The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1896, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST SUBSCRIPTION RATES—Postage Free: Daily and Sunday CALL, one week, by carrier..80.1 Daily and Sunday CALL, oDe year, by mall Dally and Sunday CALL, (X months, by mal Daily and Sunday CA1z, three months by mal Daily and Sunday CALL, one month, by mail Sunday CALL, one year, by mail.. £ WEEKLY CALL, ODe year, by mal THE SUMMER MONTHS. 4 | re you going to the country ona vacation ? ! m‘u 1: no su-onfm for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier or left at Bustoess Office will receive prompt attention. | NO EXTRA CHARGE . | BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street, San Francisco, California. Telephone. . .Main—~1868 EDITORIAL ROOMS: b Clay Street. | ..Main—-1874 Telephone BRANCH OFFICES: 630 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open untll | 0 o'clock. 39 Hayes street: open until 9:30 o'clock. 718 Larkin street; open until 9:30 o'clock. BW. corner Sixteenth snd Mission streets; open cntil © o'clock. i 2518 Mission street; open nntil 9 o'clock. 116 NInth street; open until 9 o'clock OAKLAND OFFICE : 908 Broadway. EASTERN OFFICE: - Rooms 81 and 32, 34 Park Row, New York City. DAVID M. FOLTZ, Special Agent. 11, 1896 THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. e e e e e e PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION and PROSPERITY. ! FOR PRESIDENT— | WILLIAM McKINLEY, of Ohlo | ¥OR VICF-PRESIDENT-— GARRET A, HOBART, of Now Jersey | BER 3, 1896. Who will introduce Mr. Bryan to the people of New Yorl A sound money basis is necessary for the conduct of sound business. The Bryan revolution will never make the wheels of industry go round. The Democrats may make a campeign this year, but they are showing no signs of it so far. The people go to see Bryan as they go to a circus, and having seen him they have hzad enough of him. Bryan has to run around to hunt the people, while McKinley stays at home and the people come to h enough for Democrats and It is the stay- It is eas Populists to get together. ing together that grinds. The trouble with Democracy in the East is that so far from being able to carry a State it cannot even carry itself. What this country needs most is an in- come equal to its expenditures, and it will never get that with a Democratic tariff. The Cleveland Cabinet is so completely | demoralized at present the old man can neither open it all out nor shut it all up. Give to American industry the protec- tion it needs and it will soon furnish em- ployment for the people and restore pros- perity. As long as we buy from Europe the | goods we should make at home our money will go abroad and even free silver cannot save us. Democracy having blundered once will blunder again, but the people, though they biundered in 1892, will know better this time. The sober second thought of the people is rapidly settling the money question, and before long Mr, Brysn will be trying to dodge it. Nearly every California proaucer has been injured by the Democratic tariff, and no promise of free-coinage salve is suffi- cienc to cure the hur The Democratic tariff for revenue only has thus far increased the public debt by 000,000, and now the party lead- ers are declaring it isn’t an issne. So long as the Government spends more than its income so long will it have to borrow money, and as long as it borrows money the National credis will be bad. ‘When Bryan is notified of his nomina- tion the older leaders of his party should tell him a few other things along with it so that he will know a little more than he knows now. The Republican pledge to promote in- ternational bimetallism can.be trusted, for the party has never broken a pledge, but what is a Democratic promise- worth to the people of this country? A canvass made by the Chicago meat- packers among the farmers and cattle- raisers with whom they deal shows an overwhelming sentiment in the Mississ- ippi Valley in favor of sound money. Having reduced the prices of all Califor- nia products by lowering the duty on the products of foreign labor, the Democrats now propose to remedy the matter by re- ducing the value of the money for which our products are sold. Every American workingman knows to- day the value of the dollar he gets for wages, he knows also what the value will be when McKinley is elected, but he does not know what it would be worth if our finances were entrusted to Democratic blundering. Senator Gordon of Georgia, a gold Demo- crat, says that he will support the Chicago ticket because he does not believe that, if elected, Bryan will let the free silverites run his administration; and now we know just how much Senator Gordon values Mr. Bryan’s campaign pledges. The only sure way for the American farmer to free himself from the ruinous competition of cheap-labor countries is to build up & home market for his products, and that can be done only by giving the labor that maintains the home market the protection which the farmer himself wishes. The Republican tariff was framed for the double object of providing a revenue for the Government and affording profit- able industrial opportunities for Ameri- can capital labor, and 1t did both; the Democratic tariff was designed for the one object of raising a revenue, and it did not do that. THE LEADING ISSUE. 