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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
DON'T Let the S. P. Grab the Harbor

GAIN The Herald the people Of San Pedro be and
doing block the grab which the Southern Pacific
"A attempting of their rights in their harbor.
map published in this issue of The Herald will make plain the
grab mile of the valuable wharf frontage of
of San Pedro, and incidentally largely destroy
tain to recover the deand recently brought by
the attorney general and pending the superior court OF this
The Southern Pacific in the of the
corporation in this have perpeated great
however that mpudent and shameless effort grab the
rights of the people attempted than the that this
pany endevong put through the board OF trustees OF the
This company and its creatures fully recognize three facts
FirstThat the by map published in The Her
aid will ultimately become the property of the people the result
second-Tha within few weeks as consolda-
called all OF San Pedro harbor will
under the control of the greater city of Los Angeles
Thrd-That the greater city of Los Angeles will improve this
property by building whaves upon the front thereof building
municipal railway open all rail
road companies and covering this ground with warehouses for the
accommodation of the business OF San Pedro harbous making
San Pedro commercial port the best OF the term
prevent this that the Southern Pacific and its
bsng themselves to get the board OF trustees OF San
short time that eapse between and the
the habor the hands of the city Of Los Angeles to
which will for fifty deprive the people of the
use OF this wharf frontage and OF the land IN question
~ S d foIng b + ~ S rI PI to % 0 ont I'll this scheme These
George H Peck N. W. Tlton Michael Duffy F. D.
These men have heretofore occupied the position respectable
their community When they elected trustees to
supposed that they would give their city honest
and efficient administration 1t certainly not supposed that they
themselves parties infamous grab which will
damage their city and their constituents to the extent OF hundreds
these gentlemen will permit this grab
to go through conceivable that they fully realized the
of their action when they voted to advertise the wharf
extending for about mile along the frontage OF this land
conceivable that they fully realized Southern Pacific
pany asking when they entertained its application for
franchise for line of doubeao railway back of these wharVe
and passed that franchise to first reading
However behooves the people of San Pedro to ascertain Just
exactly how their upon the board of trustees stand
upon such be necessary to see
that their public servants shall guard and shall not oay' '
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
AUTOMOBILING

~ PEED mania will be checked in
this city when automobile owners
~ and motor owners have conferred
with our lawmakers and regulated au-
tomobile and motorcycle driving. The
measures to be taken have the hearty
approval of all friends of motoring.
No responsible owner Of an automobile
has any regard for the scorcher who
imperils human life and brings auto
mobiling into disrepute.
Automobiles are not luxuries. They
are among the principal necessaries
of modern civilization. Auto vehicles
travelling over good roads will con-
tribute greatly to a successful solution
of the problem of freight rates. All
this makes it highly important the
reckless or irresponsible chauffeur
should be taught he must respect the
rights of his neighbors.
The Automobile Club of Southern
California and all similar organizations
are united in the intention and the
effort to make automobiling safe both
for automobile users and for the gen.
eral public. A thorough law, covering
every phase of public travel in the city,
is under contemplation and Los An
geles will continue to live up to its
reputation of being a city of safe auto
mobilng
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
URGES CHANGE IN STATUTES
FOR COMMITMENT OF INSANE

LONG BEACH, June 16.-[Editor
Herald: The newspapers having per-
formed their duty in enlightening the
public as to the deplorable condition
of our insane words, it now becomes
the obligation of humanitarian So
cieties and governing officials to rec
ommend and apply all possible reme-
dies.
The principal of the excuses offered
by the Patton insane management for
the condition which they say caused
the late tragedy in their institution was
excess of patients for its capacity.
Until new and better laws are en-
acted for the care Of our insane, pub
lie opinion should be vigilant to con-
fine commitments of such persons to
the dangerous class and the feeble and
INDECENT.
It appears to the writer that the
California law in regard to commit
ments of the insane is unconstitutional
in that 1t does not provide for jury
trial. The procedure in such cases fire.
quently being for parties desiring to
put some person in cold storage to first
tell their story to a policeman. Then If
the chief is sufficiently impressed the
unsNspecting victim receives a surprise
VISIT, followed by a free ride to the
county seat Here he or she is given
free room and board until lunacy
board passes on his or her sanity. The
whole procedure is as far from the
requirement of Magma Charta as the
principles of that great charter of
human liberty are from the Letter de
Cachet of the period of French despot-
ism. FELIX T. CANDY.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
GREATER LOS ANGELES

