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Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
PRISON FOR RUFF

NEW hope that the day is at hand
v when the California courts will
Il make abe criminal law of the state
less of a national byword is given by
the decision Of the court of appeals Of
the first district, affirming the judg-
ment of the San Francisco superior
court in the case of Abraham Ruef
and making it almost certain that he
will serve the fourteen years in prison
which are so justly due him for his
part in the saturnalia of corruption in
the Bay city early in the past decade.
The decision held that direct testi-
mony of Supervisors Gallagher, Furey
and Wilson had been abundantly cor
roborated by the circumstances sur
rounding the disposition of the 100000
placed in the United States mint to
the credit of the president of the Unit
ed Railroads, and subsequently trans
ferred to Ruef.
On all the technicalities raised, in
Guiding the one accusing Judge Law
lor of unfairness, Ruef was beaten.
Everyone who believes in personal and
public decency will rejoice at this out
come, not Vindictively but in the belief
that If ever a lesson were needed for
the world of crooks it was and is need
ed in this case. Ruef not only de-
bauched individuals and institutions
right and left but made the name of
California a stencil in the nostrils of
the nation for years. His career when
uncovered was revealed as an unbrok
en- trail of crime, and logically it's
climax was an attempted murder and
a suicide
The mere possibility that such man
could go unwhipped of justice in Cali
fornia was shocking. The dragging Of
the case, in spite of the mountain of
evidence against him, through several
years when he ought to have been in
stripes and was at virtual liberty is
disgrace to the California courts that
cannot be wiped out for years.
One of the first steps to efface it
should be to place Patrick Calhoun on
trial at the earliest possible day and
determine his part in the events in
which Ruef figured.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
roBAcco's ECONOMIC SIDE

Editor Herald: I often wonder II
the chewers and smokers of tobacco
ever stop to think that their acts are
responsible for the high cost of living
to a certain extent? If the amount OF
labor now consumed in raising to-
bacco. and the same soil now cult1-
waited to tobacco was turned into rals-
ing corn, wheat, potatoes, cabbage and
many other farm products, the prices
Of these would be nearer the reach OF
hundreds who can i'll afford them now.
The corn, oats, rye and hay could be
converted into pork, beef, mutton ana
poultry, and the price of these be re-
duced to within easy reach of US al.
The wheat and a part of the corn could
be converted into flour and meal for
human use that would go to building
I'm flesh. bone and brain instead OF
being squirted out on our sidewalks
and blown out in smoke to poison the
air, which, in it's purity, abounds In
pure oxygen for life and health-g1Vlng
purposes when coming in contact with
the blood coursing through our lungs
Shame on the mother of six chlldren
who will hold up for tobacco smoker
If it is such comfort for the men,
and such a pleasure, why is it not just
as much so for the women, ana why
do they not use it? ,
Educate the boy against the dirty,
filthy habit. Won't you help, you
smokers and squirters? ONTARIO.
Ontario Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
TAXING THE BRAND-NEW BABY

Next door there is new baby and
when it came the eager tariff-taxers
and the Payne tariff law were both
prepared for it, Nothing slips by.
The flannel band that is wrapped
around it's "tummy' is tariff-taxed So
per cent and in addition to that 80
cents pound.
Next comes the little woolen shirt,
and that is tariff taxed so per cent and
in addition to that A cents a pound.
The wooden flannel skirt is tariff
taxed also 60 per cent and in addition
to that A cents a pound. New babies
are a grand thing for the woolen trust
under the woolen schedule.
The swaddling clothes are tarih-taXed
ga cents q square yard and In ad-
dition to that 80 per cent-but those
two taxes must never be less than 90
per cent. And the new baby needs
quite a large equipment.
over all this goes the lawn dress
tariff taxed 60 per cent.
1t has little knitted bootees and they
pay A cents a pound and 60 per cent
in addition.
There is a little knitted jacket with
ribbons woven through it. The knitted
Jacket pays a tax of go per cent and
IA cents a pound in addition, and the
ribbon is tariff taxed 80 per cent. If
you have economical by using rib
bon of artificial silk the tariff tax is
still higher-60 per cent and 40 cents
a pound in addition.
The bibs are taxed so per cent, the
little cott& cap so per cent, or if it is
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
What the Tariff Costs You

