The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1895, Page 6

6 - THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 14, 189 THE METHODS OF THE LOTTERY SWINDLERS, Upson’s Counterfeits of the Little Louisiana Company.: METZGER AND FRANKLIN Their Mail Seized in the Post- office and Marked “Fraud- ulent.”” THE WELLS-FARGO EXPRESS. Earle & Co.'s “Goods” Are Being Transported Regularly and Without Trouble. The 50 per cent decrease in the lottery CALL'S cru- inst the pernicious and dangerous n has affected the genuine lot- n it has the counterfeit and In truth, it has almost 3 ery tick- \d to be supplied by tickets and the tickets of Chief Crowley who gives the in- | tions apart unless they are careful to place a secret mark that must remain known only to themselves on each ticket after it is printed. ‘What makes the impending bankruptcy of Metzger & Franklin even more danger- ously near is the action recently taken by the postal authorities with reference to all | the mail matter addressed to that unlaw- ful firm. The authorities at Washington have or- dered Postmaster McCoppin to stop all mail addressed to lottery companies or to | their proprietors or agents as individuals. | The mail matter stopped under this order |is to be indorsed as “fraudulent,”” and | then forwarded to the dead letter office. Louis Metzger and J. L. Franklin, pro- prietors of the Little Louisiana Lottery swinale, with elaborate and handsomely appointed quarters in the Wells-Fargo building on New Montgomery street, have been the greatest sufferers by this order of things. They are complaining bitterly at the rule that robs them of their correspon- | dence. It has crippled their business not a little. Metzger has a lot of valuable mail matter coming from Germany and he is protestin udly and emphatically against its seizure. Mr. Metizger has a remedy. He can engage in some honest and lawful occupation and leave the swindling lottery traffic to men of the Upson stripe. Then his mail will not be interfered with. The ruling of the department is entirely within the law. It is certainly not the purpose of the mail service to assist in He is watching the illegal | conducting an unlawful business. And to 4 Mr. We found to-day in our office a letter from you, and the same is dat at a loss to know where . Lretsrires r//l',«y ed April 21, and we are the letter has been for the past ten days, as some one must have left it in our office, as it had no stamps on, therefore could not have come by mail. However, we wish to state that we are fully aware of the notice sent out by Wells, Fargo & Co. to all its agents, and the same was done for its own protection, as Wells, Fargo & Co. are handling all of our business just the same as heretofore and no questions are asked. The law lately passed by Congress prevents express companies from handling lothterymatter from one State into another, but does not pre- vent express companies from handling the busi- ness in and through each State, as Congress cannot pass laws to govern the acts of anybody or corporations in each State or of a State. Therefore you can safely transact any busi- ness of this kind in and through the State, and the express company must handle the business if you compel them to. So far we have had no difficulty in transacting business throughout this State, and your Wells, Fargo & Co.'s agent must be a very timid gentleman to refuse hand- iing this kind of business, especially when he has no business to assume what a package or a letter contains. But rather than have any words or discussion with him, we instruct you to send your unsold goods and also your remit- tance to us (have money order made payable to H. W. Earl & Co. as heretofore) under the name of John Smithlen, San will reach us all right. name on the package as Francisco, Cal., and it You need not put your consignor, but you can put any name on, and this will save any argu- ment with your agent. When we send you lists and new goods (we always prepay charges) our name will not ap- pear as consignors, but we will use a different name, city. thereby relieving you of any argument whatever with your W. F .