The San Francisco call. [volume], January 23, 1903, Image 6

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Ex. strong hoarhound candy. Townsend's.*
The Board of Supervisors is taking steps to make it
illegal to leave drugs, cosmetics, antiseptics and chem
icaJ compounds on the doorsteps of houses. The
board might kill two birds with one stone by making
it also illegal for people to break into unprotected
houses, a practice which has become annoyingly fre
quent of late.
The complaint of the patrons is that
the irregularity with which the cars/ arc
run necessitates much unnecessary wait
ing. The committee, it is understood, will
urge upon the railway company the ad
visability of converting the Sutter-street
road into an electric line and run the cars
from Market street direct to the Cliff
House.' The executive committee of the
club have also been instructed to urge
upon the Board of Works . the necessity
for paving Fulton street from Seventh to
Tenth avenues.
The residents of the Richmond district
are up in arms over the unsatisfactory
car service on the Sutro branch of tho
United Railroads. At the last meeting of
the Point I,obos Improvement Club the
mtittejr was one of the topics of discus
sion and a committee, consisting of
George R. Fletcher and J. J. Cassidy,
was appointed to take up the matter witn
the superintendent o£ tho line and rt
qutst better service.'
Committee .Has Been Appointed to
Taka Up the Matter With the
Management.
RICHMOND RESIDENTS "WANT
SATISFACTORY CAR SERVICE
It will be seen that, while in 1900 we had a balance
of trade amounting to more than $648,000,000, the bal
ance for the last year was but little more than $391,
000,000, or a decrease of something like $260,000,000.
The change has been the subject of a good deal of dis
cussion, but it appears to have been due mainly to the
comparatively bad times in Europe, which restricted
the purchase of American goods, while, on the other
hand, our own abundant prosperity enabled us to pur
chase largely offoreign goods.
One of the interesting features of the report is the
showing of the comparative values of our exports of
agricultural goods as compared with the value of
manufactured exports. There was a time when most
of our exports were of raw material or foodstuffs, but
at the present time manufactured exports are. nearly
equal in amount. Thus in 1901 our agricultural ex-
The statistics of the totals of exports and imports
for a series of years from 1897 is given in the folio.v
ing table: \
Calendar ' Excess of
year. Exports. Imports. exnorts
1902 $1 .360.696.355 J36n.270.009 I «91 4°6 34 j
1901 U65.375.IW0 W0.4U..910 584 955%;'
1900 1.477.94(5.11.1 829,149.714 648 796 399
189» 1.275,467,971 798.967,410- 476 500 5«1
1898.. 1.255.546.26U 634.Jtfi4.44S. 620.581818
1SS7 1,093,709,045 742,595.223 3S7,113,81«
The figures for the month show exports of mer
chandise amounting to $148,006,823 and imports
amounting to $94,307,204. The exports amounted to
a gain of $23,000,000 over the month of November and
of $11,000,000 over the previous December. The im
ports were the largest for any one month except those
of April, 1897, when the total reached the sum of
$101,000,000. They exceeded the imports of the pre
vious December by upward of $14,000,000.
DECEMBER reports of foreign trade, issued by
the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, make a re,
markable showing for the month, while a re
view of the whole foreign trade for a. series of years
shows that, while our exports diminished from the
high figures of the two previous years, and the im
ports increased, yet there remained a good balance of
trade in our favor, in feet a larger balance than we had
in any yeai previous to 1898.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
about beating the sword into a pruning hook will
have to explain that once the sword was a weapon
of battle and not a parade ornament of military dress.
The World changes rapidly, but in nothing is the
change more notable than in the way men dress and
equip themselves when they go forth to fight for lib
erty'or empire. ' Khaki is the only wear, and the best
soldier is he who makes himself least conspicuous out
side of a ballroom or a golf. link.
The "battle flag" and the "battle blade" are obso
lete. Hereafter the banner and the falchion will be
emblems of peace. When we see them displayed we
shall know that war is not in sight.. The soldier of
the future will say to his,beloved: "I must put away
the sword and go to war," and the girl he leaves be
hind will sing of the coming ohthe happy time when
"My soldier brave returns to Ms home and girds on
his sword again."
