From the tone of Bryan's speech at the Jackson
day banquet in Chicago it appears he is willing to
suggest a plain and absolute remedy for the evils
caused bj trusts, provided he be elected to the Presi
dency, but he is not willing to say what it is before
hand; so it will be seen the boy orator has some dis
cretion after all and knows how to keep his mouth
shut on at least one subject. >v
The proposal to establish a "home" for the purpose
of reforming ex-convicts is very good, but at the
same time it should be remembered that if the pro
posed beneficiaries of the establishment had ever had
any regard for a home*they would never have been
convicts.
There may be disputes as to whether the Pope re
garded New Year's day as the beginning of a new
century or not, but there can be none about the
Kaiser's opinion. It is the twentieth century in Ger
many at any rate.
A German officer has raised a chatter of adverse
criticism in ?11 Continental dueling circles. He vio
lated all of the established rules of the game by get
ting killed
BRYAN'S LATEST GABBLE.
SIX hundred Democrats, seated at a banquet in
Chicago to celebrate Jackson day, heard Bryan
make his latest speech. There was a time
when a speech by that orator on such an occasion
would have been reported almost to the word and the
whole country would have paid attention. That time,
however, was in the days of depression, when the
calamity howler was a power in the land and when
even conservatives gave heed to what he said in order
that they might know to what extent the agitation of
class antagonism was being carried. In these days
of prosperity the country little heeds or cares what is
rttered upon themes of that kind, and accordingly
even the Bryan organs themselves give but a brief
summary of what he said and what the 600 heard.
In the brief report that comes to us of the speech
Bryan is quoted as saying: "The currency bill fastens
us to the financial systems of the Old World and sub
jects us to all the disturbances which affect them,
while it places the control of the volume of paper
money in the hands of a bank trust, which will be as
merciless to the people of this country as Weyler was
HOTTI. DEL. CORONADO— Take advanta**
of th« round-trip tickets. Now only SS9 by
steamship, including fifteen days' board at ho-
tel; longer stay. 13 00 per day. Apply at 4 N«w
Montgomery street. San Francisco.
Personally Conducted Excursions
In Improved wide- vestlbuled Pullman tourist
sleeving cars via Santa Fe Route. Experienced
excursion conductors accompany those excur-
sions to look after the welfare of passengers.
To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday.
Wednesday and Friday. To Boston. Montreal
and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Louis
every Sunday. To ' St. Paul every Sunday »Tt
Friday. Ticket office, €2» Market streak
to the reconcentrados. The fight for bimetallism at
the ratio of 16 to 1 has not been lost. The increased
production of gold has shown the advantage of more
money and has answered the argument so often made
that the parity could not be maintained because of the
overproduction of silver." He declared that the Re
publican party is unable to enact and enforce efficient
anti-trust laws and that the Democratic party when
in power will meet the issue with a plain and posi
tive remedy. ?;-;} -
In all that there is nothing beyond the repetition
of the old misrepresentations. The currency bill does
not fasten upon us the financial system of the Old
World, but of the New World and the new age. It is
the outcome of the conditions of our own land and
our own time. By the study of economics men have
learned something of the natural laws which regulate
trade and finance, and the object of the bill now be
fore Congress is to apply those laws to the needs of
the people of the United States. It is the language
of a demagogue to term it an OW World system and
to attempt to arouse against it the unreasoning
prejudices of men who are incapable of understanding
financial questions, or who, through partisan perver
sity, oppose any and every measure that has not its
origin in their own party. /
Just how the increase in the output of gold and the
abounding evidence of the existence of a sufficient
amount of gold to supply the monetary needs of the
world have weakened the argument advanced by the
sound-money men in 1896 and confirmed the; free
silver agitators, Mr. Bryan will have, to explain? by
diagrams. It was asserted by Bryan that unless silver
were remonctized there would be a. continuous fall in
prices. The world knows there has been a rise in
prices, and now Bryan says the rise proves he was
right. It is fortunate for the orator that he is known
to be a total abstainer from intoxicating liquors,
otherwise there is much in that argument which
would incline folks to believe it inspired less by states
manship than by bourbon.
The assertion that if intrusted with • power the
Democratic party will provide a plain and positive
remedy for the evils resulting from trusts, is another
feature of the speech that requires explanation. Mr
Bryan should state clearly what he regards as the evil
feature of trust organizations, and what is the remedy
he would apply. He had an opportunity to do both
of those things at the Chicago conference on the trust
question and he failed to do either of them.