chilly the wooden cap is tariff-taxed so
per cent and "A cents a pound l. addi-
ton.
A new baby needs a lot of safety pins
tariff taxed 35 per cent.
It's powder puff is taxed 40 per cent,
the toilet powder go per cent, the little
brush 40 per cent and the comb that
comes with it-even though not really
needed yet-35 per cent.
If it is a bottle baby the bottle Is
tariff taxed 60 per cent, the rubber
tube and mouthpiece 60 per cent and
the lacteal baby food 20 per cent.
1t is wheeled out for it's morning air
in a perambulator tariff-taX 40 per
cent, with the rubber tires paying 45
per cent as a separate article.
Its chief joys are a rubber doll taxed
35 per cent, a celluloid ball taxed 80
per cent and wooden ball taxed 80
per cent. And it YVES given toy bal
loon, also tariff-taxed 50 per cent.
A gay rattle-tariff-taXe 35 per cent
keeps it quiet in wonderment. Later
it will graduate to a rubber ring
also taxed by the tariff 50 per cent.
The baby carriage blanket is taxed
A cents a pound and also in addition
80 per cent
His-or her-little cape is also A
cents. a pound and 60 per cent in ad-
dition, while thu veil is tariff-taxed
only 60 per cent.
A little later when it gets to the dig
nifty of high seat at the table (seat
taxed As per cent? it will practice eat
ing from a plate taxed 60 per cent and
drink from a mug also taxed go per
cent. while the small knife and fork
set is tariff taxed 80 per cent.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
A BUSY CHURCHMAN

n ODAY begins the tenth year of his
labors since his conservation to
"A the pishopric of the Rt. Rev.
Thomas J. Conaty, head of the diocese
of Monterey and Los Angeles, and the
occasion should not pass without
word of felicitation both to him and
the fortunate field in which he has
worked with so much zeal and accom-
plshment.
Most Of the period has been spent
by Bishop Conaty here, in a field that
called for the most uncommon ability
as an organizer and business man, as
well as sacerdOtal fitness. In the fast
est growing city in the world and
relatively expanding spiritual field al
most every day has presented new
problem, some of them big problems.
SO well has every one been met that
this diocese is now not only one of the
most important in the world but one
Of the best managed and equipped.
With all the CroWding priestly duties
Bishop Conaty has found time to be
active in civic affairs, to cultivate the
friendship of every class and sect, and
crown it all with the preparations, now
nearly completed, for the bishops con-
trbution to the greater Los Angeles
a million dollar cathedral, possibly the
second finest in America, which Will
be erected on Ninth street.
The past decade in Los Angeles has
been one of wonderful achievement for
many, but Of few can this be said so
emphatically as of the head of the Ro-
man Catholic diocese of Monterey and
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
ADVISES COUPLE TO MARRY

Editor Herald: 1 have read with IN
terest in your today's paper the letter
from the "Vinegary Old Maid" Per
haps the reason she is still maiden
lady is because she is as she admits,
a selfish type of individual. In my
opinion that's Just what is the matter
with most people, too selfish in their
views as we'll as their means; If 1t We're
not so the noble appeal The Herald mas
made in behalf of the poor widow VINO
is about to lose her home would not
have run so long. Shame on the people
who have money and could hqu1date
the debt (and not feel it, that they
have not come running to help in TINS
case. [ don't believe in looking on the
dark side of anything, but If troubles
come, smile on them and say thefe VIII
be a way opened in which L can sur
mount them. =
AS I said before I've been through
the mill, and advise any young couple
to marry, thereby fulfilling the com
mand laid down from the beginning.
firmly believe a wise provision mas
been made for the couple whose lnten-
tions are right. There are good posi-
tions at good salaries for good men,
I believe a young lady can like young
man (or an old one) better II he can
show her a good big bank account, but
is that the way to start out? 1t is un-
fortunately the way 1t is done too many
times. [ say to the young people,
marry. but be careful that you have not
made a mistake: to both, do not feel
that your confidence is misplaced, and
il must he absolute. Good fortune Will
come to those whose vows are regis
tered in heaven. j. C. ARTHUR.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
The Family Doctors Future
(Plttsburg Gazette)

