The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1896 :E:—__—'—%—————_———“-——_'————- OCCULTISM 1§ GAINING GROUND Many New Spiritualist So- cieties Have Been Or- ganized. KEEN INTEREST SHOWN President Wadsworth Reads a Highly Encouraging Annual Report. TENDENCY TO CONSOLIDATE. Free.Thought Delegates Admitted. National President Barrett’s Able Address. The California State Spiritualists’ Asso- | ciation met yesterday for its first annual session in Golden Gate Hall on Sutter | street, with President C. H. Wadsworth in passing away of M. B. Dodge, who was for many years president of the Progressive Bpiritualist Society of this City, and stated that the funeral would take place from Golden Gate Hall, on Sunday nextat 12 o’clock, noon. : The committee of three, appointed to report upon the right of the Freethought Spirtual Society, was called for. The committee r@ported that said society was entitled to ten delegates. On motion to | accept such regort. a discussion was pre- cipitated which continued until a motion to allow the society a representation of only four delegates was made and a viva voce vote taken, after Dr. Rin-es, presi- dent of the society, had announced that | he would not accept such a representa- tion. Some confusion having arisen over the vole, it was again taken in the same manuner, and resulted in a decision in favor of allowing the society four dele- | gates. Dr. Rin-es appointed as such dele- | gates Mme. E. Young, Mrs. E. J. Myers, A. R. Siitz, The National president moved that a committee on resolutions be appointed, and the chair appointed Messrs. Loveland, Barker and Newman, after which the as- sociation adjourned its executive sessions until this morning at 10 o’clock. In yesterday’s list of delegates thatof | | Mrs. M. J. Hendee-Rogers of the People's Society was omitted. Mrs. Hendee-Rogers bas been a worker for spiritualism for over forty years, and is still one of the brightest and most ambitious workers in its ranks. There are between 3000 and 4000 spirit- ualists in San Francisco, and it looked as i if they had all metat Golden Gate Hall last night to receive and do honor to Hon. | Harrison D. Barrett, the president of the National Spiritnalists’ Association, who comes to confer a National charter upon | the State association now in session. | _ The meeting was called toorder by State | President Wellsworth, after which there was a beautiful selection by Professor Young’s orchestra. A brief address was delivered by Rev. H. P. Haworth of Long Beach, formerly a Presbyterian preacher, MUSIC FOR THE NATIVE SONS Bands and Orchestra for the Stockton Cele- ‘bration. SOME SPECIAL FEATURES Preparations for the Grand Pa- rade in San Fran- . cisco. ROUTE OF .‘I‘H'E PROCESSION. Eongagement of Headquarters in Stock- ton—Sons and Daughters Will Entertain Generously. Music is sure to be one of the great features of the Native Sons’ celebration at Stockton on the 9th inst. The number of bands, orchestras and musicians already 5 $-2.py€ 4 Gw, SHINER LIPS H-A-GRIFEIY Te15 §CrIESINGER Prominent Participants in the First Annual Session of the California State Spiritualists’ Association, Now Being Held in This City. Reports Show a Highly Flourishing Condition of Affairs. the chair. The rolicall of the delegates showed that the larger portion were pres- ent and that the State was quite well rep- vesented. Among those occupying seats upon the platform were Hon. Harrison D. Barrett, president of the National As- sociation, and Stephen D. Nye of Los An- geles, presigent of the State Camp-meet- g Association. A question as to the right of the Free- thought Spiritual Society of this City to be represented in the association by dele- gates from its ‘“‘auxiliary’ (outside or branch) societies was raised and created some little discussion, which at times was quite heated until Nationzl President Bar- rett suggesied that the matter be referred to a committee, and on motion the president was empowered to appoint a committee of three, this committee to be composed of persons not interested in any of the freethought societies, and to report upon ihe number of delegates 1o which said society as a2 whole was entitled. President Wadsworth appointed as such committee Messrs. Murry of San Jjose, Dr. Grattan of Stockton and Stephen D. Dye of Los Angeles. The reading of the minutes by the secretary, Mrs. Julia Schlesinger, was next in order, and the minutes were adopted. The president appointed as committee on rules M. S Norton, W. T. Jones and J. H. Lohmeyer. On mbtion of Mr. Norton National Presi- dent Barrett was made ‘‘associate counsel’ in said comuuittee on rules. The association adjourned until 2 p, M. The president having announced that the