The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1895. CAMP ROACHE REVIEW What Was Accomplished at the First Summer School. FARMERS WERE GAINERS Instruction of a Practical Na- ture Given by Learned Educators. A SUCCESS FROM THE START. Political and Soclal Dissertations Tabooed by the Institute Management. WRIGHTS, CaL., Aug. 9—[Special cor- respondence to THE Carr].—The prom- inence given in the dispatches from Camp Roache to the serio 1dies pursued there has been in acc th the wishes of the management, 1 nce th that it shall be camp has been estab- lished for serious pur- poses, tions here formed shall elsewhere result in affirmative action on the part of the rural classes for the forma- tion of well-considered policies by effective methods. The man- agement expecis that theintermingling here of farmers with busi- ness and professional men in discussionsled by the ablest instruc- tors will resulf in such broadening of views on the part of all classes that the result- ing convictions will be based on accurate in- formation, and, there- fore, sound; and that action based on such convictions will be for the welfare of all. The Professor of Econo- From this it must not mics of duty. be supposed that Camp Roache is intended as a center of political or social action.. To attempt this would be to invite the active interference of those interested in this or that propa- ganda who would necessarily be inspired by the desire of success rather than that of ascertaining truth, and it is, therefore, laid down as a fundamental rule that no resolution of any kind indorsing or oppos- ing anything or anybody shall ever be put to vote at these meetings. It is desired that resolutions shall be formed here in the minds of those present, but it is deemed wisest that they go elsewhere to publicly announce and act upon them. But because Camp Roache is pre- eminently a camp of instruction it must not be forgotten that it is also a camp of bilarity. On the con- trary, there is far more time spent in frolic than in study; and o 3 that is right. The ‘{cfi*; legtures and discus- - sions occapy only AN about four hours out Mo of the twenty-four and AN the other twenty are = open to sleep and fun, The Judge, in which none are . more industrious than the learned pro- fessors. The picnickers at Soquel Creek on the first Saturday could be heard a8 mile away, and the exercises closed on Friday night” with the roaring farce of ‘A Box of Monkeys” ex- Washing Dishes at Camp Roache. cellently rendered at the opera-house by local amateur talent for the benefit of Highland Grange building fund. The notion of an ‘‘opera-house” in the country sounds queer, but the edifice is here and has been for years and is in fre- quent use for dramatic and social gather- ings, and funds are now being raised foran- other such house nearer the camp, and to be owned hy Highland Grange in addition to the pavilion to be erected for the camp. In regard to the opera-house too much could possibly be said as to its architectural beauty or the abun- dance and convenience of its facili- ties for " stage effects, but it may bé doubted whether any other temple of music on earth can be more quickly trans- formed into a dancing floor or has been the scene of more unalloyed pleasure to its patrons, who are also its owners, for it was built by neighborhood subscriptions, is not mortgaged and pays regular dividends in innocent fun and nothing else. To.the Berkeley professors the type of larmer met here was nothing new, as they cave met him all over the State, but the surprise of Professor Ross of Stanford was comical. He stated frankly at the outset that while he was born and raised ona ERE "/’D\ S farm” and - supposed My himself fully acquaint- : k T ed with the nature of ./ the species, the Cali- The Professor, fu!-nil farmer as in evidence at Camp Roache was not only a new species, but a aew genius; nor until he had personajly :yamined the hard hands of a dozen or more well-dressed and intelligent-looking nen would he believe that they were any- +hing but make-believe farmers who never lid a day’s work in their lives; ana when who desire above all | understood that this | and with the | intent that the convic- | he saw the farmers’ daughters with their sketchbooks catching in spirited draw- ings—some of which are here reproduced— the varied humors of the occasion, and heard them enlivening the moonlight evenings with carols from the good old { standard music as well as the catching melodies of the day rendered with trained voices and full appreciation with guitar and mandolin accompaniment, he gave it up and confessed he heretofore knew nothing about farmers as they are found in California. The attendance