The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 3, 1895, Page 20

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: ¢ 910 Sunday CALL, one week. by carrier.§0.15 Tafly and Sunday CALL n;:eyflr. e hree months, by mail 1.50 Tallysnd Sunday Ca s d Sunday CALT, one month, by mail .65 Funday CALL, One year, by mail. 180 W EERLY CALL, one year, by mail. 50 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, 5 San ¥rancisco, California. Telephone.. Maln—1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS 517 Clay Street. selephone........ Maln—1874 BRANCH OFFICE: cet, corner Clay; open until : open until 9:30 o'clock. open until 9:30 o'clock. €W . corner Sixteenth and Mission sireets; open ntil € o'clock: 2518 M ission street; open until 9 o'clock. 316 Ninch street; open until 9 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE: €08 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: Rooms 81 and 52, 84 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. SUNDAY THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. [ ————— ] bobtail ear there isa Wherever there is need of reform. With the suspense of the Durrant case over, we can really rest to-day. No ope can tell how hard Mrs. Grundy saws wood to make society matches. The game commissioners are on a wild- goose chase as a literal fact this time. To be a genuine rival of Boston Chicago must now get in and work for San Fran- lurope admits that Turkey is a thorn in ber flesh, but she fears to cut it out with a sword. Now that the football games and the | gland to push and the Great West to pull things are bound to come our way. onroe doctrine, but by and by Con- 1l talk. Inspector Dockery has the satisfaction of knowing that his good work is manifest at every breakfast table. it is certain we would treat the | 2l Convention right it is only right 1ld be treated to it. [ So long as the [ key to the situ as well be co acific Mail has the only n the Golden Gate might dered locked. No matter how complex a problem may appear at first, time always reducesittoa ssue and then settles it. ton =aid the best summer-resort city e best convention city, and we are s to it. The Corbett and Fitzsimmons affair is but it is said that cards for the Marl- borough and Vanderbilt match bring good » railroads report that second-class ravel to California is increasing, but why call it second-class when it is a first-class movement? Science proposes tous a meansof getting rid of the fogs, but we had better purify before we think of showing it up hter light. In spite of all temptations to belong to ations Salisbury remains an Eng- an, but it is noted of late that he has ceased to be a Jingo. isagood day to consider what you to see a Presidential convention in San Francisco and to-morrow will be a good day to put it up. If the Canadians do not look out they will get into a position on the Alaskan boundary that they cannot get out of without a fight or a backdown. The fall elections are near enough to a close now for every one to see that the Democrats will have the fall and the Re- publicans will have the elections. The report that there will be a haystack of chrysanthemums at the .Vanderbilt weading should have been accompanied | by a diagram giving the size of the stack. Considering the difficult task Cleveland | hasin writing his message this year, it would not be surprising if he decides to turn it into a mystery story and let people guess at it. There must have been something of a mascot in the past week, forit brought to a close the Durrant case, the Holmes case and the Corbett and Fitzsimmons talk in one fell swoop, Uncle Sam might at least recognize that the Cubans are fighting to render another portion of American soil independent of European control, and in that recognition do the proper thi ‘The interior press likes to amuse itself at times by criticizing San Francisco, but as soon as we start anything for the benefit of the State it drops the criticism and joins with us in the action. The Mills building on Montgomery street may be teken as typical of the enterprise of San Francisco, and when the bobtail car stands in front of it we can see the contrast with that typical illustration of Southern Pacific enterprise, Of the 4000 invitations issued for the stately ceremonial of the Marlborough matrimonial alliance, something like 2300 were distributed in this country; so it seems that even in matters of this kind the lion’s share is not asbig as the eagle’s. George D. Hildebrand’s sterling maga- zine, the Resources of California, has issued a special edition for November that is of unusual merit. In artistic design and execution nothing more attractive has ever been produced in this City. Mr. Hilde- brand’s best efforts are given to carry out the motto at the head of his editorial page, which says that the magazine is devoted - A PURIFYING EFFECT. Now that the community has been re- lieved of the intense strain of a great mur- der ‘rial—a strain the intensity of which has been increased out of all reason by the sensational treatment of the case atthe hands of a majority of the local daily press—it is hoped that the more whole- some occupation of working to secure the Republican National Convention for San Francisco will be pushed with all pos- sible vigor. There are reasons of the deepest signifi- cance behind all this public morbidness, behind all these fearful crimes which have given California an unpleasant notoriety throughount Christendom, and behind the rabid eagerness with which a large section of the daily press feed the popular lust for