1t is reported from Canton that Major MecKinley is receiving scores of letters from leading men in all parts of the country urging him to make the tariff the | main issue in the letter of acceptance which he is now engaged in preparing. The argument of each writer is that the excitement over free silver is declining, that there is a growing belief the great need of the country is work and wages, and that by the beginning of September the issue of paramount importance in the minds of the people will be the restoration of the protective system. These letters coming from all parts of the country show how widespread is the drift of sentiment away from free silver to protection. The drift is plainly dis- cernible 1n California. The people see that the money question has reduced itself simply to a choice between Democratic | silver monometallism and that inter- national bimetallism to which the Repub- lican party is pledged. In that choicethe sober second thonght of intelligent men of all parties and all classes is on the side of bimetallism, and as this becomes more and more understood the conviction grows that the supreme need of the country is such legislation as will revive industry, put money into circulation and provide employment at good wages for all who are willing to work. It is known that nothing went wrong with our National finances or with the great industries of the country pntil after the Democratic party attained power on a pledge to break down the protective sys- tem and establish a tariff for revenue only. | Immediately aiter that occurrence every- thing went down. Some of the greatest | industries of California, such as wool, raisins and lumber, were completely para- ly zed and all were injured to a greater or less extent. Equal disasters were felt all over the Union. The National Govern- ment itself did not escape. The revenues fell off. The deficit increased month after month, imports exceeded exports, gold was sent to Europe to settle adverse trade balances, the National debt advanced by leaps and bounds, confidence in trade and business was everywhere shaken, capital was locked up, enterprise languished and the most acute and prolonged +period of hard times known to our history closed half the shops of labor and blighted every | home. With this direful record fresh in the public mind it is not strange that the people should turn away from the Demo- cratic talk of free silver as soon as the novelty of it has worn off. As a new issue it excited public curiosity for a time, but now that the intent of it is comprehended no one of intelligence cares to listen to it any longer. The great mass of the people are bimetallists, and they know that can be achieved only by following the plan to which the Republican party is pledged. The one issue toerefore is to set the wheels of industry moving again. That mesps a return to the protective system and a speedy re-enactment of the Republican tariff, | WHAT SAN FRANCISCO WANTS. The average monthly transactions of the San Francisco bank clearing-house this year have been $55,000,000, and it has required about 14 per cent of the exchanges in cash to settle the balances. The busi- ness of the clearing-house re presents sbout 50 per cent of the total business of the City, but it does not represent San Fran- cisco’s trade with foreign countries. It would seem, therefore, that the total home business of San Francisco smounts to about $110,000,000 a month and that one- half of it is done by settling balances which require only about $7,500,000 in actual money. It would be difficult to analyze the Lalf of the City’s business which is not done through the clearing- house because of the credit which retailers give their customers, but there isa greater percentage of cash in band in transactions outside than inside the clearing-house. In these balance settiements and in the liquidation of retailers’ bilis all the forms of money used in this country are on a parity, each form possessing the same redemption power, but the underlying thing of value and redemption measure- ment is 25.8 grains of standard gold as the unit of value. All our fereign as well as all our domestic business transactions recbgnize the absolute stability of every form of our National money because every form is convertible into that which stands for the unit of value, but that is because of the ability of the unit of value article to take the place in person of every form of dollar, whether of silver or paper. It1s said that there is some nervousness in commercial circles and a disposition to hide away the unit of value dollar be- cause of fear that should Bryan be elected he would so increase