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Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
Detroit-Windsor Experiences Prove
Tariff Does Affect Cost of Living
(Paclne OUTLOOK

Nevertheless, in spite of these mani
fest drawbacks, we learn from the De-
troit papers that since the recent tre-
mendous advance in the cost of living
great numbers of Americans have
moved their families over to Windsor
and go back and forth each day to
their work Most of these are thrifty
artisans and clerks-men who earn
$100 a month or under. The variation
between the cost of living on the two
sides of the river which always existed
to some degree, has at last become SO
great that II balances all the draw
backs Of passing through the customs
house. Two eggs, a piece of ham and
a potato carried in a basket pay duty,
but when deposited in the human stom-
ach, they are given a place on the free
list. We have, however, no assurance
as to how long this may continue.
Any day the votaries of the special in
terests stand-patting on the breast
works at washington may revise the
law to include the use of the X-ray,
and charge a heavy ad valorem on all
recently devoured meals carried across
the border.
We are not discussing the question
of whether it is right for the American
workman to desert the country that
has given him the blessings of protec-
tion all these years, Just because now
at last the high cost of living pinches
him and his family I'M the stomach.
That is a secondary issue. The first
point to settle-not for some of us, but
for the public at targets, does the tar
iff raise the cost of living? The argu-
ment that seems to afford the president
and stand-patter press so much salts
faction, that because there has been no
increase in the. tariff on food PRODUCES
therefore the advance in their price
Is in no way caused by the Payne-Al-
drich bill-a childish proposition un-
worthy of intelligent rown-ups-will
not stand with the public as against
the cold fact that the price of living
has advanced on one side of the tariff
wall and not on the other.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
Where Are the Newspapers in the
Fight to Free the People of State?
(san Francisco Bulletin

railroad machine. The direct primary,
said the Call would prove the entering
wedge That was less than four years
ago Today California has the direct
primary, and of all the Republican
candidates for governor Hiram w.
Johnson alone is pledged to destroy tho
railroad machine. The plan of battle
follows the lines laid down by that
black-face editorial, but where Is tho
Call? Monday night there was held in
Berkeley just across the bay, a meet
ing that marked the opening of the
Johnson campaign in northern Cali
fornia. 1t was great gathering, re-
markable for its enthusiasm Two
thousand patriotic citizens were pres
ent. Aside from its significance the
meeting had a news value as the most
important political happening OF the
day. Even that was lost sight OF by
the Call.
What of the Examiner, another pro-
fessed friend of the people? Far down
in a column, headed "Ellery Is Mys-
terry of Politics." a patient searcher
might have found a sentence reading:
Judge Works and a. j. Wallace were
shown around by Secretary Detrick OF
the league yesterday, preliminary to
their appearance at the Berkeley meet
ing" That Berkeley meeting was the
one where Hiram w. Johnson set 1000
people TO cheering wildly for the peo-
ple's cause, but nowhere else in tho
Examiner was there even a hint of a
johnson meeting. Apparently even the
reference to the Berkeley gathering was
due to carelessness. The Chronicle,
more careful. omitted the reference.
and so far as its readers know. provid-
ing they see no other paper, there was
no Johnson meeting in Berkeley Mon
day night. That. however, was to be
expected. The Chronicle no longer
makes serious pretense of caring for
anything that does not bear the dollar
mark
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

NO doubt there is collectively a
~ great sum of money boarded IN
~ this country which, because OF
Ignorance and distrust. never gets INTO
banks of any kind. But many OF THESE
people who are shy of banks woula
have abundant confidence in the secur-
ity of postal savings, which would IN
fact be as absolute as that or govern
ment bonds. 80,
Under the plan of depositing postal
savings in local banks at low rate OF
interest the government would IN a
way be adding to the business OF local local
savings banks by bringing out from
stockings, old teapots, trunks, holes III
the ground and other hiding places.
boarded money that now is entirely ely,
,ost to business use of any KIND. Inns
from robbers and is an incentive TO
burglary, murder and other crimes, at X
is possible that by bringing sucn
hoardings to light the government
might add more to the business OF prl-
vate banks than it would subtract from
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

