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A GREAT DAY FOR GIANTS
AWASHIXQTOX dispatch informs us that "three -of the
giants of the house of representatives had their innings",
on Monday. Apparently there are other giants await
ing their turns while the country forms a ring. A heed
less public was not aware that so many champions were abroad to
inflame the imagination and tire the partisan heart. Yet an exami
'lation of the output of these giant intellects does neither impress
nor terrify. They are one and all doing obvious politics of a mean
and pedestrian sort. There. is. for instance, Giant Sherwood, who,
with evident labor and pains, loads oh Roosevelt's back the errors
of Governor Sparks of Nevada. This absurd giant is convinced
tiiat Roosevelt was wrong to meddle in Nevada affairs, and in the
;^cxt breath Roosevelt is accused of not interfering with the gov
ernment of Idaho and Colorado when 'Mover, Haywood and Petti
hone were kidnaped. Tljat is to say, it was wrong for the presi
.'dent to meddle with Nevada, even at the request of the governor,
and it was equally wrong for the president not to meddle with
'.Ijdahp on his. own initiative and without request from the governor.
:T!iat is a sample of how the giants tear things up by the roots.
\u25a0 : ; :. -There are good giants and bad giants like the good and the bad
bears. The good giants are on our side of the fence. There is
•;}3epburn, the lowa giant, for instance, who apologized because
[tbe current stock of malefactors of wealth is short in the prisons
:anvl long at. liberty. But Roosevelt is doing the best he knows how,
3nd someofvtliese oily rascab will be laid by the heels shortly if the
tuck holds. , ; .
•\u25a0\u25a0•'."Some men," said Hepburn,, "complain that, the president has
•iiot put a larger number of these malefactors in the penitentiary.
I know a good many in whose behalf I would like to see his ener
gfes doubled, but we must remember that there are difficulties in
the way. One difficulty is to convict any man of crime. If he
reinforces his defense with an abundant exchequer, you must re
member how many restrictions we have thrown . around the
Just so. We knovc how that is in San Francisco, where we
.have a few opulent malefactors of our own. On the whole, it was
"a great day for the giants, even if base hits were rare.
THE TAX ON CORPORATION FRANCHISES
T OS ANGELES is much disturbed because certain tax dodging
I corporations have decided to move their principal place of
I j business from that city to other towns in order to avoid the
assessment of their franchises, the theory being that the .asses
sors of other counties will be more lenien^ than the Los Angeles
official. We have had precisely the same trouble y in San Francisco
and Alameda counties. Indeed the practice of assessing corporation
franchises was first instituted by Assessor Dodge of this city and
his example was followed by the late. Assessor Ward of Los Angeles
and-tp t r4 less extent by Assessor Dalton of Alameda county.
In" IJos Angeles the controversy has become quite angry. One
side denounces the corporations for shirking their taxes and the
other condemns the assessor because he "hurts business" by driving
the corporations to other headquarters. The alignment of the com
batants'is familiar and suggestive. It is not our purpose at this
time to enlarge on the inequity of the corporations which dodge
taxation. It is human to shirk taxes and it is a vulgar error to sup
pose that corporations have no souls. A corporation is never more
moral than the law allows. >
The purpose now is to indicate by this illustration the defective
nature of the California revenue system which permits corporations
to avoid payment of taxes on valuable property by moving their
offices, or pretending to move them, across an arbitrary line. The
whole system of taxing corporations is mistaken and largely futile,
It is properly a state and not a county function and the proposed
amendment to the constitution on taxation will put it where it
belongs. Further, this amendment will substitute for the present
unscientific measure of value a tax on the gross earnings. When
that amendment is adopted it will not be possible for corporations
to avoid their just share of the tax burden by pretending to move
across a county line:
A. SOLDIER TELLS WHY
AN enlisted man writes to The Call about life in the army.ahd
causes of the soldier's discontent. His name.is not published,
for reasons that need no statement. f This enlisted man
I am at the present time serving a three years' sentence in the; array.
I call it a sentence because a soldier under the existing conditions is really
no_ better of? than a prisoner. The'principal cause for dissatisfaction is the
low pay.- Thirteen dollars a month is hardly enough to give. a man one
week's pleasure, and when you find that they ,. have charged you up with
the loss of something you never had, also that they have taken out 25 cents
for the "old soldiers' home," a fellow begins to feel sore.: Then your laundry
bill from $1.50 a month up, barber $1.00, and so on, leaves very little v
Some people seem to think that a soldier can get along. without money;
let them try it and see how long they will last. Another deplorable fact is
that a man in uniform is riot treated with respect by the civilians. If he
tries to enter a first class cafe he usually finds himself snubbed by the waiter*
Why.' Because he is a $13 man. .
