The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 26, 1897, Page 5

NN~ 5 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1897. 5 HOMES FOR THE POOR Progress of the Salvation " Army's Colonization Scheme. WINCHELL'S SEARCH FOR | FARMS. Unemployed to Be Given a Chance to Earn an Honest | Living. i | SOCIALISM’S DREAM MAY BE| REALITY. Every Penniless but Worthy Man May in Time Own His Own Home and Be Happy. Commander Booth-Tucker has left by way of Portland to complete the remain- der of his tour around the world, leaving the Salvation colony project in the hands | of Major William Wallace Winchell and | associates. The major will be assisted in his work by Hugh Craig of the Cham- ber of Commerce and George E. Butler, a prominent Celifornia-street insurance man, but of benevolent instincts. These two gentlemen have appointea a commit- tee of rifteen business men. Thiscommit- tee will be an advisory one and will con- sider the practicability of the colony plan of making homes for the unemployed. | | | TWO VOICES FROM SOUTHERN CITIES. 'The Mayor of Fresno and the Mayor of Santa Baljbarav on the New Constitution. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., March 25. Editor Call: 1 am opposed to the calling of a convention for the framjng of another or a new constitution. The late election has demonstrated that the Seople at large are opposed to unnecessary amendments, even to the old. After the present constitution was ratified, on the 7th of May, 1879, it took the people tem long years to know *“where they were av’’ by expensive litigation through our State and Federal courts. ' 1am a believer in the adage that the people who are governed least are governed best, and am willing to let well enough alone. In this [ do not wish it to be under- stood that I am opposed i improvements—local, State or National, but I am opposed ; Fresno, Cal.,, March 25, 1897. Editor Call: While I have not given the matter of a new. constitution’ much thoughe, I am decidedly of the opinion that a convention for the purpose of either framing a new or radically reforming the present one 1s the most pressing present need of the times. . Our present constitution was framed at a time anterior to the beginning of the present industrial progress of California, and is deficient in many respects. While 1t contains sume wise and beneficent clauses, there are other restrictive and limiting ones based on narrow and unprogressive lines. There has been a wonderful development in Califorria within the last dozen or fitteen years. Conditions have changed, and to meet the demands of such changes il il A i‘ i (il 4 Mr. Batler has not yet notified them of their appointment, and for that reason cannot make their names public, as some | of them may decline the honor. | Mr. Butier talked favorably of the plan | yesterday. He had found that a similar | plan worked well in Scotlana and Ireland, | where a family supported itself on from | ten to twenty-five_acres of poor land in | a poor climate. He believed that the time was ripe to try the experiment in Califor- nia. If it should not prove to be a success no harm would be done, because the land would still remain and perhaps be all the better by reason of its having been culti- vated. On the other band, if it should | proye to be a success it would go very far | toward solving the problem, ‘‘What shall | we do with the unemployed ?”’ “With the comparison so largely in favor of California,” added Mr. Butler, “which can be made with those couatries where large numbers ol people support families on smail tracts of land, much of it far from fertile, and with anything but desirable climatic conditions, it seems very desirable to try the experiment of setiling worthy and “reliable unempioyed persons on_ten-acre lots in this State.” If itcan be shown thata living can be ob- tained for families from the soil the worst featare of the present probiem of the un- | employed is tuereby solved.’” M by Winchell, wife of the major, was | all day yesterday reading letters | :oru different parts of the State offeriny | tracts of land for the colony. One of these offers was a tract of 2270 acres four miles | from Windsor, in_Sonoma County, at $4 | per acre, half cash and the remainder at 8 | per cent. Another was of 900 acres near | Cazadero, a hunting and fishing resort, where there is enough redwood timber to keep the unemployed at work for a thou- sana years grubbing siuwps. Other patches of land assessed at $15 were of- | fered at $60 peracre. Major Winchell and the commiltee know something about Jand values, and the scale of prices will be materially reduced before any purchases are made. 2 Salvation Army people are pointing with pride to the Hadley farm of 1500 scres on the Thames, thirty miles from London. Pork and poultry are the prin- | cipal products, and the farm has been a | great success. Major Winchell spent the greater part of yesterday in going over the suburbs searching for vacant trac's of land which might be useful