From the short reports given of the speech it is
easy to understand why more was not sent out.
There was evidently nothing in it worth reporting.
Within the burr was a chestnut and within the chest
nut only dust. Bryan may still be a Presidential
candidate, but as an orator he has exhausted every
thing except his lungs.
THE LAW AND THE LADY.
M T the meeting of the Mothers' Union of Golden
/ \ Gate on Saturday there was adopted a resolu
tion requesting the co-operation of the Oak
land Club and other societies to petition the Oakland
merchants to provide scats for the lady clerks in all
the stores and shops where they have not provided
them.
The resolution was the outcome of a discussion
upon the injurious effects which certain kinds of work
have upon women and its object is to provide for
the health and welfare of those who arc engaged in
stores and who arc frequently required to remain on
their feet almost continuously from the time the store
opens for business early in the morning until it closes
at night.
With that object all who are interested in the wel
fare of the race must have a warm sympathy. The
Mothers' Union of t Golden Gate will therefore find
cordial co-operation in the work they have under
taken and their petition to the merchants will be
strongly supported. If the merchants should ignore
the petition or refuse to accede to it the Mothers'
Union has an easy method of redress in the law of
the State, to which recourse should be promptly
taken.
There was approved February 6. 1889, "an act to
provide for the proper sanitary condition of factories
and workshops and the preservation of the health of
employes." Portions of it applicable to the case at
issue run thus:
"Section 5. Every person, firm or corporation em
ploying females in any manufacturing, mechanical or
mercantile establishment shall provide suitable seats
for the use of the females so employed and shall per
mit the use of such seats by them when they are not
necessarily engaged in the active duties for which they
arc employed.
"Section 6. Any person or corporation violating
any of the provisions of this act shall be punished by
a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred
dollars for each offense.
"Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Commis
sioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to enforce
the provisions of this act."
The ladies will perceive that the remedy for the
evil complained of is amply provided. It will be best,
of course, to begin by directing the attention of of
fending merchants to the law and requesting a com
pliance with its requirements. If that means fails
the ladies should at once notify the Commissioner of
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the violation of the
law and it will be his duty to enforce it.
It is gratifying that there are women who are suf
ficiently considerate of the welfare of working girls to
engage actively in supporting their fights and pro
viding for their welfare. As is pointed out by the
Labor Commissioner in an interview, published in
another column, his office has no patrol force to seek
out offenders against the law and therefore he can act
only when his attention is drawn to some violation of
it. The girls employed in the stores dare not make
complaint. For that reason the agency of such asso
ciations as the Mothers* Union is necessary to the en
forcement of the law and it should be exerted con
tinuously and with vigor throughout the State.
MOTHER LODE STUDIES.
STORMS GOES AFIELD.
CRIPPLE CREEK'S GOLD.
NEW MINING DECISION.
HOW CLAIMS WERE WON
TO-DAY "W. H. Storms, tha latest
"Examiner of Mines" to be ap
pointed by Governor Gage, will
start for the mother lode region,
where he will spend the ensuing
months In spite of mud and snow, which
have In the past kept Mining Bureau ex
perts out of the mountain mining fields.
This will be the first time in three years
that the mother lode, or, in fact, the gold
regions of the State have received any at
tention from the bureau except in the
compilation of yet unpublished maps.
There have been great developments
along the mother lode in that time. The
era of deep mining there has recently
opened and great operations, costing mil
lions of dollars, are under way. Electric
power has been distributed to many mines
during that period anA various Improved
processes^ have been Installed and new
problems~met with.
The miners of that region will welcome
Mr. Storms^as an expert familiar with the
region for years, and as the most compe
tent one available for the task. He goes
at once to Amador County, w..ere he will
remain some time. It is planned that
he shall put In most of his time along the
mother lode from Mariposa County north
during the nejet eighteen months, and
give as much attention as time will al
low to the mining regions further north.
He will aim to inspect every mine of
W. H. STORMS, Examiner of Mines
any Importance in each county, gaining all
the Information that owners are willing
to allow him, observing the geology,
methods of working, conditions imposed,
etc.. and note progress and prospects
without endeavoring to go Into private
financial matters which miners generally
want to keep to themselves. He expects!
to be able to make his reports more com
plete and of more practical use to mining
men than most former bureau reports.
