The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1895, Page 28

JAPANESE COMPETITION, Some Extravagant Generalities That Have Been In- dulged In. OPINION OF WILLIAM H. MILLS. America Has Nothing to Fear in Trad- ing With All the Nations of the Earth. -As a rule commerce 1s devoid of imagina- tion, and yet, at short intervals, alarmists arise who tell us that our commercial and industrial interests are threatened with destruction by reason of the competition of countries where labor is notably cheaper than in our own. Recently much apprehension has been engendered by unwise and injudicious statements concerning the prospective competition of the imitative skill of Japan with American manufactures. But the alarm under this head is evidened by the fact that George C. Perkins, United States Senator in Congress from California, has furnished for publication over his own signature a panic-stricken article, in which the Senator declares his belief that the Japanese are able to disastrously affect the markets of the world. The honor- able Senator s apprehensions are not limited to the United States. He declares: What E nd will do, we can only im- . Unless she alters her method she 1 be brought to the feet of Japan in the le for supremacy.” ese extravagant generalities may be accepted as the typical expressions of loose-thinking peopte. What we may ex- ect at the hands of the people of Japan is not to be anticipated by prophecy. The apprehension to which the honorable Senator gives voice grows out of the super- ficial consideration that there are countries in the world where labor is cheaper than in our own, owing to the inexpensive habits of the people of those countries. When the rate of wages in one country is compared with the rate obtainable in another, the fact that a disparity exists when taken by itseli is the occasion of much speculation on the part of those but imperfectly familiar with the science of al economy or the law of distribu- is a common defect of the under- om which noneof us are free, to mistake what we perceive to be true for all there is of the truth. Applying this to the subject matter under consideration, those who are now predicting untold calamities to the industries of America by reason of a greater intimacy of commercial s with Japan are predicating their ions and indulging their apprehen- sions by giving too much weight to the single fact of the disparity of the cost of living to the individual citizen of the two countries, and to the resultant disparity in the rate of wages. We all live upon the brink of the un- known, and, while we may indulge in the pleasing pastime of reasoning from exist- ses to future effects, the only thing which may be depended upon to happen is the unexpected. The past is the safest guide to our judgment in all of these mat- ters. o In all history the nations most advanced in the arts of civilization have courted commercial relations wif those which have made less progress in civilized ad- vancement. To declare that a higher civ- ilization has anything to fear from com- mercial contact with nations on a lower plane of civilized efficiency is to impeach civilization itseli. The advanced nations have sought to extend commercial su- premacy over semi-civilized races of men, chiefly because of the superiority of a high over a low state of civilized existence. Itis for this reason that all the great nations of the world have courted commercial in- timacy with India. Itis in consideration of this reason that the dominant nation or nations of any particular age have fonnd their greatest incentive to conquest. The Roman empire placed the semi-barbaric nations of the then kiuown world under tribute, not only in the sense of a forced contribution to the public exchequer, but chiefly because of the commercial and in- dustrial advantage which invariably inured to the superior civilization. When the honorable Senator from Cali- fornia_expresses his apprehension as to what England will do, and predicts.that unless she radically alters her methods she will be brought to the feet of Japan in the struggle for supremacy, he is invoking the testimony of history, with which he is no doubt familiar, to very little purpose. England has grown great by the policy of establishing closer intimacy with semi- civilized and barbaric peoples. Engiand enjoyed a priority of manufacturing skill, especially in textile fabrics and the manu- factured forms of iron, while the two con- tinents of North and South America were being developed. Fifty millions of people in South America and 80,000,000 of people in North America have paid tribute in all the pathway of their progress to the looms and forges of Englsné. It will allay our apprehensions of the competition which Japan is to offer the in- dustries of America and England when we remember that no Nation has ever achieved a high degree of successin the manufacture of articles not of domestic consumption. Artisan skill in itsindi- vidual aspect develops along the line of personal necessity, and