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W B DN'f>DAY"~ AUGUST 4,1897
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THE SUMMER MONTHS.
Are yon going to the country on a vacation ? If
ro, It is no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to
your address. Do not let It miss you lor you will ,
miss it. ' Orders given to the carrier or left at I
Business Office will receive prompt attention. \
. HO EXTRA CHARGE. fifty cents per month i
for summer month*-
Snow in the Chilkoot.
Let the other fellows try the pass.
Charter-making is becoming interesting.
Will.McKinley accept our gilt-edged in
vitation?
Foster and Elliott should get a private
room and argue it out under seal.
The trail to the Klondyke will soon be
put in the list of main-traveled roads.
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Now that the mints and the mills both
are running everybody ought to be satis
fied. ' ' . _
Before we figure out the best solution of
the problem of the unemployed there may
be no unemployed.
It will be a good time in San Francisco
when we get a new charter and get rid of
some of the old taxes.
There are placers in Alaska, there are
placers in Peru, but those in California
are by far the best for you.
. The thing for the administration to
do Is to organize Alaska and get ready for !
' the rush of tbe coming year.
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If the strike movement among the coal
miners can avoid running up against the
law it may go through all right.
. When the beautiful Danube gets on the
rampage it can make itself just as dis
agreeable as the muddy Mississippi.
About the only place in Cuba on which
the Spaniards have any hold is Havana,
and the grip on that is becoming shaky.
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Some of the contracts for the new
Federal building have been let and the
work will soon be moving along in good
shape. -..
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: The Klondyke spirit may not be pulling
the wool over the eyes of the public, but it
has certainly raised the price of all sorts
of woolen goods.
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It now appears we are not to have rest
and serenity in this country until it is de
cided whether Maher or Sharkey is the
belter man with his mauleys.
Having failed to prevent the enactment
of a protective tariff the free-traders are
now declaring it will not yield a revenue,
and are raising a calamity howl about
that.
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-General Blood's column has relieved
Fort Chakdara, and the next news from
India may announce the departure of a
couple of regiments to relieve General
Blood. ■
Morgan is reported to know more about
Hawaii, than any other man in the Senate,
and be is now going to the islands to see
how much of his knowledge is worth
having.
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Salisbury' recently told the House of
Lords that the life of a workingmen is of
more value than the property of a million
aire, and now ha is accused of being a
socialist.
If the charter committee had the nerve
to do exactly as it wishes every member
would prepare a charter of bis own and
submit it to the people as an alternative
proposition.
Two girl babies have been born to the
Vanderbilt family within a week, and the
harvest for British noblemen of the next
generation will be better even than that
of the present.
There are many things to be said about
the action -of the Canadian Government in
policing the Klondyke, but tbe most Im
portant is that our Government should
imitate the example.
It Will be noted that Senator Morgan
speaks much more kindly of McKinley
than he ever did of Cleveland. When it
comes to dealing with Presidents the Sen
ator is a non-partisan.
fhe terms of peace arranged between
Turkey and Greece by the powers were
excellent in every way except that they
were not tcceptable to the Gr.eks or the
Turks. The powers will try again.
The latest sea serpent reported from the
Atlantic coast is said to have been heard
bavins the moon like a dog, and great is
tbe astonishment thereat On this coast
however, a bark on the sea is a common
thing. ,;V.'y>V'.-. -, ■ HL£i
JoaquSn Miller digging gold with a dia
mond ring on his finger will, give to the
scene on the Klondyke all the realistic
effect of a melodrama where the heroine
plays the part of a starving girl with silk
stockings and jeweled earrings.
The miners' strike in the East has con
tinued much longer than any one ex
pected and still there seems to be no lack
of coal. Evidently the supply on hand
was larger than was believe!, and the
strike has thus far bad no other effect
than that of affording an opportunity to
the mine-owners to unload their old
stocky - v
REVENUE UNDER THE NEW j TARIFF.
If the free-trade league and its supporters can have their way the country will
have no rest from tariff agitation. Although the new law has not yet be?n tried and
tested, the opponents of protection are busy attacking it. They declare at one time
that it will impose a heavy Increase of taxation upon the people, and at another that
it will not yield a revenue sufficient for the needs of the Government.
Theory of increased taxation has little effect upon the people. We have now had
ample experience of the difference between a high tariff accompanied by high wages
and a low tariff under which thousands of workingmen obtained no wages at all. The
people are well aware from this experience that it is better to have high prices and
good times than low prices and stagnation. They are not averse to paying whatever
customs duties are necessary for the protection of our industries and the maintenance
of the Government, with liberal appropriations for internal improvements.
It is the second point of attack, therefore, that the free-traders are most vigor
ously assailing. They iterate and reiterate the charge that the new tariff will not
yield l he revenue needed and are doing all in their power to weaken public confidence
in its operation. They are enabled to do this with some rffsct inasmuch as the
tariff has not yet been tried and has not shown by experience what it will accomplish.
It is worth while, therefore, to note that the charge of a probable deficit is wholly
without reason, and that all the evidences of the time point to the conclusion that
the tariff will yield not only protection to our industries but a sufficient income for
the Republic. ;,
The bill was drawn up by men who have had large experience in making tariffs.
