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(14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 1496 *LABOR ADOPTS \ PLATRORM, Pronounced Views on Social Questions Set Forth : BY THE LOCAL UNIONS. | The Convention of Workingmen | Acts on Important Reso- | lutions. VOTES THE ONLY WEAPONS. Plan of Permanent Organization—The New City Charter Is Denounced. The convention of sll labor organiza- | 1abor world as a leader in the social ques- tions involved. P. H. McCarthy (Carpenters’) aroused enthusiasm when he stated that it was idle for delegates to teach the convention matters with which they were thoroughly familiar. This brought out a motion that delegates be allowed to speak but once | and at most for five minutes, which was carried. The resolutions and preamble as follows | were adopted unanimously : WHEREAS, The competitive system of in- dustry based_primarily upon the individual ownership of nature’s unmodified resources, and subsequently uponithe individual owner- ship of the todls of production, has with the march of invention and the evolution of so- ciety toward higher and more complex forms of human relationship become an insuffera- | bie burden and undeniable oppression to_the wage working classes; and whereas, the afore- said competitive system (otherwise known as the capitalistic plan of private exploitation of those deprived of tools and land) has, through its phenomenal accumulation of wealth into the nds of the few, become a stumbling- block in the path of progress, & prolific cor- ruptor of public freedom &nd a menace to individual liberty, using its unjust ad- vantages over the masses of the people 10 coerce and again cajole them into the support of political measures which would be an insult to the conscience of freemen and to which their pressing physical needs alone give sanc- tion; and whereas, the mentally capabls among the wageworking classes, knowing the unjust foundation of the competitive system and the unequal advantages accruing to_those who control and profit by it, are by far too clever not to know that all this iniquitous sys- tem can of its own motion possibly yield to the wageworker is merely that amount of his product necessary to the renewal of his labor | power, withholding from him by the terms of the system his well-earned loisure, luxury and recreation; therefore be it Resolved, That we, the accredited representa- | tives of the trades and labor organizations o San Francisco, in convention assembled, afte due deliberation, do hereby proclaim it'to b our sincere conviction that the present anar- chical system of private individusifiand and tool owning, which places the many at the | ous efforts be made to organize ail trades and | branches of labor and convince them of the | adyisability of acting with the central body. | Thatan industrial bureau be created, which shall appoint and supervise deputies in union | workshops or other places, to the end that | goods produced by union labor shall be pur- chasea in preference to any other. Thatan | official newspaper be published at least semi- monthly and furnished free of costto each member of the unions connected with the labor council. That for the expenses of the council and the offizial newspaper each union shall pay & per capita tax of not to exceed g cents per month. The resolution from the Carpenters’ Union of Oakland brought out a heuted | discussion and a flow of oratory upon the eight-hour question. This resolution pro- tested against abuses of the eight-hour law and was intended for presentation to Con- gress for aid. A delegate from Oakland stated that he had worked in various places in San Fran- cisco and Oakland where men were worked ten hours. The Union Iron Works, where he worked, violated the law in this respect, and in one instance an employe told the delegate that men had to be worked over- time or else manufacturers could not suc- ceed in competition. MclIvor added that the law was violated as a matter of course even by the United States Government, and Congress was aware of that facttoa man. The remedy lay 1n voting those men out of office. J. Ryan remarked that Contractor Day, who built the Columbia River locks, compeiled the men to work overtime so that few men could bear the hard-work. If the long hours did not suit them the workingmen were told to *‘get off the res- ervation.” And that was a Government contract. The resolution was adopted without a dissenting voice. The question of a permanent central labor organization and the embodiment of he various resolutions and the platform were taken under consideration. A great diversity of opinion was manifested by | delegates, and correspondingly different « TYCHADT DENLGATE FROM UNION PROMINENT FACES AT THE LABOR CONVENTION - W UT N SOn— PRES.OF THE CONVBTION / [Reproduced from photographs.] 