The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1897, Page 3

e — e —————v—— THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1897. 6, 3 JEEDS THE STAl Shown in Governor Budd’s Message to the Legis- lature. CRITICISM OF ASYLUM SALARIES. acifically Points ths Way to Economy and Needed Legislation. FOREIGN PRISON PRODUCTS. CONDEHMINS t oa th: Various —Governor message tc the Leg- that body to- follows: satis? laries and Employes. tax, <o ad- y only a2d that raise 1,500,000 stand er had. system be but a lim- be geter- uality or sts s would reli tances, which, a licer & short and uns an end to this and to secure 1o th her bu icient regulati of such magni [ aily contribute 1o ate Governm equate comp n its existence. an_increase of the he liguor busine icense qu on, would be fur- pensation in its more just on. * * & Iaigotull fact that at icast one- s State apparentiy sum of only £1.000,000 an arposes, it will reduce the amount essessed upon other prop- F: arly twenty per cent, ‘nud make the T and chant cor- A tax oy $100 per that 12,800 ate, of ‘which 00 would . would raise this amount of Insurance. n insurance companies doin > ald be comypeiled to 10r poiicy-hoiders, * % busi- vide Au- fusurance companies alon e amount drawn from our d toward Lhe support of our One foreign company, ariy net profit in this State of uyer fornia for the € s an I ussociations doing an ess shonld be, to this extent, ne jurisdiction oi thé Commissioner, nks and Bank Commissloners. reccommend that every bank be required po the Bank Commissioners us of noon on the first Mondsy in re statement to be veri- foners and immediately Governor. Such reports ection by the Asscssor n State.” " The Governor t assessment of banks snd property is very difficult under of each ¢ States tn banking taxpayer, | present 1aws, and that this had led to much undeserved censure of pubiic officials. University of Californta. vth of our university bas been phe- increase in the academic d - ley from the year 1890-91 from 457 students to : 01 DeATly WO to ted colleges, located in San Fr bee n.100 per 71 in 1890- 02047 in 1895-96. ow accommodations d the question of how to the rauds that may be s Dbecome a seriou ast have aid, or it wi e with thus_depri its leges. * * * The College of Cuitute is doing & most veluable work.” Rallroad Commission. Governor recommends constitutional t to and operation of , sayiug that “in four- perience in i3 te we have es with glory through the as 1¢ stands. Almost any mprovement. o understand the law, ienced in ruiroad matters and meu X ed in business.” State Prisons and Home Industrles. purchase too freely the products tes and countries, thus spending manufactured abroad immense h should be used fn the purchase of our own farms and factories. Dur- years 1t has been my cn- , 10 confine the pi titutlons, to the products of Culifornte, thus changing the practice hereto- quently prevailing. The efforts of acturers and oducers’ Association cisco, and similar essociations State, have caused an in- State produets, 1 the old and improper subteriuge of mark- ur goods with foreign names. to msure is being absudoned. Of this no once has been given than in the the Mechanics’ Institute pos: tate products. petition of Eastern prison-made th the products of our own free ievous “n)"f‘ These prod- Calitornia withcut bran them. Whoile pris > labor, so as to be f- ving the taxpayers from f their support, beyond this point not be permitted to engage in re- ative work, and their efforts should te | so directea es fo produce the least iriction | clabor. * * * Thatthere may be no >n as to what goods are and what are liot prison-made we ought by law to require all such to be plainly marked or stamped. |T mber or quantity of foreign-made goods | sola nere 1s imm mends the selling of the consolidation of that m, where the Siate Asylums. ends a correction of The Governor Iy entitie re harm w_had been , instead of 5 been required ¢’ Governor pointedly suys ueed—ihat ‘the courts b in the Home for K len over one-half of the have been committed.” slijornia have no bundreds of theso-calied and it th em This is what come very Care- ded at wl capscits in our asylu ain the cless d to, it will be com- to tax our people for the establishment of more insane & * * Tpere is, tate tax for a class however, ny DOT A jusL re; ate will tolerate the r tions of the other depe! If the State must maintsin them, er to do so in an ution not d an insane ssylum, but a ‘home for the they conla b for other State 1 part maintain them: crense of theinsene in the past arly in nia, if we adop/ of 189 a_controly tiat oo e of that class which it eduty of the State should be passed nse 10 either commit tled n many respects tol the purposes for which th liy u Y AIE BOW THE DEAF AND DUMB AND BLIND. e cals attention to the fact that ation is not required to advertis r supplies, as is done by the other of the State. *“Students of our sity, our normal schools and even are supported el n held to be the dut; bel of the State 10 sup- port them. At the institution for the deaf and dumb and biind, however, we find that | the inmates are lodged and boarded at the | soie expense