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Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
COMES TO DEFENSE OF
OLD BIBLICAL STATEMENTS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1S.-LEditor
Herald: Your correspondent j. o.
Colbert, seeks relief of mind anent the
varied opinions regarding the meaning
of the Bible, and says he seeks truth;
and l fain would believe that he has
received the Love of the Truth" else
it were we'll nigh impossible to per-
ceive the truth" itself
The promise of life and the condi-
tions by which it can be attained, runs
like golden chain all through the
Book, and it is true that "a way
faring man, though a fool, need not
err in seeing this chain, provided he
first removes the veil of unbelief.
Millions in Christendom rejoice in the
realization of the power of the living
word
Souls who have been quickened by it,
and by it have been begotten unto a
'lively" hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ Ga well attested facD,
could not well call it otherwise, and
the question whether the narrative of
Jonah, or even the deluge, and many
others in the Bible, were allegorlcal'
similitudes, or visions which God mul-
tiplied by the ministry of the prophets,
or whether they actually occurred Is
of secondary moment 10 the great
message of life
The writer accepts the King James
Version, and claims there are no mis-
takes touching the message of life
from Genesis to Revelation. To some
students the whole Book is a mistake.
Mr.. Colbert cites eminent names to
show that credence cannot be placed
in the Book, or certain portions of II,
because these men failed to compre-
bend the truth in its fullness.
The Epistle of James was not written
to or intended for the Gentiles. Note
i'm the first verse to whom addressed.
Hence Luther and countless others to-
day lack wisdom to rightly divide the
word of truth.
Neither is the story of the Garden OF
Eden fable, though all Babylon de-
clare it to be so. 1t being master
fnl stroke of the devil, in the contro-
versy of Zion, with him to blind the
ewes of this generation to the oHense
of Adam, causing death to fall on the
whole race, he (Satan being the
author of it. j. X. hII
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
TRUSTS NOT WHOLLY TO
BLAME FOR HIGH PRICES

HERMOSA BEACH, Jan. 25.-LE Editor
Heraldl: VIII you kindly allow me a
little space in your valuable paper ana
will the middle classes give me their
attention for a few minutes? L am
near +be three score and ten mark ana
have been in business for twenty-five
years, so | have seen few thlhgs
We blame the trusts FOR eYefylhihS.
Lord knows they are bad enough Dut
there are others-some retailers. Fol
instance, the standard Oil company VIII
and does deliver oil to the retailers Tor
~ cents a gallon, and the consumer is
forced To pay 10 cents for it, Then take
the merchant, say, on eggs. saturday
I sold eggs for 50 cents in trade, ana
they were sold again to the consumer
for As cents. This was for cash, ana at
a net profit to the merchant OF at least
20 per cent A..
Take veal. The price quoted to the
retailer is, l think, cents, yet ask for
a veal outlet and you pay 30 cents q
pound for it. Does not that appear as
though someone besides the trusts was
trying to hold up the people?
When l was in business we sold for
trade and bought in trade, but the
merchants now try to get profit both
ways. 1t must be, as one merchant
said to me the other day, IF l can
make every dollar of mine invested pay
20 cents a month l will quit business.
Another said, Il am forced to extend
credit so much I am forced to charge
higher for my goods making the man
who pays pay for the one who does not.
] could cite hundreds of instances
showing where the trusts are not alone
in their rapacity, but until the people
think for themselves there is but little
use in advancing information, How
ever they will awaken to the fact that
trusts are not all big concerns. The
little trusts exist also. S. c. TRACY.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
SAYS BEEF TRUST is REALLY
A GENERAL PRODUCE TRUST