&Co.'s agent in your As above stated, Wells, Fargo & Co. handle our business and don't ask any questions, and they only sent out such to protect themselves anotice to their agents should the Government at any time charge them with handling our goods. Hoping business is good with you, we remain very truly, THE PERSONAL LETTER SENT BY H. W. EARL & CO. H. W. EARL & CO. T0 THEIR UEIAH AGENT, ADVISING HIM THAT 'WELLS, FARGO & CO. ARE STILL HANDLING THEIR ¢ @o0ODSs,” IN SPITE OF TEEIR CIRCULAR TO THE CONTRARY. traffic very sely, and has ways and means of finding out things that must r main secret to laymen. Every week Chief Crowley knows almost to a dozen how many lottery tickets were sold the week Dbetore and by what companies the tickets were issued. Just now the Upson ga: market with counterfeit Little Louisiana tickets, and Metzger & Franklin, the, pro- prietors of that company in this City, are | on the verge of bankruptey. They have been unable to place their tickets on the market because of the vigilance of the They dare not carry their tickets with them, dare not keep their tickets in their office in the Wells-Fargo building, and dare not sell their tickets except to those who are well known or to those who come well vouched for by some other well- known law breaker. Their tickets are worth money. Ifthe police should seize a hundred or a thousand of them the loss would be considerable. The Upson gang have nothing like to fear. When the police seize their tickets the only lossis the cost of printing, which is nominal. Hence 1t is the Upson ticket now being sold for the Little Louis- juna ticket. The counterfeitis a very clever piece of work and only the most skilted expert can tell the difference. Indeed, there is practically no difference, except that one is authorized by Lawbreakers Metzger & Franklin and the other is not authorized by them. Both tickets are printed in this City, on the same paper, with the same kind of type and engrav- ing blocks, the same ink, the same press— there indeed, no difference. Metzger & Frapklin cannot tell the two produc- s flooding the | | carry and deliver the mail addressed to a lottery swindler would certainly be to as- llegal enterprise. | Metzger & Franklin have written to in- | fluential friends in Washington to secure an order releasing their mail in San Fran- cisco. Postmaster McCoppin says he will deliver their mail to them as soon as they é‘ receive such an order. But they have not | received it yet, and probably never will, Yet it is not certain, for J. L. Franklin has | friends in high places, and is himself a member of the Democratic State Central | Comumittee. If the postal authorities at | Washington can be influenced by wire- i pulling Mr. Franklin may receive his order, but the chances are that the Little Louisiana Lottery Company will be bank- rupt before that order comes. So, between the counterfeit Little Louisi- ana tickets and the impending bankruptcy of the proprietors of the Little Louisiana, it is exceedingly dangerous for one to in- vest in a ticket bearing the name of that company. And now if the Little Louisiana genuine ticket is unsafe, and if the Honduras Com- | pany repudiates its prize-winning tickets, | asshown in TrE CALL recently, what possi- | ble chance is there for one who is bound to throw money away in the lottery fakes and swindles? . No chance at all. { Thatis the correct answer. Ithas been | shown how Fox & Co., how the San | Domingo, how the Spanish-American and | all the other fake concerns conduct their business. And now there is further proof of the swindling methods of the so-called *Lruisiana National Lottery Company.” In a private circular of recent date the lin time for the next drawing we will Wichita (Kans.) agents of this swindle openly offer to “place’ a prize-winning ticket. The circular reads as follows: TEE LOUISIANA NATIONAL LOTTERY CO. NEW ORLEANS, LA. Capital, $1,750,000. Waldo Flood, Pres. WICHITA, Kans., Oct. 23, 1895, Dear Sir: We are anxious to establish an agency in your city. We know there is only one way to get the people buying our tickets and that is to let some one draw a good prize. We will send youa winner and guarantee it to draw a 500 00 prize, if you will agree to sell ®50 worth of our tickets for the drawing of November 13th. We know if we can have 50 worth of our tickets sold in your city and be sure of having some one draw a good prize, our success will be ussured and our tickets will be in de- mand every month. The $50 worth of tickets that we will send you to sell may contain some good winners, but to be sure of having a good prize drawn the first month we will give you the 500 00 winner, and with this prize as an adver- tisement we ought to do $100 00 to $300 00 worth of business in your city every month. As our prizes are decided by the draw- ings of another company we of course cannot