The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 14, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1896. HOW JAPANESE GOODS DO HARM UNDER FREE TRADE If the peculiar ideas of William Jen- nings Bryan ever become fully matured in high places in this country a worse fate | awaits the American workman than the necessity of competing with the pauper labor of Europe. Bryanism is rank free trade, and free trade as he preaches it would force the American wage-earner to compete with the labor of the Orient, as well as with that.of Europe. Students who desire to grasp the mean- ing of free trade as Bryan preaches it should not for one moment overlook the fact that great industrial improvements sre under way in Japan, and that the next decade may introduce into America such products of labor as will completely over- throw all modern ideas of prices. A study of the Japanese question alone ought to convince the stanchest support- ers of Bryan's free-trade ideas that the American artisan will have to wear a quene if he is ever able to compete with | the prices at which Japanese goods will be sold. And unless there i some law that protects the American workman against the threatened supply from the Orient, enoungh to inundate the country, the great- est poverty and general disaster yet seen in America are to come. Nothing in the political creed of William Jennings Bryan can avert the disasters threatened by such an influx of the cheap productsof the Orient. It should be borne in mind that the goods and wares offered by Japan are as nothing compared with the abundance ill soon be carried to the shores on The skill of the Japanese is ugh to duplicate anything yet pro- . ducea by the ingenuity of man, and the competition in every department of the handicrafts will be fierce and cunning. Thoughtful men, therefore, are asking what is to be the outcome, and statesmen can see nothing outside of protection against foreign goods, a tariff that will en- | courage American workingmen and insure Manufacturers and Workmen Cannot Compete With Cheap Goods of the the general weliare of the masses in this country. The possibility of grave damage from the competition of Japan and the Orient— vast regions sure to prove a menace in the long run—shows the benign effects of a proigctive tariff. It is well to give some detdils concerning the extent of the dan- er. People will understand the question etter when they realize just how cheap production can be carried on in the em- pire of “the little brown men."” Japan has recently startled the world by her naval achicvements in her late war with China, but her commercial and in- dustrial growth are notless marvelous. Her people are patriotic and law-abiding, and there are 40,000,000 of them to-day waiting and ready 1o be led into the peace- ful pursuits of manutacmrin%, trade and commerce and agriculture. It is a well- known fact that fuel and labor are so cheap in Japan that even the cheapest countries of Europe cannot compete with ber in the open fields. These facts cause careful men to ask what would become of this country if no protection were offered against the fabrics and multitudinous wares of the Orient. Some time-serving politicians say that such a contingency is remote, but they forget that Japanese agents are already selling textiles, chemicals and metal goods in American markets at prices that the American manufacturer and producer cannot hope to touch. It is a notorious fact that Osaki is already the Manchester of Japan and that thousands of bales of cotton are con- tinually being shipped to that point from the United States. 1t is not so generally known, however, that every bale shipped Orient. sbroad to be manufactured represents a loss to the American laborer of $30 in wages. Without a protective tariff the goods thus manufactured are shipped back to the United States to be sold at prices with which Americans cannot com- pete. It has recently been shown that it costs in this country $50,000 in wages to pro- duce from 21,000 bales of cotton plain, salable cotton product; but the same goods can be produced i Japan at $17,500. The freight on the goods to this country does not exceed $15,000, which leaves a balance of $17,500 in favor of Japan. Under Mr. Bryan's popular ideas of free trade this loss wouléweither fall on the American workmen, or the American manufacturer would be driven out of busi- ness, One of the most careful students of the Japanese question in this country is Wil- liam Eleroy Curtis, a writer for the Scien- tific American. In a careful paper on the subject of Japanese weges, recently pre- pared, he gives the following as a table of revailing wages in Yokohama, the day Eeing one of ten hours’ steady employ- ment: Blacksmiths, 36 cents; carpenters, 26; compositors, 29; joiners, 29; ordinary laborers, 19; plasters, 20; porcelain artists, 72; pressmen in printing offices, 19; stone- cutters, 31; tobacco and cigar-makers, 24; wood-sawyers, 29. The following are the rates of wages paid by the month: Farmhands §$144, sileworm-breeders §1 92, women weavers 96 