of the State, end ina manner | which few private ins perannum, duce of the , or the contingeat fund itsel, ied. In thecaseof tnisinstitu® ve it is the duly of the State to pro- liberaily—for its inmates, stint the appropriation in proviaing for them or for other rds. 1 do not believe that we ould tax the people of this State to pay the dren o1 well-10-do par- , who ouglhit to be happy in baving them Cated ir institution conducied so and efliciently as this one.” State Printing Office. “The expenses of the State Printing Office cessive, due larg.ly fo the sysiem under is conducted.” oterest of economy. Th er, under present laws, ed as economically as rrivate con- be cond cerns. Harbor Commission. “The improvement of the harbor front of u sco during the past two years has aud is receiving the com- ndation of all disin'erested persons familis with its condition. The dirty, unhealthy and dsngerous condition of the water iront two he sugzestive advertisemen's ere, and a loose method of ven' way to & cleauly and safe d for its healtoy and orderly front, uneq e i anges will be more favorable. To-day the water front is as ensily and safely traversed 85 the most fashionable portions of the Cit m of buying supplies and doing w estly improved within the past year and Its number of empioyes is, however, appearan #uy barbor in the world. It States are judged Dy the first impressions of tourisis and immigrants, the judgment that will 1a by reason of these c too grea e Borrd of State Harbor Commissioners shouid cousist of five members, meeting bi- the incumbents n of heir ferms. During their term they should engage in no business han that of the State. Two members of | the board should be business men. Another should be an_engineer, snd io a mem- extra pay, of the Burean of High- f such other commis: or board of requires his services; and should of suci other departments of 1 engineering work as would not th his duties. The fourth member should be a praciical builder, and ex-officio without extra pay, be compelled to supervise the construction of State baildings, or be detailed for other duties, The fifth mem- ber should be the Governor. The service that might be render=d by the engineer, ex-officio s & member of other boards, Or as a consult- ing engineer to tue other institutions of the State, wouid save many times bis salary annu- ally, and the work of ine practicel butder in sdvising the Governor, Secretary of State and { State Treasurer on the adapability of plans and specifications under the nct of 1876, and in superintending buildings on_detail by the State Bosrd of Examiuers, or the board pro- 4 for in the aci of 1876, would also save many times his salary. There has veen great Joss in the comstruction of bui.dings for the State by reason of faulty. work, improper materialsand other causes during the past, and the amount paid for superintendence during recent years has been enormous. “The direction and managem ‘nt of the en- ginecring portion of the waier front should be confided soleiy to & compelent engineer, holdiug office, 8§ do the United States Govern. ment engineers, during gocd beravior; and the supervision of ships, wharves, and tlie col- lection of dues should be vested in a compe- tent chief wharfinger. The engineer and practical builder on the board would be able, &t the shortest notice, at all times to properly ad he board of the amount and guality of ans work done aud the amount that shioula be pait for it. ““Whether there be any further change or not in the wa.er front,I would especially recommend that all bills or claims coatracted - | or allowed by Judges | 1 at, any Stete insti- | der the law to | Toe buildings at | f the land can | He suggests changes | hold untii the | SPEAKER COOMBS of the Assembly Sweating In the Clerks, Pages and Other Employes. the Harbor Commisclonera | should be subject to the approval of | he State Board of Eximine and | t the latter board shoud have the | power, by n ot to limit | the num their com- | by contract, under the act of 18 .n-xrepxj urgency repairs, which could be mace on re- port engineer to the bosrd), and that 1 h all supplies of lumber, and other articles purchesed in large | tities should be, after competitive bid- to the lowest bidder, as is usual in pariments of the State’s government. This board expends annually $600,000, whick | diture should be surrounded by ail pos- | sible safeguas W present andit of the Harbor Commussioner’s claims may be en- tirely free from criticism. common justice re- quires that its demands be treated as ere the | demands of the other depsrtments of the State, and that ail a.ike submit their claims to one common auditing boerd, the State Board of Examiners. { _“Tue Legislature of Caiifornia, by sct ap- proved Merch 17, 1891, provided a fund *For the copstiuction and furnishing of a general ferry and passenger depol’ ator nesr the foot n the City and County of nd to “cost mot to exceed Thereafter, the Harbor Commis- San Francisco, 600,000.” s, proceeding to construct such build- ing, had plans and specifications brepaged, and instead of expending $600,000 thercon, it contracted for the construction of the founda- n