~ REATER LOS ANGELES, with its
~ seaport San Pedro, will be the
VI principal city of the far west. II
is bound to attain to this posltlon OF
pre-eminence. In population, wealth.
area and industrial activity it will rank
anv city on the coast. The establish
nent of Greater Los Angeles as a per-
manent factor in the life of the state
will give Southern Califor@-a a great
commercial and industrial impetus. No
event in the modern history of the state
has been as important as 'consolida-
ton" will be. 1t means a world wide
recognition of Southern California as
great business center.
Capital will be invested in local indus
tries, and a great export trade will be
built up. A government line of steam
ships. at first operated in connection
with a transisthmian railway and then
with the Panama canal will emanci-
pate the industries of Southern Cali
fornia from railroad tyranny. The pros
poets for Greater Los Angles are all
encouraging. There is every incentive
to the citizens to vote for consolidation
and set in operation the constructive
craftsmanship which will establish in
the industrial supremacy of the west
our maritime and commercial metropo-
lis, Greater Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
INCOME TAX

NHAT there should be an equitable
tax on large business incomes,
Il and that business money makers
on a large scale should make the coun-
try an adequate return for the protec-
tion which the nation gives them in
the conduct of business, is not a new
idea to men who have followed the for
tunes of the national Democracy, and
the enthusiasm with which the sug-
gestion is being received by progress
sive Republicans surely justifies the po-
sition taken in bygone days by "ad-
vanced" patriots who said the interests
of the American nation demanded a
plan by which the sources of vast rev.
enues would be open to public scrutiny,
a constant and wholesome check would
be maintained on the operations of
corporations, and legitimate means
of revenue for the nation provided.
The Herald would point out it is
not superior ethical or moral culture,
it is not an extra development of con-
science, it is not patriotism, to which
the comparative freedom of the United
Kingdom from the trust evil must be
attributed, but low tariff, combined
with income tax, which prevents un-
fair combinations in restraint of trade
and provides a method of scrutiny and
publicity.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
POLICE DUTY

NJ ANY years ago Gilbert wrote "A
iva policeman's life is not a happy
ALA one." The line has almost passed
into proverb, yet no one has taken it
seriously, because as a general rule the
average citizen" knows less about the
daily routine of a policeman's life than
he knows about the procession of the
equinoXes. He sees the officer on his
beat-he does not know how many
hours constitute a tour of duty. He
does not know when or how an officer is
relieved. He is fond of keeping alive
the old joke about the Irritation with
the cook Originated, we believe, by
London Punch in the year one). But
he does not know anything about when
or how or where a policeman gets his
meals And he never thinks of the
officer off duty. Home life is never
associated in his mind with the blue
coat and the buttons. A policeman
seems TO him like different species of
human being. The average citizen
makes four great groups of the human
family-men, women, ministers and po7
ncemen.
He is therefore unaware policemen
may have their grievances, and it may
startle him to realize that he and his
indifference may be in some. measure
responsible for the grievances of the po-
licemen. A citizen who becomes worked
up on the subject of the eight-hour
day does not pause to ask whether
policeman's day is limited to eight
hours, and when he applauds the state
ment workingmen and wage earners
should have a day of rest he does not
include the policeman among working
men and wage earners. The exclusion
is mechanical. 1t is the result of his
curious mental attitude toward the Of
ficer, whom he has ceased to regard as
a man or a brother.
In San Francisco considerable hu-
manitarianism is shown in the treat
ment of policemen. A patrolman Is al
lowed to take three days off in month,
and every year he gets vacation OF
sixteen days. Iherelole ho "f0i'eS
one day off a week. But in Los Angeles
police duty is a continuous perform
ance. We think policemen should have
a day off. They should be allowed to
take a vacation, if possible, but If for
anv reason this should not be expedient,
at any rate our bluecoats should get
regular day off for rest or recreation.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
TARIFF REVISION"