Othello's lament that the return of peace had put
an end "to the pomp and circumstance of glorious
war" will have to be accompanied by foot notes to
explain to future generations that in bygone times
war had a great deal of pomp in the way of bright uni
forms, splendid banners and glittering arms. So also
the preachers of the future in expounding the text
It was i.oted that when the British troops embarked
for the war in South Africa they left their regimental
flags^bchind them. Even the red tape officials of the
War Office knew that it would have been absurd to
send men into battle in these days with a gorgeous
banner floating above them. The man who carried it
would have been doomed to almost instant death, and
the heroism that would have prompted others to
snatch the patriot emblem from his dying hands would
have served no other purpose than that of providing
other victims for the deadly sharpshooter blazing
away with smokeless powder from a safe place of
COLONEL WAGNER, chief umpire of the re
cent maneuvers at Fort Riley, has reported
that "In many cases the first indication of
the opposing forces was given by the flashing of a
bright scabbard in the sunlight." The statement
means that the sword has become more dan^ous to
the man who carries it in modern war than to the
foe. It is of no use as a weapon, but the sparkle of
it draws attention to the wearer, and a watchful sharp
shooter snipes him from a distance. That is not the
worst of the evil, for in addition to exposing the man
who carries it the flashing blade or scabbard also gives
the enemy notice of the position of the force that is
opposing him.
Reports indicate that Wall street has succumbed to
President Roosevelt and that anti-trust legislation,
practically as outlined, will become the law of the
land. Still, it is not in the slightest degree improba
ble that the veracious correspondents afe talking in
their sleep.
SWORDS AND BANNERS.
A State Senator, now unloosing his tongue at Sac
ramento, says that Santa Clara, which he is supposed
to represent, wants no reform. Is it possible that the
county is so utterly hopeless?
tion of rather Ions short stories, to which,
no name has yet been, assigned. "'
Collaboration by hunsband and wife Is
rare and interesting. Mr. and Mrs. Castls
plan out their work together, talk It over*
thoroughly and finally writa It In unison,
so it is almost impossible in the end to
decide with whom any particular Idea
originally started. The authors never
write of places or peoples they do not
know familiarly. Castle states that h»
'never begins to write a romance- until It
has become compl«te In his mind as dis
cussed and elaborated with his wife for
a very long time. It 19 only when both
character and incident and the reciprocal
Influence of one on the other have be
come familiar that the story is begun.
After that writing goes fast enough at
an average of two thousand words a day.
the -writing • being done In the mofnlnjc
and the revising at odd momenta of the
day. Thus a long novel will be written In
three months, but of course the period
from Its conception Is much longer, gen
erally a year or more.
SILVER WEDDING— A Reader. Dixon.
Cal. It is not customary, nor ts It nec
essary for a couple who celebrate the
twenty-fifth anniversary to be married
anew. To have one, who ha3 not the ai
thorlty to perform the marriage cere
c.any, "marry the couple on such an oc
casion," Is to make a farce of tha affair.
The marriage vow of twenty-five year3
before holds good until death or the di
vorce court parts the couple.
INK STAINS— J. E. T.. Los Angeles,
Cal. To reraove stains produced by indel
ible ink on linen steep the stained artlcla
j.t a little chlorine w'ater for half an hour,
then wash in ammonia, water, which will
obliterate the stain; then -wash la clear
water.
One of the most Interesting literary
nctes of which I hear this week is that
the happy idea of collecting into a vol
vme all the verye written by Charles
Dickens has been conceived by a well
known Dickens student and admirer, F.
G. Ivitton. Hitherto these fragments
have been scattered about In a hundred
places'. Much of the material has not
b«.-tn available at all. There are, for ex
ample, the comic satirical poems and the
political vorse Dickens contributed . to
several newspapers. The volume will also
contain lyrics from his opera. **The Vil
lage Coquettes," and hia prologue to Wil
kie Collins* theatrical piece. "The Frozen
Deep," in which Dickens himself played a
ltading character. The book will be pub
lished in dainty fcrra by the firm so emi
nently a3sociated with. Dickens, Messrs.
Chapman. \
Sidney Lee leaves England next
Wednesday for the United States to givs
the lectures which he has been invited to
deliver on "Great Englishmen of the Six
teenth Century" at the Lowell Institute,
Boston, and other places.
