The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1896 HOW FREE TRADE HAS HURT THE WOOL INDUSTRY It was shown some weeks ago in a | series of articles 1n THE CALL that the free- | trade policy of William Jennings Bryan, | as seen in the Wilson tariff, played havoc with the woolen industry in all parts.of | the country; that 60 per cent of the fac- tories are idle throughout the United States, and that the losses to labor and the country at large are millions of dollars every month. b It is well known to students of the tariff | that this record of depression is only al history of the ruin wrought by free trade in the past. It is not strange, therefore, that every investigation made shows the same story of ruin to industry, and that business men everywhere view free trade with alarm. | One of the bestinformed men on the | status of the wool market of this coast is Jacob Wollner, wool and commission merchant. In his semi-annual market re- | port, jue sued, many important facts | stand out in bold relief. It seems from his statement that there was hope of a betier market just after McKinley’s nom- ination, but it waned after the Chicago convention. 1t also appears that Bryan's boast that prosperity would come with free trade has not materialized. Manufacturers have not enlarged their trade and the sheepmen have not even continued in business. 2 On August 1, 1892, the American Wool | and Cotton Reporter said: “There has never been a time in the history of this country that so much woolen machinery has been so well employed as at the| present.” | | As a striking contrast, illustrative of what free trade can do in a short time, the words of the same paper on June 30, 1896, submitted. They ran as follows: | “The past four weeks have ,been charac- | terized by extreme duliness in the wo oi | trade. The transactions have been the | smallest ever reported, and not 30 per cent | of the woolen-mills of the United Sta tes are actively employed.” This is a striking object lesson, showing that the ideas of protection ard prosperity still live, as do_those of free trade and g o ruin. Mr. Wollner gives many startlin, facts on the subject—enough to putt | 3,000,000 pounds over the | ing to the fact that sheepmen were forced out | 000,000 pounds of carpet wool on an_average, | sturdy merchant is a complete refutation | is in keeping with evidence from ‘other | | which, although wool is so low, a good deal of | Startling Facts Given by Jacob Wollner, the Well-| Known Commission Merchant, flight a field full of free-trade orators, His views, being the expert opinions of a trained business man, are so valuable that they are given at some length. He says, among other things: 1 will give some instances where free wool dia so much good (?) to sheepmen and manu- facturers. The iccrease in the production of wool in the State of California in 1892 was | ))roflllcflon 0f1891. | This year the spring clip of California alone is | over 4,000,000 pounds less than last year, ow- of the business, as they could not make ex- penses. The consumption of wool from the 1st of January, 1896, to July 1 has been 56,- 000,000 pounds less than 1895 for the same | period. In 1892, under the McKinley tariff, the prices of California, Nevada and Oregon wool in this market averaged 18 cents, with ‘& lively demand, and this year the average price of the same wools is 614 cents, with very little demand. This is cne Teason for it. The importation of wooi for flanLl‘Ielr (from July 1 to June 30): 1891,129,818,647 pounds: 1892, 148,670,652 pounds; 1é93. 72,433,888 pounds: 1894, 55,152,558 pounds; 1895, 203.- 708,685 pounds; 1896, 258,811,473 pounds foreign wool. Three-fourths of the wool imported previous to 1895 was carpet wool, which does not come into competition with our domestic Wools, as we do not raise much wool of that kind, and under the MeKinley tariff the duty only amounted to 3 cents per pound on that class of wool. Since 1893 we only imporied 60, The balance of the imported wools came right | in competition with our wools, hence wool prices raised in foreign countries and dropped in this country. The strong showing thus made by the of the theories of Bryan, and what hesays | ports of the Union. ‘Wollner says: The reason_the importation of wool in 1894 was so small was owing to the delay in the passing of the Wilson-Gorman tariff bill. Be- sides, since the passage of the iree wool bill, the larger importation of wool, shoddies, waste, rags, etc., has amounted to $20,000,000 yearly. This is owing to the fact that