and supersiructure a5 separate and dis- cf works, and it expsnded in the construc. ¢ foundntion and_apj slone | 2 60, and wiil expend in | what they deli to 1ilding, the $600,000 voted by the people. There can be no quesiion that the | Intent of the act was that the building—f dation, walls, roof, furniture and all—should t not to exceed $600,000, and it would not compe!] ceed under i Labor Commission. “During the last session of the Legislature an endeavor was made to pass a bill providing | for the establishment of free Iabor employment agencies. Owing, however, fo prejudice against_the labor bureau as then conducted the Legislature used to pass the bill, or even appropriate money for the support of the bu- reau itself. I thcreforeappoir.ted agentleman | fulty committed to the ides of cstablishing | such a bureau, and shortly aiter his instails- tion in office he organized the same. His work | is familiar to us. Entering office under tbe | inguspiclous circumstan, with & | prejudice egainst the bureau itself, Mr. Fitzgerald nas so organized aud conducted his department as o do great good; not the least of his work being to find positions and securs employment, during the recent depression, for upward of 8000 skilied and unskilied persons. Boards cf Health. “The powers of the State Board of Health should Le enlarged. Its work during tue p year has been satisfactory; it has been ham- pered, however, through s iailure to possess essentinl autho Iis quaraniine Tights under the sct of March 19, 1889, are too 1im- ited, as the experience of the past year-has taught us. In some official should be lodged the power {0 quarantine one portlon of the State sgainst another for animals, as well as human beings. The Iaw imposes this duty for such quarantine from points ~without the State, but leaves the board powerless within it. Much trouble and loss were occasioned our cattiemen during the year 1896 by reason o1 this oversight in the act, nd bui for the u of the Department of Agricul. ture at Washington and the energy of our Sen- ators and Representatives the damage toour cattle-raisers would have been excessive. An amendment to. the iaw, providing that the board may quarautine bétween various points withiu the State, and allowing the use of the existing contagions disease fund for this pur- pose, when necessary, would prove of incal. culable benetit to tne 'State, and especialiy to the cattle-breeders and farmers.” The Gover- nor pays the San Francisco Board of Health a high tribute. Yosemite Commission. The Yosemite Commission during the past two years has entirely changed its system ot dojng business, and by a radical change 1 its rules and by-laws, endeavored 10 prevent all pooiings, special privileges or favoritisms such us have been compiained of in the past. Iis saim has been to give fo the general public, and especially to the citizens of this State, & | place of pleasant resort at tne least possible cost. Roads. Over §1,700.000 of money being annually expended on roads, with but littie permanent improvement, the last Lezislature deemed it in ihe public interest to endeavor to remedy this evii and to that end enacted & law creai- ing n Bureau of Highways. “The work of the bureau cannot be too highly commended. Its close study of this most imporiant question; its hard work in holding meetings in every county of theState; its inspection of il the main roads; its bulle. tins and lectures. have aroused an interest on this subject never before felt in California. “That immense good would flow from the construction of a State system of highways is beyond question, and a few State roads traversing the lines of heaviest traffic and I tion. I trust to the wisdom of your honor- most frequent travel would undoubtediy ve of | eble bodies to suggest a method by which a incalculnble benefit. 1am inclined i0 favor | system of improved highway _coustruction such a system, bit {1great cost offersand in- | may be graduaily imsugurated in this State, superable obstacle 10 its immediate adop-|to the end tihat we have pleasant =nd economic highweys without increasing the tax burdens ot our ferming communities.” . Dairy Bureau. “The State Dairy Bureau has done more %00d than was anticipated by its most san- guine advocate. Using buta portion of the small appropriation made for its use it has driven oleomarga-ine and butterine from competition with and has infused new life into our dairy interesis. The need of the bureau is snown by its report. From January, 1894, to March, 1895, nearly half a million pounds of oieomargarine and butterine were soid 10 our peopie and consumed by them as butter, the joss 1o our dairy interests being upward of $100.000 during that period. The bureau has closed the {nctories where these materials were manufactured in our State snd has, by u rigid_insoection and enforcement of the'law, reduced to ar. insignificant quantity the amount brought here from abroaa. [ recommiend the continuance of this bureau 1or a further period of two years.” Horticultural Board. “Since the last session of the Legislature the expenses of the State Board of Horticulture have been minimized. It has been given room