guarantee any certain number to draw a prize in the regular drawing. This prize which we offer you is a special one, entirely separate from the regular prizes. It is given to help you to in- crease your business, and will appear on the list as a special prize. All we ask of you is to keep the con< tents of this letter confidential and con- tinue the sale of our tickets as long as thero is any demand for them. We are anxious to get a share of the lottery business in your part of the State, and know that this prize will be the best means of obtaining this new business. The large amount of tickets we will be able to sell afterward will pay us to send the prize. It you will aceept the offer, telegraph us ““Offer for November 13 accepted,”” by night message, and we will send you the tickets by first express, so you can have plenty of time in which to sell them, If this letter does not reach you make you the same proposition for the following month, and you can telegraph «“Offer for December 11 accepted.’ We will send you full and complete instructions and the tickets as soon as we hear from you. Your commission will be 25 per cent on all sales. All remittances of money, as well as letters, must be sent by express only, | as it is unlawfual to use the mails for anything connected directly or indi- rectly with lottery business. Address everything to M. L. WARREN & CO., General Agents, [Dictated.] Wichita, Kans. This circuiar was sent to a person in San | Francisco who haslong ceased to operate in the lottery trafic. He could not be in- duced to accept the 0 prize ticket, which he knew very well was a fake pure and simple. No one ever heard of such a prize being drawn in that company, or of any prize Jarger than §1. The same is true of the | Juarez swindle, carried on inthis City by | H. 8. Kahn, at 120 Sutter street. Recently a man in Fresno won a prize of §600 on a Juarez ticket. That is, he thought he had, for it was advertised that No. 66057 had | won such a prizee Tae Fresno man hastened to San Francisco and sought out Mr. Kahn, the accredited agent. But Mr. in declined to pay the face value of the | ticket. He offered the Fresno man a small sum of money if he would keep quiet and | say nothing, but let his name be published in the newspapers as the winner of a $600 | prize. The Fresno man took all he could | get, which was less than the fare he spent | coming here, and went away vowing to buy no more lottery tickets. If there isa bigger lottery swindle in ex- istence than the Juarez it isthe San Do- mingo swindle, that had such a big run in this City a little while ago. It is the same company that got up the Rademaker ex- citement, paying the Kearny-street saloon- keeper a small sum to induce him to pose | as having won a $30,000 prize. | Tre Carn’s Ukiah agent has secured a letter written by the proprietorsof this San Domingo fake to their peddler at Ukiah. | It is quite an interesting letter and it tells what seems to be a pretty straight story concerning the Wells-Fargo Express Com- pany. It is a personal letter from H. W. Earl & Co., room 6, 230 Kearny stacet, this | City. It says: *Wells-Fargo & Co. are bandling our goods the same as ever.”” The | personal letter is reproduced herewith in | typewriter under .a fac-simile of the en- graved letterhead. Accompanying this personal letter from the San Domingo Guaranty Company to its Ukiah agent is the following encourag- ing letter from TuE CALL’'s agent at Ukiah: E. E. PIERSON, Stationery and Cigars. UKIAR, Cal., July 10, 1895. Editor The Call : Inclosed please find original letter sent by Earl & Co. to one of their agents here soon after W. F. & Co. order was | published in THE CALL restraining said agents | from handling lottery matter. I tried hard te | get hold of this alittle sooner for you, but could | not get same till to-day. I have promised the lottery company agent here that his name | would not appear, 8o have scratched same at top of letter. One thing THE CALL may feel proud of is that you have completely killed the | swindle here and are saving the people of | Ukiah $50 per month from this one company, as they used to sell that amount very easily be- fore you took the matter up. They are notsell- | ing a single ticket to-day. E. E. PIERSON. On the engraved letter-heading of the | fake San Domingo Company is the fol- lowing list of banks which the company claims as depositories. The list isa bald falsehood. Not one of the banks men- tioned will give Earle & Co. any credit, | and outside of