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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12
SHOWS HOW TARIFF WALL
HELPS AMERICAN LABORER

LOS ANGELES, May 6.-[Editor
Herald: The American people are
very fond of the tariff, so fond, in fact,
that they are permitting the present
congress to revise it upward instead
Of downward, as per previous inten-
ton. one of the most potent factors
in assisting the wise statesmen who
build the tariff wall for Wall street is
the pathetic pleas made in behalf of
the laborers engaged in industries sub
ject to outside competition; Wlthout
fariff thew would be compelled to live
on the scale of the foreign laborer,
although they produce from three to
Ave times more than foreign labor.
Competition would pauperize and
starve American laborers."
n anyone wants to see how well the
tariff protects the American laborer
let him read an article in the last
issue of the Charities and the Com
mons, or, better still, its review in tho
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

May American under the title of "a
Tariff Made CITY,"
The we'll protected Pittsburg laborer
gets a twelve-hour day, seven days in
the week. with a twenty-four-ho
shift every two weeks at the fat wage
of 50 a day And they live in eyrie
rookeries, cellar homes with typhoid
water to drink and combustible at
mosphere to breathe.
I'm many houses" says this report,
"water is a luxury, to be obtained only
through much effort of tolling steps
and straining muscles. Courts and
alleys fouled by bad drainage and piles
of rubbish were playing grounds for
rickety, pale-faced, grimy children.
Every phase of the situation was in
tensified by the evil of overcrowding-
of houses on lots, of families into
houses, of people into rooms"
1.-THE Pittsburg survey" says the
American, lis the most awful arraign-
ment of an American institution and
its resulting class pronounced since the
days of slavery. 1t puts on the Pitts
burg millionaire the awful stamp of
greed, of stupidity and OF heartless
pride"
Ii the high tariff really doesn't help
the American laborer, would it not be
we'll to have Senator Aldrich form a
committee of Mr.. Carnegie, Mr.. Frick
Mr. Morgan Mr.. Rogers, Mr.. Corey
and twenty three other Pittsburg mil
lionaires to find out what really does
become of the eighty millions which
the tariff on steel every year sucks
out of. the American people for 1.-The
benefit of American labor?" q.
e. o. BAILEY.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

property, because after all the Harri-
conditional surrender or stringless gift
of this valuable property. There were
conditions attached to the transaction,
and the failure of the Southern Pacific
to fulfill these conditions or to show
the least inclination, intention, or dis
position to comply with them renders
the transaction null and void, and
restores to the city of Los Angeles the
valuab BILE property out of which it was
temporarily euchered by the Hartman
interests-among which must be in
cluded the council responsible for the
most idiotically foolish and one-sided
bargain of modern times.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

An unhappy mechanical draughts-
man who is detained on an insanity
charge says a woman he knew had an
occult influence over him. Other peo-
pie said he merely fell in love with
her. He thought so himself for awhile,
but finally concluded he was spell
bound. We hope the time may never
come when every man who loses his
heart to a pretty girl Will up and ac-
cuse her Of other Witchery than that
recognized by the poets.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

In Los Angeles there are far too
many cases Of cruelty to animals. The
report Of the superintendent of the 5.
P. c. A. discloses condition of af-
fairs that is appalling and shameful.
Every citizen should take an active
part in ending the inhumanity which
is disgracing our city. Cruelty to ami
mails is second in depravity only to
cruelty to children. Both are marks
OF cowardice. For the honor Of the
city let us protect animals from human
brutes.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

Many earnest women are assembled
at the state convention of the w. c.
T. L. A great deal of good work has
been done by this organization. A
proposition that it take up, the ques-
ton of equal suffrage would bring it
out of reform and into politics. Yet
an effort will be made to enlist the
w. c. T. U. members in the ranks of
the suffragettes. The eXpediency of
the plan is open to grave doubt
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12
AT THE THEATERs