The writer is obviously a man of more than common intelli
gence, and the army is not meant to be attractive to such. It'
may be doubted whether service inthe ranks can be made attractive
to men of that character as long as there is no question of vvaf- or
patriotism or the spice br danger. In peace the regimental ? life, is
deadly dull and the severe .restraints of discipline ; are irksome to
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the last degree; - It is' trying 1 for a .man of years' experience and
brains to do the hop.' skip and jump at; the wordof ?a shavetail
just out of West Point: For such a" man enlistment /meahs^a .three
years' sentence, unless he- deserts, as he commonly does. It is not
a simple problem, therefore. It is doubtful whether, if the^pay were
doubled conditions would be greatly altered. It is not so much a
problem of pay as -of; promotion. If a. soldier of brains could see
a reasonable prospect o£ rising, from the ranks' to commissioned
grade he would be "slow to desert. As. things are arranged it is
the best men who desert or refuse to re-enlist;pM .' "
THE .contentions made on behalf, of the' Chicago packers in
the government prosecutions for accepting rebates/will, if
successfully maintained, break down the Elkins law and,;
incidentally, vvill wipe out the $29,000,000 fine imposed on
the Standard oil company. Briefly, the points are that a contract
made before a rate is raised is valid, and, secondly, that a shipper
can not be fined where there has been no secrecy about his dealings
with the railfoad. The first point lets out both railroads and ship
pers and the second virtually releases the shippers from the- opera*
tion of the Jaw against rebates. With regard to the first point
Attorney General Bonaparte's brief contains the following passage :
If such contract were to be, held valid and binding after' the rate was
advanced,, then, by collusion,'. making a contract- between: a railroad com
pany and a favored shipper, ,and; the; subsequent raising of a rate to. other
shippers, .would accomplish and defeat, the ['. purposes of the
enactment. There would be j little left of the. law against discrimination if
these provisions could be so. easily evaded, because, manifestly, this doctrine
would apply as well to the ordinary' interstate commerce as to the export
trade; in fact to every form of commerce subject "to law. ' \u25a0•j'v \. \ \u25a0\u25a0'' \u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0.
The same point was raised in the .Standard oil cases and drew
from -Judge Landis the -remark that, ''respecting the defendant's al
leged natural .right to make a private contract for a secret railroad.rate,
candor obliges the court to say that he knows nothing to support
the proposition but the V eminence oi counsel who _adVancedc it."
: This bitter sarcasm did not kill the argument and' it
ibobs up again before the- supreme cqurt r and so much i importance
<is attached to the 'case that the = attorney general, got permission
tp present his side by three, special! counsel, including^ himself.-: j. It
is a^ rare thing for the' supreme court to grant such. latitude, but
this is a case that virtually involves the life of the most important
legislation passed. by congress for years.. r \u25a0
. Foraker's New York speech trims
down the list of presidential possi
bilities by o n*-jls§BsßS@ifc:'.y''- '^USSIi
The Gazette remarks that the;insur
ance rates in Berkeley are outrage
ou?!y high. They are -- outrageously.
higher here. \ .; ; , ' . ;. : 1
Since last Saturday's" events, the
czar's neck has. become lame through
constantly -looking I apprehensively
over -his shoulder. :
The Pullman company; has;distri
buted $200,000 as *• a" bonus Ito its em
ployees, /rhatVisXaibagatelle 5 com
pared to - what li the a public '"; has; been
compelled, tb'f give them. '
The' steel trust -has decided that
there is'no- necessity- for the reduction
of the price 'of '- steel, '..vThe; "consumer
may •_ be ~ thankful [that "it "didn't"; figure
out an excuse' for bbostihg;the price.'