2J)mwonr TY EE OF RESOLUTIONY %S AT N ‘1= gofng TS wer SaEsoENE YESTERDAY. tions in San Francisco, which held itsl first session Friday night, met yesterday | morning and afternoon at 1159 Mission | street. There was a large attendance o!! delegates, nearly every one of whom en- tered into the spirit of the occasion with ‘ enthusiasm, with the result that a plat- form was adopted as the sentiment of the | labor orgzanizations. The committee on resolutions submitted | its report, the secretary first reading the | cigarmakers’ resolutions denouncing pri- | vate ownership of lands and tools and containing socialistic recommendations. A discussion arose when the convention was asked to pass upon this document. R. T. Mclvor of the Painters’ and Deco- rators' Union held that the report of the committee on resolutions be read, and made a motion to that effect, as N. Blum of the cigarmakers wanted his resolution considered forthwith by the convention. Mclvor's motion was carried. The declaration of principles from the Painters’ Union on equalization of capital | and labor was then read, but no sooner was the reading finished than another di: cussion as to what constituted the com- mittee’s report took place. The conven- tion was not quite clear on this point, some delegates maintaining that each res- olution should be acted on separately | while others thought that a definite report | should be offered. “‘As a member of the committee on reso- lutions,” said J. J. Ryan of the Boiler- makers’ Union, 1 recommend that the | report of the committee be adopted.” “The manner oi proceeding has been already settled by a motion,” Mclvor added. 1l the resolutions presented at Friday night's session were read as follows: From M. McGlynn, for a !aw to be enacted by the next Legislature making it illegal to bring private detectives—the Pinkertons— into Califormia; from Bakers’ Union No. 94, to improve the sanitary condition of bakeshops; from R. T. Mclvor, on the hours of labor and method of production; from the Typographical Union, that labor unions publish papers for free distribu- tion; from the Carpenters’ Union of Oak- land, protesting against the violation of the eight-hour law and to invoke the aid of Congress to enforce the law. When all were read they were taken up singly for discussion. First came the resolutions of the Cigar- makers’ Union. T.F. Burns (Cigarmak- ers’) moved that the resolutions be accepted as the sense of the convention and the pre- amble be adopted as the foundation upon which the proposed labor organization is 10 be built. N. Blum spoke at some length in support of his resolution. He urged the necessity of workingmen taking up poli- | tics in their own bebalf. The working- men, he declared, bad had enough experi- ence voting for the cavitalist, for now they are beginning to see the results of their | political work in that direction. The em- ployer, the capitalist, had at last a gun capable of firing 400 times a minute ona mob from a police wagon. J. J. Ryan (Boilermakers’) said prac- tically the same thing by way of corrobora- | tion. He stated his conviction that work- ingmen snould no longer vote for the cor- ner politician or the capitalist, but should legislate for themselves. As an illustra- tion he said that workingmen who had done this in Montana had raised the minimum rate of wages in Buute City to 3 & day and in Anaconda to $2 50 per day. T. F. Burns (Cigar-makers') said that | the preamble and resolutions should be | eonsidered as a scientific proposition, and hoped that the motion would prevail, for then San Francisco would stand before the | i | works, electric plants and a merey of the few, is the fundamental cause of the industrial distress and economic slavery of the masses of the workers; and that in accord- ance with the foregoing conviction we pro- ceed to organize our federated forces on such lines as are best calculated to supplant com- vetition and its fraudulent fundamentals, by substituting therefor a system of nniversal co- operation founded upon the socialization of the means of production—land, tools and capital: and be it further Resolved, That to this end we not only organ- ize industrially, but in addition thereto use our political rights and privileges in a manner consistent with our economic belief, taking such distinct political action as will’ forever throw off the yoke of our capitalist masters. The following platform, presented by R. T. mclyor, was adopted by a unanimous vote: 1. Reduction of the hours of labor in propor- tion to the progress of production. 