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29-GEditor
Herald: There are two letters in to-
days Herald that seem to invite a
word of comment Mr.. George M.
Parker is doubtless correct in his
prophecy that the meat boycott Will
prove futile-that is to say, as rem
edy for high prices. And in this con-
nection there is a point which no one
seems to have touched upon, namely
that when we stop eating meat we by
no means escape the beef trust, since
that very same trust also controls
very largely the supply of those al
tentative articles of diet to an IN
creased consumption of which our aD-
stention from meat must of necessity
drive us. HowsoeVer little known to
the average person, it is none the less
a fact that our butter, cheese, eggs,
dairy produce, also poultry, fruit and
even vegetables largely-indeed, every
thing that goes into cold storage
and refrigerator cars-is beer to the
beef trust. In other words, by virtue
of the control of the refrigerating sys-
tenn of the country the beef trust is
today no longer merely beef trust,
but a general produce trust. You
can't eat an orange witout paying
tribute to the beef trust, strange as
that may seem.
IT may be no great remedy. but it
is to me a very gratifying sign that
people are waking up sufficiently to
become onscious-collectiVely con-
scious-of the evil; that they are de-
veIoping enough grit and public spirit
to want to do something in unison IS
an inspiring portent. Let us once cul-
tivate the ''kicking in concert and
we shall act with effect" when we
do at last hit upon the right thing
to do
In considering the millions who suffer
through dear food we must perforce
overlook the probable hardship to a
few hundred workers in the packing
plants should the boycott displace
them, which. however, is doubtful. l
have no Illusion about the meat strike;
but for its psychological value l am
with it.
Mr. A. @. st. Georges explanation of
high prices hardly explains" If, as
he claims, it is not the combines or
trusts that are accountable for high
prices, but simply the aggregation of
large population into towns and the
of sufficient food from
the land, how does he explain the facts
that on the one hand in London (With
it's 5000, 600 of pOpulation) bread costs
less than half what it osts here in a
farming country; that butter, cheese,
bacon eggs and fish and some fruits
are vastly cheaper than in the average
American city; and on the other hand,
that while fruits and vegetables are
so high in price in our cities vast
quantities are wasting on our farms for
want of paying market? The real
explanation takes us back to the beef
(or produce) trust which controls the
refrigerator service at eXorbitant and
even prohibitive rates, and the grain
trust with it's monopoly of the eleva-
tors. And still l don't cry Bust the
trustsn There's a better way than
that. VAL STONE.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
STANDARDS MIDWAY
GASSER MAY SUPPLY
THE KERN RIVER FIELD

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Jan. 30.-The
Standard Oil company, which has for
some time been using gas from its big
gasser at Midway in it's furnaces in
the west side field, has laid a four
inch main to the Rio Bravo pumping
station of the Kern River Midway
pipe line, and for the past week has
been burning gas there also.
Tests are now being made at Mid
way to ascertain the velocity with
which the gas flows through the pipe
and to secure other data, which, if
considered satisfactory, may result i'll
continuing the pipe line to the Kern
River field.
The weeks test of the gas at the
Rio Bravo station demonstrates to a
practical certainty tht full feasibility
of piping gas from Midway to supply
heat and light in Bakersfield, provided
a sufficient supply is obtained, and for
this there is reason to hope from the
showing of the Standards Midway
well, which is capable of supplying
II, 100000 feet daily with a pressure of
47O pounds. The amount used in the
big furnaces of the pipe line is not
missed from the wells apparent
supply.
The Standards big well at Midway,
which started at 5000 barrels, is now
flowing about 1900 barrels a day.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
FRANCE LEADS WORLD IN
SCIENCES, SAYS WRITER

Los ANGELES, Jan. 24.-[Editor
Herald: 1 take exception to a state
ment made by Mr.. Jenson in a recent
letter to The Herald, where he says
that France is a decadent and i'm
moral nation. Mr.. Jensen has eVi-
IDENTIFY read extensively and his opinion
has some weight, but in this matter
l do not agree with him. There are
degrees in immortality, and ii would
not take Diogenes with his lantern
to find some in this fair land.
l fail to find any evidence OF decay
in France today. We had a directly
opposite instance in our own neigh
borhood the other day of her enter
prise when one of her citizens showed
his daring in the conquest of the air
France stands today in the front
rank among the nations in art science,
literature and industrial progress.
France after the disastrous war with
Germany showed her wonderful re-
operative power when she so quickly
recovered from its effects, when she
paid off the huge war indemnity with
out having recourse to a foreign loan.
We have more recent instance of
her enlightenment and progress when
her government threw off the domina-
tion of a foreign ecclesiastic (WhC
claims to be infallible in matters OF
faith and morals) and wrested from
the priesthood the. control of the ed
ucation of the young and has assumed
it itself and given freedom and equal
ity in religion to all.
I suppose the sole grounds of Mr.
Jenson's hostility to France lies in the
fact that her population is stationary,
by some artificial means. At any rate
81, to- fV,g, hi IN
retain her children within the borders
of her own country and colonies. Ii
France dumned tens of thousands OF
emigrants upon these shores yearly
she would then free herself from the
charge Mr.. Jenson has brought against
her, in his opinion, l suppose. Con
trast the conditions in France with
those i'm China. China is full of in
habitants to overlooking. Human life
and labor are so cheap that men do the
work of horses and the diet of the
common people is limited to a hand
full of rice a day. l say contrast the
two and choose between them.
In the conduct of the discussion in
reply to my critics l have never been
guilty of Misrepresentation or sour
rility and l am glad to say the same
of Mr.. Jenson, a man who is manly
and honest in his opinions, temperate
and courteous in the expression of
them. l respect such a one, though I
differ with him in opinion. Since it
was a letter of Mr.. Jenson's that gave
rise to this discussion, Mr.. ]. is entitled
to the last word If he chooses.
Perhaps on some other question at
some future time 1 may enter the lists
with him again.
J. BUTTERFIELD.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
AIRsHIP PERFECTION WILL
PREVENT DEPLoRABEE WARS