the volume of the several forms of money that the unit of value money would be unable to hold chem at par, which would cause them to depreciate in purchase power 1n the mar- kets and finally to become the only circu- lating money medium. The possibility of such a condition exerts a disturbing influence no doubt, but it is conceded that were the volume of unit of value money larger there would be iittle to fear from- Bryan or any one e]se of his school of economics. That the volume of unitof value money could be amply in- creased by conferring upon silver equal importance with gold no one questions, but even our local retail trade is so inti- mately related to the general domestic and foreign commerce that it is easy to see how disastrous it would be to every enterprise, great or small, domestic or in- ternational, to introduce an inferior thing into the monetary system to aid gold in providing redemption money unless it were done by and with the consent of all concerned, so that all concerned would work together to maintain the parity of the metals employed for redemption. No doubt the commerce of S8an Francisco would expand a great deal if silver were made co-equal with gold as money of re- demption, but it is conceded that unless all commerce agreed to so employ silver and maintain its parity with gold, our bank clearings, as well asall other trans- actions, domestic and foreign, would soon settle down upon a silver busis without imparting to the silver dollar the quality and function of unit of value money. San Francisco wants the free coinage of silver doliars that are as good as gold dollars, but she wants no other kind of silver coinage. WORTH -THINKING ABOUT. Advocates of unlimited silver coinage without international agreement wiil find something to think about in the refusal of Canadian bankers and merchants to longer accept American silver dollars or silver certificates at par. Until now any kind of American money has passed current across the border, but there is a suspicion that the free and unlimited coinage of silver will be adopted by this country indepen- dent of Canada and the other countries with which we have trade relations and the Canadians are making haste to drive American silver out of their country be- fore independeut coinage is begun. merely & precautionary measure for protection, but our Canadian neighbors L are needlessly alarmed. The United States will never adopt a debased currency. It 1s pretty evident that the supporters of Bryan's free-coinage proposition bave Kttle if any faith in their cause. If they had, as a matter of good business sense they wonld be gathering up all ‘the silver bullion, plate and Mexican' dollars they could find to hold until free coinage inde- pendent of other countries had been adopted, when, according to Bryan, silver would immediately advance to $129 per ounce, which would be about double its present value. It is the fact, however, that not even the most reckless of Wall street’s speculators have enough faith in Bryan’s election to buy silver and hold it for better prices. Nor do we hear that the association of silver mine owners are holding an ounce of the white metal for Bryan’s election to double in price. But mine-owners, as well as Wall-street speculators, are not blind to the fact that the “Bryan free-silver craze’’ grows less pronounced from day to day, and that the sentiment supporting the international plan of securing bimetallism is growing in all parts of the country. No one sup- poses that there would not be hoarding of silver bullion and Mexican dollars were there any likelihood of the adoption of bi- metallism by this country alone. But meanwhile Americans visiting Canada should be sure to provide themselves with money other than silver dollars, else they would find themselves with dotlars that were subject to about 47 per cent discount. This country is already gathering the first fruits from the seed Altgeld and company plantea in the Chicago convention. SEWALL IN PRINT. Bryan’s Northern running mate, Arthur Sewall, rushed into print yesterday to say that gold men in Maine are coming over to his party because ‘“‘they see itisnot a 50-cent dollar, and not a repudiation which we propose, but that it is real bimetal- lism.” There is no doubt about Mr. Se- wall’s fitness to train with the Altgeld crowd, but being a millionaire like Alt- geld no doubt he has the cunning of the Illinois man, and requires his debtors to pay their bills in good, full weight standard gold. But it is evident that Mr. Sewall knows more about how to squeeze the wages of labor down to a pauper basis than he knows about the science of money, Still he is a national banker and shoulda know that he did not tell the truth when he said his party stands for real bimetallism. True bimetaltism is not a matter for legis- lation. If it were lead, zinc, iron or any other metal could be raised to the dig- nity of redemption money, and that, too, without reference to the number of pounds, ounces or grains to