Improvements in methods, costs of oper
ation, if they can be given, comparisons
of different mines, what operators have
accomplished at great depth and what
they expect to accomplish and similar In
formation will be especially sought, and
In setting forth such Information the con
ditions must necessarily be completely
given. The big mining field is rich In op
portunity for interesting and valuable re
ports, and the miners will hope to see
some of this character in spite of the
political mess into which the bureau has
dropped.
It may be observed that not the least
of the benefits of this sort of field work
Is the personal dissemination of informa
tion nnd expert advice, as an official with
a broad knowledge of mining science and
practice and an acquaintance with how
things are done all through the mining
field comes in constant contact with
miners, often sharing their beds or bunks,
their bottles or bacon and meeting with
them their problems and mistakes. A
field man has a varied experience and Is
a mining missionary constantly distribut
ing pointers amid the hills.
Generally he is appreciated, but some
times he Is scorned by miners who look
on all "experts" with supreme contempt,
and sometimes they chuckle and plan a
scheme to make a fool of him.
While he was a field deputy of the bu
reau four or five years ago. Storms
climbed to a prospect in Calaveras Coun
ty where two old miners were sinking on
a vein in which they thought they had
struck It at last. The shatt was eighty
feet deep, and when Dan had hauled up
the bucket by a windlass, Storms saw that
it was fastened to the rope by a simple
loop held by a slippery pointed stick,
easily pulled out to take off the bucket.
"Want to see the bottom?" asked old
Dan. "No, I don't," said Storms. '"Why
not? Just go down and see how purty
she widens." urged the lucky partner
above. "Not in that rig." said Storms.
"That pin will drop out, the first thing
you know, and somebody will be killed.
Why don't you fix it this way?" "Oh.
Scotty! There's a mining expert up here
'fraid to go down 'cause he's 'fraid the
bucket'll come off with him." Dan shout
ed down the golden well. "Haw! Haw!
Haw!" came up from where Scotty was
tickled in the mudoy gloom. Two weeks
later they burled Scotty and soon Dan
bought the widow's Interest In the widen
ing vein. Nobody knew how It happened,
and they seldom do, but the slippery un
safe pin did It. and the Mining Bureau
did not save poor Scotty.
Preliminary estimates of the precious
metal product of California for 1599 have
been made by the Director of the Mint
and by the Superintendent, and the statis
tician of the San Francisco Mint, and, as
tisual. they disagree. They always do dis
agree. Each year the director receives
careful estimates from local representa
tives of the bureau here and there, and
then goes for them with an ax, apparent
ly on general principles.
It was stated In this column a short ttme
ago that the gold product for 1599 woud
probably show a small decrease on ac
count of the unprecedented lack of water,
In spite of the great increase of develop
ment. Statistician Charles G. Yale, how
ever, discovered an increase, estimated at
about $500,000. The Director of the M'nt
makes his estimate $14,952,392, a decrease
of over a half-million.
The disagreement Is not highly Impor
tant, as both estimates are preliminary
ones. The final estimate, which will be
the official record, will be ready In April,
and It will be compiled from confidential
returns from practically every producer In
the State, supplemented by information
from every available and reliable source
possible. This arduous work has now been
begun by Mr. Yale. Whatever the result
may be. It will doubtless show no great
variation from the output of IMS. It Is uf
more Importance to realize that the boun
tiful rains and snows of the present season
and the steadily multiplying mining f».c
tlvlty will provide 1900 with an Increase cf
the gold output in California that will
reach well Into the millions.
The local mint estimated the silver
product at $636,000. and Director Roberts
?ut !t at $1,396,363. This difference aribes
rom the fact that the former used th*>
market value, 53 cents, and the latter the
coinage value. $1.2929. In estimating the
product, which was about 1,200,000 ounces.
Because California has at last besn
passed bj* Colorado as a gold producing
State, Colorado's record and the reason
for it are of interest. The year's recori
is about $26,000,000. and the reason is en
tirely the rapid development of the world's
most remarkable gold field. Cripple Creek,
which covers an area of but a few square
miles. The chief facts of Cripple Creek's
record for the past year are given In the
following special report to The Call from
Colorado Springs:
COLOrtADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 2.— The
mines of Cripple Creek produced during the
year 1899 $20,241,842. a net g»ln of 33 per cent
over the production of IS9S. which was $15.602. tw).