Egerton Castle, who Is now reckoned
one of England's foremost^vriters of ro
mance and who usually, collaborates with
Mrs. Castle, will publish in the spring- a
novel which is at present running serially
called "The Star of^ Comfort," but in the
bcok form will be rechristened "The/Star
Dreamer." Mr. and Mrs. Castle have
also completed a romance entitled "The
Incomparable Bellalrs,** which deals with
sundry episodes in the life of a lively lit
tle widow who was the principal figure
In "A Bath Comedy," by the same au
thors. In addition they are at work upon
a new novel of modern life of romantic
cast which Is to be called "The Rose of
the World." Egerton Castle, who is one
of the busiest of men, has still another
book on the stocks. This will be a collec-
CHARMING SOCIETY WOMAN WHO WAS THE HOSTESS AT A BRIL
LIANT RECEPTION HELD IN HER NEW WASHINGTON-STREET
HOME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Other requirements provide for ample liberty of
choice in voting straight tickets or splitting them at
the option of the voter; the section closing with the
requirement: "Any machine to be approved by said
board must be of such kind, style or pattern as will
permit the exercise by each voter of the full right and
privilege of his elective franchise under the constitu
tion and laws of the State."
After providing for the kind of ballots to be em
ployed, authorizing any political party to adopt an
emblem, other than the flag of the United States, and
prescribing the duties of the election officers, the bill
authorizes-local governments to adopt any_ approved
machine for use in any election. Thus while the State
commission is vested with power to approve or con
demn any machine offered, rt rests with the local gov
ernments to select which they prefer of those that
have been approved.
The bill has been carefully drawn, and on the whole
is an excellent one, but it is not likely that all of its
details will be universally approved. Attention is
called to it therefore in order that its various pro
visions may be closely scrutinized. A better system of
balloting is urgently, needed, and it is to be hoped
no mistakes will be made in adopting a new law, and
a new system.
The bill is not mandatory. It does not compel the
adoption of machine voting, in any county or city,
but authorizes such voting wherever the community
desires it. For the purpose of placing the selection of
machines under proner supervision, the bill provides
that within thirty days after the passage of the act the
Governor shall appoint a commission ot three mem
bers to examine and make a report upon all machines
of the kind that may be submitted for inspection. • The
commisMoner* are to hold office for five years; and it
is provided that "no member of said board shall have
any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in any
voting machine; one member of said board shall be a
mechanical expert."
Any person or corporation interested in a voting
machine may apply to the State commission to ex
amine the machine and report on its compliance with
the requirements of the law, and its accuracy, effi
ciency and capacity to register the will of the voters.
Upon such application the commission is required to
make an examination and report whether in the opin
ion of any two members the machine so examined can
be safely used at elections. If the report be favorable
the machine shall be deemed to have been approved
by the commission, and its use shall be thus author
ized, but if the report be adverse the machine shall
not be available for adoption.
It is provided further that each person or corpora
tion submitting a machine for examination shall de
posit the sum of $450, and out of such sums all ex
penses of the commission of whatever kind shall be
defrayed. Thus the establishment of the commission
will entail no expense upon the taxpayers.
The act goes on to provide: "Noyvoting machine
shall be approved unless it be so constructed as to pro
vide facilities for voting for candidates of as many dif
ferent parties or organizations as may make nomina
tions for office; and for or against as many different
questions or amendments as may be submitted; nor
shall any such machine be approved unless the same
will permit the voter to vote for any person for any
office, although the name of the person does not ap
pear on the machine as a nominated candidate." ,
SENATOR KXOWLAXD has introduced into
the Legislature a bill authorizing the use of
balloting machines in all elections to be held in
the State, and providing rules and regulations for
their acquirement and use. The bill is a timely one,
for there has been almost universal dissatisfaction with
the present system of voting and the people will
gladly hail anything that promises relief.
A VOTING MACHINE BILL.
.The spirit of the English press is highly appreciated
in this country, but it errs in supposing that German-
Americans can be made an imperium in imperio to
further plots or aid plans to the annoyance or danger
of this republic. When Prince Henry came here the
Germans joined in bidding him welcome, as a Ger
man of the ancient house and dynasty. But if Prince
Henry came again in the attitude of an enemy to this
refuge for the best and most enterprising of the Ger
man race, he would find every German hand that for
merly reached out in welcome full weaponed to smite
him for attacking institutions, opportunities and in
fluences that have made our German immigrants free
men. sharers of our birthright and participants in our
prosperity and happiness.