the dollar piece. If the value of an article can be fixed by Congress 1t is more the duty of that body of lawmakers to double the price of farm products than to double the price of mine products. The farmers of this country dig more valne to humanity out of their fields in one year than all the silver miners of the world dig out of their hills and mountains in five years. Suppose Congress should say that the price of wheat shall be $1 at a given point of accumulation and would make refusal to pay that price a penitentiary offense. ‘Would that oblige Europe to add $500,000,- 000 a year to the price now and hitherto paid for American farm produce? If nof, would an act of Congress oblige those of | other countries with whom we do business to accept 50 cents’ worth of silver asthe equivalent of 100 cents’ worth of gold, zinc, lead, iron or any other commodity? But the Maine Iabor-squeezer says an act of Congress declaring 50 cents’ worth of silver to be the equivalent of 100 cents’ worth of gold would be ‘“real bimetallism.” It is possible that Mr, Sewall knows enough of the mysteries of levitation to carry him- self about by his boot-straps, but he is not enough of an adept in occultism to so hyp- notize the people of this country that they will believe 50 cents’ worth of metal can be transformed into 100 cents by an act of a legislative body. Evidently Tom Watson is the safer man of the two would-be Vice-Presidents. At all events, Watson knows when to quit talking. He knows there is a limit to the credulity of even the densely stupid. GLASS AND FREE TRADE. The story of glassware and earthenware industries under free trade, as told in to- day’s CaLr, is almost a duplicate of the story of wool, lumber and iron. 1t is shown conclusively by the testi- mony of experts and practical business men, men who testify for protection irre- spective of party beliefs, that American freemen cannot vroduce bottles, table glass and other forms of glassware ata profit if they have to meet the competi- tion of men who work at less than what we regard as boys’ wages in America. The evidence submitted in to-day’s issue is that of thoroughly practical men of affairs; ‘those who approach the subject as business men rather than as politicians. From their testimony there 'is no doubt that the inequalities between the wages of pauper Europe and well-paid America is so great that the factories of this country are always at a disadvantage when com- peting with those of other countries. In San Francisco alone it is seen that a steamer often brings from 30,000 to 40,000 boxes of glassware from afar, and these goods are sold at a price so low that American factories cannot compete and American workmen are forced into idle- ness. Glass, thus studied, takes its place with lumber, wool, iron and countless other industries that have been hurt by the free- trade policy of Bryan and the Democrats, A TOOLISH QUESTION, A stock phrase of 2x4 Democratic ora- tors is, “‘Are not the United States big enough to do as they like?” Only a fool would ask such a question. No nation has ever yet thought itself *big enough” to do altogether as itliked, and as for the United States, they are very far from be- ing in a position to live independent of other countries, In 1895, but not “without the consent or aid of any other nation,” we #oid in for- eign markets American products amonunt- ing to almost $800,000,000, and of this amount nearly $5564,000,000 was paid for the products of American agriculture, Farmers know, or they should know, that a very large percentage of their corn goes to foreign markets in the shape of animals 4nd animal products and that it amounted to over $168,000,0000 last year. Onanav- erage about one-third of the wheat yield of this country goes to Europe for buyers, and Jast year it amounted to nearly $115- 000,000. Europe, China and Japan take .over two-thirds of our entire cotton crop, and last year they paid us $205,000,600 for it. Among other products of American farms which were sold in foreign markets last year we find, in round numbers, $5,000,000 worth of fruit and nuts; hops, nearly $1,900,000; cottonseed, $4,300,000; flaxseed, $2,900,000; cottonseed oil, $7,000,- 000; grass-seed, $2,850,000; leaf tobacco, $26,000,000; vegetables, $1,545,000. Do farm- ers suppose thisimmense trade with other peoples which they enjoy is “without the | was Sheriff 8. D. Ballou, the San Luis Obispo consent or id” of those to whom they sell their produce? About what would be the condition of the American farmer if for- eign buyers of their products should re- fuse to give their “consent’ to trade with this country? If the Southern cotton- planter who is crying for Bryan and Wat- son had a grain of common-sense he would know that the policy of not waiting *‘for the consent or aid of any other nation on earth” means the reduction of his cot- ton acreage by fully two-thirds. Now, what the Republican party is aim- ing to do is first to protect our own indus- tries to the end that they may