Euro- | pean manufacturers have flooded the country | with_cheap goods, in the manufacture of | Continuing, Mr. shoddies, waste and rags have been used, and our manufacturers, in self-preservation, had to follow the enmgle, and therefore the infe- rior articles took the place of at least 60,000,- 000 pounds of wool. Tha importation of manufactured &;Jood_s, which in 1892 amounted to $35,000,000, is reported for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, 2t $57,559,923, and then it has to be taken into consideration that imported goodsin 1892 were nearly 50 per eent nigher in valuation than in 1896, as then only high-priced goods | were imported, whiie now all kinds of trash is | admitted to the country in consequence of the low tariff, and so instead of manuiacturers be- ing benefited by free wool lhe& not only could not export manufactured goods but lost over $30,000,000 in home trade. That is the picture of the present, but the outlook for the future is even worse. He says: The outlook for prices and trade for stock still on hand, and also for fall wool, is very gloomy. Over 200,000,000 pounds of 'wool in the Eastern markets, and nearly the whole clip of Montana and Oregon,” which will amount to 30,000,000 pounds, is in first hands yet. Woolen-mills, aithough stopped at present, have & good stock of wools, mostly foreign, on hand, With the money market in such an unsectled condition fall wools, even if salable, will not command very high prices. 1 would advise all my friends who can keep their sheep in good coudition without shear- ing this fall not to shear, as I doubt i it will pay them to do so. The only hope we have is that the American people will come to their senses and will véte for sound money and pro- tection in November mext. Every sheepman or party interested in cheep or wool should try his utmost to get all his friends to vote the right way. We have had enough experience in two years of iree wool, which reduced the roduction of wool in the United States not less than 150,000,000 pounds, making paupers of sheepmen. Some 0f my friends may think that T express t0o strong feeling in this matter, but this is a time when it behooves every man who has the welfare of his country at heart to express him- self in plain language. Four years ago there were a good many man- ufacturers who thought that free wool ‘would enhance their business, but they found to their cost that the only way to exist is under the protective tariff, Both ‘on raw and manuface tured materials, and to-day there 1s not & man- ufacturer north or south, east or west, who is not in favor of sound money and protection. Though Mr. Wollner “speaks right out in meeting,” he is by no means alone. It is a well-known fact in San Francisco that the wool men are a unit on this question. irrespective of previous party affiliations. None fail to see that the Wilson bill has ruined their business. and many a Demo- crat engaged in the wool business will vote for protection and prosperity this year. JACOB WOLLNER. DEMOCRACY'S WORD BRITTLE AS GLASS. Populists Indignant Because of Broken Fusion Pledges. TREATED WITH DISDAIN Thomas Watson Ignored Both in | the Nation and in This ! State. | GEORGE MONTEITH'S CHARGES | Democratic Leaders Playing In With the Southern Pacific—Republi- cans at Work. Populists are beginning to taste ot the bitterness of the unholy alliance which their leaders seem so anxious to make with | the Democracy. | Thus far it has become apparent in ; every instance that the Democrats have | broken every pledge they made several months ago when the matter of fusion | was broached by Democratic leaders, who | knew that without the aid of the People’s | rarty vote the Democracy would pass out ristory so far as California was con—! cerned. | It has leaked out that the People’s party | placed only three candiaates for Congress i in the field, with the understanding that | | | | the Democrats would indorse these three and would not nominate any candidates acainst them, while the Populists would indorse the four candidates to be nomi- nated in the other districts by the Democ racy. The Democrats, with their usual perfidy, have broken this pledge and have turned down George W. Monteith, the People’s party candidate in the First Con- gressional District, just as they have turned down all over the Nation Tom ‘Watson, the Peovle’s party candidate for the Vice-Presidency. Mr. Bryan has acknowledged the Peo- plé’s party but once, and that was about a week after his nomination, when he de- clared that he was a Democrat and that he stood upon the Democratic platform. 