BELASCO-'aThe Dollar Mark"
MAsoN-Dark
AUDITORTUM-Dark.
BURBANK-"Our New Minister"
MAJESTIC-Kolk and Dill in THE Poll
tfcians."
ORPHEUM-Vaudeville.
GRAND-Murray and Mack In "A Night on
Broadway"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
UNIQUE-"Dick's Troubles"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

from L n W "a
cents a pound.
The membership
of the association
is s c a t t e r e d
throughout t h e
length and breadth
of the land, al
though the indus
try is said to be in
It's infancy. Three
hundred factories
are known to exist
in t h e Unite
States. Some 9
them are very
small, being ope-
rated by hand or
horsepower a n d
providing a living
for but a single
family, while the
larger factories are
equipped with mod
ern machinery and
employ a hundred
or more men and
an equal number
of boys and girls
1a0Q Tho mo-
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12
BATHING DRESS SUITABLE
FOR MEN ALSO FOR WOMEN

LOS ANGELES, May 11.-[Editor
Herald: People have a right to their
opinions about the propriety of ex-
posing the human form, because it is
God made, but they should be consist
ent. If a man thinks his form is so
God-like that he is justified in wearing
one of those excuses for bathing suits,
in the presence of other peoples sis
tiers. he should be willing for his own
sisters to follow his example.
A YOUNG GIRL
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

Col. Roosevelt has found a new kind
of animal in Africa. 1t is said to re-
senble a cross between a zebra and a
giraffe. From descriptions published
it seems probable the colonel has brok-
en- all records by capturing a real live
nature fake.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

III HE National Association of Maca-
roni and Noodle Manufacturers OF
Il America meets at Memphis, Ten
nessee, today in annual convention. The
state of the edible paste industry in
this country and in the world Will be
discussed, with special reference to the
pending tariff bill. The meeting may
continue for ten days. The association
is working to secure an increase in the
duty on macaroni and similar products
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

President Booth of Los Angeles
chamber of commerce spoke last even
ing at Ventura on the subject OF
Southern California and our local
chamber. It was an excellent subject
and Mr.. Booth is well qualified to tell
the inhabitants of all the neighbor
cities why Los Angeles is the greatest
city in the west and will be greater
when Greater.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENTS intended
for publication must be accompanied by tie
name and address of the writer. The Her
aid gives the widest latitude to correspond
ents, but assumes responsibility for their
views. Letters must not exceed 800 words
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

An architectural exhibition has been
planned for Los Angeles. 1t VIII be
held in November. 1t should not only
be a great success, but should be OF
much practical benefit to this city OF
rapid growth and building.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

Nat Ellery, state engineer, says
Furnishing cement trust exists on the
Pacific coast It's headquarters are in
the north and it is protected by freight
rates which discriminate against
Southern California cement. 1t is to
be hoped an exposure of the methods
of the trust will be followed by a re-
adjustment of conditions which Will
make trust control impossible.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12

Since the supervisors have agreed to
get along with the advisory board the
highway commissioners also will have
to get along with the advisory board
and by the time everybody has made
nm his mind to get along with every
body else perhaps we may get along
with good roads construction-which'
after all, is the principal object in
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-12
SUGGESTS 8URLAP AND OTHER
MATERIAL FOR BATHING SUITS

REDONDO BEACH, May 9.-[Editor
Herald: OF all the weird slush ever
read the recent letters regarding BATH
ing suits In these valued columns take
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
Cbe Jeffersonton
" T. A r 3 Y
%.
BY N. N. Buckner

