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LOS ANGELES HERALD
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THE) HKBAIiD IN BAN FRANCISCO
AND 6AKLAND--IX.(. Anscelet. and
Southern California. vUltors to Snn
Frsnclsco and Oakland Will find rh«
Herald on tale at tha news stands in
the San FranCltco f V r3r * W'whJa. tl.s
on the itreeti In Oakland by wneatiey
and by Amot New Co. .
Population of Los Angeles, 251,463
ram ousting of iiearst
<R*»elutl6n unanlmonily adopted
by the state Democratic conven
tion at Sacramento September iz.
"Rcioired, T»ia« In <h« «o-e«lle«
Independence len«»e ft* r«eosmj»«
m political machine, erwited bjr W.
R. Heant lot- hl« onsr political
preferment and of which ■• la the
undlapnted hnnn, nnd an laatenlons
endeavor. to foresail «n« ■prevent
4h« nomination for president ■■•
<o eompau the detent of America's
srreateat cltlien. William J- Bryaa-
We therefore denounce such pur
po>fi and call upon all true Demo
crats to oppose aoch ends/*
Every day Bell -wins more Totes.
'i When the boss Is away the candidates
get gay.
;■' The way the Republicans are coming
over to Belli ' ;!'V:.- t
fl Iceland Is planning a railroad. Will
the Ice truct take notice? "
.Hunting season is open. Beware of
the gun that isn't loaded.
Hearst and Herrln are the Issue— not
milking bottles and the tariff.
'. Magoon now has the Job of .holding
down the Cuban lid, vice Taf t.
Will Glllett dare discuss the real Issue
In California— Hearst and Herrln? '
,> It's triumphant Democracy in South
ern California, Tall right." Bell did it.
; This week,' gentlemen* you may walk
up and Inspect the nice,' shiny Si P.'
collar that Candidate Glllett wears. :
*. Come home. Boss Parker; even .your
own satellites are getting away from
you/; v ' ' ; '-'. ■„, --: ' ' ■ ;'•
' The battle is In the southland. Bell
has set a pace the others try in vain
to equal.
| Hearst and Herrln— represented by
Langdon and Gtllett, respectively. De
feat both.
So far as hl« presence In the mayor
alty race Is concerned Bmlth. need never
leave home.
"While Dr. XJndley and Councilman
Smith fight It out Lee Gates will walk
off with the plum.
"When the Southern Pacific machine
can't control Its own candidates It is
In pretty hard lines.
A San Francisco patrolman has been
arrested for highway robbery. But Abe
Kuef is still att large. -?'.-■. . • -
Mayor McAleer will veto the electric
sign ordinance. The mayor must have
something to keep in the dark.
„ Captain Hollar has Quit trying to In
vade Santa Catallna. It was a case of
more Hollar 'than hurt, It seems.
The campaign post card has been
forbidden the malls, but the campaign
cigar circulates as freely as> ever. ■
'Every day Bell grows stronger and
Glllett finds it harder and harder to
••explain" the S. P. collar ho wears.
: Can it be that in "retiring" from poli
tics, Mayor McAleer merely anticipated
v, whit would Inevitably 'have happened
(anyhow?
. J. V. Akey is the non-partisan candi
date from the Sixth ward for the coun
cil. He'll . make "Doc" Iloughton feel
Akey, too.
The only ' government fit for schools
is the rule of the teacher. Abolish the
fads and set down to books and' a
birch switch.
Abe Ruef prates loudly that he never
took a dishonest dollar. How poor he
must be! But he Is very : rich. Where
did he get It?
-It Bell "could spend all his time till
selection right here In and about lida
Angelet he'd get a huge majority toutli
of the Tehachapl.
• .The only reason Democracy hasn't
made a better showing tn thls'reglon
heretofore \m because It didn't have a
Bell to sound its tocsin.
; Just as between Lai.gdon and Qlllett,
honeet men must tchooae Bell, to be
tween Undley and Smith, the only.
choice it Le« Gates.
'; The local Republican party |i not
only split open . but its several fru«r
jncnit are engagod In fierce internecine
warfare. . All of which mean* a non
partisan msyor In December.
