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Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
TAX ON oLEoMARcARINE

Editor Herald: The report of the
commissioner of internal revenue
shows that there were produced and
sold in this country during the last
fiscal year 3,491 1913 pounds of oleomar-
garine artificially colored, which paid
a tax of 10 cents per pound, or $349,-
1873. There were produced 1886 236, ,448
pounds of oleomargarine uncolored,
which paid a tax of one-fourth of
cent per pound, amounting to $340, $50.
This gives a total of 139, ,755, ,426 pounds
which paid the government a tax Of
only $6S9, ,S57 During the year 1902,
which was the last year before the
imposition of the present tax, there
was produced and tax paid on oleo-
margarlnes taxed at 2 cents per pound
whic'. paid into the government treas
ury approximately $9,000,000. In all
fairness, it is to be assumed, that as
the oleomargarine industry is now in
existence in spite of the attempts to
crush it, that fair increase would
have been noted by this time, but even
had such increase not taken place but
the production remained stationary,
you will see that the government has
been the loser by something over
81, 900, 900 yearly. You will see that
during the last year had the product
been taxed under the old tax the gov
ernment would have been the richer
by something over $2,000,000, and the
people would have been enabled to buy
their goods much cheaper and the
"butter trust" would have been pro-
hibited from putting the price of but
ter around half a dollar pound.
Coming now to the question of pro-
lection to the farmer, under the old
law the farmer was protected to the
extent of 2 cents per pound. Under
the present law It takes only small
amount of figuring to show that last
year he was protected at something
less than 8 mills or less than half
cent per pound. 1t Is hard to see,
therefore, how anyone can hold that
the present law is a protection to the
farmer.
/ don't cite these figures at all in
justification of any tax, but simply
to show that the present law does not
stop fraud, is not a revenue producer,
nor is 1t protection to the farmer.
]. j. G.
Santa Barbara. Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
What the Tariff Costs You
TAXING THE COOKED BEEFsTEAk
lcharleg johnson Pogt. IN New York worIdl

The prepared mustard 5-8 of penny
an ounce
The celery salt DO per cent, ordinary
salt Ito of a penny a pound
If there is small bit of cheese it is
taxed cents a pound.
The pickles are tariff-t taxed 40 per
cent, or the onion pickles also 40 per
cent, the apple sauce 35 per cent and
in addition one penny a pound.
The butcher who sold the steak has
his share of tariff tax to pay.
He has carved the steak from a
quarter Of beef with a knife taxed 40
per cent.
His butchers cleaver has been tar
iff-taXed, perhaps more, but by the
law never less than 40 per cent.
The wooden chopring block on which
it was trimmed is tariff-taxed 80 per
cent.
1t is weighed on scales tariff taxed
As per cent.
1t is wrapped UP to be delivered in
paper tariff taxed 35 per cent.
What a splendid affair this Payne
tariff tax law is?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
SOME RECORDS

IN HE Los Angeles spirit" char
acterization other cities in their
\ admiration have been good
enough to place upon the Southland's
wonder city. isn't confine-. to the ef-
fort to reaching out for bigger num-
bers. It's in everything Los Angeles
puts its hand to.
When aviation was in its infancy
and the marvel and mysery of the
meet in America and presented the
world with new altitude record.
Los Angeles is constructing in it's
aqueduct the greatest municipal engi-
neering work of the kind in the world,
at a cost of $2S,0O0,00O. Within the
twelvemonth all records of construc-
tion for such work have been smashed,
both as to physical progress and
economy of outlay for the amount of
achievement.
To core for the business and domes-
tic needs of the $4,000 people added l.
its numbers in a year Los Angeles
will have spent more than $40, 900, 900
in the period between January 1,
1910, and December 81, 1910-a thing
probably never before done by city
of the size.
For ten years now Los Angeles has
beaten the worlds record in popula-
ton gain for cities of it's size. No
other has ever added an average of
nearly $4,000 annually.
When it comes to sports there is
the same story to tell. With the finest
course in America for the purpose
the Santa Monica road race was run
with $4,000 people looking on So well
was the course policed and the event
managed that not a mishap marred
an occasion that elsewhere is accom-
panied by death and destruction; and
an American record is made in the bar
gain.
Most OF these things have occurred
in the span of a single year. A few
months ago an unfortunate member of
a local fraternity needed a home. The
members of the lodge got together and
within twelve hours built complete
and presented him with a cozy house.
That incident was typical Of Los An
geles and its way of doing things.
Regarded from any angle you
please Los Angeles looks pretty good.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
A HEARTY LAUGH
Being the days best joke from the news
exchanges.