convert all they can of American raw material into merchantable articles. In doing that they would give employment at good wages to hundreds of thousands of working people, Wwho would in turn furnish a demand for the farmers’ provisions, breadstuifs, vege- tables and the like. But that would not take all the products of the American farms; besides, very many of the goods and wares of our mills and factories would have a demand in foreign markets, and so our trade relations with other countries would be enlarged. The Republican party, instead of defy- ing other countries, would secure their ‘“‘consent and aid’’ to not only establish close trade relations with us, but arrange a mutual monetary system so that silver might be added to gold as money to settie trade balances and liquidate bills payable. Bryan says he does not want the “‘consent or aid of any other nation on earth” to find markets abroad for our farm products or for our goods and wares, nor in arrang- ing an international monetary system. The difference petween the purpose of the parties is clear and distinct. PERSONAL. Dr. Thomas Flint of San Juan is at the Grand. John MeMullin of Fresno arrived at the Lick last night. State Senator A. J. Jonesof Oroville is a ! guest at the Grand. J. M. Monnon, a lawyer of Ukiah, is a late arrival at the Grand. Mrs. McCall, wife of the City Clerk of Stock- | ton, is a guest at the Ramona. J. D. Donham-Smith and wife, of England, are late arrivs C. R. Tillson, an attorney of Merced, 1s at the Lick with his wife and child. Captaia Illashevitch of Manitou, Colo., ar- rived at the Occidental yesterday. _ J. Hennessy, a mine-owner, of Sutter Creek, is registered at the Cosmopolitan. Edward F. Haas, a Stockton lawyer, is among the latest arrivals at the Occidental. _—_—_———————‘——_—-_"—_-——__" BERESFORD PUT THE EAGLE BAGK. An Incident in the Life of a Gallant Bnitish ‘Naval Officer That Has Two Versions. An odd historical event is recalled in an odd way by William G. FitzGerald, & writer in the last number of the Strand Magazine, in which the Pacific Coast career of Lord Charles Charles C. Swain, an attorney of Stockton, is one of the latest arrivals at the Russ. Major I. J. Brice of the United States Fish Commission is staying at the Palace. J. M.'Poole of Chicago is in town again, His neme appears on the Palace register. J. M. Buffington of Nevada City, one of the county Supervisors, is & guest at the Lick. John Ford, & student of Virginia City, is at the Russ on his way to Santa Clara College. J. M. Buffington of Nevada City came to town yesterday and has a room at the Lick, L. C.Fletcher of the United States Geological Survey returned yesterday to the Occidental. James H. Wadworth, a cattle-dealer of Yreka, is at the Lick with his mother, Mrs. Mary Wad- worth. Benjamin P. Barker of the Olivina vineyard, near Livermore, registered at the Occidental yesterday. Raphael Weill left the City last Saturday for Europe. He expects to sojourn in Paris for six months or more. 8. C. Evans of Riverside, capitalist, hotel owner and owner of orange groves, registered 8t the Palace yesterday. Dr. Thomas D. Wood, professor of hygiene and physical director at Stanford University, is a guest at the California. John Markley of Geyserville, secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee, regis- tered at the Lick last night. R. G. Hart, owner of the Texas Consolidated mine at Hart, Shasta County, is registered at the Ramona with his family. R. N.Strauss of Yumaand R. B. Stephens of Los Angeles are at the Grand. They have come here on mining business. John J. Squire of Santa Barbara, a senior in the Hastings Law College, returned yesterdsy from his vacation and registered at the Grand. T. W. Bullock of Chicago, the railroad- ‘builder and one of the projectors of the pro- posed Yosemite railroad, returned last night 10 the Palace. Among the arrivals at the Grand yesterday County official whose bloodhounds were em- ployed in the early search for Murderer Dun- ham. John F. More, the Santa Barbara rancher and brother of the late Alexarder P. More, who owned Santa Rosa Island, came up from the south yesterday and took apartments at the Palace. Colonel John &, Mosby, the attorney for the Southern Pacifi¢ Railroad, who has been ill for the last two months at his home, 728 Sutter street, is out and about again and was down- town yesterday. Professor John N. Stillman, one of the early graduates of the University of California and head of the department of chemistry at Stan- ford University, arrived at the California in company with Dr. O. L. Elliott, registrar of Stanford University. James C. Tyrrell of the Grass Valley Tidings is in the City. Mr. Tyrrell is a delegate to the Second Congressional Convention that will meet in Sacramento to-morrow. He says Grove L. Johnson is his choice for the place and he believes Mr. Johnson will be nominated, CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. + NEW YORK, N. Y., Aug. 10.