The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1895, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Dafly and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier.§0.15 Deily and Su 11, one year, by mail... 6.00 Daily and Sunday CALL, six months, by mait 3.00 L 1d Sunday CALL, three months, by mail 1.50 I and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail .50 Sunday CarL, one year, by mail.. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One year, .50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street. elephone. ..... ...Main—1868 Telephone. < <ieee.Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICE. 530 Montgomery street, corner Clay; open until ©:30 o'clock. ) Haves street : open EASTERN OFFICE : 1, Rhinelander s, New York City. THE SUMMER MONTHS. » country on a vacatfon ? If le for us to forward THE CALL to Do not let it miss you for you will Orders given to the carrier, or left at Murket street, will recelve SUNDAY. Every home is too short for long engagements, When the law is derided, home ruleisa farce. v summer resor has its own ideas of sty This is the time to stand up for good government, prospect pleases except those of id Eight. Some men has work long enougk en’t energy enough to stop to No one has ever to leave San Francisco on account of the weather. the citizen is the only ial rasca The money saved adds anotk Civic virtue sure check on 1 e lottery ticket to the home. forcement of law is one of the rapidly reviving. The en home indust Rail way. While we denounce corrupt officials let us not fail to give honor to those who are true. robbery se of 1 this country is not body robbing a rail- The rascal never gets to the end of his Tope W ut finding a hangman’s knot in The world laughs at the fads of society and society laughs at the “isms” of the world. The enjoyment of a dinner aepends on confidence in the cook as well as on the appetite. ve public improvements we must municipal government that the e trust. 3 on is getting just ous enough to be appropriate to season. Even Texas and New Mexico have started in to adve rnia by indulging in trous flo The gre; Sacramento future of that cit sctric plant that has dazzled a brilliant glow on the It is noticeable that it is the people who are never doing their best who sigh most for the millennium. Popular sentiment against the latest grab of the octopus does not mean & pro- test but a fight to a finish, We can have the most beautiful as well as the most picturesque city in the world if we choose to make it so. The French celebration to-day of the fall of the Bastile should awake sympathy in every heart that loves freedom. The two Democratic factions in Kansas have set the National pace for the party already by calling each other bolter Spain’s determination to shoot all Cuban insurgents when taken seems to indicate either that it realizes the character of the uprising or fears its force. There are millions yet to learn that everybody is at liberty to pick up the golden fruit which the godsshake from the sun-tree upon the soil of California. If ten acres of California, including its climate, could be set down in New York State it would sell for a million dollars an acre as a summer and winter resort. Since the Republicans carried the country the business of the people is reviving, but the Democrats still have the Government, and the deficit in the revenue continues. Marsden Manson’s assertion that San Francisco wastes annually on her streets enough money to build many miles of boulevard should prove sufficient to make the taxpayers do a little hard thinking. The region of the great lakes haa hardly found time to' take breath after the frosts, floods and cyclones before the annual | devastating forest fires have broken out and are sweeping the towns from the face of the earth. SRR TR Cornell’s explanation that it was in the race until Fennell caught a crab and smashed his ribs with his oar does not ex- plain the worst of all conceivable break- downs, which was that Fennell caught a crab and smashed his ribs. Stockton takes another turn at the progress wheel by announcing that it is preparing to bring the purest of Sierra water from the Biue Lakes, and in the same process produce all the electric power that the city will need for illumination and manufactures. g T A Sl A man’s highest duty being to bztter his own condition, with a view to the employ- ment of the power he thus acquires for the good of those about him, co-operation in the advancement of California is the noblest form in which a wholesome selfishness can find exercise. A STRONG ALLY. The terse, straightforward leader in which the Eraminer yesterday put itself on the side of tne Citizens’ Defense Asso- ciation and the people in the fight against the Solid Eight of the Board of Supervisors in their attempt to give the Southern Pa- cific of Kentucky a valuable franchise without competition, in violation of the law, is encouraging to all who hope that the new era in California is to mean not only a revival of business and .industry but a revival of civic patriotism and honesty in municipal administration. The words of the Examiner were some- thing more than “fleshy” English. There were blood, bone, muscle and nerve in every sentence. Itis true as our contem- porary sa; “If some of these squalid jobbers could only be brought within the reach of criminal law, civic reform in San Francisco would take the longest step in advance it has ever known.” That isthe issue before us. The rascals must be brought under the law. Itis nota time for wordy protests. It isa time for a close gravple with the ‘‘squalid jobbers,” and a fight that will finish only when rascality goes to the penitentiary and honesty gov- erns the City. We cordially welcome the aid of our great Democratic contemporary in the contest, because we wish it made clearly evident even to fools that there is no party nor faction politics