Jadies had room to seat some forty people in the banguet-roors, a large number of the visiting deiegates and members of the association repaired to the tables and did Justice to an ample and sumptuous lunch, and there were basketfuls left, too. The association was called to order again at 2:30 . M. The report of the com- mittee on rules was presented and adopted. National President Barrett announced the presence of Thomas G. Newman, ed- itor of the Philozophical Journal, pub- lished 1n San' Diego, and asked that Mr. Newman be recogrized as the representa- tive and delegate of the First Spiritualist Bociety of 8an Diego. By unanimous con- sent Mr. Newman wae declared the repre- sentative of the above-mentioned society, and amid applause tock bhis seat among the delegates. President Wadsworth then read his first annual report, which showed that the as- sociation and the cause of spiritualism throughout the State was in a prosperous condition. The reports of the treasurer and secretary were reaa and referred to the finance committee. The finance com- mittee submitted a verbal report, which was accepted. The report of the State or- ganizer was next read and showed thata number of new societies have been organ- ized ana that there is a greater interest manifested in spiritualism at the present time than ever before, and there is a call for information and light regarding it and its doctrin Mrs. Ju! Schlesinger as assistant or- ganizer reported regarding her mission to the Redondo camp-meeting, which was full of interest and showed that there is as a general thing much interest manifested in the southern part of the Stateand a tendency among the societies of that sec- tion to join the State association. National President Barrett was called for and gave one of his characteristic little speeches. He brought greetings from ths East and said that the spiritual- ism of California, like all things else Cali- fornian, was the largest and grandest to be found in the world. He advised the sinking of personalities, the abandonment of envy and selfishness in the interest of a higher and better spiritualism and the rising on the ruins of a dead past to a new and higher type of manhood. i FPremdent Wadsworth apnounced the | are 45 nowsy 834 6RisIiBing a8 cven & which, though short, was full of good sense, wit and right to the point. The well-known speaker and author, W. J. Colville, spoke eloguently of the temple | spiritualists propose erecting hereand told | of the unseen temple of character which all are building, closing by proclaiming as the motto of spiritualists: ‘‘We seurch for truth—we disseminate the truth and seek to live the truth we know.” He was followed by Mrs. Mariha Stimpson in a finely rendered vocal solo entitled: I Dream of Thee,” Mrs. Sarah Cookjaccom- panying her on the piano. National President Harrison D. Barrett | of Washington, D. C., made a most fittin | address. He said that since the general uniting of spiritualistsunder one organiza- tion spiritualism has become a guestion of | National thought and question. He stated that letters from all portions of the Union were pouring in upon headquarters in Washington making inquiries as to the doeings of spiritvalists. Mr. Barrett closed his remarks by an in- junction to live up to that edict of Con- tucius and later enunciated by the man of Nazareth, “‘As ye would that others would do unto you do ye also unto them.”” Mrs. Emma 8herwood, & noted contralto of Chicago, then rendered in a hizhly ar- tistic manner **The World Is Moving On,”’ and “Byand By.” Professor Whitelaw of Boston acted as her accompanist. Thomas G. Newman, the editor of the Philosophical Journal of San Diego, gave a briefaddress full of fire and good advice, which was well received. Then came the musical event of the evening—a violin solo by Professor E. A. Whitelaw of Boston, who gave the **Polish Mazourka,” and as an encore a selection from “Traumerei,” and was afterward twice recalled. Mrs. Gerald Dean-Morris acted as his accompanist. Stephen D. Dye of Los Angeles re- sponded to 2 call for a speech by a humor- ous story. The programme closed with a well- rendered selection by Professor Young's orchestra, composed of spiritualist young ladies and gentlemen, which plays only upon such occasions, and never for re- muneration. Afterward President Barrett held a sort of informal levee, everybody seeming desirous of shaking the foremost spiritualist of the land by tne hand and bidding him a welcome to San Francisco and to California. Hon. Thomas G. Newman of San Diego is in the City attending the Egilritunlist State Association’s meetings. r. New- man is editor of the Philosophical Jour- nal, & publication devoted to the