.Mrs. Harry Thaw fainted" at the
sight of :' an iidiot -, at }\u25a0, the . Matteawan'
asylum? ; V- Good \ argument : ? 'faints i'v at
sight 'of! idiot,^: dqesj riot faint .' at v sight
bfj Harry \\ therefore > Harry ' is ) no idiot
and should be released. •;
THe Gentleman In Waiting
INVOLVES THE BIG FINE
NOTE \ AND COMMENT
'J- Grocers are 7. giving a pure food
show. The milkmen will soon be
able to do something in that line,
The latest account given of the
career -of: the father, of Athe present
Rockefeller group" strengthens the be
lief in] heredity. ; V-.'.
Brazil has reduced the: tariff on
windmills.;- : Bryan 'might; take: alcheapa I cheap
lecture trip down there after the com
ingv excitement : is/6ver.y • -
:A_physician in ißerkeleyJs opposing'
the, idea, 'of 'college men returning to
thef old; style J "of iL'football; playing.
That's proof' that "doctors are not in
variably out for, the money. ,
1 Carl .Ritter.the saloon keeper who
tried *to -buy • a'< license, < probably has
: not 1 been ' reading *of \u25a0\u25a0 the graft ? prose
cution. : Or,; maybe, \u25a0he read /the ar>
pellate court decision and believed -it?
The ; anticigarette; agitators . point
out th'atUhevGhinese refuse toismoke
cigarettes^ which i! shows*- that - the 1 agi-f
tatqrt:may belwell informed!pnTcigar
ettes;but are\wofully r short; on knowl
ed«e': of '; the ] habits ' of -, the^ Chinese.- . f :
Answers to Queries
STAMP LANGUAGE— A. C.S., Oak
land. AVhat is the postage stamp lan-'
guage?
The postage stamp language is the :
result, of an agreement on the part of
two Individuals who, wish to correspond
regarding what the placing of stamps
In various ways on an envelope shall
mean. .
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• FOR THE NAYY — N., city. Please
tell me where to apply for enlistment
in the United States. navy .-in this state?
Communicate with the commandant
at Mare island If relating to adults, or
to the commandant of the naval train
ing school on Yerba Buena island if
for minors. . \u25a0 ' -\ .
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SUPPLIES — J. G. F., Oakland, Cal.
Wherecan I buy photo engravers' sup
plies in San Francisco or Oakland 7
;i As the query department ia not an
advertising one it cannot publish the
names of firms in that or, any other
business. ; . ,
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GYROSCOPE— F. H. E.. Olinda. Cal.
Is 'gyroscope pronounced with the sound
of gy as in'gymnast or as in gyrate?
It i 3 pronounced gy-ro-scope with the
sound,of y.as In fly and wita the first
o sounded as in old.
Police Dogs at Antwerp
A report from Consul. General H. W.
Dlederich states that for some'.tlme the
Antwerp police have been experiment-
Ing with dogs as assistants to the
night watch service in the Isolated seo
tlons of the Antwerp docks and that
the experiments have, proven negative.
At one tlme^ it was even proposed Jto
give up the '- kennels *t altogether. The
city police have seven dogs, known as
the Belgian shepherd dog, which, are
trained to; look upon men in uniform
*s > their.i only •, friends, suspecting all
others, arid; more particularly a man
lying down. At night the seven dogs,
all muzzled, are given to seven police
men," who conduct them by.a strap, only
letting them 'loose when wishing, to
pursue an evil ; doer, discovered red
handed. , It is owing, to the docks and
basins being in thickly -populated sec
tions ;: of \u25a0:"; the ; , city ' and ; to the \u25a0 further
fact itbat, work on the vessels goes'' on
throughout l : the /night .that the dogs
have; thus to be restrained in their move
ments" and :J : their usefulness thus re
duced ;toa minimum, t' Furthermore, one
policeman has to' .b"e detached from the
night. service for every dog,; whereas
were; it' possible to allow -the; anim'als
to run free,': one officer would be suf
ficient to patrol with two or even three
doge.-;, "-\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0-;; '\u25a0\u25a0•<\u25a0:. ' -\u25a0;:,., ;' -<\u25a0 j ::. .
