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53 HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1896 BEV, £, D, BOVARD COMPARES THE FAITHS, | in all lands. Under this latter proposition we feel bound to say that he has -done amazingly well. We would not like to manage his crowd. Butasa supreme ruler of this part of the uni- verse we feel equelly bound fo say—though with deep regret—that his success has not been quite so marked. X The Bible is either the inspired word of ‘God or the plain record of the early-and Jewish church, i The church has either made mistakes or it haszot. .1 it has, the burning and torturing tics was a villainous crime; if not, it right, and the same church would do it gain ifit had the power. £ The -best wey to Teason down a senseless an- tipathy 3s to use plain open truth in a plain open way. American people are long- suffering, but they can’t be gulled long at one time. If the Roman Catholic chureh desires to free itselt from the suspicion tyat its Jesuits are a | dexterous, perfidious band of holy foxes, glist- { ening with subtlety, bound together by ot} black with treason, cursing and anathematiz ing all wiio dare to think the thoughts of God for themselves, let her come out of her hiding and say 1n a fair open way that other good people are as good as she is. { " Then there is the position of the attitude of | the priesthood toward the law. g Another fundamental reason for suspicion i ‘atholic church attitude of the Are If a priest were asked by & court of ju ncerning a matter | of importance to ‘the state about which he | knew all the particulars through the confes: | sional box, would he answer the questions? If itbe said thay e is under a pricstly oath, then plain people must infer that his oath, whatever else it might b above the law. Other ministers make nosuch eisim, nor would they dare to do soat th ilof their stand- i i among th associate 1f a person shoula_confess to & priest that he had bu a house and killed the in- mates, is priest under obligation to inform the offic o Jaw and haye the person ar- ouble crime? If he pleads that will not allow him to expose how, then, ean the Catholic ble trom concluding that the her inform on the man st him in a court of justice, is his oath, both above the law “Why Roman Catholicism Is Under Suspicion in America.” RELATIONS TO THE LAW, He Claims That the Church Is Considered - Superior to the State. OBJECTS - TO - SECRET WAYS. The Protestant Representative States | That He Desires to Be Per- fectly Fair. ion to THE 1. Bovard : The following corsmunica CarLis by the pen of Rev. F. To ¢, In att » Ca udice aga , on the side of the crimi- 1y rensohable to suppose that the absolves the confessing man consequences of the act but 550 in contempt of society’s law. ot three things which place the ion: (1) He refuses to in- 2) He refuses to testify. L from the moral penalties fthe Americ: ose there must be some way to clearup tiflicul ole matter, but the d *tsee why ali me is thatthe alike be- patented, regi " enturies of tin swount 10 nothing when justice cries out u! | der the heel of wrong. otat this time question the validity of s pardoning act—which to Prote: absurd_enough-I simply call at- he fact that the priest assumes to t code of morals, and brings curse of self-respecting society ed into his ways of doing thi ne more aspect of the case: If a ew through the confessional box th. whout to suffer capital punishment was innocent, would his oath permit him to n order to It it would, then w ne as well us in favor « h will not perm sion, then our Catlolic mplain 1f society brands r. Until it be said that he occupies the same legal | ground that is claimed by a prisoner who in- ormally p “not guilty” and is’ excused rom testifying in his own case, the answer is wotold: First, the priest is not a. prisoner; d second, other men are compelled by courts 10 tell what they have confidentially heard about crin The laws of this country do not recognize the seeret code of the coniessional for the simple and suflicrent resson that no- body knows what itis. We suspect. that it va- ries with th ral ideas of the priest. These things are mentioned not in reproach, but to point Gut clearly the reason Catholicism | is under suspicionin America. F. D. BovarD. —_— RESOLUTIONS AT MODESTO. Impartial Course of "The Call” Warmly Indorsed. A letter has been received from W. H: Monroe, secretary of Modesto A. P. A. Council, transmitting a copy of resolu- tions passed by that organization. The | The Is “You do resolutions condemn ather Peter C. Yorke for the position he as taken in the controver: now in progress, and com- mend the writings of those who represent the Protestant side of the discussion. The | discussion itself is approved on the grouna Siments are | that it will cause the peoble to think of { ms. Rulers | these subjects. The resolutions say that | nd know as | the members of Modesto Council, beliey- | pe.. Pr ing in honest means and fair play, appre- jciate the just and impartial treatment accorded