in the fight. As THE CarLy for the Republican party repudiates the self-styled Republican members of the combine, so the Eraminer repudiates the self-styled Democrats. Neither of the great parties founded upon enduring prin- ciples can admit the affiliation of men who break pledges, violate oaths, betray the people, evade just laws, plot iniquity, de- vise frauds, disgrace popular government and with unblushing effrontery render themselves subject to criminal indictment in the insolence of a conceit that their allies in infamy are powerful enough to save them from punishment. The issue is now made up. The oppos- ing parties are rapidly aligning them- selves. There can be no avoiding the con- test except among those who dwell so deep in obscurity that even their neighbors care not what they think. The press of the City, the officers of the law, the great civic organizations must all take one side or the other. As the Eraminer says: “There is law enough in the City to secure good government if it were properly en- forced, but officials never seem to take it seriously.” Let us see if we cannot make them take it seriously. A HEARTY RESPONSE. If such a meeting as that held at Metro- politan Hall Friday evening had been called five years ago it probably would not | have been attended by two score persons; but the crowds which were present at this meeting, the earnestness of the speakers and the deep interest of their auditors were eloquent testimony of the great change which has overtaken our people. | Had it not been for the hard times prevail- | ing universally recently, though with less severity in California than anywhere else, it is not likely that such an organization as the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ As- sociation would have been formed and therefore not likely that steps woula have | been taken to produce a standard by which the excellence of California could be measured. It is from adversity that the lessons of progress are learned. This mass-meeting called by the Manu- facturers’ and Producers’ Association for the purpose of increasing the popular in- terest in the movement to encourage the consumption of home products ought to have a twofold effect—one of rousing the interest of consumers and the other of in- ducing manufacturers and producers to join the association. The advantages ob- servable in both these aspects of the ques- tion are so obvious that attempts to create a public sentiment in their favor ought | to be unnecessary. It is the indifference of California’s people to her interests and | their own that has kept the State so longin | the background, and the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association has under- taken a task that is as difficult as it is | noble. Chicago was made the great city that it is solely by the tremendous energy, high intelligence and perfect unanimity of its citizens. It is within the memory of many {of us that the time was when a battle | for supren in the Middle West was fought between Chicago and St. Louis, and | how the guerdon hung wavering until | Chicago made the supreme effort that re- sulted in the most wonderful city growth and prosperity that modern times can show. 8t. Louis, dominated by that easy- going spirit infused into it by its Southern population, fell immeasurably behind when it came to match its energies with | the sharp, shrewd, tireless men who came | from further North and threw all their i vim into the destiny of Chicago. | No question is more commonly asked | than this: Why is it that the men of won- | derful energy who have made Chicago and | other Western cities the marvels of prog- | ress that they are do not come to San | Francisco, where the rewards of their | efforts would be greater and the comforts | of life more abundant? In view of the | awakened sentiment which is now abroad among our people, we shull not atiempt | an answer to the question, but we do say | this awakening will remove the one great | cause for the absence of Eastern energv | among us. For out of this awakening will | come decent streets, an honest City gov- ernment, reasonable taxes and sound co- | operation in trade and industries. Cali- | fornians themselves have now taken the | situation into their own hands and will | proceed henceforth to work out the destiny of the State. And it will not be long be- | fore the unconquerable world-builders of | the Eastern States will come to urge on- ward the ball which we have started roll- | ing. | | | | ALL GOES WELL. There is much in the daily news of the world to bring to men if not sad thoughts, at least such thoughts as have in them more of care than of joy, and more of anxiety than of whole-hearted confidence in the growing good of the world and the ultimate triumph of reason and rigbteous- ness over folly and wrong. Whether we consider our own City, with its official jobbery and its continually arising occasions of earnest action to pre- vent wrongdoing; or the Nation, with its inefficient Government and the endiess strife of classes and interests; or the world at large with its warring civilizations and perpetual menace of revolution, there are signs enough of evil to make it evident that the time has not yet come when earnest men can wholly relax their efforts | and take it easy in the assurance that the wicked have ceased from troubling and the righteous may be at rest. Despite the evil of the times, however, there is really less cause for anxiety than appears at first sight. Evil is given a prominent place in the news of the day simply because the conscience and the intelligence of the world are roused against it and are seeking it out that they may destroy it. If in our own City the names of the eight unfaithful Supervisors are published more often than those of the four who have been faithful to public trust | by foreigners from every quarter of the | IN FAVOR OF HOME umus-rm's. it is not because the