NT o: the tariff has nothing at all to
~ do with the high price of living,
- the president and the other stand
patters tell US, but no one has come
| forward yet to explain the Detroit
Windsor phenomenon. Time after time
the Detroit newspapers have given the
| figures, and it would be easy enough
TO show them up if they were false
These figures prove that the cost of all
| necessities is one-fourth to one-third
| less in the Canadian city than in the
American. Between the cities lies a
narrow strip of water called river
although 1t is in reality strait con-
Meeting the lakes. Climate and soil
are the same In the two cities and their
respective back countries. Human be-
ings are the same. But between the
, two there passes a dead line OF the
tariff, protecting" the American work
/ man and causing him to pay one-thlrd
more for his living.
E; Getting back and forth between
J Windsor and Detroit is bit awkward,
! as il involves n street car ride broken
! by a ferry. 1t Is, however, no worse
| than the trip from San Francisco TO
Oakland or Alameda. Nevertheless,
F., Windsor has not been popular as a
suburb of Detroit. 1t has been settled
almost exclusively from the Canadian
!
enough The Detroiter who crosses the
river to sleep nights sacrifices his stand
| ing as voter of the United States.
! He becomes a Canadian. Furthermore,
every bundle that he carries across,
one way or the other, is rigidly over
| hauled by the American or Canadian
| customs officers-for Canada also has a
tariff, although it is so adjusted as to
bear but lightly on the necessities of
the people. This occasions delay and
at times serious inconvenience. To live
in a place where you cannot have
bundle sent home without paying a
high tariff that sometimes nearly dou-
bles the cost is too great a trial to be
endured, for Windsor has small stores
as compared with Detroit.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

w HEN the people of state have
w permitted an enslaving corpor-
w alton to run their government
for forty years 1t is but natural that
they should be slow to arouse. Sleep
ing in chains makes men sluggish and
only repeated summons can bring about
a general response to the call of lib
orator. Yet unless there is such re-
sponse freedom will be deferred. That
is the peril of California today. The
people are called upon to rise and take
unto themselves the government which
the Southern Pacific Railroad company
has so long dominated and debased,
but the press is proving faithless
herald to the masses, and many thou
sands of citizens have been led to be-
lieve that the call TO arms is only an
echo of dream.
The movement inaugurated by the
progressive Republicans of California
is now a statewide fight to redeem the
government at Sacramento from cor
poration control. At the head of that
movement stands Hiram w. Johnson,
who at personal sacrifice and solely
in the interest of the people, seeks the
Republican nomination for governor.
Behind him is a great and growing
throng of good citizens. Wherever he
goes or wherever newspapers champion
the cause he represents men are shak-
ing off their lethargy and rallying to
the standard. All that is necessary to
assure success is that the people shall
know the truth. That alone can stir
the electorate is revolt, and but for the
treachery Of the press the victory
would be already won.
Where is the press of San Francisco
in the present crisis? What of the
Call? Less than four years ago the
Cali came out with a great black-faee,
elamorous editorial declaring that the
one thing for the voters to do was to
free California from the grip of the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
With the Poets
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

One mans victory spells defeat for the
other fellow
Cutting expenses may result from calling
in a surgeon.
1t doesn't take much to start a girls
dimples to working.
Many things and many people have been
done in the name of charity
No man ever has more money than his
wife knows what to do with.
1t would be too much to expect a sober
second thought from some men.
Our idea OF a foolish woman is one who
asks a man If her hat Is on straight.
Has il ever occurred TO you that you
owe our life to the chauneurs who have not
run over you?
If man tells you that he is glad he has
red hair be polite and refrain from say
ing what you think.
A girl who prides herself on being tho
pink OF propriety is apt to find herself
punched with the wall nowers.-Chicago
NaMs.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
A GENEROUS PLEA

modest scribe to meeting went
Where the suffragettes we're engaged in
speech
They Viewed him with studied discomfort
As creature whom reason ne'er could
reach.
They pointed him out with a scornful air
AS he humbly sat in the rearmost row,
When one of them gently said. "Forbear
He's somebody's husband, girls, you know!
"He is merely man, but a woman's heart
Beats for him fondly day by day;
Though in life he may play but a futile
part,
She cherishes him. That is woman's way.
$50 do not be hasty or unkind.
Your feelings of just contempt to show
with all OF his fallings, bear this in mind?
He's somebody's husband, girls, you
know"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
MARK TWAIN