2. The United States shall obtain possession of the railroads, canals, teiegraphs, telephones, and all other means of public transportation and_commuication; but no employe shall be | diseharged for political reasons. 3. The muncipaiities to obtain possession of the local railroads, ferries, water works, gas {1 industries requir- ing municipal {ranchises; butno employe shall be discharged for political reasons. 4. The public lands to be declared inalien- able. Revocation of all land grants to corpora- tions or individuals, the conditions of which have not been complied with. . Legal incorporation by the States of local trade unions which have no National organiza- tion. 6. The United States to have the exclusive right to issue money. b 7. Congressional " legislation oviding for the scientific management of forests and waterways, and prohibiting the waste of the natural resources of the country. 8. Inventions to be free to ali; the inventors 10 be remunerated by the Nation. 9. Progressive income tex and taxon inherit- ances; the smalier incomes to be exempt. 10. School education of all children under 14 years of age to be compulsory, gratuitous and accessible to all 11. Repeal of all pauper, tramp, conspiracy and sumptuary laws. Unabridged rights of combination. 12. Official statistics concerning the condi- tion of lebor. Pronibition of the employment of children of school age and of the employ- ment of female labor in occupations detrimen- tal to health or morality. "Abolition of the conyiet labor contract systém. 13. Employment of the unemplayed by the public authorities (county, city, g!ale nm‘{ Na- tion). g 14. All wages to be paid in lawful money of the United States. Equalization of women’s wages with those of men where equal service is performed. 15. Laws for the protection of life and iimb in all occr:pations, and an efficient employers' liability law. The political demanas are: 1. The people 1o have the right to propose laws and to vote upon all measufes of impor- tance, according to the referendum principle. 2. Abolition of the veto power of the execu- tive (National, State and municipal), wherever it exiv 3. Municipai self-government. 4. Direct vote and secret ballots 1n all elec- tions. Universal and equal right of suffrage without regard to color, creed or sex. Election days to be legal holidays. The prisiciple of pro- portional representation o be introduced. 9. All public officers to be subject to recall by their respective constituencies. 6. Uniform civil and criminal law through- out the United States. Administration of jus- tice ‘o be free of charge. ‘When the convention was called to order after the noon recess Thomas Cant- well was seated as a proxy delegate from the American Railway Union. The set of principles submitted by the Painters’ Union and the resolutions of M. McGlynn protesting against introducing detectives into the State were adopted. The Bakers’ Union resolutions were also adopted unanimously. The resolution from T. Butter of Typo- graphical Union No. 21 was adopted, as follows: Resolved, That we recommend the following to the convention: That meetings of the cen- tral body be held on the first and third Sun- days in each month at 1:30 P. M. That vigor- Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE suggestions were made. was the appointment of a committee which should have full power to consider | the preamble, platform, ete., looking tc- ward political action. Another one was to adjourn subject to the call of the chair and meanwhile inform the different labor unions represented by circular letter of what was done at the convention. Then the delegates could meet again with in- structions as to how they should act in re- gard to organizing a permanent federation of trades. One proposition | rule for the amelioration of labor was dis- | cussed. Some delegates declared that politics should not beallowed to enter into the debates. H. Meyer, president of Car- penters’ Union No. 22, touched an appar- ently tender spot in the thougtits of the labor rcpresentatives when he said : ‘“There was a time when the boycott was considered a pretty good weapon of defense: there was a time when strikes were regarded as a power. But these times have gone; they are a thing of the past, and now we are convinced that the only hope for labor is in the ballot.” : A motion- made by E. L. Maulsbary of Carpenters’ Union No. 22 solved the prob- lem. It waswith