TRUST'MADE NABOBS
All the nophlatry that Republican
leaders can Invent ll non-effective
against a nlmpls object lesion that has
been introduced by some Democratic
speakers itl thft present cßmr>fll»;n...The
object used In that lesson Is the ma
chine-made American watch. Such, a
watch of the grade that sells* In this
country for /bout ten dollars Is sold
In Kurop« at a price to low that the
unit watch can be imported from
Wuropn and sold for le«i than the do
mentlc price. And this notwithstanding
a tariff duty of forty per cent ad«
valorem. i
The Imposition thus practiced upon
Americans by, thft watch tru«t- Is
merely an example of. the similar out
rag#tfti« practtco by most of the com
blnattons of American manufacturers.
Hy reason of Yankee Inventive genius
the trusts are enabled to compete suc
cessfully with foreign manufacturer*
In the markets abroad, even in the face
of foreign Import duties. In such com
petition,' however, the trusts are obliged
toV«U at Very small margins of profit.
For the big profits with which they pay
large dividends on watered stocks they
depend on ■ the extortionate prices
charged to American buyers.*
The basic Republican principle of
high jirotectlve tariff, as thus Illus
trated, Is opposed diametrically by the
Democratto policy of a tariff for reve
nue only. Instead of stifling competi
tion in the Interests of the trusts, as
tha present tariff does, the Democratic
Idea, is to reduce all tariffs to the bare
needs ot the government's revenue/
* To carry the watch object lesson fur
ther, the Democratic Idea would give
to American watch . buyers reduced
prices approximately the duty for forty
per cent. The, same principle .would
apply to greater "or lees extont In re
spect to most of the products of Ameri
can trusts that are marketed abroad.
The Democratic policy gives first con
sideration, to the American buyer,
while the Republican policy has pri
mary regard for the manufacturing
trust.
There In a general object, lesson di
rectly bearing ' on this subject which
is now forcefully Impressed on every
American housekeeper. It Is the high
figures which have - been . gradually
marked up on all manufactured ar
ticles of domestic use^ Not only house
hold supplies, but the Industrial im
plements of the mechanic, the farmer
and every other worker, have been ad
vanced in prices far beyond the ruling
figures of a few years ago.
Now note the result of this Republi
can policy of manufacturing" monopoly
known as high protective tariff. A class
of American nabobs has arisen, reared
In the hothouse of vast -wealth ac
quired by squeezing the people In tho
monopolistic vise. These nabobs burn
money in the faces of the people from
whom they have filched it. 'while the
latter work still harder for the means
wherewith to meet the ever-increasing
trust prices. ' . :
■ But the American people, are arous
ing at last to the Importance of smash
ing trust, mongply and stopping the de
velopment of nabobs at the expense of
honest toilers. , t ■■ ■■■;-■; ■ •
THE UNBRIDLED TONGUE
In a recent public address at Long
Beach, as reported, a minister Is cred
ited with the declaration that "The
world is better since San Francisco
was destroyed." And further, "Except
for the loss of life I have no tears to
waste over the destruction of that
wicked city, and let the people look to
It that they rebuild better and purer,
lest a worse fate overtake them."
The basis of that statement is the
assumption, of course, that the de
struction of San Francisco was an act
of divine retribution, akin to the scrip
tural examples. The earthquake, ac
cording, to the self-constituted author
ity in question, was employed as the
Instrument of ' Almighty wrath to pun
ish.the whole population of a city for
alleged wickedness..
Such an attribution to the Deity is
but little, if any, short of blasphemy.
It charges to' divine vengeance the de
struction'of scores of churches, chari
table and benevolent institutions, and
the homes and business plans of thou
sands of -people who come up to the
standard of conventional righteousness.
San Francisco is a wicked city only In
the sense that there is a considerable
percentage of wicked people in its pop
ulation. How that percentage com
pares with wickedness In other cltlen
Is a question not easily solved. But
certainly the wicked element Is greatly
In the minority in San Francisco, as
it is in every other American city.
| Such reprehensible declarations from
the pulpit as the one quoted above are
calculated to-do serious -injury to the
cause of true religion. I This because no
intelligent person, however. religious he
may be, will accept belief in such ex
ercise of divine wrath. Furthermore,
no one is likely to give a minister
credit* for sincerity when he asserts
his own belief therein. .