National industry on lines of domestic consumption. The chief articles of export as the result of industry among the Mongolian races are tea and silk; but these articles are of universal consumption at home. The Chinese and Japanese have industry, and possess in a hizh degree an imitative me- chanical faculty. But they are deficient in the invention and application of labor- aiding machinery, and in consequence are large exporters of raw materials. In fact, nations on their plane of development are uniformly exporters of raw material. This statement is justifiea by the statistics of the importation of silk into the United Btates. In its manufactured form the value of the silk importations into America in 1894 was $755,404. In its unmanufactured form the products of tbe silkworm, including cocoons, eggs raw and Treeled from cocoons, aggregated $16,234,182. Thus silk in its raw form wben it reached the United Btates, as compared with its manu- factured form, attained a volume of twenty-six times the latter. England possesses in its machinery the roductive capacity of 400,000,000 of men. When Beaconsfield;in the settlement of the ‘“Eastern question,” accomplished more by diplomucy than had ever been accomplished by war he was supported by the vast productive capacity of the nation he represented. The negotiations were conducted along the lines of the relative ability of the nations parties to the nego- tiation to sustain themsel~es in war. Beaconsfield spoke in the nanie of the pro- ductive capacity of 400,000,000 of men rep- resented by the labor-aiding machinery of Great Britain. The United States has approximately the same impersonal productive capacity. The isies of Great Britain have abont 45,- 000,000 of people. The United States has 70,000,000 people. The two Nations to- gether possess perhaps in the aggregate a productive capacity of 800,000,000 of men 1n their machinery alone. Herein, then, we have a productive force of about 1,0C0,000,- 000 of people. Japan has 40,000,000 of people. Itisa Nation in which the com- mercial instinct is singularly wanting. Successful manufactures are based upon the combination of large capital. Japan has never manifested the slightest genius in the direction of aggregating its capital into effective co-operation. In the recent war with China Japan has acquitted itself in a manner which has given a false ghmn,m-to its prowess, When measured | people of Japan steeped in pove accomplished but little to entitle her to & place among the first-class powers of the earth. Her naval warfare was conducted in ships built by Western Europeans. Her armies were equipped with arms manufactured in Europe. Her military tactics were borrowed wholly from Ger- many. Her camp equipages were manu- factured abroad. In a military sense China is not a power. It would be a mis- nomer to apply the epithet ‘“‘military power” to China. The Chinese®mpire is composed of broken and disintegrated fragments brought under the dominion of a central authority by the non-resistant docility of the tribes inhabiting the prov- inces thus combined into what, by extreme courtesy, nations have called an empire. Utterly devoid of mechanical skill,” her ships also were of foreign manufacture. It may be admitted that the Japanese mani- fested a superior adaptability to the handling of their foreign-made ships. But the individual Chinaman is utterly devoid of chivalrous sentiment or national patri- otism. The empire has subjugated him to its authority, but has done nothing to ex- cite his love or awaken his patriot- ism. To him government is simply an external force, to be feared and respected because of 1ts power to intlict penalties for disobedience. The Chinese mentaiity 1s utterly devoid of all conception of all Na- tional glory or National honor. National authority to him is coercion; something to be feared, not loved, and it is a maxim of the sentiments that fear without love uniformly degenerates into hatred. But the most important factor entering into the consideration of the question of Japanese competition with American in- dustry relates to the basic fact that na- tions become consumers of the articles they produce. The attempt on the part of Japan to produce from raw material the manufactured forms demanded by the civilized conditions of America and Western Europe may plant the seeds of an expanding civilization. ‘When the people of any nation are famil- iarized by their own manufacturers with the wants of other people, a process of pro- ducing a;similarity of want at once sets up. The awakening civilization of Japan and the adoption by that country of the modes of thought and lfe of Kuropean and American civilization are far more likely to create a want for the manufactures demanded by our own civilization than to supply it. The declaration that the habits of the Japanese people are so simple as to make the cost of living low is a revelation of the new order of their non-productiveness. As soon as they become manufacturers of the articles demanded by the people