cents. It is with wages on such a scale that Americans must compete, and the table shows that factory labor is paid even less than these prices. In many of the largest commercial houses women work for less than 14 cents a day of twelve bours, board- ing themselves. [n studying the fore- going table of wages it should be borne in mind that the rate in Yokohoma is probably the largest prevailing anywhere in the empire, because of the stimulusto })fle_u caused by the presence of a large foreign population, the foreigners nof being such close traders as the nativesand not nearly so frugal in their habits. The tastes of the Japanese are simple throughout and they spend almost noth- ing for food. For Amerjeans to try to compete with such wages would mean in- dustrial and commercial sunicide. It isto prevent such a lowering of the scale of wages that the policy of protection has been appealed to by {ho:o who have at heart the welfare of the people and the general prosperity of the country. According to the statistics recently athered by the Osaka Board of Trade there are now 61 factories in operation, with 580,564 spindles, employing 8899 men and 29,596,women. The factories in course of construction and which will be in full operation during the present year will bring the total number of spindles up to 819,115, and 37 of these are at Osaka. 1t is the opinion of those who have most closely studied the varied industries of Japan that when the Japanese once get thoroughly into the woolen industry they will make such marked progress as to practically overwhelm their American competitors. They are getting in im- proved machinery in large quantities, and all that is necessary is for them to make a thorough study of methods, aud with their imitative ability they will soon be flood- ing this country with goods that Amer- jcan makers cannot compete with and live. In woolen rugs and carpets a large field is opened to them, one which, withe out a tariff, will enable them to seriously cripple the American manufacturer or drive him completely out of the business. Frank G. Carpenter, the well-known American newspaper correspondent, has made it plain why_the Japanese prices are so low. He says there 1s no law against ohild labor and no system ol regulating the hours of workmen. In both cases the greatest im- aginable abuses abound. Some of the chil- dren engaged in rug-making are under 6 yearsof age, and there are a number of girls of 8and 10 years working at wages equivalent to 5centsa day in American money. These work from 8 o’clock in the morning until 6 at nignt, having less than an hour at noon forlunch. It is with such workmen and wages that American citizens are expected to compete under the free-trade ideas of William Jennings Br{n the great advocate of the Wilson bill. Under his ideas of statesmanship the entire products of the world ought to be admitted withoutletand bindrance into American ports. The study of manufacturing possibilities among the Japanese reveals the fact that the range of their work is the widest im- aginable. Whether in linen and woolen textures, in ceramics or in the various forms of metal work they excel by their cunning and the facility with which they make the ideas of foreigners their own. They have been making great progress in the technical trades ever since 1875, and the most approved ideas of the Western World are rapidly becoming theirs. It requires only the most casual study of the comparative wage lists of Japan and this country to convince the investigator that there can be no competition between Eoods made in- Japan and those made ere, under existing differences of the countries, for the trade would all be in favor of Japan. ‘When the wn&e-worker fully under- stands these differences there will be no doubt now he will cast his ballot. In every realm of industry it is shown, by an overwhelming array of evidence, that pro- tection and prosperity are one and that free trade would destroy the wages and the industries of this country. £ PATRIOTISM, PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY. PROTECTION 1§~ | THE THING NEEDED Cheers for McKinley and| Home Rule for America. THE ONE REAL ISSUE. Colone! Eddy’s Pertinent Ques- tion About Silver’s Destination. JEFFERSON A PROTECTIONIST. He and Andr:w Jackson Spoke in Favor of Protecting Home Products. Bcottish Hall was none too large last | night to bold the “crowd at the regular meeting of the Phoenix Republican Club, every seat on the floor being occupied. T. V. Eddy presided. The following resolution commendatory of Hon. Engene F. Loud was read by Secretary Branch and adopted unanimously and with en- thusiasm: sof the Republican party to renomi- nate for Congress of ik th Congressional District the Hon. Eugene Loud, a man who bas proven himself to be a most painstaking tive member of Congress, always ex- ealous in the interests of his con- d faithful in_the performance of ,and who by his active work and d ability has been appointed to the ip of oue of the most important in Congress, the Committee on and Postroads, and whereas, ough his