the San Francisco bank mentioned, in which Earl may have $100, more or less, on deposit, none of the other banks have a dollar on their books to the credit of this particular swindler. The banking-list reads as follows: DEPOSITORIES IN THE UNITED STATES, Franklin National Bank, New York. Mechanics’ National Bank, Boston, Second National Bank, Jersey City. Equiteble National Bank, Cincinnati. Chemical National Bank, St. Louis. Metropolitan National Bank, Kansas City, National Bank of Commerce, Omahsg. American National Bank, Denver. Bank of Commerce, Chicago. First National Bank, San Francisco. The foregoing list, pretentious as it reads to the uninitiated, is but an evidence of fraud to the knowing. All the world knows that the Ban Domingo is a fake, and Ukiah is wise that she has decided to give no more of her money to the swindling hands of Earl & Co. Mr. Oakes, the old man at the Palace Hotel who sells Honduras tickets, has promised once again to go out of the busi- ness. His arrest last week by Policeman Frank Riley was a clever piece of work on the part of that officer, and has had a good effect in somewhat discouraging the old man, who hitherto had been too sly for the Books, police, PRISON JUTE PURCHASES, Unfavorable Criticisms Con- sidered by the Board of Directors. AT VARIANCE WITH REASON.” Facts and Figures From the Buying and Manufacturing De- partment. The recent criticisms of the Board of State Prison Directors regarding the pur- chase of jute and the saleof bags came up for informal discussion at the regular monthly meeting of the board at San Quentia yesterday. Chairman DePue and Directors Hayes, Devlin and Neff were present, and in their opinion the criticisms made were so misleading and so full of misstatements as to require some notice. Inorder to present an intelligent state- ment of the case it was judged necessary to consider the matter from the beginning ©0f 1894, since which time the board has re- ceived bidsatits meetings instead of acting through a committee. Warden Hale was therefore requested to furnish figures con- cerning the jute industry at the prison. The requirements of the mill at San Quentin are about 6000 bales a year. The jute harvest occurs in August, and as sail- ing vesseis seldom leave Calcutta for this port etween the months of February and November, purchases are usually made soon after the crop is harvested for ship- ment during the months of November, December and January. They arrive here about four months later. The Warden’s figures showed that pur- chases of the crop of 1893 had been made by the institution as follows: September 13, 1893, 500 bales at $3 15, Newhall Sons & Co. December 22, 1893, 1000 bales at $3 50, Parrott & Co. December 26, 1893, 500 bales at $3 80, Lecten- berg & Co. "{‘nnum‘)’ 24, 1894, 4000 bales at $3 6214, Parrott 0. It had been charged that the last pur- chase was unnecessary, that the price was very high, and that the board should have waited for the crop of 1894, to secure a lower rate. These charges were denounced by the board as false. Up to the time of the last Eurchuse the board had held off and ought only small quantities, because its members considered the prices then too high. In January, however, it became necessary to buy at once in order to secure freight by sailing vessel, and also because without that material the mill would have had to lie idle for six months. The jute crop of 1894 was large, and the price, affected by the condition of the silver market, was much lower. It was not available, however, for use in that year since shipments cannot reach here during the year in which the crop is produced. The statement, therefore, that the board should have waited for the new crop in 1804 was entirely at variance with reason or sense. * Concerning the fixing of the price of bags it was stated that early in the season, when the cost of manufacture was reported at $4 86 a hundred and the selling price was fixed at $5, it was estimated by those in the best position to judge that on this coast the demand would exceed the supply of bags by at least 6,000,000. The board did not, therefore, feel justified in fixing the prices below cost, although that would robably have sold the bags. The mem- Eers preferred to hold their stock so as to bein a position to prevent any “‘corner- ing” of the supply by dealers, who could thus force the farmers to pay exorbitant prices for their bags. It happened, how- ever, that the crop prospects in the San Joaquin Valley were injured by rust