take
A kodak man along?
The judge unanswered in his boat
To get the proper light;
The kodak man at last announced
Conditions were just right,
And then the judge cast out his bait
But didn't get a bite!
And thus tits seen how true it is
That every best laid plan
OF mice and men will gang aglee,
Do everything we can,
Bill might have landed nineteen bass
But for that kodak man!
Detroit Free Pres
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
AT THE THEATERS

BELASCO-"The Fastener
NIASON-Dark
HANIBURGER'S MAJESTIC-"SIs Hop.
kins."
BURBANK-"Nancy g. Co."
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-'Tt Happened ir
Nordland."
LOS MISUNDERSTANDING.
PEOPLE'S-''We Are King"
FTSCHER'S-"The Pagoda."
Notwithstanding.
UNIQUE-"The Toreador."
WALKER'S-VaudeyiIIe
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
The State Press
Charms OF Charleston

II Mr. Tafts physician had only studied the
tapIes issued by the United States weather
bureau and had known anything about the
golt links at Charleston compared with the
golf links near Augusta, and had really wished
% SEND MS patient, or his friend. into a land
O. sunshine and poetry and song, where he
could stay out in the open all the liveIong day
and keep his feet dry. he would have sent the
president-elect to Charleston Charleston News
and Courier.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

BY holding New Years celebration
next week California business women
intend to remind California business
men they have an organization, and in
the field Of business are giving man,
mere man" brisk and successful compe-
tition.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Far and Wide
Let Us Have Peace

The South American republics are assured
OF friendship under the coming adminis-
tration. 1t is next to impossible that an
other Of them would develop a second Castro
70 set all other powers by the ears In fact,
the more peaceful and prosperous the south
ern half Of the hemisphere is the better it
will be for the northern haK.-Yonkers States
man.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

A great and successful fight against
tuberculosis was made in the United
States last year. Mankind's most
dreaded enemy will soon be under COM
plete scientific control. and cases of it
will be as rare as smallpox cases.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

Pasadena reports the tournament Of
roses was highly successful financially,
as well as in other respects. This is
cheerful news, and will help produce
more and more prosperity in Southern
California.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Farmers Troubles

When gentle spring comes down the pike
And growing time is here
He must be watching lest the frost
His budding blades should queer.
And as the tiny. tender shoots
Show up above the ground
Cutworms and gophers on the job
Are always loafng round.
Pasadena Star.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

Harry Radford of New York will ex-
plore the Arctic regions alone. For
three years he will travel on snow shoes
and sleds, with only a dog for a COM
panion. If Harry should accidentally
stumble against the north pole, he
should carve his initials on 1t.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Universal LannuanA

But the next universal language is going to
Do English Latin was once welI-nigh uni
Versal tongue. Today the vast territory occu-
pied by the English speaking races and the
great activity OF the peoples composing these
nations all point to the ultimate use Of Eng
Humboldt Standard
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Croker

Our anger at political scounrrels Is a briefer
madness than that OF the proverb we have a
tacit statute of Limitations which prevents us
from laying UP political crimes against any
man. after decent interval. Croker knows
this perfectly and is entitled to Complain that
he should be singled out when other political
rogueS have been not only forgiven, but fat
tered and feted.-New York Post
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Poe's Poetry

A recrudescence Of interest in Poe is the
natural effect of the centenary Of his birth
next month. Poes work has richly stood the
test of time, and the tone of comment upon
his personal life has steadily grown fairer and
more kindly since the first harsh biography
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Giants and Cubs

why do they call 'em Giants, pop?
I think they're kind o. punk"
''They called EN- that long time ago,
Before the boys had shrunk."
why do they call EN- Cubs, Papa?
/ spose just for a dig?''
They called EN- Cubs long time ago,
Before they got so blgi''
-Yonkers Statesman
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
a TeXas STAR

Texas does not expect a place in Taft's
cabinet but twenty years hence the old state
will fill every public office in WASHINGTON the
salary OF which exceeds $1,000 year. In that
good day Texas will simply take what She
wants and throw the scraps to the Others
Houston Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Remembered to Eornet

Loss OF memory seems to be one Of the quail
fcattons for advancement in the service OF the
Standard Oil company. Archbold never forgot
to forget.-San Luis Obispo Breeze.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Champion Eater

Walter Anole, resident OF Norristown, EN-
ployed as baggage solicitor on the Reading
road, is claimed to be the champion eater
along the line by the other employees, and
they are anxious to secure match with any
other man Of his weight in the country
Philadelphia Record.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Carrie in Vaudeville

Vaudeville performs every now and then a
real public function, a function illustrated in
the acceptance by Mrs. Carrie Nation of
London music hall engagement-New York
Evening Mail.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Hope for Turkey

II Turkeys new parliament proves as great
q success as that Of Russia the people there
Will come into their own in about a thousand
years.-Bakersheld Californian.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
M ade to Suit

1t is true that the kings speech is framed
by the ministers themselves. which it must be
admitted makes a difference How different
the presidential messages would be IL thew
were drafted by a congressional committee
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03

Papa

Yes, Willie"
Papa. when the cannibals eat a man do
they have his Adams apple for dessert?'-
Boston Transcript.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Democratic South

Hence the south Is Democratic! There are
other reasons for Il. such as a firm belief In a
lower and fairer tariff, and in political fair
play in congress- etc.-San Francisco CONNER
cial News.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Hard to Believe

Lilli Lehman so years old? We could hardly
believe it did not the European press chroni-
Gle it universally extending its Fluctuations.
New York Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
Read This Twice

While Gompers. Mitchell and Morrison are
racing Imprisonment for contempt Of court
John D. Rockefeller is complacently playing
golf despite the $2e, 900 fine for rebating re-
mains unpaid-oakland Enquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
A Very Dead 'Un

Somebody should give the editorial writer FOR
the examiner tip. He doesn't know that
the Independence party Is dead and buried and
forgotten, as are the political prospects and
creams OF its patrons.-VisalIa Times.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
The P ubIic Letter Box

10 RESPONpENTS-Letters intended
name and address of the writer. The Her
ana gives the widest latitude to correspond
enIs' Dut assumes no responsibility for their
VIEWS Letters must not exceed 800 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-03
OUR SERMON VIII
BY CHARLES CLARK PIERCE

''The Program of Life"
Text: Behold i will make all things
new" Revelation 21:5.