As Indicated by the above the year has been
one of marked prosperity In the great gold
c&mp of Colorado. While over 300 mines helped
to make up the year's record-breaking produc
tion the large producer* ¦wer*: Btratton's In
dependence. $1,500,000: the Portland. $2.300.0>J0;
the Gold Coin. $1,150,000: the Jack Pot. $*30.0 CO;
the Vindicator. $1,000,000; the Llllle and a
ecore of others.
The rear's progress In Cripple Creek was
marked by the opening up of the largest and
richest ore bodies at the greatest depth yet
attained in this camp, viz., I(XV> feet, and also
by the extending of the gold-bearing are* by
several miles. These two facts form the basis
for the prediction that next year the camp
will produce $:6.0n0,000 In gold.
I>urlng the year thirty-two companies paid
dividends amounting to $4,611,365. The tnt.il
amount of dividends paid by Cripple Creek
mines to date Is $11,777,167. In addition to this
*urn there have been distributed by close cor
porations and earned by lessees profits amount-
Ing to $0,00<>,000, so that the camp has earned
to date over $16.50Q,t>X>.
Wholesale dealing in Cripple Creek mlnlns:
stock has been a feature of the year. The
vales upon the Colorado Springs Mining Stock
Exchange during this time amounted to 235.
319.221 shares, of a cash value of *34.527.0<V>. On
this exchange last year there were sold 67.0T.5.
000 shares, of a cash value of $10,351,000. The
valuation of outstanding Cripple Creek Btocks
to-day is estimated to be $60,000,000.
This camp has produced In the first nine
years of Its history $73,707,342. Puring the year
the monthly output more than doubled, reach-
Ing $3,000,000 In December.
In most mining towns, as elsewhere,
the last midnight of '99 saw a pande
monium of noise. One mother lode
Journal observes that every sign in town
got from one to six playful bullets in It,
and rather condemns this method of cele
bration.
But all through the mining regions
there were midnight doings as quiet as
the town tolks were noisy. 'Twas the
hour when claim-Jumpers strike. The
evening knew hundreds of stealthy trips
into the hills to claims on which assess
ment work was due, and within a few
minutes after midnight hundreds of lo
cation notices were going up according to
secret plan and knowledge. A good pro
portion of the thousands of claims taktn
up during- 1&98 were fully open to loca
tion, the nolders not being able to afford
the $100 worth of work or having too
many claims to take care of. If the lo
cators had not done the work they could
relocate January land hold for another
two years, and in many cases they were
on hand for that purpose and with guns
along to stand off the fellows who
stealthily came for the same object. That
midnight would provide many good min
ing stories.
Here and there, as always, were un
protected mines of known value on which
the assessment work was not done
through mistake or neglect. One was the
Good Hope. near Jackson. Amador
County, in which Senator John F. Davis
lately became interested. It was wrongly
supposed that the work had been done,
and 'some parties"' laid quiet and elab
orate plans to jump the mine and had
hired a "gun fighter" to aid in the job.
lne gun tighter had too long a tongue
and the plan leaked out Saturday ni«rht.
Just as Judge Davis arrived from San
I-rancisco. A force of men was rushed
to the property that night and $100 worth
• J' ork t ™ done b y the following mid
night, thus saving the mine.
On the Mojave desert at Randsburg
and beyond prospecting for water Is now
going busily on by means of vertical
borings and tunnels into hills, and lucky
"strikes" are being made. A fair supply
of water in a mining r*gion where It
costs a bit a drink for mules would work
wonders for the Industry. The desert
also has an oil excitement In a district
near Mojave, where there is not the
slightest sign of oil but where the for
mations have been pronounced favor
able. Railroad men have secured large
tracts in which to prospect, and thi3
Knowledge started a rush the moment It
became known. The desert is now es
pecially interested in the precious liquids.
C. A. Canrield. who with associates
plan to put a large number of drilling
rigs at work In Kern County oil field*
proposes to establish a machine shop at
Baktsrsfieki to make and repair tools etc
El Dorado County's slate industry is
looking up with the rest of the mineral
enterprises. According to the George
town Gazette teamsters are busy hauline
slate from the Strahle quarry at Kelsey
to Placerville, wnere it la ."hipped by rail
The slate is of the first quality, and it
is said they cannot take it out fast
enough to fill the orders on hand. About
eighteen men are employed.
.A' the Pioneer copper mine, near Pilot
Hill, a force oi twelve men is now em
ployed doing development work, says the
tl Dorado Republican. New bufldings
have been erected and other preparations
made for a thorough development of this
mine. In addition to its copper, which
averages 8 per cent, the ore also contains
gold and silver.