and those in the Sacramento Valley by wind to an extent now estimated at 40 per cent. As a result the price of Calcutta bags has fallen from $4 78 to $4 38. Thedirectors are puzzled to see how, when with the strict- est economy bags are costing $4 86 to manufacture, the State can continue to make them and try to compete with Calcutta, although a great saving to farmers has resulted through the preven- tion of combinations among dealers. Charges had also been made that the directors had exhausted the ‘‘revolving fund,” as the jutemill portion of the prison finances is termed. In refutation of these the following statement of the condition of the fund was made: Jute on hand .. £53,088 02 Bags and burlap. 122,957 22 Cash in bank. 12,596 8 Total..occvsserens “So far as the criticisms have been a per- sonal attack on me,” said Director DePue yesterday, “I care little for them and should say nothingin reply, but when they reflect unfairly upon a board which has done its work carefully and well, I think it is time the matter was put properly before the public. I am a_little surprised that the Chronicle and Post, Republican pa- pers, should make such violent attacks upon a Repuplican board. The only effect o} such attacks, if they should have any effect, would be to stir up a Democratic Governor to make changes in the personnel of the board, which would undoubtedly take its control from Republican hands, I am inclined to think there is some one be- hind the attacks, though, of cours would not like to be quoted as mentio: any names in this connection.” Director Hayes was very indignant over the attacks. “There is not the slightest foundation for them,” he said. “They are inspired by some one who wants to gain some end or who is seeking revenge for some fancied injury. It is abominable!” ROUTINE PRISON MATTERS, Business Transaoted by the Board of Direc- tors at Yesterday's Meeting, At the meeting of the Board of State Prison Directors at 8an Quentin yesterday, Warden Hale reported that the total cost of maintenance of the prison for the past z ! fiscal year had been §162,022 52, being a re- duction in expense of more than $10,000 from the cost of the twelve months im- mediately preceding that period. The per capita daily cost had been 34.72 cents, as against 36 cents the year before. The con- viets’ dining-room had been provided with new tables and the prison-yard had been paved with asphaltum. He urged that some suitable place be provided for the care of the convict insane. Accountant Wadham reported that the books had been well kept. The funds are as follows: Cash on hand, $24,574 89; pris- oners’ cash, $3627 75; available for the fort; -s:{]enth dfisca} year, s%m,ms 79; un- paid bills and salaries, H assets, $230,719 30. pLE e e board approved bill. i ,1%“5]57. PP s aggregating esolutions were passed approving rates for transportation of road material lrgm th: prisons to different parts of the State and declaring the rates submitted fair and ;gnlior;able,as required by the law of March st. Dr. Mansfield was granted leave of ab- sence from the prison for four weeks. Charges against prisoners were heard and sentences imposed as follows: Fred Mayne, for stealing photographic material from the prison gnller_v, forfeit 60 days’ credits; B. de Guadello, same offense, for- feit 30 days’ credits; J. Brown, nsnuhlnq fellow convict in yard, forfeit 30 days credits; W. R. Kelly, having dirkknife and opium in cell and money on person, forfeit 1 years’ credits; Richard Christopher, same offense, forfeit 6 months’ credits; Fred Coleman, assaulting convict in cell, forfeit 3 months’ credits ; George Ransome, refusing to work and for insolentand vulgar language to officer, forfeit 6 months’ cred- its, " Mayne's term would have expired on Monday had he forfeited mone of his credits. : _John Oarroll of San Francisco and Wil- liam Duffy of Contra Costa were appointed guards and P. 8. Haehnlen of Oakland was appointed steward of the officers’ dining- room. The board decided to recommend the pardon of Robert Masterson, who was sent up from Amador County for robbery. He was used as a witness against two others, apd_his term will expire next Saturday. He is only 21 years old and has served two years and two months. The board will meet at Folsom next Sat- urday. There are sixteen applications for pardons, which have been referred to it by the Governor. FUTURE OF POPULISM. Taylor Rogers Furnishes a Condensed Statement of His Views on the Subject. The following communication is