: The >5 result -of the experiment, has
been 'that .police dogs, no matter* how
welll trained/:, are .of fno < practical use
in *; thickly ; populated /quarters. : bu t i real
value; in | such: service c has * been'? shown
In rural i districts, where a night watch
man.xunalded.jfrequently has " to ' patrol
aiterrltoryJcoVering j miles of sparsely
settled country. 'Such :is : the ; case \u25a0at
Ghent, where :. the" same breed of dogs
Is > used ', by; the "rural s night "watchmen
to 'great; advantage.' ;There; the animals
arer unmuziled^and unrestrained. The i
experience in\tralnlng shows that/ while
the dogs";may.be taught to be suspicious j
of ? every] person : not jln uniform i or," of a
man^ lying [ down {or . In \u25a0 a crouching .' po- '
sltion, it Is impossible to make him dis
tinguish' between ' an ; honest man' and : a
vagabond., lV
" The -dogs >used -may- be. 'purchased at
prices ranging from $5j to $10, and v their
keep ; amounts^t6-$1.35f per, month. '-The
Belgian; shepherd; dog- is chosen .for, this
service 'for this keen scent.l for, the facjl-'
Ity"; with which he; is trained, and for
the & faithfulness \u25a0] to 2 his 7 master.-? which
makes ? him| practically a f^'one ; friend",
dog » and Vari^uncomprbmlslni: ' ' foe to
ever other human being. ,
New Municipal Court System of Chicago Proves
Strong factor in Ridding City of Criminals
THE first annual report of the work
of the new. municipal court of Chi
cago shows an encouraging de
crease of crime, as well as an
Increasing, number of convictions
through the rapid operations of the
system. The report says: "The mu
nicipal court of Chicago is unique in
the development of American courts
and jurisprudence. .In combined
breadth of Jurisdiction and finality of
Judgment it has no equal among Amer
ican city courts. It has Jurisdiction in
; both civil and criminal cases."
The court was the outgrowth of the
strongly Intrenched position and defi
ant attitude of the police court judges
; and Justices of the peace, who brought
I about Intolerable conditions through
their slow and corrupt handling of
cases. The people of Chicago in 1905
secured a constitutional amendment
i abolishing . these courts and replacing
! them with the municipal court. Says
the report: "At ithe end of the first
year it can surely be said that' the
court has achieved the main purpose
of its organization. The abuses com
mon under the Justice of the peace
system have been abolished and the
congestion In the trial courta Is being
relieved." :/
The court has original and unlimited
jurisdiction- in actions of contract and
for the recovery of personal property,
or of damages for the conversion
thereof, and has jurisdiction up to the
amount of $1,000 in all actions of tort.
It has original jurisdiction of all
misdemeanor cases and of prosecutions
for the violation of municipal ordi
nances. The provisions of the law also
gave the court Jurisdiction by transfer
from other courts In practically all
classes of cases, civil or criminal, at
law or in equity.
The municipal court trials are by the
court without a jury, or with a jury if
the litigant bo demands, and they are
final in the sense that there can be no
trial de novo In another court. Ap
peals are taken direct to the appellate
or supreme courts just as from the
other trial courts of record in Illinois.
The judges of this court act. In
many particulars, as the board of di
rectors of a corporation. They fix the
number and salaries of the deputy
clerks and deputy bailiffs: they *tiave
general supervision over' the offices of
the clerk and bailiff; they have the
power to pass rules and regulations
governing these ""offices, and have also
The Smart Set
SOCIETY has been taken by sur
prise by the news of the wedding
of Miss Emily Bowie of San Ma
teo and Stanley Rammage of San
Jose. Miss Bowie was barely of age
when her marriage took place, at
Christmas time, and was to have been
presented to socie,ty~ next" year. - Her
own. friends have been aware of her
engagement for some time, but no one
knew of the wedding until some hours.
a.f ter the ceremony, when Mr. and Mrs.
Rammage were on their way to the
southern part of the state. After a
fortnight's wedding Journey the Ram
magea came. up to town and have since
been receiving the congratulations and
good wishes of their friends. Mrs, Ram
mage is a sister of Miss Helen Bowie,
one of the most popular girls in San
Mateo and Burllngame society.
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General Adolphus W. Greely and
Mrs. Greely and their daughter. Miss
Gertrude.- have returned to California
and are established at La Granada In
Berkeley! They will remain there until
March, when they plan to sail for the
Philippines. General Greely was in
command of the Pacific division at the
time of the fire/
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Miss Genevieve Harvey has been
spending a few days at Burllngame as
the guest ' of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Martin.
• • •
Miss Lillian Schoobert will return to
her home in Sausallto this week after
a visit of several weeks_ln the east
ern states and in Canada. Mlsa Schoo
bert was for several weeks the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Robin Dunsmutr, In
Quebec.