SUdIlOu,
their chief interest in life apparently
to watch the trains arrive and depart
and to stare at any one who happened
to come or go. 1t might have been
yesterday that she had gone away in
stead ot"three long years ago. Hick-
DRY Hill wore its characteristic air of
settled content and being at peace
with all the world And here was
Billy to meet her, greatly grown and
tanned, but still wearing clothes faded
and patched and not over clean, his
hair needing cutting badly 1t would
not have been Billy If he had looked
otherwise. His appearance reminded
her rudely Of the hardships Of earlier
years and was so like a dash of ice
water in her face that she failed to
see the genuine joy with which he
greeted her
Lemme see your v Else, sis" in a
manly way with eager brown hand
extended for her grip, and he led the
way to the ramshackle, unpainted old
wagon, where with the aid of an
obhging bystander he managed to
store her trunk and bag, and giving
a CHEEKY cluck to the faded farm
horse, they started briskly homeward
down the cool woods road.
The mother and a flock Of children
were in the piazza watching for her
coming, and when the wagon ratified
up to the gate they swarmed out to
meet her, the younger ones shrinking
back shyly in awe of the tall sister,
whose voice, manner and dress bore
the unmistakable mark Of superior
station.
'EWhere's father?" she asked, when
She had kissed them all round, re-
pressing with difficulty her emotion
born of affection and compassion at
the sight Of her mothers greying hair
and the children growing up in neg
lect and deprivation
"Oh, he's round the lot some RS;
he'll be in Free 'ly. Come right in,
M 'lissy, you II find ev'rything jest the
same; we amt got nothin new an
nothln's been done tow IDS fixin' up
the house," offering the apology sup
posed by her class to be the correct
speech to a guest, thereby drawing
special attention to that which had
been disparaged, which would in all
probability have escaped close scrli-
tiny if the apology had been omitted.
Not In this case, however, for in sharp
contrast to the well-kept, commodious
hospital, the squalid appearance of
her old home came as a disagreeable
shock, the climax to the disappoint-
ment In her first impression on alight-
ing from the train. During her So
Journ amid comfortable surroundings
her love for her people had glowed
with a light undimmed by absence,
but her recollection of her bare down.
at-the-heel home had faded ana in it's
place an environment similar to her
own had magically grown up. They
were well-to-do, progressive, comfort
able livers and this sudden coming
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25

wen, MI llSsy, have you got
here?" was his characteristic greet
ing. He always asked newcomer if
he had arrived, as if to verify the de-
auctions of his eyes
"Glad to see you, my gal; you look
hearty"
Don It she now! An ain It she i'm
proved a sight? She as stylish
now as Miss Anybody" admired the
mother
Melissa thought her father looked
out of health, but refrained from al
luding to the subject as he made no
complaint. After they had talked for
some time and many questions had
been asked and answered, Mrs. Reed
took notice Of the insistent whispers
OF the two youngest children, who had
been hanging on the BACK of her chair,
or squirming across her lap, in spite
of repeated injunctions to ego set
down an be pretty"
"Lor', pa, you Billy'd best go
fetch in M lis s trunk, there here chill
lern say they want to see it opened. "
Melissa laughed and took from her
bag box of candy and some little
gifts, which they received with shame
faced delight.
CHOW, An Mari you'n Flory go
see bout supper; M lis III be hongry
after travehn' SIGH er long ways"
Sitting on the steps Melissa talked
with her parents while the voices Of
the children with their frequent mer-
ry laughter, the homely clatter Of the
dishes with the lowing of the COWS
waiting at the bars, and the whippoor-
will s call from the woods close by
came a pleasant medley through the
gathering dusk, but no emotions, hap
Ply, restful and soothing, awoke re-
sponsively in the girls heart. She
saw that the floors were scrupulously
clean and the yard where the chickens
and pigs wandered at will among the
few neglected towering bushes was
swept with painstaking care, but the
preparation made in her honor only
appealed to her pathetically, for her
eyes had in the same glance taken in
the gate hanging by its broken hinge,
the palings half down and the general
air of unthrift on every side, and it
robbed her of the joy Of homecoming,
as tiny leaf held close before the
eyes will shut out the most magnif-
cent mountain scenery. The supper
gave further proof of their wish to
celebrate the reunion as a festal oc-
casion, the young sisters vieing with
each other in waiting on Melissa, serv-
ing her beautifully with the choicest.
But nothing could keep her from see
ing the lack of refinement that pre-
vailed at the table. They ate with
their knives and helped themselves to
bread with their forks. The ham was
fried hard and the biscuits were yell
low with soda, the children ate raven
ously and unrestrictedly.
"I'm choked, ma" and four-year-
old "Baby' pushed his cup towards
the coffee pot
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25

