The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1897 CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. BSCRIPTION RATES-Postage Free: y . Gne week, by carrier. §0.18 © year,by mall .. 6.00 x months, by mail.. 200 1.2 bunday CaLL, one mon Funday CALL, ze year, by mail.. " KAKLY Cali, oue year, by mal BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Marke: St San ¥Francisco, California. Main—1888 EDITOKIAL ROOMS: 217 Clay Sirest. leptone Main-1874 ERANCH OFFICES: 27 Montromery sidvet, corner Ciay: open mmtd 616 1 arictn aire o'civei By Aixteen:h and Mission streeis; opes 8 Ming eet open until 8 o'cloci. 1208 Foix wire 1980 o'clock. OAKLAND OFFICE : ® Erostway. EASTERN OFFIC 4 Parc Row, Sew Yore City. ern Manszer. CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL. FEERUA LY 17, 1867 THE FPAKE— . 2 " THE EXAMINER PUBLISHED 249,757 Inches Of Ads During 1396, 5964 More Than were published by any other San Francisco newspape: for several days at the In the publicstion of this fake the Eramtner 35t I nches of quence It could be owing tact. wan probebiy record was 8averiising and - —THE FACT— THE EXAMINER PUELISHED 236,528 Inches Of Ads During 1896. That is one fact and here is an- other: THE CALL PUBLISHED 239,551 Inches Of Ads During 1896, 3,023 More Inches were published in THE CALL than in the Examiner during 1896, It 13 10 be remembered tha: during 1896 the ’ oy published apiroximately 800 inches of ezal lotter ertisements, of waich T3 CALL did 1ot and woald not pubiixs one lie mouarch 0f the fakers haa doubtless suc- coeded 1n noc thousands of inches of adver- tning durlng the vast year by dupin- aud dece ng mdvertisers through talse and Arrogant asser- Dy of the character of the foregolug fake. [ ould seem, ho r, from Uie facla that the merchants as a rule have not been misled by it raudulent pretenses. © Examiner boasts that its books are open to tinpection, but we suggest 1t tnspeet lin own 00k befora 1t Ventures upon the publication of another fake We congratulate the pubile o1 the fact that the Cxromure of this fake ted the Examiner 10 drop it. this the Eraminer was dlsereet, nud 1f 1t 1s wise wiil make no more such bold stlempts to —— e Carson building might as well name her “hippodrome.” big Don’t forget that the proper place to go for & hoiiday this week is Cloverdale. The Cretan situation is interesting, but it should not lead us to overlook Cuba. George evidently intends to make r Greece or clean out the suburbs. The California Legislaiure has fewer cranks than any other now in session, and there is comfort in that. The most genuine and earnest fight under the Nevada law promises to be a scrap between Carson and Reno, King ag Bince the Nicaragua canal bill has been hung up, Benator M. rgan is determined the arbitration treaty shall Lang with it. for the speedy passage of the university bill are encouraging, The people are with it and the legislators are standing To give o the people of India would be generous, but et us first be just to the people of our own City who need aid and employment. If the European powers do not agree to pick the Turkish pear very soon it will dropinto the lap of Greece. There is no doubt that it is overrip It the wrangling iegislators in Oregon do not hurry up they will hardly get through electing ator before iy is time to adjourn to Carson. a Be It seems there is one feature of the administration with no sign of deficit about i1, for Cleveland is sald to have saved $125,000 of his salary. It looks as if the great powers have come to the conclusion that the only way to maintain their prestige is to combine and whip or bulidozo ( The work of grading the line of the Valley road south of Fresno has begun, and befors long another section of the Biate will bave the benefit of competing transportation rates. The machine-bolt trust has followed the steel trust and gone into collapse. Under the stress of reviving business competi- tion is becoming too strong for combina- tions to hold it down. The treasury report shows the deficiency for the fiscal year un to February 15 to be | $47.713.000. It won't be very long, how- before a better showing will be made. We shall nave another tariff by July. Chicago claims to possess the most economically administered charity organ- jzation in the world. Itis madeup of the Mayor and the police and seewms to be prompt, efiicient and discriminatin STATE HIGHWAYS. - Lile everybody in the State desires to see the beginning of the work of road im- provement, it is questionable whetber the plan proposed to achieve that result under the supervision of & board oners will be acceptable to any consider: ble number of the people. The more the question of State hizhways under Sta ! is discussed the more weighty appear the objections to it. Some of these are v stated in an in pervisor Ayer of Santa Clara County which we | publish this morning. it seems clear that the proposed measure would resuit in im- posing undne burdens upon many sections of the State and would result