It is devised scientifically for the attainment of tbe double result of protection and
revenue. The statesmen who had it in charce wera well aware of the evils which
have resulted from a deficit tariff, and fully realized the importance of enacting a
measure which would provide ample revenues. These things in themselves afford
a basis for the presumption that the revenue features of the bill have been adequately
arranged, and those who maintain the contrary must show some reason to justify
their assertions.
Mr. Dingley estimates that notwithstanding the heavy importations made during
the spring unfer the old tariff the new law will yield during the current fiscal year
revenues of not less than $185,000,000. For future years he calculates annual revenues
from imports at $225,000,000, a gain of $75,000,003 a year over the present tariff. These
estimates, it must be remembered, are made by the best tariff expert now in Con
gress, and they cannot be refuted by idle declamation.
The welfare of the country demands a cessation of tariff disturbances. Business
and industry have been rendered uncertain and insecure for ten years by political
agitations on this subject. From all these disturbances nothing has been gained
except the lesson taught by disastrous experience that protection is necessary to
American industry. We have now re-establishel protection, and it is time the
country should have a rest. Experience will decide whether or no the present tariff
yields an ample revenue, and it is just as well to wait for that experience before we
enter upon new agitations that will once more harass commerce and check the
expansion of industry.
SLAVES IN CHINATOWN.
The efforts now being made to prevent
certain Chinese in this City from ob
taining possession of a young girl de
tained on board the China pending an in
vestigation have had the effect of recall
ing public attention to the practice of im
porting Chinese women for immoral pur
poses. It has also served to make plain
the fact that the importers of these women
have been paying blackmail to the high
binders for protection. We are thus con
fronted once more with this double evil
of slavery and murder carried on in San
Francisco as a business among the Chi
nese, i i
The slave-dealers import women for Im
moral purposes and hold them as slaves de
spite American law to the contrary. The
highbinders, knowing that tbe slave-deal
ers are engaged in illegal traffic, levy upon
them what they call "blood money" and
in return guarantee them protection. At
the present time the slave-dealers, finding
themselves partially exposed in their
nefarious trade, have called on their
highbinders and these murderer* have
promptly served notice upon the Chinese
who are assisting in the maintenance of
law that doom has been pronounced upon
them and that their dying day is at hand.
It is the claim of the slaveholders that
those who are now making the contest
for the maintenance of American law are
seeking to extort bribes. This is the im
pudent charge made against the Chinese
Society of English Education and its sup
porters In the good cause of human liberty
and American justice. It is a charge
which requires no refutation. Its false
ness is evident on its face. The slave
holders would willingly pay bribes, if
bribes were asked, since they have been in
the habit of paying them to the highbind
ers for many years.
It will take something more than lying
insolence to turn aside public indignation
against the cruelties which have been ex
posed by The Call. The slave girl burned
with hot irons is one evidence of the
fiendish cruelty of the Chinese brothel
keepers. The proclamations denouncing
death which have been publicly posted by
the highbinders is another. These are
sufficient to make known the infamy of
the traffic against which San Francisco is
called upon to tight, and it is hi.^h lime
the police were intrusted with powers suf
ficient to grapple with the evil and destroy
it utterly.
OEGANIZING ALASKA.
The telegram from Seattle that two offi
cers of the United States army — Captain
H. P. Ray and Lieutenant W. P. Richard
son — will leave for Circle City, Alaska, by
the steamer Cleveland, which leaves on
tbe sth, will relieve some of the disap
pointment caused by the recent counter
manding by the War Department of the
order to send a company of troops to the
YuKon mining legion.
The decision to establish a military post
in that region was such a wise one that
the recalling of the order was most sur
prising. It is reasonable to suppose that
the plan was postponed instead of
abandoned. The engagement of passage for
the army officers will reassure those who
wish to see the Government take such
prompt steps a* will insure the organiza
tion of the country, so that law and order
will reign over the rush to develop the
new country.
If it is true, as guessed at Seattle, that
the War Department is awaiting legisla
tion authorizing the establishment of
posts and assignment of troops to the
Yukon, Congress should pass the neces
sary measures promptly upon reassem
bling. Tbe outposts of civilization are
among the most important points for the
location of the soldiers. Even if there is
never a call for their active services their
presence on the Yukon \ will give confi
dence that law and order will be re
spected, and thus will be attracted to the
distant region a class of people steadier
and more likely to bring about a perma
nent development than would go if there
were much risk of lawlessness.
Although there are said to be 5000 peo
ple living around Circle City it is neces-
sary to go to far-away Sitka to attend
court. This is not a proper condition of
government to promote a rapid progress
in transforming that vast northwest
wilderness into a populous and civilized
country. A Federal court should be es
tablished at Circle City and a military
post should be there or near there, so as
to make the authority of law too imposing
for the reckless to risk any fling
with it, and so assuring as to make law
abiding citizens feel safe in seeking their
fortunes in so remote a district. These
establishments at - Circle City should be
promptly followed by others at conven
ient distances aa fast as settlers go into
new sections in large numbers to work. ,
Canada is preparing to develop her
Northwest Territory across the border
line of Alaska, and the enterprise of Uncle
Sam should not be behind her in organiz
ing a great and prosperous new country.
Back up the. pioneers with protection in
their enterprise and large results will
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1897.