The Introduction of steam traction en
gines at the Grand Reef mines of J W
Mackay in Arizona Is said to have re
duced the cost of transportation between
the mines and the railroad from .«? to $3
per ton.
The deposits of zinc ore recently dis
covered on the San Vlncente ranch, six
miles from the terminus of the Cuyamaca
Railroad. San D!e«»o County, are attract
ing considerable attention.
The Placer Co'—ty Miners' Association
has issued a circular calling for annual
dues from Its members. A list of collec
tors has been appointed for the different
sections of the county.
J. O. DENNY.
ceded that the mechanism of modern war
ships and their armament Is such , as v>
discount the importance of pnjslcal
strength.
Some good target practice Is claimed
for the British battleship V ictorious j. At
a speed of nine knots and at a £»t»W»
of 2000 yards, six shells out of eight hk
the smaa pinnacle rock, which rises ten
or twelve feeet out of water Just outside
the western entrance to Wei-Hal- W eL
France has of recent years been so In
tently bent upon building ships as to
almost entirely lose sight of the fact that
dock-yards properly equipped are a very
essential adjunct to an efficient na\>.
The appropriations for dock-yards, whlcn
were 0460000 in ISSS, fell as low as «•*).
000 in ISJXS, and the result has been tnata
commission, which recently » ns P« ct , ed t th^
several yards, found them deficient in
drydocks. coaling barges, tugs and otner
requisites, and appropriations for a couple
of new docks and other necessities is ur
gently recommended by the Minister or
Marine.
Two shallow-draught river gunboats,
named the Robin and Nightingale, have
been sent out from England for service
in rivers in South Africa. They are twin
screws and are I<X> feet in length by J)
feet beam, drawing only nine inches of
water with a load of twenty-five tons, and
can make a speed of ten knots. They are
built In seven water-tight sections, easily
taken apart and put together. Four sim
ilar boats from the Yarrow yard were
built two jrean ago. of which two were
sent to China ami two to the Niger Pro
tectorate, and have proved as satisfac
tory aa their prototypes on the Nile.
Human life is held very cheap by Rus
sian authorities Judging from the results
of its transport system. The steamer St.
Petersburg, one of the volunteer fleet, re
cently carried ICOO third-class passenger*
from Odessa to Vladivostok. Accommo
dations were only provided for 100% and
the extra 600 were herded wherever tney
could find space to lie down, chiefly in
the fore hold. Under such inhuman con
ditions of semi-darkness, suffocation and
stench, and all laws of sanitation violated
fifty-five of thes unfortunates died during
the voyage and upon arrival at Vladivos
tok several dozen had to be transferred
to the hospital, of which nine died dur
ing the next four days after arrival. .
The Vulcan yard at Stettin. Germany,
has an interesting n-cord. purt of which
was published among thj foreign navy
news some weeks ago, and to which the
following are additional: The yard was
established in IS3I for Iron shipbuilding
and covered less than six acres of pound
In a barren and almost unknown dtstrlc.
In 1553 it began a miscellaneous * n * ine £*'
Ing business and 1 as reached its No. 20W
locomotive. The yard was valued in I£.
at $475 000- its present valuation ia jj.auu.
000 and the works cover xl >" fl ™ *";**
and employ 6300 men. In OCQ It built the
flrst war vessel for Prussia; in Ls© the
first order was taken for a large marine
engine, which wa* placed In the Hansa.
and in ISTI the yard received the first or
der for an armored ship, which was
named Preussen. The Vulcan yard has
become to Germany quite as an impor
tant auxiliary to the navy aa any one or
the regular dockyards.
Labouchere of London Truth propounds
a question which is not likely to receive
a reply from the august body denomi
nated Lords of Admiralty. The query to.
what is to be the final result of the dama
ge done to the cruiser lionaventure about
six months ago in Japanese water . \ Ice
Admiral E. N. Seymour, in charge of tha
squadron, was on a cruise and the Bona
venture was one of his ships. Curiosity
led the admiral to explore some of the
onsWreyed waters, and a? hi* ."hip. the
Victorious, drew too much water he or
dered the Bonaventure to ta*e the lead
Into Komiloff Gulf. The result wa.s that
the unfortunate vessel struck a rock and
had to jettison 600 tons of coal of $3wo
value and sustaining J100.«-X> damage to
the hull. The captain and navigating lieu
tenant were tried by eourt-raartial and
acquitted, as the vice admiral trankly ad
mitted that he had ordered thb sWi< to go
in As the responsibility for the. great
loss of money needlessly sacrificed has
been so well established Labouchere
wants to know what is ti> happen next.