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Mr. and Mrs. Klrtland Cutter, who
are prominent members of Spokane's
smart- set, 'will arrive today en route
to Honolulu. On their trip from Wash
ington they stopped for a visit In Port
land and later went to Los Molinos.
where they were the guests of the Dick
Sherwoods.
• • •
Miss Elena Brewer has been for a
week the guest of Mrs. Eugene de
Sabla in the De Sabla home in Octavia
street. .
Mr.; and Mrs. C. B. Hale of Santa
Barbara and their little niece. Miss
Muriel Hale, came up from the south
ern town a few days ago and are
guests, at the Fairmont hotel. They
will spend a fortnight here before
leaving for the. City of Mexico, whera
they are to spend several weeks before
sailing for Europe. In Paris they will
be joined "; by their daughter and son
in law, Mr/ and Mrs. Selah Chamberlain,
who went abroad on their honeymoon
trip some months ago.
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,. J A new and exclusive- little dancing
club is interesting the younger set In
San Mateo, and the first meeting of the
little organization was : attended by
many San Francisco maids ' and men as
well. :~- It took place last week In Froe
bel hall; and the B0 members with a
score more, of guests enjoyed every mo
ment from i the ' first dance at 9 o'clock
until" the supper at midnight. The
patronesses of this club are, Mrs.* Wal
ter ; Hobart, Mrs. Edward Howard, :Vi
comtesse de Tristan and Mrs. Thomas
Driscoll
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Sincere sympathy Is being extended
Mrs. William , Casey and Miss Ruth
Casey ; by their many friends here who
have just heard of Mr. Casey's death,
which occurred a few days ago in Pas
Conditions in California
\u25a0'. The Calif omU Promotion eonunitt«« wirad -to its •astern bureau ysstarday v f»l
lowi: .. \u25a0"
• . California tempenttoret for tia la*t !4 aoors:
Snrek* .............. ...............Ki a i man 1......44 Maximnm......sa
Su.-.rriu0iae0......... Mtßimnm......M Kaximam 54
• Baa Dieg0.... ....... :.•.....„... ..Minimum.....^s3 \ Maximum...... 63
Lumior receipts at S*n rrmaoUao dnriar January, 73,091,000 fast.
Beneficial rains are falling taronfhout the itate, Injurin* a prosperous Mtsoa.
-A c*naia»;M4 pieklta* factory at Hnatlajtoa Woh. Orasgs eouaty.put «» dtarla*
1907 150,000 uut if tomatoss,' S.ooO 'earn of .tttliv; Beau,' 'l,ooo Untls of piciles, 8,000
«*\u25a0•\u25a0,«*. f*eea.ehilo,'»,oao '«\u25a0*•\u25a0 ]«f ott«* r«li«het. aad 100,000 fallow of «»u«rkraat. Tao
output indicates the diteraity of products of tie aurrotmdln? oonatry. ,
; ;one thoutand.tont of itool aro on tao frouad.for. the SoebUn« nuildin*. at Talsem
andHawtborne itreets, a^Uuw'A^nTe ttory rtruotwe, : ear«r{n» ,»a are* «f 113:9x150
f eet. \ v ; Tbe . steel; i«- already »et, to \ the second- tier. The "building Will b« f»cod witt c*.
ment;,Us coat win'. bo about $300,000. Every modern aroproof derico ha* beu Uhoa ad
vantage of— wire glass, metal window frame*. . etc ' :
FEBRUARY 5, 1908:
the power to remove deputy clerks
and, deputy bailiffs, with or without
cause, by entering a proper order.
They act as one body In adopting and
considering rules for the purpose of
effectively administering Justice in the
courts. The decision of the majority
of the Judges In , matters of practice
prevails. The judges by law are re
quired to meet monthly except In the
month of August- At these meetings
the different rulings of the Judges
upon the same question of practice ar»
brought to' the notice of the entire
body, and the action of the majority
brings about uniformity of decision. .
The system of keeping the records
In the municipal court of Chicago Is a
departure from that in use in the other
courts of Illinois. The municipal court
act provides for abbreviated forms of
entries and so simplifies the keeping of
records as to greatly reduce, the ex
pense and trouble Incident thereto.
This is one of the most Important fea
tures of the law.