self- explanatory : Editor Call : Tn THE CALL of July 5 there is reported an interview with me as to the future of "PcFumm." Pleate accept my sincere thanks for the distinguished honor given me in the prominent presentation of my views. As they were reproduced from the memory of the reporter there are some slight, sllhoufih doubtless unintentional, inaccuracles in the statement. Hence permit me to offer the fol- lowing condensation: The next campaign has three aspects—local, State and National—in relation to what the Populists will do. First—For purely municipal offices in San Francisco a straight ticket may be run. But the probability is that the Populists here will coalesce with all those desiring au honest and eflicient civic administration in this muni- cipality and willing to sacrifice partisanship to attain it. Which course may be followed is de- pendent on future exigency. Second—In this State the highest patriotism demands a full ticket for the Legislature, Con- gress and the Electoral College. On this point there can be no paltering. ThRird—That the Populists will nominate Presidential candidates is absolu(elg' certain, Why should they not? The issue wili be the money question. But that question 18 the very one that In.r}(ely called the party into being. 1t is the one for which the Porullns fought in '92 and '94 with ever-swelling ranks and prayer for regeneration. Their persistent and intellectual contention has concentrated the attention of the Nation on the real causes of our industrial depression. Their every prophecy made has been verified. No position of theirs has been overthrowm. So impreg- nable is our fortress that all logical and direct assaults have failed—ridicule being now the only weapon to use againstus, Hence, when your reporter made me say that the Populists, as & party, willnot be a “distinctive feature’ of the next campaign he totally misconceived oy views, ‘or to me there is now, more than ever be- fore, an urgent and overwhelming necessity for every reform of Populism. It hasthree main principles: First—Free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, and gold and silver, thus giving & coin circulation perhaps amounting to $15 or $20 per capita, and these supplemented by a currency so as to reach a per capita of $50. Second — National ownership of railroads (conceded by three-fourths of the peopie as necessary . Third—The destruction of land monopoly. No monopoly is right. These three propositions constitute but one truth, viz.: the supply of products at the least expenditure of labor.” For it is evident that on {ree land products are raised cheapest,and that on National owned roads, eliminating protit and carrying at cost, freight is lowest, and with abundant money exchanges can be easiest ef- fected. Hence the Omaha platform, intending to bring the Producer and consumer together, very rightly stands on the tripod—money, transporiation and land, In the coming campaign the last two will stand as steadiast principles, but_sinee the ad- ministration has championed the heresy of “sound money,” the challenge for a money dis- cussion will be accepted. The arena of 1896 will witness three armies —each severally devoted to gold mongering, bimetallisin and an increased currency. In 1900 iv will be metal vs. non-commodity money. And out of the two contests will come, accord- ing to my opinion, a rational money—8a scien- tific Ameérican dollar. Its four distinctive fea- tures will be: First—It is a standard fixed by the nation, (l)l‘r_ and as a measure of the value of all other things. Second—It is a legal tender for al1 debts. Third—It is any substance without com- modity velue and in convenient form for use in exchanges, Fourth—It is redeemed when debts are paid and exchanges are effected by it. This will be the triumph of truth and & pet- petuation of Americanism. Yours truly, TAYLOR ROGERS, e Two Accidental Fires. Anoverheated chimney and hot ashes thrown against the side of a building caused two fires yesterday morning. The damage in each case Was light. At 2:02 A. . an alarm from box 78 called the department to 232 Ninth street. The place was occupied as & Freneh laundry by Marc Crapuchettes. Before the blaze was put out the building was damaged 10 the extert of $100 and the contents to $300. Hot ashes thrown against the riar of 929 Harrison street caused a still alarm to be turned in to 6 engine at3:15 A. M. The place was owned by Kent & Bruce, and was occupied as an assembly hall and dwellings. The dam- age