02 a subsequent occasion he also publicly. declared that the platform, of the geople’s party as adopted at St. Louis was too radi- cal for himself and the rest of the Democ- | recy and that he repudiated it. | He has never acknowledged his nomina- | tion by the Populists, and has spurned the platform on which he was nominated at 8t. Louis, and be has refused to recog- nize Thomas Watson as a running mate under any circumstances. 8o the Peo- ple’s party stands to-day the backer of a Presidential nominee who spits in its face and tramples upon its platform. The action of the National Democracy in turning down Watson is copied by the Democracy of this State, which has not only turned down Mr. Watson, but is re- pudiating the People’s party nominees for Congress in this State, thereby delib- erately breaking the pledges made to the gullible and too eager leaders of the Popu- lists. The membersof that party through- | out the State are indignant over the treat- ment being received by Thomas Watson, and this indignation has been raised to boiling heat by the manner in which the Democracy is treating them in this State. Miadle-of-the-road men are very well pleased at the fulfillment of the predic- | tions made by them. They said from the outset that fusion meant death to the party by surrendering 1t into the hands ot unscrupulous politicians who would use it ns a catspaw and cast it aside with dis- dain whenever its services would be no longer required. There is a growing disposition among the honest masses of the People’s party in this State to repudiate all efforts at fusion and to put up a straight ticket. They say that even the rotten Democracy isshow- ing more devotion to principle than are the Populists because the sound-money Democrats are putting up a ticket and voting forit without regard to the effect which their action may have upon the tlection of Bryan or McKinley. They are going to vote for principle and decline to sllow their principles to be swallowed by the Bryan wing u? the Democracy as the National Papulists are domng. George W. Monteith, People’s party can- didate ror Congress from the First District, Is infuriated over the treachery by which she Democrats have attempted to defeat aim. He said last Saturday night, and | we are going to receiveat the hands of the | Democrats. | Tam satisfied that the Southern Pacific Com- | pany is at the bottom of the matter. | good indication that they ere not sincere in | their professions. | my arrangements and having got my fight his words will carry great weight to the minds of his fellow-Populists: Our experience to-day is an evidence of what Appsrently the only use they have for us is to secure our yotes. 1didn’t come to Napa with the idea that I personally had any right to the Democratic nomination. Lam not a Democrat, but I am & Populist and had been given tounderstand that this district would be conceded not to me, but to the party. If Mr. Monteith’s surmise be correct it isapparent that the People’'s party must put & man in the fleld whose negative quality of non-resistance will be accept- uble to the Southern Pacific Company. Mr. Monteith said further: There were quite a number of delegates here | who sincerely wanted to deal justly with us, but Mr. Geary and his proxies were too much | for them. Iam satisfied that the railroad com- pany isat the bottom of this matter and thatit has devised this method of keeping me out ofa position in which they know I would be able to frustrate some of their schemes. The Populist party had baen led to believe that the Democratic party would join in the union of forces to secure the free coinage of silver., We heartily and freely nominated their candidate for President. In return we expect to obtain tieir indorsement of at least three out of the seven members of Congress in his State, besides concessions upon the legis- | e ticket. This performance to-dasy is & They have begun work and have nominated a candidate in every district in which we had a nominee in this State ex- cept this district, and they will undoubtediy place one in nomination here. The result of that will be that they will so disgust and anger our people tnat it is ‘hard to tell just what will be the final outcome. The pleaof the district conventlion here is that the State committee has no control over the district convention, and if this proposition is carried to its logical conclusion it wiil apply 10 every Assembly aud Benatorial district in the