free of ccsifor its quarantine office by the Board of State Harbor Commissioners at San ancisco, and suppiied with adequate offices in Sacramento, where it has the additional benefit of the Senate and_Assembly chambers | for large assemblages. The work is done now as cheaply as possibie. ILis necessary to sus- tain its present quarantine headquarter: less the commission be transferred to th versity of Calijornia. ““The vast importance of the horticultural in- terests of this State cannot be overestimated. The enlighiened policy of our past horticultus ral legislation, combmed with the aavanced intelligence of cur people and our incompara- ble soil and clima‘e have conspired to place u in the proud position of the first horticultural | community 1n the universe. Our resources in | the direction of increased ncreage and awak- ened interest have been sufficiently developed. Our future growth must be 1n the direction of | improving the quality of our fruit product and developing markets beyond our State and National limits.” District Agricultural Socletl The Governor adheres to his previous objec- tions to appropriations for district fairs, be- lieving that the entire system of agricultural fairs should be reorganized. | Constitutional Amendments. “Legislative terms of sixty days are tooshort | under a constitution which requires that cach | biil shall be read in tull in each House on | three several days. The canvass for Senator, the organization of the two Houses and of the commiltees, the preparation and introduction of bills and ‘their consideration in committee, together with numerous other incidental mat- ters too frequently leave an _insufficient time for work in the consideration of measures to be scted upon. For these reasons we find many loosely drawn bills becoming laws and great lack of harmony and frequent contradic- tion in the laws themselves. It is not therefore 10 be wondered at that the dominant party should meet in caucus for the purpose of pre- ting these abuses and for other purposes. My predecessors made mi Wise sugges- tions never enacted into laws; in fact, the message of & Governor cannot be Yropefl cone sidered in the hurry and bustle of a legislative session. When the Legislsture really begius w understand men, measures and State re- ports it t0o frequently must adjourn. Much time is wasted on bills that can never pass. The Governor's inauguration so shortly after election, coupled with his familiarizing him- self with the policy and recommendatious of his predecessor, as given in bis last message, after the Legislature has convened, 18 ex- tremely unwis “Qur constitution should be amended, fixing the leglsiative term at not to exceed100 days, and prohibiting the introduction ot bills in | either body after the first thirty aays of the session, except in urgency, and then only by unanimous consent after three days notice.” He thinks it unwise o inaugurate & GOv- ernor so soon after election, suggesting the first Monday in July succeeding his election. His predecessor’s recommendations would then receive the consideration due them. He recommends that the Governor be given thirty days after the expirationof the legislative session 10 consider bills,as ten days is 100 short. National Guard. T awalt the pleasure of the Leglslature a: to any further or other reorganization it may deem necessary. In your various bodies are men long and favorably connected with the guard itself, and so_conversant with its needs that their advice should possess the greatest weignt. In my opinion the San Francisco regiment should be organized for heavy artillery, ana be compelied to driil at the Presidio, if permission could be obtained from ‘the National Government. | Your request would, in my judgment, | secure this privilege. Itshou!d alsocontinue | infantry work. A State armory in San Fraacisco (and pers haps at Los Angeles) ia the near future will be & necessity. It should contain_office room for State officials residing tnere. Thisshould Continued on Fifth Poge. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. in the price of clothing. sold out in some sizes, We call these “broken prices. buys fine business suits, $20. These are all-wool, for both wear and app: It's a chance to get low the wholesale cost. of charge. S.N.WOOD & CO COLUNBLAN WOOLEN VILLS), 541 MARKET STREET and (reat Break In a business as big as ours there will be many lots of clothing that get while some sizes remain. lots,” and at our annual stock-taking we find we have a good many such. To close them out quickly and make room for com- plete assortments, we are offering them at broken $5.00 and $7.50 single and double breasted, also fine overcoats, easily worth $9 and $13. $8.00 and $10.00 buys Three-button Cutaway Frock Suits, also Sack Suits and High-grade Overcoats, worth $15 and high-grade garments, made earance. Worsteds, cassi- meres, cheviots and tweeds; handsome plaids, pin- head checks, brown, gray and wood color effects. Allsilk sewed, strong fabrics, warranted not to fade. a suit or overcoat far be- Can you afford tomissit ? Fully guaranteed, and kept in repair one year, free CORNER POWELL AND EDDY STREETS.