THE UNEMPLOYED.
The progress of the ways and means
committee on the proposed coloni
zation plan for the unemployed as
as reported at their last meeting is
most encouraging. Only about $.0,000 is
required now to see the colony fairly
started, and when a beginning is once
made there will De a rapid extension of
the good work. The first colony will grow
and others modeled like it will be estab
lished. The great need is to get one set
tlement fairly under way to prove the
practicability of the method. Once pnssed
beyond the experimental stage the plan
will develop to proportions that will
largely solve the "problem of the unem
ployed" in this State at least.
The promise of the needed land by Clans
I Spreckela at cost price gives a good found
| ation for the enterprise, and the energy
; with which he is developing the beet-
I sugar industry of the State will supply,
! as nothing else could, use for the labor by
, which the colonies can make a good liv
! ing on a few acres. An idea of the ex
tent to which he continues to forward
| this development is given by the fact that
i last Monday he paid into the Custom-
I bouse over $39,000 on sugar machinery
imported from Antwerp. This machinery
cost $86,000, making a total outlay of $125.
--000. It will be shipped to the plant in
Salinas, and will represent a large in
crease in the profits of farmers in the sur
i rounding country.
The excellent opportunity the develop
; ment of this beet-sugar industry will give
j to men unable to command more than a
j few acres is half the battle for the coloni
! zation scheme. With this for a money
| crop, and with a cow, pigs, chickens and
a vegetable garden, those families who
have suffered tue misfortune of being tin
! employed will feel themselves well off,
and the attractions of the country will be
such as to prevent the overcrowding of
our cities.
The men who hove labored for so many
weeks to bring this benevolent enterprise
into practice should certainly have the
gratitude both of the unfortunate families
for whom they have given up so much of
1 their time and attention and from the
whole community which has felt so help
: less through the winter about the big
| army of unemployed. Their hands should
I be held up by financial assistance till vic
| tory on their long effort is assured them.
| The $10,000 they need to plant their
; colony should be cheerfully given.
ALTEENATIVE PEOPOBITIONS.
The suggestion offered that the people
should be given an opportunity to vote on
alternative propositions in adopting a new
charter seems a wise one. The belief
expressed that charters previously re
jected by the people had been turned
down merely because one-tenth of each
was objectionable,, if not absolutely cor
rect, is certainly quite possible, and such
possibility should be guarded against in
new attempts to frame an acceptable plan
of City government. ■ 2 ■
.The committee has decided to draft a
complete new charter, and if this were so
submitted as to enable the people to ex
press their will not only on the whole, but
on eacb item of policy at all likely to
meet with strong, opposition, then the
labor of preparation would be likely to
meet with success. Otherwise a single
feature disliked by the majority may be
the means of defeating a dozen excellent
reforms.
Aside from the purpose .of insuring
practical results, there are good reasons
for granting a vote on alternative propo
sitions on every point where there is a
likelihood of wide difference of opinion.
The same principles of self-government
by the majority which make it correct for
the people to vote on the charter as a
whole are reasons why they should vote
on each separate proposition that is of
much importance to their welfare. If it
be granted that it is quite probable a draft
of a charter can be so drawn as to be ac
cepted by voting upon it as a whole, It
would still remain also quite probable
that some one or two features would be
injected into it which would be distaste
ful to the majority of the voters. They
might not be so intensely! opposed to
these items as to be willing to throw away
the chance of a new charter altogether in
order to defeat them, and yet they might
have a very strong and just dislike to
having such things placed in their funda
mental laws.
It is probably true that to arrange for
such alternative voting would involve
much more trouble than the simpler plan
of accepting or refusing the' charter as a
whole; but even if there be serious practi-
cal difficulties in the way of getting such
avots as would prove the thorough satis
faction of the people as ■to every import
ant proposition the principle of justice
involved is so clear that ways and means
should be studied out to obtain a charter
completely pleasing to the majority. It
is of vastly more moment that the will : of
the people be fully complied with in this
case than in ordinances which cau be so
easily changed at short intervals. The
more permanent a work is expected ,to be
the more perfect it should be.
PERSONAL.
Jo Graves of Los Angeles is in the City.
Dr. F. L. Atkinson of Sacramento is a visitor ;
here. , > ..-• .;sr'f;:;;';:»; '
Dr. and Mrs. Wakefield of San Jose are at the
Occidental. - f.~T-'".f
John S. Crowley of Gold Hill, Ncbr., Is a late
arrival here.
George C. Bushnell of Nashville, Term., Is at
the Baldwin. f ; T1
W. T. Cope, a hardware-dealer of Santa Cruz,
is at the Palace. • ; .-,:
Andrew Myers, a mining man of Fort Jones,
arrived here last night.
Frank Coombs of Napa, ex-Minis ter to Japan,
is in the City on a short stay.
L. S. Alexander, a general merchant of Wat-
Bonville, Is at the Occidental. .■.•'-* f
Erik Stenho'.m of Stockholm, Sweden, was
among the arrivals yesterday.
W. P. McVey and Mrs. McVey of Foochow,
China, arrived here on yesterday.
F. A. Wickersham, the wealthy banker, of
Petaluma, is on a visit to this City.