sensationalism and promote the immeas- urable harm which it produces. One of the most potent of these reasons is a nar- row spirit of provincialism to which prac- tical isolation from the great people of whom we should be a part has given birth. This spirit has manifested itself in many ways. Provincialism is one of the most offensive forms of egotism and one of the most injurious, and in general it is the product of isolation. Natural conditions prevailing in California tend to make a daring and adventurous race, which, in the absence of the refining and restraining influences of close intermingling with the people of the whole countiy, nourishes a feeling of independence, originality of conception and virility of execution, and in general a sentiment not in harmony with theinterests, purposes and destiny of the country at large. Grotesque crimes are a corollary of the situation. If California should bg brought closer to the people of the United States it would bring them good benefits in manifold variety. It would tame the exuberance of the people, convert their provincialism into patriotism and bring them under the averaging effect of the nobler aims of the country. We have never had a great Na- tional convention here, and hence can form little conception of its value. Itis somewhat discouraging to observe that much stress has been laid on the material benefits which might flow from the instruc- tion of a great National party on the physical needs of the West, while the pro- founder effect on the moral and patriotic sense of the region seems to have been overlooked. It seems impossible for our people, who are familiar with the mean squabbles of local conventions, to appreciate the great dignity and overshadowing sense of Na- tional responsibility which are elements of a National convention. Under such an influence the view is enlarged and the meanness of provincialism discovered. The resulting material and moral benefits would work together, each assisting the advancement of the other. he greater the material progress of California the Jarger the incoming of people bringing with them the broader spirit of those who have lived a lifetime in closer relation to the Nation as one, and the closer the bind- ing of this section to the business, social and political interests of the people at large. = The higher view of the effect which the Republican National Convention would have on our people will be appreciated by those of deep understanding and by all who would see crime, morbidness and sen- sationalism checked in this Btate of in- comparable natural attractions. THE SACRAMENTO ASTIR. It has been given out as news that a number of large land-owners of the Sacra- mento Valley are organizing an extensive scheme of pooling their iznds to the ex- tent of 300,000 acres and opening them up in 10,000-acre tracts for immigration pur- poses. One of these tracts is to be subdi- vided and settled at a time, and on each a number of houses for immediate occu- pancy will be erected; the land subdivi- sions are to be in tracts of fifty and a hundred acres. Thus far this 1s an admirable and com- mendable scheme, and if intelligently and energetically carried out would destroy land monopoly in the Sacramento Valley and would be a splendid measure of prog- ress for the State. If the news stopped there it would arouse enthusiasm from one end of the State to the other. But it is added that C. P. Huntington, C. F. Crocker and perhaps other million- aire owners of the Southern Pacific Com- pany bad been taken into the scheme and have cheerfully promised to contribute large sums of money in their individual capacity to forward its purposes. Indeed, Mr. Huntington is quoted in an interview as saying that he would placea large amount of money in the enterprise. On its face this would appear an excel- lent arrangement. The Southern Pacific Company, with its innumerable offices and agencies all over the United States and in many parts of Europe, has the best con- ceivable machinery for advertising Cali. fornia and inducing immigration. It has expended incredible sums of money in that work on its own account and solely for the purpose of increasing the popula- tion of the State. The extraordinary part of it all is that these heavy expenditures and this vast amount of work have not brought immigrants to California and have not served to advance the prosperity of the State. On the other hand, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, which made similar expenditures and did similar work for Southern California, has seen its efforts rewarded in a very conspicuous manner. The wealthy land-owners of the Sacra- mento Valley have doubtless reasoned that by securing the direct financial inter- est of the leading owners of the Southern Pacific the company will have a stronger incentive to make more earnest efforts than ever before, and that with the whole of its perfectly organized machinery at work in the interest of these lands their value will be much enhanced by a large demand and their owners accordingly en- riched. If thatline of argument has been followed it might be well to consider it, thus: 1. The Southern Pacific Company’s ef- forts to bring immigrants to California have not been successful in the past; those of the Santa Fe have been successful. The reasons of both these facts are familiar to all. 2. The recent action taken by the Rail- road Commission was for the purpose of making it possitle for farziing to be car- ried on in the Sacramento Valley as well as other valleys. The Southern Pacific Company is bitterly fighting the reduced schedule of freight charges. 