exposi- tion of the truths of spiritualism and to the sciences. The Journal was founded some thirty years ago by S. S. Jones in Chicago, and was but recently removed to this State, and is said to be flourishing in its new environments. S —— Riordan’s Ingratitude. John Riordan, & petty larceny thief, met Charles H. Good, an artist from Columbus, Ohio, on Grant avenue and Market street Thursday night. Good had been drinking, and invited Riordan to his room, 8294 Howard street. When Good awoke yesterday morning Riordan had disappeared, and he missed a pair of trousers, a shaving kit and some other articles. Good saw Riordan on the same corner about 10 o’clock, and observing that he was wearing the stolen trousers he arrested him and marched him to the Clvz Prison. A charge of petty larceny was booked against Riordan. ———————— ‘William J. Bryan’s Autograph. It may be seen on the front page of this week's Town Talk, reproduced from a letter to the eaitor of that up-to-date publication. Aec- companying it are fine half-tone portraits of the Democratic Presidential nominee and his wife from photographs sent by them to Town Talk. “The Samnterer”’ comments in a caustic way upon the doings of well-known men and women of loeal interest, *Political Chat’ holds ‘up the mirror to those who aspire to political honors, and the other..departments | { engaged is beyond all precedent. The activity manifested in San Francisco in ihe engagement is egualed in Oakland. Every parlor seems to have its own band | or orchestra. Elaborate preparations are in progress for the parade on the evening of the 8th inst., from the Native Sons’ building on Mason street, near Post, down Mason to Market and along Market to the ferry. The iliuminations and displays of fire- | works along the line of march will be at- tractive. The parade committee held a long session last evening to appoint offi- cers and arrange the details for the pro- cession. Golden (State Parlor No. 50, Native Daughters, will go to Stockton twenty- eight strong. They have a beantiful badge of salmon pink and siiver trim- mings. The finances of the parlor are in good condition and money will be spent to entertain guests. The officers consti- tuting the committee of arrangements are: Past president, May Ducker; presi- dent, Miss Mollie Tietjen; first vice-presi- dent, Miss Gertie Peterson; second vice- vresident, Louise Hayessem; recording secretary. Johanna Meyer; financial sec- retary, Miss Lena Ducker; treasurer, Mrs. Joe Siebe; marshal, Miss Anna Maybey; trustees—Mrs. Freda Vonstaden, Miss Lettie Uhlig, Miss Rosa Day; inside sen- tinel, Louise Meyer; outside sentinel, Mamie Maguire. L. J. Dutton and party have chartered the launch Amy and will take partin the water carnival. Music and refreshments will be features of the trip on the launch. The party consisis of Mrs. R. Pfaefile, Miss Flora Kerlin, Miss May Masten, Miss Lena Smith, Misses Laura, Alice, Kitty, Mamie and Elsie Provence, Mamie Molloy, Lizzie Fitzgerald, L. J. Dutton, R. Piaefile, W. Guiger, E. Mohrig, W. J. Caldwell, A. Provence, D. Clancey and E. Pfaefile. Bay Oity Parlor No. 87 will have head- quarters at the Courthouse, Stockton, where open house will be kept and visit- ors entertained. They will parade in cow- boy hats, silk shirts, light trousers and canvas shoes. Sequoia Parlor No. 160 has engaged Vizelich Park and will pitch thirty tents on the ground. They have a dancing platform and will give a dance on the evening of the 8th. They will keep °§°“ house on the 9th from'2to5p. M. Kre- mont Parlor, Native Daughters, will be their guests. The only Native Sons’ band in the State will furnish the music. The band consists of sixteen pieces, under the leadership of Richard D. ton. The Sequoias will wear a Turkish fez, black silk ] , cardinal ties and sashes, dark trousers and carry Japanese parasols. National Parlor No. 118 will have head- uarters at Jory’s Hall. They will wear the uniform of 18%0—black silk shirts, orange sash and tie, dark trousers and gold-braided cap. The lor will have ‘Cellarius’ orctestra and Vaughn field mu- sic of nine pieces. Niantic Parlor No. 105 will have head- quarters in the directors’ office of the Agri- cultural Pavilion. The costume consists of white yachting caps, white vests, black ties, blue coats and white Japanese para- sols. Music will be furnished by Pro- bansky’s band. 72 has engaged Rincon Parlor No. ‘Weber’s Hall on S8an Joaquin street. The parior costume is white pants, white overshoes, blue belts, neglige shirts, blue ties and white Stanley hats. Rincon wiil eep open house and have a ball on the evening -of the 8th. Cassasa's orchestra goes with the parlor. Yerba Luena Parlor No. 84 will have headquarters