"It makes me fair mad" remarked
an old countryman to his wife on his
return from visit to London. ito
think I'VE been fool enough to let my
money stay in the savings bank at 21A
per cent all these years when they
pay per cent up in London.
"I don't believe they do" said his
wife.
Nonsense, woman; I've just lent
ESQ at that very rate today. I'll tell
YOU all about it. 1 met a young feller
in front of the Mansion house, and he
saws to me: "Sir, would you like to
lend me ESQ, for which 1 will pay you
per cent interest?"
But says I, L don't know you
If YOU doubt me, SIR says he, I will
pay you the per cent in advance
"Well that looked right enough, so
T gave him $50 and he paid me e2
los, back interest right on the spot.
"Pm to meet him at the same place
every year. 1t makes me fair mad to
think what we've lost all these years."
Ideas.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
MERELY WANTED A CHANGE

Editor Herald: AS naturalized
Britisher I have an intense admira-
tion for Theodore Roosevelt, and | do
not regard the Democratic victory as
anti Roosevelt. He tried to save the
party to which he nominally belongs
but the whole country decided upon
a change We had something OF the
Kind in England when, in 1880, the Lib
erals were returned to power under Mr..
G1adstone's leadership. 1t took the
whole country by surprise, for at that
time Lord Beaconsfield was at the
very zenith of his popularity. His ad-
ministration had lasted for six years
and fifty-nine days, and, misled by
the Conservative success at the South
wark election on February 13, 1880, he
decided to appeal TO the country, never
doubling for a moment that he would
achieve a victory. But to the surprise
of every one Mr. Gladstone swept the
country and returned to parliament
with a very large majority. Every
one looked to Benjamin Disraeli for n
reply, just as we are now looking to
Colonel Roosevelt for a reply when
that great master of sentences" said:
1.-THE people merely wanted change"
And since 1 have been in this country,
for more than quarter of century,
l have been surprised by the repeated
return of a Republican administration.
We needed a change and we have got
one. 70. 8.
Pasadena, Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

A beefsteak raw is tariff-taXed 1h
cents a pound, poultry cents a pound
and chops or outlets 10 per cent.
The steak is cooked on a broiler tar
taxed 40 per- cent or in frying pan
Ga barbarous method of the back
woods), and the frying pan IS taxed
40 per cent
You test the steak with fork tar
iff-taXed on a varying scale, but by the
tariff law it must never be less than
40 per cent. Forks, 40 per cent or
more.
You trim it with a knife that may
pay more but must never pay less
than 40 per cent.
1t rests in state on a platter tariff
taxed 55 per cent.
The stove it has just left is tariff
taxed 45 per cent.
The dab of melted butter is tariff
taxed cents a pound.
Even the pepper is taxed 1-5 of a
penny an ounce.
The Worcestershire sauce is tariff
taxed 40 per cent
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
THE sroRE.clRL's CHRISTMAS

