Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

more in eight hours than their breth~
rem upon the Atlantic seaboard IN g
ten-hour day. We built that battie-
ship in the Mare island navy yard.
$50 you have got labor in California.
You have got raw material; you nave
got fuel and power. But soneDouy
saws to me- How about your market3
Let us see. Our minds go back few
centuries to the time when tho Medi"
terranean sea was the center Of the
worlds great commerce. Then IL
shifted westward to the Atlantic
ocean. But what do we find tonlght!
"The eyes of the entire comnercial
world are turned upon this great sea
that is washing the shores OF the stare
of California. And why? Beeause
over that sea there are arousing. from
their sleep of centuries, hundreds OF
millions of human beings who are be-
ginning to use the same thtnG5 that
you and 1 use in our daily lives.
"We were taught when We Were
children in school that the staff OF Life
was rice, because a quarter OF the
inhabitants of the earth lived on rice,
but now the flour mills of America are
shipping hundreds of thousands Or tons
of flour to China. We sell them cot
ton goods, woolen goods, ma ehineiy.
and we are now facing mere, WIN tuis
great sea washing on the shore ot this
state. the greatest markets the world
has ever seen. Now do you believe
that am, exaggerating the situation
when say the state of Calirofnla -
bound to become the greatest manu-
featuring state of the American
Union?
TRANSPORTATION ExORBT1 ut
"Why, in years gone by, the trans
portation tax in this state has been
the greatest tax. Those men who are
IN AHn Col "A lasTv
end of this state well know how much
profit this transportation tax takes
away from you Then, too, we are
consuming in our daily lives good
many things, and in our workshops
and on our farms, that are not pro-
duced in the state of California-that
are shipped in here. And so the great
shuttlA works back and forth-a
transportation tax upon the things
going out and a great transportation
tax upon the things incoming.
Now, my point is, with the opening
of the Panama canal and with the
opening OF this great exposition that
we are going to build up TINS state
and have q larger home market that
will consume more OF the things that
we produce Then, we are going to
build up great industries that will
make and produce things we consume.
Those are great questions.
"YOu wonder II Iney are pOutlCdl
questions. No, they are not political
questions. What is the thing that
concerns us most tonight? Our own
personal welfare? No, not so much
our own personal interests.
1--WE are strong, and we can take
pretty good care of ourselves; but our
concern-our chief concern--tonight is
the boys and girls that are growing
up in the state of California today.
What are we going to leave them?
The time will come with the passage
of a few years when they take our
places. Are we going to leave them
a grander and better developed state
than we now enjoy, or worse COM
munity? That is the great vital ques-
tion that we must all face.
TALKS OF GREAT THINGS
"And so have given some thought
to that and yet know 1t is dismal
subject-I know you might expect some
political claptrap, but 1 am talking
about these great things that interest
you in order that you may give 1t some
consideration.
II want to take up these policies, and
also, If I become governor OF this state,
I would want to look into the public
institutions of California. We have had
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