in the Yosemite building. They will wear tennis suits and ca Japanese parasols. The parlor takes field ‘music of fourteen pieces, with Major John . Harris a3 drum-major, Open house Will be kept from 2 to 5. M. on the 9th and there will be a dance that evening. The round-trip ticket to the celebration from San Francisco costs $2 50. Unless application is made for_the Native Sons’ icket the fare will be $5. The $2 50 tickets can be obtained from R. W. Maitland and Henry Lunstedt, Native Sons’ building, ason street; Henry Stern & Son’s, 20 Montgomery street; Collins & Co., 1018 Market street; J. B. Stovall, Wells, Fargo & Co.’s livrary ; Scott & Bannon, 333 Mont- gomery street; W. D. Shea, 26 Montgom- ery street, and James Cunningham, Montgomery street. The final meeting of Ei Dorado’s Sep- tember 9 committee was held last evening and its chairman, Dr. Hawkins, reported everything in readiness for the great cele- brzuog. i b elegation from Arinda Parlor, N. D.G. V!;., who are to be the guests of this rmor. was present, and the interest manilested by the young ladies Jxlninly showed that Ei Dorado { parlor will have able assistants for entertaining their friends at their headquarters in Stockton. The uniforms adopted by the parlor ‘esent a neat appearance and can be re- ied upon to add interest to the parade. The young ladies have agreed to turn out on foot, the members being young and strong. The new banners of both parlors will be mounted on cushion-tired wneels, thereby disposing of the past labor of carrying them. A drum-majorand seven field pieces have been secured to lead this column. About eighty members contem- plate being in line. THZ CARNIVAL Arrangements Being Made for Another ¥ntertainment. : At the meeting of the executive com- mittee of the Carnival of the Golden Gate held yesterday the proposition of the Co- lumbia Athletic Club to give an entertain- ment for the benefit of the carnival funds was accepted. The entertainment com- mittee of the carnival, Friedlander, Bolde- man and Fisher, will supervise this affair. A varied and interesting programme will be presented. The affair will take place during the latter part of the month at the Auditorium, which bas been placed at the disposal of the carnival manage- ment for one night. Volunteers from other clubs have signified their intention of assisting. The affair will conclude with an eight or ten round go, and wiil be so conducted that ladies will find it pleasant to attend. The matter of the incorporation of the carnival committee was considered, but action was deferred until after the election. The work of preparation is being carried on. Carnival Director Friedlander ex- pects to announce his programme for the week within a few days. Correspondence has been opened with Los Angeles with a view of remedying the conflicting dates, both being set for April 19. The California Press Association has also taken the matter in hand with a view of making the carnival season throughous the State a great feature and prevent con- flict of dates. B — WHY NO ONE WAS THERE, An Explanation From the Merchants’ Association Committee. The following communication has been received from the chairman of the com- mittee on equalization from the Mer- chants’ Association : To the Press and Public of San Francisco: Through the published reporis of the proceed- ings of the State Board of Equalization it ap- pears that some of the members of that board express surprise and find feult that San Fran- cisco is not represented by the Merchants' Association in answer to the citation of the State Board addressed to the Supervisors of San Francisco to show cause why the assessed valuation of property in this County should not be increased for State purposes. In view of the extraordinary increase of the assessed valuation of property in the City and County of S8an Francisco of nearly £30,000,- above the assessment of last year, the committee fiolnu by the presidentof the Merchants’ ociation “belfeved that a per- sonal representation before the State Board of Equelization was wholly unnecessary, and that & clear and impartial statement of the actual facts would answer all requirements far better than any personal representation. Haying secured irrefragable facts and data in support of the just case of the City and County of San Francisco, we placed them in the'hands of Hon. A. Chesebrough, member of the State board from this district, knowins him to be a pertectly upright’ and fair-minde citizen, and requested him on behalf of the citizens of San Francisco to present their case before the State Board of Equalization. Re- spectfully submitted, MAURICE A. ROTHCHILD, Chairman of the Committee on State Board of Equalization