IF Americanism were applied to tar
if schedules it would settle the
Il whole vexed question, because
Americanism contemplates national
and local measures which will assure
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der of the people. Hitherto tariff
schedules have been arranged with
view to the construction of million
aires, and out of industrialism instead
a revenue producing activity for all
citizens who are willing to work there
has been developed a skillful fiscal
arrangement by which number OF
men representing only a small per-
centage of the population have been
enabled to secure such hold on in
dustrlalism that, to quote a phrase of
their own making, they are the cap
tains of industry" If their leadership
were for the general good the posi-
tions they hold in the economic world
would be patriotic. But, rightly or
wrongly, a majority of the fellow
citizens of the captains cherish the
suspicion that in their bright lexicon
there is no such word as altruism,
and that even although their services
have been of undeniable benefit to the
republic the benefit has come as an
incident and not as a purpose of their
endeavor.
True tariff revision would help to
rectify this unequal and unjust con-
dition. Law is a wonderful stimulus
to altruism and needs must" when
good angels direct as well as when
the devil drives. A needs must
American patriot on analytical scru-
tiny might not invite panegyric, but
if his endeavors should be for the con-
struction and preservation of our
American social system his personal
motive might be forgiven in view of
the results accomplished.
We share in the general surprise
that in tariff schedule making, after
all that has been said, the consumer
occupies his time -honored position of
1.-The forgotten man" The cotton goods
schedule is nothing short Of outrag-
eous, and it is high time the Great
American Housewife (bless her hearD
were appreciating what it means in
the only domestic economy" with
which she is intimately concerned.
The cotton goods schedule shows in
creases over the Dingley rates Of from
5 to 45O per cent. Specific instances
show 110 per cent, 81 per cent, SO per
cent, and the increases seem to have
been made for the sake of sheer taxa
ton. Talk of protection" in such
case is absurd. This kind of tariff
revision" will affect every household
in the United States and every form
of the cotton industry; and the cotton
thread and cotton goods manufactur-
ers who have established plants at
Newark and other centers will sell
their domestic cotton goods at prac-
tically the same prices as imported
cotton goods.
The joker! in the cotton schedule is
that most or practically all the United
States plants are "Americanized"
branches of British factories; and
therefore the managers would be an
gels and not men if they did not act
in collusion. In order to benefit the
American consumer cotton goods should
be on the free list. The Clarks and
the Coatses and the rest of the cotton
spinners would not dump" British
! made cotton goods In the United
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
VETERAN THINKS SURGEONS
AT HOME SHOULD BE PAID

SOLDIERS HOME, Los Angeles
County, Cal, June 16.-[Editor Herald:
Seeing the communications from the
home in regard to the treatment of the
members thereof, in justice to one set
of officers / feel as though they do not
get their just dues. and they are the
members of the medical staff. They are
not paid for their services. This gov
ernment of ours is thoroughly able and
willing, If it is called to it's attention,
to furnish the best medical skill for the
old men of the G. A. r. and Spanish
American veterans If it would pay
some attention to this portion 1t would
be a great stop to complaints Here
our surgeons have to minister to the
ailments of 2300 men who are getting
childish and don't know what they
want Our officers, with the rank of
first lieutenants, are only getting $1OO
per month, which is not what they
should have. Why not put them on the
same footing as the surgeons in the reg
ulars? A first lieutenant and assistant
surgeon in the regulars draws $2400 a
year. Why not those at the home? 1t
would be to our benefit. Our surgeons
are overworked and have entirely too
much to attend to to devote sufficient
time to us in particular cases.
FORMER OFFICER.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
REFORM NEEDED