eight occupy a larger space in our civic life or have a stronger influenze upon the people, but simply because the efforts of the four for honest government have so encouraged and aroused the people that the eight appear as public enemies, and therefore engage the attention that follow naturally from popular antagonism. It is very much the same all the world over. The eyes of humanity are fixed upon evil things exactly as the eyes of a soldier watch his enemy and not hisfriend. Nevertheless the iriends of righteousness outnumber the foes, There may be much talk of corruption, degeneration and de- cadence, but the world grows better with the years. There are clouds around us now, but there is sunshine right ahead. Our own City never had brighter prospects before her. Never were the people more united for good purposes or more resolute to attain them than at this time. There is hardly any real occasion, therefore, for im- mediate anxiety. In San Francisco, at any rate, the wicked are more troubled just now than any one else, and all citizens may enjoy their day of rest in full confi- dence of the coming good. OUR COOMMERCIAL NEWS. It is an interesting fact that a larger proportion of Californians than of the residents of any other State have reason to keep a close watch on the market, This is largely because so many of the soil products of our people are not staple, but are classed among the luxuries, and hence are subject to considerable fluctuations. California growers first mastered the art of producing these articles, and the demand for them was so great that large profits— so large as to be incredible to Eastern residents—was the result. Following this came a great increase of the acreage, and then it was discovered that the limited market which the first growers enjoyed was too restricted for a highly profitable pursuit of some of the industries. It was then that the cry of overproduction was raised, and it has had a most serious effect in retarding the progress of the State. Next came the discovery that there was really an unlimited market and that all that was needed was a plan to reach it, This has been accomplished by the organ- ization of fruit unions and the estaplish- ing of salesrooms in the Eastern cities.- In this way the profits of rural industries have been approximately restored. In all these matters it is to be noted that all that has been accomplished has been the result of exercising more intelligence than is re- quired of Eastern growers. In fact, it may be stated asa rule that a California grower’s success is measured by the intel- ligence as well as the industry which he brings to his business. The more recent conditions of these in- dustries require a careful watch upon the market. While many products have to be sold when they are ripe, many more can be held indefinitely or for longer or shorter periods. TuE Cary, recognizing the importance of giving the fullest possi- ble information concerning the condition of the market as it affects every interest in which Californians are concerned, insti- tuted some time ago a commercial depart- ment which for completeness is some- thing unique in California journalism. The fact is already apparent to the mer- chants and others doing business in the cities, who regard Tue CALL asindispen- sable on that account alone. The growers of the interior also are learning the value of this service. Not only the local rates for every article of production are given daily, but tele- graphic news of rates obtained in all the cities of the world where our products are handled is set forth every day. These re- ports are all prepared with the greatest care and are absolutely reliable. Not only are dealtrs, commission merchants, stock- brokers and all other classes of business men kept fully informed, but retail con- sumers of all possible kinds of products, home and foreign, can learn what should be charged them for whatever they buy. In view of the carelessness of many house- wives in making their deily purchases this information is exceedingly valuable and a study of it every morning may save them many a dollar in the course of the year. PLEASURE FOR VISITORS, The resident of the City becomes so accustomed to the attractions which sur- round him that their value to him is less than to the casual visitor. More and more the charms of San Francisco are being dis- covered by the 1esidents of the interior of the State, but as many of them are not familiar with all the attractions of the City it might not be amiss to mentiona few of those having the greatest value. Most important, of course, and familiar to all is the cool weather of summer. This is so delightful a change from the heat of the interior that it cannot be mentioned too often. A part of this charm is a soft- ening by high fogs of that intense glare that never relaxes in the valleys. Within the last year or two the exten- sion of electric lines has been so great that the nature of it isrealized by but few of the City residents themselves, and for those living in the interior this source of pleas- ure will open up strange and delightful charms. This is true particularly of the lines penetrating the southern part of the City in all directions. The Mission-street electric line and the San Mateo line are not only interesting in themselves, the latter particularly, but they have branches running into districts which few even of the City residents have ever penetrated. One branch of the San Mateo line takes a course westwardly towara Twin Peaks, and at its highest point above the City, where it would cross Market street if that thoroughfare were extended, it presents to view one of the noblest panoramas that the elevated places of the City reveal. Many great changes are taking place at the Cliff House, including the most exten- sive baths in the world, where special ex- hibitions by expert swimmers are given on certain days, including Sundays. In