untiring and successful efrorts in he has endeared himself to the people district; therefore be it Resolved That we, the members of the Pheenix Republican Club, do hereby indorse the nomination of tne Hon. Eugene F. Loud, and piedge to him our support, in order that the Fifth Congressional District may be repre- an experienced, faithful and ener- ant of the people. | L. Warner followed with a piano uolo,i which he played with such appropriate spirit and feeling that he was encored fortissimo and responded graciosamente. Charles M., Shortridge, who appeared on the stage as an invited guest of the ciub, was introduced and made an address on the vital issues of the day. He predicted that on the 3¢ day of November the patri- otic and loval declaration of this Amer- ican republic would be in favor of William McKinley for President of the United Brates. He closed his address with a tribute to bonest, sober, reliable and industrious labor. He said that he was now paying in San Francisco and San Jose many hun- dreds of dollars per day to labor—not for nimseli, but on behalf of enterprises in w hich he was interested—and every dollar of it has been paid to union labor. “I am paying to-night,’ he added, “geventy union men union wages in one room in this city to keep machinery from starving their wives and children to death.’ This declaration was received with an outburst of applanse. The speaker ex- plained that he had been impelled to speak of the matter in order to make it clear to his hearers that he had a right to speak for labor, and that he was not guilty of presumption in advising workingmen to vote for McKinley and protection. The Republican party believed in supporting labor and demanded that the American workingman shou!d not be placed ona par with Japanese and Chinese laborers. The sveech was followed by a well- played quartet by La Estrella Mandolin Club. The gem of the entertainment pro- gramme was the Spanish dancing of Leonie Breslauer, a graceful tot of nine gears. The dancing was accompanied by music on the mandolins. The Pheenix Club male quartet sang two compaign songs in excellent time and tune, after which Colonel T. V. Eddy, Eresidem of the Pheenix Club, made a rief address, in which he conveyed his thanks for the honor which had been con- ferred upon him. He spoke of the can- flidafes and the platforms of the Demo- tratic and Republican parties. The latter party, he pointed out, had 1ood from the moment of 1ts birth for one snchangeable principle of protection to A merican industries, American homes and American labor. Proteciion, patriotism wd prosperity was the motto of that party and had been since its birth in 1854. He demanded to know what was the watchword of the Democratic party, and he answered the guestion by saying that it was free silyer, free trade and free souv. William J. Brvan said in the campaign of 1892 that the Republican tariff of protec- tion to home industry was unconstitu- tional and that if we could tear down this American system of protection and if we could 1naugurate another era of free trade the people of this country would cease from suffering. He did not say a word about the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16to 1. Since that time the Democratic party, through its President, had hawked the bonds of this Nation around the markets of the world to borrow $262,000,000 to help run this Government in & time of pro- found peace. : In the streets of the cities and villages of this country are hundreds of thousands of honest and honorable laboring men and women, starving and insufficiently clad, and begging for an opportunity of labor- ing for their daily obread. Such scenes were never witnessed when the Repub- lican party had the management of the affairs of the conntry. The speaker explained the difference be- tween a tariff for revenue only ora free trade tariff and a tariff that protected the industries of the country. The Democrats declared that they would introduce a sys- tem of tariff that 'would not leave any sur- plus in the United States treasury, and there never has been any surplus there since they went into power. “The smokestacks from which the smoke of industry is no longer seen to curl,”” he said, ““and the motionless wheels of indus- try are the living witnesses of the destruc- tive policy of the Democratic party. “Democrats have always taken occasion to speak of free trade as a Jeffersonian principle, whereas the fact was that Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson were protectionists, and among the strong- est protectionists that this world ever saw. “Thomas Jefferson in 1809 wrote a letter to a friend that he believed the manufac- turing and agricultural interests of this country should travel side by side and that he believed protection was necessary in order that that might be brought about, “These were Jefferson’s words, and they are found in volume 5, page 416, of the complete works of Thomas Jeiferson: ‘My idea is that we should encourage home in- dustries to the extent of our own con- sumption of everything of which