Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-20
LOS ANGELES WAY.

hl voting S3,D0O,00P harpOr DoHus
Il and $3,5OOO00 power bonds Great
= er Los Angeles yesterday again
answered triumphantly and emphat-
ically the question, "Village or city?"
With the keen appreciation of met
ropolitan opportunity and prospect
which is one of their famous charac-
teristics the ever-ready people Of
Greater Los Angeles took the steps
that will improve the harbor, build
docks and wharves for ocean-going
ships and make Greater Los Angeles
the principal seaport of the Pacific.
The patriotism that voted the harbor
improvement bonds is recognized by
the government at Washington, which,
realizing the immense Importance to
the American nation of the develop
ment and prosperity of Greater Los
Angeles harbor will lend its solid, sub
stantial, financial aid to plans for har,
Dor improvement.
The Los Angeles way of winning the
we'll deserved confidence of the gov
ernment and of the nation is to DEM
onstrate by it's works good and suf-
ficient reason for faith in itself and
confidence in the ever-increasing pros
perity of the future.
While the government will recognize
the patriotic wisdom and enterprise
of Greater Los Angeles in voting the
harbor bonds, capital will appreciate
the fact Greater Los Angeles has taken
ma octgf-o 70 OIL aftsfA
from the aqueduct which not only will
increase vastly the industrial oppor-
tunity, achievement and prosperity of
Greater Los Angeles, but will pay in
terest and principal of power bonds
and win assist in paying for the aque-
duct.
Capital in abundance is eager to as
sist in the industrial development of
Greater Los Angeles, given the oppor-
tunity now assured by the success of
the bond issue, of obtaining cheap and
abundant power for manufacturing.
CAPITAL SEEKING PROFITABLE
INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT WILL.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OP-
PORTUNITIES OPENED UP BY THE
SUCCESS OF THE POWER BOND
ISSUE.
Our oft-repeated prediction will be
fulfilled. LONG BEFORE that highly
desirable event the completion of the
Panama canal Greater Los Angeles
will be the industrial, manufacturing
and maritime metropolis of the west,
and the vexatious question of railroad
rates MUST be accommodated to the
eXigencies of social expcdiency. and
MUST be solved in manner which
will accord with the principle of the
greatest good for the greatest number.
Greater Los Angeles is worthy of
the congratulations of the nation on
the new STRIDE FORWARD.
BY voting the bonds the citizens of
Los Angeles have shown BUSINESS
SAGACITY as well as patriotism.
1t is a splendid business move. In
deed, in many respects it is the most
magnificent investment a patriotic and
progressive city ever made and is a
tribute to the strong common sense.
breadth and outlook of vision ana
courageous confidence of the citizens
of Greater Los Angeles
Always TO be relied upon whenever
in the name and for the sake of duty
and the best interests of their we'll
beloved municipality they are called on
to lend their aid to the forward moves
ment Of our magnificent metropolis
the citizens Of Greater Los Angeles
again proved themselves TRUE ELUE,
true to the interests of the city of the
state and of the nation; true to the
interests of their homes and their fam
ilies true to the interests of Ameri-
canism, TRUE TO THEMSELVES.
AND THAT'S THE LOS ANGELES
WAY.