was $300. e —— There are over $120,000,000 worth of hats now worn by our people. A NEW SOCIALIST PAPER, The First Number Made Its Appearance on the Streets Yesterday. EDITED BY TWO PREACHERS. In the Salutatory Article the Prin- ciples of Soclallsm are Set Forth. The first number of The Socialist, the organ of the socialists of ' San Francisco and ad joining cities, was issued yesterday afternoon. It is edited by Rev. J. E. Scott, a Presbyterian preacher. The busi- ness manager, Rev. E. J. Dupuy, is at the head of the French Presbyterian mission here. In the beginning they have this to say for themselves: 1t possibly may be & mild shock to the minds and misunderstandings of some good friends (we are extremely happy in having no good enemies) that we two, staid, orthodox, careful and conseryative Presbyterian ministers, in our right minds, not wearing our hair long, nor parted in the middle, never having been accused of being cranks, crooks nor heretics, should embark in the advocacy of what our Brother Brown is Pleued to call a menace to “our institutions.” We hope our friends will not aliow themselves to fall into any feelings of unkindness, nor burden themselves with wasting grief nor shuddering anxiety, until by careful examination they have found out just how bad we have become in reality, and just how and why and Wwhere and when We are or may be or ought not to be dangerous to ‘“‘our institutions.” The paper is benutiml]‘prinbed, and the first number gives promise of a healthy growth. The editor answers his own question, “Why this paper?” by the state- ment that he believes the time has come for an organ on this coast to present can- NEW TO-DAY. LADELPHIA SHOE CO, STAMPED ON A SHOE MEANS STANDARD OF MERIT. PHI Tearin-dun Sale SALE NOW GOING ON! The erection of a new building at Third and Market streets by Claus Spreckels will necessitate our moving, as the store occupied by us will be torn down. Notices have been served on the tenants to vacate by July 15, and the shortness of the time compels us to begin at once our Monster Clearance Sale. A reputatfon for square dealing certainly counts for something, for here we are crowded to the doors with customers when our COmDELitors are complalning of hard times. We advertise that we are selling shoes cheaper than ever, and a visit to ill prove it. The different schools will and now is the time for parents to open shortl buy shoes cheap. We have them for Boys and Girls, and in all guatities and at all prices. Don’t go else- where and buy poor-wearing shoddy shoes because they are cheap, but come to us and buy tas Dpeat-fitting shoes that can be guarantéed 0 wear. The following are a few of our prices: A Ne ting, Durable DONGOLA KID BUTTON SHOE, with patent-leather tips and spring heels, sizes 8 t0 1044 .. The above in large sizes between 11 and ?)1'00 2. 4 | —_ I3 R 5 AT with leather tips, 3 heels, sizes § .00 BU 2\ double soles 10 101 The above In large Geniine KANGATGO CALF HHTTON SHOES, with tips and spring heel: guarantoed to wear, sizes 8 to 103 The above in large sizes between 11 ai b didly, frankly, clearly and squarely the character, interests and aims of socialism. In the salutatory to the public these ob- jects and aimg are set forth in a very straightforward concise way. Here are some of the extracts: We believe that socialism is essentially a scheme of right and justice for all. You will notice that the word “Socialist” rests npon the words “Thou shalt love thy neighbor s thyself.” Those words represent the fundamental ethies of socialism. All the real terror of socialism is wrapped up in that sentence. There is & call for & pl?er of the kind this proposes to be, because of the large number of socialists on this coast. The woods are full of them. Multitudes are socialists withont know- ing it. Every man who really wants what is right for himself and his néighbors alike is ~ery near the kingdom of socialism. He only neeas to learn what socialism is to see that it is what he wants. Our purpose is to try to help him find out just what socialism is and aims at. Multitudes are socialists and know it, but for rudential reasons do not advertise the fact. Jl"ht’:y need a tonic for their convictions. We hope to be & tonic-channel for such. astly, there is & large number of openly avowed socialists. To this large and rapidly growing number of avowed socialists we hope %o give voice and cheer and all the wisdom at our command. It may be well for us to state here, with solemn’ gravity, that we are not