we raise the raw material,’ and in another place he says: ‘I have lately inculcated the en- couragement of manufactures, to the ex- tent of home consumption at least, of all articles of which we raise the raw mate- rials.” “In another place Jefferson says: ‘We must now place the manufacturer by the side of the agriculturist. The question assumes a new form: Shall we make our own comforts or go without them at the will of a foreign nation? He, therefore, who is now against domestic manufactures must be for reducing us either to de- pendence on that foreign nation or to be clothed in skios and live like beastsin Gens and caverns. ‘* ‘Experience bas taught me that manu- factures are now as necessary to our inde- pendence as to our comfort, and if those who quote me as of a different opinion will keep pace with me in purchasing noth. ing foreign without mgarg to difference in price, 1t will not be my fault if we do not wrest that weapon of distress from the hand that has wielded it. ‘‘Andrew Jackson, when a Senator from Tennessee in 1828, declared that a pro- tective tanff was absolutely neces- sary and essential to the _welfare of the American people. It was Jackson also, who declared that he would bang every man in South Carolina, if necessary, if th.i still persisted in 1ts attempt to nullify the protective tariff.” The speaker ended with a reference to the silver question, closing with a chal- lenge to any Democratic orator to declare how any of the silver of ‘the world when coined in the United States mints can get | into the possession of the poor man. The meeting adjourned McKinley and the’ticket. CHARLEY MICHELSON MARRIED A Western Writer Who Found a Bride in New York. Cards have been received announcing the marriage of Charles Michelson, form- erly of THE CALL’s editorial staff, but now a journalist in New York, to Miss Lilian Sterritt, the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sterritt, New York. The event took place on the 25th of last month. The many Californian friends of Mr. Michelson waft their congratulation: across the continent, wishing al! happiness :n% ‘prosperity to him and his fair young ride. with cheers for —————— Had Unstamped Opium. Customs Inspector McGinnis arrested yester- day Thomas Lynch, a fireman on the steamer City of Pueblo, for having illicit opium in his possession. Four five-tael tins were found on the person of Lynch. In the engine-room fourteen other tins were found. The fireman 8aid he purchased the drug from a Chinese in Victoria. Some four weeks ago 140 tins of opium were found on the City of Pueblo and later another small quantity was seized. ——————— Remanded to Jail. Judge Hunt yesterday overruled Dr. Kuh!- man’s motion and remanded him to the custody of the Sheriff. The physician will now have to answer Coroner Hawkins’ ques- tions or go to jail for contemot. REPUBLICANS AND MUNICIPAL CLUBS, The County Committee De- cides on a Scheme of Organization. PLANNED BY DISTRICTS. S A General Organization for Local Ends to Be Made Next Tuesday. INTEREST IN L(CAL WORK The City Will Be Thoroughly and Ably Organizel by the County Committee. The Republican County Committee, at its regular meeting in the Bhiels building last evening, provided for the creation of the official district Republican clubs which will be recognized by the County Com- mittee as the official clubs wherever municipal potitics are concerned. There will be at least one such club in each Assembly district, and in districts where the geographical distribution of voters makes it more convenient two clubs will be organized. While these Republican clubs will be wholly apart from the many other general clubs organized purely in the interest of the National ticket, they will co-operate with those clubs and lend all possible aid to the general campaign clubsin the in- terest of the Republican ticket generally, while being organized with special refer- ence to the local campaign. Charles Manwaring called to order the meeting, which was attended by thirty- three of the thirty-six members of the County Committee, and an interested lobby, which occupied every chair and crowded the aisles and entrance, gave evi- dence of the general interest taken in Re- publican party affairs. Aside from the routine proceedings the feature of the meeting was the report on club organization presented by the com- mittee on that work by Secretary John Jackson, the chairman. The report which was adopted recom- mended the organization in each Assem- bly district of one club, with the excep- tion that {wo clubs should be organized in districts where the County Committeemen of such districts deemed it necessary. Such clubs were to be organized by the County Committeemen of the districts on Tuesday evening, the 18th inst., at places named by the County Committeemen and by temporary officers and enrolling com- mittees appointed by them. The resolution adopted provided spe- clfically for the organization of many new Republican district clubs next Tuesday evening, and further provided that the club rolls should be kept open at the places