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Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

common people in dealings and inter-
course with their betters, | may Vouch
for improvement as soon as industrial
conditions reach their climax and the
comman rabble will be reduced to
such a point that A Gentleman will be
able to dictate.
/ would advise in this connection in
case the rabble is despOiled sufficiently,
to take the offsprings of the common
herd from home influences and initiate
a public education.
A movement in this line has already
I believe, received the sanction of con-
gress initiated by our worthy and
benevolent fellow citizen and arch
gentleman" Mr.. Rockefeller.
AS to A Gentleman's last letter, in
which he tries to bring out, if possible,
so remotely l would suggest that con-
ditions to my idea, while not ideal, GER
tainly are satisfactory to the majority
of the people,
Popular ownership of land and
means of production and distribution
would certainly make vast difference
to A Gentleman, but let us serenely go
on and if possible inject a little more
water in the stocks we control SO as
to be able to increase the dividends.
A COMRADE OF A GENTLEMAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
PARCELS POST

q INCE the establishment of a par
cells post between the United
~ States and Brazil. it Is possible to
send a twelve-pound package to Rio
Janeiro for about half what 1t costs
to send a four-pound package from
Los Angeles to Hollywood or to any
point within the city limits. In this
there Is noteworthy instance of the
shortsightedness of a postal system
that worries along without a parcels
department.
BY the establishment of parcels post
in the United States. a heavy burden
would be removed from the people.
who under the present makeshift ar
rangement are delivered over TO the
tender mercies of the railroad trust
and the express companies.
The present system of sending par
cells from one point to another in the
United States is as long out of date
as mail carrying service by coach.
Indeed, as every schoolboy who has at
tended the Wild West shows knows,
the first express" was a relay SER
vice of ponies and wagons. When the
express companies began to build up
a business of sending goods from one
part Of the nation to another under
protection from Indians and highway
men, and with a reasonable guaran-
tee Of safety, it was natural they
should form some working agreement
with the railroads, but in their dealing
with these privately owned national
highways the express companies were
even more tied up than the mail SER
vice. Is 1t not absurd that the nation
has no highways over which the peo-
pie may send their letters and their
goods with speed and safety?
Not only is our country behind the
rest of the world In being without a
parcels post. but it is playing into the
hands of the corporations, and
strengthening the power they enjoy
through their private and profit-seek-
ing control of national public utilities
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
THINKS SOME OF THE IADlESv
IN SORE NEED OF A BADGE

LOS ANGELES. March 21.-[Editor
Herald; '"The one wears a shawl on
her head, the other a tiara" Such was
Mr.. Dooley's way of expressing the
difference between the two extreme
classes of women in the conclusion of
his article telling of the squabbles
among the ladies of the Newport mil
lionaire colony in their rivalry in the
entertainment of some foreign prince
and truly when one observes the be-
haVior of some ladies-I use the word
as interpreted by our lady corre-
spondent to mean a woman who has
never worked-in street cars, in res
taurants and hotels, and in places of
public entertainment-one is inclined
to think there is good deal of wis
dom in the humorist's remark. The
one really bright thing in her lady
ships article was her suggestion about
the badge, for the fact is that among
our working American women there
are so many who are beautiful in
form and feature, refined and charm
ing in manner, immaculate in dress
and, in this land Of free schools and
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
FORTY THIEVES

II ITTSBURG's forty thieves will not
add to the renown of that great
n industrial city, nor does it help
the situation any to assert that Pitts
burg has had an experience similar to
that which many other cities have had
to endure. Graft is the bane of Amer
lean city government. The remedy Is
good government, conducted by the
people, of the people and for the peo-
pie
When the people take an interest not
only In the elections. but in the gov
ernment of the city. the opportunity
for official betrayal of trust becomes
much less than when the people elect
officials and allow the officials to run
the city" without interference.
The lesson of Pittsburg is the same
old lesson expressed in the phrase,
Eternal VIGILANCE is the price of
liberty"
There is something desperately
wrong when forty men at a time can
put their souls in pawn for a pitiful
plttance. Preaching, teaching and
practicing the first principles of Amer
icanism Will help to bring about the
radical reform that Is obviously neces-
sary
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
JUDGE WORKS