at the camp from abroad has been very small. This wasanticipated by the management and entirely satisfac- tory. The reason of the small attendance was lack of money to supplement the gen- istance of the h local work in organizing parties toattend. It waswell known that this would be necessary the first year to insure large attendance. The man- i agement, however, did not desire large at- tendance for the reason that there was no | money to provide comfortable accommoda- | tions for a large number, and overcrowd- | ing would have caused discomtort and dis- | satisfaction. As 1t is, there have been rep- | resentatives from all the counties | naturally tributary to this locality, all |of whom have had a delightful | experience and will take home such re- | ports as will ensure a large attendance The Philosopher. | | | | “Does 16 to 1 mean monometallism P* | next year, which the local management | will have a full year to prepare for and make comfortable. | Educationally the camp has been a mag- | nificent success, fully meeting the expecta- | tions of the promoters and the university | | authorities, who so heartily co-operated. | President Jordan said it did not much | matter this time whether there were present | thirty or 3000; the important thing was the | spirit of those who were present; if that | was right the numbers would come soon | enongh. The crucial point education ally was the |. | two days’ discussion of the money ques- | tion, The promoters looked forward to it | with some anxiety, | fearing that the in- | tense feeling with { which many farmers E approach this ques- tion would break out in the appeals to pas- sion and prejudice which usually mar | any popular discus- sion of this tovic. There was nothing of the kind. Professor Ross is an advocate of the free coinage of silver by this country regardless of international agreement, at | the ratio of 16to 1, and with ne Govern- | Tne New Woman. ment guaranty of the parity of the metals, He fears that this would result in silver monometallism, but is not sure that it would, although he would apparently prefer a ratio of about 20 to 1; believing this to be imprec- ticable, he favors 16 to 1, because if real bimetallism is mnot possible he believes that silver monometallism would come nearer to supplying the “honest dollar” which all desire than the gold monometallism which we now endure. He is a bimetallist, first, last and all the time, but if one metal must be the basis pre- fers silver. With talk of the ‘‘crime of 1873'" he has no patience; he sees no proof of any “‘conspiracy,” al- PSS f Z”? s : though thinking it ) not unlikely that some N * astute financiers did see farther into re- \ 5 sults than Congress N could see and quietly lent their aid to shape legislation to accord Thew Ao with their interests, but that the eminent statesmen who were responsible for the form of the enacted law were corrupt he does not believe, and if he did he would despair of the Republic. At any rate the question now is not what caused the pas- sage of the law, but how shall we repair its injury. Of course the majority of those present were in accord with Professor Ross in his position; that would be true of any popu- lar assembly in Cali- fornia,but a very intel- ligent minority were not, and the unique feature of the occasion was the respect with which the opinions of the minority were re- ceived, and the earnestness with which the majority sought to ascertain the exact points made by the gold men, not 4 Regular Attendant. for the purposa of confuting them, but with the evident in- tent to accept and adopt whatever was found true. There was no attemptat in- tellectual fencing, or any shirking of facts seeming to disprove positions assumed. There was of course some fun, and more or less thrustand counterthrust to enliven the discussion, but it was pnrely good- natured and good points were heartily clapped by both sides alike. The effect of the discussion was unguestionably some change of opinion on the part of some present. The discussion of the tariff on Thursday was similar in character. Once or twice enthusiastic partisans for- got themselves and broke into political rather than economic methods of argu- ment, to the delight of some who felt the re- lief from hard thought and enjoyed the re- lapse into the round- period of political ora- tory, but the.hard- headéd and relentless representative of the State grange invaria- bly put a stop to it by quietly interrupting with some pertinent.