3. The building of the San Joaquin Val- ley Railroad has aroused and dismayed the Southern Pacific, which recognizes the fact that the new road will reduce charges and make it possible to carry on farming in the San Joaquin at a profit. Such a road projected for the Sacramento Valley would have exactly a simiiar effect. 4. The taking of the Southern Pacific to the settlement and development of the magnates into the scheme for the settle- Golden State. The illustrations this month | ment of the Sacramento V. alley would are of unusual merit, both in regard to | make it extremely difficult, and in all like- the subjects chosen and in the high-class | lihood impossible, for the people in the style of reproduction. The letterpress is | valley to construct an independent com- contributed by able writers, commoawealth, who touch | peting line, as the best lands would be upon some of the vital interests of the |tied upina copartnership with the South- ern Pacific magnates, and if that should | the not be so the moral effect of their associa- tion would act as a prohibition. 5. The association of the Southern Pa- cific magnates with the large landholders in such a scheme as this would strengthen the hold of the Southern Pacific on the vital concerns of the State and would act injuriously upon every part of it. These suggestions are respectfully sub- mitted to the consideration of the people of the Sacramento Valley. A COMMON SUSPICION. Popular cynicism regarding official integrity has been expressed with re- freshing candor by the Grand Jury of Solano County. That body haa overhauled the work of the Board of Supervisors, and has found it in a great part rotten. It discovered that half the revenues of the county were devoted to road purposes, that in applying these funds some of the Supervisors violated the law and diverted the funds to their own pockets and those of their relatives. It then coolly declares: “To place half the revenue of the county in the hands of any five men to expend when and where and through whom they please, and then expect them to pass upon the bills in the interest of the people, is expecting too much, and yet they are doing that very thing."” Why is it too much to expect of public officers that they will honestly disburse the public funds intrusted to their care? ‘Why should it be expected that there would be a greater likelihood of dis- honesty if half the revenues of the county are placed at their disposal for a certain purpose than if a less proportion were so placed? This is a very interesting matter. The Board of Supervisors of a county is not the only authority charged with the honest disbursement of the funds. Before any claim may be paid it has to be ap- proved by the Auditor, and the law makes him responsible on his bond for the faith- ful and intelligent use of his authority. After his approval the claim goes to the Treasurer, who in turn is charged with a similar responsibility on his bond. Both must know that the money is honestly expended. In short, the law is all right; the whole trouble lies with the officers elected to put it in operaticn. If the money in Solano County has been improperly apvlied the bondsmen of the Board of Supervisors, of Auditor and of the Treasurer are equally lLable, and if the Grand Jury does its full duty it will cause proceedings to be instituted to protect the county, recover the wrongfully expended money and punish those who have connived in its improper expenditure. On this subject the news from Solano is: “The Grand ;Jury is determined to bring the Super- visors to terms, and unless the abuses complained of are at least modified the Supervisors may hear from them again.” If thisis a full statement of the inten- tions of the Grand Jury, which is com- posed, we are assured, ‘“‘of stern-faced farmers, many of them from remote parts of the county and none with any sym- pathy with the political rings and combi- nations that have placed the patronage in the hands of a few,”” we begin to find the source of all the trouble. The Grand Jury is assumed to be a responsible body of men who represent the decency and patriotism of the county. If it fails in the full discharge of its duties it proclaims the prevalent indifference of the people and explains the presence of political rings and combinations organized to plunder the county. Shoald Grand Juries do their whole duty such rings in any county would be impossible. But it would be unreasonable to expect such action from a Grand Jury in any county whose voters place the agents of corrupt rings in office. We regret that Solano County happens to be the one which furnishes the text for these observations. It isan exceedingly fertile county and could support in com- fort a very dense population. It 1s no worse in a political sense than some other counties. We believe that the toleration of political rings with corrupt purposes does not express the moral sense of the county at large, and that the present state of affairs is merely the result of a negli- gence which is amazingly prevalent. But such negligence, wherever it exists, is a reproach to the intelligence and honesty of the whole community and a sure bar- rier against immigration and development. THE EASTERN SHORE. The pleasant town of Berkeley, hitherto regarded as a subsuburb of San Francisco by reason of being a suburb of Oakland, and as the quiet seat of the University of California, has suddenly and unexpectedly stepped forth as a community strong in a realization of its natural commercial ad- vantuges and as