to both sides of the controvers [HE Sax F sco CALL, *'a newspaper hy of the liberal support onwealth of California.” Flieots | in every way wo fl as they are to | of the great comm: r. The idea-of | 1 the ruler and e RECRGAMIZING THE FORCE so dpr as ir - e the there ca withont njorals, no mor es plain” | thinking people aries of Policemen Are Agitated Over| pupal_supreury jow o[yul : preme.. “Ex i tiener | the Weeding Out of Lazy wuled power. on jystice and | carriedon in r Patrolmen, claim, of the Pensions Are Also Causing Discussion. but real earth, with rise to suspi at.church: | There is an ason why public | o on is a RYS 8 whie: f . s N Roma is se enl l-"n- t re.: It ds ¢ The question of which: policemen shall of secrecy abo methods. be relegated to the pension list at the next | SSemE<in be 8 .50 pery between them | sosgion of the Pension Commission Mon- and the gr world. If they day next is being eagerly discussed by | patrolmen. It has also afforded a topic | for conversation among those members of | the department who know they have no | reason to fear retirement under this head. | The main cause for uneasiness through | do 1ot plotan in creating co 1o thix ambuscading Jogic will. nox fences;.the sec cative methods DProoi to the pub anfortunate Thne: high n-communi- d are. t6:gi those ..1v; in hali seclusio, : 5 | out the older members of the force is the 1i the terrible -oaths’ charged sgafust the | new activity of -sergeants in watching.| priests, Bishops Jesuits are mnot true, it no aflidavits to déclare 5 them false. af the. ¢hurch should | ant feeling confined to the men have been-so sell known asto stamp them | o),oible for retirement as pensioners, for it with izifemy. But untortunately thousands of | & 3 well-disposed peoplé will. believe them true in | 1S now fully understood by patrolmen that substance, it not 11 exact form, in spite of the | the sergeants are not confining espionage L to that class alone, but to every man on | | duty. “The reason given for such unpre- cedented watchfulness is that a careful es- | timate of the patroimen is being made by show: that | the sergeants with a view to ascertaining jos take Do umtheuiall; of sctond, | who are the indifferent or lazy officers— S etong of CRElitiaRily forbld | part of the new programme to reorganize ret have I spokeén nothing, the police force of San Francisco and to founder. Secrel societies are place it on a most eflicient footing. own memberships in % It has been given out that the lazy of- SR e BRI oL 1o ol fnrineren: | ficers, the patrolmen who' did not appear eral interest crosses the: ersal instinets o il valv : mankind based on fair fiay.and arouses public | 0 participate actively in S kot feeling insiantly. The Catholic church,’other | Tules of the department, and also those | things being equal, canmever sppeal to men- | who through indifference, or for other mo- | kind with the full scope of truth uniil it'aban- | tives, permitted laws to be broken on their dons secrecy. respéctive beats, or still others who failed 1t cannot < errorwith | to patrol beats conscientionsly and with petty intrigne E ruth. ‘and | an alert eye for thieves, burglars, etc., are truth, deftly d Jruth, and | G oy tromn the'roll with ‘smooth words {r¥ingto misleaa public | t © be dropped from the roll. sentiment, and in someé deep underhanded | So with this prospect the patrolmen feel way trying 1o plot sgiinst the life of the Na- | that thev are now undergoinz a ctucial tion. Insfead of the life of the church ¢ontra- | test and wondering who may come out of dicting this suspicion of treason, it is unfortu- | the trial victorious, They know well that nate that the life of -the church is ehosen as | ¢he ohiact,is to out off & large number of the ground of the opposition. The opponents | the Dbject is to_cut Tho havE. heeh of the Roman Catholic Church challenge that | the | easy-gding “fellows who have clrurch to the ber of history and msintain | drawing money from the treasury without that the whole streugth of the argument [giving ample returns. Yet they have com- against Catholicism in Ameérica lies in its [plaints to make, charging that the ser- record in other countries. < eants are perhaps over-exacting. (L ICTE e nergnate forionr Catholly B Another case s that. of two atrolmen D T e e an on Barbary Coast. Their beats converge at 3 certain paint, and a few days sgo they were comparing notes when the new sergeant suddenly appeared ‘in front of them. He reported them for ‘violating exoteric prineiples of the church have been unable to make themselves understood. The resort to logical and rhetorical illusions, the drowning of il sense in a hubbub of unmean- Ing words, the attemp to lead people (hrough The Pope-iseither iniallible or & common,.