Gazette)
of his having to go to them. Treatine
only serious cases, the people who do
their own doctorins of minor ailments
do not affect his business.
But the family doctor doubtless has
some cause for concern as to the fu-
ture of his profession. The world will
always need him, but not in such num-
bers as at present. There are more
doctors today than can extract decent
livings from their practices, and If the
Carnegie Foundation is to be believed,
many of them are better fitted for
some other walk in life. This institu-
tion has suggested that the number of
medical colleges in this country might
we'll be reduced to about thirty, where
the most capable instruction could be
given and a higher grade of physicians
turned out. The enforcement of more
rigorous conditions for admission to
the medical profession, both by col
leges and by state regulations, would
greatly reduce the number of doctors.
We should have fewer and better ones.
Then the doctors would not need to
complain of lack of support because
there would be patients enough for all
The family doctor, therefore, should
agitate to help bring about this happy
condition of affairs. Good men will
not remedy matters by leaving the
profession or preventing promising can
didates from entering it. There is no
profession where capable, conscientious
men are more needed.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25


'If I had a son." remarked a leading
physician the other day speaking be-
fore a mems club, Il would not dream
of making him a doctor. There is lit
tie to please the family doctor in the
outlook for his profession He pro
ceeded to cite the activities of the hos
pitfalls, the free dispensaries, the books
and lectures on hygiene, the popular
interest in matters of health, the prog
ress of physical culture, the gospel OF
fresh air and other factors in reducing
the doctors business. For ten years
the tendencies have been growing more
evident in this direction and the situ-
alton now is becoming a serious one
for the average family practitioner"
Every man has a natural bent to-
ward unfavorable criticism of his own
occupation. This is proverbial. Max
ing due allowance for the human equa-
ton. as does the mathematician In ms
calculations, is the family doctor JUS
titled in his complaint? The medical
specialist, it may be taken for granted,
has little reason to repine at his choice
of a profession. Whether correctly or
not. Iaymen believe that the specialist
has the snap, does the least work and
gets the most pay. He has regular
office hours in the daytime, like any
other civilized individual, does not
have to respond to night calls, selects
his patients and in the majority of
cases makes them come to him instead
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
MS EXPLANATION

Editor Herald: Replying to the ques-
tions of DR.. H. H. Dow Of Pasadena
who wishes to know why church mem
bers and temperance societies sup
ported Fredericks against Woolwlne,
and why Rev. Robert Burdette oould
be induced to go upon the rostrum
with and in behalf Of the former,
wish to saw that in my opinion the
religious and temperance teaching too
often confines the mind to a narrow
channel rendering the individual un-
able to view but one side OF ques.
tion. For example, they could not
comprehend how man who had put
a few "blind pigs" out of business
could be dishonest or unfit to I'LL an
important office.
The same is true of the Rev. Bur-
dette, but in addition he was allied
with a certain newspaper that op--
posed Woolwine. Besides, the noted
humorist is a good guesser and want
ed to be on the winning SIDE M.
Duarte, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
MOTHERS FEARS