It is the ■ latter«day predilection of
many ministers for startling sensations
that leads to such vagaries of the tongue
as the one In question. The first con
alteration with a class of ministers is
a desire to say something that will
"make a hit," to borrow a dramatic
phrase, Something that, will .excite
discussion is the primary aim, rather
than something which appeals to the
intelligence of the auditors.
' Mlnliters ' who have a weakness for
pulpit sensations should note the
scriptural Judgment , of the seemingly
religious man "who brldleth not his
tongue."
The San Francisco grand jury reports
the chain sang as the remedy for the
thuggery now so prevalent ' there. ' As
bo many of the thugs are policemen In
uniform wouldn't it be awful to make
the poor coppers go to work?
The Q. O. P. Is pleading for funds.
Since the corporations are prohibited by
law from contributing;, the Republican
party has loit" Its only source of In
come. . ■ ■' : \
LOS., ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 190fl.
NEW FOOD FASHIONS
Tn*re, Is trouble In store for mich
young housekeepers as the one who
o.bjected to the lacteal yield of n, Jersey
coy .beonusa of the "yellow scum."
"There will be many similar causes of
complaint when th« pure food law be
fcomes ' effective at the beginning of
f»«xt y«ar. The beautiful chromatic
effects that now makfl VArloua bottled
and rahned good* attractive will be
missing when the present year runs Itft
rmirne, excepting that deaiera Will be
allowed *lx monthi in which to work
6ft old slock by relabeling with truth
fttl FhnwlnK of nil contents.
No more will brilliant ralnbrjw hue«,
Induced by chemical proces*en, beautify
the table at meal time. Favorlto brands
of factory gooda will look, In their plnln
environment, llko a dirty urchin In Com
parison with a youth In his now Sun
day outfit. And not only tho appenr
ance but the tnste of many familiar
factory foods ia likely to undergo «
noticeable change after the advent of
th« n#w year. Where a tneto for parts
grc«<ri hn« been rtffiuttrd In pickles and
the like, or for red .'pigment In mirh
standard delicacies as catsup, th'rrc
may ba objection to the' npw style like
that of the toper who objects to choice
old liquor because it leeks '"fire."
Another .effect; of • tho chnhgo from
adulterated 'stuff, 'to pure food Is fore
cast by manufacturers and dealers in
bottled *hd canned goods. THey say
the elimination of adulterants will
make stnndard parcels cost a great deal
more In many ca'scs, and 'will cause a
material Increase of rost'ln the average
of such supplies. .' Thnt result scorns
piaußlble, as - adulterants usually ire
employed with the object of cheapness.
But Increased ', cost of such goods may
easily be .balanced by' decreasing con
sumption of them In llko ratio." And It
would be beneficial to both pockets and
stomachs of consumers If a very large
proportion of table dainties were dis
continued entirely.
LOW WAGES IN CANADA
One of the proudest boasts ot our
Canadian neighbors is that 'they rarely
have strikes, and still more raroly
conflicts between strikers and the au
thorities, civil or military. An excep
tion is noted to that rule, however,
in news from a point near the Canadian
capital. Lumber mill strikers attacked
non-unionists, resulting in a few fatal
ities and many wounds.
This incident Is noted here merely to
draw attention to the great disparity
in wages on the two sides of the line
■which separates Canada and the United
States. It seems that the lumbermen
In the district near Ottawa Instituted
the strike because the wages they re
ceived were "not sufficient to keep them
and their families alive." That the
grievance was valid is evident from
the fact that the dally wage was $1.25.
The Incrcaso demanded by the strikers
Is not named In the report.
Canada lags far behind the United
States in tho progressive march, and In
no respect farther than in the rerminGr
ation of labor, if we may. take the
lumber Interest as a criterion! Such
comparatlyely pitiful compensation as
51.25 for a' hard day's work recalls the
period in the United States, prior to' the
civil war, when ?1 a day was considered
a fair equivalent for an average day's
work.
American workers receive the high
est permanent wages that are paid any
where In the world, and never were
the figures higher in this country than
they are at the present. Nor is there
'any doubt that the prevailing wage
scale will be .maintained so long as the
present conditions of great prosperity
continue. But the "rainy day," as all
experience teaches, is inevitable. It la
in these times of exceptionally high
wages that the prudent worker makes
provision for contingencies.