—At the West- minster, Mrs. J. H. Bishop; Everett, Mrs. Alexander; Grand Union, Dr. Mahias, J. B. Hitehford; Ashland, J. F. Sheridan; St. Denis, J.J. Wirtner; Albert, L. O. Covel; Imperial, Miss Luvill; Windsor, Cowper Waithe; Ven- dome, M. Rosendom. Arrivals on the North German ship Werra from Genoa—Rodeo, Miss M. Jeffery. Arrivals on the North German ship Havel from Bremen—San Francisco, Mrs. Adeline Boschen, John and Mrs. Emma Fischer, Alex Gerder; Palo Alto, George C. Price; Sacramento, Mrs. Wilhelmina and Miss Emilie Bruning, Mr., and Mrs. J. M. Cun- ningham left the Westminster to sail on the Cunarder Etruria for Liverpool. NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY. “I believe he had two sons; one of them was lost at sea and the other became Vice-Presi- dent of the United States.” “‘And, of course, neither of them was heard of afterward?"—Truth, 2 Mose Johnson—Wot yo got so many light- ning rods on youah house foh?—one’s enough. Jim Jackson-—No ’t ain’t; lightnin’ nevah strikes twice in de same place, y0’ xnow.— Puck. #pirit (at Lily Dale seance)—Don’t you know me? Iam the spirit of your mother-in-law. Investigator—You can’t fool me. My mother- in-law always brought her trunk with her.— Buffalo Times. “That Charlie Spindles is & horrid fellow, isn’t he?” “Yes, but he once saved me from a mad bull.” ow was that? " “Isaw Charlie coming and went through an- other field."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Maud—No, mamme, I shall not show myself at the seaside this season. Mamma-~Why not, my child? Maud—Ob, I have lost so much flesh.—Pick- Me-Up. “Who would s-thought it!” exclaimed the old man rapturously; “here’s John turned out to be & writer fer the papers.” “Do tell!” “Hit’s & fact! Here’s a paper what says he sells bacon cheaper, an’ they jest can’t beat him on flour, an’ his name signed to the whole piece!”—Atlanta Constitution, - Beresford is rehearsed. When the now popular “hero of a hundred naval fights” was in San Francisco he was a dashing midshipman who was noted for all kinds of reckless doings, several of them resulting in severe physical hurts. Itisremembered that at different times he suffered from a broken leg, a crushed diaphragm and a fractured collar-bone. It was in the cruise to the Hawaiian Islands, however, that his most serious experience was encountered. In his article Mr. FitzGerald says:. ‘Young Beresford would do the most outrageous things in sheer exuberance of spirit. When the Clio tuuched at Honolulu he stepped ashore in search of adventure. As pothing extraordinary turned up he made for the American Consul’s house, where he promptly climbed the flagsiaf and hauled down the Stars and Stripes. He took the flag to his ship and slungitin a basket to the mainmast. Of course, he was found out and then there was trouble. Both he and his companions were ordered to replace the fiag 1n broad daylight: but this Lord Charles refused to do. His connection with the navy would have ended there and then had not a friend telegraphed details to his mother. The Marchioness at once sent this message: ‘‘Replace it for my sake.” Then he consented, and even hired a photog- rapher to perpetuate the Interesting ceremony. After this the troublesome youth was sent home. The late Dr. McBride, father of United States Senator G. W. McBride of Oregon, was the United States Consul at Honolulu when young SBeresford performed the audacious act above referred to, and the writer of this heard him tell the siory of the occurrence, giving it a some- what different phase. According to Dr. McBride’s account it was the shield emblazoned with an edgle that was removed from the gate of the driveway at the consulate and not tne flag that was removed. This is borne out by the photograph that is printed in half-tone engraving in the Strand Magazine and reproduced herewith. It will be noticed that the young midshipmen are engaged in replacing the eagle, and have nothing to do with the Stars and Stripes floating from a pole at the rear of the scene. When the outrage on the dignity of his country was reported to Dr. McBride, the shield having been taken at night, he quietly demanded that the persons who took it away should put it back at noon next day. The young fellows tried to beg off, but Uncle Sam’s representative was grimly persistent, saying that in no other way could the insult to his Nation be canceled. He said that unless this demand were complied with he would deem it his duty to make the occurrence a subject for international correspondence, with a demand for reparation from the British Government. The commander of the Clio ordered the young fellows to nail the eagle in its accustomed position, and they did so. It may be true, as Mr. FitzGerald asserts, that a friend of young Beresford telegraphed to his mother from Honolulu and that she at once sent a request for him to replace the emblem, but ordinary people are unable to understand this feat of rapid inter- communication when one reflects that the propesed Hawalian cable has not been completed even yet. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. DANGER OF OVERCONFIDENCE. REPUBLICANS Must Work WitH ENERGY TO SAVE THE COUNTRY FRoM RUIN. Editor of The Call: In the Sun interview of August 3, with the Hon. Bourke Cockran, he states that he considers the political situation the gravest in the history of the country, ex- ceeding in importance the crisis of 1860, and Ithink that all who have eyes to seé and ears to hear the signs of the times will agree with him, and that all loyal citizens who have the honor of their country and its prosperity and happiness at heart, Democrat and Repub- licanj alike, will surely awaken to the im- portance of the situation, and do their whole duty, with vigor and earnestness of purpose. The Republican party was beaten in the last Presidential campaign for no other reason than a lack of united effort; many to whom mixing in politics is distasteful even neglected the duty of votiug, and thought that the direction of the best interests of the country Was 80 apparant that their party had a walk- over, and the result we had defeat, and since the direful experience of the last four years; unless this attitude is entirely changed, every man doing his duty, every officer on guard and alert, we are in grave danger of four more worse years than those passed through. The object of this letter is to call your atten- tion and through your colums the attention of the press throughout the country to the pressing necessity, in order that all men may vote understandingly, to inform the masses of the people concerning the true lssues at stake. There are so many people, loyal and intelli- gent, who have not the time to read books and long involved articles on the subject, but ‘who would read short, iucid, condensed state- ments of thesituation inserted 1%1 prominent position in the daily papers and in prominent iype, so that “he who runs may read.”” Com- oaratively few understand the silver question. Many do not realize that tke free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 is the last new will-o™the-wisp put forth 10 dazzle the eyes of the unthinking and misinformed, so that they may not see that their feet are treading the road to destruction. The poot man will still have to earn the.50-cent dollar. How is he going to do =0 if the wheels of our factories do not turn, if enterprise be killed and money be hoarded instead of used in profitable indus- tries? A sorry plight indeed for him to find himself level with the pauper of Europe and the pitiable hordes of China and Japan. Let the press not failin its duty at this im- portant time to inform and instruct the peo- ple. In that crisis so luceeulud,lz'dpuued. when our lion-hearted President s in anxiety and distress, seeing Old Glory waving so tat- tered beaten with shot and shell, and made his appeal for “more money and more men,” the answer came ringing back from every logul heart in the country, ‘‘We are com- ing, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand strong!” Eyen so let our citizens on November 3 next send tae answer to our chosen stand- ard-bearer for protection, patriotism, pros- perity, sound and honorable money. and & sur- Ccease from the do-nothing, dog-in-the-manger, debt, disaster and stagnation-breeding polic: that has ruined so many of us, and threatens to overturn the prosperity of our entire coun- . Yours very truly, . M. E haba that TTon will publish this, of such amen form of it, as {‘n:&nsy see flti‘ EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES. A REPUTATION OF RECENT STATEMENTS ATTRIB- UTED TO THE LABOR COMMISSIONER. To the Editor of the San Francisco Call—DEAR Sir: “THE CALL speaks for all.” We beg leave to call your attention to a recent article in the Report, the author of the article being E. L. Fitzgerald, the Labor Commissioner. We hope you will give room in your columns to & refutation of Mr. Fitzgerald’s absurd charges in as far as they concern ourselves. We do not keep a “robbers’ den,” as Fitzger- ald charges, but for almost twenty years have earried on a legitimate employment business, licensed by the laws of our native City. Our methods are fully as honest as the Commis- gioner's, and we have acquired a kuowledge of the wants of both the employerand the em- ploye which said Commissioner stands badly in need of. ouw(u::t;l:mxpu: 5 cants average under: cen m cent. We $othe" inci-that the difierent Bensvolent Soct eties of San Francisco indorse us by sending us their pensioners or applicants and pay the fees for the same. Among these societies are the San Francisco Bonevolent Society, Eureka Benevolent Society, British Benevclent So- ciely, Associated Charities, Swiss Relief Soci- ety, German Benevoleunt, etc. Properly con- ducted employment agencies have been in- dorsed, and, in’ fact, found a necessity in all large cities, and the American workingman patronizing the same is not as gullible, unedu- cated and stupid as E. L. Fitzgerald would make him out to be. OQur American citizen in any walk of