a center of progressive ac- tivity. The property-owners of the town have presented to the Town Trustees a strong petition for the issuance of corporate bonds to the amount of $75,000 for the construction of a wharf to deep water, to be built, maintained and operated by the municipality for the public good. This is not a large amount of money, but it is the desire so to expend it that carries the meat of the subject. It means, in the first place, that the people are pro- gressive; in the second, that they are in- telligent; in the third, that they are sure that the money which they want to invest will be honestly expended. These consid- erations are particuiarly refreshing in view of the Grand Jury oplaion from an in- terior county that it is unwise and unsafe to permit public officers to have the handling of too large a proportion of the public revenues for a single purpose. The public wharf will bring substantial benefits. It will not only give Berkeley a connection with San Francisco which shall be independent of the Southern Pa- citic monopoly, but it will open the town to deep-sea traffic and the interior water traflic of the State. It would be superflu- ous to enlarge on the results, which must include an increased vopulation and busi- ness and an enhancement of property values. It will also prove a direct benefit to the State University by increasing the attractions of the place for residents who may wish to avail themselves of the bene- fits which the university offers. Such a step as this measures the intelli- gence of a community and proclaims the honesty of its government. The strongest argument advanced against bonding San Francisco for greatly needed public im- provements is that in all likelihood the money would be stolen by the officers charged with its expenditure. Indeed, this has been the history of public ex- penditures in this City in the past. Public officers merely reflect the intelligence and honesty of the community which elects them. With these considerations in view Berkeley might well cherish a commenda- ble pride on the score of the step which it is preparing to take. LONESOME LOTTERIES. San Francisco Star. The lottery advertisements have a loneseme, guilty look in the cheap-chromo, fake-premium papers since the moral snaking they got from THE CaLL. The papers look guilty all over. Some of them would gladly reform, follow THE CarLL and throw the lotteries out, but the habit RANDOM NOTES. By JomNy MCNAUGHT. A recent court proceeding in Oakland disclosed these facts: A gentleman of that city died in 1873, leaving an estate valued then at $150,000. By the terms of his will half the estate was left to the wife and the remainder to the minor children. The court appointed a lawyer to look after the estate of the minors. The wife died in a few years, and another lawyer was ap- pointed to take charge of her portion of the estate. During the twenty-two years that have elapsed since 1873 all property in Oakland has increased in value to some extent and most of it has increased a great deal; but this particular estate was not so much in Oakland as in the courts, and, consequently, the record of the court in the settlement of the matter showed that while not one dollar has ever been paid to the heirs there remains of the estate only enough to yield a rental of $26 a month, If the Oakland case were the only one of the kind in the neighborhood of recent date it would have been a local scandal, possibly & newspaper sensation, and cer- tainly would have got itself sufficiently talked about for the extraction of the moral without help of mine. It has been, however, neither a scandal, & sensation nor a matter of much talk. Too many cases similar in nature and some even worse in degree have occurred for this to attract much notice as a part of the play in the passing show. It is necessary, zhgrelore, to call attention to it and to point out to the casual spectator of life that this part of the play bas been badly devised, badly cast and badly acted. There is no sufficient reason to believe that the wasting of estates of minor heirs has been in most cases the result of fraud and dishonesty, 7The truth seems to be that our courts have exercised very little care in the selection of proper guar- dians. The judges have thought more of awarding these duties to good lawyers than to good men of business. As a conse- quence, men have been appointed to these trusts who have not sufficient business sense to invest their own money wisely, and who remain poor all their lives not- withstanding the large profits of their practice. To remedy much of the evil, therefore, nothing more appears necessary than a law requiring judges in the ap- vointment of guardians of minor heirs to select them from among men who have guessing contests, lottery prizes and cir- culation fakes, From the great Corbett- Fitzsimmons war the Governors of Texas and Arkansas emerge with honor and it is pleasing to know the Governors of Kansas and Colo- rado were prepared to emerge in the same way if the fury of the war bad tumed in their direction. We have had war Gov- ernors in the past who did us proud, but as for these new war Governors we must do them proud. It is with no little satis- faction we can recall that wherever in this crisis the demand came, the Governor was equal to it. From that fact we may draw areason for our belief that had the call been made in any other State the result would have been the same. The race of great war Governors in the land is still alive, and the spirit of old 61 has come down to '95. If it should be