George E. Faw, a young business man of
Salinas, is one of the late arrivals here. „
B. D. Tarlton, a business man of Fort Worth,
is among the recent arrivals In the City.
D. D. Whltbeck, the wealthy banker, of Sac
ramento, came down to the City yesterday.
H. C. Fryman, manager of the Echo Moun
tain lions?, at Echo Mountain, is among, the
arrivals here.
J. T. McJunkln, a prosperous business man
of Hanford, is at the Grand. He will be In the
City several days. ; fA ,
J. F. Fairbanks, the millionaire banker, of
Petaluma, is among the arrivals here. He
has come to see his son off to the Elondyke
mines. fOif
Hon. Mlcnael Meagher, late Democratic can
didate for State Controller, is spending a sixty
days' vacation at Adams Springs, Lake
County.
H. W. Lake, assistant manager of. the Bald
win Hotel, will leave on Sunday for a vacation
of two weeks at Los Angeles and vicinity. His
brother will take his place during his absence.
A parly, consisting of Mrs. J. O. Broad head
of St. Louis, Miss F. B. Barbour of Louisville,
Ky., Miss A. Porter of Hannibal, Mo., and Miss
A. B. Darcey ol Stockton, are at the Lick
House.
Or. Albert Roellng and Mrs.' Roeling arrived
here from the East yesterday. The doctor is
connected with the United States Marine Hos
pital service and is on his way to the Orient
to take a position there.
C^LIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, N. V., Aug. 3.— the St.
Cloud— L. Lippman; Savoy— G. Loewenberger;
Everett— M. Cohen; Sturtevunt— Mrs. O'.iver;
Imperial— A. T. Thedy; St. Denis— L. Buffan
dcau, 11. Smith; Continental —C. Meyers;
Grand— A. H. Ste'.l; Manhattan— W. B. Peck;
Metropole— G. Uhl Jr. ; Gilse y— J. Touhey. Mr.
and Mrs. Ricnard Specter left the St. Cloud
and sailed on the Havel for Bremen. Miss A.
Ahli, Miss Annie Brucher and Herman Dunicke
also sailed for Germany. V. R. Ullman is here
buying. '_• -
UNTIL THE DAYBREAK.
A human soul went forth Into the night,
Shutting behind It death's mysterious door,
And shaking off, with strange, resistless might,
The dust that once it wore.
to swift its flight, so an idenly it sped—
As when by skillful band a bow is bent
The arrow files— those watching round the bed
. Marked not the way it went. •y « ? '/.. ;- -.- .-'
Heavy with grief, their aching, tear-dimmed eyes
Saw by tbe shadow tall, and knew not when,
Or in what fair or unfamiliar guise, .'. '-.
■ It left the world of men.
It broke from sickness, that with Iron bands
Had bound It fast for many a grievous day;
And love Itself with Its restraining bands
Might not its course delay. f •" -.•* '••■"•
Spare could not hold It back with fettering bars,
i ime lost its power* and cease! at last to be;
It HWtp. beyond th* boundary of the stars
And touched Eternity.
Out of tbe house of mourning faintly lit.
It passed from its journey a.l alone;
So far not even Thought could follow It -
Into those realms unknown.
Through the clear silence of the moonless dark,
Lea. ing no footprint of the road It trod,
Straight as an arrow cleaving to Ha mark,
The Soul went home to God.
"Alas! ' they cried, "he never saw the morn.
but fell asleep out wearied from the strife
Nay, rather, be aro<e and met the Dawn |jggMß9fl
Of Everlasting Life.
CHRISTIAN" EtKKK-
PROSPERITY FOR ALL.
New York Sun.
From "all the great agricultural States come
reports of tremendous crops. From the same
States come reports of an improving financial
condition and of large amounts of indebted
ness discharged. The farmers of the United
States will have money to spend next fall, and
consequently trade and manufactures of all
kinds will be stimulated. The country mer
chants will be able to make large purchases,
and the city merchants will be able to dispose
of large stccks.
Not only are the big crop 3in sight, but the
work of transporting them has already begun.
The railroads are beginning or in a lew days
will begin to make money.
. Business knows under what conditions it
must proceed and it will proceed confidently,
in harmony with the encouraging facts and
prospects all over the country. . r ;
. Prosperity lor all is here, not a prosperity of
mere paper and hope, but actual, tangible,
testing on the indisputable and convincing
fact of agricultural prosperity, without which
general prosperity In this country cannot to
day exist The days' of croaking are past
There is Work to do and money to be made by
everybody who is not a loafer or an incompe
tent. The people of the United Slates. are go
ing to work and to make money. The
prophets of disaster will find their occupation
gone. The politics of disaster will be made
lutile by this period of good times which has
begun. ■ .
EXTRAORDINARY : POWERS.
New York World.
The Mayor of the Greater New York will
have power to appoint practically all the offi
cers and servants of the city except the Comp
troller—all the heads of department directly
and all their subordinates indirectly. . His
patronage in salaries alone will amount to
considerably more than half a million dollars
a year. He will select the Corporation Coun
sel, the Chamberlain, the President of the
Board of Public Improvements, the Commis
sioners nt Water, Highway, Street-cleaning,
Sewers, Public Buildings, Health, Charities,
Correction, Docks, Folic*, Fire, Taxes and As
sessment, Accounts, Parks, Statistics and all
the rest. In brief, he will govern New York.