in com- | perativeiy litile zood to any. Oneeffect of establishing a ser State commi ryiew with 8 of State highways to be maintained by State taxa- tion wou!d be the imyosition of taxes upon all parts of the State, whils the proposed bighwaye wou!d benefit only the comparatively small section through which they ran. Residents of cities, who now pay a large proportion of taxes to the State, would be | compeiled to pay their pro rata of the expense of maintaining these highways, although the bighways would be Gistant from them and of no benefit to their people or their traffic. Iy taxed for the maintenance of benefits in more progressive counties of the Btate w! h ith good hizhways would be compelled to pay for ties where the people bave either neen negligent and in regard to road constraction or elss have elected to the office of Super- | o who are el of attending to their duties or were wasteful of It is not fair that counties which bave done good work for themselves peiled by the Etate {0 nay for the negligence of counties which have ghways un constructing roads in other cou imonioy sor m her ncapabl uld be cor 0 left Yod erno proved. 5, as in all other matt wh ¢ local self-government 1s possible, such gov- | . The people of a county who are to derive benefit from the high- n its borders are the people who sbould pay for them, and if they refuss to | the penally of bad roads falls where it belongs. Santa Clara County has it is possible to construct and maintain ors Lave not only kept Lighways as good sections of the but through the The people of Eanta Clara, 1% to gain by the proposed system of State highways, but they would not receive from the Etate a sum sufficient to % in their present excellent condition, and yet would have to taxes to help maintain State highways in other Ipcalities. ta Clara is not the only coanty in the Btats that would bs injured by the adop- | tion of the proposed system of Btate nighways supporied by State taxation. There | are oth f money in the construction of public expenditure. Itisa scfficient burden s. The interests of these counties are tled to consideration as much as the Interests of counties where the peopls have | done little or nothing for themselves, and where they have gone on year alter year content with bad roads or indifferent to good ones. . w we per: valley county, d mountains to the east end west. inasmuch highwa nt which have expenced larse sums o roads and are now resping fit of intain th on them to m The peovle of Ban Francisco and of other cities in the State have strong reasons for opposing the progosed measure. The cities pay approximately two-thirds of the Btate taxes, and would, of course, hiave to pay about two-thirds of the amount ex- | pended for the State highways. This would be in addition | would haveto levy for themselves to maintain their stree ment to show the unfairness of such a proposition. All the cities of California are | young and rapidly growing, There is an incessant demand upon them for money to repave old strests and open new ones. The burden of taxation upon City residents | I‘ for street work is already as heavy as they can bear, and they ought not to be called | upon to pay for rural highways as well. |~ Taking all things into consideration the proposed State highway system is tedly unadvisable. It can have no other effect than thatof taxing one man for to the sum which they | It haraly needs argu- | dec |8vis upon enterprising communiti | thrifty. Road improveme responsibility as well as the privi A SUCCESSFUL EXHIBIT. at Los Angeles may be fairly accounted to Libit has been as favorable as were the notices given it by the press during its continuance, All the Los Angeles papers 1n summing the results of the exnibit speak as dially of the display ana of the mansg | ment as they did during the time when it was running and when their reports may be considered to have been to a large ex- One feature of the later criticisms and | comments that deserves notice is the warm praise given to the mansger of the | The directors of the exhibit, the press ana | the exhibitors all combine in eiving him | credit for the greater portion of tue suc cess attained and in expressing a warm | and bigh appreciation of his services, Mr. Gray is evidently one of those men who are fitted both by talents and train- ing for the conduct such complex | affairs as a great exposition. Buccessful directors and the exhibitors and also be- tween one exhibitor and anotter. Every man who has a display to make desires | tve largest space and the mos location. To harmonize the conflicting claims which arise out of these desires requires something more than ordinary tact, and heis a very good manager In- | deed who succesds in doing it We took occasion during the continu- { ance of ine exhibit to congratulate Los reported by our correspondent in that city. We have now occasion to congratulate her again on its successful conclusion. | noslight thing to have held an import- | ant exhibit of this kind and