M ARK TWAIN was the first dis
nj unctively great modern American
w author. Under present condi-
tions it is hopeless to look for sue
cessor.
sWhy?
Because there is fever in every
modern book. in every modern article,
in every modern word.
It was Thomas Carlyle who imagined
Dame Natures address to a fren2ied
haste-mad human.
Here is what Nature (according 10
Carlyle is saying to the headlong
hurrying, modern human being;
WHY so hot little man?"
Then she tells him of the long, care
ful years, centuries, ages she has
bestowed upon the shaping of this, the
pcrfecting of that.
Mark Twain has been a most remark
able exception TO the men OF his day
and generation in that he has known
and appreciated the value of leisure,
Any over-strenuous, over-driven, hurry
ing headlong person should take a
course Of Mark Twains droll, daWdhns
books and improve his nervous condi-
ton. Twain will be remembered as a
philosopher and & student OF human
nature.
His drawl, his daWdling style and his
shrewd, cool, calm, leisurely Yankee
wit are immortal. They will last in his
books forever; and the commercialized,
business ridden, headlong, nervous citi-
zen of tomorrow will turn to them with
a sigh, and in their pages will live for
a few gracious and soothing hours in
THE LOST AMERICA.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
State Press Echoes
BIRD DESTRUCTION

The Audubon society has undertaken the pro-
lection Of American bird life For many
years the lovers of feathered friends have
seen them disappear steadily from their old
haunts and have endeavored to do something
in their behalf As an example of the whole
sale destruction of the bird, 1t is worthy Of
note that in a single year $4,000 were slain
in Florida and II is said that in the Ha-
walan islands the beautiful tropical birds
have been destroyed by the whoesale.-San
Jose Mercury.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
AT THE THEATERS

BELASCO-'Why Smith Left Home
BURBANK-''The Love Route"
GRAND-''The Cingalee."
Los ANGELES-Vaudevi
MAJEsTIC!Kolb and Dill.
MASON-''The Thief"
OLYATPTC-Musical farce.
oRPHEUM-Vaudevil
PRINCESS-Musical farce.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

AS a result of the high cost of the
necessities Of life a revolt has taken
place within the ranks of the Republi-
can party. Hundreds Of thousands have
awakened to the fact that a high pro-
tective tariff cuts off competition from
abroad and encourages the syndicatiza-
tion of trusts and monopolies at home.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
COMMON SENSE

Mayor Burns of Mountain View is fathering
a movement to pave the two principal bust
ness streets of the town. He is backed by
the two papers-the Leader and the Register.
The mayor presents a strong argument in
favor of his plan. He says that the money
annually spent on the streets to patch them
up will be more than sufficient 10 meet the
interest and payment on the bonds II the
streets be paved. .-Mayfleld News.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
A RISING MARKET

Guest-Didn't 1 understand you to
saw that chops would be 40 cents, while
the check you have given me calls for
so cents?
Waiter-Yes, sir; pork has gone up
that much while you have been wait
ing for your order.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
Wit and Humor
WHY HE WAS GOOD

"Ma!" he walled.
Eyes, precious!" ~ aos
ma, I'm a good boy these days.
aren't II" he pressed.
Eyes. pet. You've been very goou
boy since mother talked to you SO Sc
riously." 49,. -,
and YOU trust me now, don't you,
2" he pursued.
eyes, darling-implicitly!"
"Well. then, ma" he concluded,
what do you keep the jam cupboard
locked for nowadays s?"-Exchange.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
HOW DO LoAFERs LIVE?

How do loafers nve?' is a question that
is giving the people of Santa Clara some con-
Germ now that the street corners are lined
from morning until late at night with cigar
ette-smokng tobacco-spitting, nasty-remark-
making, home grown toughs of nondescript ap-
pearance and chaotic intentions. These fell
lows manage somehow 10 survive.-Palo Alto
Citizen.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
CONSISTENCY

only a few weeks ago the wet" element
Of Los Gatos gibed the ''drys'' with the taunt
that ANY one could get all the booze they
wanted In Los Gatos-that more liquors were
sold hero now than when saloons were run
ming" and now told by the same
vets that already the world knows that
Los Gatos is drier than a bone" Isn't that
consistent lobic, nowi-Los Gatos Mail
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
STILL HIGHER FINANCE

"Surely," began the private secre-
tary, "it won't pay to give to both
parties?"
president, "you are forgetting that in
a wear or two one of them will be offer
ing me rebate not to support the
othr."-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