this neighborhood, also, are the big wheel of the Midwinter Fairand other attractions and curiosities from that exposition. One of the newer sites of the City is bicy- cling on an elaborate scale. Qolden Gate Park is the place where it may be scen to flourish most luxuriantly, ar.d the variety and novelty of the eycling costumes, par- ticularly those affected by women, are worth going many a mile to see. Besides the old and standard attractions of the park, which in themselves can hardly all be seen and appreciated in a day, are some new features of particular interest. One of the best is the museum on the grounds of the Midwinter Fair. For those who like horseraces there is an opportunity for daily enjoyment. Down- town the exhibits of the State Board of Trade, the Academy of Sciences and the Pioneers are exceedingly interesting and instructive. The Presidio, Harbor View, the outlook from the summit of Telegraph Hill, and the pleasure of crossing the bay to such charming places as Alameda, Oak- land, Berkeley, Belvedere, Sausalito, San Rafael and numerous other beautiful svots are constantly within reach. These are but a few of the principal at- tractions. One of the least known, and the best of all, is the restaurants conducted globe, whose establishments are an educa- tion in themselves, and where the cost of living is surprisingly low. One may, if one desires, live very economically in the City, the expense being hardly noticeable in comparison with the numerous strange and instructive pleasures derived from tho visit. PERSONAL. Selden Fish of Chicago is a guest at the Palace. State Senator Elijah Hart of Sacramento is in the City. Lyman Green, a prominent attorney of Peta- luma, is intown. M. B. Pond, & physician of Santa Rosa, is at the Grand Hetel, E. W. Kay, ex-Sheriff of Tulare County,is a guest at the Grand. Frank Damrosch of New York registered at the Palace yesterday. E. T. Callender, a journalist of New York, is staying at the Palace Hotel. Frank A.Pontius of Seattle, & well-known men of publie affairs, is at the Grand. J. K. Prior, a well-known San Francisco cap- italist, left the City for San Diego yesterday. William Keith, the artist, will return from Castle Crags, where he has been for a week, to- day. J. C. Brusie of Sacramento, author of the play of “Hannibal Howe,” is in town stopping at the Grand. Thomeas Derby of the Almaden mine, and Frank S. Kelly sail to-day for Catalina Island and San Diego. J. N. Young, & prominent business man who has large interests in steamships, registered at the Grand yesterday. t1J. L. Gillis, keeper of the archives of the State of California, came down from the capital city yesterday and registered at the Grand. J. A. Cooper. a well-known lawyerof Ukiah, registered at the Grand Hotel yesterday. He has just returned from a voyage to Alaska. Adjutant-General A. W. Barrett registered at the California Hotel last evening. He will re- main {n San Francisco until next Wednesday. P. B. Cornwall, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, went to his farm in Santa Cruz County yesterday and will return to-morrow. General J. W. B. Montgomery of Chico regis- tered at the Grand yesterday. He has been in- vited to confer with the adjutant-general on the subject of National Guard reorganization. James Flamant, the representative of the Simonton estate on this coast, leaves for Eu- rope this morning in response to a call from his father, who is reported to be seriously ill in Paris. Captain Carrington, First Infantry U.S. A. and Inspector of the National Guard of Cali- fornia, staff of Governor Budd, arrived from SanDiego yesterday. He inspected the com- pany of the Naval Battalion at San Diego recently. Mrs. C. T. Mills of Mills College expects to return to California on the 20th of this month. The next term at Mills College will open August 7. Mrs. Mills writes to THE CALL concerning eraduates of Mills College as follows: “Miss May'Paulsell, A. B,, class of '90, has just gradu- ated with high honors at the medical college in New York City. 8he received an appoint- ment at the New England Hospital, & place greatly desired by young physicians. Mrs, F, R. Carpenter of the class of 73 is studying law in the law school of the New York University. In a class of over 100 she stood among the first in the recent examinations.” THE TRUE GLORY 0; LIFE. A SABBATH-DAY REVERIE. More than the budding beauty of spring these early summer days reveal the true glory of life. The season of hope, with its signs of promise—the ambient air, the genial sun, the tender grass, the heading grain, the spreading branch, the opening leef. the blossom before the fruit—above and in the earth; the symbol of youth, with its infinite aspirations—its joy- ous health, its native innocence, its simple faith, its honest truth, its keen intelligence, its quick emotion—the whole formulats energies of mind and heart in humanity itself; spring is but the overture to that symphony of sum- mer, when the rejuvenation of the world de- velops into the full harmony of Nature, whose sweetest melodies are those of the human heart grown to feel the true glory of life. For, after all is said and done, whatever is, exists for us. When we speak of the world—the world of nature or the world of art—we mean the world of human life, especially the higher human life, since everything relates to that. To give a superlative illustration, let us say it was not for the fruits and flowers, not for the birds and beasts, it was for us that divine beneficence assumed a form which we could comprehend, and in its embodied sojourn among humanity,and as & member of it, gave to us that supreme example of the true glory of life. Itisits intense humanity, its loving sympathy, which makes that sacred story the most touching and inspiring and enduring tale of love for love itself that lives in any lan- guage, or that truth er fiction ever can evoke. It is the one