* economic question Notsosure about it. which brought the assembly right back to | hard study. The grange is compelled to insure that no assembly held under its auspices should engage in political discus- sion. Should any assembly prove habitu. ally unruly in this respect the grange would be compelled to disavow it and drop all connection with it. The exercises of the vear will close on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week with mass-meetings at SBan Jose. Tuesday there will be an address by President Jordan on “The Money Value of Truth,” Wednesday Judge Maguire will speak on "the single tax as it would affect farm property, and Thursday M. M. Estee will advocate free coinage of silver and Colonel John P. Irish will oppose it. This discussion is not to be in the form of a ‘“debate,” but will consist of a dis- passionate statement from each speaker of the argument for the side he advocates. s SRR oy AT CAMP FORT FISHER. George T.Downing Was Elected Commander of the Veterans. Warrlors of the Soldlers’ Home Paraded on Santa Monica Day. SANTA MONICA, Can, Aug. 10.— Santa Monicans had possession of Camp Fort Fisher to-day and they gave a general air of ocean breeziness to the entire pro- ceedings. It looked at one time this morning as though the camp would have to do with- out its colors and the guardhouse the simple furniture which adorns the prison- bouse. While the camp was still in charge of the ladies this morning it was invaded by members of the National Guard of California and the colors were stolen. After a sharp pursuit by the ladies the rebels were captured and taken in the arms of the ladies, who were arrayed in fatigne uniforms, mother hubbards, bloomers, after-tea and before-breakfast gowns. At 8 o'clock they succeeded in recapturing their colors and the daughiers of the veterans were happy in consequence. Because this was Santa Monica day, it was conceded that it would be the best of the encampment, and every train on both the Santa Feand'Southern Pacific Railroad was crowded and the camp early packed | with visitors. It was also parade day and there were two processions, the first taking place at 10 A. x., and the second, by mem- bers of the Soldiers’ Home, at 2 p. M. The first parade was participated in by | members of the camp, and the veterans { made a superb showing as they marched through the town with colors flying and a cheering multitude along the line of march, with decorations on all the public build- ings and stores and on many of the resi- | dences. It was the best parade of veterans ever seen in Southern California. At®2 o'clock the “boys” from the Sol- diers’ Home came by a Southern Pacific special and gave the town and camp the second parade. There were 300 men in iine, headed by the Soldiers’ Home band, | with J. M. Hopper in command as marshal | of the day. The first organization was the John A. Martin Post, G. A. R., 175 strong, with Commander James Prior leading. They were followed by Encampment No. 138, Union Veteran Legion, in charge of Colonel Miller, and then came Naval Vet- eran Union No. 36 in command of J. Strat- ton. They were met at the camp entrance by Commander Dill and staff, ' who escorted them to headquarters, where he extended to them the freedom of the camp. Happy responses were made by those in charge of the various divisions, and then an ad- journment was made to the John A. Mar- tin Post headquarters, where a reception was given. There being no dress parade, that por- tion of the day was employed by the vari- ous Btate associations in distributing badges to their members and haying pict- ures made. TLe big tent was crowded at the hour set for the annual election of officers of the association, when the veterans were to select a commander, senior vice-com- mander, junior vice-commander and a council of administration for the ensuing year. There was a contest in every in- stance. Promptly on time Commander Dill called the assemblage to order, and stated that only the commander, adjutant and THE CALL representative would be allowed on the platform, thus making Tre Cavw the official paper of the encampment. George T. Downing and C. C. Brown of Pasadena and Colonel H. T. Glaze of Los Angeles were placed in nomination for commander, the various nominating and seconding speeches being oratorical in the extreme. The vote resnlted: Downing 223, Brown 50 and Glaze 67. For senior vice-commander George W. Farrington of Los Angeles and A. J. Bell of Ventura were placed in nomination, Bell securing the prize, the vote being: Bell 177, Barrington 88, For junior vice-commander 8. T. Stoby and T. B. Hartzel, both of 8an Diego, were the candidates, Stoby being elected. The vote was: Stoby 90, Hartzel 47. The following gentiemen were elected as the council of administration: Samuel Kutz, Frank Bartlett Post, Los Angeles; 8. 