Editor Herald: In the estimation of
yours truly now Is the time TO buy
Christmas presents, not wait until the
last minute. giving the department
store girls and clerks the jumps in the
hurry and scurry of the eleventh
hour. But don't all go at once, for IL
the crush is to be as great in the first
hour as in the eleventh or twelfth my
advice might as well not be taken.
For the worst time of the year for
the department store girl is during the
holiday season. People are so intent
upon buying their Christmas presents,
rushing and crushing, crowding and
jostling, hurrying and scurrying, that
the poor department store girl is almost
killed in the rush. All day long and
until late at night these girls work
with a feverish energy that is killing
in its strenuousness. Everybody Is
running and rushing. Everybody is
crying Hurry! Hurry" Is 1T any
wonder that under these conditions
girls sometimes go mad, while others
die from heart failure or something
akin to it?
One Christmas not long ago girl
in a large department store in New
York city suddenly broke down and
went home raVing. For weeks she
was delirious and cried piteously,
"Yes, yes, in a momentl I'm hurrying
all L can. Don't you see | am?' over
and over again. She died q nervous
wreck.
In the bitterness of their hearts
these girls often wish-and who can
blame them-there was no such day
as Christmas. A few years ago some
of these were interviewed shortly after
the holidays by a New York press rep
resentative. Among other things this
conversation took place in one of the
stores he visited:
81 wish Christmas never came, said
one in bitterness of spirit; ITS the
worst time of the year for US. l won
der what Christ would say II he knew
how people treat us because 1t is his
birthday
"He wouldn't want such birthday
keeping" said a second. I've per-
suaded all of my family and lots of
my friends not to give a single present
or shop at all for Christmas, because
1t is so hard on us girls. They can
buy their presents some other time.
So I end as l began. Let those who
want Christmas presents buy now,
but not in such crowds as to make
killing thing of it for the girls; and
instead of one week of strenuous
activity let the purchasers occupy
month in leisurely buying. Remem-
ber the store girl is human like the
rest of US.
In this civilization of ours we have
become a race of hurrymaniacs.
CIVILIZATIONIST.
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Eyes, it was just an ordinary city
lot, Just the plain so by $50 feet Of
ground which average householders
buy to live on said Lillian Burkhart
Goldsmith, as she strolled through her
garden yesterday morning, "but
wanted a garden to dream in, a place
where I might take my books and my
thoughts and my little daughter and
forget about the big, rushing world
outside-and so I began planning this,
until bit by bit, have made it what
you see.
MY friends helped me, too, and
sometimes I call it my friendship gar
den for nearly every rare plant, all
these wonderful little dwarf cedars
and unusual shrubs, have been sent to
me by some friend who wanted place
in my garden of dreams"
This garden is now far removed
from "the ordinary city lot" which
Mrs. Goldsmith says it was originally.
1t has tiny ripping streams, fountains,
waterfalls, messy hills, shady hooks
meath overhanging trees, rocky dells
in which wild vines Chamber, and mar
row, winding paths with pebbly sur
face, which lead the wanderer through
rose covered arbOrs, and past quaint
sundial. 1t is, in reality, concen-
trated country place brought within
the reach of city comforts.
Il take great delight in my birds,
too said the raceful chatelaine. as
she led the way to the big avairy.
Most of these beauties are gifts, too,
and come from all parts of the world.
1 have Peking nightingales, which came
to me direct from their native land.
The bright yellow and scarlet of their
vests against the dark brown of their
coats make them noticeable, and their
song is almost the sweetest of any I
have heard Besides this I have chat
finch, goldfinch, cockatellos, those grey
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
California Topics

Los Angeles threatens soon to be
bigger than San Francisco. Why?
lust because she's enterprising and
spends money. She knows that what
ever she spends wisely will all come
back in increased population-Sacra-
mento Bee.
What will Laura Jean, have to say
about that California judge who holds
that the reading of trashy novels by
a wife constitutes cruelty to the hus-
Land?-Columbus Journal.
We do not marvel that Los Angeles
has 100000 people, but we are amazed
tat so many people of their down
right meanness could have assembled
in one mmunity.-Houston Post.
The Austrian wine crop Is failure
this year. This and the revolution in
Portugal will go a long way toward
making the annual importation from
California cost more.-San Antonio
Express.
Los Angeles has grown as we'll by
annexation as by tourist and orange
crops, but San Francisco has adopted
no such tricks. She has annexed moth
ing territorially, neither has she crops
to speak of, not even a decent tourist
crop.--Sacramento Bee.
Taking the record of Los Angeles
for the last twenty years. we are to
expect 100000 people there by 1920; but
we don't suppose the enlargement of
the public utilities on that basis will
begin right away,-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
Rotten Eggs Used in Food
Scranton Times)