It is not strange, In view of the com
paratively low wages ruling In Canada,
that so many Canadians are flocking
to tho United States. The wages of
lumbermen In the Dominion may bo ex
ceptionally low, but evidently the aver
ago rate of wages Is far below the rul
ing figures on this side of the boundary
line. :•-: ■■:
The Hearst money pays for the Lang
don hurrahs. Tho 8. P. money pays for
the Glllett whoops. As> the Democrats
have no bar'l to tap it is quite evident
that the applause for Bell, which
drowns out all the rest. Is wholly the
unpent enthusiasm of the real people,
sick of ring: rule and rottenness.
The Democratic r -mlnpc for congress
from the Eighth district favors tho lioa
Angeles Owens river project. Smith,
candidate for re-election, fought this
but gavo away much nioro valuable
rights to a power company for nothing.
The Eighth district should not have
trouble choosing the right r.-.an.
Th*re may be a reason why Langdon
gallivants about the state expending
hot air, while Ban Francisco, of which
he is prosecuting attorney, decides to
lynch lawbreakers whom he won't try
but that reason doesn't convince Cali
fornia that a negligent public servant
is a fit candidate for governor.
San Francisco Is about to submit it
self to mob rule, while Its prosecuting
attorney, Langdon, runa abou the state
shooting oft his mouth. L>angdon would
make a faithful sovernor, now,
wouldn't he?
Abe Uuef. actual m&yor of San Kran
cleco, cay» he is devoting his life to
publlo affairs, "In which there la not
one cent for me." - Quito right, "honest"
Abe; nothing lets than dollars goes,
eh? . :
A vote (or Ulltctt counts one for the
8. I. A vote for Langdon Is thrown
away on a faithless of lli-e-lioluitig dem
agogue! ;'A vote for Bell counts one tor
the cause of the whole people.
For thirteen days in October the
building ' permit* ran - well over J 1.0w,
000, That's at! the rate of }2,50n,00u a
month. Oood start; keep it up.
HEARST'S YELLOW PAPERS FORMED INTO A TRUST
Mr. Hughes of New York Shows Why All of the Hearst Assault* en Cor.
porationa Are the Merett Demagogy
Prom the New York Time*.
Mil. lUfOttTCft* A WI.VSIS or Till]
in; wtsr < oiii-oiiathim*
"The Slnr complin? |inhll«hr<i4he
7f*w York American." — Clarence .1.
Shearn'* letter demflndlng a share
of th(* rlortinn ndvertlslnd.
•The fltnr r ompnn.r la m New Jer»
mey ror pnrn I lon. Aeeotintw reeelv*
•able, nftnei nrennnl* pnrnttte, nonet
t-alne of property nml plant, noth-
Insti tunned hottrti tn pny tor the
fUnnro of rtnrenr* .1. Hhcnrn'n peti
tion «« eoiinnel for relief from tax
BUKcMmrnt*.
«nnt lhe> IntMlinnfe. nervleeahle
corporation In one thins? nnd the
prerffllorr corporation In nnother."
— Killtotial in yesterday mornings
American.
•Comment »<r Mr, Ilnsthenl "And
the almin corporation In nnother.
And the corporation (tint ilnmn't
pur Ha Imm l« another. And the
corporation I hat <rle« «o ernde le
rkl prorlxlnna In nnothrr. And the
eorpornllon thnt trnn«not« ltd hn»l
nr» viltli undue nei-rccr. »<> thnt
people mar hnve dlfrlctiHr In col
lentln* clnlmn nnnlnnt It, I* nn
other. Why do I upenk of limit It
I* hemnae the pnrniiiniint iMile of
<M«i rnmpjilnn, the l««ue which
trnnnceniln nil oilier*. In polltlenl
•IdcerltJ-."
Mr. llughPß spokrt nn follows:
"Lndlen nnd gentlemen: lam glad to
romo to WentchestM 1 county. It Is vory
gratifying to appear bpfore this audi
ence evidencing no much genulno foel
ing. so much enrnpfitness. You hßve
come here, Irrespective of party, he
cau&e you appreciate . tho Importance
of the Issuo that is . presented to
the voters of this Btftte. It is an issue
of pnrtlrular Importance to the plain
people ot thin stntp. T nm n plain man,
and I propose to tnltt to you In a plain
and direct fashion.