The case will probably terminate with flx-
Ine the responsibility and classed with
such as. being struck by lightning, for
which no course of redress has yet beea
found.
If the boast of the Eastern track gamblers that they
have a majority of the new Board of Supervisors
pledged to permit the reopening of Ingleiide track be
trtie. then the Supervisors have n stormy time before
them, for the fulfillment of such a pledge will raise a
tempest that will not be easily settled.
The very evident desire of Mayor Phelan to includ
the entire administration of the municipality in his
interesting self fupgests that he must have made a
very close study of the comic opera. "The Mikado."
If all report* be true Mayor Phelan must have made
pledges to about everybody who wishes an office, as
well as promises of civil service reform to those who
<<idn*t. i
NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES.
British ships on the China station are
henceforth to be painted black Instead of
white, as has heretofore been the custom.
It is done. for the sake of economy, but
will greatly increase the discomforts of
officers and crew during the hot season.
Italy's new naval programme provides
for a regular force of established men in
the dockyards not to exceed 12.000 of all
classes. The expenditures for new con
struction has been fixed at J24.050.000 dur
ing the next tlve years, divided as fol
lows: 1599-90, $4,700,000: IMO-01. $4,900,000;
lfOl-02. J4.550.000; 1902-03. J4.S00.000; 1503-04.
J4.500.000. For the succeeding fourteen
years the amount Is reduced to $600,000 an
nually.
The Minister of the Japanese Navy. Ad
miral Yamamoto, was recently subjected
to a most searching inquiry before the
Lt.aget committee of the Parliament.
Some very interesting points were brought
out. one being that the admiral admitted
the inferiority of physique of Japanese
sailors to those of the Occident, but coa-
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Wtaglota
She thinks little of her-
self, and fails to notice how
pale and thin she is grow-
ing. She worries constantly
over the baby that docs not
thrive, although its food
seems abundant.
S<^£mufwcTL
nourishes and strengthens
the nursing mother and sup-
plies to the baby's food the
bone-forming and fat-pro-
ducing elements which
were lacking.
The latest Chinese papers state that
there are at present six smokeless powder
factories in operation in the Chinese Em-
pire.
The Fastest TTain Across the Conti-
nent.
Th« California Limited, Santa T» Routs. Con-
necting train leaves 5 p. m.. Mondajr. "Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturday. Finest e<julppe4
train and best track of a*y line to tha East.
Ticket office. CS Market street.
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup"
Has been used for fifty years by mtTllona of
mothers for their children while Teething with
perfect sue res*. It soothes the child, softens
th» runis. allays pain, cures Wttd Colic, regu-
lates the Bowels and ts the best remedy far
Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or
other causes. For sale by druggists In every
part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle.
Nearly all the glass workers In Rich-
mond Va.. have gone Into the union
formed in that city recently.
AROUND THE
CORRIDORS
J. W. Drysdale Is at th«» Grand from
Madera.
E. H. Cox. the Madera banker and cap
italist. Is a guest at the Palace.
A. M. Duncan. Supervisor of Mendocino
County, is at the Lick, from his home in
Ukiah.
X. A. McKay, a wealthy mine-owner of
Arizona, is at the Lick, accompaned by
his wife.
D. J. Flannlgan. a p'^.ninent mill man
of Eureka, is registered for a short stay
at the Grand.
Charles B. Younger, one of the best
known residents of Santa Cruz, is a guest
at the Palace.
D. D. Ollphant. a wealthy merchant of
Portland. Ore., is registered at the Pal
ace, with his wife.
W. A. Littlefleld. a wealthy Eureka
merchant, is among the arrivals of yes
terday at the Grand.
W. J. Marks, one of the big business
men of New York, is registered for a
short stay at the Pnlaee.
E. B. Edson. the Railroad Commissioner,
has come down from his home in Gazelle
and is at the Occidental.
Dr. A. C. Griffith, on« of the leading
physicians of. Santa Rosa, li among tha
late arrivals 'at the Occidental.
F. Berlnger, one of the prominent wine
men of St. Helena, Is at the Lick while
on a business trip to this city.