1t would require more than three
and a third million barrels of oil a
year. costing more than $S,O0O,O 900. or
more than $4,000 tons of coal, to pro-
duce the same amount of power that
will come from the citys plants along
the aqueduct. Vote the power bonds.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

You have most important duty to
perform tomorrow morning. Arise
bright and early and vote for the har-
Dor and power bonds. Then urge your
neighbors to vote. BE a worker in the
good cause.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

Europe is bidding for the California
cotton crop. There will be a ready
market for every pound of the staple
that can be produced here. California
will yet be one of the great cotton
countries of the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

Village or city," Answer the ques-
ton by voting the harbor and power
bonds, which will help to make Great
er Los Angeles the maritime and man
ufacturing metropolis of the west
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

A systematic campaign is planned to
bring the next great international
aviation meet to Los Angeles, the
aviation metropolis of the west. Los
Angeles offers air courses that are
unsurpassed; and it is the ideal city for
the greater aviation meets.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

Los Angeles wonderful building rec
ord for April shows prosperity is bless
ing abundantly the most enterprising
city in the United States. Absolute
confidence in the future of Greater Los
Angeles, metropolis of the Pacific coast,
is the explanation of the building ac-
tivity, which is a characteristic and
constant part of the Los Angeles way.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

Greater Los Angeles will be well and
worthily represented at the Continen-
tai Congress of Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution in Washington next
week. Descendants of many "revolu-
tionary" families may be found in
Greater Los Angeles, which is one of
the strongest American cities in the
land.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
BOUND TO SLIDE

Mrs. Nibs-Oh, Benjamin, as you
pass the Stores will you order me two
pounds of butter, one pound of sau-
sage and a gallon of kerosene?
Mr.. Nibs-All those greasy things are
bound to slip my memory-London
opinion o
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

Paul de Longpre's exhibit of pictures
should be visited by all citizens who
love exquisite art De Longpre is one
of the modern masters, and California
is proud of him.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
Public Letter Box

TO CORRESPONDENCE intended
for publication must be accompanied by the
name and address of the writer. The Herald
gives the widest latitude to correspondents,
but assumes responsibility for their views.
Letters must not exceed 800 words.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
SUCCESSFUL PREACHER

Preaching liberation to tho followers Of Mo-
manned is not enterprise for Roosevelt to
shy away from. lie would preach monogamy
to solomon If he should meet him-and prob
ably convert him.-Syracuse Post-Standard.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
INCONSISTENCY

Singular what conflict Of ideas exists
even in one person to the suffciency Of
sartoral decoration. University co-eds, for IN
stance, will turn pink and red at Mercury
without pair Of pantaloons Of respectable
length, and yet applaud the cinder path hero
who appears in a gauzy filmy breechcloth and
postage stamp shlrt.-Sacramento Bee.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
CHOICE OE PLANS

If congress has any trouble deciding what
form Of government to give Alaska, it might
try one of the half-hundred plans devised
for the District of Columbia. Richmond Times
Despatch,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
ON MORNING AFTER

Sneaker Cannon is quoted as saying that
he has more than once had aspirations to be
a reformer There mornings after in the
lives of most great men.-Lousville Courier
Journal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
JAPANESE VIRTUES

Those who have very carefully studied the
average Japanese character are disposed to
coneede TO it four traits showing consider
able superiority over those Of the average
American. These superior traits are industry,
economy, loyalty and race fecundity. Sunny
side STANDARD.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
AMERICAN KAISER

The kaiser has astonshod royal Europe by
planning TO receive Col. Teddy as if the
colonel himself were reigning monarch.
There is something very American about the
laisar. -Rostom Glohe.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
Far and Wide
ALAS! POOR BANKERS

Think Of the innocent churchgo bankers
of Pittsburg whom the awful councilmen cor
rupted by taking bribes from If these poll
ticians are left at large our purest financial
concerns will be contaminated.-Philadelp
Telegram.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
SUPERFICIAL VIEW

Because Mr. Cannon retains the speaker
ship the opinion prevails in some quarters
that nothing OF Importance has happened to
him This is a superficial view-New York
World.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
PLENTY ENTHUSIASM