The chief use of rotten eggs used to
be ammunition for bad boys to bonn
bard certain Objectionable objects, out
doors, or to disparage bad stage act
ors indoors. Now rotten eggs-rather
desiccated, to be nice and polite in lam
guage-are used by the millions, where
they have become unstable from cold
storage or packers houses, as food.
The rotten interior is desiccated,
ground to a yellow powder and then
used for hotel and restaurant cooking,
and by bakers for cake, etc. The
United States pure food authorities
have destroyed thousands of crates re-
Gently.
Bayard Clarke Fuller, for nineteen
years supervising inspector of food for
New York city, was suspended last
night by Health Commissioner Lederle,
as the outcome of an investigation con-
Quoted by the World into the trade In
rotten eggs in New York city. Philip
Holz and Hugh II. Masterson, two of
the inspectors under Fuller, recognized
generally in the department of health
and out of it has his "right-hand men,"
were also suspended by Commissioner
Dederle.
The facts developed by the Worlds
investigators proved:
First-That an enormous business in
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

a pound, the trust raised prices. By
October ! it had advanced prices 70
per cent. BY November l it cleared
400 per cent of it's capital stock. The
government stepped in and brought
suit to dissolve the trust along with
criminal suits against the conspirators
at the head of it.
The court dissolved the trust. but
merely fined the corporation $250O and
costs. and its officers and directors
$500 apiece The trust, which had made
81 900, 900 in ten months on a capitali-
zation of S250,O0O. at once proceeded to
reimburse itself for these fines by cut
ting the wages of it's employees one
half.
Thereupon the attorney general,
George Wickersham, whom Wall street
has always had reason to regard high
ly, raised his voice Chastened by
recent events. and with a knowledge
that the common people had sharp
eye on the administration, Mr., Wick
ersham bluntly said the court had eX-
ercised "a very mistaken leniency,"
WnlCn he nODGu WOuluH bS lSPCe''NN'
He intimated that if the court had
been worth it's salt as a tribune it
would have slapped on real fine
that would hurt and sent the trust
magnates to jail.
Nobody criticises, Wickersham. es-
pecially those who denounced Roose-
Welt Nobody seems to think of a good
reason why the country shouldn't lose
faith in that kind of courts. And
Arizona has planned things in her new
constitution so that she can recall
judges of that kind, which is worse"
even than Roosevelt or Wickersham.
Now is the psychological moment for
Jeff; Jack Johnson is i'll with nervous
DrOStratiOn.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
UNITED STATES CHARITY

Editor Herald: Some of my fellow
readers OF your excellent newspaper
may be pleased to learn that Uncle
Sam hands out the following amounts
of money annually for the proper care
OF unfortunates. .oo
For $1,000 various hospitals, $780,
900 900. ooo
For $50 insane asylums, $20,0000 900.
For 2500 almshouses, 500, 1000 900.
For 1900 prisons, S1S,000,Oo0.
For forty-two retreats for the DEAL
dumb and blind, $5,000,OO0.
Total, $SS,O00,O00.
The United States is certainly very
consider:te of this weakness OF us
strength and cannot at present think
of using chloroform as cure for the
same. ]. w. MCCLURE.
Santa Monica Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
SEEMS ARour RIGHT