The whole of its vast machinery and its enor
mous business will be in his hands. He will
not be subject to restraint even from the fact
that most of the officers subject- to his ap
pointment have six-year terms fixed by law,
for during the first six months of his own
term he is empowered to remove any or all
heads of department by his simple flat, with
out giving a reason or an account to anybody,
and he may appoint whomsoever he pleases
to take their places without asking anybody's
consent. : „■.,-•■.; .:.-.
GOOD-BY, SHODDY.
New York Press.
Again we bid farewell to that only certain
blessing of a "free raw material" tariff
shoddy, and its dirty brethren, "mungo, noils
and waste." The 30 per cent duty of the Mc-
Kinley law brought its imports down in one
year (1890-91) from $2,037,731 to $8440. The
lree list of the Wilson law. which was to have
banished it from American backs, sent the
imports up : from $3657 to $262,956. It
reached $2,500,000 by 1896, and this year
will rise to $7,000,000. The 25-cent duty of
the Diugley iaw being as effectually prohibit
ive as the 30 cents of the McKinley will send
it back to the point where, as in the McKinley
yoars, It seems to have been imported only by
fond iree-traders for keepsakes.
NOT THE : FOUNDATION.
Boston Post.
The precious metals are not the foundation
of the riches of a country. It is the homely,
substantial, necessary products that have the
truly precious quality. It is these that give
employment to industry. and gala to many
thousands of others than those who first pro
duce them.
FOR ANY CONTINGENCY.
Philadelphia Press.
Germany is sending officers to China .to
teach them how to fight. The United States
is sending instructors to teach them bow to
farm. Li Hung Chang is evidently preparing
for any contingency, that may arise.
A FIJNE BUSJ OF PRESIDEJ^J
A handsome bust of President McKinley arrived in New York from Naples a few days ago.
The bust is executed in pure white marble from the Carrara quarries of S. A. McFarland. The
bust has been shipped to Columbus, Ohio, where it will be placed in tbe State Capitol, as a
gift from the friends of the President in that commonwealth. A duplicate of the bust will be
presented to Mrs. McKinley by Ohio women. The bust is said to be an unusually fine speci
men of sculpture, and is the work of an Italian artist.
LAMENTABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS
San Francisco Wood and Iron.
The great State of California presents more
opportunities for the investment of capital and
labor than any other State in tbe Union. Her
thousands of acres of land are as yet un
touched by the plow, and her cities present
ample fields for the location of all kinds of
manufactories. But there seems to be a deter
mination up )ti the part of some of her people
located here to hamper every effort made by
men of brains and capital to enhance the
glory of the State. Men of capital seeking a
location for themselves and an opportunity to
invest their money are met by a gang of har
pies who at once set upon them ana in the
language of the world attempt to bleed them.
Provided a growing city is selected as a proper
place a gang of selfish, cold-blooded city offi
cials are met, who, with a heavy taxroll in
one hand and hampering ordinances in an
other, set upon the capitalist and seek his
heart's blood. ■* ' '
Weak newspapers jump upon the investor
and demand their quota of the investment,
and if denied, at once denounce the investor
as a bloated capitalist, whose only aim is to
rule the people. Our neighboring city of
Oakland was once offered a large manufactur
ing establishment whose buildings alone cost
nearly #100.000. but its projectors dare not
locate there for fear of the large crowd of
small blackmailers who at that time infected
that city. That same factory is now located
in San Francisco and gives employment to
hundreds of employes. In San Francisco there
is no one man who has done more lor the City
and the State than Ciaus Spreckela. He has
mode immense sums of money here and he
! has spent thousands and thousands of dollars
.here. His name has stood for years as one
amone ten thousand. He has made money
honestly and he has expended it so as to
benefit not only himself, but tne City and
State that be has chosen as lis home. This
man is beloved by those who know him best,
and the hundreds of men whom he employs
have every reason to call him blessed. Yet
this man, this successful merchant and manu
facturer, this public benefactor, is set upon
and openly denounced by a newspaper of this
City, a paper that has done more harm to
California and her people than any other
dozen instruments.
It Is a shame that such a state of affairs
should exist. Personally we do not know
Claus Sprockets, but we judge him by his
works, and we feel that the day will come
when the righteous indignation of an out
raged people will find the proper expression,
and those who by blackmail and other de
vices seek to throw obstacles in the path of
progress of our City and our State will be
wiped out of existence, despised of men ana
abnored by all. If California .would prosper,
if her broad acres should be made to bear
fruit and grain, if her cities and smaller
towns should be made hives of industry where
honest labor should thrive and prosper, the
present state of affairs must be changed. Every
inducement should be helu out to cause both
capital and labor to locate here, and instead
of abuse and robbery a helping band should
be extended ami the path of the new-comer
ba made pleasant.
BRYAN'S DIMINISHING DOLLAR.
New York Press.
It is now a 40-cent silver dollar instead of a
50-cent dollar. Of course, if Mr. Bryan could
make a 50-cent dollar as good as a 100-cent
dollar be could do the same with a 40-cent
dollar. And if he could do it with a 40-cent
dollar why. not with a- 20-cent uollar? And
why not with a 10-cent dollar and a 1-ceitt
dollar? . Then why have any value at All in a
dollar? Why not make a dollar out of noth
ing.