and Director of the Merchants’ Association. —————— STATE SUFFRAGISTS. All of Them Seem to Be Hard at Work in the Cause of Political Equality. The woman suffrage work throughout the State 1s in a most encouraging phase, judging from the reports thus far handed in at the Woman Suffrage bureau. The visiting precinct committees report that thus far the voters interviewed stand two to onein favor of woman suffrage. The local organizers report that throughout the State much interest is being mani- fested in the woman-suffrage movement, mln‘y voters manifesting much anxiety to n obtain information in relation to “the matter. DR, STEPHENS POPULAR, Invited to Return to Simpson Memorial M. E. Church for Another Year. In View of the Methedist Annual Conference Next Week the In- vitation Is Significant. Methodist circles are a good deal agitated over the approaching session of the California annual conference, which meets at Pacific Grove next week. Bishop Foss, who will preside, arrived in the City on Wednesday. While some changes will be made among the City pastors it is not expected that any changes will be made in the leading churches. Dr. Dille will return to Central Church, Dr. Case to Howard-street and Dr. Stephens to Simpson. At the quarterly conference of Simpson gt;g{cfl. nheld thh_wnk,l t‘h: laléo%lng ution was unanimi rising vote: > e Sy T WHEREAS, One year ago, in of God and 'the order of- the loved pastor, Rey. the providence church, our be- John Sfephens, came (o us &s &n embassador of Christ and & shepherd of this flock, riehly endowed in mind and heart and well qualified to serve the people, he has done his work and has done it well; and ‘whereas the conference year just closing has been one of marked prosperity, congregations have been uniformly large during the year, the prayer-meetings have been well attended and have been seasons in| of e g from the presence - school has been a Dlessing to-sac eniidon rod to the children and & belp to the church, the Epworth League has been exceedingly active and a power for good ; the Junior League gives unusual promise for the future; the King’s Daughters have been active, aggressive and thoroughly consecrated; in ell of these the wise counsel, steady han and consecrated heart of the pastor has been felt; and whereas, the year has been one of loving service, peace, good will, mutual con- fidence and unbroken harmony between the c:tm and all the people; the finances have Xt collections of tpdas 1l the e venech S Or 8] @ expenses of the church have beenp met in a business-like way; ine benevolent coliections are all larger than the previous year, and every department ives promise of greater usefulness in the ol: &L we express our high a) B tion of tne services olx&n ‘=d earnestly request his reappointment this b1 the coming yeu?fl T Sy Dr. Stephens will - to-morrow morniug and i he I Dafors ‘%‘;‘ h‘$ ng—the last sermons 3 45 PRIE OF WHEAT T0 B ICREIED By Encouraging Ameri- cans to Consume a Little More. CUTTING OFF ENGLAND. That Solitary Foreign Market Where Prices Are Con- tingent. FOSTERING HOME INDUSTRY. This Could Be Accomplished by Re- storing the Republican Party to Power. The first consideration for a farmer is a market for what he produces and, so far &s the American wheat grower is con- cerned, he has but two markets, the home market and the alleged Democratic *“mar- kets of the world,” which is England and only England. If we have any other mar- ket it is because of a short crop in some country, and such market only lasts until a good crop comes. Practically ail of Europe now produces its own supply of wheat, for if the western nations lack any- thing the eastern nations supply the need. But while Great Britain is America’s only steady market for wheat, America is not Great Britain’s only source of supply of wheat. In her markets American wheat comes into competition with the new lands in Australia, Argentina and other South American countries, with India and Africa, and the building of the Trans. Siberian railway is adding another great field for food supply for our ‘*‘mother country.” These countries are our com- petitors in the wheat markets of the world because, with the exception of India, they are new countries just opening up to set- and India is an old country being made over new. This reason for competition with American farms 1s all-sufficient and to advance any other, save that they have cheaper labor than America, would be superfiuous. During the past six years England has been buying from the United States an annual average of 52,183,761 bushels of wheat, and whatever else was shipped was sent away to countries which cannot be regarded as regular customers. And it is this small