brought it to | an end without developing causes of com- | plaint which lead to mutual recrimina- | tions. | We are all well aware that the Los Angeles spirit is such as to prompt every Los Angeles man to praise and commend | everything done by his ity or in his city | no matter what his individual feeling may be. In this case, however, the warmth of | the gencral praise gives evidence of a yenuine sincerity. It is clear that Mr. | de Garmo Gray furnished Los Angeles | with exuctly the leadership needed to | awaken her ever responsive public spirit and prompt it to the right action in the right way. | | | The “Mycological Club’’ which has beén | started in Boston for the purpose of tudy- ing t e difference between mushrooms and | toadstools may be composed of most re- | spectable people, but it will have a hard | time getting guests to attend its banquets. | — | According 1o a correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean ratlroad companies | of rails for three or four years are now | taking advantage of the enormons siash in | rates, and this year's railway rebuilding | 18 expected to break the record of 1892 1t some of these companies witl now head | for the West we will soon be all right. Argentina is considering the advisability of adopting & Iaw imposing a progressive tax yarying from $5 10 $30 per month upon all buchelors from 20 to 80 years of age. | Maidens who reject a man and do not marry some one else within a stated time | must pay a fine of $500. Widowers ana widows under thirty ar: allowed three | years in which to marry agaln, and if single af er that period they must pay the same tax am bachelors of an equal age, The entire sum to be collectea by these tuxes is to be distributed snnually among the families of the country which have twelVe living children, This beats Kansas, | the benefit of another, laying burdens upon cities for the welfars of counties and for those that have been less progressive and les- ts we must have, but the surest and best way to atts them is by leaving the work to counties themselves and imposing upon the people the of loca! s The home products exhibit recently held | have been a successful one in every Bualwer treaty abrogated may be consid- | spect. This is made dent by the fact | ered a tes: vote on the arbitration treaty, that the criticism which follows the ex- | since the oiject of Morgan's resolution tent colored by a desire to praise it in | the time, order to attract visitors. The judgm nt Unless something unforeseen occurs, it pronounced since the close of the exhibit |is bardly likely after this that any amply confirms all the favorable things | earnest attempt will be made by said about it while it was still a civic fes- | the ends of t administration tival and & matter of municipal pride. to bring the arbitration treaty to hibit, Mr. Charles de Garmo Gray. |present time no matter how tue treaty | This gentleman seems to have won *gold- | may be ame en opinions from all sorts of people.” | When the subject was first broached and | managers of such enterprises are few. I[n | 10 understana this and are nolonger eager the very nature of things at all exposi- | to force the vote. tions there are antagonisms bstween the | Oue point made by Benator Morgan has favorable | | | Angetes on th- splendid display made, as | It s | | | which huve been bolding back purchases | n -governm nt. THE ARBITR * TION TREATY, The vote taken upon the resolution of | nator Morgan declaring the Clayton- | wasnot 80 much to discuss the Clayton- Bulwer treaty as to postpone considera- tion of the treaty of arbitration which was bei vressed by the administration The vote wasa close one, as the Morgan resolution prevailed by a major- ity of only 32to 3L It was sufficient for the purpose, however, and the considera- tion of the arbitration treaty went over for urces, a vote at this session. It will take two- thirds of the Senators to ratify it, and it seems impossible o obtain these at the the treaty first announced to the people, it | was received with a considerable degree of popular favor. Astime bas passed, how- ever, and fuller consideration was given, this favor has diminished, until it is now no longer yrobable that the original treaty stands any chance whatever of acceptance. Even in its amended form i1y passage is still doubttul, and the advocates of it seem produced & strong impression on Senators of all parties and all shades of opinion. This is the aesertion that the ratification of & standing compact of arbitration would for the period of its operation sus- pend the exercise of the Senate's consti- tutional functions as a part of the treaty- making power. If the proposed arbitra- tion agreement is adopted by this coun- try the President would have sole juris- diction over all questions to be submitted to arbitration under the convention, and could resort to it at all times without the advice or consent of the Senate, This obfection has weight even with those Benators who hold that the pro- posed