J. W. Henderson, the Eureka banker
and capitalist. Is a guest at the Lick
while on a short business trip to this
city.
Dr. R. J. Wilkinson, a prominent physi
cian of Dublin, Ireland, is registered at
the Occidental, where he arrived yester
day.
Frank lx Strong, consulting: engineer of
the United States War Department, is at
the Occidental, where he registered yes
terday. Mr. Strong Is the man to whom
Manila Is indebted for the magnificent lc«
plant that has been put In there.
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BOASTING TRACK GAMBLERS.
WHEN in response to the demands of publijc
sentiment the Supervisors put an end to the
tnick gambling at Ingleside, The Call warned
the people that the victory would not be permanent
unless it were guarded with vigilance. The profits
of the gamblers -were enormous and it was a fore
gone conclusion that they would leave untried no
means which gave the slightest promise of a chance to
reopen the track and resume their trade.
Sure as it was that the gamblers would try to re
cover their ground, it is with something of surprise
the public learns of the boasting of some of the more
bold and unscrupulous among them that Ingleside
Park will be opened again for unlimited racing, that
the old gambling games will be resumed there and
that once more the touts, the toughs and the black
legs of the community will have a free field in which
to prey upon the lollies and the vices of the unwary
and the corrupt.
These boasters assert that the incoming Board of
Supervisors will grant them permission to reopen
at Ingleside; that a majority, at least, of the new Su
pervisors have given pledges to that effect. It
is a boast which the public will be inclined to regard
with contemptuous incredulity, and yet it is one
which should not be overlooked. In dealing with an
evil of this kind continual vigilance is necessary, for
the profits are so large and so sure there will be al
ways big inducements for permitting its practice.
The outgoing Board of Supervisors enacted the
ordinance which closed the track at Ingleside, only
after the fullest evidence had been given of the mani
fold evils resulting from it. These evils were of many
kinds and degrees. Shop boys were enticed to
neglect their work to hang around poolrooms, con
fidential clerks were led to defraud their employers to
obtain "money for gambling, men of all classes in
society were corrupted by . the associations of the
track; even women did not escape its blighting influ
ence and the home, as well as the shop and the office,
was cursed by it. A long record of crimes blackens
the pages of history of the community while the track
flourished. There were frauds, defalcations, divorces,
embezzlements, robberies, assaults, murders and sui
cides traceable directly to the effects of the race track
gambling. Is it possible that with a recent suicide
due to gambling fresh in the public mind the incom
ing Board of Supervisors can think of reopening 1
Ingleside under the management of the same old gang
and reviving all the evil which the outgoing board
suppressed?
Upon Mayor Phelan at any rate it would seem that
the public can count in this emergency. He cannot
consent to the reopening of the Ingleside gambling
without stultifying himself. He signed the ordinance
closing the track. He vetoed an ordinance that
wouldhavepermittedpool-selling at coursing matches.
If he now consents to give the Eastern track gamblers
full swing there he will wrong his own record be
yond atonement.
CHANGES IN COMMERCIAL RANK.
XHE first week of the new year showed a bare
pain of 0.9 per cent in bank clearings over the
first week of 1899. New York lost 2.6 per cent,
Boston 1.4 per cent and New Orleans 17.9 per cent.
San Francisco gained 31.8 per cent and Pittsburg,
whose clearings represent almost exclusively the iron
and steel trade, 27.5 per cent.
These bank clearings mark some change in the rela
tive business of American cities during the year 1899.
New York, of course, kept first place, with clearances
of Sfo.JTj 1.791,000, out of a total for the whole country
of $93.5QVW.000. Boston moved ahead of Chicago,
the latter dropping to third place, the clearings of
Boston being $7,086.29^,000. and those of Chicago
$6^12.313x100. Cleveland, whirh was in the thirteenth
place in 1898. moved up one. displacing New Orleans.
The other large cities retained their 1898 status. San
Francisco ranking eighth, coming betwen Baltimore
and Cincinnati. The heaviest increase during the year
was 56 per cent by Pitt^burg, owing to the remarkable
activity in the iron trade.
We paid higher prices for everything in 1899, but
fiom present indications will pay even higher prices
this year. Already some advances have been made in
the minor lines of iron and steel and in boots and
shoes and a further advance in woolens is predicted.
If the new year starts off in this aggressive fashion
on the basis of already high prices, the question natur
ally arises. Where is the advance going to stop?