And the deuce of it is for Mr. William J.
Bryan that wheat keeps on going up while
sliver goes down. Tough on him, but the
country can stand it.
PLACE OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.
Minneapolis Journal.
Prospectors complain that the name of
Taku Inlet is too suggestive of some kind of a
summer resort in Alaska.
MEN AND WOMEN.
Denman Thompson is living on his farm In
New Hampshire/and he says he has no notion
of acting any more.
Daniel Webster was extraordinarily fond of
oxen, and all those on his: farm knew him by
sight and would follow him like dogs.
George Eliot wrote eight years with the
same pen, and when she lost it bewailed her
misfortune as almost too hard to bear.
Patti has a weakness lor Mexican terriers,
and wherever she' goes carries two or more
with her, usually wrapped up in silk shawls.
The Hon. Winston. Churchill, eldest son of
the late Lord . Randolph Churchill, will stand
for Parliament in the Conservative teres tat
the next opportunity. Lord Randolph's
younger son, John ; Henry Churchill, now
17 years of age, will study for the bar.
Ex-Dean Allen, who has just died in his
ninety-fifth year, was the oldest clergyman of
the church in Wales. He restored St. David's
Cathedral., He was graduated at Trinity Col
lege,. Cambridge, no less than seventy-two
years ago, and ten years later was : ordained
priest. _____
John Bacon of Easton, Pa., has in his posses
sion a copy of the Weekly Museum of March
4, 1797, in which is related the following
anecdote: "At the conclusion of \ the war Dr.
Franklin, the English Embassador and the
French Minister, Vergenis, dining together at
Versailles, a toast from each was called for
and agreed to. The British Minister \ began
with : 'George III,' who, like T the sun in its
meridian, spreads a luster throughout and en
lightens the world.' The French Minister fol
lowed.with:'Tne illustrious Louis XVI, who,
like ike moon, shed* mild and benignant rays
on and influences the globe.' Our American
Franklin | then l gave : 'George Washington,
commander of the armies, who, Tike Joshua of
old, commanded the sun and moon to stand
still and they obeyed him.' "
WHEAT AND SILVER.
Ohio State Journal.
To-day the price of wheat is booming, with i
every prospect that it will reach the dollar I
mark very soon, as it has done within the past ;
(year. And this in the face of the largest crop
that has probably ever been harvested in this
country. Where is sliver ? One year ago
wheat sold In the New York market at 63%
cents per bushel, when silver sold in the same
market at 69% cents per ounce. It is now ■
worth 86* 8 cents per bushel and silver but 59
cents per ounce. Silver never before, except- ]
ing on the 23d of January, 1895, when the |
price was the present ruling figure, reached so j
lo fc a price.
The law of supply and demand regulates the |
price of both commodities. There Is no de- j
mand for silver. Every civilized nation on
the globe Is on the gold basis. Japan and
Russia are seeking to establish it, The out
put ot the silver mines was never so great, !
reaching 800,000,000 ounces during the last I
year. How is* it with farm products? Last!
year there were nearly $600 000,000 worth j
exported, which brought a corresponding
credit in gold to us. The decreased harvest in I
other lauds has also added to tbe demand for
American wheat. With renewed business ac
tivity it may fairly be expected that the home !
consumption of farm products will be largely ]
enhanced. .
Silver is harmless to help or aid t*ie farming
community; The Bryanlte demagogues must
study up some other subterfuge to fool the
agriculturists. -We shall hear nothing about
the price of silver regulating the price of
wheat in Ohio this tail. The voice of the false
prophet is silenced. '.-'■.
TREMENDOUS POWER.
Buffalo Sunday News.
President McKinley has brought good luck
to the Nation. First, there are the extraordi
nary harvests of golden grain; second, the
wonderful development of the gold diggings
in Colorado and Alaska. The increasing de
mand in foreign countries for our surplus
gram is not the least of the lucky events that
challenge tbe astonishment of the people.
RATIO OF TWO TO THREE.
Chicago News.
Whether the brewers organize a beer trust or
not makes little difference to the consumer,
who imagines he Is getting relief from hot
weather when he drinks 2 cents' worth of beer
through 3 cents' worth of froth. . ',--
WITH YOUR COFFEE.
Though other days may rain or shine,
•■Queen's weather" always has been fine;
And If she lives the Prince, 'tis plain,
Will hardly have a day of reign.
l'ick-Me-Up.
Mrs. Giltoyle— Mrs. Bargain Hunter is a
thoroughly consistent woman.
Mrs. Kidtiff— Is she?
Mrs. Gilfoyle— Yes, she is. She has marked
her 5 o'clock tea down to 4:s7.— Puck.
Racketl— l hear that you have lost your
standing in the church?
Trcmlow— Yes, but I'm all right so far as my
standing in the streetcar is concerned.—
Judge.
He— l understand that Miss Derwcnt is quite
a composer.
She— Yes. She composes the greater part of
what you see of her every morning.—
land Leader. -
"Have you seen Maud's rainy-day costumo ?
It's too sweet for any use."
"Why doesn't she wear it to-day?"