Editor Herald: Will the writer OF
letter signed Mother" kindly read
The Herald editorial printed on the
same mage containing her letter, IN
which she expresses hysterical fears
that Socialism aims at the destruction
of the home? The editorial calls at
tention to the address of DR.. j. h
Haynes before the City club after a
thorough investigation of social and
industrial conditions of the principal
countries of Europe. Conditions not
caused by Socialism, but by capitalism,
under the cut-throat system of COM
petition.
From what source does Mother" get
her information that Socialism aims
to destroy the home? What homes does
she mean? If she means the miserable
shacks and sweat shop homes occupied
by a majority of the workers Oh tne
world, she is right, for Socialism Will
surely destroy all such ulcers caused
bv the "Napoleons of Finance"
II Mother will read the literature
Of Socialism, the writings of all of the
greatest literary men and women, ana
the inspired poets of the day Charles
Edward Russell, Lincoln Steffens, JACK
London, Edwin Markham, and scores
of the best women in this country ,Lti ana
Europe, she will find that Socialists
are striving to build homes for all
on the solid rock of universal love ana
peace and not on the shifting SANDS
of profit and rent and war.
Yes, Zion is rising. over S,600,0OO
Socialist votes in Germany, and the
great uprising of labor in England;
France, Australia and the United
States prove that the time has come
and that we are no longer afraid.
DIR. GEORGE w. CAREY
PASADENA
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25

Editor Herald: I read in this morn
ing's paper a letter denouncing Social
ism. signed Mother" in which she
saws Socialism will destroy the
home" These lines from Robert Hun
ter are the best answer I know:
"It is sometimes said that Social
ism will destroy the home and when
hear it said 1 wonder what kind of
homes.
"Will it destroy the homes of the
merry widows of Reno, New?
will it destroy the homes of the
young American girls who have mar
ried dissolute foreign noblemen?
'"Will it destroy the novels and in
sanitary, overcrowded tenements in
which the poor ere today herded like
cattle?
'Will it destroy the homes of the
mothers who rise at dawn to leave for
the factory?
Twill 1t destroy the homes of sick
fathers and anxious wives and hum
CRY, fretting babies?
'fWill it destroy the homes of that
multitude of women who nave married
not for love but for support?
"a few years ago L spent some
months in France, where the Socialists
control a hundred or more cities.
''It is common knowledge that among
the moor of France illegitimacy is very
common. To what extent that ilie-
gitimacy is due to inability on the part
of the poorest workmen to pay fees Tor
the marriage service is not known But
we do know that the fees charged by
the clergy for performing the marriage
service are sometimes exorbitant.
'rWell. in the great city of Lille the
Socialists took action on this question
of illegitimacy.
"And to overcome it they established
a free marriage service, the fees to
the clergy being paid directly by the
municipality.
ria ges have been sanctioned under this
new act and a great number of chill
dren. who would otherwise have been
ella assed as illegitimate, are now legal
lied.
"Does that look like an effort to de-
stroy the home?
''Now consider few other facts. Who
does not know that for millions of the
moor capitalism has destroyed the
home?
"Go through any great center of in
dustry and see the mothers who are
forced to give their children to the
street and themselves to the factory.
"Some of them had hardly time to
give birth to their babies before they
were called back to the mill.
"And why? Because capitalism has
destroyed those homes!
Socialists realize that so long as
the present system lasts it is impos-
sible for them to free from toll the
mothers of their children or to save
the babies from neglect, or children
from the street, or all from actual hun
ger"
A SOCIALIST WIFE AND DAUGH-
TER.
San Bernardino, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
WHY MEAT IS HIGH