State, and the Populists will get beauti- fully left. We were perfectly willing to meet them in a spirit of fairness and justice, while on their part they are disposed to take ad- vantage oi the situation. Ihave seen enough to satisfy me, and do not intend to be a party to any further negotiations at all. I begin my campaign a week from to-day, and I shall go to work and make a straight Populist and antl- railroad fight all down the line. .The Demo* crats can do just what they please. I have delayed my campaign for several weeks upon the promise that they were going to do something. Indeed I have done every- thing that could be done to bring about an understanding. Now, after having made all fully organiged, they deliberately come to me end suggest that I withdraw. That I certairly will not ao in any event. Iamon the ticket, and there to stay. If they do not display roper spirit toward the Populist par(y there s 10 law that I know of that will compel them to do so. I certainly have no further time to waste in what I know will be fruitless discussion. They have no intention of doing anything sxceg; to try to induce me to withdraw, which I have no intention of doing. Therefore there is no oom for any argument. So far as the committee that was appointed is concerned there are several excellent gen- tlemen upon it, but it will be dominated by railroad influence. They might just as well bave made Mr. Herrin the chairman as Mr. Geary. 1will not have any dealing with Mr. Geary under any circumstances or upon any terms whatsoever. It will be utterly useless for them to send a committee that contains any railroad attorneys in its personnet to talk tome. Iwillnotdesl with it in any way, shape or form. On the contrary,Idefy the railroad and all its methods and warn its peo- ple that they are simply wasting their time in trying to hoodwink me. The Republicans are beginning a vigor- ous campaign. Next Saturday evening, at the Wigwam, on the corner of Eddgy and Jones streets, the Republican State Central Committee will hold a big mass- meeting at which six or eight of the lead- ing public speakersof the State will de- liver short addresses, each upon a special subject. Mass-meetings will be held in the Wigwam every Saturday evening from now on until the eve of the election. Assignments have been made by the State CUentral Committee for the various speakers during the campaign. R. B. Carpenter will speak in San Jose next Thursday evening. Colonel T. V. Eddy will begin his tour of the southern part of the State next Wednesday evening in Orange County. He will speak 1n San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ven- tura and Santa Barbara. Major C. W. Kyle will campaign in Lake, Mono and Inyo counties. D. E. McKinlay will speak in Santa Rosa. He will then go south to join Congressman McLachlan. The Btate Central Committee has re- ceived letters from all the prominent Re- publican speakers of the State tendering their services for the campaign ana the committee feels very much encouraged b the good news from'all over the State. J. A. Barham will begin speaking in Siski- you County next Monday evening. THAT RAILROAD MONEY. Three Young Men in Oakland’s Jail on a Charge of Embezzlement. Lulie P. Fiege, 19 years of age, accused of being Charles J. Bell’s accomplice in the Center-street station (Oakland) rob- bery, was arrested last evening in this City by Officer C. W. Hamilton cf the Oak- land Police Department. He was taken to Oakland on a late boat and lodged in jail. . Bell and Georze Webster were arrested in Tracy a few days ago and detained at the Oakiand prison on a charge of felony embezzlement. ——— His Attempt Falled. Michael Clark, s soap-dealer, living at Ne- braska and El Dorado streets, tried to stop & runaway team at Eddy and Pierce streets last evening. He was knocked down and sustained fracire of Tho SKull ‘Ho Wt tepaoe e rac Receiving Hospital 7y Ty WILL HURT FIRST THE WORKINGMAN, Free Coinage of Silver Means a Big Cut in Wages. A PARITY IS IMPOSSIBLE Interview With Colonel Bendel, Head of the Winemakers’ Corporaticn HE KNOWS BY EXPERIENCE. Recalls the Flood of Silver in 1876-77, When Gold Stood at a Big Premium. Colonel H. Bendel, president of the Wine-makers' Corporation and of the San Francisco Fruit Exchange, has very pro- nounced views on the money question and in opposition to free coinage. In an inter- view yesterday he said: “Since the Wilsou tariff bill went into effect the balance of trade has been largely against us, hundreds of millions of dollars being