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 23.-[Editor
Herald1: Under the editorial captain
"Airship Progress" The Herald says
1T is deplorable that these modern IN
ventions which should and eventually
must add to the comfort and conVe-
nienCe of mankind. should first OF an
be considered as war machines anu
that is the Worldwide Interpretation
which will be put on the announced
intention of Zeppelin to construct a
monster ship. The logical conclusion
is he intends to use the space that
could be allotted to 800 passengers FOR
artillery, proiectiles and explosives that
would wreck any city and reduce II TO
flaming debris within a few minutes
after the first explosive was dropped
In my opinion if no other use was
ever made of flying machines than lhat
deplored by The Herald they would
yet constitute the greatest aid to the
cause of universay peace and prosper
ity of the human race. 1t would make
war impossible. 1t would place weak
nations, like Switzerland, Belgium ana
Holland, on an equality with their pow
erful and aggressive neighbors. In a
war. for instance, between France ana
England. or between France and Ger
many, the capitals of those countries
could be reduced to smoking ruins
within forty eight hours after declar-
alton of war. The most powerful
Dreadnaughts could be sunk before
they could leave their ports. The most
strongly fortified forts would be de-
molished in a night, armies would be
wiped out of existence as fast as they
could be mobilized.
Al. modern wars are wars of agrees
sion, for the purpose of securing au-
vantages in trade Vat the expense Oh
the losing nation, for which purpose
they are as foolish as they are wicked.
1t cost Great Britain S1.000,000,0OO to
subdue the Beers Does any one be-
lieve that the conquering nation, as
nation, will ever get that enormous
amount back? Does any sane person
believe that supposed trade advantages
possessed by the leading nations of Eu-
rope outweigh the enormous cost OF
the ornaments of those nations? Does
it pay this country to build Dread
naughts to hold the Philippines?
The cost of armies and naVies is a
tax on the poor. the gain, if there is
any gain. goes into the pockets of the
rich. There is no real economic neces-
sity for war. Nations should be forced
to keep the peace to the same extent
as individual citizens in those nations.
There should be an international trl-
bunal that should have power to de-
eide all questions between nations, just
as courts have power to decide between
individuals. The adoption of flying
machines for war purposes will make
as | have said before, war impossible
and hasten the era of universal peace,
and with improved industrial condi-
tions remove the burden of poverty
from the backs of the workers.
w Fl STUART.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
MINT MINE NEEDS
REDUCTION PLANT

PRESCOTT, Jan. 30.-With large
ore bodies showing better values in
gold and copper than anticipated in
the property of the Mint Gold Mining
company of Copper Basin, the direc-
tors of the company have decided to
sink a new double compartment shaft
at once. This decision was reached a
few days ago after thorough inspec-
ton of the mine by Frank d. Shea,
president. and Ben f. SweetWood, a
large shareholder. 1t has also been
decided to equip the shaft with hoist
ing plant and erect reduction plant
of thirty tons daily capacity at the
mine.
Negotiations will start with the
Arizona Power company looking to an
agreement with the power company to
furnish power for the proposed hoist
and mill from the Fossil creek plant.
In any event the mine directors have
decided to install the hoist and mill in
connection with which a power plant
will be built in case an agreeable ar
rangement is not made with the power
company for the delivery of electric
power.
One of the main veins has been
opened extensively on the 100-foot level
of the present shaft. The construc-
tion of the new shaft will be prose-
cuted from this level by running q
raise and sinking. The present half is
in a f1ssure vein. The new shaft will
be sunk in a vein following a granite
and porphyry contact which cuts the
fissure almost at right angles in the
south drift fifty feet from the station
at the 100-fOot level.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
CRITICISM OFFERED IN
REGARD TO BOYS BRIGADE