"We want to nee thn en use of good
government ostnbllshod safe and se
cure from nil its enemies (applause)-'
enemles who will take advantage of
the privileges granted them by the
government, and who would mlauso
the opportunities which were Intended
to be used for the benefit of all the
people, end enemies, on the other hand,
who for privatn advantage would try
to convert discontent and make It cap
ital for themselves.
"We have had a campaign not be
ginning within a few weeks, but bo
plnnliiß- long 1 ago. In an effort to con
fute the minds of tho -people, to deal
with Important subjects In a reckless
way, to supplant fair criticisms with
abuses simply, but to deal generally
with classes of men In a way to excite
envy and hate, an appeal to passion
instead of an appeal to reason. We are
against it. (Applause.) Wo are for
real reform and progress In the right
way.
Hearst a Corporation
"Wo have had a great deal of talk
about corporations In'genoral. We have
known well, every man of Intelligence
has known the advantages that in
here In Incorporate organizations and
when my attention was directed to this
indiscriminate attack upon corpora
tions, this attempt to use the word 'in
corporations' as indicative per se of
corruption. I thought one might do a
little Investigating. (Laughter.)
"And I looked up a little matter
■which I explained to an audience in
Brooklyn the other night which In
volved the case of a young woman who
was a resident ot this county, Mrs.
"Werner,, who brought sultuagalnst Mr.
Hearst when shA claimed to have been
run over by the driver of a wttgoti,
and Injured through the carelesaeness
of his employe, and his answer was
that it was a corporation. (Laughter.)
" "And on investigation . we found but
that the great opponent of corporations
was to ail intents and purposes a-cor
poration himself.
"We found out he was not only one
corporation, but, in fact, ho was sev
eral corporations. (Laughter.)
"And we"' found he was so Jealous of
corporate rights that he was not will-
Ing to have a jury pass upon the ques
tion ot the bona fides of his corporate
organization, and when the Jury gave
Mrs. Werner $25,000 damages) and
passed on the questions submitted to
it" by Judge Keoußh — the question
whether there was a bona fide corpor
ation or a mere device to shield him
from liability— he appealed, «s he had a
right to appeal, but he appealed be
cause, he thought It very Important to
establish the principle of corporate pro
tection for all time. (Applause.)
Sought Corporate Protection
"When the appellate division decided
against him and affirmed the judgment
From the Dime Museum
Tha Living Skeleton— l don't Bay that
you took it. but the money patted
through your hands. • ■ ■
The Armless Wonder— Yet; but I would
ba false to my professional Ideaia had 1
permitted any of It to stick to my
Qnsera, •
IN THE* MOSKUM.' i,V
.The Ctrcawlan <3lrl-I wonder frhtthtr
the a wart would land m« ny« dollar*!
Th« Tattooed Man-No; I ruaea h»'a
snorl
he took another appani, which ho had
A right, to take, and he took It to settle
for all time that the question of the
bona fide*, the good fnlfh, the n»ri<«-
Bliy of mirh nn organisation, should
hot be pnsnod upon by n. Jury, but that
If the forms of law w«re nil preserved
and It tha technicality of the law had
all been compiled with, lie was safe,
and the court no decided.
"t thought I would carry thflt Investi
gation n Itttlo further, I noticed that
this morning's American, after tho re
marks that hud been mnde SAturday
nlsht In Tironklyn, this morning's
AmrrlcHn, which bears tha iiftm* of my
opponent on ltd face, halcl: 'He has no
need to defend corfioratlons *s mich,
«lnre nobody denim their Utility, their
nrrMslty.' daughter.)
"Wo urn making nrOßrcM, you* say.
Yes. "Nobody denies their utility or
their. necessity.' Itfl does not deny It,
lln known It too well. Ho,known It. Hn
Mfrls timt. utility and that advantage
every day.
"Hut ntlll T suppose we shnll hnv«
In the fu turn, m w« have had In the
past, the proncral talk' about corpora
tions—a corporation jrovernmrnt; ft
corporation attorney'— na though the
word Vorporntlon' \vnn Itself a Btlftmn
Instead of a corporation being a thing
ot service! and utility. (Laughter.)