drained from this country in conse- quence. For instance, all the tin plate factories of the United States cannot sup- ply one-tenth of the quantity needed, and nine-tenths must be imported from:Eng- land. The canning business in which I am interested requires annually tin plate amounting to about 20,000 pounds sterling, or nearly $100,000 in United States gold coin. If I should offer to pay this amount in silver, the English sellers would simply answer, “There is more silver in a Mexican dollar than in an American dollar, and as the Mexican dol- lar in gour country is worth only 53 cents in gold, why should we_ accept yours for 100 cenis? You must either pay $100,000 in gold or its equivalent in silver, which would amount to $390,000.’ “This_proves to my mind conclusivel that with an unlimited coinage of silver it would be an impossibility to keep gold and silver in this country at par, as it would compel people who have payments to make in Europe to buy gold at a pre- mium, and gradually all the gold would be sent out of this country. “‘Another article that would be seriously affected in my line of business is sugar, of which at least 75 per cent is imported from foreign countries, and for the quanti- ties which we use in our factories we would be compelled to pay about $50,000 more in silver than we would be able to gurchnse the same quantity in gold for. 'his $140,000 excess I should be obliged to pay for tin and sugar would naturally come out of tue pockets of the consumer. Next to the consumer the laboring classes would be nr&ouli affected. Our payroll is sometimes as high as $1000 per day, which, if gald in silver, would be reduced to $530, which 1 would consider very un- fortunate, as no country is or can be pros- perous where labor is cheap, and when the wages paid for labor do not keep pace with the depreciation of silver this assertion can be easily proven. “In 1876 or 1877 we experienced on a small scale what is now proposed to be done on a larger basis, e had an overproduc- tion of silver on this coast and conse- quently a silver dollar was worth only 90 cents in gold on this market. The busi- ness in which I was engaged at that time made less gross profit than the discount on silver amounted to, and as there was ! practically no gold left in circulation among the consumers I was compelled to deal mostly on a silver basis with my cus- tomers, as_ a great many retail T8 in this City will recollect. Very few, how- ever, preferred to deal with me on a gold basis. For instance, I would sell coffee to aparty on a gold basis at 18 cents per pound and 20 cents per pound for silver, and so a difference of 10 per cent was made for all merchandise sold. 4 “‘All wages, however, of the laboring classes at that time of conrse were paid in silver, and so the poor luborh.\f man had to pay for all the necessities of life 10 per cent more than a few montus before, when he was paid in gold. Bo the laborer,in fact, who at that time earned $3 ?r day in silver actually only earned $270. Of course if he had received his wages in gold he could have bounght for $270 in gold just as much as for $3 in silver; and this will prove that if we come to asilver basis the laboring classes will be com- pelled to pay about twice as much for the necessities of life, while it will take quite a long time before his yawes will be in- creased in proportion to tHe increased cost of merchandise. “If the rich owners of silver mines, in whose sole interest this fight is made, would have used their influence to have all the fractional currency under $10 or $20 withdrawn and replaced by silver coin they could have conferred a great benefi upon our silver indnstry. But the trouble is slmfly this, that all the advoocates of unlimited silver coinage at the rate of 16 to 1, notonly in the Eastern, but alsoin the Middle States, do not care to handle silver, but prefer the small greenbacks on account of siiver being too bulky. “The proposition to borrow 100 cents and to pay back in coin whose intrinsic value is only 53 cents is simply an act of rascality and unworthy of a great nation, and we might just as well put our dollar stamp on a piece of copper or old iron, which would leave us a still larger profit. “In case free coinage of silver should be adopted and the price of 85 in gold and $5 m_silver kept at par (which I, of course, believe impossible) —but suppose this should be the case, we should soon have all the silver in Mexico in this country, as it would certainly be a profitable business to buy Mexican