out with bombs in search of that Fenfleman (Rocke- feller) or his friends. It is not part of the sociulist programme to inaugurate war against capitalists, They are carrying on the war business pretty well among themselves. What the socialists propose is to let them go on. The fact 18 the socialist is neither a footpad nor a firebug. If there is anything he is a gen- uine stickler for it is for justice and right among men. Can it be possible thatbecause of this characteristic he 1is or has been such & terror to capital? B The socialist redlf has a very just and kind- 1y regard for capital, and rightly so, for he is generaily one of those by whose toil capital has been produced. To harm it is almost like harming oue of his own children. What he rieves over and complains of some#mes is h‘ut his children have, bi hook or by erook, been taken from him and his house left to him desolate. Socialism, &s we 100k at it, comprehands the spirit and substance of all the forms that re- late to man’s association with men in this life. 1t is the full harmony. Considering that the avowed socialists of this City number 2000, gauged by the vote at the last election, and that Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda have, if anything, a larger number, the success of the new weekly seems to be assured. The patriotic feelings of the people at Spokane, Wash., heve lately been stirred to great depths because of the ascertainea fact that precedence has been given in the public sehools of that town to English his- tory over American history. 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D. 1894, and for the year end- ing on that day, as mada to the Insurance Commis- sioner of the State of California, pursuant to the Tovisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per blank furnished by the com- public opinion compelled the School Com- missioners to reverse the unvatriotic arder | of things, and English history has been relegated to the background. LA BELLE CREOLE CIGARS Manufactured by S. HERNSHEIM BROS. & €O., New Orleans, La. RINALDO BROS. & CO., Pacific Coast Agents, 300-302 Battery Street, S. F. Branch Store—29-31-33 South First St., San Jose, Cal. SCHOO L BOOKS NEW AND OLD BOUGHT AND SOLD. t2°0LD BOOKS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE.=3 PRICES ALWAYS BEDROCK! VAN NESS BAZAAR, TWO BIG STORES, 08 MARKET STREET, Near Van Ness Avenue, 617 BUSH STREET, Between Powell and Stockton, missioner. ASSETS. Cash Market Value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Compa Cash in Company’s Office. 81,775,812 50 3,894 03 Cash in Banks........ 16,539 05 Cash in hands of United States W 435,205 79 Interest due and accrued on all Btocks and Loan: 17,942 50 Premiums in due Course of Collec- . 247,766 68 T surance oh losses atready paid. 17,186 56 $2,604,487 11 Total Assets.......... LIABILITIES. Losses Adjusted and unpaid. 52,327 00 Losses in process ot Adjust in Suspense, 169,870 00 TLosses resisted 84,724 00 Gross premiums on Fire Risks ra ning one yearor less, 31,801,535 53, remmsurance at 60 per cent. .. 900,767 67 Gross premiums on Fire Risks rum ning more than one year, $1,102, 643 40, reinsurance pro rat 539,289 69 All other demands against t 76,0677 11 «0ee 81,778,565 47 INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire premiums. ...$1,946,924 26 Received for and nds ‘on Bonds, Stocks, Loans, and from all other sources. astesssices | ODUBONS Total Income.. $2,016,408 70 EXPENDITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losse: $1,195,313 86 Paid or allowed for Commiss; Brokerage. 880,088 57 Paid for Salaries, fees and other charges for oficers. clerks, etc...... 98,782 52 Paid for State, National and local taxes. ... F . 78,774 98 All other payments Taresscoeer e 100,912 05 Total Expenditures. 1,848,871 98 FIRE. Losses incurred during the year......$1,151,06500 Risks and Premiums.| Fire Risks. | Premiums. Net amount of Risks| written during the year.... Net amoun! expired doring ; yea ‘ 315,145,817/ 8,232,384 08 Nev ¢ in force | December 31, 1894.| 298,367,536| 2,904,178 78 A. D. IRVING, U. 8. Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January, 1895. GEO. 0. RUGER, Notary Public. BUTLER & HALDAN, General Agents for Pacific Coast, 413 California Street, San Francisco. $339,918,012 $3,310,244 28 sks the| It is French, you know, and the only Tonic that has caused its authors to be rewarded with the French National Prize of 16,600 Francs. 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