8. Bartholomew, Logan Post, Los An- geles; Dr. A, C. Keating, Corman Post, San Bernardino: Samuel Hellman, Starr King Post, S8anta Barbara; John Brooker, Dan Bidwell Post, Norwalk; T. B. Hartzel, Heintzleman Post, San Diego; A. H. John- son, Monrovia; G. W. Farrington, Vicks- burg Post, Pomona; Frank McCarrie, Dan Bidwell Post, Santa Fe Springs; J. L. Hat- tery, Corman Post, San Bernardine; R.R. Harris, Fort Fisher Post, S8anta Monica; E. P. Sanborn, Major Eddy Post, Santa Paula. There was a tie between Brooker and Bartholomew, to be settled later. George T. Downing, the new commander, comes of an old American family of patri- ots of five generations, who have made luminous the page of history by their val- iant deeds. He enlisted on September 17, 1861, at the earnest solicitation of a grand- sire who had fought in the Revolution and lived to see the cause of liberty triumphant in 1865. A round, chubby-faced lad, scarcely ready to battle for life, he entered the struggle by becoming a member of the Harris Light Cavalry, the Second New York, and was during the conflict under the commands of Kilpatrick, Wilson, Cus- ter and the immortal Sheridan. He went into the contest a private and came out a quartermaster sergeant, never seeking pro- motion tike many, but rather following the maxim of doing well whatever he found to do for God and country. He was courageous, always at the front, receiving many commendations for brav- ery from his superiors, end in four years saw about all the real hard fighting a man cares to in one life, his regiment being in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania, Gettysburg, Brandy Sta- tion, Middleborongh, Boonesborough, Up- verville, Falling Waters, and in all of the fights of the valley ending when Lee sur- rendered at Appomattox. He came out of the contest a« man christened by the touch of comrades’ deaths and pain, baptized by four years of tire, perhaps not as youthful in spirit as when he entered, but one who loved Old Glory and America. His selec- tion'is a happy one for the veterans, the association, for Pasadena and the south, _ The militia boys and the Santa Monica baseball club played an exhibition game to please the veterans on the polo grounds, Santa Monica winning. The Santa Monica Outlook prints a pic- ture of the San Francisco CaLL’s head- quarters, and says: The San Francisco CALL, with characteristic enterprise, has established headquarters at the encampment, where veterans and newspaper men are accorded a warm welcome, No other Ppaper is represented in the camp, and the full accounts of the happenings telegraphed to THE Ca1L daily have glven it a semi-official stend- ing. Friend Hemingsway is kept quite busy in sending up the news, and that gentleman and his partner, W. C, Burton, are more than Pl:ued with the result of THE CALL'S enter- prise. THE PTRKFIELD TRAGEDY, Tom Coughlin Charged With Murder at the Milan Inguest. SAN MIGUEL, CAL., Aug. 10.—The Cor- oner has returned from Parkfeld, Mon- terey County, where he held an inquest on the body of Charles Milan,.who was killea by Tom Coughlin on August 5. The evi- dence adduced at the inquest was taken from Coughlin, who swore that himself and Milan had a dispute over chickens, and in_the quarrel Milan threatened to kill him. Then Coughlin shot and killed Milan. Coughlin said he started to give himself up, but becoming frightened he took Milan’s body into Monterey County and burned it. The jury’s verdict was that Milan wasa native of "England. aged 59, and came to his death from a bullet wound inflicted by Coughlin. Coughlin was charged with the murder. He will be turned over to the Sheriff of San Luis Obispo County. TR ARRIVED AT VICTORIA. Officers and Passengers of the Warrimoo Congratulated. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 10.—The War- 1imoo arrived at 9 o'clock this morning. Officers and passengers were congratulated upon their fortunate escape. The vessél struck lightly at 2 o’clock yesterday after~ noon and remained fast on a boulder about three miles east of Carmanah Point. A dense fog prevailed so that it was diffi- cult to determine the exact position. The second offiecer dispatched Carmanah light- house-tender to Victoria for assistance. Kedges were immediately got out and b quick work the Warrimoo was floated, riding safely, about 4 p. M. She is ukil:P in no water, and is apparently uninjured. There was no excitement when the ship struck, but when it got off the rocks the passengers rushed to the bridge and show- ered congratulations on the captain, SOLD AT SAN BERNARDINO The Southern California Motor Road Placed Under the Hammer. Bid In by the Pacific Improvement Company Without Oppo- sition. SAN BERNARDINO, CarL., Aug. 10.