"I >was interested In reading In the
protest that wns made on behalf of
certain corporation!* to the president
of thft brtard of elections of New York
this statement, at the end of the pro
test:
"'Formal demand Is hereby made
that th<> board of elections causo to be
published In the said New York Amer
ican, New York Kvenlng Journal, nnd
Dan Morten Journcl the designation
of thfc plaro for registry and voting
at the cnnulng election, as provided In
section 10 of the olrctlon law. Yours
truly, Clarr-tire J. Slienrn, counsel for
Journal Publishing company and Das
Morgen Journal association.'
■ "Clarence J. Shoarn, tho attorney
general of my opponent's campaign
should I say a corporation attorney?
(Groat laughter.) And It 1 appears In
tho earlier part of the letter that the
New York American is published by
the undersigned Star company; that
the New York Rvenlnjr Journal Is pub
lished by tho undersigned New York
Evening Journal Publishing company,
and Das Morgen Journal In published
by the undersigned Das Morgen Jour
nal association.
"Now, what is tho Star company? If
the Star company does you any harm,
do you know who Us president is? Do
you know how to find out who its presi
dent Is? T)o you know whom to serve
with process? Do you know what
property it ha«? If its wagon runs over
you and you find that the name of the
man at the head of the paper is not
the name of the owner and proprietor
In law, and you must deal with a cor
poration, do you know whether the
corporation has got anything! Do you
know whether It obeys the law? "Wheth
er the corporation Is a good corpora
tion—ls a. goed citizen? Well, suppose
you try to find out. Suppose you try
to see if there are any reports on file
In regard to It. We might want to
know whether It pays taxes. (Laugh
ter.)
His Holding Company
"It seems that a company— the Star
company — was assessed for taxation,
and It seema that a request was made
of the department of taxes and assess
ments that it be relieved from taxation,
and the statement made In that peti
tion, dated 'Feb. 24. 1906, the Star com
pany. S. S..Carvalho, treasurer, was tp
the following effect — this I believe Is a
correct copy: It has been furnished to
me as such by one who made It:
"'.The Star company Is a corporation
organized under the laws of i the state
of New Jersey (laughter), and claiming
to be «Kgrloved by the assessed valu
ation of its personal property for the
yt>ar 1906, makes application to have
the same revised and corrected.*
"And I find the amount of capital for
which the company Is organized $100.
000. Place within the stato named as
Its principal place of business. 140 Nas-
Bau street. The amount receivable on
notes and open accounts, nothing.
Value of goods, wares and merchandise
In the ,Btatet>f New York, exclusive . of
goods in unbroken original packages
imported 1 by the above corporation
from foreign companies, nothing.
(Laughter.) Value of machinery and
plant, nothing. (Laughter.) Cash In
hand, nothing. (Great laughter.) The
amount of blllH and accounts payable
Incurred, nothing. Amount Invested
In business In the state of Ne\y York,
nothing. (Laughter.) Amount of in
debtedness contracted or Incurred in
the purchane of the non-taxable prop
VOKES
A FREAK PIALOCITJE.
Th« Tattooed Man-Bay Shorty, 1
wouldn't want to be you. Dwarfs n«v«r
live Ions! <
The Dwarf— Don't worry about m».
Every one knows that you're a marked
man! , • .
BATIBITAOTORY ANSWKR.
Museum VLltor— Why do you eat that
looking glum? . • .........
Hunun Ottrlch— Ohl It'i food (or r»
flocuou. •
rrtlPd fir tot pufpoafts of UxMlrtn. »«e
n<*xt page. Company not assessed by
«tnt« controller.
"Now, on the next page we flnd at
the time of Incorporation the com puny
Issued bonds In tho amount nf «1,000,0n0
to purchase the/toek of certain cor'
porntlona. Its IndVbtenneM w«s not in
curred for thn purpose of evading taxa
tion. (Laughter). '■'■*'. ...
"A company organised und*r tn«
laws of the stato of New Jersey, with
* cftpital of IIM.OOO, limilntf bond* to
purchase the stock of certain corpora
tions, the Star company having no
property except apparently this stock.
No gooda, no necounts, no property of
the ordinary sort uaed In bunlneaa, but
stock of other corporations. Why, that
In what we r«ll a holding company.