I
- the hope that the vocation
would prove the means by which she
would attain to greatness. The step
was a departure from the well-beaten
track of all former young women Of
Hickory Hill settlement and in es-
tablishing a precedent, she forthwith
became target for many condemna-
tory shots from the neighbors.
"Goin to be er train nuss! Well,
| amt never yit seen er gal with any
gumption break her neck to git to er
horsepit i to larn what like as not she
ain t got no turn fer. Nine out N ten
goes countin on ketchin' er young
doctor fer er husban an they gin
ally git left. Mark my words, M lis II
come back an not know 'nough to
make er mush poultice," scoffed old
Mrs. Edison, the sharpest tongued COS
sip in the community.
The Reeds were crestfallen They
had been much elated over Melissa s
ambitious move, but Mrs Edison s
opinion carried weight. She was ac-
counted high authority on such mat
tiers by reason Of her calling and her
travels. She was ladies nurse and
often In the discharge Of her profess
slonal duties went as far as fifteen
miles from home.
swell, M lis amt Exactly at er
horsepit', l." weakly defended the ia
Their, she writes It she's stayin' at
er sanctar m. -
"What's 'at?" asked the lady Of
rasping speech. Henry Reed cleared
his throat and explained from his dim
conception of the word.
It's one of these here places sort
Of betwixt er church and er horse
pit I where they has ordilies N sich
like. We call 'em stewa IDS in. the
Methods church, I take it.
Mrs. Edison did not understand, but
nevertheless was impressed all the
more by not understanding. The un-
known commanded her respect and
She was visibly Modified
well, mebbe M 'lis'll do better'n
most of 'em; I'm in high hopes at
she will. Anything but er horsepit'l
says [, sence Gid Dan els was fetched
from there to the graveyard, n him
with nothin the matter but ar Sip
lus in his foot. Fust they cut off his
foot m then his Eaig, butch 'rd him
by inches. Looks like they take rale
pleasure at these here horsepit Is in
cuttin you up m then chargin you
er hund ed dollars for the job
AS time passed it became generally
known among the neighbors that Mel
lissa had no idea Of being a common
every day nurse. With lofty aspira-
ton she would wear the Red Cross
and go where great good could be ac-
complished and renown won. At last
she graduated and was coming home.
The moment Melissa stepped from
the train and glanced about the ia
miliar old place where there was no
change save that wrought by time and
weather, there was a rush Of memo
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
PAGE THREE.
Gainesville Nurseries
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA.

Growers of leading varieties Of r Pecan
alta stock. Fieid-grown Roses, Palms,
Ferns Ornamental Trees, Plants and
Shrubs. Send for Cataog.
Fl. S. GRAVES, Propr
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-02-25
r Fl r

T was the great desire of
Melissa Reeds heart to
do something truly worth
while, something that
makes one count in the
world, and when she went
to join the vast army of
trained nurses"it was with
the hope that the vocation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
OVATION TO DETROIT.
Clubs Home Coming Is
Made a Gala Occasion.

Detroit, Oct. 2.-The home coming
this afternoon of the victorious De-
troit baseball team, winners of the
American league pennant, third time,
was seized upon by the baseball en-
thusiasts of the city as an opportunity
to tender the Detroit and Chicago
clubs q public ovation.
Chicago shared in the tribute for it
was their defeat of the Philadelphia
club that decided the pennant race
in favor of Detroit.
BY order of the common council,
an elaborate program of reception
was arranged by C. A. Nichols, the
city clerk. Automobiles met the two
clubs as they left the train at the sta
tion and headed by band of music
with hundreds of men on foot behind,
the players were driven to Bennett
park, where the last local game in the
league season was to be
played. Huge floral pieces were pre-
Sented to both teams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
BUYING MORE ABROAD.
Notable Increase in the Imports Into
the United States.