LOs. ANGELES, Jan. 24.-[Editor
Herald: I was interested in news
item in The Herald in regard to a
bovs' brigade officer being honored,
having once been engaged in the boys
brigade work myself. To use the mil
itary feature was only a bait with
which to attract and hold boys while
| taught them the principles of the
Christian religion as the church mad
taught them to me.
This is in the nature of q confession
Of my tardy development of a sense
of humor, for | was unable to appPe-
ciate the ludicrousness of trying to
harmonize the law of the lowly Naza-
rene and the Dick military law. How
ever, [ was very earnest, had the con-
fidence of the boys, competent mill
tary instructor, the cooperation Of
the parents, the pastor and the jani-
tor, and the company became quite eX-
pert in military drill and Bible lore.
| have always felt that if unmitigated
good could come from a boys brigade
ii should come from that company.
AS a matter of fact wooden guns and
bedizened uniforms created a desire
for the real guns and all that the mill
tary means. AS the boys grew older
they graduated into the state militia,
ready for the call of corporations TO
go out and shoot down their fellow
workingmen. When Cuban sugar and
tobacco plantations looked good to
greedy American plutocrats some of
these boys patriotically faced fever
camps and embalmed beef for chance
shot at their Spanish brothers, with
no understanding of the situation.
Whatever the motive of those who
conduct boys brigades, the result is
iniouitous, developing the barbarous
instincts, a spurious patriotism, un-
thinking obedience. the hateful war
spirit-all that is opposed TO the hui
name position upon this subject of
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
NEW COMPANY
LEASES MINE
WILL OPERATE TWO TRAMP
CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS
BEATTY MILLS ABOUT READY
FOR ORE
Organization Headed by Charles F.
Bryan Includes in Directorate
Prominent Los Angeles Man.
Developments Planned

RYOLITE, Jan. 30.-The mill a
Beatty is expected to be in operation
within a month. The plant on the
Tramp property is calculated to be do
ing business by March 1st. Both pro-
jects have guarantees of abundance OF
ore and success seems assured.
The Eclipse Development company
has been incorporated under the laws
of Nevada, with a capitalization OF
100000 shares of the par value of ST.
One hundred thousand shares are alb
sorbed by the incorporatOrs, who put
up $4,000 in cash. The other half OF
the stock is held in reserve. While it
is an incorporation, it is really in the
form of a syndicate, and the number
of stockholders is small
The officers are: Charles f. Ryan
PRESIDENT II. G. Mcmahon, vice presi-
dent; John T. Overbury, secretary and
treasurer; A. Sydney Addition, general
manager, John Bancroft of Whining
ton, Delaware, director; J. Ross Clark
and II. d. Porter are also stockhold-
ers. Four of the board of directors are
local men, and the bylaws require a
regular meeting of the directors once
a month. Quarterly reports Will be
made to all stockholders.
The basis for this company is a long
term lease on the Eclipse and Louis
vile claims of the Tramp CONSOLIDATE
ed Mines company estate. Within the
limits of these claims several thou
sand feet of development has made
available several thousand tons of good
grade milling ore.
At the portal of the main Tramp
tunnel and adjoining the railroad track,
ten-stamp mill be erected. The mill
will be provided for amalgamation in
the battery and on plates and lixivia-
tion by cyanide. A full sampling ad-
junct will also be provided, AS it is
proposed to use a coarse screen the
capacity of the stamps will be five
tons each daily.
Operation will be under the direction
of A. Sydney Addition as general man.
ager, H. G.. Mcmahon as underground
superintendent, and w. II. King as
foreman of the mill. These comprise a
very efficient and experienced manag-
erial force.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
LITTLE CHANCE TO BREAK
MEAT COMBINE BY ABSTINENCE