Patience-I see in parts of Ger
many it is Illegal to play the piano
after 9 o'clock p. m, under penalty of
about 25 cents for each offense.
Patrice-To have a photograph go
ing after that hour, I suppose, then,
the penalty would be about $6,25 for
each offense.-Yon Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

An Illinois pupil wrote in his COM
position that ottoA was "a fiber used
in making wooden goods" That boy
has a grasp Of Aldrich's tariff without
knowing it.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

When you mail your Christmas par
eel, lefect that in Europe the postage
is only about third as much and ask
your congressman to vote for a par
GELS post.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

In the census shake-down Los An
geles was one of the few to move up.
San Francisco dropped from ninth to
eleventh. Memphis fell from second
to fourth of southern cities.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Somebody figures it out that il Uncle
Gassaway Davis is elected to the sem
ate he will be SO at the lend of his
first term" Just so. And at the end
of his fourth term he will be Ill.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Mexico has su- pressed the bull fights
temporarily, but those who can afford
it and Ike something just as good can
come over and see an American avia-
tion meet.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

the bench to go on the stage. Some
of those now on the stage ought to
quit it 'pr the bench-the cobbler's
bench
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Senator Travis OF Brooklyn says that
two years ago he was offered 100000
to vote against the anti-race track
bill. Naturally such a small matter
wasn't worthy of mention till now.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

1t is now believed by US astronomi-
cal authorities that -lalley's comet was
sent to warn us o the Democratic
sweep and the mythical fall in food
prices.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Pittsburg complains that in eight
days it had only twelve minutes of
sunshine. Turn the picture around
and you have the Los Angeles condi-
tions. Pittsburg papers please copy.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

The Delphos, O., council has passed
an ordinance compelling women to re-
move their hats in church This will
enable the feminine wearors of has
ket hats to see the minister
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Richard lie Gallienne says he doesn't
want to associate with anyone who
can't speak good English. Milwaukee
might suit Richard to a T.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Perhaps the reason for raising the
mail rate on the magazines is that
they contain muckrakes, and rakes, be-
ing heavy, should pay more.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Los Angeles is to have natural gas.
If you can think of anything good that
Los Angeles isn't going to have, name
IT
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Wilbur Wright does not believe the
government needs a fleet of aeroplanes,
Well, Wilbur is right about aviation
matters, usually.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
A TEMPORARY TRUCE

"Still agitating for the suffrage, my
dear?"
We'll just at present I'm trying to
get my husband to buy me pony
coat"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

The casualties of one of those Mexi-
can "battles" are fearful; almost as
large as in a suffragette engagement
in London
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Young Drexel, being a scion of one
of the upper class families of Phil
adelphia, was the logical one to achieve
the { iation altitude record.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Cotton exports are beating all rec
ords. In their present humble con-
dition the Republicans haven't thought
to claim the credit for it,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

One of the questions in the Oklahoma
Biographies is: Name the capital city
of the state" How do they expect the
kids to tell what their fathers can't?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Baltimore police are taking a special
census of the city. Presumably it
will be 1.-The finest" job of the kind
ever done there.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Bumor that the size of womens hats
is being reduced. But you can't fool
us since they put that food reduction
story over on us.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Too much prosperity is causing high
meat prices, says the beef trust Folks
have had a suspicion for some time
that the beef trust was too prosperous.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Paris is to have aerial taxicabs. The
existing kind of taxis make the pedes-
trians fly.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Victor Berger says he is entirely diff
ferent from Uncle Joe Cannon. So
there is something to be said in favor
of Socialism.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Great Falls, Mont, padded and was
reduced from 29,324 to 1894. oh, what
a great fall, my countrymenl
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

1t takes Secretary Knox as long to
hear of the Portuguese republic as it
does our butcher to hear about the fall
in meat prices.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
PUBLIC LETTER BOX

publication
widest latitude I"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN

The stores are ready; what are you
waiting for?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26

Now is the psychological moment for
Jeff; Jack Johnson is i'll with nervous
prostration.
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