designated by the County Commit- teemen, hereafter to be published, at times ending at 10 ». M. on Friday, August 21, when the rolls shall be closed and there- after investigated. Such clubs shall be permanently organized on Saturday even- ing, August 22, whereupon the rolls shall be reported to the County Committee, This plan of municipal club organiza- tion met the hearty and unanimous ap- proval of the members of the committee and a call of the roll by districts resulted in the determination that two clubs should be formed in the following districts: Thirty-third, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-second, Forty-third and Forty-fourth. On motgbn of J. M. Chretien the chair- man was instructed to appoint & commit- :: of three, of which the chairman shouid one, to superintend th thgI “a"otll‘zmo';l;n A T I 0 other business of im transacted before ndiournng."“u e et The Pheenix Republicans. The Phcenix Republican Club, which meets at Scottish Hall, on Larkin street, has changed itsmeeting night from Tuesday to Thursday. This change has been necessitated in conse quence of the increase of members being more than the small hall downstairs could ac- commodate. Hence on next Thursday even- ing the club will hotd its first meeting in the 1arge hall upstairs, at which C. M. Shortridge an Enlane T.V. Eddy have been invited to speak. O I YOUNG REPUBLICANS. Enthusiastic Meeting of the League Held Last Night. The Young Men’s Republican League Club beld an enthusiastic meeting in Jus- tice of the Peace Kerrigan’s courtroom last night, President Frank K. Spencer in the chair. Speeches were made by several of the members in opposition to the statements made in Bryan’s New York speech, and it was decided to invite all Republicans to be present at their meeting next Thurs- day, when the speech will receive the full- est consideration at the hands of the mem- bers and several prominent Republicans. After the regular meeting the officers of the league went into executive session to arrange the programme for next Thurs- day evening. Organizing T the First. A letter has been received by Colonel M. R. Higgins, secretary of the Repub- lican State Central Committee, from Frank L. Coombs of Napa, stating that as president of the Republican League for the First Congressional District he had appointed as secretary D. D. Dodson of Red Bluff, and as presidents of the county leagues in the district T. L. Carothers of Ukiab, 0. 0. Webber of Santa Rosa, Judge C. C. Bush of Redding, James Barnie ot Weaverville, J. N. Gregg of Red Bluff, Robert Nixon of Yreka, J. S. Laird of Arden, W. A. Makinden of St. Helena, William Barr of San Rafael, L. 8. Kinsey of Eureka. They are earnestly engaged TOUNG LEADERS OF THE FORTI-SECON Enthusiasm for the Repub- lican Party Growing Rapidly. THEY ORGANIZE A CLUB Loyalty to the Party and Devo- tion to Its Principles the Watchword. SURE TO CARRY THE DISTRICT For McKinley, Hobart and the Entire Municipal and Legislative Ticket. The Forty-second Assembly District McKinley Club is an active Republican by the Republican Assemblyman two years ago. X * At that time there were five candidates in the field for the Assembly, two_ being Republicans, and yet Isaac M.'Mevrnl.l won the prize and represented the district at Sacramento. Then the Forty-second District had no club organization, bat the loyalty of the voters did not permit this fact to throw a wet blanket over the fire of their Repub- lican hearts. The following series of resolutions, as passed by this club at one of its meetings, will show the timber of which the organ- ization is composed : WHEREAS, The Republican party has placed before the people for their suffrage able repre- sentatives for the offices of President and Vice- President of this country in the persons of William McKinley of Ohio and Garret A. Ho- bart of New Jersey, men whom we believe will relieve the prevailing distress, restoré pros- perity, and whose administration will be & credit'and honor to this Nation; be it Resolved, That we, the Forty-second Assem- bly District McKinley Club, do hereby indorse the nomination of William McKinley and Gar- ret A. Hobart for the offices of President and Vice-President of this couniury; and be it further ZResolved, That we indorse the proceedings of the convention at St. Louis, and indorse the platform there adopted; and it is further Resolved, That we indorse the appointment of John D.Spreckels as committeeman from this State; and be it further Resolved, That we indorse the Republican County Committee and John M. Chretien and Harry N. Gray as County Committeemen from the Forty-second Assembly District. The officers_are all young, native-born boys of S8an Francisco, raised in the dis- trict where they have organized their club. Monday nights have been fixed asthe time of meeting, and the place is at Amer- ican Hall, northwest corner of Pacific and Leavenworth streets, where, at all of the assembiages, some of the best political speakers attend and enlighten the mem- bers and others on the truths of Repub- licanism. FOURTH-STREET CARS