treaty does not seriously affect any of the rights of this country. It is as valid egainst the treaty as amended as against that which was first proposed. Mr. Cleveland has given the Eenate a warning of the extent to which a Presi- dent can go In ignoring the Eenate, and it is not likely that any future President will be intrusted with more power than has been invested in his office by the con- stitution itself. RAILROADL LUILD.NG. The popular expectation that this is 1o be a year remarkable for the extent of its railroaa building receives confirmation from all sources. Reports of new lines projected have been followed by reports of large orders for stee! rails and by appli- cation to the various Legislatures of the | Union for such amendments to the laws as are needed to make secure the capital invested in the proposed new enterprises. One of the most significant events of the | day confirming the reports of increased railroad building soon to be undertaken |1s the collapse of the great steel-rail trust. It seems that orders for rails to such large amounts were placed on the market that the mills which formed the trus were unable to resist the temptation to break away. The well-informed corre- spondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean says: “Railroad companies which have been holding back purchases of rails for three or four years are now taking advantage of the enormous slash in rates, and tnis year's railroad builling is expected to break the record of 1892’/ Additional contirmation that the year is to be a great one for railway building is found in the appearance at Sacramento of representatives of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fa Railroad, seeking to secure certain legislation that will enable thar road to extend its lines in this State. The legislation cesired by the Santa Fe will be beneficial not only to that road but to the Sau Francisco and San Joaquin Val- 1 ley road, and the fact that it has been | 881t basin the past sfiy years, i is more than | | probabie that it wili include within its lim | eonstru or later be connected with the Santa Fe | bovlevard the | applied for gives credit to the general ex- pectation that the Vailey road will sooner system 4nd thus form an overiand com- petitive route. 1t is, of course, possible that the realiza- | tion of the year wiil not equsl populsr | expectation. It wall take & long time for the country to recover from the depres- | sion which it bas undergone dunng the pest four years. It seems evident, how- | ever, Irom the reports which come to us | that there is to be & considerabie revival | of railroad building, even if it does not | fulfill the prophecy of the Inter Ocean correspondentand bresk the record of 1892. | The most cheering festure 10 California | in the situation Is the fact that many of | these railway enterprises, and by far the most important of them as reported, are | tne proposed extensions of lines to the | West, and particuiarly to this State. We | seem to be on the verge of a settiement of the long controversy between the people and the Bouthern Pacific Railroad by breaking up the monopoly of that com- | pany and the establishment of a compet! uve transcontinental line. The ouilook is 50 bright that it may easily lead many | veople to be over sanguine, but if due re- gard is paid toall the difficulties in the way It will still be found that thereis abundant reazon for the expectation that the year will be a notable one for railroad | building throughout the Union, and that California will receive her due share of it. PER ONAL Tom C. Gorrie of Sonora is in town. O.M. Brown of Denverton is st the Russ. Dr. J. H. Glass of Paso Robles is in town. William A. Hoff of the Bybil mine is at the Russ. J. J. Hebron, tke banker of Salinas, is at the Grand. George H. Carey of Sen Diego is st the Occl- dentai. W. L. Gazzam of Seattle arrived here yes- terday. D. E. Mastenson of Red Bluft arrived here yester T. H. Lynch and L. L. Gray of Fresno are on nere, O'Farrell of Covelo is one of the late here. 5 arrival E. ). C & ranch-owner of Sau Martin, 1s | at the Gran | W. K. Carithers, the merchant of Senta Rosa, is &t the Lick, €. L. Hoge, Deputy Auditorof Fresno County, | is &t the Grand. Mre. F. J. McFarland, ownerof s store in Nepa, is in the City, A. L Graeter, & livestock-grower of Dillon, | Mont., is in the City. R. H. Garratt of New Orleans and Mrs. Gar- rattare at the Palace. L. 5. Semple, a mining man of Weaverville, is hiere on & short visit, A. 8. Nichois, owner of & large srea of land | nesr Busanviile, is at the Russ. | W. H. Boyuton, a well-to-do resident of Col- | orado Springs, is at the Palace. | E or Judge T. L Caruthers of Ukish, 15 among the arrivals at the Grand. A.G. Will and Fiorence Wil of Rockwood Pe., ere at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. | Miss C. McFarlune of Winnipeg, Canads, is | registered at the Cosmopoiitan Hotel. i F. W. shipman, a business man of Toronto, | Cauada, is at the Cosmopo!itan Hotel