Some Of them want 10 have fireworks on
the night Of the day of r. RS arrival in
New York Why fireworks? Wouldn't it be
an unnecessary expense in any reception Of
him ?-Houston Post
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
A MIppLEMAN
PERHAPS A FEW

one fine result of the cost Of living agita
tion is that most people now know what
"niddleman" is-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
WALL STREETS OPINION

Colonel Roosevelt is 10 be entertained as il
he were rcigning monarch when he goes
to Emperor Williams house. They won't think
much of William I'm Wall street after this
Chicago Record Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

Every citizen who will vote for har-
Dor and power bonds will vote for
prosperity unequaled in the annals
of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

Los Angeles harbor must be equipped
with modern methods of commerce and
distribution. Vote the bonds.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18
DEMOCRATIC HOUSE

Some Of the Republican members from close
districts however, hardly regard all that talk
about the next house being Democratic as be-
ing tactful just at this time. Indianapolis
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

Vote the bonds. Help to carry
them triumphantly, in the Los An
geles way.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-18

It is reasonable to suppose, nevertheless, that
thore are a few Pittsburg grafters who have
not found time to confess. Newark News.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-27
BATTLE SHAFT
IS DEDICATED

Gettysburg, Sept. 27.-In the pres
cncc of hundreds Of aged veterans
of the civil war, the monument erect.
cd on The Gettysburg battlefield TO
the memory Of Pennsylvania sol
dicrs was formally dedicated today.
Gen Henry S. Huidekoper, as chair.
man OF the Gettysburg Battlefield
Memorial Commission turned the
memorial over to- the state. Gov.
Stuart who was present with his staff
in full uniform, accepted the monu-
mcnt on behalf Of the state OF Ppenn.
piled TO- all veterans who took part
in the battle Of Gettysburg Capt.
George r. Baer. president OF the Phil.
adclphia and oadlnR railway who com
manded a Pennsylvania regiment In
the civil war, was among those pres.
ent
The Pennsylvania monumcnt cost
$4,000 and is among the finest on
the famous battlefield. II is loi fcct
high and is In the form Of a double
arch. surmountcd by n dome ON which
is a bronze statue of liberty. 20 feet
inches in height The figure rs the
work Of Daniel Murray Philadel
phia sculptor. and is n magnificent
work OF art II represents an angel
with a wreath OF olive leaves oncir.
cling the head and a sword i'm the
right hand a palm branch. emblem.
attic OF victory. is i'm the left hand
Tho monument wall bears ninety-six
bronze tablets bearing the names of
$4,000 Union Veterans. taken from
the muster rolls Of Pennsylvania reg.
iments Of June 80, 1863. the day be
fore the opening Of the battle.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-09-27
GREEN FLAG OF
ERIN FLOATING

Buffalo, Sept. 7.--Convention Hall
lioated the green flag of Ireland today
In honor OF the distinguished sons
OF the emerald isle who assembled
within the edifice to formally open
the convention of the United States
League of the United States and Can
ada. The principal speakers were
Michael j. Ryan. president OF the
League. and John ~. Redmond, lead
er Of the Irish party In the British
House OF Commons.
The principal session of the con
yention will be held this evening and
Will be open TO the public Mr. Red
mond will be the principal speaker.
but addresses will also be made by
r. y. OConnor. the famous Irish
politician and editor; Bourke Cochran
of New York. President Ryan OF Phil
adelphia, Acting Mayor John Purroy
Mitchell OF New York, Mayor F'itz-
gerald OF Boston, and others.
Business sessions will be held both
morning and afternoon tomorrow,
with a reception TO Mrs. John u. Red
mond in the evening. The conven-
ton will close with q visit TO Ma
CARA Falls on Thursday.
Buffalo was the scene of the first
meeting OF the Irish League thirty
years ago. Since then the organiza-
ton has become powerful and the
present session is expected to- have
a strong effect on the movement for
home rule I'm Ireland. r.. p. O'Connor.
who will issue new publication from
London. to be known as r. P.'s Mag
ozine, next month, is enthusiastic as
to prospects for the speedy accom-
2llshmcnt Of the program OF the Ir.
ish party
"Not since the disruption twenty
years ago" he said" has the Irish
nationalist movement been so strong
rs now. Financially the organization
is better or than cvcr. the subscrip-
lions this year far surpassing those
" any previous similar period. Eric
ton and jealousy are gradually dy.
ing out and the Irish party nod pre-
scnts a united front"