Will Resume Operations on Monday. Many Changes in Transfers Will Result. On Monday next the recently recon- structed Fourth-street line of streetcars will be in operation with eiectricity as the motive power and will form one continu- ous line with the Ellis-street road through to the park. With the resumption of traffic on Fourth street a number of changes in transiers will be made, taking effect August 17. The provisions temporarily made dur- ing the reconstruction of the Fourth- street line for transfers between Fifth- street cars and Howard and Folsom-street cars will be discontinued. The Ellis-street line, extended down Fourth street, will issue and receive trans- fers west of Powell street, as heretofore, subject to the conditions that such trans- fers as are desired are to be asked for at the time tho fare is settled, and that pas- sengers traveling npon transfers will not :1]0 given transfers in the opposite direc- on. Cars bound east and south will receive transfers from southbound Powell-streets cars and will issue transfersto north- bound Powell-street cars, to eastbound Market-street cars, to east and west bound Howard-street cars, to westbound Folsom- street cars, to westbound Bryant-street cars and to southbound Kentucky-street cars. Northbound cars of the Third-street line will issue transfers to westbound Folsom-street cars and to Howard-street cars, both east and west bound. ————————— THE BUILDING TRADES. The Interior Work on the Schoolhouses Still Causes Trouble. At the meeting of the Building Trades Council last evening Delegates Eichel- berger and Jones of the Lathers’ Union presented their credentials, As the lathers have recently organized a strictly journey- men’s union the delegates were seated. J. W. Rose presented his resignation as secretary on accoant of ill heaith and Al Beach was elected to fiil the position. The delegates from the Painters’ Union want to correct a misunderstanding as to the position of the two painters, Busse and Griffin, who recently investigated the schoolhouse jobs. ‘These men were duly selected as a com- mittee to make this inquiry and were not “gelf-appointed,”’ as was stated at_the meeting of the Board of Education. Upon the subject of poor work beingdone by the Jno. B Reifly, Chairman Ex Com. in the worx of forming clubs and leagues in their counties, so 5..; the First Con- gressional District will soon be organized for campaign work more completely than ever known before. puicace Gk 2 The Ocean View Club. To-morrow evening a big mass-meeting will be held at Wolf’s Hall, under the lnlgieu of the Ocean View publican Club. Hon. Eugene F. Loud and other eminent speakers will address the meeting. Used a Brick as a Weapon. Frank Edgoose, better kpown among his associates as the *‘Kid,” was arrested last evening by Officer Rathfon and Special Police- man Berge and dammdon at thpo.flc:lluomlv street pol stetion on_a charge of assault with & deadly weapon. Last Sunday morning Edgoose, accompanied b; ral {riends, went 0t ihe taloon oF B arh Fastho. apd Mont: &mery streets, and raised s disturbance. at Pols, “"m’c’f"m‘”k’ him mmtonmml Mf. S on the In- flicting an ugly wound. rhe “Kid” made hi; ape, but last ovenin{ as_seen by the icers and promptly p) under arrest. orgsnization with an enrollment of 190 members. The officers are: President, Charles Easton; vice-president, John Geils: secretary, William Colligan; treas- urer, Joseph Murray; financial secretary, D. Schultz; sergeant-at-arms, Harry Ken- ney; executive committee—John B. Reilly (chairman), Joseph F. Murray, Harry Kenny, James Dixon and George Calvert; enrolling commIittee—Charles Spinks, Wil- liam Murray, I Cline, Thomas J. Reilly and James Miils; finance committee— John Creamer, J. Schofield, W. Flanders, Dominick Beban and D. H. Schultz; com- mittee on resolutions—Dominick Beban, M. Goodenough, T. P. Conham and John Gooly. ¥ ‘With this list of officers there are nearly 200 active, energetic and enthusiastic young men who have with a will and a dash entered into the political fray of s | 1896 with a determination to carry the Forty-second Assembly District by a large majority—much lar.?x‘-' than it w:'; carned Harry Kenny, Sgt at Arma. contractors in repainting and whitening the schoolhouse, J. J. Connolly, the busi- ness agent, sent the following letter, which was indorsed by the council: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 13, 1896. Editor of Call: We, the Building Trades Coun- eil, ask you to oblige us by publishing the fol- lowing: At the regular meeting of the Build- ing Trades Council a compiaint was brought in‘from the Painters' Union. in regard to ine way the calcimining been done on the schoolhouses. The painters claim and are in a position to prove that the work 1s not belng done according to specifications. First, the specifications call for the cleaning of walls down to the plastering, o as to remove sil former applications. This has not been done. On the contrary, they have not even dusted the walls in most cases. Therefore we, the Building Trades Council, condemn the ’lmu