of America and Engiand they will become consumers of these articles. The very first effect of the changed condition to flow from such manuiacture will be to expand their own wants and to add a greater complexity to their civilization. Let it not be forgotten that the wants of man come into being by the opportunity for their gratification. Japan to-day is just emerging from a condition of arrested civilization. The spirit of modern progres the surface of that Dead Sea of human life. Contact with Western powers found the v to their ips; not the poverty of deprivation, be- cause where no deprivation 1s felt there is no poverty. The poverty of Japan isthe poverty of contentment arising outof the utmost simplicity of want.: Man’s efforts are forever proportioned to his wants, and the corralative of this is that his wants increase as his efforts to supply them may exceed that supply. To apply these principles: When Japan becomes wealthier than she now is, the possession of that wealth will confer at once greater compexity of want. With the enlargement of her capacity to_pro- duce, there is to be an attendant desire 1o consume. The awakening of 40,000,000 of people to civilized want means the creation of a new market for American ana European industry. It means the creation of a similarity of want, and this comes into bemng when the Western Nations are better prepared to supply Japan by reason of the maturity of their civilization, the productive capacity of their machinery and the greater commer- cial skill of their people. There is no instance in all history where commercial intimacy between a superior and an inferior race of men has resulted in the wants of the superior race being sup- plied by the inferior. Superiority has ne;‘er succumbed to inferiority on any field. Nor is it to be assumed that simply be- cause the rate of wages in one country is cheaper tnan that in another that the coun- try possessing the cheapest labor will do all the manufacturing for the world. We have treaties of comity and amity with Austria, and yet the daily reward for the labor of the skilled and unskilled in Aus- tria is less than in any other country in the civilized world. ustria has not offered successful competition to our in- dustries. We have relations of amity and comity with Italy, and yet theaveragerate of wages in Italy, skilled and un- skilled, is not to exceed 20 per cent of that paid in the United States, For more than 100 years commercial intimacy between the cheap labor countries of Eu- rope and the Unieed States has subsisted, and yet America has arisen from a nation of 3,000,000 of people at the time she achieved her independence to a nation of 70,000,000 of people. In this she has ex- hibited a capacity for self care, and an abil- ilf)f‘ to meet successfully the competition offered by civilized or semi-civilized na- tions on every field. The inherent attri- butes of the race which in past history has dominated the world has suffered no is moving upon | decadence. In the light of these considerations we have nothing to fear by the extension of our commercial relations with all the peo- ples of the earth. The superiority of our civilization is not an accident, nor is its reservation dependent upon isolation. What we are 1s the result oi an evoiution- ary force, what we have accomplished is referable to inherent power. The only superiority which is reaf is that which sur- vives conflict. If conflict with the semi- civilized people of Japan is to extinguish our civilization, that result can follow only if in their inherent character the people ot Japan are fittest to survive. ‘When, therefore, an American states- man _candidly declares that he believes the Japanese able to disastrously affect the markets of the world, he is forgetting that the superiority of tbe race to which he belongs—the Nation of which he, is an henored citizen—owes its greatness to at- tributes of superiority which are racial and not accidental. Long periods of time are required to pro- duce any marked changes in the industries or character of races or nations. The rela- tive position of America and Japan in the scale of human progfess one hundred years from now will be about what it is to-day. Civilizations are the external manifesta- tions of the individual character of the people into which they are seg- regated. Civilized manifestations pro- ceed from the minds and conceptions of men. There are no instances in history where races have suddenly broken awa from-the history and traditions to whicf‘n’ they are attached, and suddenly mani- fested radical changes of civilized condi- tions. Japan will be no exception to this conservative force. She has produced a superficial appearance of progress in adopt- ing our modes of life or the habits and manners of our civilization, but her real transformation must come through gradual process, requiring many generations to place her upon our level of commercial and industrial capacity. In the meantime the law of progress relating y the weakness of its adversary