demand which fixes the price for the entire wheat crop of America. This price is not fixed by England, butitis fixed in England, that peing the focal point toward which all surplus wheat crops tend. What fixes the price there is the cost of vproduction in the different wheat-producing countries on the globe, and every competitor of America in the wheat markets of the world has vastly cheaper labor and a lower standard of liv- ing than has America. There is a poiut where humzan labor becomes cheaper than farm machinery, and that point is reached and passed in India. The other countries which grow wheat are using machinery made after American patterns. ‘While Great Britaiu was buying of American farmers an average of 52,183,761 bushels of wheat a year, our own people were buying of our own wheat-farmers an annual average of 821,944,010 bushels of wheat, so that if the people of the United States could be induced to consume about a sixth more ot wheat, there would be no wheat to send to England, and England would cease to fix the price of wheat for American farmers and for American con- sumers, Can American consumers be in- duced to consume more wheat? They can. How? By electing McKinley. This proposition will undoubtedly need proof in order to make it acceptable, but the figures are fortunately at hand to prove it. When people are at work earn- 1z money they consume products with- out “taking thought for the morrow,” but when times are hard and the necessity for economizing is enforced the Scriptural in- juncuion just quoted is no longer observed. eople under hard times conditions econ- omize in food products as in all things else. For proof of this it is only needful to consuit the agricultural reports from the Statistical Department at W}:fihingten‘ For instance the years 1881-82-83-84, 1889, 1890-91-92 were years in which the Repub- Incan party wasin control of the affairs of this Nation. During these eight years (as ascertained from the Statistical Abstract for 1895, the official report of the Statistical Department at Washington) the average annual consumption of wheat per capita in the United Btates was 5.66 bushels. For the vears 1885-86-87-83 and 1893-94-95 the affairs of this Nation have been in control of the Democratic party, and the annual average consumption of wheat per capita in the United States for these seven years was 4.99, a per capita difference of .67 of a bushel for each man, woman aud child in the country. In other words the Ameri- can people consume .67 bushels less each year under a Democratic than under a Re- publican administration. The reason for-thisis not hard to find. Under a Refmblican administration the pusiness world knows what the policy of the Government will be—confidence ‘sits undisturbed in the market-place, money is invested in commercial enterprises, labor is employed, the people are earning money and spending it for the things they want and are not stinted in food or cloth- ing. But when the people voted for a change and the Democratic party was put into power, under promises to try untested experiments, the business world did not know what micht befall, confidence was shaken, money was left idle in;the panks, factories closed down and the people were as idle as the money, and ecanomy, not alone in public expenditures but in the homeliving of the people, was enforced. And that is the kind of economy the “Popocratic’ party stands for to-day; the 'kind of economy which is enforced by in- ability to buy—by verty. Statistics prove it, and the statistics which do prove it were compiled and published officially under a Democratic administration. Had the people consumed wheat under Demo- cratic administrations as they bave ever done under Republican administrations there wonld now be littte wheat for ship- ment to England and the English market would not fix the price for the home mar- ket. With our present population this difference in per capita consumption wounld amount to about 48,000,000 bushels a year. _Furthermore, the election of McKinley means better prices for farm products, for wheat has always brought better prices under Republican than under Democratic administration of affairs. in an ap- peal is made to Democratic statistics to prove this assertion. The monthly crop report for December, 1895, sent out from the Department of Agriculture at Wash- ington, gave the following as the average ~ Children Cry for farm prices of wheat in the United States for each of the years as named below: REPUBLICAN YEARS. DEMOCRATIC YEARS. Average farm pricesof| Average farm prices of wheat under Republican|wheat under Democratic doctrine 0f protection|doctrine of tarif® reform when workingmen had|and free trade, when work and_money to-buy | workiugmen have litile breadstuffs with: work and little money 0 1880... .951c per bushel|buy breadstuffs with: JEB1...1.183c per bushel | 1885... .771c per bushel 82... ,882c per bushel | 1586, 87¢ per bushel 1883.,. .911c per bushel |1887... 