J. W. Henderson, the pioncer and bank | president of Eureks, Cal the L D. € Newell, an extensive farmer and dairy- man of Humboldt County, ix st the Russ. W.E. P ,& Deputy Cols of Cus- toma of Porti i3 in this City on pless- ure trip. | The Misses Roselind, Peggy and Lucy Web- | biog of London, Eng., heve taken apartments at the Cosmopolitan Holel. ! | | | | | Btate SenatoP W. F. Prisk of Grass Valleyis in the City. He §8 the editor aud owuer of the daily paper at Grass Vailey. ut of Van- | ompaned b and Miss Hulbert, in, one of the earliest ploneers of s Bet end owner of two mining properties | stthe Lick. Hels herofor a few day: Walker, one of the widely Walker Brothers, the bankers and hotel owners of Sait Lake, is at the Occidextal. Milton, = millionsire merchant of whose home !5 at Brookline, Mass., is sccompanied by Srs. Milton. Wiliiam Wood, & wealthy resident of Cambridge, . Wood, are with them. Thomas R. Bard, owner in large ofl wells at and near Hueneme, Ventura Connty, and pro- prietor of & bank In that place, is among those | stthe Occidental. Mr. Bard is prominent in politics and one of the most influential men in that part of California. Michaet Cudaby of Cudshy Brothers, the | pork aud beef packers of Chicago, Omaha and Kensss City and brokers in grain, is a recent | arrival here. The Cudahys have amassed large ‘ortunes by their own eflorts. They were once poor boys in the employ of Phil Armour. He | is nt the Palace. A. Ribas, who left here some monthsago with General M. L. Barillas, ex-President of Guatemale, has reiurned here after s tour of Europe. He came direct from Constantinople in twenty days. Mr. Ribas says General Barillas visited Eogland, Germany, Belgium | and France, and is now 1n Italy, where his bis daughter {s soon to be married. The General expects 10 return here sbout March 15. CAL FORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 16.—At the Bt. Cioud—J. W. Leslie. Imperial—F. M. Leland. Stortevant—H. L. Chase, L J. Hanchett, Mrs. E. Howard. St Denis—J. 8. Spear and wife. Murray Hili—P. Stanford, J. H. Jabus. Max Glinger left the St. Cloud to gail on the Havel. M. Baer Is here buying. Letters From the People. A GRAND PROJECT. Proposed Highway From San Francisco Throush the danta Clara Valley. To the Editor of the San Franciseo Call—Sir: In the biennia: reportof the State Buresu of Highways, recenty issued, I find the follow- iug among the plans suggesied for the con- struction of highways by the State: Third—A highway commencing at the City and County of Smin Francisco and extending tience southeasterly on the best grades a.d aligninents through the counties ot ~an Ma.eo, Sauta Clara ~an Benito, Mouterey, San Luis Obispo, Ventura and Los Angeles 10 the city of Los Angeles. Tnis recommendntion evidently contem- plates the con truction of a new road leading irom San Francisco southward through the Santa Clara Valley 1o 118 terminus, as the road that now runs from San Francisco t) San Jose caunot be much improved or widened without moving houses and fences and cutting down 1trees, which would cost more than building a new roa In addition to thisthe present road is hardly sufficient for the amount of travel over it. The coustruction of s boulevard from San Francisco to S8an Jose has been agitated for several years, but it is probable that San frau- cisco will be ‘called upou to defray a consider- able share of the expense of the building of the proposed State roads. It is but just that it should ‘desire some jmmediate advantages Irom them. It requires no stretch of the im- agination to understand the greatbenofita that Sun Francisco would secure from such a high- way or bouleverd, particularly if it should be of suficient widih to permit of the laying of rails on one side of it for an electric road with- outinterfering with ihe travel ove: The footnill region of the Santa Clara Valley cannot be surpassed for climate and healthful- ness. It is well supplied with good water, has excellent drainage, and has magnificent views. 1t is sheltered trom the prevailing western winds and is almost entirely free from fogs, yet with all these natural advantages und at- iractions it s very thinly populated, simply because the cost of iransportation to and from San Francisco is too expensive and the means of travel not frequent enough. The territory south of San Francisco is its natural outlet. The City is desuned, at no distant das, to grow rapidly in that' direction. 1fitshould continug 10 grow as isst in the nex: fiity years H. Bell Irving, & leading merc E.J The | Ana ) urple carnage reeks, and gloating I | As through the land the,Spaniards, bactie-armed, | Are warring well agains: the mi | They ask you not, but in thelr dimmi ihe ciifes of Bedwood sud sen Msteo. The on of the proposed highway or id meterisly sid and hasten tols much-desired objec If the messure now tefore the State Legisle- ture {or the construction of s system of bigh willbs ihe grestest boon conferred on State by nuy Legisiature since the Etate wes sdmitied to the Unfon. CHARLES HARKINS. Menlo Park. Feb. 15, 1897. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. “It 18 astonishing how 1hings change in end bont many of the mining town: of the Rocky Mountaine and Slerrs Mevada ranges,” sald G. W. Bowles at the Grand Hotel yesterdsy. “1 suppose these changes ere equally char- scteristic of other mining regions. A few years ago, when I was st tust sge when life seemed one coniinual round of adventure and romence, I was proprietor of & weekly paper on eimost the very crest of the Rocky Mousn- tains, “It was during the days when the silver ex- cltement ran high, and when siiver carbon ates were being struck rightand lelt. The camp where I was located was al altitude of almost two miies above the sea. The grest rivers of the contisent had their sources th Arkanses, the Platte and ihe re- | motest effluent of the Colorado started from the snows in these mountsios and within but 8 ehortdistance of each otner. *“The Colorado flowed far west to the Gulf of Galifornis end mingled its waters with the Pacific, and the P and the Ar. trending esstward and sou ward for tnousands of miles and blending with other streams at last reached the Gulf of Mexico. It was said that at one point the sources of these rivers were so clcs: that you could take & neutilus sheil and ac- cording as you dropped it to your right or your left {t would reach tae Atlentic or the Pacific. “In these lofty heights, where the air was pure ozone, we made a booming little mining town. There were deep forests of pine and other woods about there. These fringing the lower portions of the great mountains gave them a singular beauty. “Noue of us who lived there In those romantic times had any idea what these woods did for us. Ihaverecently been there again and I found that the charcoal-burner and the man in search of mine timbers had cut off every bit of this forest, even down to the little trees. The grest mountains were bare and hostly. “I had returned with scme tremors of the heart, for those were happy days, but when I saw the bare mountains and the camp, which had become stone dead, I had no qualms. It wes & satisfaction that Ishould live there no more. “I notice that 1n many of the camps of the Sleras the same thing has happened. These trees should be protected from at least use- less waste. Cut from the rocky sides of the mountains, where they are needed to hold | the snow and preserve the sources of the they will not grow agaln 1a a hundred AMERICANS! HELP CUBA! A century has sped, and with a score Of ater years Is added o the age 0f New-World ifberty, and men adore Each deed inscribed upoa the briefest page ©Of human aouals. What Is more sublime In history thau freedom’s triumph won? SiX scores of years! fow small a part of timel Heroic men, thy deed was nobly done! America and libe are raised aiversal fame; ed To one high poin of No deed forgotten nor a oame unpr That turned the priie of tyranny to sbame, As Lincoln’s hand r ased a race of slaves S0 Washington des royed the rule of kings, And heroes marched, unfearful, to their graves That ¥reedom might ascend on equal wings. And you, O sons whose hes ned With voluntary biood thi e was poured An offering 1o Freedom. you have kained A land where every ma: is bis own lord; Where kings rule not, nor men, like slaves, obey. What wonder then the pacr otic beart Does yet b-at strong. And cannotyou repay The God of war by taking Cuba's part? That fertile Isle, now wet with biood and tears, Where devastation stalks in name of Spain rs Of murderous men are seen on hi | and piatn in iroops ars seeking whom their blades m: K No home 1o life may go unharm That does not bow to Spain’s remorseless will A band of loyal men, in spirit strong, 1a numbers weak—ihie lovers of thelr jsle— wrong, Andd bravely, dying with a smile Upon the lips that turn & final bresth T worcs of hope, that urge thelr br A cry for treedom, then & hero's death Their nightof lize has reacued the | Americans, with you the auty 1ies To heip the helpless. Hear thelr m A brocher’s wish forestalls the end Ipon thelr opes of liberty Americans! thelr lives are in your hands. A word from you will bid the conflict cease, For even Bpain wiil hearken your commands. Use ever art of argument o show To warrizg Spain how, errin She brings upon hersel? unex, Nor ever courts a watchiag world's applause. “Desist, O bloody ~pain! Forezo your prite. If mastery has auzhi to w'n the praise Of otner nations, thiak you they will hide Contempt for power - on by blacest ways® Or, faliing thus, say, “Land of anclent fame, In wars on land and sea! 