an amendment that a committee consisting of one delegate from ! each union be appointed to arrauge the | platform and resolutions and to organize a | plan of permanent organization for the | new federation. The following-named idc]egates were appointed on the com- | mittee: | Carpenters, 483—C. F. Schaat. Woodyworkers—A. Miller. Boiler-makers—J. J. Ryan. Musicians—R. Linhardt. Tronmolders—Thomas Hurd. Electrical workers—Mr. Gilkyson. nion—L. E. Stinson. Curpenters, 22—E. L. Maulsbary, Horseshoers—Thomas Moore. Barbers—I. Less. Carpenters, 304—J. Kassell. Machinists—T. E. Helsell. Cigar-makers—T. F. Burns. Typographical, 31—S. H. Jenner. Bookbinders—il. Marsden. Tailors—J. Streibic. American Bakers—W. Hand, Coopers—M. J. Sullivan. Pressmen, 24—R. G. Rice. Brewery Workmen—John Nugent. Painters—R. T. MeIvor. Journeymen Bakers—Otto Gassman. The chairman and secretary of the con- vention were added to the committee. T. F. Burns fiCigar-mnkers) offered the following resolution, which was unani- mously adopted : That we denounce the proposed new charter 88 perpetuating the infamous and wasteful | system of contracts for public works, making it compulsory o0 future civic authorities; also for its other provision directly against the does not provide for the initiative and refer- endum, proportional representation, or any means whatever of insuring government by | the people instead of by bosses. The convention adjourned until four weeks from yesterday. A DINNER TO PADEREWSKI. | To Be the Guest of Samuel M. Short- | ridge at a Round Table. Ignace Paderewski, the greatest living interpreter of piano music, will be the guest of Attorney Samuel M. Shortridge at a round-table dinner at the Palace Hotel this evening, where the musician will meet a dozen or more iriends of the lawyer. The table will be set in the tapestry room, which is to be specially decorated and arranged for the occasion, and the na- tional colors of the gifted musician, carna- tion and white, are to be tastefully a: ranged in profusion. After dinner the guests will repair to the rivate apartments of the host on the sixth oor of the Palace and indulge in further good cheer. e ———— Barn on Cluy Street Burned. An alarm was turned in through box 324 1ast evening at 6:30 o’clock for a fire in a barn owned by H. H. Lowenthal, in the rear of 2112 Clay street. The fire companies responded promptly, but the combustible contents of the barn mede 1t impossible for the flames to be extinguished until the building had been en- tirely destroyed. It is presumed that the fire started from a lighted cigar being carelessly thrown in the refuse_which covered the bgrn floor. The damage will amount to about $1000, vartly covered by insurance. I The advisability of pursning a political | rights and interests of labor; also in that it | TIMMERMAN «HAS CAME" Will Loiter Round Among the Cyclers Here for Some Days. HE MAY QUIT THE TRACK. Interesting Story of His Experiences Round the World—Has an En- ticing Offer From Paris. A. A. Zimmerman, champion cyclist of the world, arrived on the Monowai from Australia yesterday and is stopping at the Palace. He is accompanied by his wife. He is in excelient condition and good spirits, and is apparently well pleased with his experiences round the worid. He parts his hair in the middle, wears a noisy- figured silk vest, a brown suit and an im- mense diamond on his finger. He will remain here for some days and be entertained by local cycling clubs. His plans for the future are somewhat in abey- ance. Hesays he is not certain that he will do any riding for some time, as, be- sides a desire to rest up after his journey- ngs, he is inclined to turn his attention “‘to business,” the manufacture and sale of the “Zimmy” wheel. With regard to his Australian experi- ences he shows no disposition to make excuses. He says he suffered from the ex- treme heat, the hot winds and blinding sand blasts, and, for a time after arriving there, a slight attack of malaria. Heis not enthusiastic about Australia in any way. he climate is disagreeable, he says. The day they left the mercury registered 116 'in the shade. are at long distances apart, the railroads in bad shape, the tracks are ali slow grass tracks, except the St. Kilda track at Melbourne. However, he says, svorts have a large following, and crowds of from 000 to 27,000 peopie attended the races. eral prizes are offered, as may be with this plethoric te.”’ He began his Australian racing at Ade- laide, where he won two races. At Sydney he won two. at Brisbane he won five, at Newcastle four, at Melbourne six. The races were all handicaps heat races, and the scratch men had httle chance. Some of the races required six and seven heats. The Australians, he says, ars not so fast as in Americaand France. They have not had the experience, and the conditions are not favorable. The best time he made on the grass tracks was “Yes, I have kept reasonably well in- formed as to cycling affairs in this coun- try,” said the champion. surprised at the outcome of the last sea- son’s racing. I expected to see some one rise up distinctly superior to the general crowd. While some few have distin- guished themselves above others, still there is no one who has signalized himself over the others. change in the rules drawing simple line: between amateurs and professionals, and I think it is a good one.” Speaking of the result the the world, he said: “Well it has kept me hustling. There is a great deal of differer.ce between racing in this country where one knows the speed of every one and a great deal about his methods, when to spurt and when to keep in reserve, In England and in France the men were all to new to me, kept me guessing and riding all the time for all I was worth, It was very hard work. 1n France great interest f his tour round | is taken in cycling and immense crowds | though neither of them had paid_an g0 to the races. The races in Paris, Bor- deaux, Lyons, Milan and Florence are The towns | “I am rather | Yes, I have noted the | versary of the birth of Washington by a dinner at the Occidental Hotel. The society has received the following applications for membership : George T. Folsom, transfer from Empire State Socie -, son of L. D. Folsom, grend- son of Lewis som, great-grandson of Benj min_Folsom, great-great-grandson of Lieuten- ant Jonathan Folsom, X. H. troops. George E. Howe, son of David Howe, grand- son of Jeremiah Carleton, grest.grandson of Lieutenant Jeremiah Carleton (militia), pri- vate N. H, troops. Robert I. Bromley, M. D, son of John L. Bromley, grandson of Lewis Bromley, great- grandson of John Bromley, great-great-grand- son of William Bromley Sr., member of Com- mittee of Safety, Vermont. Walter Augustus Hawley, son of Walter N. | Hawley, grandson of Thomas Hawley, great- Igmndson of Thomas Hawley, sérgeant, Eigh- | teenth Connecticut Militia. | Joseph Walter Ward, son of Joseph Walter | Ward, grandson of Andrew Henshaw Ward, great-grandson of Thomas Walter Ward, great. great-grandson of Major-General Artemas Ward, first major-general_revolutionary army. Alphonse Crane, son of H. G.Crane, grandson | of Wells Alderman, great-grandson’ of Simon | Stedman, private, Sixth Massachusetts Regi- ment. James W. Farrington, son of Joslah G. Far- | rington, grandsou of Nathan Farrington, great- | grandson of Josiah Farrington, private, Sev- | enth Massachusetts Regiment. Robert 0. Collier, son of George H. Collier, grandson of George Collier, great-grandson of George H. Haskell, great-great-grandson of — Howe, great-great-great-grandson of Gen- eral Israel Putman, major-general, Revolution. ary army. William H. George, M.D., son of John 8. George, grandson of Jesse George, private, Vir- ginia troops. (SKNUWN ANDNOT KNOWN {Many Names Given the Burglar Killed in the Franklin Residence. Police Searching Eagerly for Friends or Acquaintances of the Man | at the Morgue. ““The man is not yet identified,” said Captain Lees last night, speaking of the | burglar killed at the Franklin residence on | Friday morning. ““I have had half a dozen | men state positively that they know the | man’s name, but investigation has failed to substantiate their statements, and I have seen too many instances of mistaken identity to believe a man identified till | corroborative circumstancescan be found.”’ | The man at the Morgue isa very familiar | type. He is apparently of Irish extraction. He 1s not a bad-looking man, has a fairly | well shaped head and features that indi- cate a certain refinement of nature foreign to the brutal characteristics of the pro- fessional criminal. His face is neither very | good nor very bad. In fact, it is of such a common type that it impresses almost every observer with the feeling that he has seen it somewhere before. All day crowds of people thronged | into the Morgue. Many went hoping to identify the man: More were drawn by idle curiosity. Among the latter were many women. Among those who came to identify the man was Peter Vidovich. He was brought | by Officer Rourke, and at once recognized the man as one with whom he had bhad | trouble in the gallery of the Grand Opera- | house on last Monday night. | Vidovich and the policeman haunted the cheap amusement