eternal principle which constitutes all that there is of worth in life. You cannot purchese it with gold, or gems, or coronets, or Dpalaces, or estates; it is the free gift, the tender grace, the subtle influence of the human heart. It glorifies the human race and manifests itself in the loftiest and in the lowliest walks of life. We should be happy, therefore, in grateful contemplation of the fact that this summer season, with its fullblown delights, exists for all of us. We whose lot Is east within the bor- der lines of our Golden State have special reason to rejoice at the manifold advantages of air and land and sea which circumstance or choice has vouchsafed tous. Surely Nature is prolific in her gifts, and if life for us should seem 10 go amiss we may find, perchance, the fault within ourselves. Disappointments and discouragements, if rightly viewed and wisely used, may act asnew incentivesto tae develop- ment of the latent recuperative powers that lie within us. In the warfare of the world, when we bend the bow let our aim be high; we shall not always miss the mark. ‘And above all other things, let us keep our hearts in unison with that sweet strain of human sym- pathy which is in harmony with the highest conceptions of existence, for then and only then shall we appreciate and enjoy the true glory of life. A. SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY, Jones—TI don’t think Mrs. Betterdays ever en- joyed her money so much as she does now. Mrs. Jones—Why, she lost her money some years ago. Jones—True, but it has supplied her with an unfailing topic of conversation ever since.— Trath. Little Willie, he has left us, Set the gates of heaven ajar! He has gone to meet the angels. Having met a trolley car. Next! [Brooklyn and San Francisco papers please %opy h‘.fld charge to the trolley companies.— ‘rut! Mrs. de Tanque (reading from the paper)— Here’s 2 brief but strong temperance lecture: “John Brown, while drunk, fell in the river yesterday and was drowned.” De Tanque—No, my dear; it only shows that you shouldn’t take too much water with your whisky.—Indianapolis Journal. ‘‘Couple?” eaid the streetear conductor, as he drew out a slip of tickets for the young man Who had just put a young girl aboard the car and stepped back to a smoking scat. “No, one,” was the reply. The ticket-grabber tore off a single slip ani looked at him with an odd, inquiring glance, ;;1:'1 the passenger felt called upon toexplain a “New woman,” he said, laconically. “Just new enotgh to want to be independent—not far enough along to know that men pay each other’s fares when they ride together. Get hot 111 paid it.”—Detroit News A Distinction With a Difference.—Rips, the lawyer, has a profound knowledge of human nature, and is in the habit of weighing cause and effect with nice discrimination. When he has won a case he writes to hisclient: “Ihave won the action against A" ° But when he has lost the case he writes: “You have lost your lawsuit with B.”—Frem- denblatt. 7 The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tlon, with whose objects we are in heartiest sympathy, have been industriously eirculating clippings of a commendatory nature concern- ing tielr efforts and want interior papers to give them free advertising, work up a senti- ment in favor of their products and thus kill off the revenue-bearing ads of Eastern manu- facturers that these same papers are carsying. How consistent it will be for 300 papersin California that are getting paid for advertising Douglas' shoes, to wuse this revenue to pay compoitors for setting up lauda- tory articles in behalf of California- made shoes, the makers of which will not ad- vertise a penny’s worth. No wonder the jour- nalistic cemetery has constantly to be er- larged if this is to be the policy. Now, we will not charge the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association a single nickel for the space we devote to its methods. We will not even charge them for the advice we give, which is better than they could get from a lawyer for a high fee. We do suggest, how- ever, that if any members of the organization are producing anything worthy of home con- sumption to let the people know it by printers’ ink. Wherever is seen an advertisement of Eastern goods, insert a little larger oune of California goods, then go back to your office, watch for orders and prepare to enlarge your business.—Red Bluff Sentinel. We, in common with other newspapers of the State, are constantly in the receipt of appeals from the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Asso- ciation of California to urge upon our readers the necessity of patronizing home manufac- tures to the exclusion of Eastern and foreign productions. The idea is a good one and one which we heartily indorse, and every patriotic Californian should do the same. Yet, what are the home manufactured articles we are called upon to buy? A reference to the last census report shows that there are in the neighborhood of 500 manufactories of various kinds in the City of San Francisco, and per- haps as many more in the remainder of the State. Welook in vain, however, through the columns of our exchanges for the announce- ments of even a hundredth part of this num- ber. How are the people to know whom to patronize unless their advertisements appear in the public press? It also looks to us a little like presumption on the part of the manufac- turers to ask the newspapers to make their fight for them when they show such a lack of enterprise and appreciation.