'Tis but disgrace Tothus belittie such a valiant name By warring with asma | and helpless race.” And 1f the pride of power and of birth Have dwinaled in the growing iust of gold, Say, “'spain, Why rob, when all this fruitful earth To honest labor wiil its stors unfold?” And if from argument she turns her ear, Let pleading go and ‘hunder your command : “0 ruthiess Syain, onr u/timatum hear! Recall at once your d-vastating band, Or ships and guns and men In freedom born WIIl cross the narrow neck of sea and give The Cobsn- aid.” And Spain shall fall, and scora Shall mark her name, while liverty aball live. EDWABD CLARKE. Sau Franclsc-, Feb. 15, 1897 EXAMINER AND WATER RATES. an Francisco Journal of Commerce. It is unfortunate for San Francisco that it has a mewspaper of the Examiner stamp, When 1t fails to carry a poiut by legitimate methods it resorts to blackmall and the pra tice of the highwayman. It has been on the eyroil of corporations for large amounts. Spring Valley is evideutly an exception, for the daily boodier has declined to discuss the #ffuirs of the water corporation with that fair- ness which invariably carries conviction in public mind. Therefore it is, we repeat, un- fortunate for San Francisco when investments in pub.icsecurities are continualiy assailed by the Examiner because, forsooth, a large pro- portion of the profits are not turned over to it, The Supervisors are asked to fix the water rates 80 a5 not to yield a rate of dividend to the stockholders larger than 3 or 4 per cent, and the Examiner impudently meakes the bold statement that unless they conform to Its re- quest they are to consider themselves thieves aud the hirelings of the water company. But the Superv sors are familiar with the unscru- pulous ways of the monarch of boodlers, and they will, therefore, not be intimidated. It perchance they shouid be, the inevitable wonld follow—namely, that investments in public utilities here wou!d henceforth be considered unsafe aad unprofitable. The question is whether or not 4 per cent is enougn. According to the Examiner it is ample. If this rule is established then other securiifes, such as gas, street railroad and many other securities, mpst come under the operation of the same ruie. Are investors, therefore, likely to put their capital iato secu- rities of this nature which, it must be ad- mitted, are more or less risky? The savings banks 'are paying rates on deposits similar to those being agitated by the Examiner for the water company’s shareholders and the deposi- tors can draw money when needed, whereas on the other hand an {nvestment in the stocks of the water and other companies is subject to fluciuations and cannot alv 's be realized upon. The duty of the Supervisors is piatn; they ‘should deal with the water company fairly and without prejudice. The stock- holders of the corporation are composed of many of our most worthy citicens and their interests shoud be considered as of greater importance in this community’ than the cry of a self-convicted boodler, which not long ago was an the pasroll of the Southern Pacific Company to the tune of $1000 & month, CORVICT LABOR Manufacturers Opposed to Power Machinery in Prisons. Police Judges Scored for Not Enforcing the Pure Food Law. A Statement That the Fear cf Losing Votes Prevents Them From De- isg Th:ir Duty. A special meeting of no small im- portance was held by the directors of the Manufacturers’ and Produce Associa- tion yesterday. The pri al subject | discussed was a resolution previously of- fered by Director Kerr. In substance it was that the Legislature be requested to pass a bull providing for the sbolishment of all power machinery in the State prisons and that after December 31, 1897, the convicts be compelled to perform their labor by hand, unaided by machinery. This resolution had been referred to the legisiative committee of the association, the committee. The imajority report was that at this time the association should not take up this matter. The minority, s'gned by Mr. Kerr, favored the adoption of the resolution as presented. Mr. Kerr detivered an eloquent address in support of his position. He said that efforts are being made to have the Stats purchase more machinery, especlally for the rock-crushing project at Folsom. There is airealy a larges sum of money particularly at the San Quentin prison. Tne prison directors are making every effort to keep even on the expenses, but this is impossible, when all the outlay is taken into consideration. In order to class of articles by convicts becomes a commercial featurs and competition with free labor follows and the latter is made to suffer. Mr. Kerr stated that when Chi- cago was in the height of her prosperity the State-prison convicts were engaged in the cooperage line and ran all the outside coopers out of business. In other places the wooden and willow ware business was ruined by convicts. New York has bandoned power machinery in its prisons the men are kept on hand labor only. | ile the farmers are benefited by tie | manufacture of jute grain bags, they | eventually lose ali in the hign shipping | rates. | Mr. Kerr spoke of the idle 600 idle | workingmen in this City who are endeav- | oring to sécure aid from the officials, and | said that this is a strange time for Warden | Aull to lobby in the Leg siature for more machinery, 80 that still more free men snould be made idie in order that he mig: t