| O their beats. There are .so:. mahy good old mistaken man. That is all there is 16| thieves, pickpockets and bad people gen-- that. Everybody knows that he is not the |erally on the Barbary Coast that it has: always been the custom for the piolicemen. to compare notes as to who had been seen: Ty on their beats. =3 T o ot Got ot encth 57 | There are other-cases of similar nature, he is the head of the vest fabric of Catholicism, | and the effect lias been to strike _terror to- doing the best he can 10 keep its banner afioat | the hearts of tlie men and compel them li over the city. Nor is the un- should have re i calumny. There are only two - ways. b rible onths i said ‘it | d toisheir | y. and any at- | cape the suspicion of dealing in supreme court, and nothing like it, unless it cau be shown that he has as much brains as the whole of. thiem. Such high-vaulting soph- to make it their first duty to watch for the sergeant’s appearance. In one case recently a new sergeant jumped on a car and rode to a certain point, returning on foot, and when he met the officer he accused him of being off his beat, as he bad not seen lmm while walk- iug in the other direction. The officer strenuously denied being off his beat and the sergeant threatened to report bim. The sergeant did not tell him that he had been on a car and not on foot. o “I don’t know what things are coming to.” said an old patrolman yesterday. ““Time was when men had sometking else to do than dodge the sergeant or keep a constant lookout for him, and they had a chance to watch suspicious characters at night. I remember, and it is not so long ago either, that if I knew a thief wasina certain place not far from my beat and 1 went after him and arrested him the ser- geant would compliment me for it. Now a man dare not leave his beat, no matter what may be going on in its vicinity, otherwise he would be hauled up before the commissioners. NEW YEAR'S COURSING. Dashaway Won the Unfinished O1d Dog Stake at Ocean View Yesterday. 0ld Dashaway came to the front again yesterday by winning the old-dog stake carried over from Sunday last #t Casserly and Kerrigan’s Ocean View Coursing Park. In spite of his years and almost constant training in which he is kept, the big brindle hound seems to have lost none of | his speed, and Flashlignt and White Cloud were easy marks for him in the final and semi-final runs. attractions, the crowd was large and those Considering the counter EISTEDDFOD LEVYDIRKRUS, A Musical Festival Reviving Memories of a Romantic Land. OAKLAND WINS A PRIZE S. Jones Declared the Granvillefab. Success of the Tuneful Exercises. The musicians and the orators, the sweet | singersand the literat1 of the Welsh colony : of California assembled in great force yes- terday in Union-square Hall to celebrate their Eisteddiod. In all the annals of California there had only been one eisteddfod held here before. | The festival held yesterday wasan echo, and a very successful echo, too, of the | great eisteddfods in Wales, where, accord- ing to the old doggerel— There are thirty thousand Jennie Joneses And fifty thousand Owen Owenses, All singing in their native tongues, All over the green. There were not the great multitudes yes- terday that meet in theold country, but credings. Congressman R. S. Thomas was the president and his opening address, on the festival, was applauded to the echo. Dr. Jones was the leader of the evening. The vocal solo competition for adults stirred up great enthusiasm. There were seven singers who tricd for the prize, the adjudicators being the same as in the ater- noon. Several of the vocalists distin- uishea themselves, and Miss Florence aymond being declared the best, partly on account of her good phrasing, the prize was awarded to her. The song she sang was ‘‘Asthore.” In the competition for reciting, open to boys and girls under 15 years of age, prizes were awarded to Annie Edwards, Annie Jones and Pheebe Jones. John Williams and William Williams were given the prizes for duet singing, as their intonation and expression were pro- nounced better than those of the four other competitors. Professor Lloyd, the adjudicator of a composition 1n the Welsh language on “‘Paul at Athens,” spoke in the highest terms of the work sent in, and he vpro- nounced the successful work a very mas- terly essay, When the pen-name of this writer was read aloud 1t was with great satisfaction that the audience and the judge found him to be:the genial secretary of the Eisteddfod, H.J. Lloyd. All the literary competitions were conducted in this anonymous way, and sometimes there was overwhelming applause when the owners of the pen-names were discovered to be popular members of the community. In response to a call for addresses by the bards D. Griffe read a poem in Welsh, wishing the Eisteddfod luck. John James also read several stanzas which were much relished, but no bard was found bold enough to come forth and improvise, as the poets do at the Eisteddfods in Wales. Professor Stevens of Salt Lake, being called upon_for an extempore address, spoke of *Music” and how much the Eisteddfods foster that art. He also an- nounced that he intended shortly to bring to San Francisco some of the Welsh sing- ers who had periormed at the World’s Fair. The great competition of the day was the choral one. It had been observed all through the exercises that the great Jones tribe of Oakland seemed to be bearing off mostof the spoils, and _every one reaiized that the ereat tug-of-war would come uen the Oakland and San Francisco adult SCENE AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA EISTEDDFOD. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] who attended saw the “jacks” run as they never ran before. Eight out of twenty-four rabbits escaped, after showing the dogs all the way about the field, and the sport was high class throughout. The unlinished stu ke was first taken up and the conclud- ing ties resulted as follows: Second ties—Flashlight beat Maud G, Dash- away beat Monitor, White Cloud beaf Jenny Lind, White Rustic beat Buteher Boy. Thira ties—Dashaway best Flashlight, White Cloud beat White Rustic. Final—Dashaway beat White Cloud. A disappointed speculator who had backed Flashlight against Dashaway thought that the former had lost through a fiuke and induced the owner of Dash- away to allow amatch race between the two to be run. Dashaway won again, Flashlight not scoring a point. The additional . sixteén-dog stake re- sulted in a win for Dublin Stout, s dog that was purchased by his present owner, D. Tweedie, no. a great while ago for $5. This is his third winning, his prizes aggre. gating about $100 within the past two months. The run-down resulted as follows: W. L. Trode’s Lucky Dog beat Falcon ken- I's Red Rose, T. Gibson's Corte Madera beat Jim Douglas, G. O'Brien’s Little Bob er’'s Freestone. D. O'Brien’s Pride of the Park beat C. Anderson’s Little Blue, C. An- derson’s Nigger beat P. Olmo’s Blackthorn Bay Farm kennel's Regent beat M. O'Hare' Midget, T. Donnelly’s Defender beat W. Reid’s ile B, D. Tweedie’s Dublin Stout beat Falcon | kennel’s White Rose. First ties—Lucky Dog beat Corte Madera, Little Bob beat Pride of the Park, Regent beat Nigger, Dublin Stout beat Defender. Second ties—Little Bob beat Lucky Dog, Dub- lin Siout beat Regent. Final—Dublin Stout beat Little Bob. Judge, Ed Canavan; slipper, John Cranston. On Sunday next a twenty-four-dog stake will be run.” The drawing will take place this evening at 915 Market street. Over 100 people saw Ruby, the West Side kennel's flyer, win the final in the big stake at Newark Park vesterday, after a hard run with Sam f. Coxe's game hound. Tte hares had become acclimated | and more accustomed to the grounds, and in consequence gave the dogs more work than on the opening day and better cours- ing was the result. The unfinished stake was first taken up at the second ties and resulted as follows: Second ties—West Side beat Stamboul Queen, Roll: Along beat Santa Bella, Rosa B beat Lissak, Sam beat Tom Hayes, Ruby & bye. Third ties—West Side beat Rol{;\lr;ng, Sam beat Rosa B, Ruby beat Three Cheers. Fourth ties—West Side, guarded, withdrawn and Ruby ran a bye with Skyrocket: Sam & bye. Final—Ruby beat Sam. Prizes: Ruby, $7 m, $45; West Side, £30; Roll Along, Three C Ts ana Rosa B, $20 each, Judge, John Grace; slipper, James Grace. An eighteen-dog consolation stake at $2 50 entrance was then run, Wee Lassie winning from a Skyrocket-Lady H. Glen- dyne pupoy entered by the West Side ken- nels. The running of this dog was a sur- prise {0 the leashmen present, as it was his first appearance in a coursing field and the quality shown was remarkable. Santa Bella captured third money. The slipping of James Grace was one of the features of a good day’s sport, not one n;_isuke being made in’ the numerous slips. n the last Sunday in this month an open stake at §2 50 entrance will be run, finishing on the first Sunday in February. -— A Murderous Chinese. Tang Ah Chang and Leong Yup Pi lived to- gether for some time in a room on Sacramento street, between Dupont and Stockton. They separated'and had not seen each other for soie weeks. ‘Last night Leong went to Tang's room and demanded money from him. Tan refused and Leong drew a pocket-knife ang sisshed him on theleg. Tang fell and Leong slashed him again on the neck and then ran fway. Tang was taken to the Receiving Hospi- tal and-had his wounds, which are not danger- ous, dressed. —— el e German railways from Bagamoyo to lakes Victoria and Tanganyika are being planned.: | the smaller multitude was fully as enthu- | astic in proportion to its size, and the | artistic spirit that has made the Welsh | eisteddicds such a stimulus (o literary and | musical endeavor was well to the front, | too. | The president of the afternoon session | was Professor Price. He cheerfully an- | nounced in his opening remarks the presi- dent of an eisteddfod is nothing but a | 1 figurehead, as the performers are there to perform, and not to find the president for- | This being the case, he merely made the | announcement that the eisteddfod is “a | very ancient institution. I believe tradi- | tion shows the first was held in the Gar. den of Eden. The eisteddfod bas proved a great blessing to Wales. When ihe | Saxons and the Danes had driven our | people into the fastnesses of the