who had the supervision of said work for their negligence in not seeing that the work was done according to specifica- tions as it progressed. We request the public and all reform bodies to assist us in bringing pressure to bear on the parties in charge of said work and w:rl them to discharge their duties 88 requi the public and laid down in the specifications. CONNOLLY, J. J. Business Agent Building Trades Council, WORKING FOR THE BOYS the Enthusiastic Meeting of Youths’ Directory Festi- val Committee. Charitable People Warnzd Agalns't’ Two Fraudulent Collectors Who Are Going About. The general committee in charge of the arrangements for the approaching festival 1n aid of the Youths’ Directory met last evening at the assembly-hall, 2030 How- ard street, James R. Kelly presiding. More than 100 ladies and gentlemen were present, and the greatest enthusiasm marked the deliberations. Chairman Kelly, on behalf of u_n com- mittee appointed to solicit contributions from banks and insurance companies, re- ported that the sum of $750 had\ already been received. A. B. Maguire ana J.J. Donohue re- ported that they had visited all the whole- sale coal-dealers in the City and in every instance had met with a favorable re- sponse to their appeal on behalf of the homeless boys of the Youths' Directory. According to their report there will be many tons of choice coal raffled for during the coming festival. George E. Gallagher of the committee reported that he had received a letter from David J. Costello, now sojourning at Bart- lett Springs, stating that Mr. Costello had procured a valuable Jersey cow and would present the animal to the festival com- mittee to be raffled for the benefit of the homeless boys. The committee on the benefit perform- ance given in aid of the festival by the Chauncey Olcott Company reported that the sum of $129 75 had been realized as the percentage of tickeis sold by the {riends of the directory., A much larger amount would have been realized had the instructions of Father Crowley been fully understood and acted upon by the public. According to agreement with the business manager of the theatrical company the directory received no share of the tickets sold at the theater box-office, and many friends of the institution, not understand- ing this provision, had failed to procure tickets at the other places at which they were placed for sale. Reports were made that two different persons without warrant or authority were soliciting donations for the festival, and the commitiee on vress were in- structed to announce that a book bearin, the signature of Rev. D. O. Crowley an: the stamp of the Youths’ Directory had been furnished to each and every person acting for the commuittee and that dona- tions should be withheld from all who failed to present such a certificate of authority. —_——— Sunday Baseball. The Oaklands will try conclusions with the San Franciscos at the California Baseball League grounds Sunday at 2:30 2. . Foilow- ing is the make-up of the tzams: San Franciscos. Osklands. (4 Flavor without that scalded- . milk taste. 4 A desirable result @ never before obtained by others. PREPARED BY New York Condensed Milk Co. IS MANHOOD EVER LOST? Strictly speaking, no! at least, hardly ever, except in extreme old age. What we call ‘“lost manhood” and “Nervous Exhaustion” is merely weakened power. Underneath the ashes the fire remains aglow. It requires careful scientific treat- ment to fan it intoa bright flame of life and energy. Your despondency looks foolish—is fool- ish. Keepsyou from getting well. It's the worst part of your sickness. ‘I'ry and getoverit, Tryand look like a man— head up, body erect. Then do as a man should do; get help in a common-sense way. But for the sake of your existence—for the sake of those dear to you or dependent on you, don’t play with tire. Leave quack medicines, cure-all-and-everybody mnos- trums alone. Go to 8 specialist. Go to one who has devoted a lifetime to this branch of human suffering; who cures where others try and experiment. To the deuce with false modesty! As it this greatest of specialists would ‘‘blab’ about you, or give your case any other thought than is necessary to cure you. Doctor Cook treats with wonderful suc- cess not only nervous debility of young, middle-aged or old men, but he cures fe- male complaints and all chronic and in- ternal troubles of both sexes. His spe. cialty also embraces eye, ear, throat, nose, brain, liver, lung, chest, heart, kidney, stomach and bowel diseases; also piles, fistula and rupture, hyarocde, varicocele and kindred ailments, Write if you cannot call. You can be treated successfully by mail. Tell every- thing. Office Hours—9 to 12 A. M., 2t0 5and 7 to 8r. M. Sundays from 10 to 12 A. M. only. Address 865 MARKET STREET, n“flTm cnfl s Opp. Powell, 8, F., Cal. HOGS and HENS. I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A HALF IN- terest in & smell HOG RANCH near railroad. Only persons wiocan give good references as to character need reply. Address, with full particulars, LARKSPUR, box 74, CaLL Office, San Francisca