decided to hold the Re- publican National Convention in this City, it is more than probable that the San Jose Carnival of Roses will be fixed fora date corresponding with that of the convention so that the delegates after the strife and worry of nomindting a President may have an opportunity to turn to fairer things and recreate themselves amid pleasant surroundings before undertaking the ex- hausting fatigue of the return trip. This casual allusion to the fatigue of the trip must not be misunderstood. Of course everybody knows that a trip across the continent to California, so far from being fatiguing, is a pleasure. The return trip, however, is different. Now it is proposed by some people in San Jose to make a little recreation for those who, having en- joyed the pleasure of coming our way, must then endure the pain of going back. The proposal is certainly a good one. Na- tional conventions in the past have been places where men have met merely to nominate candidates, draw up a piatform and take a little whisky on the side. Noth- ing has been done in any convention city heretofore to provide for the social enter~ tainment of the delegates. California ought to make an innovation on this busi- ness. After the convention is over the visitors should be made to feel they are still the guests of the State, with a wel- come awaiting them everywhere, and carnivals and fiestas on all sides to amuse them. A National convention, followed by a series of festivals where politics is laid aside in hearty hospitality, would HARBOR OOMMISSIONER COOLNON AS HE APPEARED TO A STOOKTON ARTIST WHILE INSPECTING THE CORRAL HOLLOW ROADBED, PERSCNAL. H. C. Buckminster of Boston isat the Palace. George E. Buffurn of St. Louis is at the Pal- ace. A. C. Ellis of Salt Lake City is stopping at the | Palace. K. B. Symington of New York is registered at the Palace. Charles C. Harding of Boston is registered at the Palace. Judge S. S. Holl of Sacramento is registered : at the Grand. Juage J. H. Logan of Santa Cruz is stopping at the Grand. W.T. Kennedy of Los Angeles is stopping at tbhe Baldwin. astonish the East. They would call it Californian, and if it did not come to them shown enough knowledge of business affairs to manage their own property with thrift and success, and that much of re- form ought not to be difficult to obtain. It is said the approaching art exhibit does not flutter much the hearts of our local artists nor thrill them with great ex- pectations, It is not to their imagina- tions a coming exposition of beauty glori- fied in art for the enlightenment of the world and the inspiration of San Fran- cisco. They may talk of it by day, but they do not dream of it by night; they may paint something for it, but they do not paint it with fancy’s fondest hopes. This feeling, however, will probably change when the exposition opens. There will be something in the reality then that will more than atone for the absence of great expectations now. When we see the pic- tures we will be pleased, and so indeed will be the artists. There is many a for- mal function turns out to be a frolic in the end. Even the artists who now speak and perhaps think of the exhibit with languid indifference will feel a little keenness of interest in it when the function has drawn its crowds and the appreciative friends of California art stand before their works and praise them. Then to the artist every living picture of admiration will appear as a model of criticism. Then they will won- der why society has not more raptures and the press more enthusiasm. It is asserted by men of science that by using powerful dynamos to send electrical discharges into the air San Francisco can dissipate al) the fogs that come from the ocean and dwell continually under serene skies. This raises the question, do we wish to lose our fogs? Ask ef the artist if he woula strip from the hills their changing robes of purple and gray. Ask of the maidens if they would remove from the moisture that gives to their cheeks the hue and bloom of June roses. Ask the vilots of the bay if they would lose the chief reason why incoming ships employ them. Ask the merchants if they would put away the sole cause why women wear furs and men buy overcoats. Ask the epicure if he would banish from the air the tonic that gives him an appetite. Ask the bartender if he would re- move from the morning the impulse to cockteils. Ask the housekeepers if they would like the streets deprived of the dampness that prevents the dust from rising. Ask the workers if they would like the sun to beat with undiminished rays upon them. But after all why ask anybody anything except that science should keep its hands off our climate? It is evident that among the reforms needed in California is the adoption of a better system of providing for the care of estates of minor heirs. So many estates exceeding §100,000 have been vanished off the earth of late by court-appointed guard- ians that no one will dispute the need of reform except those people who are so fond of disputing they would rather bay the mcon than be silent. Even in the dark ages men recognized the duty of the state to orphans whose property was in the hands of its courts. Among many nations in those days a ‘*child of the state,”” as such orphans were called, was almost as sacred as a prince of the blood. In England even to this dayan offense against the property or the person of a ward in chancery entails a greater penalty than a similar offense against a child under the protection of its natural gnard- ians. California has progressed of course far beyond the dark