moun- | tains, they used to assemble for the eis- teddfods, just as you have assembled here, | with this difference, that they always had | twenty to thirty harps.” | After the address the assembly settled | down to business, under theconductarship | of HuJones. In the singing competitions | J. C. Hughes and W. H. Holt were the | judges, and they had hard work in decid- | ing between all the talent that came up to | them for adjudication. | In the solo singing competition for chil- | dren under 15 years of age two little girls | were singled out for first and second prizes; | one sang perfectly true, though she usea | her nose as a means of production more | than a_singer should, so said the judges. The otber little girl sang sweetly, though | rather spasmodically, but her voice was true, too. After wrestling with the deci- sion the judges gave the first prize to little Sadie Mendelssohn and the second to Maggie Jones, Two children’s choruses competed, one from the City and one from Oakland. Both were pronounced to be good and | buth had fervidly admiring followings in the audience. ~Oakland captured the prize because, to quote the judges, “‘the thythm was better marked and the parts | weze better balanced.”” This decision | aroused delighted applause from the Oak- land contingent, 1n the midst of which Hu Jones pinned a beautiful green and vellow badge on to Miss Annie Jones, the conduc- tor of the successful chorus. _The honor of being declared the gran- villefab was captured by S. Jones. This was equivalent to being ‘declared the poet laureate of the festival and was consid- ered one of the greatest distinctions in the | power of the eisteddiod to bestow. Mr. Jones won his honors by making the best translation of a Welsh hymn. _U. R. Grif- fith was the adjudicator. Rev. R. V. Griffith gudlged an essay on the inspira- tion of the Bible. the first prize for which was won by H. H. Jones of Oakland, the second being divided by R. Davisand T. Edwards, as their mark was of equal merit. In the reciting composition for children under 10 years of age, adjudicated by Pro- fessor Lloyd, Lizzie Hughes and Gladys Jones won'the first and second prizes re- spectively. Mrs. Anna Williams of Qak- land won the first prize for needlework, judged by Miss R. V. Griffith and Mrs. O. ones. The same ladies awarded the prize for the best-dressed Welsh doll to Mrs. Cap- tain Price, and the prize for the best knitted stocking to Mrs. W. 8. Jones of Oakland. For the best-drawn map of Wales Princi- cipal Rowlands mvarduf the prizesto Ollie Jones and Mabel Williams. Rev. W. D. Williams awarded the prizes for an essay on ““What Has Christianity Done for Women?" to Miss L. Jones and Miss Edwards and the prizes for the best essay on ‘“‘Dariel” were awarded by Rev. Moses Williams to Jennie Russell and Joseph Williams. .The evening competitions were very ex- citing in character as most of the singers and other competitors were adults, and every one in the crowded hall seemed to take a personal interest in the whole pro- | getting himself by delivering addresses. | d choruses competed. Each city had raise an excellent choral society especially for Eisteddfad. The Oaklanders had pre- pared “The Last Rose” in Welsh and the San Francisco singers had mastered the same chorus in English, and there was in- tense interest tosee which choir would win the prize of $30. While the singers were consulting as to which should enter the arena first the an- nouncement was made that Robert Hughes and Robert Davis had been awarded the Yrizes for an essay on “The Beautiful and Jseful in Nature.” After mature deliberation the San Fran- cisco contingent sang first. Oakland fol- Jowed and the judges announced that though the reach of both was good, the San Francisco altog were not,always quite true, and the expression of Oakland was the best; therefore the prize went across the bay. For a few moments after the announcement it seemed as if the building would be knocked down by the applause, it was so tumultuous. The rest of the proceedings consisted of votes of thanks to the president, the judges, singers and the ladies who had prepared the tea. The prizes ranged from 50 cents to $30, according to the artistic value of the com- petition. ' In a number of cases the judges refused to award any prizes, when the work was not up to the standard, On this account there were no awards for quar- tet singing, letter -twriting, etc. ql'his severity only added to the interest of the proceedings. The Eisteddfod was an- nounced a thoroughly artistic as well as a financial success. A NOTED TRAVELER. Dr. Maxime Schumann, the Belgian Naturalist, Here on His Way to Southern Asia. Dr. Maxime Schumann, the noted Bel- gian naturalist and traveler, is in the City, baving just returned from a trip through Mexico and Arizona. His journeyings have extended through Central Africa, South and North America, also Central Europe. While in Arizona a few months ago he was reported killed by the Apaches and the news was telegraphed to the Bel- gian Government, in