Japan has to us will not have been suspended. We are centuries in advance of her in the science of government, in the arts of man- ufacture and in commercial skill. While she is crossing that wide interval of cen- turies, let us hope that America will have made still further progress. WiLriax H. Mins. For Sale, Without reserve, at less than factory price, the entire cigar stock of W.J. Houston & Co., &t 121 Market street, beginning Monday, Decem- ber 9, for a limited timeonly. ~Bargain-seekers should come early. San Francisco branch of The Owl Cigar Company, New York and Florida, successors to Straiton & Storm. ————— Cuttings of pansies and violas will strike ?mcxly uring the autumn, and be ready fir nl;;nting in the beds and borders next arch. o8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1895. ' : ARSON ON OAK STREET, Mrs. Eugenia Schuller, the Ac- cused, Appears in the Police Court. LIVES THAT WERE IN DANGER. The Crime Is Legally Looked Upon as Incendiary - of the First Degree. s Mrs. Eugenia Schuller, charged with arson for the alleged firing of her resi- dence property at 124 Lyon street, was ar- raizned in Judge Low’s department of the Police Court yesterday and had her pre- liminary examination continued until Monday. From the evidence thus far gathered the case is regarded in a most serious light by the police. The statutes establishing the tirst degree of arson contemplate the set- ting fire to a building in the night when a human being is asleep witbin. The dwelling at 124 Lyon street was so fired that the flames broke out at mid- night when three persons were asleep in the building. Mrs. Schuller is the. only person so far known to have been in the two upper flats of the building during the day preceding the night on which the_ fire occurred ex- cept the two painters, Walter Scott and Frank Hitchcock. Both of these young men have been closely questioned, and are not believed to have had anything to do with the cause of the fire, both from their apparent willing- ness to tell all they know and that they had no motive. There was nothing in their manner when interviewed by Fire Marshal Towe and by the police to indicate that they wished to conceal anything. Mrs. Schuller could not give what the police consider a satisfactory explanation of how the benzine, which the painters had brought in large cans, came to be in bottles distributed about the house in ten different places. Fire Marshal Towe spent the afternoon sterday taking measurements and mak- ing diagrams of the premises, to be offered in evidence when the case goes to court as showing just where the tires were set and how the incendiary worked. His efforts will show that whoever did the deed went about it in & manner so methodical that but for a miscalculation as to the amount of heata wad of burning paper would produce, the whole house must have been destroyed and the lives of the occupants sacrificed. There were ten places in which fire was set, and in each place one or more bottles of benzine had been surrounded by paper and a candle left burning, which, when it had burned its length, ignited the E:Pe!‘. which was intended to explode the nzine and spread the flames with great rapidity. But the purpose of the incen- diary miscarried. In” only one or two places was there ‘paper enough to create the necessary heat, and the other bottles were found standing in closets and drawers where the paper had burned away from them. Had there been more kindlings placed about them the destruction of the property must have been inevitable. 3 The Fire Marshal’s investigation also shows that the doer was possessed of ex- traordinary cunning—a cunningand fore- sight of that kind which criminals pos- sess who comnit crimes and cover their tracks so effectively that they may operate for years before a misstep results in their undoing. This particular feature consisted in the selection of the place to start the main fire. The greatest damage was done to the kit- chen part of the upper flat. The side through which the chimney passed was all burned away, showing the first blaze must have started there. It was undoubtedly the intention of the incendiary to give to those persons who should first see the flames the idea the fire started from the chimney, from the fact the flames were is- suing from that vicinity. he work wasso | thoroughly done, and with so much method, that the police have few fears that a plea of insanity will enable the per- son who did it to escape punishment. A suit of Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth a barrel of cures. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* ey e Orphanage Report. The eighth annual report of the Bishop Armi. tage Church Orphanage for the year ending June 30, 1895, has just been issued from the press of the H. 8. Crocker Company. A state- ment of the receipts, disbursements and iia- bilities shows the orphanage to be in a favor- able financial condition. The disbursements for the year did not equal the receipts by $946 37, which was the balance on hand at the end of the year. The total assets amount to $45,986 42 and liabilities but $3556 60. The following appeal will not fall on deaf ears: “That we may be prepared for the coming ‘winter, which promises to be & very trying one in many respects, we beg earnestly that you will forward a warm bedcover or blankei to the institution, which will be carried free of charge by Wells,Fargo & Co.'s express. Ad- dress Bishop Armitage Church Orphanage, San Mateo, Cal.” e Jaros Hygienic Underwear the one under- wear that is comfortable; absorbs moisture; keeps folks well. Morgan Bros.. 229 Montg. st.* —————— Custom-House Changes. William Casey, day inspector at the Mail Dock, having been removed by Collector Wise for cause, M. J. Liddy was yesterday promoted from a night inspectorship to succeed him. If Liddy succeeds {n passing the necessary civil service examination, E. B. 0'Connor has been chosen from the list of eligibles to take his former place as nightinspector. — - — Jaros Hygienic Underwear for ladies, for gen- tlemen, for children, for all places, all the year. Morgan Brothels, 229 Montg. st. * ALONG THE WATER FRONT, Two Reinsured Missing Steamers Were Heard From Yes- terday. ONE OF THEM IS IN PORT. The British Whaleback Progressist Will Carry a Thousand Tons Extra Ballast, Reinsurance on missing vessels took a sudden turn yesterday. The Evandale, from San Francisco for Yokohama, was eight days overdue and 40 per cent was offered by the underwriters. The Strath- nevis, from Tacoma for Yokohama, was nearly 8 morth behind time and 90 per cent was paid on her. In the case of the Gorsedd, 49 days out from Singapore for Tacoma, 80 per cent was paid, ana in sev- eral other cases not even the most san- guine gambler would take a chance. All thisis changed, however. The Gor- sedd arrived at Tacoma yesterday and the Strathnevis is reported with her ma- chinery disabled, but in no particular danger. On November 16 the British bark John Gamble sighted the disabled steamer. The captain of the steamer reported all well on board and asked that assistance be sent. The gamblers who took risks on these two vessels are now jubilant, as they will make $80 and $90 on every $100 without having put up a cent. As soon as the news about the Gorsedd and Strathnevis spread there was a rush to get some of the reinsurance on the Evan- dale. The underwriters had reconsidered the matter, however, and the gamblers were left out in the cold. The Evandale is now ten days overdue, and the only way the agents can account for her delay is by saying that she is a very slow ship. The only San Francisco members of the crew are Dr. R. Bowie, late of the steamer Bel- zic; A. Slocum. treight clerk, and M. ence, steerage steward. All the remain- der of the crew signed in Hongkong. T. A. McDonald of Hoquiam is build- ing a pilot-boat for the Columbia River bar. It isto bea first-class vessel in every | respect, and the builder says she will be better than any of the San Francisco boats. Some time ago the Columbia-bar pilots tried to buy the yacht Jessie from Com- modore Macdonotgh. The boat cost $25,- 000 and Mr. Macdonough offered to sell her for $10,000. The pilots thought the figure too high and refused the offer. They are now building a boat to suit themselves at Hoquiam. P. B. Cornwall, the well-known coal- dealer, was almost out of black diamonds yeste: , but the arrival of the Gatherer with a full cargo last evening will now tide him over. In order to supply some of his ‘special customers he purchased 500, tons of the ship Inverary’s cargo from Balfour, Guthrie & Co. This lot will be unloaded to-morrow and by the time that lot is gone the Gatherer’s cargo will be in the yard. The Columbia, another of his ships, is now on the way and several others are to follow. her, so that there will not be another shortage in his yards for some time to come. The repairs on the British whaleback will be completed this week. The captain has come to the conclusion that the 1000 tons of water ballast which she carries is not sufficient. He has accordingly ordered 1000 tons of rock, which will be put in her hold to-morrow. Just where it will be placed is not known, as the captain and the Dunsmuirs are still squabbling over the location. The latter want the rocks placed where they will least interfere with her carrying capacity and the captain wants them placed where they will do the most good. The Dunsmuirs have a char- ter on the vessel for a year with the option of buying her at the end of that time if they like her. There are now eight whale- backs similar to the Progressist plying be- tween England, India, China and the South Seas, and all are successes. The river steamer T. C. Walker is to be 1aid up for three months. The California Navigation and Improvement Company are going to give her a thorough overhaul- ing, and in the meantime the Mary Gar- ratt will take her place. The Panama Railway Company’s steamer Washtenaw arrived from Panama yesterday with over 2000 tons of freight. She brought no passengers