ages, but there is no reason why she should undertake to differ from the people of those ages in every. thing. To drop a good custom simply be- cause it is old would be carrying advance- ment too far. In California, as in old France, the property of a child of the State should be as secure as the founda- tions of justice and have every guardian- ship which the majesty of the law can de- vise. In the result of the trial of Durrant two things have been condemned—the pris- oner at the bar and the sensational press, The condemnation of the first has been pronounced by the verdict of twelve men; that of the second proceeds from the in- telligence of the community at large. The sensation mongers have been proven guilty on all their sensations. The mysterious woman, the secret confessions, the hid- den links, the startling facts, the horrid developments, the grewsome revelations, the ghostly witnesses, all these things that made up the daily sensations along with the pictures of blood-curdling shoestrings and terrible toothbrushes—they have all been proven to be lies—the kind of lies that some newspapers get lousy with and are not ashamed of. From these things for the moment we get relief. The sensa- of taking llicit coln is too strong for them, in | tional press must for a time at least go thelr shattered moral condition, tp resist, back to its normgl dullness and prattle of by that name, they would come out here again and look for it in the old place. THE HIGHER PRAISE. [At the grave of Richard Realf, Lone Mountain.] With curling lip T sought that chosen place ‘Wherein, at last, earth’s tollers rest, nor hear The fretfal call of song bird, or the drear Dull boom of waves against the sad shore’s face. ‘The hopeless fog had ceased its spectral race In search of peace which restless man holds dear And seldom finds. The air was cool and clear, The flowers slept and night came on apace. Beneath & mound of simple green there lay A man who sang, yet lacks the deathless bay, And lfes unloved, unheeded 'neath the sod. But as T mused the wind from o'er the sea With scented breath crept gently up to me And whispered low: “Unloved of all—save God|” HOWARD V. SUTHERLAND. San Francisco. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE JUSTICE FIELD DEFENDED. JonN P. IRISH SAYS A WORD ApouT TAYLOR ROGERS' BOOK ON MoOXN! To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—SIR: In a recent issue of your interesting paper ap- peared a communication from Mr. J. A. John- son warmly indorsing Mr. Taylor Rogers’ book on “Scientific Money.” That partof the work most pleasing to Mr. Johnson is commended in the following paragraph: A notable feature of this little book Is its mas- tery of Lue legal aspects of the subject, In the treat- ment of which Justice Field’s theory of the issue of money as a function of government is subject to merciless anulysis and drastic criticism. There can be but one verdict renaered on J udge Field— uilty: guilty of betraying the people by judicial ectsion into the hands of plutocracy. Lawyers will_appre-iate it, even though Justice Field is their highest muthority; and the exposition is so clear and strong that laymen will equally enjoy it. Mr. Justice Field’s minority opinion in the legal-tender cases is the ““judicial decision” re- ferred to. The theory of that opinion is that the Gov- ernment may borrow money in emergency by the 1ssue of treasury notes, but that it has no constitutional right to impair the obligation of contracts by making these promises to pay a legal tender between individuals, This theory was the practice of President Madison, the father of the constitution; of James K. Polk and his great Secretary of the Treasury, Robert J. Walker, and it was held as the true constitutional doctrine by Samuel J. Tilden,who converted Mr. Lincoln toit, though he was overruled by his Cabinet. Furthermore, when the legal-tender case was decided Mr. George Bancrofit, statesman, aip- lomat and historian, published a monograph in support of Justice ¥ield’s position, in which he proved its correctness by drawing upon his store of facts used in writing the history of.our coustitutional period. It appears, then, that Justice Field is “gnilty’” in very respectable company. Very truly, JOHN P. IRISH. CO-OPERATION AMONG FARMERS, Edward F. Adams, In the November Fornm. There can be no question of the immense velue of the co-operative movement of the past three years to the fruit-growers of California. Besldes the strong organizations of the wine- growers and orange-growers, there are some thirty or forty societies of deciduous-fruit growers—by far the strongest being those of Santa Clara County—which are gradually learn- ing how to work together effectively through the State Exchange. But aside from the crea- tlon of these organizations the educational ad- vance {s astonishing. Where, three years since, there was almost absolute ignorance of the processes of marketing, there is now a gen- eral intelligence which renders the manipula- tions and deceptions which were formerly common utterly impossible. The competition of the co-operative societies has led to such an improvement in the service rendered by com- mission houses s alone to repay a hundred- fold the cost of the co-operative effort, and in these and other indirect ways the benefits of co-operation are felt and acknowledged by all. There is danger, however, that growers, find- ing no present saving in the cost of marketing, will not persist in co-operation until the managers of societies have learned the busi- ness so well that they make the