"It looks so much like rain."— Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The great trouble with acquiring knowlege
is that the things a man longs most to know
are none of his business.— Atchison Globe.
M. Calino— Listen! Here is a very good pro- :
posal for our. daughter a young man, rich,
honest, unselfish, good-looking; only— there
is an only— he is a foundling— without a name.
Mine. Calino (with a start)— Without a name!
Then I shall have a son-in-law who will write
only anonymous letters? Never in the world 1
Le Monde Comique.
, "Widowhood makes a woman unselfish."
"Why, so?" ,":
"Becru<e she ceases to look out for Number
One and begins to look out for Number Two."
Brooklyn Life.
"I wonder why women like caw?"
"Because cats hate mice?" f ! * :p.
; "Oh, mamma," the beautiful girl exclaimed,
"be adores me so and he is so noble and
handsome and—" I
"Yes, my child?"
' "And he brings such lovely references from
his last wife."
Mother and daughter mingled their tears of
joy. Presently i they grew . somewhat calmer
and .were . able to apeak of trousseaus and
things.— Detroit Journal.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Old Conrs— V. R., Byron, Cal. There Is no
premium on a United States quarter of a dol
lar coined in 1843, nor on a dime coined in
1853. ;--. , ..■-.•■■ • ,- .;.;■..
. Native Sons— H., City. There are 153
natives of California and 187 natives of other
States of the Union on the ban Francisco police
force. j* ■ ■■■'■•■--•■■■•■ :.-■'■..
. A FiVE-DoLtAR Piece— N. N., ; City. Ass
gold piece of 1837 Is worth Its face value and
no more, so Hut as coin collectors are con
cerned.
'A, Typographical Error— J. E. C, City. In
the item referred to by you in your communi
cation the word "excepted" should read "ac
cepted." .'■'■-' :":':■ -'..-:■■' ■::"
Problems— J. C, City. This department has
on a number of occasions announced that it
does not answer problems, and your question
being a problem pure and simple It cannot
under the rule be answered. , ■„ ; "J. , \
Wages— C W., Ono, Cal. An action for, the
recovery of .wages "or i salary > must be com
mencea in California witnin four years if the
contract was in writing or within two years if
the contract was not in writing.
Murderer Roe— C. J.. City. Roe, the mur
derer of Mrs. Greenwood, was hanged at Napa,
because the crime was committed prior to the
passage of the law providing that the sentence
of death shall be carried out within the walls
of a penitentiary in California.
Newspaper Artists— Subscriber, City. A"
person who has talent as a newspaper artist
wishing advice and information as to possi
bilities should visit the head of the art de
partment of a newspaper and submit some of
bis work. He will soon be given the informs- .
tion he desires.
Paving Employes— E. F. H., Haydenhlll,
Lassen County, Cal. .A law passed by the"
Legislature at its last held session provides
that all corporations shall pay employes once,
a month, and a failure to comply with the
provisions of the law carries with it a penalty "
of not less than $50 nor more than $100.
Pacific Coast States -C. H. F., City. Geo- '
graphically, California, Oregon and Washing-"
ton are the Pacific Coast States; generally the
following-named States are classed In the Pa
cific Coast division: California, Colorado, .
Idaho. Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wash
ington and Wyoming. The Territories of
Arizona and New Mexico are also included in
the Pacific Coast division.
ST. Gothard Tunnel— N., Los Gates, Cal. •
Henry Frith, in "The Romance of Engineer
ing," has the following in regard to the work
in St. Gothard tunnel: "So accurate had teen
the surveys and levels, only a difference of •
two inches were shown in the levels and only
thirteen Inches In the direction of the head
ing in the whole nine miles of tunnel." > Tha
workmen from opposite directions met and
broke through the wall that separated them
on the 29th of February, 1880.
. Free Coinage— H., City. The act of Con
gress of April, 1792, established the first ■
monetary system of the United States. The
bases of the system were: The gold dol :
lar, or unit, containing 24.75 grains of pure '
gold and stamped In pieces of $10, $5 and.
$2 50, denominated respectively eagle, half
eagle and quarter-eagle; tbe silver dollar, or.
unit, containing 371.25 grains of pure silver.
A mint was established. The coinage was un- .
limited, and there was no mint charge. Under
what is known as free coinage any person
can take bullion to a mint and have it con
verted into coin.
Street Obstruction— A Taxpayer, City. If
an individual occupies any portion of a pub
lic street or sidewalk with any material that
Is not a temporary obstruction, such as would
be used In the construction of a house or the
repair of a street or sidewalk, you should, as
a taxpayer, instead of sending an anonymous
communication to a newspaper, make a com
plaint at the office of fhe Superintendent of
Streets or the police headquarters.
FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT.
The Past Masters' Association of the
A. O. U. W. Gives a Jingo
Entertainment.
Last Monday night the Past Masters' Asso
ciation of the Ancient Order of United Work
men gave an entertainment in their ball in
Shiels building for members and a few spe
cially invited members of the order. . The
cards of invitation styled it a "jingo enter
tainment," and it turued out to bj an evening
at whist and cribbage, vocalization by some
who have good voices, and musical selections.
There were about fifty present, and a most
enjoyable evening was spent, Mr. Pierce of
Excelsior entertained with selections on the
piano, and Mr. Hilton of Spartan Lodge favored
with vocal selections, and so much was the
rendition appreciated that he was encored
several times. Past Supreme Master W. H.