—Dixon Tribune. The people of California are asked to pur- chase their supplies from home manufacturers. They are appealed to by the Manufacturers’ As- sociation to do what liesin their power to ad- vance the manufacturing and commercial iuterests of this State. And it stands to reason that they should do so. The purchase of Cali- fornia industries, and every movement that tends toward that end, should be encouraged and supported by the people of thisState. If Eastern or foreign goods are discarded where possible, and the product of the California fac- tory purchased in their place, the factories of this State will soon prosper, the idle working- men will receive work, the value of property will be increased, and California take its proper place in the front ranks of our manufacturing States. No argument is necessary to point out the excellent results that will be obtained if this advice of the Manufacturers’ Association is strictly followed.—Marin Press. Fastern manufacturers are alive and ener- getic. Ifoneof them has an article that is really meritorious Le takes steps to inform the people of it. He is not content with pushing sales in his own county or State. He reaches across the continent, and in every section of the Union he advertises it. People read his advertisements, sample his goods, and the re- sult is & magnificent patronage, heavy and continyous sales and an immensely profitable business. When the individual members of the Manu- facturers’ and Producers’ Association get down to business and adopt business methods they will have less reason to complain of the apathy of the Californian public concerning their goods. In the meanwhile the newspapers, working disinterestedly for the good of the State, will do everything within their power to promote the interests of home industries,.— San Jose Mercury. The people of the State are peculiarly illy informed of the extentof California’s manu- facturing interests, and know very little con- cerning the kinds of articles manufactured. Of course, the manufacturers are at fault. The best way to let the people know that they have anything to sell is to advertise their wares, but they avail themselves of this method very sparingly. To be sure, advertising is expen- sivand, when badly done, unprofitable; but when practiced intelligently, systsmatically and persistently it never fails. It is advertis- ing that has made a market in California for articles inferior to the home product, and these articles will continue to receive the preference so long as our manufacturers re- main ignorant or indifferent to the value of printers’ fnk.—Stockton Mail. There was recently formed in this State a Manufacturers and Producers’ Association to ascertain what could be done along the line of home patronage for home products. The primary work of the body will be to ascertain what things are now produced in the State as cheaply and as of good quality asthose im- ported, and then find out why the home-made product does not render the imported product unnecessary. The things being equal in value and quality, it would seem that all that was wanted to put the localin the van of the for- eign lies in the line of education. There must be great publicity given to the factsin the ca se and a united effort on the partof producers and dealers to enlist the co-operation of con- sumers.—Otay Press., The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa- tion is irsuing & journal called Scissors and Paste, and an appeal is being made to the peo- ple to pat-onize home productions, and the in- terior paprs are asked to help in the cause. Wewould &dvise the manufacturers and pro- ducers to do alittle advertising in the State papers—make known their wares so that the public may know what is produced and manu- factured here. The Eastern manufacturers do not ask for free advertising, but use the Pacific Coast papers freely. The factis that not one person in a thonsand knows what is really manufactured in the State because the manu- facturers do not use the papers.--Contra Costa News. While the California Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association is getting a great deal of free advertising thrugh the pressof tho State, asking the people to patronize home in- dustry and use California-made goods. we would like to ask: Does the association prac- tice what it preaches? Does it getits printing done within the State or does it do like some merchants who talk the same doctrine so far as they are concerned and then send to Chi- cago, New York or some other Eastern eity for their commercial printing. The ‘doctrine of “home industry” should apply with equal force to every branch of business.—Escondido Times. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associa~ tion of California was formed some ynonths ago for the purpose of creating & sentimént in favor of using California-made goods in preference to importations. The object is one which should have loyal and hearty support in every town and home in the State. The ul:imate re- sult would be to promote the prosperity of manufactures; giveemployment to m¢ re work- men; create a demand for more raw inaterial and for more farm produce, and throvgh these effects disseminate more money among people generally. Unquestionably a closely followed policy of giving preference to home mmnufac- tures would be a good thing for theentir{ State. —Inyo Register. The idea that the California manufactarers and producers had better advertise want to sell their goods has struck a chord with the journalistic brethren, an has been very generally indorsed throughy the State. The idea of asking people to b what they haven’t the nerve to advertise | preposterous, and if they think they are going to do business on wind alone they will soon see the error of their ways.—Passdena Star, The manufacturers and producers of Califor- nia shoula all unite in the organization in San Francisco for the purpose of encouraging the consumption of home products. If the people of California can be awakened to the benefits tobe derived from patronizing home manu- l;:mn local industries will thrive.