small saving in expense which s certainly goulbls by co-operation. For the present I elieve thet we must confine co-operative effort to very simple matters, which are familiar to most of those co-operating. Co-op- erative stores, co-operative mills, co-operative canning companies, I constantly warn farmers against touching. They are almost always pro- moted by some one desiring a place for which he is not fit, and usually come to grief. Idraw the line at &ll co-operative enterprises involv- ing the purchase of material or merchandise to be sold again. These are unsafe for farmers in their frelent state of development. The ob- ects of our societies are very simple. They are, rst, to inform ourselves before selling of the condition of the market, remembening that our marget is thousands of miles away; second, to increase our market advertising at the general expense, suring honest and uniform packing; third, to insure the sale of our own labor to &s great'an extent as poseible, by doing for ourselves what- ever we do not find it more profitable to hire others to do; fourth, to obtain for our product in each year whatever the conditions of the market warrant; fifth, to eliminate from the process of marketing all unnecessary iabor; and sixth, to prevent speculation by refusing to sell until our product is ready, and then sclling at the market price, keeping our goods in our own possession until sold. This is all that we try to do, and we find this even sufficiently complex for farmers to deal with. —_— Dy proper and h}";:l- The Queen of Italy has put the phonograph to a novel use. She has the rare giit of impro- vising upon the piano, but cannot recall the melody she evolves. A phonograph has been placed upon the instrument, and records faithfully all her Majesty's playing, to her great delight, Ed C. Barham and wife, of Santa Rosa, are at the Occidental. William H. Barnhardt of Portland is regis- tered at the Palace. P. H. Quinn, & prominent business man of Eureka, is at the Russ. E. H. Trecarten and wife, of New York, are guests at the Baldwin. W. F. George, & prominent attorney of Sacra- | mento, is at the Grand. Lieutenant von Spath, Copenhagen, 18 regls- tered at the Occidental. J.N. Giliis, 8 mining man from Sonors, is a guest of the Lick House. Captain J. J. Brice of the United States navy is stopping at the Palace. H. A. Preston, a mining man of Jamestown, is registered at the Grand. C. B. Wingate, the well-known miner of Gib- sonville, is at the Occidental. W. H. Peckham, & prominent merchant of Eureka, is stopping at the Russ, Henry M. Minster, a leading business man of Portland, is & guest at the Palace. T. B. Choate, the well-known railroad man of Sacramento, is at the Occidental. Judge R. McGarvey came down from Ukiah yesterday and is stopping at the Grand. George F. Hersh and wife and George O. Albright of Alleutown, Pa., are at the Russ. F. M. Bogel of Alaska, prominent in mining circies of the north, is registered at the Russ. 0. Kanioto of Tokio, electrician in the War Department of Japan, is registered at the Pal- ace. A. Pokrowskyand D. Daehn of St. Petersburg arrived yesterday and are registered at the Grand. W. R. Clark, the Railroad Commissioner, accompanied by bhis wife and daughter, is at the Baldwin, N. Kumagaya of Osaka and M. Nishkato of Tokio, emissaries of the Japanese Government, are at the Palace. Dr. McArtis, with Dr. Albers Latterre of Parls, arrived in the City yesterday, and are registered at the Occidental. Captain E. Coffin of New Bedford, Mass., is registered at the Russ. He is on his way home after a two years’ voyage in the Arctic. Dr. George B. Somers, for many years the Police Surgeon at the City Receiving Hospi- tal, has recently returned from a trip to China and Japan. Shortly after his successor was appointed by the new Board of Health Dr. Somers was requested to take the place of the regular ship’s surgeon on the steamer China. He accepted the offer in order to obtain a much-needed rest after many years of arduous application in pursuit of his profession. ZPOTATOES ARE UNWHOLESOME. THE TUBER DISCUSSED FROM A LITERARY, SCIEN- TIFIC AND CULINARY POINT OF VIEW. John Gilmer Speed, Dr. Cyrus Edson (ex- president of the New York Board of Health) and Mrs. S. T. Rorer learnedly discuss “The Potato as a Daily Diet” in November Ladies’ Home Journal, and pretty conclusively prove that the humble but popular tuber is not a healthful article of food. Mr. Speed asserts that the potato as a food is not nearly so valu- able as we have generally esteemed it to be. It is quite deficient in nitrogen apd as a sole diet is therefore unsuitable. Itis hard todigest and therefore should be gnnlken of very sparingly by all save those who live active lives out-of- | doors. * * * The potato provokes our great National ailment, dyspepsia, and the sooner | the consumption of the mealy tubers begins the sooner will the dread faengs of the dyspepsia appear. p g r. Edson in a rejoinder to Mr. Speed writes: “I must quite agree with Mr. Speed in his con- demnation of the potato. I am sorry to have to say anything against the humble fuber, but the truth, especially when 1t is scientific, and especlally medico-scientific, must be told. It is certain no one can atall times eat the potsto with the assurance thatit will do him no harm. it The practice of feeding potatoes to in- fants and young children cannot be too severely condemned. A potato diet may not kill them outright at once, but it is certain toinjure their digestive organs permanently and effectually, 50_as t0 make their lives & burden to