resorts and cheap lodg- ing-bouses last night in an attempt to find the dead man’s companions. They did not find them, however. George Delmas and H. F. Stone, two | special officers employed at the Grand | Opera-house, substantiated Vidovich’s | story, and also agreed in his description of | the companions of the dead burglar, al- at- tention to the man - killed by Miller or | could remember to have seen him. * Vido- Arthur A. Zimmerman, Champion Biey Anstrn}ia clist of the World, Who Arrived From Yesterday. managed by a single firm—two men. The average attendance at Paris is from 15,000 t0 22,000 people. The races are run twice & week, on Thursdays and Sundays, ‘1 have an offer to go to Paris for the entire season at $500 per week, riding out one day of the week, but I have not deter- mined to accept. I was paid $5000 for my original visit there to ride three races. That was in 1894.” Zimmerman is 26 years of age. He be- gan racing in 1887 at Queens. L. I. Since | that time he has won $30,000 worth of prizes, other than cash prizes. Among these were 10 pianos, 27 gold watches, 38 diamond studs said to be worth $5000, on which he could not realize half that amount he fears. He has won 4 horses, 7 carriages, 145 medals, worth from $30 to $100 each, which he thinks could not be sold for more than an average of $7 50. The most valuable prizes he has won were a §1000 team of horses and a $1000 gold cup at Indianapolis. The sum of the money prizes he has won as a professional he refuses to disclose. The medals, cups, rings, studsand the 300 or 400 silver pieces, mugs, cups, pitchers, sugar-bowls and all such things, he says, he has kept and intends to keei). The horses, pianos and other non-portable aud bulky articles he hassold and traded away. of 1893, when he made 101 firsts, and failed of first but three times. SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. Annual Meeting and Banquet on Wash- ington’s Birthday. The annual meeting of the California Society of the Sons of the American Revo- lution, which was instituted in 1875, will be held in the rooms of the Society of;Cali- fornia Pioneers on Saturday, and in the evening the society will celebrate the anni- His best record in any season was that | vich is sure that the dead man is a fellow who took his seat at the theater Monday night. He demanded his seat,and a quar- rel ensued, and Vidovich retired. The in- to thrash him, when a man with a large, fat, red face and_shabby clothes also of fered to thrash Vidovich. Special Stone | 8t this juncture came up, and he remem- thinks he could identify the latter. here was a tall man, with a heav black mustache, who also offered to thras Vidoviteh. He joined the burglar during | the last act, going up from the lower gal- lery. The man was recognized and de- | scribed by George Delmar, another special officer. The names of none of the men are known, A man from Oakland, who refused to ive his name. said a painter friend of his | had recognized the dead man as Michael | Dennett, or Denny, a painter whom he { had known in Victoria, B. C. The man | refused to give the name of the Oakland painter, saying his friend had just got a job and did not want the risk of losing it Y belng called as a witness. | Captain Lees has also received several new identifications, none of which are verified. ———————— A Morning Brawl. Harry Madson, a laborer, quarreled with Charles Erickson while he was drunk yester- day morning about 7 o'clock. They came to blows and Madson tried to kill Erickson with & pistol. He was arrested by Officer Williams and charged with making an assault with a deadly weapon. ———————— All Agree. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO, Sella Crockery, Chmaware, Glassware and Tinware CHEAPEST OF ALL. TRY THEM, Very Preity Dishes. Very Chesp Prices. 652 Market street, S, F., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE, terloper looked him up later and wanted | NEW TO-DAY. e A e e WASHDRESSFABRIS! . S SPRIIN G 1896 NEW COTTON ceedingly low. 20 cases 36-INCH PRINTED Colorings) - 15 cases 28-INCH PRINTED 5 cases 32-INCH PRINTED signs) gant designs) - colors) We take pleasure in calling the attention of the public to our elegant assortment of WASH DRESS FABRICS which we have just opened. We have never shown better styles and the prices are ex= PERCALES (Light and Dark Price 12ic a yard DUCKS (all new patterns) = Price 12ic a yard 6 cases 32-INCH SCOTCH ZEPHYRS - - Price 20c a yard 10 cases 27-INCH TOILLE DU NORD GI HAMS Price 10c a yard IRISH DIMITY (all new de- Price 25c a yard 2 cases 32-INCH FRENCH PRINTED ORGANDIES (ele- Price 40c a yard 1 case 31-INCH COLORED DOTTED SWIiSS (assorted Price 50c a yard EXTRA SPECIAL! 