and very little news of importance. The yacht Eleanor sailed for New York via the Straits of Magellan yesterday. As she passed out the tugboats saluted her, and the captain replied. Passing Alcatraz the stars and stripes were dipped and a salute fired from the vessel's guns. Mr. Slater, the owner of the yacht, left for New York several days ago. The steamer Columbia arrived from Oregon_yesterday with a full passenger list. All the transfer men were down, but they found very little to do, as one of the Pacific Company’s men went to Portland overland and came down on_the steamer. Before the steamer reached the Golden Gate he had secured almost every piece of baggage there was on board. TO TEACH VINE MEN. College of Viticulture to Be Established in the City to Supplant the Old Commission. The College of Practical Viticulture, which will be the successor of the Viticul- tural Commission, when that body dis- | solves January 1, has filed articles of in. corporation. As set forth in the documents filed, the | objects of the corporation are “‘to estab- i ctie ish a college for the instruction of pra i:lh and !theoreticfll viticulture amii_ vinology and the allied hy-nanes‘ol xgrd culture; to impart such instruction 811:1 advice fo viticulturists who apply for U ; same as may be within its power, an enerally to aid, foster and proxflote these industries throughout the State. The college will be established in Slfl‘ Francisco, but will maintain experimental iarms in various parts of the State. _Therz is no capital stock and the subscriptions ©! its members will be its support. L The directors are A‘Ead anszth{v‘l de Turk, John Swett, H. W. Crabb, Wil liam Palmtag, C. J. Wetmore, Charles A« ‘Wetmore, John H. W heeler, George West, John T. Doyle, B. C. Bichowsky, B. W- and Winfield Scott. & e The new organization will establish it= self in quarters in some centrally located building and 'carry on the same work which now is in charge of the comm)ssmnl except that the element of politics will have been eliminated. It will acquire statistics, investigate vine pests and diseases, and wines and brandies and their methods of manufacture, and disseminate among the viticulturists the knowledge i% has gained. Its reason for incorporating as an institution of learning is to secure greater scope and freedom in the exercise of its corporate powers. The principal part of its purpose is therefore contained |in a subsequent dps;agrapn which an- nounces that in addition to maintaining a bureau of information and education it in- tends *‘generally todo and perform all acts and things necessary or conducive to the advancement of the interests of said col« lege and the general interest of the indus. tries which it is founded to promote.” i ROBBED A SAFE. Burglars in the Imitation-Jewelry Store of M. H. Richardson. . The store of M. H. Richardson, dealer in imitation jewelry, on Market street, wag entered by burglars on Friday night, and about $200 worth of stock was stolen. Entrance was effected by a glass door in the basement in the rear.” The door was | secured by a heavy iron rod about the center and the glass broken at the exact point of the rod. A bolt on the upper part of the door was broken by forcing the door beneath with a “jimmy.” The burgiars made direct for the safe where the jewelry was kept. The knob was forced off with a stencil wrench and a hole drilled through the lock, when the burglars helped themselves to the contents, which included two gold watches, a zenuine diamond ring and a number of imitation rings. They overlooked a pocket-book containing '$300 worth of genuine dia< monds. e Office draughts don’t bother wearer of Jaros Hyglenic Underwear. He is protected from climatic changes. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st. S Oratorio Society Concert. The first concert of the San Francisco Oras orio Society will take place next Tuesday evene | ing in Metropolitan Temple. James Hamilton Howe will be the director, and Mendelssohn’s | ““Elijah” will be performed with a large chorug and a full orchestra. Opening of the Annex all sorts of a joyful pandemonium. NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. ) Open Evenings Until Christmas to the Big Store. The spacious room, “late the Palm Restaurant,” turned into A fairy land of juvenile , delights. All San Francisco comes to-morrow, and is welcome. / ’Q ) BIR 2\§0) £ 1 3 &), I will bring to Hale’s Toys and pretty things enough to supply every Christmas want—bring direct from my North Pole factory, expenses of myself and my eight-Reindeer team. SN Silks. A continuation of our Great Special Silk Sale. Every item a special one. BLACK SURAH, heavy grade, guaranteed all ‘silic and pure dye, value 75¢c, 24 inches wide. SPECIAL PRICE—55c yard BLACK PEAU DE SOIE, guaranteed all pure silk and fast dye, worch 1 25,22 inches wide. SPECIAL PRICE—75¢c yard BLACK SATIN DUCHESS, extra heavy grade, worth $1 50. SPECIAL PRICE—85c yard SURAH SILK, extra heavy Black Surab, a good $1 50 grade. SPECIAL PRICE—$1.00 yard BLACK