them- | selves and those who are brought in contact | with them.” Dr. Edson also contends that the | potato is very deficient in nutritive qualities and has less value asan article of food then | most other vegetables and cereals. | Mrs. Rorer writes: “Iam not s potato pro- hibitionist, but I firmly believe that potatoes should be served only with strongly conuel}- trated nitrogenous food, such as roasted beef, or, for the vegetarians, with beans, peas or FROM WESTERN SANCTUMS. If Job Came to California. Stockton Mail Job figures in sacred history not only as the man who could remain patient under all kinds of affliction, but as the greatest livestock man of his age, and that, too, in & pastoral era. In the language of the Seriptures: ‘His sub- stance also was 7000 sheep, and 3000 camels, and 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.” If Job were aiive to-day he would feel that he wasno great shakes alongside Henry Miller, who testified in a San Franeisco court yester- day that his firm owns 150,000 head of cattle, 125,000 sheep, 10,000 hogs and 5000 or 6000 horses, The Wealth of Arizona. Pheenix (Ariz.) Gazette. The aggregate value of taxable property of the Territory, as returned by the County Assessors for the year, was $£27,518,332, being an increase over-last year of nearly half a mil- lion. As property is taxed at less than one- third its real vaue it can easily be caleulatea that the wealth of Arizona is between $80,- 000,000 and $100,000 ,000. Wedded to a Perfect Monotony. San Jose Mercury. So persistently perfect is the San Jose climate that whepever San Francisco is guilty of at- tempting to dump some of its fog on us the sun gets right down to business and drives it scur- rying back. San Francisco will please take notice that our climate is not tobe trifled with. An Editor’s Popularity. Calistoga Independent. To go to the door with him and keep him talking a little longer 1S 10 way to speed the parting guest, and yet this is done quite fre- quently in Calistoga. Petatuma Should Ralse Cabbages. Petaluma Argus. TUnless the Cuban insurrection comes to s speedy end we will have to {mport our Havana cigars from Santa Rosa and Milpitas. ‘Webster-Hayne Episode Forgotten. Portland Oregonian. It is rather curious to see South Carolina and Massachusetts playing with woman suffrage at the same time. ] TENNESSEE'S BOYS AND GIRLS| There are 686,000 boys and girls 'in Tennessee who have & voice in saying what kind of a structure the Children’s Centennial building shall be. As this building will be the only one used for educational purposes 8100 teachers also bave an interest in it. There will never be presented a better opportunity to emphasize and accent the educational work in Tennessee. 1f the boys and girls and teachers can once tee how eloquently and effectively a magnificent { building will speak in the interest of educa- tion, and see the untold benefits that will accrue to them, it is safe to say that the most attractive feature of the grand exposition to many will be the Children’s building. CALIFORNIA Glace fruits, 50c1b, Townsend's.® e — E. H. BLACK, painter, 120 Eddy street. = . BAcON Printing Company, 508 Clay street.® —————— SPECIAL information daily to manufacturers, business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Buresu (Allen’s), 510 Montgomery. * —_— e ———— People Sufficiently Educated Now. Salem (Or.) Statesman. The people want & short campaign. Bui they cannot have it. It commenced in No- vember three years ago, and it will not end until a year from this November. But, thank oodness, three-fourths of the time bas now een served! Ir you have catarrh you should attack the dis- ease in the blood. Remove the impure cause by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, which permanently cures catarrh. Use Dr. Stegert’s Angostura Bitters to stimulate the appetite and keep the digestive organs in order. — ————— Ir affiicted with sore eyes use Dr. [sane Thomp- son’s Eye Water. Druggists sell i¢ at 25 cents. e e Stiffen Potato Prices With Starch. Stockton Independent. A starch factory that would put inferior s to their best use would make better S‘r’f@ffior those that are fit for human food. Who Invented lentils,” PROMINENT PEOFLE. Ex-President Bartlett of Dartmouth atthe age of 98 has taken to the bicycle, and says it is renewing his youth. Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, has accepted the appointment of associate editor of Bishop Wiiliam Taylor's monthly paper, “Illustrated Africa.” i Rev. Elijah Kellogg, who wrote “Spartacus,’ is still living, at the age of 85 years. He preaches twice each Sunday ate little church in Harpeswell, Me., and cultivates a small farm. Chang is worth $500,000,000, John D.Lll{z:?:ller sxgo‘ooo,ooo, Duke of Westmin- ster §100,000,000,Colonel North 1100,000,000 and Wah Qua $100,000,000. Mrs. John P.St. John, wife of the famous Prohibition ex-Governor, has been for some time superintending the engineering and other work of constructing a tunnel in a gold mine at Cripple Creek, in which her husband has & controlling inter Rey. Edward Everett Hale is said to have written as many books as he is yearsold. An average of & book a year for seventy years is quite remarkable, and yet it only shows what a thinking, growing man can do in connection with a multitude of practical daily duties, | Cigars 9 Before white men made cigars the savage na- tives of New Guinea rolled tobacco into crude cigars and wrapped them with a leaf from a tree. This was perhaps the first round in a ladder the topmost one of which is the new La Estrella CIGAR