681c per bushel 1889... .698c per bushel | 1888... .928c per bushel $8c per bushel | 189 538c per bushel 39¢ per bushel | 189. 91c per bushel Average for seven fat|189 08¢ per bushel Republican years, .902c| Average for seven lean per bushel. Democratic years, .657¢ per bushel. Adyocates of independent free coinaze have been unceasing in their efforts to make the farmer believe that there is some subtle relation existing between silver and wheat whereby an ounce of silver will always buy about the same quantity of wheat, and many wheat farmers have been deceived thereby, as the following comparison will show: During 1879-80 wheat fell 15 cents a bushel and silver rose 2 cents an ounce. During 1880-81 wheat rose 24 cents a bushel and silver remained unchanged in price. During 1881-82 wheat fell 31 cents a busnel and silver fell only 1 cent an ounce. During 1882-83 wheat rose 3 cents a bushel and silver fell 2 cents an ounce. During 1883-84 wheat fell 2614 cents a busbel and silver remained unchanged in value. During 1884-85 wheat rose 12}; cents a bushel and silver fell 5 cents an ounce. During 1885-86 wheat fell 814 cents a bushel and silver fell 5 cents an ounce. Dnring 1886-87 wheat remained unchanged and silver fell 2 cents an ounce. During 18?7-58 wneat rose 244 cents a bushel and silver fell 4 cents an ounce. During 1888-89 wheat fell 12.8 cents a bushel and silver rose 1 cent an ounce. During 1889-90 wheat rose 14 cents a bushel and silver rose 11 cents an ounce. During 1890-91 wheat remained stationary and sllver fell 6 cents an ounce. During 1891-92 wheat fell 21} cents a bushel and silver fell 12 cents an ounce. Since 1892 wheat and silver have both fallen in common with everything else and from the same democratic causes. The figures above used are from official sources and correctly compiled, and they show conclusively that the ups and downs of. silver and wheat have no relatior with each other. During the fourteen years from 1879 to 1892, inclusive, the course of wheat and silver in the markets of the world was coincident three rimes and contrary eleven times. _A pretty story has been told a million times by the independent free-coinage peo- ple, and the Populists in particular, to the effect that the absence of free coinage in America and its presence in India enable British grain-buyers to come to America and buy silver, take that silver to India, have it coined and buy wheat, and so get their wheat for little or nothing. There never was much in this story, and there has not been anything at all in it fora good many years, for-an ounce of silver would most always buy as much wheat in America asin India. ‘When India has a short crop and America a big one wheatis worth more in India than America, and when America hasa short crop and India | a large one wheat is worth more in Amer- tlement and a new and better civilization, | ica than in India; but, on an average, an ounce of silver would exchange for as much wheat in one country asthe other, as the following comparative state- ment will show: asf g 2 s YEAR. e Peg & i 5g § - 2 G 12 §1.48 1414 114 i = Rt .88 .11 .80 .08 7 .76 .99 .79 88 .68 .90 .94 93 85 .94 .69 80 1.05 -84 .76 .99 .84 0 87 .82 -89 78 49 88 During this period of fifteen years there were nine in which an onnce of silver would buy more wheat in America than in India and only six in which the con- trary was true. Will the independent free coinage of silver in the United States cause any of the great wheat-fields of Argentine or Aus- tralia to go unplanted? Will it stop the building of the trans-Siberian railroad into the heart of Asia, where wheat can be grown as easily as in California or the | i{eat Northwest? Will it retard the indoo farmer from irrigating and inten- sively cultivating his fertilized little fields? Diminishing the wages of the American workingman, as it is sure to do, will it enable him to consume more hread? If it will not do any of these things, then free coinage cannot reach the needs of the wheat-grower. Ouly two things can he? him. One is to have less wheat planted, the other is to have more wheat con- sumed. Obviously, the free coining of silver in America can have nothing to do with the area of wheat planted in any wheat-growing country, and the only thing which can increase consumption of wheat by the people is to increase their earnings, and the only way to increase their earnings is to give them more work, and the only way to give