THE London National Review, which joins other
English papers in deprecating- any unfriendli
ness to the United States as a result of the con
cert with Germany in* the Venezuela matter, says:
"By inveigling us into 'joint action' in a part of the
world within the purview of the Monroe doctrine
Germany had everything to gain and little to lose;
we everything to lose and nothing to gain; because
important as are good relations between the United
States and Germany to the latter power, at|the pres
ent stage of her naval development, it wouldfbe worth
her while to risk a certain amount of American III -
will if she could thereby make sure of effecting a
breach in Anglo-American relations. Although it is
not yet recognized either in Washington or in Lon
don, the Kaiser has reason to regard his political po
sition in the United States as a strong one. He be
lieves that the German vote, which is being steadily
organized by the German Embassy in Washington,
through the medium of the German-American press.,
will ultimately constitute an imperium in imperio of
such a formidable character that no American Presi
dent will care to jeopardize party prospects by alienat
ing it."
However correct this may be as an estimate of the
ulterior designs of Germany, it is wide of the mark as
a correct judgment of the feeling of the citizens of the
United States of German blood. They have affection
for the fatherland, but it runs to the people, and ex
tends to the Government only as a present represen
tative of the people.
Germans in this country are not believers in the
divine right of monarchs, and would be the last of all
our population to-give any support to the empire in
aggressions unfriendly to the United States. Our
American Germans have tasted the larger liberty and
the fuller opportunity of this land of refuge, and they
realize that what they enjoy here is the fruit of our
liberal institutions, and they have no. spirit other than
of opposition to the extension to this hemisphere of
that absolutism which hedges in the German people
at home.
EUROPEAN MISTAKES
Uncle Sam is now the happy possessor of a gun that
can throw a projectile weighing twenty-four hundred
pounds a distance of twenty miles. This possession is
doubly interesting from the fact that nothing smaller
than a fairly sized island can be seen twentv miles
away.
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ANSWERS TO QUERIES.
LAMP LIGHTER— M. E. D.. City. DH
it ever occur to you that the proper placa
to apply for a position as city lamp
lighter is the office of the gas company
that supplies the city with light?
Janet Bruce. Miss Bertl* Bruce. Miss
Harvey Anthony and Miss Cornelia
Campbell.
Californians in Washington.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.— Hotel arrivals
—lUggs, Captain E. _B. Paysori,' San Fran
cisco; St. James, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis.
Pasadena; New Willard, N. C. Ray and
wife, San Francisco. .--
Californians in New York.
NEW YORK. Jan. 22.— Californians in
New York: San Francisco — W. Klsten
part, at Imperial; D. A. Barnes, at lielvi
dc-rc; E. C. Byrum, at Murray Hill; H. H.
Cosgriff, A. P. Flagler. H. Hadenfelder
and wife, at Xetherinnd; H. Hermann, al
Gregorian; L. B. Peck, at Empire; D.
Talt, at Park Avenue.''
Lo» Angeles— Miss L. Norton, at Ash
land.
J. M. HendrlckEon of Sargent is a.t the
Lick.
Dr. ilerritt Hill of Los Angeles" Is at
the Palace.
George H. Shinn. a" stage owner of
Ukiah. is at the Ru.?s.
John Sherrett, a hotel proprietor of
Truckee, is at the Ruts.
Lee A. Phillips, a well-'xr.own attorney
of Stockton, is at the Palate.
E. J. Mlley, a well-known o!l man of
McKittrick, is at the California.
II. Hunke, an extensive fruit grower of
Fresno, is registered at the Ru3s.
R. Bancroft, manager of a large ranch
at Merced, is registered at the LUk.
C. C. Brackin, a mine owner of Nevada,
is among the arrivals at the Grand.
E. B. Stowe, a business man of Stock
ton, is registered at the California.
Henry Fuhrman. a well-known real es
tate dealer of Seattle, is at the Palace.
S. . Opp^nheimer, a wholesale merchant
of Vancouver, is registered at the Grand.
W. J. Fredcrickron, superintended, of
orange groves at Palermo, is at the Occi
dental.
K. S. Hall, a hardware merchant of
Portland, Or., is among the arrivals at
the Occidental.
Manager James Agler returned yester
day from an Inspection tr!p over the
Coa.st line of the Southern Pacific. ,
6"llie Morose 0, manager of the Burbank
Theater at Los Angeles, who has just re
turned from an extended Eastern trip.
)sat the California.
H. S. Babcock, assistant general traffic
manager of the Denver anf Rla Grande
Railroad, is at the Palace. His headquar
ters are at Salt Lake.
GOSSIP FROM
LONDON WORLD
OF LETTERS
PERSONAL MENTION.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Pope enter
tained a number of friends at dinner last
evening. Among those present wore Mr.