whose employ he was at the time. On the Sth of this month Dr. Schumann will start for an extended trip through Southern Asia, possibly in the interest of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, with directions to examine closely among other tiings the mineral weaith of those countries. *'T was in Venezuela for several months,” said he, “and had an opportunity to note the naturai limitless wealth of that region. I know something of the grasping, avari- cious disposition of the English, and I have had many needless diffi- culties thrown in my path by British explorers and officials. Conse- ?uently I do not like them as a whole, but haye my doubts about the correctness of the position taken by the United States upon the Venezuela question. The Mon- roe doctrine is correct as a principle, but its application in_this case is, in my opin- ion, not clear. I cannot now go into de- tails, bat from what I know I feel that the President’s Arbitration Commission will find much difficulty in demnnstrating that the British are not interlopers in that region.” —————— Young Men’s Institute Rally. The members of all the local councils of the Young Men's Institute will hold & mass-meet- ing and rally at Metropolitan Temple next Monday evening. Prominent members of the order will address the meeting and an interest- ing %rogrnmme has been prepared. - Ji Lynch, grand president, will preside and de- liver an address 1o the members and friends. Cards of admission have been provided and may be obtained by the publicat the Y. M. I, headquarters, corner of Tenth snd Market streets, or from members. = A BLOCKADE OF FREIGHT, The Pacific Handle Central American Business. SOME PECULIAR CHARGES MADE. Shippers Who Have Opposed the Rail. road Complain of Unfair Treatment. According to a statement of R. P, Schwerin, general manager of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, recently pub- lished in these columns, his company was in position to handle promptly all thg busi- ness that might be offered for the points to and between which the steamers of the company ply, despite the recent with- drawal of the Panama Railroad Company from the Southern Pacific Panama route. Only one of the steamers of the latter company has been withdrawn up to date, vet judaging from the complaints of some of the most prominent shippers to Central American points the facilities of the Pa- cific Mail are inadequate, and have been so for several months past, owing to the re- vival of trade with that portion of the con- tinent. Not a Pacific Mail steamer that has left for Panama for months but has had to re- fuse freight, and this state of affairs has been used, so it is positively asserted, to unfairly discriminate against those who were most actively engaged in encourag- ing the establishment of the rival lines. One of the methods was to refuse on one ground or another a permit toship to such firms as had openly opposed the Pacific Mail in the past. The experience reluted by the member of one firm will suffice to indicate the fieneral plan adopted of get- ting even with merchants who showed too great a disposition to improve their con- dition. This was his story Before goods can be shipped aboard any of the Pacific Meil steamers application for space must be made to Mr. Spencer. We have made application for space long before other houses and have been refused. These other houses | came after us as much as & day or two and got all the space they wanted. This has occurred repeatedly. We can only draw our conclusions. are trying to vent their spite upon us. have always been opposed to the Southern Pa- cific and aided largely in bringing about the competition by the isthmus forced rates down,and the Pacific Mail and the Southern Pacific are, of course, one thing. We have frequentiy had to secure permits through other firms. Another thing which shows how they try 10 get “all the traffic will bear” even from their Dest patrons is the way they treat passengers in reference to baggage. A certain amount is al- lowed free, but not a single article is allowed 10 be taken aboard by & passenger without b ing weighed ana charged for if found in exce: of the free limit. An attache of one of their heaviest shippers had occasion recently totake a trip to Central America andstarted o board the steamer wfth a little hand-satchel in his hand. This was taken from him as he was about to ascend the gangplank and he was forced to pay excess baggage rates on it at the They rate of 3 cents a pound, despite the protests of | & member of the firm which employed him. This would be excusable if the company were not simply cofning money on this route. It has been calculated by a gentleman famiiiar with the traffic that the company clears $80,000 on each round trip of each vessel whenever they cerry a full cargo, and for & long time past every steamer that left here has been | loaded to the hatches and freight refused, and the round trip takes but a little over & month. 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