Y OS ANGELES HERALD, in pur-
suance of a steadfast policy which
IL will cause 1t to speak out for hu-
manity and for Americanism whenever
there is occasion for free and frank
speech has called the attention of the
public to two fragrant instances Of
institutional disregard of the rights of
man.
Nothing short of an investigation of
the management of the Soldiers home
with a view to ascertaining whether
or not that important national es-
tablishnent and others like it should
be under the management Of the sec
retary of war, will satisfy the public
Veterans are entitled to a square
deal in their old age and helplessness'
and it is the duty of the nation to
transfer the management of the homes
from the special commission to the
war department. The commission has
headquarters in New York, and is out
OF touch and to a great extent ap-
parently out of sympathy with the
homes and their inmates.
We hope the war department will
take control of the homes. The spirit
in which these institutions have been
administered shows such an outrageous
and unpatriotic lack of appreciation Of
their purposes we can hardly speak Of
it with patience.
The defenders of the nation have
been treated as If they were paupers,
or as If they had committed some Of
fense. The regulations" SAVIOR of re-
formatory and not of free home meth
DDS. When an official can talk of the
wards of the nation as these fellows" ="
it is not to be wondered at that they
should complain of treatment indie
ative of a spirit of sneering disparage-
Inent rather than of American and
grateful appreciation. The idea that
'these fellows must needs be marti-
netted, disciplined" and rebuked be-
cause they object to campaign fare in
their twilight time of peace is utterly
at variance with the wish and viii of
the people of the United States, and the
sooner measures are taken to make the
management of the Soldiers homes
beyond criticism" the better 1t will
be for the good name and fair fame
of our republic.
A matter OF equally urgent necessity,
from a purely humanitarian point of
view. is the thorough investigation and
reform of Patton. Brutes should not
be placed in charge of men, even when
the men are demented. Every black
hearted coward concerned in the mis-
treatment of patients at Patton should
be taught that the law does not with
draw it's protecting arm from citizen
when he is pronounced incompetent,
and that his peculiarly pitiable state OF
defenselessness does not provide excuse
or warrant for blackguardly bullying
and official thuggery.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

states in competition with goods pro-
duced by their American branches. If
they did they would be fit subjects for
a commission de lunatico" and not a
tariff commission. On the contrary
they would protect their heavy Ameri-
can industrial investment and their
thousands OF American workmen and
middlemen and statesmen and travellers
by popularizing the prices of their
goods and by establishing in the
United States an American cotton in
dustry which IN every respect would
illustrate the rule of 1.-The greatest
good for the greatest number"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
SAYS NG-WlNDED WRITER'S
SHOULD BE KEPT IN LIMIT

DOWNEY, June 15.-[Editor Herald:
once knew two good and successful
lawyers living in the same town. I fire.
duently heard one of them say with
reference to the other: 81 wish 1 could
say as much in the same number of
words as Mr. A, but 1 can't. He can
say as much in ten words as I can In
twenty. And it's just the same way in
drawing up any legal document"
am reminded of this in reading
some of your Letter Box correspon-
dence. Some of them might say as
much and keep within the limit you
SO kindly allow. One article l notice
runs up to 800 words. Call down or cut
out is my suggestion w. H. STEEL.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
AT THE THEATERs

AUDTTORIUM-Dark.
NAsON-Maris DOro In 'srhe Morals Of
Marcus"
BELAsCo-Richard Bennett In ''The Lion
and the Mouse"
BURBANK-"A Milk white Flag"
GRAND-''No Mother to Guide Her"
MAJEsTIC--KoIb and Dill In Lonesome
Town"
ORPHEUM-YaudeVille.
Los MISUNDERSTANDING
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
EMPIRE-Yaudeville.
UNIQUE-Vaudeville and comedy, "The
Masqueraders."
FISCHER'S-Musical comedy.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
SAYS HERALD SHOULD MAKE
A, PLEA FOR A SANE FIFTH

PASADENA, June 16.-Editor [Her-
adj; | have read with interest and
in the main with approval your edito-
rials in the Herald regarding a sane
Fourth, but it occurs to me that as the
Fourth of July comes on Sunday this
year there is not likely to be violent
outbreak of the insane form of pa
triotism on that date. 1t IS more than
likely TO be reserved for the day fol-
lowing. I would therefore suggest that
your work has much more need of ap-
plying to the latter date, and l there
fore subscribe myself, yours for sane
fifth. GEORGE r. LEAVENS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
The State Press
Father of Exposition