There is a limit to the purchasing capacity of the
public, but apparently the manufacturers think it has
not yrt been reached. If the advance in merchandise
is accompanied by a corresponding advance in wages
it can be maintained indefinitely, but if the latter keep
down, then the rise in commodities must come to an
end and in this case the end might be rude.
Wall street opened the new year like a lamb.
Easier conditions in the money market, coupled with
effmive support given the railroads and industrials
by powerful interests, gave a good tone to the market
and for a couple of days the feeling was rather firm
than otherwise: but the German irritation over the
British seizures in Delagoa Bay led to free selling of
American securities by Germans, both in London and
New York, and the market lost much of its previous
tone, especially as' the German realization was sup
plemented by vague reports of further British re
verses in South Africa. We are now sufficiently ad
vanced in the South African war to see that until it is
finished there will be more or less uneasiness and un
certainty in the money markets all over the world.
Prospects in California continue brilliant, though it
must be confessed that, the continuous rains are great
ly delaying farming operation* in the northern, central
and coast sections of the State. In some of the most
important counties very little work has been done
and the reason for petting in the crops is half gone.
The farmers in these counties are beginning to think
that there is such a thing as too much even of a good
thing. However, it will not be calamitous if the pro
duction of the State is cut down somewhat, for our
capacity in the way of turning out crops is immense
ar.d overproduction is a synonym fur Jo*- prices.
With a fortnight of cKir weather a vast deal of farm
rork may still be done, so the time for the croaker
to cmcr K e from his long seclusion has hardly yet ar
rived. He will crawl out of his hole and make hi*
batrachian voice heard before long, however, unless
if stops raining for a few day's.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1900.
THE OUTGOING SUPERVISORS.
THE Board of Supervisors that goes out of office
to-day merits public recognition and acknowl
edgment of the zeal and efficiency with which it
has performed its duties and the fidelity with which it
fulfilled every pledge and promise made during the
campaign when its members were candidates for of
fice.
The record is one which it would be hard to
parallel in the history of any legislative body in
America. It has had no parallel in recent years in
San Francisco. In not one single instance can it be
shown that this board has failed in the performance of
anything which it was elected and specifically charged
by the voters to do. All the issues of the canvass
when it was before the people have been met and
adequately provided for.
The task was not an easy one. The dollar limit
pledge, for example, was demanded by the platforms
of both parties and was sustained by the voters during
the canvass. Still, when the time came to make the
apportionment of funds for the various departments
of the city and county government a tremendous
pressure was brought to bear upon the Supervisors
to induce them to break their. pledge and levy a higher
tax. Many of the very men who during the canvass
were most insistent on the dollar limit, were among
the first and most aggressive in their urging that
the pledge be broken. Against all that clamor and
against all promises of favors to be shown the Super
visors stood firm. They fixed a tax levy not exceed
ing one dollar, kept their pledge in letter and in
spirit and gave the city the revenue which the voters
had decided to be sufficient.
That was an instance in which the board showed its
firmness in opposing the demands of public officials
who desired large sums of money to dispose of and
of office-seekers and job-chasers who wished a chance
to profit by the disposal. In the recent contest
against the telephone company an instance was af
forded of the courage and public spirit of the board
in combating the greed and resisting the persuasions
of corporations which have grown rich by something
like extortion upon the public. It is useless to go
over the whole record. The two instances cited show
that the board did its duty in every case without fear
or favor of corporations or of bssscs.
The record of the outgoing board should excite in
the new board a spirit of laudable emulation to equal
the service of its predecessor and merit as much
praise and commendation when it retires from office.
It will be with that wish the people will to-day wel
come the outgoing board back to the duties and re
wards of private life and speed the new board in the
work that lies before it.
MONDAY JANUARY 8, 1900
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AMUSEMENTS.
Orjiheum— Vaudeville.
I California— JJmma Nevada.
Columbia— '"The CTirlntlan."
Orand 'i,«a!i«f — "Rlnbad."
Grand Opera-Hous^— Symphony Concert Thursday afternoon,
January 18-
BAlcazai — ¦"Myxterlous Mr. Bugle."
Alhambra— "An Affair of Honor."
Ohuten. Zoo and Theater— Vaudeville every afternoon and
eventn*.
Olvmrta. corn*T Manon and Kills strewn— FpeclaJtle*.
l'nn. ra:::a Battle of Manila Day, Market street, near
ni«hth.
Western Turf Association— Races to-dar.
AUCTION SALES.
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