dollars at 53 cents, melt them into bullion and get from the United States mint 100 cents in return. “The people who would be largely in- jured in case the policy of free silyer coin- ing should be adopted would be the con- samer, and principally the laboring class and such of my old comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic who draw pensions from the United States Government. The purchasing power couid only be one-half of the pension they receive now. The widows and orphans who are holders of life insurance polictes would also be af- fected, as in case of death they would re- ceive only one-half of what they are en- titled to now. The great gainers would be all life insurance, fire insurance and ma- rine insurance companies and others. “While at present our income from the revenue department does not come near defraying the expenses of the Federal Gov- ernment, and if we were to receive our duties in silver instead of gold the revenue of course would be still further decreased to a great extent. This woald also seri- ously affect the fruir producers of this State. At present the duty on raisins, prunes and other foreign products is not more than the freight from here to our Eastern markets, and in case Eastern im- porters would have the privilege of paying the duty of foreign products in siiver it would be impossible for the producers on this coast, such as fruit, raisin and wine growers, to compete with foreign products produced in Europe by cheap labor. “The reason why the owners of some of the largest and richest gold mines are in favor of unlimited coinage of silver is be- cause as soon as this would go into effect they would be able to seil their gold prod- uct at an enormous premium, while they would save perhaps ;)1000 per day by pay- ing miners in silver. *‘In one of our daily papers it was stated that during the Civil War paper money did not go below 50 cents on the value of gold, and therefore a silver doilar would never reach that point. This is a mistake —a gold dollar at one time during the year 1864 was =oid at $2 85 legal tender, and in 1865 at $2 343¢ legal tender. The reason Wwhy paper money advanced again to the value of gold was simply because the people had perfect confidence in our Government that 2 legal tender dollar before long would be redeemed at par in gold, and in this supposition they were not deceived. The Confederacy also issued paper money, which at one time commanded a certain value, but when it became evident later on that the paper money of the Confederacy could never be redeemed in goid it sank to the value of the raw material of which it was made. And the same is true of silyer —s0 long as a silver dollar or a paper dol- lar can at any time be exchanged for the same amount of gold it of course rep- resents the same value as gold precisely, the same as a check eiven by a responsible firm or a bank; but as soon as the United States Government is not in position or is not willinz to make this exchange the silver dollar will gradually sink to the value of the material of which it is mad, silver bullion—which means 63 cents as compared with $1 in gold. “In silver States wages run as follows: In Mexico the wages run from 50 cents to $1 25 silver per day—the average being about 65 cents per day, which, at the pres- ent rate of exchange (188 per cent) amounts to about 34}; cents gold per day. The highest wages a. J)ahi to miners and peones working in districts remote from civilization, but the employer being like- wise the purveyor, the men merely get their board, lodging and necessaries of life for their work. “‘The average wages in Guatemala are 50 cents silver or paper per day, which at the present rate of exchange of 120 per cent premium amounts to 223§ cents gold per day. “In “conclusion, I should like to state that there is no reason for the present un- satisfactory financial condition here as well asin ‘the East, even though the sil- verites should be successful; the change which they contemplate cannot be effected before two years from now, and I hope that our banks and the nerally will take a conservative view of the situa- tion and not get panic stricken over some- thing that cannot happen for nearly two years to come.”” Only 9 per cent of the soldiers actually g::ue in war are killed on the field of THE STATE WINS A BIG VICTORY, The Atlantic and Pacific Road Must Pay Back Taxes. THE COURT'S OPINION. i Ex-State Treasurer McDonald Wins His Suit for the People. INTERSTATE LAWS DEFINED. The Receiver Claimed That the Prop- erty