life generally knows how to take care of himself and needs no demagogic guardian. By what right does & government appointee presime o condemn and threaten to close up any branch of business honorably licensed by the same State which bas created this official? Furthermore we question the right of the Commissioner of the ‘*Bureau of Labor Statis- tics” to carry on a free employment office in the name oi the State of California. If the Commissioner is. right then our State is all wrong in charging us $64 per year license to conduet an employment agency and then not only run opposition to us but allow the person in charge oF tho State’s concern to abuise us like pickpockets. Private enterprise cannot successful ymmfew with the State. We beg leave, in conclusion, to remark that the Bureau of Labor Statistics was created to hunt labor statistic: ploymens nts, which latter from the begin- ning has seemed to be its sole ooject. Very respectinily, W.D. EWER & Co. not to hunt down em- AN AMBITION. R o oL e 00, matiy, Work fer o brotd his back agin a tree an’ listened at his Ter nfi:fi:‘lrpln‘ of the cricket an’ the whisperin’ of L tell 45 "Thers was luxary; It done me good to 3 To so: adoln’ nothia’ 'cause they’s nothin’ else terdo. So jest yer keep & laborin’ on, an’ mind yer duty An’ ke’p‘l’ savin’ up an’ bein’ watchful day an’ An' ;:g%’é:n will git ter where ye're toil an’ lose, An’ t;reo::l:lv:)‘n?z be nothin’ *tall expected of ye but Ter whare, with folded hands sn’ all yer stints dt , g00d An’ true, You Kin st addoin’ nOthin' ‘canse they’s nothin’ else ter do. —Washington Star. A STYLISH PLAIN WAIST. A perfectly plain waist, when properly cut and well made, isa boon which nd woman of limited means can afford to do Without. In itself itisstylish and neat and suitable to wear at aHl times. With fancy accessories in the shape of fichues of white mull, muslin or chiffon, square and round collars of ribbon vele vet lace or lawn it may be made quite dressy. A simple addition of ribbon in the shape of belt,eollar and bretelles also accomplishes this. A black waist with white ribbons having a tiny biack edge and rose-colored noted for its lx:: and lllnplieng; The model wn here may be buttoned in front, hooked at the shoulder and under-arm seams or laced up in the back. Itmay becut round at the bottom or more pointed as show. above. 2 ‘The is exactly what is used as the founda- tlon for blouse and other full waists, and so is flowers was very useful pattern. For anevening t tulle or chiffon or lace gathered at topand waist and finished with & 8oft belt of rose, blue or other light colored velvet is verystyl- ish and dainty. PARAGRAPHS ABOUT PEOPLE. Probably the largest farmer in Maryland iy General William McKenny, who owns s farms, embracing 20,000 acres, and gives them his personal attentio: George Cruikshank was constantly making portraits of himself. A complete series of these pictures from the time the caricaturist was twelve yearsold 1s about to be issued in London. Rev. John Hall had his favorite Bible stolen from him neerly a year ago, and the New Yorg police have just recovered it. . He had the Bible in a satchel, and it was stolen by & rail- road station thief, i The Minnesota State Historical Society will place a pastel portrait of Ambrose Freeman in the rooms of the society in St. Paul. Freeman was a noted pioneer and officer of the army, who was killed in the Sioux outbreak in 1862 General Cassius M. Clay has been continuous master sinee 1855 of wnat he holds to be the oldest flock of Southdown sheep in the world under one management. He imported the fir of it in that year, and has not since brought over any ewes, but has improved the stock by rams. The carcasses average 250 pounds and the fleeces seven pounds. Inthe course of some parliamentary remi. niscences, Sir George Osborne Morgau says that the most brilliant speaker the House of Commons has known for several generations was Disraeli, who was a master of the art of phrase-making. Nowadays there are fewer displays of ornate oratory, and the general tone of debate is more businesslike than for- merly. “The boldest man would scarcely ven. ture now to cite the most familier line of Horace or Virgil,” says Sir George. THOMSONS AND THOMPSONS. Westminster Gazette. Advantage may be taken of Lord Kelvin's jubilee to point out that the Thomsons, or Thompsons, are distinguished in science. As Lord Kelvin, otherwise Sir William Thomson, is professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow, 50 Dr. Sylvanus Thompson is head of the City and Guilds Tecnnical Colleze in London, and Dr. J. J. Thomson is Cavendish professor of experimental physics at Cambridge. Recently, 100, Sir Wyville Thomson was, among other things, professor of natural history at Edin- burgh; Sir Henry Thompson, professor of clini- cal surgery at University College Hospital, London; Dr. James Thomson (Lord Kelvin's father), professor of mathematics at Glasgow, and r. 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