find work for bis jailbirds. Again speaking of the jutemill, Mr. Kerr stated that the director’s report for 1895 showed | that the mill runs behind $12.000 year. | He urged that the association go on record | &s opposing power machinery in the Cali- fornia State yrisons. Director Allen agreed with Mr. Kerr so far as the rock-crushing machinery is con- | cerned, but he was opposed to interfering with the jute plantin the other prison Besides it was too late to do anything with this Legislature. Upon the recom- | mendation of Director Keller that the date | of abolishing power machinery in the prisons be changed from December 31, | | 1897, to December 31, 1898.” Mr. Kerr's | resolution was adopted. | The next subject discussed was iatro- | | duced by President Sonntag, who_stated | that the ~pure-food ordinance is sadly dis- regarded. The Hea!th Department officers arrest offenders, but the Police Judges | | dismiss the cases for fear that at the next | | election they will lose the votes of all who | are prosecuted and convicted. He sug- | gested that a conference be held with the | Police Judges to see if the law can be in- forced. If not, then it wo be weil to see :f there is any law by which the Police i Judges can be reached. Director Jacobs stated that there had been twenty-three arrests in ten days ana all had been clear violations of the law, yet there were twenty acquittals and but three convictions, and Judge Campbell was the only one who had the couraze to impose heavy fines. The Judges divided up the cases because they were fearful of losing votes i! the whole batcn fell to one court. Mr. Jacobs said that a report by Major McKinley of Ohio showed that in 1895 rhe impure-foed business amounted 10 $27,000 a day and $1,800,000,000 & year. D.rector Allen of the Pure-food Com- mittee of the Council of Associated (ndus- tries stated that the committee had ap- pointed an attorney to draft a legisiative bill making the handling of adulterated food a felony 1nstead of a misdemeanor. The bill prepared provides for the first of- fense a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1000; for the second offense not less than $50 nor more than $200, or imprison- ment in the County Jail for six months; for the third and all subsequant offenses a fine not less than $500 nor more than $100 and imprisonment in the State prison not less than one nor more than five years. A committes consisting of Directors | Sbarboro, Jacobs and McLaughlin was | appointed to call upon the Poiice Juag with a view of having the pure-food ordi- | nance enforced. If this conference does | not result satisfactorily the association | will lay the matter before the Grand Jury. President Sonntag called attention to | the fact that tne annual meeting and | election of directors of the association will | be neld on March 24 Therefore he ap- poinied as a commitiee to_make arrange- Iuents for that meeting Directors Mead, Kelier and Kerr. | NEWSPAPER PLEASANTRY Sympathizing Friend—I am awfully sorry to i hear thatyour work was rejected. Poster Artist—I don't mind disclosing the secrettoyou; Iknow you will keep it. The | fact is that 1'am color-blind by gaslight, and I | painted a group of green trees, tninking all | the time that I was using pure red.—Indiana- poiis Journal, The great actor looked very much offended. hese people must be barbarians!” he ex- claimed. “What makes you think that?" “I have been at this place three hours and nobody kuows who 1 am." “How can you tel *T haven't had any requests for & pass to the show.”—Washington Star, Willie—Are you the nearest relative I've got, mamma Mother—Yes, love, and your pa is the closest relative you've got “Yes,” sald the evangelist to the young sport who had just come under conviction, “you are plucked as a brand from the burn. ing.” “Well, T suppose 1 was pretty hot stuff,’ re- sponded the youth, with & certain air of grati- fication.—Chicego Journal. Bookkeeper—What's all this fuss about, any- way? Doyou suppose the ola maa suspects me of any crooked work? Chief Clerk—Oh, no; he fan’t to blame for it. Count Skeesicks has made arraugements L to msrry Miss Aramints, and is haying ex- and yesterday two reports were made by | tied up in prison machinery in this State, | necessary to maintain such an institution | make a showing the manufacture of any | | vana | e perts go througs | Beve been mo her leiner's wyell Leader. e sbr t will be 52rd for her perents 10 —Ok, 1 don’ know. fog bard to lose er Puck. built is pointed o ises of & Marion County Lincoln’s father snd Davis were neighbors o seid o have fought s brush wi Indians Springfield, Ky., now the 201 s “Whew 1" dr 8214 on purpose,” berkeeper; “lot of Kansas feliers in town, e we went to make it seem & Indianapolis Jo the € Jozes, 000 and his expe; ivel work in Boston. Henn The late David J. Iows,l2ft his T. P. O’Connor, having sold his London ¥ ening Sun to & Tory syndicate, has Parliamentary skeich wril the Telegrah. 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