— The Southern California Motor Railroad, running from San Bernardino to River- side via Celton, was sold at noon to-day by J. de Barth Shorb, special Master in Chancery, under order of the United States court of the Southern District of California. The SBouthern Pacific special which ar- rived this morning brought in a number of railroad magnates, the party including H. E. Huntington, representing C. P. Huntington on the coast, Colonel G. F. Crocker, Chief Engineer William Hood and Superintendent J. A. Muir. In addi- tion there were also in the city in connec- tion with the sale, Judge E. H. Lamme, of counsel for the complainant, and several other prominent Los Angeles attorneys, to see that legal formalities were all com- plied with, Just as the town clock struck 12 the Master in Chancery read the order for the sale, a lengthy legal document, requiring thirty minutes to finish, He read the pub- lished notice of the sale, and announced that as an evidence of good faith in the bidding the court had required before any bid would be entertainea” that the person offering the same must deposit $25,000, and he waited for people to come up with their checks for that amount; but the delay was long, for people with $25,000 did not ma- terialize. The master announced that the Pacific Improvement Company had deposited the retiuired amount, and it was therefore the only bidder whose bid could be recognized. Their bid was for $167,100, and after the formalities of “‘going, going, gone’”” he pro- nounced the motor-road and all_that per- tained to it the property of the Pacific Im- provement Company. The bid was put in writing and the sale was over. The purchase of the road by the South- ern Pacificis in line with the fact of their intended improvements. The new line will not follow the route of the motor road closeg, and not at all between this city and Colton, but it is supposed that the track will be taken up and the equipment used. The sale is effective as soon as con- firmed by the United States Circuit Court. The Southern Pacific was the principal holder of the bonds of the company, and paid $167,100. The order of the court was that no bid of less than $100,000 would be accepted. The property is assessed by the State Board of Equalization at $62,000, a reduction of $10,000 from last year, RS s Ukiah Cattle Shipments. UKIAH, Car., Aug. 10.—From Ukiah and vicinity eighteen carloads of beef cattle were shipped yesterday to Baden. To-day twenty carloads of mixed cattle were shipped to Watsonville. To-morrow twenty carloads more will be shipped to the same place. This is the largest sale of cattle for this point and brings about $25,- 000 to the raisers. S R To Prosecute Seuttle Bank Officials. SEATTLE, Wasn., Aug. 10.—The de- positors’ committee of the Merchants’ Na- tional Bank, which s\mgended recently, has. employed Colonel James Hamilton Lewis as counsel, and will begin criminal prosecution ufinins: the officials of the in- stitution on charges of receiving deposits when they knew the bank was in a failing condition, SRR L COAST NEWS IN BRIEF, Condensed From Special Telegrams to “The Call.” J. Ruddick’s fruit-drier in Dry Creek Valle; neetll: Hen_l;il:bnrq. was deut‘riol;’ed.f l‘zy ifl“’L;? er with & large quantity of fruit. iwoo, with no inlrl;‘rnx;lee? Y. g The preliminary examination of G.W. Star- key, accused of assault with a deadly weapon upon L. G. Mavhew at Petaluma resulted in Starkey being held to appear before the Su- perior Court. He was released upon his own Tecognizance. Excellent specimens of bituminous coal ha been exhibited in Santa Barbara by relial les, who state they were taken from a l:a‘\;:el;l:;t ledge in thah mounm'x‘u back ‘:;l Cas- and near the extensive leum field beginning back of Ventura. 7 A warrant has been issued at Healdsburg for the arrest of Charles Moth, champion Greco- Roman wrestler of the United States, for ob- taining credit and board under false e tenses, The warrant was sworn to by J. Mc- Donough, a hotel man, whom the sport vic- Moth is m Stockton. timized. The meeting of the Firemen’s Association of Southern California has been arranged ta be held at Santa Barbara during the flower festi- val next s) ""f,’. Representatives will be pres- ent from San Diego, Los Angeles, Riverside, dlands, San_Bernardino and other places. oo ok Tywe romtsenty a t an ro en! e Pprocession. i ¥ HARD WORK AND POOR PAY A “Call” Reporter Wields the Tools at a Folsam-Street Cannery. ALL AGES, ONE CONDITION. A Visit to the Chinese Factory on Stockton Street—Conditions Compared. A due bill for 31 cents, a tin check bear- ing the number 1027, a paring-knife and coring-spoon and stiffened fingers and wrists were the souvenirs I carried home me sat a small, wizened women with