James "W. Byrne. Mrs. Gus Taylor, Mr.
and Mrs. Mountford "Wilyon, Mr. and Mrs. ,
Horace Blanchard Chase.
A delightful "at home"' was given yes
terday by Mrs. George Powers and Miss
Catherine Powers at their home on Clay*
street. Flowers of every available variety
added bright touches of color to the ar
tistic room?. A dinner dance followed 1
the re<cptlon. which proved most enjoy- !
ataie. The hostesses were asststetd in re- <
reiving oy 3Irs. I-. L.. Bak?r. .jirs. tantr
Pcmeroy. Mrs. George Heazleton, Ml?3
Olive Holbrool:. Mirs Rena Maiilard, Miss
• • •
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Elizabeth Richards Iiobely and William
Walter Richards at Grace Church next
Thursday evening. As Miss Robeiy is
very popular and Mr. Richards is a well
known timber dealer, the wedding will be
attended by many friends.
Mr.*. Spencer Buckbee received yester
day at hrr home on Clay street compli
mentary to her sister, Mrs. Alfred Hol
raan of Portland, Or. The drawing-room
was prettily decorated with foliage v and
cut flowers and many callers were de
lightfully entertained during the after
noon. Mrs. Buckbee was assisted In re
ceiving by Mrs. llolman.
Mrs. Edwin Dimond was hostess atan
elaborate luncrkoon yesterday at the Uni
versity Club. Covers were laid for forty
four and the merry guests were seated at
three tables. The decorations were- unu
sually pretty and attractive. .One table
v.-as in yellow daffodils and
of the same color. Another was in pink,
including azaleas and fruit blossoms,
v.-ith candelabra to match, and the third
table was in snowdrpps interspersed with
white violets and candelabra, also in
white. MupIc proved a delightful accom
paniment to the animated conversation
and added much pleasure to the luncheon.
ONE of the most delightful recep
tions of the season was given by
Mrs. Joseph M. Hasten yesterday
at her new home on "Washington
street. The hours were 4 to 6
o'clock and about 400 callers were hos
pitably entertained. The drawing-rooms
were made artistic with a profusion of
bamboo, red ' berries and foliage. The
dining-room was in red. Including the cut
flowers and candelabra with red leather
shades. The ceilings were hung with
feathery garlanfls of asparagus fern. Mr3.
Masten wore an exquisite gown of heavy
white lace over light blue, and received
llu- guests with charming cordiality. She
v.as assisted by:
Mrs. Louis Martel. Mrs. Charles__ Joseph
Stovpl. Mrs: Elf^Hutchlnson, Mrs. Julian Sonn
tag. Mrs James Irvine, Mm. George J. Buck
r.all, Mrs. Charles Wood, Mrs. L*roy Nickel.
Mrs James Stewart, Mrs. William Willis, Mrs.
Linda II. Bryan. Mrs. Joseph Spear. Mrs.
James Wyait Gates, Mrs. Wellington ureg*.
Mr*. Isabella Brlttaln. Mrs. Charles Band
mann. Mr?. Clement B«nnett. Mrs. William
Perkins Miss Adele Martel, Miss Carmelita
Rrittaln, Miss. Eleanor Warner. Mi»s Julia
Mau. M!9 E Nettle Hamilton, Miss Viola Piercy
and Mrs. James Morton.
In the case of the Mississippi and control of its
floods many States and millions of people combine
in interest and influence; California is but one State
against them all, but our interest in what we have
and want is vital. What seems to be needed is some
member of Congress who will abstain from many
non-essentials and make this river improvement an
essential and a specialty. If the present session of the
Legislature take it up with the whole purpose of forc
ing it upon national attention, and meantime giving
resources for entry upon the work, the best results
may be anticipated from the effect upon Congress of
a determined attitude here.
This is not a matter of politics, of which we have
toe much in legislation, but of the material better
ment of a company of interests of the utmost im
portance to California.
The fat delta of the Mississippi perspires the most
valuable crops of the South, and the delta lands of the
Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers can feed the popu
lation of kingdoms. Compared with the results pos
sible of achievement by proper attention to river rec
tification, its cost is, lost in a decimal. No object of
State an<l national action relating to California is of
greater interest than this. The State and nation
can well afford to sbnre between tlymi the cost, for
both will gain when the work is accomplished. When
done, far Colusa will become a seaport, if she wish,
and the wheat of the Sacramento Valley may be load
ed directly upon deep water ships, whose spars are in
sight of the fields that produce it.