them more work is to produce as nearly as possible all the things at home that we need at home, and the only way to bring this condition about 1s to elect McKinley and put the party of protection into power and keep it there, ‘We have shown by figures compiled un- der a Democraticadministration thata Re- puolican administration has alwass given the farmer better prices and an increased consumption of wheat than were enjoyed under a Democratic administration, and what the Republican party has done here- tofore it will do hereafter if the people will entrust 1t with power. The Republi- can party stands upon its record, and it is the only party hayinga ticket in the field which has a record that is nat a stumbling block under its feet, a humiliation and a shame. Protection, reciprocity, sound money, the preservation of the faith of the Nation and equal golmcal and civil rights to all citizens—these are the things for which the Republican party stands and has stood, and no one of these things can fail without bringing injury to the wheat grower of California in common with his brothers throughout the Nation. Therefore let them make haste and mar- shal their hosts under McKinley’s banner and all will be well. No scheme of finance can avert the consequences of a glutted market. The California wheat-grower should re- m:mber also that if he owes any money every dollar he owes is a gold dollar and that a silver dollar will not pay that debt, Even the “‘popocratic” party had not the hardihood to stand by a platform that de- manded the abrogation of contracts pay- ablein gold and so forged anew plank after the Cnicago convention adjourned in order to purge itselfof the attaint o faithlessness and repudiation which that notorious convocation had fastened upon it. No, every contract must be satisfied according to the letter, and farmers in debt who vote for free coinage of silver vote to make it harder to pay the debts they owe. Let thisnot be forgotten. “Plant the factory by the farm.” That quotation is from Andrew Jackson and nothmng could be more in keeping with the rugged Western common-sense of Old Hickory than the sententious declaration. Jackson was no dreamer, no narrow devo. tee of bookish theories, such as Bryan is, and William McKinley is another com. -mon-sense leader who, if more polished than Jackson, is not less practical or less earnest in his devotion to the welfare of his country. At Canton a little while ago he told a delegation of farmers who had come to pay their respects to him that The best thing now is for the farmer to have a factory for his neighbor. It would be better for you to have & facto along- side nl, you than another farm al ongside of you.'" That is common-sense put in a gommon-sense way. Contrast it with a declaration made by William J. Bryan: I want to say as emphatically as words can state it that I consider it as false in economy and vicious in Yollcy to attempt to produce at a higher price in this coun. Pitcher’s Castoria, hat which we can purchase abroad at :t:lyo:ur price.”” Wil the farmers of Cali- fornia desert the policy of Jackson and MecKinley on the very threshold of a great industrial development tl;rouzhou: the interior valleys of this State? In manufacturing California has heretofore been handicapped for want of cheap fuel, but Fresuo and Folsom have settled that. Electrical transmission is a fact, and there is more power in the upper waters of eitber the Sacramento, American, San Joaquin and Kern rivers going to waste every -ay than ell the coal co»nsumed in America supplies to. the 355,415 ruanufac- turing establishments that were in opera- tion under the McKinley tariff, for so great is the fall of the waters that come down from the higher Sierras that their power is multiplied every mile or half mile along their courses, and a thread of copper will gather up that power and transmit it whither we would have it go. This cheap power should.not be per- mitted to go to waste. If Californians will but stand by the American principle of protection and set their faces against all wildcat monetary experiments capital will come, dams will be built, dynamos Will be set up and factories for the manu- facture of sugar, woolens, linens and fruit }:mduc\s will be close neighbors to all our arms throughout the State. NEW TO-DAY. CATHOLIC & P. A'S, PROTESTANT A P. A'S, BIGAMIST HUDELSON, POLITICAL TRAITORS, ANOTHER CORRUPT JUDGE AND ROGUES GENERALLY Broiled Alive in This Week’s Issue of THESTAR All the Political and Economic Questions of the Day Exhaustively Considered. JAMES H. BARRY, Editor. L.W. LOYEY, Manager, 429 Montgomery St. 5 Cents Per Copy. $1.50 per Year. 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