coal- black eyes and a mechanical smile. The smile was as joyless as that of an_autom- aton, but it was frequent and regular. Ilooked down the long rows of tables, piled hxfh with the downy, soft-tinted globes of fruit and surrounded by busy, silent workers. The roar of machinery, the fall of the crates that were being unn- loaded and the noise of the cars full of the refuse of the fruit made a jarring, discord- ant chorus. But the music of industry was not pleasing. Its undertone of com- plaint was too Joud. I was more interested in the pictures about me—stndies in gray, every one of them. There were a few young girls. One crossed the bay every aay because there was no work to be found at her home. 8he hoped that after a while she might earn a margin above her expenses. Now she is simply working her passaze. Near her was a bent, trembling old woman who has lived more than the allot- ted three-score years and ten. Her hands shook so that the knife slipped often from her grasp. At twelve there was a signal to stop work. “Look out for your tools. Dey steal ’em,” said the German woman look- Thursday evening from a cannery on Fol- ing at me for the first time. I saw her wipe 7 985N i SOENE IN THE CANNERY ON FOLSOM STREET. som street. They are reminders of the hardest day’s work of my life—and the most poorly remunerated. At “early morn’’ I went to the big brick building anxious to learn whether women with health, strength and ordinary capa- bilities could labor there all day for wages that would provide them with the barest necessities of life. I felt sure I could earn that day enough to pay fora decent shelter and sufficient food until the next. At “dewy eve” when I followed the stream of tired women into the street I knew that as far as the day’s toil-was con- cerned, only eleven cents stood between me_and starvation, This consciousness and an aching head and back were the doleful comments upon the grimness and hopelessness of poverty, and the menace it is to all that is brightest and best in womanhood., “Women wanted.” The rude sign on the door of A. F. Tenny & Co.’s cannery was easily spelled, or 10 some way under- stood, by women to whom the merest pittance is a godsend, and on ‘Wednesday 150 of them were busy cutting fruit from 6 in the morn- ing till past 7 that evening, and the “‘punches’’ on the carefully treasured cards showed that few had earned more than my novitiate efforts had brought. A women who walked beside me said she earned between $2and $3 a week, and she continued: “Them as says they earn much more lies. They talks about a dollar a day. Huh!” The expression of scorn was not cynical. The woman seemed honest and cheerful. She extolled the honesty of her employers, and said: “They don’t pay much, but they'u, sure to pay it. That's better'n most,” A bifi( stolid-looking man stood at the gate to keep out the curious public, but my statement that I wanted work proved an open sesame, He gave me a passport in the form of a piece of tin with my number on it. She who goes within leaves her name behind, and I was known as **1037.” The foreman was a man with one eye, but that sharp enough for two. The owner of that eye directed me to an autocrat who dealt out the tools, and posed behind his desk like a frowning fate. ‘‘Ten cents will be taken out of your wages for " The Badge Given to a ‘‘Call” Reporter at the Folsom-Street Cannery. each of these,” he said, as he handed me a knife and spoon and made an entry of the number by which I had been christened. The foreman placed me among the peach- cutters, thus assigning me—whether by accigem or design—to the best-paying ‘Work. ~ 1 had taken a survey of the table where I was to perform my labors when ‘‘Here, young woman, take your hat off my box!” came in sharp tones from a hard-featured female sitting behind me. I found a more suitable place for the offending article, and the woman watched my movements with grim satisfaction. A fruit-carrier threw & fifty-pound box of aches upon the table with a bang that made it rattle. The woman who su- perintended the work at that end of the room explained that the “Green fruit goes there, the soft in that box, the bi; , ones here, the smaller ones over there, nng added, “Put the pie peaches in this one. I was puzzled at the multiplicity of boxes, and commenced in an uncertain way, when the German woman who was m y -vis said: x “Don't peel so dick. They see ‘em when they empty boxes, and dock you. She did not seem to look anywhere but .l: the pil;:f fruiit be‘gonrie he;.‘ yl"_rmzt‘.