The opening of the great Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition at Seattle today is a
splendid evidence of the energy, enterprise
and unbounded faith of the empirt builders
of the northwest The idea of this EXPOSE
I'll originated, as most great things do
in the mind Of one individual. That man
was Godfrey chealander, who had visited
Alaska commissioner to gather exhibits
for the Lewis and Clarke exposition at Port
land.-Oakand Enquirer.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
Mining Opportunities

Every mining state in the west today
offers an opportunity for a man OF moderate
capital to take up and develop mining
claims Mining of this class advantageous
ly located can be secured ON favorable
terms. They have been passed by in the
rush for big things or have been held at
fabulous prices by the original locator
Seven Troughs Miner.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

A federal steamship line is needed in
connection with the government rail-
road line across the isthmus of Pana-
ma. The huge and ever-increasing
commerce of Southern California
should be entirely emancipated from
dependence upon or control by selfish
private or corporation interests.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

Evidently the Russians are "seeing
things again. When it comes to
knouting Socialists, strangling mou-
jiks, using moral "suasion" in order to
compel Hebrews to pay the govern
ments bills and conducting fierce ma
val attacks on fishing boats and tramp
steamers, the Russians are always
world beaters.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

Capt. A. A. Fries supplemented a
commendation of the work of the con-
solidation commission by a suggestion
1t be made a permanent organization.
Everybody who appreciates good citi-
zenship and good work agrees with
Captain Fries the committeeman rem
dered invaluable services to Greater
Los Angelica
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
Secret of Success

A park in Palo Alto will help keep our
home people at home. Instead of going to
the city for a days pleasure. they can
spend a couple of hours in the park for pas
time. We can hold much more money here
than we are now doing. The secret of sue
cess for Palo Alto is to hold that which we
have and to acquire as much more as pos
sible-Palo Alto Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
Fractlous Trout

Let us make the Fourth of July just as
big and roustng a celebration as was the
Flesta-then away to the beach, where the
festive breakers beckon, or the cool, shady
mountain streams, haunt of the restive
trout where dull cares may be forgotten for
a season, and take time to find ourselves
again.-Modesto News
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

LION. The 1909 directory is one of the
irrefutable proofs Los Angeles is ad-
vancing steadily to the civic leadership
and metropolitan premiership of the
Pacific coast.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

Los Angeles bank clearings for the
for the corresponding week of last
year. Business is brisk in our pros
porous and progressive city
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

When Greater Los Angeles is estab-
lished the community will get together
and give Los Angeles the best govern
ment and squarest dealing any big
world
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

Chicago tenement babies are fed on
sausage and beer. Los Angeles sun
shine babies are fed on pure cream and
delicious fruit. Los Angeles children are
the finest and healthiest in the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

Southern California Dental associa-
ton will hold it's annual meeting in
Los Angeles. The dentists are agreed
that when a citizen of the United
States has cut his wisdom teeth he be-
gins to carol "California for mine.'
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

The new city directory shows the
population of the city is SO7,S22. After
consolidation to reach and pass the
half million mark will take only a
year or two, and then no! for the MIL
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

No. Don't take the lid off for the
Elks' visit. Fortunately. we have a
mayor who knows the difference be-
tween festal celebration and a riot.
The lid viii stay on.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19

The people of Los Angeles are OPP
posed to grade crossings and equally
opposed to surrendering streets, sites
or special privileges every time the
s. p. says Hands upw
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENT Intended
FOR publication ~,uss be accompanied by the
name and address of the writer. The Her
aid gives the widest latitude to correspond
ents, but assumes no responsibility for their
views.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
watch Your centuries

Dispatches report that 800 counterfeit
bills are in circulation. When making
change 1t is best to insist being given
bills of smaller denominations-Hum
Standard.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
Elastic Truth

Some people must think truth is made Of
real india rubber for they never tire OF trying
to stretch it--Humboldt Standard