100 pieces 36-INCH SILK STRIPED TENNIS FLANNEL 40c a Yard Write for Samples of Above Goods. Ci ORPORAT, s 1892. - 111, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. OPPOSED 10 REFUNDING. Views of Railrcad Commissioner Stanton on the Central Pacific Debt. Explains Why a Long Extension Means Certain Loss to the Government. Railroad Commissioner James Stanton is strongly opposed to any measure that will give the Central Pacific Company con- cessions and advantages in the settlement of its debts with the Government that would not be given by a creditor to an or- dinary debtor in the general run of com- mercial transactions. And he is also op- posed to any legislation on the subject that would saddle the indebtedness of the company on the producers and manufac- turers of the State of California. “‘An extension of the debt for a period of fifty or a hundred years as is proposed,”” he said, “would be most unbusinesslike and devoid of sound commercial sense.” Continuing, he said: Why, in fifty years methods of transporta- tion may be entirely changed. By that time | we may be traveling through the air. And we will, at least, have electric railroads. Now with cheaper, faster and more agrecable meth- ods of transportation for both goods and pas- sengers, what would be the value of sucha line as the Central Pacific Railroad? The most that should be done is to extena the payment, if it is extended at all, for a short period, say ten years, at the utmost, and | then only if security is given that is sure to | realize the full amount of the indebtedness if foreclosure proceedings should have to be taken. Instead of accepting the Central Pa- | cific Railroad only assecurity let the owners of the Central Pacific, who are also the stock- holders in the Southern Pacific Company, mortgage such of their other properties as the Government may require justly in order to amply protect it. Then, if the Central Pa- cific at the end ot the ten years has paid off a part of the debt and has shown its intentions to deal fairly with the United States, let an- other extension be_made if Congress finds it advisable to rrnnl it. 1do not believe it would be wise for the Gov- ernment to obtain the ownership and assume | control of the property. ous States of the Union have shown ‘that it is not feasible for the Government to operate small lines or sections. 1If there is to be Goy- ernment ownership i ould extend toa line from ocean to ocean, and embrace a complete bered Vidovich and the faf-faced man, and | S§5160: With amplé feeders in all scctions. But for such a project conditions are not now at all favorable. The simple inability of a debtor to pay his debts should net be any excuse for granting him time. He must show suflicient resources or security to warrant the creditor in permit- ting him to remain in business, and the Cen- tral Pacific should be treated in this spirit. | They have had a long time in which to prepare ations, but while the chief stock- | for lheirahlig holders have laid up vast fortunes, the road is virtually bankrupt. Yet its directors have the effrontery to ask concessions that are abso- lutely out of reason, I am afraid, however, that foreclosure would result in giving the same qeonle the road. They could afford topayat least $1,000,000 more than any other company or syndicate, simply as a means of preventing competition. But I believe the Government could recover the debt by going after the private fortunes of the different individuais who promoted and carried on the enterprise. e Appetite Without Taste. A good dinner 1s 8 complex harmony; and men with uneducated -palates may just as well sit down to an ox whole- roasted and a hogshead of metheglin as attend a civilized and artistic table. They have grand appetites, these fellows, and I hope are thankful for the blessing; but a man with an appetite and no taste is like a person who hammers away at a piano without knowing a tune.—Boston Journal e .——— The whale’s nose_is on top of the head, at least his nostrils are situated there, through which he expels the ‘columns of water during the action known as “spout- ing.”’ Whales only spout when they are feeding. Experiments in vari- | GOLOBER BOWEN % CO0. The success of these Spe- cial Saving Sales is in the staple articles offered every week ; they interest every- body and the prices help economize. Monday — Tuesday — Wednesday Boneless Sardines, French, in oil, Yawl Club, -tins, 15c; dozen, $1 75. 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