The raon valuable lands are always the delta lands.
The delta of the Nile was noted for its production be
fore the pyramids were built, or the Sphinx reared its
great and questioning face to gaze across the land of
the shepherd kings.
It «eems obvious, as an engineering proposition,
that this obstructed water acts as a dam to the flood
behind it, forcing it over the banks to flood Yolo
basin, and permanently disable a vast tract of fine land
which might be reduced to tillage if the waters were
carried in the channel, which they would rapidly scour
to a depth* sufficient for their carriage.
The waters of the Sacramento are held back and
thrown out of banks by the meanders in the lower
river, and by the presence of the islands which choke
the flow. The extent of this obstruction is shown by
the fact that in March, 1002, the river at low tide at
Antioch and Collinsville marked two-tenths of a foot
above zero, or mean low tide, while at the same time
at Rio Vista, fourteen miles up the river, the water
was fourteen feet above zero, showing a fall of a foot
per miic, and demonstrating the blocking of the
stream by restriction of the channel, which piled up
the waters above.
THE San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys are vi
tally interested in the improvement of the two
great rivers of the State. Their navigability
is a necessity to the agriculture and commerce of the
State, and the protection of their delta and bench
lands from overflow in flood time will add enormously
to the State's productive power and to its taxable
property.
This Stste suffers from the inattention of the Fed
eral Government to its part of the work needed to ef
fect the two grand objects of river improvement, navi
gation and care of the flood waters. Tens of millions
are spent, and properly, in protecting the valley of the
Ohio and the Mississippi. Much is also expended in fu
tile work to control the vast flow of mud in the Mis
souri, which does no permanent good to navigation.
This State has a productive capacity, in the valleys of
the two livers, of the most interesting-variety, volume
and value, and gets but little.
It is estimated by' experts that an expenditure of
$750,000 will put the lower reaches of both rivers in a
condition to carry off the flood waters, scour out the
channel and extend the tidal influence so far that
navigation will be opened even to deep water ships as
far as Stockton and beyond Sacramento.
The small jetties already placed in the Sacramento
have so secured the channel where subjected to their
influence that tidal action has been extended. Before
the jetties it ceased at Warlnut Grove, but is now ex
tended up stream a distance of twelve miles, past Vor
den, Courtland and Rlchland. This has made it possi
ble for boats of deeper draught to land at Sacramento
even in the lowest stage of the river. It is true that
the channel was filled with mining slickens, to its
damage, but it is also true that the flood waters, if
confined to the channel, will, with the extension of
tidal action, scour out this obstruction.
ports were valued at $864,000,000, while \n JQ02 they
fell to $732,000,000. On th'e other hand, the manufac
tured exports, which in 1901 were $601,000,000, rose
last year to the sum of $628,000,000.
R%'iewing the general progress of our foreign trade
we have every reason to be satisfied. A summary of
the totals shows ,.that in 1870 our total ex
ports aggregated 'but $403,000,000, and as they
amounted to $1,360,000,000 last year we have
a gain of about 237 per cent for the period
of thirty-two years. . Meantime our imports in
creased something like 127 per cent. We have there
fore a remarkably good showing of increased trade
during the whole period. The revival of good times
in Europe would immediately increase our exports,
while the continuance of prosperity here will enable
us to continue ourMarge purchases of foreign goods.
We have therefore reason to be satisfied with the situ
ation, and may even expect the present year to bring
us a trade that will break all records.
RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
BRILLIANT RECEPTION AT THE NEW
HOME OF MRS. JOSEPH M. MASTEN
THE SAN FBAN CISCO CALLj FE IDA Y, JANUARY 23, 1903.
Special Information supplied dally to
business houses * and public men by the
Press ; Clipping Bureau. (Allen's). 230'Cali
fornia street. ,. Telephone Main 1043. •
Townsend's California glace fruit and
candles. 60c a pound, In artistic lire-etched
boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends
639 Market St.. Palace Hotel building. •
In a recent debate in the Reichstag a German
statesman, with prophetic eloquence, expressed the
hope that his country will not seek to duplicate Na
poleon's Mexican venture. This is like warning: the
Emperor that it would be unwise for him to thrust
his head in front of an American gun as it is about to
be discharged.
The second lecture of the regular course
of Lane'. lectures, will< be given 'this even
ing at the Cooper, AI«dlcal College. The
speaker for the occasion Is Dr. William
Ophulua and his theme Is "Poisonous
Food." V
Lecture on Pood.
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