That la the device with which all cor
porate attorney* nro familiar.'
"In other words, companies are or*
ganlsert and their atock In tak*m by a.
company that Is organized for thft pur
pose of holding the stock, nnd nil that
last company In for Is to hold the stock
and vote on the utoek, and tako divi
dends if there nro any on the stock, *nd
all that It ownsf In the stock, and If It
Idsties bonds Against the stock some
body, we don't know who, holds the
bonds. (Great laughter and applause).
Like Some Trusts
"They sometime* organize, trusts that
way. (Great laughter.) Now, In this
letter of Mr. Shcarn's It uppenrs that
tha New York American is published
by the undersigned Star company.
Well, that Is not this Star company.
This la a holding company. Where i«
the other Star company that publishes
tho American? Where are Its state
ments? Does It pny anything? Has It
pnHd any taxr.s7 I should bo very glad
to bo informed of tho payment by it of
taxes. And the Star company which
wo have here is n holding company
which owns tho stock of Other corpora
tions.
1 "We go a little farther. "We find In
Mr. Shearn's letter the statement that
tho Now York Evening Journal is pub
lished by the Now York Evening Jour
nal Publishing company. Well, In this
case we hnve a different name, and It
deems thnt tho New York Evening
Journal Publishing company was as
teesßed. and It seoma that on February
28, 1906, Clarence J. Shearn, as secre
tary, requested thnt the assessment
should be. revised and corrected, as the
New Yotk Evenlnjr. Journal Publishing
company felt aggrieved. ■ .
"We find from the statement submit
ted that the total assets, Including real
ostnte, are stated to be $100,108.06. We
find that the value at which such per
sonal property Is carried on its books
as an asset Is $190,108.96. It ia stated
that the indebtedness, accounts paya
ble, are $139,107.99, and bills payable,
$83,027.22, making up $219,935.21. So apr
parcntly thero Is nothing that can be
assessed.
"Then we find Das Morgen Journal
Is published by the Das Morgen Journal
association. When we take up the
statement of the Das Morgen Journal
association In Its request to be relieved
from taxation, under date of February
28, 1906, by Clarence J. Shcarn's secre
tary, the assets are stated to amount to
$10,654.38, and we flnd accounts payable
and bills payable amounting to $58,
295.77.
"There does not seem to be' anything
to , tax. (Laughter.) You cannot sue'
my opponent. (Laughter.) If the
Journal wagon runs over you, he Is not
personally liable. " (Laughter.) It is
the property of a corporation, and, ac
cording to that statement It would seem
to be a very difficult thing to get any
thing paid by It, if you got a Judgment.
At all events, it apparently does not pay
taxes, for my information is that upon
this statement the assessment was re
moved. (Great laughter.)
"Now it Is stated in the editorial to
which I referred a moment ago that
nobody denies utility and the necessity
of corporations. (Laughter.) And it
goes on to say: •
" 'But the legitimate, serviceable cor
poration Is one ' thing; the predatory
corporation Is another,'
7 "Yes, and the sham corporation Is an
other. (Applause.) ' -
"And the corporation that does not
pay its taxes is another. (Applause.)
< "And the corporation that tries to
evade legal provisions ia another." (Ap
plause.) ' /
Something Wrong
Jimmy— l guess Johnny Is a liar, or
somethln.' ... ,
Jamie— Why? „ .
Jimmy— He told me his grandfather
lost a leg or a arm in every battle he
fit in, an' I asked him how many bat
tles he 'U7, In, an', he Baid "Morn
forty."— Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Palm— Are you In the same
circles with her?
Mrs. Pepper — Huh! Not- even in the
same square.
OB" COURSE.
The Giant (In the museum)— Wher« la
"tha Human Cannon".
Th» Dwarf— Ttx« manager fired html
MUBKUM REPARTEE).
Th« Bearded Lady-I wonder Why the
■ nakt charmer married that contortion*
. Th« Fat Boy— l iuppoe* ah* thought
he vu a man ah* oouM . wind around
bar Hula flnsar.
Pi-Lines and Pick-Dps
Ai to Island*
"W*b c*Uilna one* a littlo kittle?"
Aske«l Wllll* Jones of mamma one fine
clay.