‘l she g n—*‘Dis & she dnx;otmuul;‘:ep-nted the halves of a luscious peach. She was a plump woman, who would be retty were ft not for the lines that care gnd written on her face. There were lines that tell of nights of wakefulness because there were only a few cents left in the old pocketbook, and, though she had tried in 2 hundred places, no work had been found with which to replenish the purse. There had been many such nights, and with each one the furrows had grown deeper. Near her sat a grim-faced Scotch woman with features that looked as though they were hewn from ite. I mentally christened her the Sphinx, and surely the monarch of the desert was no less re- sponsive, no more silent than she, Beside the knife and spoon, wrap them carefully in a newspaper and put them in her pocket. 1 saw two or three workers forbidden fruit in their mouths and gulp it down with choking haste. Such a per- formance was always prefaced by a glance to reassure them that their neighbors were occupied with their own affairs, which they were pretty sure to pe, and followed by a_frightened glance at the placard posted on the walls, and which notified all that: ut a slice of : PENALTY FOR FIRST OFFENSE, FINE OF 25 CENTS. SECOND—DISCHARGE. Half-past 12 found every one again at work. Fingers flew and the piles of pared and cored peaches grew amazingly fast. ‘When I had emptied the box set before me the supervisor told me to take my box “up” and check it. I interpreted “ap’” to mean the locality where the autocrat pre- sided, and carried my empty box to him. “Fifteen cents,” said the factotum who relieved me of the box, and the autocrat placed my number upon a card on which the prices of the boxes were indicated and opposite the price of the box which I had s0 laboriously emptied he punched one of the tiny checks that stood for a certain amount of work with a liberal amount of aching muscles thrown in. It was 2 o’clock. I had worked since 8. My wrists were tired, my fingers were blistered, my head ached. I had pared and cored fifty pounds of fruit and earned 15 cents. I had not yet earned enough by 5 cents to pay for my “‘tools.” The fruit-crarier gave me another fifty- pound box and I set to work to try to pa my debt to A.F.Tenny & Co, before went home. This box bad a good deal of green fruit in it. That is the reason why, at 7 o’clock, after receiving the kindly hel of the supervisor, who, she said, would be ‘bounced” if it were ever found out and of the German woman who, while she was wait- ing to receive her wages, deftly contributed to one of the many small boxes, the second punch on my card was opposite the 16-cent mark. I had paid for my tools and earned 11 cents besides. The supervisor had encouraged me. “That makes two boxes,” she said. ‘‘That is as well as some of the best peelers have done who had green fruit to handle.” “How many boxes can_they finish when the fruit is tiipe?” I asked. “QOh, that depends,” she replied, and the smile of the automaton was a little broader and lasted longer than any of its predeces- sors. I was informed that the grices for boxes of apricots ran from 5 to 7 cents, apples 8 to 10, pears 10 to 12, peaches 14 to 16 cents. The card gives a schedule of from 1 to 20 cents, but the extremes, like certain alge- braic characters, stand for unknown quan- tities. The day was bad. The evening was worse. It was payday. The carefully treasured cards with the limited number of coveted punches had been yielded to the clerks at the office, who had com- puted the pitifully small amounts. A desk was brought in and two clerks were stationed there to distribute the scant earnings. The women lined up before the young fellows, whose tool is a pen instead of a knife. They were sleek, well groomed and com- fortable and made the tired women in nondescript gowns and wraps look the shabbier. The faces of the fruit-cutters were strained and eager. They crowded and_jostled and elbowed each other, or tried to, but the foreman mounted a table and turned his reproving cyclopean gaze upon them. “‘Get back there,’” he shouted every two or three minutes, and once he caught the arm of a pale little woman, who was uncon- sciously crowding her neighbor, and pushed her againstone of the hard benches with brutal force. I expected a show of indignation at this, but was disappointed. I was curious about the wages of Lew Hing’s emploves at the Pacific Fruit-pack- ing Company’s establishment and the next morning found my way to the basement of the building opposite the Chinese consu- late, on Stockton street. Chinamen were a “‘L’k at some of the tables, white women foais mombered € e _num probably seventy- five. The floor was flooded v{ith wntZr from the tanks used for washing fruit. Dampness is an insuperable objection to my zeal for investigation, and I contented myself with some conversation with the women and one of the proprietors, Lew