Had Already Been Taxed in New Mex'co. The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad must pay the taxes levied by the State Board of Equalization in 1894, amounting to $56,150. This was decided yesterday in an opinion rendered by Judge McKenna in the case of J. W. Reinhart, receiver, against J. R, McDonald, late Treasurer of the State of California. In 1894 the rolling-stock, including loco- motives, of the Atlantic and Pacific Rail- road used on a short line in Southern Cali- fornia was assessed at $56,180. The re- ceiver protested, alleging that the property | in question bad already been taxed in New Mexico. Mr. Reinhart, as receiver of the railroad, sought to test the matter in the courts by instituting a suit against Treasurer McDonald. Judge McKenna, in his opinion, says: is presented by the Attorney-General with great strength and plausibility, but even if the contention be true I think it isa fair de- duction from the authorities as from the prin- ciple that the right of suit agaiust the Treasurer of the State being given it may be brought in the Federal courts when other grounds of jurisdiction exist as they do in this case. 1do not think it is necessary to review the cases; they are very numerous and the counsel has cited all of them. The claim of exemption from taxation ot the property de- scribed is based on the following grounds: First—That the property is engaged in inter- state commerce. Becond—That its situs is in New Mexico, ‘where taxes on it have been paid. Third—That the Atlantic and Pacific Rail. road is not the owner of the railroad, and under the constitution of the State of Califor- nia the rolling-stock only be assessed to the owner of the raiiroad. The first two grounds are answered the cases of Marye vs. Baltimore and Ohio road. 127 U, 8. 117, and Puliman Car Company vs. Pennsylvani the State of California Section 1, Article XIIL All of th State, Bt xempt hoder the Taws of iy Dnited States, shall be taxed in p ion to its vaiue, to be ascertalned as. provided by law. The word property, as used in this article and section, is hereby declared to Include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks, dues, franchises, and all matters an things real, personal and mixed capable of private ownership, ® % # Section 10, Article XIIL, The franchise, road- way, roadbed, rails and rolling-stock of ail rail- roads operating in more than one county in this State shall be assessed by the State of Equailzation at thelr actual value, and the same shall be apportioned to the countles, oities and countles, cities, towns, townships and districts in which such railroads are located, In proportion to the number of miles of Tailway 161 fa uch coug- tes, citles. * * # These provisions seem to need no interpreta- tion. The first section is so comprehensive 1t can only be defined 1n_terms of itself, and it certainly embraces, as it exactly and carefully says it embraces, all matters and things capable of private owners! The court then gquotes several authori- ties in support of the ‘golition taken, in- cluding the decision in the celebrated case of Marye against the Baltimore and Obnio road. Inconclusion, Judge McKenna says: The language of the California constitution is: “All property of the State. not exempt under the laws of the United States, shall taxed in proportion to its value, to ascer- tained as provided by law. ‘The California constitution, therefore, ap- plies toh}nopefly ‘without regara to its kind or ownership. It is only necessary that it should be of the State. The limitations of the Virginia statute are not contained in the California constitution. The decision is regarded as one of utmost importance to the State of California. The railroads have heretofore succeeded in evading State taxation on rolling-stock used under similar conditions, but accord- ing to Judge McKenna this is no longer possible. 3 Suit for Damages. Eliza Cole has sued J. F. 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Louis. > 5 Personally couducted Boston Kxcursions 5’“‘ City, Chicago, Montreal and the wn"u: { ountains Jeave every Wednesday. AT e Tt b and good meals in Harvey's ining roome. 8 Ticket Office—644 Market Street, Chroniclo Building. Telephone Maix 1531, NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD From San (Via Sausalito Ferry). Francisco, Commencing Juue 15, 1898, WEEKDAYS. For Ml Valley and San M-l-'r:%.'a:oo *9:15 10:15, 11:45, A. M. *1:45, 3120, 4:15, 5:16, *6:00, 5:35 P. M. Extra trips_for San Rafael on Mondays, Wednes- aays and Saturdays at 11:30 ». M. San Rafael —*8: A. M. **12:30, *1:30, '9;‘1’3 fi 5:30, 30 P, . Exura trip t0 Sausalitoas 11:00 4. 