Prior to the establishment of this
court misdemeanor cases were not
tried until the expiration of from thre*
.months to three years from the com
mission of the offense, and interest
having died out and witnesses scat
tered convictions were few. This
brought about a general disrespect of
the law that resulted in numerous of
fenses. Of 19,000 cases of felony and
misdemeanor heard by justices of the
peace only 3.000 wera bound over to
the grand Jury.* 16,000 going free. Th«
present law permits of prosecution
without the grand Jury formality, and
the administration of Justice has been
greatly facilitated. The result has
been that, while there wera 92.761 ar
rests In 1906. the number decreased
35,371 in 1907. On the. other hand,
nearly 1,500 more persons have been
sent to Jail and the housa of correc
tion than were sent the year before.
' The report aays that this change may
be attributed to:
1. Speedy trials.
2. Strict ball regulations.
3. House of correction rather than
Jail sentences. . . .
4. Care in the Issuance of warrants.
5. Absence of Interference with th«
administration of Justice In the courts,
and the consequent encouragement of
the police officer to do his duty.
6. Imposing heavy penalties for car
rying concealed weapons.
One of the facts pointed out by th 4
report Is that the court is not only
self-sustaining but shows a balance of
more than $$.000.
The court consists of a chief Justice,
27 associate justices, a clerk and 107
assistant clerks; a bailiff ami 100 as
sistant bailiffs.
adena. That he -was In a. very serious
condition has been recognized* by his
family for some time, but his death
came as a great shock. Miss Ruth was
at the time a visitor In this city, where
she was the guest of Jlr3. Roy Somers
at the Fairmont hotel. She went at
once to the southern city, from which
nhe and her mother will return to their
Oakland home in a few days.
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Society people here are much in
terested ; in the lecture to be given by
Miss Agnes Tobin in Century, Clab halt
Tuesday evening, February IS. The.
event Is under the auspices of the>
Caedmon club. Miss Tobin will speak
of the younger poets, a subject upon
which she is qualified by reason of her
own work in London's* literary set to
treat intelligently. Som© of those in
terested in the success of the evening
are: Mrs. J. M. Drtscoll. Mrs. Eleanor
Martin. Mrs. Margaret Nesfleld. Mrs.
Margaret Deane. Mrs. Clinton Jones.
Mrs. M. J. Fottrell. Miss Mary Phelan.
Mrs. William Geex Hitchcock. Miss
Sprague. Mrs. Garret W. McEntrney
and Mrs. Francis Sullivan.
• • •
Mr. and Mrs. Fritz King of Rexholxn*
returned to California a day or two
ago after a visit of several weeks in
New York. While in the east they
visited their son. Fritz King, who is at
Annapolis.
• • •
Miss Edna Prather will be -the guest
of honor at a bulb and seed shower
given by Miss Vlrginle Van Loben Sals
this afternoon. About a score of the
younger set's girls will attend tha
affair.
. • • •
Mrs. Andrew Welch Jr.. whose home
is one of the most .hospitabr* in San
Mateo, has had as her guest this week
Miss Alyssa Sullivan.
• • •
Mrs. John A. Lundten was hostess at
a euchre party a few days ago at
which a score, of army matrons wera
her guests. After the game tea and
ices were served.
T Borax Output in California \
+ . —4.
The entire output of borax in ths
United States la derived from San Ber
nardino. Inyo and Ventura countries. In
California, and up to and including 130S
the greater part of It cams from San
Bernardino county.
Until 1903 the annual statistics of
production collected by the United
States geological survey wer« based on
the quantity and value of the refined
product, but since then crude borax
has been taken as a basis, as the pre
pared borax is. essentially a manufac
tured product. The -quantity of cruda
materials mined (borate of lime or
colemanlte). with varying: richness of
boric acid is readily ascertained, and
the value of the crude material is
therefore calculated according to the
percentage of boric acid it contains.
The total output of crud© borax for
the year 1908 was 53,173 short tons,
valued at. $1,182,410. as against 48.334
short tons, valued at 5X.219.15 1, in 1905.
an increase in 190« of 11.839 short tons
in quantity and of $163,256 in value.
The Imports of borax, boric acid and
borates into this country 'in 190« were
valued «at $62,979. an increase of $20.
179 over, the -value of th» Imports for
1905. which amounted to $32,800.
The cost of crude borax varies ma
terially ?witb. different producers, ow
ing to local conditions, length of
haul to railroad., etc. Some of It Is
also semirenned before • shipment and
subsequently, tully refined at points far
distant from those of production.
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