BURBANK, Jan. 31.-[Editor Her
add: The agitation over the absti-
nence of meat now going on for thirty
or sixty days is misdirected, from the
fact that the meat combine have only
to wait till the rush comes in order to
recover their prestige. In the mean
time it will reduce the price of AMI
mails in the farmers hands, thereby
adding to their profits
The much better way is very evident,
that of buying meats which the retail
butchers kill themselves and buy dl-
rect of the farmers, leaving out the
combine sltogether
In this way the people would not
be deprived Of the use of meat, could
be equally effectual and perpetual.
Armour once froze out butcher
that came out to the farmers and
bought stock and killed himself by
putting another shop close by and SELL
ing at half price, closing the butcher
out Then Armour closed his shop.
This has been done repeatedly.
w B. THORNE.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
MERGER MAY INCLUDE
YERINGT0N PROPERTY

YERINGTON, New, Jan. 30.-The
merger. seems to be the thing in min
ing circles these days, and one of the
propositions being discussed again in
eastern cities is a consolidation of the
big properties of the Yerington dis
trict, including Mason Valley Nevada
Douglas, Bluestone and others. Local
officials dsclaim any knowledge of
such a scheme, it being intimated, in
fact, that the interests of the two big
companies are not of such a nature
as would make the deal possible.
That there is goig to be "some-
thing doing in the Yerington country,
however, is generally admitted, and
both the Mason Valley and Nevada
Douglas people are planning extensive
operations, and at the same time are
by no means idle in the work now go
ing on.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31

as automobile row." on upper Broad
way. 1t still has a few expensive car
riages for sale. but its main business IS
not only the construction of automobile
bodies, but the sale of the completed
cars. The passing of the hanson cab
is but another proof of the victory OF
the gasoline motor. 1t seems only the
other day that the establishment-at-
ter much difTiculty-of the hanson was
welcomed as a long step toward the
solution of the cheap cab question:.
Now it is disappearing as rapidly here
as in London and we are able to boast
today of a better taxicab service than
is to be found in Berlin. Rapid as has
been the disappearance of the horse
cab, the replacement of the delivery
and freight wagon animals by motor
trucks and vans is going on almost
as swiftly-the costliness of tires and
repairs being in a measure offset by
the Increased cost of maintaining the
horses. New York Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
MONTEREY PIPE LINE
RUNS $4,000 BARRELS

Since Friday a week ago the Asso-
ciated Monterey pipe line has been
in operation after the shutdown since
a few days before the first of the
year, owing to constant breaks in the
line, due to the winter weather. The
line is running between $4,000 and IA
600 barrels daily. About 1000 barrels
of this amount is being taken from
the American Petroleum. The line is
in good working order now, and if no
more cold snaps come it is expected
that a good percentage of the Ameri-
can Petroleum accumulation will be
moved in the next few weeks. No
agency oil, however, is being taken
from this field by the Associated.
The Producers Transportation COM
pany is caring for the agency produc-
tion as rapidly as its facilities are pro-
Vided
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
GOLDFlELD ANNEX
SHOWS RICH ROCK

GOLDFIELD, Jan. 30-The Goldfield
Annex shaft on the Jumbo Extension
is still going down with the last streak
of ore that was cut showing on the
south side and the highly mineralized
quartz in the shaft on the footWall
side of it.
A depth of 800 feet has been reached.
and sinking will be continued for some
distance further to prospect the min
eralized quartz and to get good sump
before cutting the station for drifting
The splendid prospect of the past
week or ten days continues, and drift
ing should soon put the lease in the
list of important shippers Drifts will
be driven east and west with two
shifts after the station is cut, and the
ore rapidly opened for production.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
SOCIAL. STARCH

starch Is in many respects the most glaring
faux pas which science has yet succeeded in
fastening on the Creator. Friends of the latter
are pretty much at a loss, indeed to explain
why more protelds weren't put into the various
things which. in the vagaries Of human taste
were most likely to get themselves eaten
There is a redeeming circumstance, however,
hough of a casual and fortutous nature. By
living on starchy foods almost wholly. Oriental
people render themselves easy TO bulldoze or
civilize But for this we should conceivahy
be forced to mind our own business, to the
prejudice OF Christian progress. Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-31
Mill WORK MINE

ELsINORE, Jan. SO-A. G. Spencer
Of Riverside, secretary and general
manager of a new company incor-
porated last week and known as the
Perris Gold Eucalyptus corporation.
saws the company has for its object
the development of the Goodhope mine.
The company proposes also to plant
eucalyptus on its 500 acres of land as
an added inducement.