~San Jose ews. OPINIONS OF EDITORS. ] The Solid Eight Supervisors on Monday voted to give away, directly contrary to law, & fran- chise for a new electric line to the new race- track over Ocean House road and Sunnyside avefiue. The law requires such franchise to be swarded to the highest bidder, but that is gotover by calling it an “extension.”” The Supervisors themselves passed an ordinance that no new franchise should be granted for less than $5000 and no “‘extension” for less than $500. Behrend Joost and the San Mateo road have for years been asking for the same franchise, but it has been denied on the ground that it would destroy & popular drive. Joost says he could have had the franchise had he been willing to pay for it, and it could not have cost the Market-street company less than $10,000, but he had been bled all he was going to be. “Why,” remarked Joost, “oneof the members said to me in so many words, but a few Gays ago, ‘We are not in this thing for.our health, Joost, understand that’ * * * I paid nothing and was turned down.” That is evidently the size of it. Those Solid Eight have committed a far worse crime—as they have often done before—than crimes for which men were hanged by & vigilance com- mittee in the early historyof this City. If they were electrocuted by an outraged populace on the same road for which they have just fraudu- lently granted & franchise they would receive no more than their deserts, but the effect, al- though “electrical,” could not begin to remedy the trouble, which lies far deeper, in our elec- toral methods. We have not the figures now at hand, but it will be found that these eight received something between 26 and 30 per ‘cent of the total vote east for Bupervisors in November, 1894. An electoral sy jtem which permits persons not representing one-third of the voters at best to give away valuable fran- chises and control an unborn generation should not be tolerated. The substitute of our present representative system by proportional representation, with the referendum and initiative for important questions, is imperatively necessary to good government and public rights. Nothing less will have any permanent effeet. With real “people’s rule’” no railroad franchises would be given at all, those that have been given (or even sold) would be taxed back, and the City would own every raiiroad within its limits.— San Francisco Star. It is almost a hopeless task for the merchants of a town to protect themselves from traveling fakirs until the town becomes an incorpora- tion with the rightof self-government and seli- protection. It is useless to say there ought to be “a law or ordinance to proteet the mer- chants of a town against these swindlers.” That does not remedy the matter, The Board of Supervisors are not empowered to ensact special ordinances and laws for towns. The remedy lies entirely with the people of the town themselves.—Oroville Mercury. People like to be coaxed. If you donot pay them a certain degree of differential obse- quiousness, they take it for granted you don’t care anytbing for their trade, The trade which goes away from home is all eash; and in times like these the importance of reaching out to intercept this trafic and keep it at home must be apparent to all. The best antidote for the evil is consistent and persistent advertising.— Astorian (Oregon). Hollister has & brighter future than most of its citizens realize. We were informed in San Francisco not long ago #hat not less than three projected railroad lines (one of them possibly & transcontinental), have this town under consideration as a place that must be touched in order to get into San Fraucisco. Hollister hasloomed up greatly since the Val- ley road beeame a factor in the occupation of the San Joaquin Valley.—Hollister Free Lance. Last year England exported more than $6,000,000 worth of pickles and sauces, to say nothing of jams and jellies. A large propor- tion of those products were sold in the United States. We love to boast of our resources and ot our independence, but what shall be said of & country tbat after an existence of nearly a cemtury and a half still doesn’t know enough to pickle a cucumber?—San Jose Mercury. Some remarkable strides are being made in using electricity as a motive power. An elec- tric motor on an Eastern road recently pulled and pushed 500 tons of freight. This ought to demonstrate that an electric road from Merced to Yosemite Valley would be & success as pas- senger and freight carrier. Merced Falls would produce the electric power.—Merced Express. ‘The theory that the National debtis a bless- ing is time-honored, and was originally bol- stered by good arguments. But this country had already & very good-sized blessing of the kind, before the addition of $110,000,000 ‘to the burden by the Democratic administration of its affairs for the fiscal year ending June 30.—Salem (Or.) Statesman. The rustler in business may incur the jeal- ousy of his neighbors, but the loverof “inuc- cuous dessetude” soon finds he has been left be- hind in the race, and joins the band of calam- ity howlers.—Gold Beach (Or.) Gazette, PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. At least one man in this country rides a woman'’s bicycle. He is Mr. §je of the Chinese legation at Washington, an enthusiastic wheel- man, who is obliged to use a woman’s wheel on account of the peculiar style of his dress. Dr. William T. Harris, United Btates Com- missioner of Education, in his report for 1894 shows that the total numberof pupils in all schools was 15,530,268, an increase over the previous year of over 450,000, in spite of hard times. Marie Cecile Gluck, the great-granddaughter of the famous cemposer of “Iphigenia” and “Orpheus,” was sentanced to two monthsin prison in Paris the other day for stealing a jacket from the wife f & janitor of a Paris flat house. A Boston writer, who knows John L. Sullivan well, gays that the ex-champion does not use the Bowery patois 80 generally credited to him; that he is a ready talker on all current topics, and at home in the use of all polysyliabic words. Wilford Woodruff, who was elected head of the Mormon church on the death of John Tay- lor, the snecessor of Brigham Young, is now 88 years cf age. Asa missionary he has traveled 200.000 miles, lecturing, preaching and prose- Iyting. @ Professor George William Smith has been chosen president of Colgate University. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and 32 years of age. Heis the youngest college president in the United States. He has been professor of history in Colgate University. In refusing a recent invitation to visit this country Bismarck remarked regretfully that he would always wish he had seen America; that he was now too old to travel, but even at his age would make more journeys if the people would treat him as & civilian and leave him alone. e THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION, A Btate whose Legislature makes appropria- tions amounting te near $15,000,000 every session ought to be able to arrange a good ex- hibit, and such a State needs a great many more taxpayers than California has at present in order to raise such vast sums without hard- ship. Letushave a good exhibit at Atlanta. It might bring us & great many taxpayers, and possibly of & class not so aristocratic as we are, who would be able to do with & less expensive State government.—San Luis Obispo Reasoner. California should be well represented at the International Exposition in Atlanta next win- ter. The convention of Supervisors, which meets in this City on the 15th inst., will no doubt be well attended. The opportunity for edvertising California in the coming exhibi- tion must not be lost. Every county in the State should contribute, 5o 23 to make & thor- oughly representative display of our resources and products.—San Francisco News Letter. California should take advantage of the op- portunity that will be presented at the Atlanta | Exposition to advertise its products, especially |its fruiis. The exposition will be international in character, and will be visited by hundreds ' of thousands of people.—Santa Barbara Press. | We are apt to underestimate the importance of making & magnificent display of Californian products at the Atlanta Exposition. That will be one of the most extensive expositions ever held, and will be throughout international in character.—~San Jose Mercury, | N AROUND THE CORRIDORS. George Nagle has made a discovery. I have learned why Senator Voorheis left Sutter Creek for Alaska several days ago,” he said while talking over a lemonade in the California Hotel yesterday. i “You see, Voorheis is a very progressive man and thinks Sutter Creek 1s capable of producing anything, eyer produced along the coast. In view of these facts the Senator con- ceived the idea of heving a water carnival at Sutter Creek. “You must understand, gentlemen, that the creek in question is about twenty feet wide in its natural channel and has to be dammed be- fore it will swell with pride. Well, the citi- zens of Sutter Creek dammed it, at the sug- gestlon® of Voorheis, and a committee on aquatic parade was formed to arrange for some panoramic floats and other articles of splendor, sufficiently tinseled to justify their appearance. - The area covered by water would permit at léast four rowboats and a scow of state to float majestically past the grand stand —also the Senator's suggestion—and fade away in the gloom up the creek. “The committee on light effects found it would be possible to get electricity from Dennis’ drugstore, so asystem of incandescent lights were strung around the pond. Over each oné was arranged a tissue-paper bag having & red tone alternating with rich green tints. Promptly at8 o’clock P. M. the float of statd was to be shoved into the stream just as the lights were turned on and a few pounds of red and blue fire were touched off. The band was billed to play National airs and thus the night of the Fourth was to be ushered in as a sort of a prelude to a speech which the Senator had prepared.” Mr. Nagle finished his lemonade and con- tinued: “Everything went well until the hour for the appearance of the float of state. The grand stand was filled with a flutter of flags and out of the darkness came the murmur of ladies’ volces chattering in anticipation of the won- derful picture which was soon to present ifself under the glare of many colored lights. “However, they were surprised to find that the light effects were not forthcoming and that the red and blue fire powder had fallen in the creek and when the large well-rounded voice of the Senator rang out in the stillness they were convinced that he was making his speech in the dark—where he finished it. “That's the reason he went to Alaska, and claims that the committee of arrangements threw him down at the critical moment and spoiled what was intended to be & very patriotic affair.” THE CIGAR-MAKERS' OANVASS. Potrero and South San Francisco Dealers Promise Their Support. For the past three days a committee from the Cigar-makers’ Union has been making a canvass of dealers on the Potrero and in South San Francisco, inducing them tosign a pledge to patronize home- made cigars and recognize the new round blue label. The canvass will be made thorough, and will extend over the entire City. Any dealer desiring to see the pledge can do so by applying to the headquarters of the union at 368 Jessie street. N _ Forty-six signatures were received in the Potrero and South San Francisco canvass, as follows: Belknap & Fleming, John O. Daly, E. A. Bo- gart, 0. Biggomi, John Harder, H. J. Bressnen, R. J. Barry, P. C. Stenson, D. Flight, Maurice Healey, J. Davis, Michael O’Brien, Arthur T. Hanratty, Thomas Kelley, John Bauer, Ford & Cronin, J. Gramart, T. B. Bellegarde, M. 8. Sea- ton, F. Squires, G. P. Pfeifer, Jacob Gravert, J. C. Welsh, Dougherty, Zach Prentice, 8. H. Hansen, Con O’Connell, Johr Crowley, J. H. 8ver, Denis Toomey, Thomas Crowe, Dan Donovan, Mrs. J. 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