Z UDGE WORKS resignation from
the city council is loss to Los
~ Angeles. In the words of the
well deserved resolution Of thanks pre-
sented to Judge Works by the eoun-
ell, by reason of the resignation of
Judge Works the people of The city
Of Los Angeles lose The services of
an able, honorable, fearless and dis
tingushed public servant, one whose
every aim in the council was to pro-
mote the best interests Of the people
of this city "
During his term of service for the
city, Judge Works has constantly il
iustrated the principles associated
with Good Government"
AS long as men of his type arc in
public life, the best interests of the
public will be guarded
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
FOOL KILLER ASLEEP

w HEN Marathon dances are added
w to endurance contests 1t is evi
dent the fool killer is needed.
long distance waltzing match is as
idiotic a freak as any devised even by
our bizarre and hysterical civilization.
1t was at San Francisco that an at
tempt was made to establish a world S
endurance dancing record. The police
stopped the Marathon in time to pre-
vent some of the more enthusiastic
participants from dropping dead. Pos
sibly there is room for the opinion that
police interference was indlscreet and
unWarranted
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
ANNEXATION

W ERRITORY with a population of
1000 and an assessed valuation
n of $25,oy.,. W is seeking annexation
to Greater Los Angeles of consolida-
ton let us repeat what we have said
before on the subject, IF it We're done
when 'twere done, then 'tWere we'll it
We're done quickly Greater Los An
geles' wide boundaries are plainly in
dicated, and the suburbs Of the city
should be brought within the notropoli-
tan area for the sake of the residents,
many Of whom have their business
headquarters in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
cOMRADE OF "GENTLEMAN"
GIVES VENT TO SARCASM

Los ANGELES, March 13.-[Editor
Herald: The letter of A Gentleman
was certainly the most truthful state
ment of the situation in our society at
present. and, according to all indica-
tions, to remain so for some time to
come
Some of the replicants to our friend
seem to take exception to his state
ments, but / can only admire his
Veracity.
AS to our friend A Gentleman de-
ploring the lack of education of the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

Libraries, correct in speech and bril-
liant in conversation, that many a
lady might be at a disadvantage in
comparison with them if not furnished
with some badge, tiIle or other form
of subsidy to help her out so it is not
to be wondered at that our lady has
begun to be nervous and to show signs
of jealousy.
In Europe countries there seems to
be a consciousness of inferiority in
the loWly born which proclaims their
class, but the great mass of American
born women have no sense of inferior
ity. Their quick mind readily grasps
the senselessness of claims to superior
ity based on birth, hereditary wealth
and other matters over which the in
dividual has no control, and they early
come to place stress on such matters
as common sense, kindness of heart
and up-to-date breadth of mind and
largeness of sympathy. NJ Z. B. r.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
PirChOt Has Exposed System
of Thorough ROttenneS1
Oakland Enquirer,)

ing of the claims, were authorized on
January 4, 1908, CLAWS was not notified
until two days later, and barely in
time to prevent the consummation of
the patents.
Unless Ballinger and his witnesses
can disprove these contentious Clifford
Pinchot has conferred an inestimable
boon upon the American people by un-
covering the rottenness that exists in
the general land office under Ballin-
gers commissionership, and it will take
considerable explaining on Ballinger's S
part to remove from the public mind
the belief that the secretary of the in
terror has been and Is the tool of men
who would loot the people of the nat
uraI resources of this country and that
the secretary of the interior has been
utterly false to his trust.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
Unjust Laz0 DiScrin1indteS
Against Women in Office
(San Jose Mercury)