g. Their stories are the same. For a twanty-gund basket of fruit King pays 1234 cents, and steady workers find it pos- sible to make a dollar or more a day. Whether a sight of the dark, damp, breeding ment and the fact that the workers stand at their taskall day in contact with the healthful surround- ings ‘of the Folsom-street cannery, where the sweet, fruity odors are enhanced by an abundance of fresh air and sunshine would make the employes of A. F. Tenny & Co. content to remain where the com- pensation appears to be much less is a qnsetfion. B f uppose you were in| 48T an honegfiinlihood by tfir gocnplfi‘m and answer, ADpA PATTERSON, ANEW MAN That Is What Has Been.s. Made of Mr. Bartels. HE WRITES PLAINLY. When He First Placed Himself Under the Care of the Speclallsts at the Hudson Medical Institute He Was Very IIL HERE ARE OCCASIONS WHEN A MAN HAS been saved from evident death staring him in the face—such as a Iueky belt of the trolley- car when he was practically underneath its wheels, the failure to take effect of some dead: 1y poison, and things of & stmilar nature—and these phenomena are daily chronicled in the daily prints as surprising. But we hear little—indeed next to nothing of the careful and often marvelous way in which skilled physicians sometimes raise apparently dead people to life. It being & part of their regular duty it is not thought sufficiently noteworthy to find & place among the “‘news of the day,” and so many very worthy men miss much of the credit which is unquestionably their due. But on octasions patients who have really been snatched back from death to life are ready to say so, and, that, too, without objecting to thelr names appearing before the general pub- lic. One of these manly people is Mr. F. F. Bartels of Oroville—one of the centers of the fruit interest. Mr. Bartels was attacked in a most malignant way by & nervous disorder to which almost any one may be subject, through mo particular fault of hisown. He was a bit puzzled at first to know what to do, but as soon as he had placed his case before oneof the consulting physicians of the HUDSON MEDICAL INSTI- TUTE he was shown where the true danger lay, what was necessary to offset it and how little time he had for consideration. Unreservedly Mr. Bartels placed Limself in the hands of the great specialists, and now, as he frankly says, he {s “a new man.” Of course this was not accomplished in a moment—for eccomplished s the surgeons at the institute are, they can- not eradicate a disease which has been coming on for years in & few moments. But let Mr. Bartels speak for himself. He has written as follows: OROVILLE, Cal., March 28, 1895. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, San Francisco, Cal.—Gentlemen: Inclosed find report blank filled out, and in addition I will say that I am more than pleased with your treatment. I am altogether & new man to what I was when I commenced to take your medicine. I don’t have that tired feeling, ana when I go to bed roll and tumble trying to sleep. The pain in my back hes disappeared, and in all I feel like & New man. Assoon as Ican %fl away and be gone for & week or ten days I will be down there to stay with you for a while. The belt which I am wearing wants recharging, and when you send me some more medicine send fluid to charge the belt. I have about six daye’ treatment on hand. With assured faith in the Hudson Medical Institute, I remain, truly yours, F. F. BARTELS. ihis letter could scarcel; point than it is, but it is only one of the thou- sands which come regularly to gladden the hearts of the great specialists whose lives have been devoted so freely to doing good. Here are one or two clippings taken at random from thousands, which any patient can see. W. P. Dillman writes: “I am well. Ithank you s thousand times for the great good you have done me.” William Glenn of Mountain Home, Idaho: “The second week has broufih! with it all the encouragement possible. Health and vigor have begun to show themselves.” T. I Graham says: “When I look back at the yréck T was when I began using your medicine g seems more like a miracle tl se.” W. A. Russell of Machias, Wash.: “I only re- gret that Iam unable to pay you tenm times your fee. Ishall recommend you to all suffer- ers. The stacks of letters of this nature which come to the Institute every week are proof positive of the unvarying suceess which crowns the efforts of _the specialists practicing there, and again indorses the proverbial saying that “if you can be cured, you can be cured more QUICKLY, QUIETLY, SAFELY, SCIENTIFIC- ALLY and SURELY” at the Hudson Medical Institute than anywhere else in the world. 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