Jordan was requested to tell some of the ■
stories that he can tell in a style that is inim
itable, but he excused himse t on the ground
that he was not in a story-telling mood. A
number of games of cards were played ju»t to
demonstrate the skill of the players, and all.
were lurnished excellent cigars. The affair
was managed by C. S. Curtis, district deputy
of district No. 7; Walter Molloy of Golden
Gate Lodge, and J. Abrahamson of Unity
Lodge.
Knight* of Honor. ' ,'■ t \s*--
In accordance with the provision made by
the Supreme Lodge, says the Knights of Honor
Reporter, the first special assessment will be
due and payable during the current month.
Financial reporters will be required to collect
from each member who became prior to Octo
ber 1, 1896, one assessment at the rate he was
paying at that time. For instance, if a mem
ber was paying $1 an assessment prior to Octo
ber lof last year, during the current month
the financial reporter of the lodge will collect
from- him one assessment according to the
present table or rates, and $1 additional. If
any member desires to pay the eight special
assessments at one time, the financial reporter
should receive the money and forward it to
the proper supreme officer. Those who became
members since October 1, 1896, are not re
quired to pay these special assessments.
The Supreme Lodge squelched the proposi
tion that the beneficiaries of a member who
dies within three mouth* a.'ter initiation shall
receive only one-quarter of the benefit; that
the beneficiaries of one who dies within six'
months shall receive only half, and so on.
The committee to whom the matter was re
ferred reported that it could not discover any ■
"reason why such a policy should be adopted.
Fraternity knows no distinction from length
of membership. When one becomes a mem
ber he should be entitled to ail the privileges -
of membership."
The report of the supreme reporter, B. F.
Nelson, shows that on the Ist ol last July the -
membership was 94.140.
The following named are the new supreme
officers for the cuirent term: J. Warner
Gohceu, supreme dictator, Philadelphia. Pa.;
John P. Shannon, supreme vice-dictator, Elber
ton, Ga.; Douglas S. Biggs, supreme essstant
dictator, Boston, afrit,: John Mulligan, past
supreme dictator, Yonkers. N. V. ; B. F. Nel
son, supreme reporter, St. Louis, Mo.; Joseph
W. Branch, supreme treasurer, St. Louis. Mo.;
Rev. H. M. Hope, supreme chaplain; Peters
burg, Va. ; John Hancock, supreme guide,
Louisville, Ky.; J. R. Cole, supreme guardian,
Sherman, Tex.; Frank B. S.lger. supreme sen
tinel, Helena, Ark.; S. B. Rigg* -uprerae trus
tee, Emtioria. Kan?.; D. T. Weill, supreme
trustee, New Orleans, La. ; William J. Robin
son, supreme trustee, Erie, Pa.
:
Cauforma glace fruits, 50c lb. Townsend'l*
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i frrciAL information daily to manufacturers,
business houses and public men by tha Pran
Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 510 Montgomery. '
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Only 832 50 to Washington, D. C. ,
Via Sunset route and Piedmont air line. Cor
respondingly low rates to other Eastern cities.
For further information call on or address
(has. L. Hopkins, Pacific Coast Passenger
Agent, 621 Market street, San Francisco. *
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Farmer— There you are again, talking my .
fish
Poacher— Ob, no, sir. I ain't taking 'em,
'cause I throws 'em back again.
Farmer— Then what are you fishing fort •
Poacner— I want to see whether they *
has grown any.— Journal Amusant.
Northern Pacific Kail way — Yellowstone
far- tine. '■...''
The managers of the Yellowstone Park wish- to
announce to the public that they have never been
In better condition to handle visitors than at tlie
present ' time i (rumors to the contrary no. with- .
standing). All of the large parties of Christian
Endeavorers have made tbe trip and are oat of
tbe park. For tickets and information apply te
T. K. Btateler, Gen, Agent, 638 Market at., 8. P.
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mothers for their children while Teething with pets
feet success. It sooi best he child, softens the rums, '
allays Pain, cores Wind Colic, regulates the Bowel*
and is the best remedy for Diarrhea**, whether aris
log fsom teething or other causes, ior sale by drug
gist* In •very-part of tbe world. Be ante and ask
let airs. WLnalow's soothing Syrup, 86c a bottle* '
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Reduced Rates for All ' ".
To the East via the Kio Grande Western Railway,
passing through Utah and Colorado by daylight!
Through cars by all trains. Tickets, sleeping-car
reservations and full Information furnished at 14
Montgomery street. ... • ■
Coronado.— ■Is perfectly dry. sort
and mild, being entirely free from the mists com
mon farther north. Bound- trip tickets, by steam
ship, including fifteen days' board at the Hotel del
C oronado, $60; longer stay $2 50 pet day. • Apply
4 .New Montgomery, s'reet. San Francisco. *
Keep looKing young ana save your hair, lts color
and beauty with Parker's Hair Balsam. ~
Hinokrcorns, the best core for corns. 15 eta.
AVer's , Cherry, rectors! gives prompt relief
That's why.it excels all other preparat.ons for*
colds and coughs. " - >■ «* f : -„-.?,• •