in the governmen, to the success of
which she contributes more than man.
a law, therefore, which prevents a
woman from taking such a position
as superintendent Of schools simply
because she is not a qualified elector
is a reflection upon the American
sense of justice. such an egregious
discrimination cannot stand in this
day of human enlightenment The
one consoling phase of this question
is the fact that the men most strongly
opposed to womanno1i suffrage are
not f-LnG in the legitimate professions
or in the business world, but, as a
rule, among those whose doubtful
callings would be jeopardized-if not
abolished--if woman had voice in
those reforms that are determined by
the ballet.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

m LIE presentation of Clifford Pin
chots side of his controversy with
II Ballinger is practically completed,
and from the testimony submitted
Pinchot's attorneys believe they have
established the facts that Ballinger as
commissioner Of the general land office
and secretary of the interior had
something more than formal knoWl-
edge" of the Alaskan coal land inYestl-
cation: that while commissioner he
made an unsuccessful attempt to force
these claims to patent; that as com
missioner he directed the final steps
for securing the Cunningham claims,
worth probably $90,00O,O00 despite the
fact that a few days before he had di-
rected l.. r. CLAWS to investigate them
as to their fraudulency and that while
these steps, looking toward the secur-
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

m HERE are many reforms pressing
upon the world at this time. The
II old age pension, by which good
men who have for various reasons
failed to make provision for the last
years of their lives are decently pro-
vided for, is making headWay, partic-
ularly in England. Proht-sharing, by
which the employe is given an interest
in the business which he helps to Gre
ate, is also making rapid strides;
while society generally is engaged in
the splendid work of rendering less
oppressive the problems of human eX-
istence In the years to come these
great Issues viii all be worked out,
, It not one of them calls for greater
sympathy, is so pressing a necessity,
so infallibly founded upon reason as
that of the right OF woman to share
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

Representative Palmer OF Pennsyl-
vania says President Taft is too plant
and President Roosevelt was the
greatest insurgent of them all. Rep
resentative Palmer, who is a Demo-
crat, possesses keen powers of OBJ
servation and knows how to describe
the conclusions he reaches. His
phrases VIII be quoted everywhere.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

Chamber of commerce excursionists
are dee-lighted with Arizona. Frank
Virgins describes the trip as the most
important business excursion ever un-
dertaken out Of Los Angeles. EIurrah
for our business pioneers and path
fnderSi
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

Indicted packers will fight Ito the
limit" Well that was to be expected
people will win the biggest trust
busting" case on record and American
ism will take a new lease of life, ac-
tivity and power.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
AT THE THEATERS

AUDITORIUM-Dart
BELASCO-"The fastener"
Merely Mary Ann"
GRAND-"The Office Boy"
los ANGELES-Yaudevil
MAJEsTIC-"The Gingerbread Man"
MASON-McIntyre and Heath.
oLYMPIC-Musical farce.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PRINCESS-Musical farce.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
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for publication must be accompanied by the
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gives the widest latitude to correspondents,
but assumes responsibility for their yiswh
Letters must not exceed 300 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

Clifford Pinchot has sailed to meet
Theodore Roosevelt in London. Col
Roosevelt is evidently determined to
become thoroughly posted in the lat
est conservation policy developments"
before he sets foot or his native shore
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

Prosperity IS the rule and not the
Cases of extreme poverty are almost
unknown. This is a city of the great
est good for the greatest number.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

An moo Carnegie gangs. Wae's me.
Los Angeles will pine.
But-wheesht-heIl gle a libraree
For Auld Lang Syne.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23

History repeats itself" said Ali
Baba, viewing Pittsburg from a COM
Portable corner Of Whereyer-he-
maybe.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-23
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN

Population of Los Angeles 327,685
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-03
Untrinn1ed Velvet Hats
$780, $500 and 0' : s3.so- "o'" S1.08

purchase hghga offering
imported Feathers afOrn the extraordinary opportunity buying both hat trim
nnS a fraction of regular
shape. within edge around side Tu
bans
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-03

importers surplus trimmings
than the Handsome styles quality
variety novelty trimmings
an sP5 S ] Asssfs sSe F4s @ a
desirable N andO
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-29
WHEAT GOES HIGHER
 ON SHORT SUPPLY
Available Supplies Show a
 Heavy Falling Off
FOREIGN OUTLOOK BAD
Rainy Weather Gives An Upward Turn To Corn, But Prices Later De- cIine-oats and Provisions
 Are Also Lower