VI ERY interesting in view OF the re-
Y cent announcement of the beef
trust that the large corn crop
and other things enable it to shave
the price of meats somewhat are the
financial reports of the two leading
companies in the trust They show
that Swift & Co. ended the fiscal year
September 80 with an approximate
gross business of $3.50, 900, ,00o about the
same as that of Armour & Co. The
surplus is estimated at about $1,000, 900
and the earnings about Il per cent on
the stock.
Nor was 1910 an exceptional year.
The 1909 report of the Armour COM
pany showed that it netted a 1916 per
statement was made by the company
in Wall street, to which it had to tell
the truth, as it was then seeking to list
on the stock exchange a new stock is
sue. Secretary Wilson has been quoted
as saying that the trust makes annu-
ally 80 per cent on its investment. AS
the profits of trusts go in these halcyon
days of combined capital and monop-
oily, 80 per cent doubtless seems to the
Swifts and Armours pitifully small.
Like other American trusts, the one
in Chicago sells THE American pro-
duct in the London market cheaper
than in New York. Why? In Eng
land, with open ports, Swift and Ar
mour must compete with the meat
from Brazil, Argentina and Australia.
In a letter to the New York Times
John A. Henneberry of the Brazilian
Trade corporation explains the situa-
tion. He says:
For ten years stockmen and ship
pers of South American countries,
of Australia and South Africa have
moved heaven and earth through
the medium of their diplomatic
representatives at Washington to
obtain the creation of such regula-
tions as will enable them to place
thousands of tons of beef, pork and
mutton upon the plates of Amer
lean workingmen at prices that will
almost cut in halves the prices now
being charged by the Chicago pack
ers and will still pay the duty asked
under the existing tariff, if certain
other iniquitous features were re-
moved. Nothing is really asked
from the United States government
but the abolition of the artificial
barb-wire fence which the packers
through the assistance of their sem
ator and agent at Washington have
strung around the ports of New
York, Boston and Baltimore.
A recent two-line editorial in the
Toledo Blade contained a whole SER
mon: 1.-THE price of live hogs has de-
clined, but nobody eats live hogs" BY
the time the live stock is dead stock
the fixing of the price is IN the hands
of the beef trust. And so long as it
is represented in the United States
congress by it's own senators and rep
resentatives not much relief can be ex-
pected by the consumer.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
INFORMATION FOR MorHER,

Editor Herald: Laughable? Indeed
it is decidedly so, to read the oommuni-
cation in Mondays Letter Box signed
Mother" The same old, stale, time
worn Socialism aims at
the destruction of the family and
home" This time it is said to have
been "a female Socialist" who made
the discovery.
Webster's definition of Socialism Is
this: "A system which contemplates
more complete construction OF So
ciety, with a mvre just and equitable
distribution of property and labor.
Not a word does Webster say about
the Socialists wanting to "break up
the home and family" and the writer
would like to know just where that
female Socialist" who spoke ito q
large audience mostly composed of
females A few evenings ago. got her
information.
Does Mother not know that not all
who say they are Socialists are what
they claim to be, any more than all
who claim to be Christians are not true
followers Of the Nazarine?
If Mother" will observe the work or
the divorce courts, she will see that the
present form of industrialism, called
capitalism, is fast breaking up the few
remaining homes, and preventing many
a new one from coming into existence.
We Socialists are trying to bring
about an industrial system that will
insure permanent employment to all
who want 1t. and at the full product
of the laborer's toll, too. No, Socialists
do not want to break up homes; they
have higher Conception of home than
a hired roof and. a higher conception
of marriage than the ownership of a
woman.
If Mother" wants to inform herself
on the burning question of the day
Socialism-the writer will be glad to
give, free of charge, book on that
subject, by calling or writing 1858 West
Temple street, Los Angeles.
IIEDATAN
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-25
Tribute to American Wife
(Boston Globe)
Of Mrs est hnlr

The Ioyalty and devotion Of Mrs.
Joseph Chamberlain, wife of one Of
the greatest figures in English political
circles f today, is the talk of two
continents. Before her marriage to
the British statesman she was Miss
Mary Endicott of Salem, daughter of
the late William c. Endicott, who, un-
der President Cleveland, was secretary
of war.
Some years ago Joe" Chamberlain
was suddenly taken sick, and during
his recent illness his wife was ever
by his side. She seldom left the sick
room, and although there were nurses,
she insisted on caring for him herself.
She was to him what Mrs. Gladstone
was to England's great premier in his
last sickness.
And now that Chamberlain Is bet
ter, much better, it is said, she has
even a harder task to perform, for
the old warhorse is longing to jump
into harness once more, and 1t Is her
work to keep him quiet until he is
really fit.
In the great campaigns which her
husband has fought and won she has
been his best friend and adviser, and
during the crisis attending the wind
up of the BNor war she was his great