Washington, Oct. 2.-The imports
into the United States were greatly in
creased during last August over those
of the same month of the previous
year, while there was a slight falling
off in the export trade. according to a
statement made public by the bureau
of statistics of the department of COM
merce and labor
The imports last August amounted
to $117,1S1,1S9, those of August, 1908,
being valued at $91,1S3,536. During
the eight months ending with August,
1909, the total value OF imports was
$947,567,335 against $700,07O,184 for
the same period of the previous year.
The exports during the last August
were valued at $109,61O,237, while for
August, 1908, they were valued at
$11O,443,G55. During the eight months
ending with August the total exports
aggregated $1,006,9 ,920,359, the aggre-
gate for the same period of 1908 being
S1.091. .440.144.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
COOK STANDS PAT
Replies to One Critic in His
Lecture at Boston.
AdhsrOs to Original Declaration
Regarding His Report.
WILL GO TO DENMARK
Regardless of Action Of National
Geographic Society.
He Did Not Expect 1t to Pursue
Different Course.

Boston. Oct. 2.-Dr Frederick A Cook
introduced by Benjamin F. Trueblood'
secretary of the American Peace socl-
ETY. of Boston. who accompanied Cook
to America, as one who did not come
es a controversialist nor to criticise or
defame another or to say other men
lad not done what he had DONE" deliv-
cred his lecture in Symphony hail be-
fore a representative Boston audience.
DIR. Cook took occasion to reply to
recent and pertinent query OF George
Kennan, in a magazine article In Whlcn
the writer claimed DR.. Cook could not
take sufficient food supplies on two
s!edges to last 50 days. DR.. Cook SAID
in reply:
idea that we used pressed OK meat Ior
food for dog and man. If we had his
criticism would have been just. for we
could not have lived on less than oO0O
pounds of such meat. which 1t would
Fhave been impossible to carry on Two
sIedges. But we did not have musk
OK food. We had pemmican. and we
used one pound per man and per dog
per day One pound of pemmican IS
equal to five pounds of fresh meat SO
you will see Mr.. Remnants figures were
all right when properly applied" COOK
Included Peary's name IN list of in
trepid explorers who had preceded him
to the far north and was cheered WneH lat
he stated his expedition was not
backed by any polar trust"
The pictures of the two Eskimos to
" hom DR.. Cook gives the credit of &C
companying him to the pole brought out
applause and DR.. Cook said;
II promise to bring them back to
American shores next year at my own
expense when. they will tell you hon
estly and frankly OF their adventures
in the far north.
just What He Expected.
Regarding the decision of the board
of directors of the National Geograph- |
ic society at Washington, not to re- |
cognize DR.. Cook in an official way at !
present, DR.. Cook said he did not /
expect any more in the present status
of the matter. With reference to the {
recommendation of the National Geo I
graphic society that the proof of his ,
Polar claims be submitted by Dr. !
Cook to a tribunal selected by the ma |
tional body DR.. Cook said his proof |
will go first to the University of Co /
penhagen.
TT does as it was originally promis-
ed said DR.. Cook, Ito the University |
of Copenhagen. Immediately after /
wards it will be sent to all the geo.
graphical societies of the world sim
ultaneOusly-"
Dr. Cook was questioned regarding
an interview with Harry Whitney, the
New Haven sportsman in which Whit
ney stated that DR.. Cook did not leave
any records with him at Etah, but in
strumentS only.
DR.. Cook said he left several cases
with Whitney containing instruments
and also some rough drafts and notes.
which might not be intelligible to
anv one else, but which would be of
great value to himself in establishing
his claims.
There is no question but such
notes were there said DR.. Cook en-
phatically-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-02
ARMY SURGEONS TO MEET.
Eleven Governments Will Be Repre-
sented at the Convention.

Washington, Oct 2.-Representa-
tives of eleven governments will at
tend the eighteenth annual meeting
of the association of military sur
geons of the United States, to be held
in this city next week.
From the United States will be
medical officers of the army. the
navy, the public health and marine
hospital service and national guard
organization. 1t is believed the con-
vention will be one of the most i'm
portant to this branch of medical
profession held in years.
England has designated Sir Alfred
keogh, director of the army medical
service and James Porter, director
general of the medical service of the
navy to attend; Guatemala,
Honduras Italy. Japan, Mexico,
Canada. France. China, the Neither
lands and Germany have all
designated delegates.
Among the unique papers is one of
the stopping power and the shock
effects from IL different kinds of bull
let's from various pistols and re-
VOlVerS