Chicago, December 2S-Disappear- ance of nearly S.o00,000 bushels from the worlds available supply of wheat helped turn the market upward today. notwithstanding a good rainfall in the dry district southwest. The first named happening was unlocked for, but the other had been largely discounted a full day in advance. Compared with last night the close was 1ac higher to 1s O IA decline. The end of trading left corn 1so net lower; oats X o $c down. and provisions off 25Q37hc.
 Leading longs in wheat bought the May option but they sold July. In con- sequence the distant delivery became weak, whereas that nearby was strong. Some of yesterdays short sellers, too, were purchasers at the outset, so much so, in fact, the market was soon drained. Market congestion appeared planily in evidence although the sup ply loosened almost invariably on the slightest bulge. Nevertheless trade In July was much larger than heretofore and kept steadily growing. less fla vorable crop outlook in France, Ger many and Great Britain had some in- fluence on the bull side. It was on the news of the falling off in the worlds available supply, however. that the market showed the greatest strength. Thereafter prices held about steady at g. slight recession from the top figures. During the session May ranged from s5%c to e6A 096%c and closed Ao up at 96bc.
 The prevailing sloppy weather gave corn an upward tilt at the start but with consignments continuing to the full limit of railway facilities and with little outlet from here In a shipping g way the market eased off. Trade dragged. May fluctuated between 47% c and 4Sc, closing steady at 47%c, net los sof 1sc. Cash corn was weak. No. ? yellow finished at 4515 @ 46o.
 Oats staggered from withdrawal of elevator demand for car lots to make into standard grades suitable for de- livery on December contracts. The ash market was thus reduced to straight merchandising basis. May varied from 33&c to 34Bc with final sales at 33% 33 7sc, loss of A c from last night.
 Belief that the packers are making pork to deliver next month caused ma terial weakness in all kinds of pro visions At the end of the day pork was down 25c to S71Sc; lard. 27Ao to 300 off. and ribs showed a decline of 17hc to 20@22hc.
 Future quotations were as follows {:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-29
COTTON MARKET Is
 VERY UNSETTLED Prices Decline But Loss Is Nearly All Recovered BULL SUPPORT GOOD When the Decline Goes Below 15 Cents the Market Recovers and
 Prices are Bid Up
 Again
BULL SUPPORT GO

New York, December 2S-A very weak and unsettled early session, during which May and July contracts sold below 15c for the first time since the publication of the government crop estimate, the cotton market rallied on covering and renewal of bull support with the close steady, net unchanged to points lower.
 The opening was steady but first prices show loss of 4QS points and inside of a net loss of between 12Q21 points under renewal of yesterdays liquidation movement, stop loss orders and local bear pressure. The readiness with which Liverpool futures followed the local de- cline of yesterday seemed to inspire some of the selling in connection with the sup port of the bull leaders and continued ginning in Arkansas, Mississippi and parts of the Carolinas than consistent with bullish expectations.
 But liquidation seemed to have pretty well run it's course when the market broke through 15c on spring and summer months and around 14.95c for May, or 15 points below the recent high record. there was & better demand. Some of the prominent bull brokers entered the ring as buyers, there was a little support from trade interests and when early sell CTS started to cover prices advanced, reaching practically the closing figures of the previous day during the late trading. May and July led this advance selling point or two net higher, while the near months were relatively easy with Janu- ary about 34 points under March, prob ably owing to the apprehensions of notices next Friday.
 Receipts for the day proved larger than expected earlier owing to the big move ment to Savannah, but exports remain heavy and are now more than 5S0,000 bales in excess of last year. Nothing definite Is learned with reference to the rumored bearish ginning returns, and the census report on ginning is not to be published until January 10.
 Receipts at the ports today 71.148 bales, against 52,741 last week and 80.O56 last year. For the week 300,000, against 864 15S last week and 161, ,042 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 18,638. against 694S last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-29
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron

expected, and sales of 14,o0O bales of spots in the Liverpool market caused bullish comment. but the market showed no strength. and prices fell off in the early trading under moderate selling Commission houses had few orders either way, and the gossip of the floor said that the selling was for the account of prominent bearish interests. At the end of the first hour half hour of business prices were 10 to 12 points under yes- terday's close.
 The market was quiet throughout tue morning session. and the undertone was easy. Once or twice leading bulls stepped to the ring and bid for large lots of cotton, but they bought little, and were not persistent in their bidding Late in the morning the demand was chiefly from ring traders who wanted to take profits on short sales. Fresh selling was in evidence at all times, and was the result of bearish sentiment created by the large movement, although the bulls claimed that heavy receipts were the result of strong demand for spots and prospective heavy exports. At noon the trading months were 12 points under yesterdays close.
 In the afternoon session sca1ping shorts took profits freely, and the market stead led up. At 3 o'clock the trading months stood at a net decline of 9 to points.
 Futures closed steady, unchanged to l point up compared with yesterdays close.
 New OrIeaus Cotfou Tuturoa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-29
. Live stock Market

Chicago, December 2S.-Cattle-Recelpts 18.OO0: weak; beeves, $4.65@7. 80; Texas steers, S4. .2Oq5. 35; western steers. $4Qo .so' stockers, $3 .4015 80; COWS and heiiers, s2. .5Oa6. .25; calves, $7. .25@95O
 Hogs-Receipts, A,000; 5glOc lower than earlly; light, s7 .s597 90; mixed, S.6o@1 -So; heavy, s7.55017 30; rough S.s5Q7 70; good to choice heavy, SHOOT 90; pigs $f'zo@ S05 bulk of sales. $7.75q7.8o
 Sheep-Receipts, 15O0O; strong; native, s2. .5o64. .S5; western, $2. 75Q4.3 80; yearlings, A. .75@5. .s0; lambs, native, 42S@o.So; western. s4.75@6.50.
 St. Louis, December 2S.-Cattle-Re- ceipts 2500 including 200 Texas; steady to 1Oc higher; native shipping and ex- port steers, $6 .50Ql7. .25; dressed beer ana butcher steers, $6. 25@7; stockers, sS.fo0Q BPS: cows and heifers, s3.75Q6.S; can ners. s2. D63. .75 bulls, 8. .50Q5. 20; calves, s5. .25a9; Texas and Indian steers, S4.o0@ < 20: COWS and heifers, SS.50q4.50.
 Hogs-Receipts, 69O0; steady to 5c lower; nigs and lights, s7 5OdS; packers, s19e@ $. 05: butchers and best heavy $7.90gl 50.
 Sbeep-Receipts, 400; steady; native nnuttons s3. 50d4.25; lambs, s5.5oQ6. 75; cuIls and bucks, s2 2.50@S; stockers, $2-3q 3.25.
 Kansas City, December 2s.-Cattle-Re- ceipts. 5000, including 300 southerns; steady to 10c lower; dressed beef and ex- port steers, $5. .S5Q6.5 50; fair to good, SS@ 80: western steers, s4.75Q6; stockers $40 E 35: southern steers, 4.75@6; southern cows. ss014. 50; native cows, $276qS; heif- CTS. s4.250De; bulls, S3. 75G4. .65; calves, s5@ $50.
 Hogs-Receipts 5000; 5@1oc lower; bulk of sales, T.7o697. 80; heavy. T7OQ7 .So; packers and butchers, $7.7o@7So; lights, $7. .65q7. 40.
 sheep-Receipts, 5000; 1o@15c lower; lambs, s5. .75Gt8. .25; yearlngs, &.Sod5. .b0 wethers, s 3.7594.35 ewes, S. 4oQS. 90; stockers, $3Q3.s5.