SATIN DUCHESS, best dye, guaran- teed all pure silk, 30 inches wide. SPECIAL PRICE-$1.25 VISIT OUR NEW STORE. Gloves. A suitable Christmas gifi. A lady can appreciate nothing any more than a good pair-of Gloves. The outlay is moderate and the gift is appropriate and useful. LADIES' KID, 4 buttons, colors cream, white, tan, x:.)y\'own, English red, black, excellent b Price, $1.50 palr OPERA LENGTH KID, large assortment in opera colors. Prices, $2.00 to $3.50 pair LADIES' KID, 4 buttons (large pearl), ail POD- ular shades, line just received for Xmas eade, best Glove for the money in the city. Price, $1.00 pair GENTS' WALKING— Street colors. ..50c pair Opera shades 1 90 pair Assortments complete, HALE BROS., Incorporated . Handkerchiefs. Like Turkeys, are Xmas requisites. No Christmas is complete without giving some one a Kerchie Time to Buy—NOW. Place to Buy—HALE’S, FANCY BOX HANDKERCHIEFS, large as- sortment, plain and initial, 74 dozen o box. Prices, $1.00 to $1.75 box FANCY BOX HANDKERCHIEFS, complete ‘assortment, 14 dozen in a box. Prices, 15¢c to 26c box LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, whiteor white with colored border, scalloped and embrol- dered edges. From 5c to $4.00 each Silk embroidered. .9c to 50c each Real Lace.... 50 to $20 each VISIT OUR NEW STORE. Fans. A beautiful Opera Fan, for your mother-in-law. Colored Feather for Opera, 25¢ to $3.50 each Hand-painted Satin; white, colored and black, 75¢ to $5.00 each Fancy Gauze, tace trimmed, $1.50 to $5.00 each Hand-painted Gauze, very besutiful, $5.00 to $10.00 each Ostrich Feather, white or natural, $4.50 to $25.00 each FANCY DECORATED FANS, large assort- ment of assorted colors. Price, 25c each See our show windows for Art Goods, Head Rests, Pillows, Art Silks and Plushes, Stamped Linens, Doylies, etc. ; Xmas Hints. Some things that must be men- tioned but can’t be classified. Every one a money-bringer. NOVEL! Arli dition, cloth bound, l\ohll%ks'lud l’um:gle:l vn‘:}‘ety of standard o Price, 12¢c each CHRISTMAS-TREE ORNAMENTS, Candle- holders; also Candles. 12¢ box PICTURE - FRAMES, white metal, glass fronts, pretty designs on handsome grounds. 25c and 60c each WILLOW WARE, such as Handkerchief, Glove, Necktie and Catch-All Boxes, suit- able for the bureau. They are displayed in window. TOILET CASES, in plush and celluloid, latest novelties of the season. See our window for varlous prices. BISQUE FIGURE:! a full line at rices.”” Vases, Rose Bowls, etc.; ainty. ATOMIZERS—She wants an Atomizer 1f she hasn't any, and if she has she wants a bet- terone. A Perfume Atomizer at most any price from 25c¢ to $5.00 WAGONS, DOLL CABS, ETC.—A full line o rolling stock in our Big New Store next loor. /Extra help in all departments. Extra wagons and extra deliveries. Specigl; Every Evening. SHeiesie “Hale very ST. N Ladies’ Furnishings. Aprons, Shawls, Pocket-Books and Shopping-Bags. Some you need right now for Xmas shopping and others you need on the 25th for a “friend indeed.” LADIES' APRONS, Swiss, tucked and ribbon trimmed, lace edge on bottom. 50c and 75¢c each LADIES' APRONS, better quality, some very elaborately lace-trimmed. $1.00 to $2.50 each LADIES’ SHAWLS, fancy knit, solid colors, ‘those soft, warm, comfortable kind, for win- ferevenilé® 41,25 to $2.00 each LADIES' SHAWLS, fancy worsted, crochet eftects, deep fringe on border, -all solid o $1.50 each POCKET - BOOKS, combination in fancy leathers, metal yet eévery one durable. LADIES' pocket-books trimmed, dainty, Special ones 50c, $1.00 and $1.50 each LADIES' SHOPPING - BAGS, fancy seal “draw-string” bags, the most sensible thing for shopping In the market, holds almost as much as a clothes-basket. Special ones $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 each Dolls. FULL-JOINTED, bisque head, 18 inches long, 50c each And thousands more at the same ratio. and the children shall pay only manufacturing cost, besides the trifle traveling ICHOLAS. Domestics. One of those beautiful Eider Coma forters or a pair of Curtains. Some Table Linen. Why, this department boils over with Xmas hints. BLEACHED DAMASK TOWELS, deep knot- ted Tringe, colored broche borders, af exira good Towel. Wi 75c each BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, all linen, German manufacture. $1 00 yard 1 25 yard 1 50 yard 27-inch Napkins to match, $4 50 dozen. MARSEILLES QUILTS, full size, new de- signs, heavy quality, hemstitched both ends. $5.00 each WHITE BLANKETS, all wool, fine quallty, extra large quality, H e qi y, soft and warm as 5 s, 72x84 inches. 8 Ibs, 78x86 inches. pair 10 s, 78x88 inches. 10 00 pair Extraheavy, 78x88 inches...12 00 pair IRISH POINT CURTAINS, large variety of patterns. $5.00 to $16.50 palr 81450 inches, Calendars. Calendars, Booklets and Christmas Cards in endless varieties. Very dainty Xmas remembrances for dis= tant friends just to let them know they’re not forgotten. SPJ%EI'AL CALENDA R—See them in our win- 5 SPECIAL-50c each . 937 to 945 Market Street, San Francisco. : Paxton, E. F. Preston, J. de Barth sho:b.’