"1 couldn't tell you, Willie," was h«r
answeri
"I*erh«j)i! you'll be th« wiser if I lay
That 'twas If once M«r« Island wm a
filly." , ,
"Nay, nay, mumma; that rule you
would forbid;
For th#n what would you tay if l ahoutd
ask you:
'D'yo know If Goat Island ever was a
kid?" ,-/„
The fondneM of actreWa for don
may be explained entirely by the free
advertising that comes when hotel pro
prietors reruse to accommodate the
brutea.
The Wilmington, Del., electrician who
experimented to find out how many
volts the human body, can stand, had
one of the largest funerals ever known
to his craft.
A Cincinnati couple spent their hon.
eymoon In the Arctla reglona. Perhaps
they wanted to say they had been en
tertained In the highest circles.
According to Mr. Longworth, the
issue Is, "Stick to noosevelt," and we
don't know of any of 'em who Is stick
ins closer.
Hearst says that he believes the dis
tribution of wealth. ls as Important as
the creation of wealth. His camp foU
lowers hope that he lives up to the
assertion. _
After the president has settled the
question Whother a passed assistant
paymaster Is to be called a past assist
ant, we wish he would tell us what
we are to do with the words caressed
and carest.
For people whose principal industry
is the production of sugar, the Cubans
have riot the sweetest disposition in
the world.
Mr. Lemon— How a lot of women do
cackle when, 1 they are together. .
Mrs. Lemon — And how a bunch of
men do crow when they meet! ■>
The statue of Pike,* at the foot of
Pike's Peak, will give pikers a peek
at Pike In the daytime, and at night
the Impression that It is Pike's spook
guarding Pike's Peak.
Some men are born famous, some
men achieve fame and some become
handsome coachmen. • . •.•;■'
Howard Gould's sister married Count
Boni de Castellane, and Mrs. Howard
Gould's sister has married a Chinaman
and no doubt thinks she has made the
better match.
The crop of breach of promise suits
I j so great that pretty soon a man
will not dare to look at a girl unless
he has already taken out a marriage
license. -
A husband's refusal to let her speak
English Is made a cause for divorce
by a woman In St. Louts county. She
demands a woman's right to use as
many tongues as. possible.
"Willie Hearst seems to be waltzing;
Murphy around, around, around.
An Atlantic City man won a- bride
while on skates. . Many a man has lost
a wife under, the. same conditions. *<
An American , woman Is reported,
robbed in a Paris hotel. "Who j hasn't
been? ' . .
"Certain of our women' twang ati<3."
■whine and whiffle and ' whinny," . saya
W. D. Howells. Also snort, eh?: 1 • '; J j\
Perverted Proverbs
The human race It not to the fast
man.
Borne men are born poets, others read
poetry, .but editors have "poems" thrust
upon them.
' You can't be an are light on a tallow
candle Income. . ':" „.•
An ounce of action Is worth a ton of,
cab. ■'. .- , ■,■, ■ .
The early bird catches the . worm.
But the owl, which stays tip alt night,
is the really wise old bird. ■' '*."*■
Man's most expensive friend is not
necessarily his dearest.
It's a rare thing to have things well
done. . . :
Many a set-up leads to an upset.
— W. H. C.
MR. BELL ON LABOR
On Saturday night, September
20, Hon. Theodore A. nell. IJrmn
rratta nominee for governor, ad
dressed the union labor organ
isations of thin tttT* trho had
given III m a Breat reception. In
the courae of his speech Mr. Bell
■aldi
"I hnve nlTrnyn believed that the
ehlef executive of the atnt* ■honld
not nnii ennnot be the. representa
tive of any apeelal class. *.
"So for that. reason I will not
nay If I am elected I will be the
•pedal reprenentaUvn of labor, for
If I did you trould not believe me,
and If I did I would be unworthy
to hold that office.
"I have taken tbla nomination
from the labor party a* a great
compliment to me* . I have < • not
been an agitator or demagogue
nlth (hen. I . have •Imply told
them my views of labor condition*
and Tvhat I mean to do. •
"They have exacted no pledfc*
from me. They have almply naked
me <o a>tve labor a square deal..'! I
would hnve done that even had
they not naked me. Kor had 111 1
felt otherwise toward labor, or
nuy other claw, I would have felt
unworthy te accept the nomina
tion." " .
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