3. Trains marked * run to San Quentin. **12:30 2. does Dot run to Mill Valley. THROUGH TRAINS. For Poini Reyes ana way stations—9 A, . Sundays. For Polnt Reyes, Cazadero and way stations— 8100 A. M. Sundays; 1:45 P. M. Weekdays. paying the penalty of | 22292922 ! RAILROAD TRAVEL! WOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIC SYSTEM.) LEAVE — Frox Juxe7, 1896, #8:004 Niles, San Jose and Way Stations. .. 7:00A Atlantic Express, Ogden and ¥ast.. 73004 Benicia, Vacaville, Rumsey. Sacras mento, Oroville and Redding vis '7:004 Martinez, Sun Ramon, Nspa, Calls- and Santa Rosa. #1804 Niles, ko Bacr: [ 3 @ b San Jose, S Ione, Sacramento, Marysvillo and Red uft.... 8:304 Peters ani 91004 Los Angeles Exrr x Barbara and 1.08 A 1004 Martinez and Stockton. 9:004 Vallejo............ OF Nilos, San Jose and Liveriiore, » Sacramento River Steamers {1:B0P Port Costa and Way Stations, 4:00r Martinez, San Ramon, Vi o, Napa, Calistogs, il Versuo sne Sauta .o vaseren #1007 Bonicia, Vacatiile, Woodland, i Knights Landing, Maryaville, geles. g Oroville and Sacrainento 4:30p Niles, San Jose, Livermore and for Mojave aud Last. B:00F Vallejo 8:00¢ Europe 8:00r Haywax: 7:00p Vallejo......... 7100 Oregon Jixpress, Sacramento, Marys- Villo, Rtedding, Dortiand, Fuget Bound and Fast SANTA CRUZ BIVE "§71454 Banta_Oruz Excursion, Santa Cruz and Principal Way Stations 84154 Newark,Centerville,San Jose, Fe Boulder Creek, Santa Cruzand Way tations. . Or Newark, Centerville, San Jose, New Almaden, Kelton, Boulder Creek, Banta Cruz and Principal Wi 10:454 N (Narrow Gauge). 18:95p Si5er *11:204 99:50a COAST DIVISION (Third & Townsend Sts.) “6:40A Ban Joso and Way Stations (New Almaden Wednesdays only)......e 9:474 $7:30A Bunday Excursion for San J. Santa Cruz, Pacific Grove, an Principal Way Stations 19352 ®:154 Ban Jose, Tres Pinos, 8 ilic Grove, Paso Robles, Sag F.uls Obispo, Guadalupe and Prin- wipal Way Stations ... 7:05¢ 9:47A Palo Alto and 111307 0:404 San Jo~~ =ad 5:00p 31:80A Palo Alto and Way Statious, 3:302 *2:30p San Mateo, Menlo Park, Sax o Gilroy, Tres Pinos, Santa Crus, Balinas, Monterey and PaciicGrove *10:404 *8:30r San Jose, Pacific Grove and Way Stations .. k! :30p San Jose and 8:30p San Joso and Principal Way Stations 0p San Joso aud Way Statious. {91:457 San Jose and Way Stations SAN LEANDRO AND HAYWARDS LOUAL. 6:004 T:154 8:004 00, 10: 454 10.004 | Melrose, Seminary Park, —~ §11:004 | Fitchburg, San Leandro 8:007 oot " , 5:305 Baywards. 9:00% | § Runs through to Niles. 103 {#13:15p ) ¢ Trom Niles. +18:005 CREEK ROUTE FERRY, Prom SAN FRANJISC0—Foot of Market Strest (Slip 8)w Sas " eeo It 1100 2 " Prom OAKLAND—Foot of Broadway, “9:00 8:00 10000 11200 *1:00 4300 300 1400 *5:00p.0. A A for Merning. P for Afternoon. excepted. 1 Saturdays only, Sundays only. 4 Monday, Thuany con et turday nights only. Baturdays and Sundays for Santa Cruz. o s Momtens thom ot P, SANFRANCISCO & NORTH PA- CIFIC RAILWAY (0. Tiburon Ferry—Foot of MarkesSt. San Francisco to San Rafael. 'MI)EA‘%.S—‘#S'.OW; n:oo.num A M. 13:38, :80, 6:10, 6:30 .M Thuraday lnz«nué_-nsoie:so. 11:00 a3 1:30, 3:30 ». LE San Rafael to San Franotsco. 15, 7:50, 9:10, 11:10 S:10 7. . Saturdays—Lxiea trigg P DAYS— s 1111 : 1 R B o s e en San ¥rancisco and Sci ! schedule as above. o s | Arrive | Al’i,m San Francisco, SuN- Sow- | W | pavs, | Destinatlons SUVT | Foewe 1 7:30 AM| Novato, |10:40 ax| 8: | 3150 4X| pearnma, | 5 51010 A i 5:00 »x|Santa Rosa. ra| 6:15 P 5 = | ndsor, 10 ; Healdsburg, Po0an Geyserville, Cloverdale. | 7:30 v/ 6:15 rxt Hopland & 1 oplan 10:20 a B ] B 10: Guernavul-.l 7:aou‘ o 6:15 pag Sonoma —(10:40 Ax| 8:40 A% Glen Ellen. | 6:05 rxc| 6:15 ru 10:40 M |10:10 ax Sebastopol. |"5:08 wax| 011 #u Stages connect st Santa Rosa for M est Ig8: at Geyserville for Bkaggs flp:‘l‘lkl WP: & Geysers; at Pi for Higl §prings, Kelseyville, Soda' Buy and Lakepor: 3 for keport and Bartiett Springs: at Ukiah for Vichy Sbrings, Saratoga Springs, Hlae v-\]”‘ Laurel Dell Lake, Upper Lake, Pomo, Petter aliey, Jonn Day’s, Riverside, Lierley's, | mel’s, Sanhedrin® Heights, Hullvills, Boonevijie, reenwood, Orr's Hot Springs, Mendoeino. City, Sors Westport, Usal, Wiilets, Canto, Cer vitle, Harris, Sootin and Eureke, to Monday round-trip tickets at redused On Sundays round-trip tickets to all ur noints be Buek- ¥ond San Rafael at b Ticket Offices, 850 Marketst., Chronicle batldt H, & WHITING, R X.RYAN, © Gen. Gen. Pass, Ageah