as the preliminary train- ing ground for the Salvation Army agri- cultural and horticultural coliege. He found south and west of the Ing | $25,000 to start the colonies going in ship- F. M. WHITNEY, Mayor of Santa Barbara. C.J. CRAYCROFT, Mayor of Fresno. to extravagant and useless legislative experiments to gratify the curiosity of a few malcontents whose headlong desire after an impossible happiness can never be attained. I believe to call a constitutional convention now or in the near future would be one of the greatest misfortunes that could be brought upon the State of California. I think we have had agitation enough for some years to come, and as confidence is peing rapidly restored I appeal to our law-makers to grant usa political truce that | we may rescué our ragged Iaborers, starving mechanics and bankrupt treasuries from the swamp into which they have latterly sunk. If a convention could be convened that would condense our present constitution by merging the many amendments into tiie body proper it might bea wise thing to convene one and after having accomplished that to adjourn. But once assembied where would it end? We can only judge the future by *he past. I cannot see where or how a new constitution would benefit our State, my County or City, by upsetting what has been accomplished during these last eighteen yea which must enevitably be the result, or else the constitution would not be new. 1 must see or be assured of an instrument that will be an improverment, and a lasting one, on all previous constitutions in this and other States before 1 wasld consent to a change in these unsettled times. | new laws need to be framed. As our constitution now stands our Legislatures are hamp-red, and needed legislation is necessarily limited. To keep pace with the progress of our neighboring States we need to invite the investment of capital from abroad, the successful accomplishment of which depends on liberal laws governing the same. Other Staies have recently found it necessary to radically change or mod- ify their organic law to accommodate the march of progress. Why cannat we do like- wise? Some changes should be made in our laws relating to taxation. As for the single- tax idea, I am not prepared to speak advisedly, not having thoroughly investi, vd the same. However, the theory seems to me to be both impracticable afid unjust. The fundamental idea of our Government has always been that taxation must be uni. jorm and levied on all values, unless exempted by special act of Legisiature. Ican see no reason why personal property s: ould not bz taxed as well as realty. One of the needs of the times is a Criminal Court of Appeals. As at present con- stituted, our Supreme Court is overcrowded with busiuess, which causes much vexa- tious and costly delay to litigants, clogs the wheels of justice and tends to make law a farce. There are other changes in our present constitution just as essential as the two above mentioned, and it seems to me no time should be lost in calling a conven- tion to form a new constitution or amend the old one. 55 were new men, who had just received their tickets. It 1s creditab.e to the men at work to state that only two men have been discharged since the beginning of the work—one of them for disobeying the ordersof a foreman and the other for going 1o sleep in the bruah. Thus far 4300 feet bas been finished in the eight duys since the work began. The | registrations of workmen applying for employment on the boulevard have reached 235). These are being investi- | pated as fast as possible. e $AYS IT WON'T WORK. Adolph Sutro Says the Pingree Plan Is a Good Thing, but Not for California. Adolph Sutro is in favor of the Pingree votato-patch plan in the abstract, but he | scheme is to “try out” the applicants, to sift the goats from the sheep, ihe drones from the worker=. The fittest who survive the test will be placed on the tracts of | landfin the country under competent in- structors and will be allowad to work out their own saivation. Each man_will pay $1a week toward the purchase of his land after he gets fairly started. The land will be paid for by the society at the rate of 5 per cent of the principle and 5 per cent interest. Tt will be necessary to raise a capital of shape style. The products will be varied, and the aim will be to establish a home market for the output of all the farms; hence it is expecied that more poultry and pork will be turned out than pota- toes. The method of colonization outlined by MAJOR WILLIAM WALLACE WINCHELL. does Dot think it wil: work as applied in | this City. He says he has studied the sysiem, and, while he does not want to discourage Booth-Tucker or those who are working with him toward this end—the suburban colony schemes for the relief of the unemployed—he does not believe they are practicable for this City, or even for the State. “The conditions are difrerent here from those 1n Detroit or Michigan,’” said Mr. Satro in an interview yesterday. “I know Governor Pingree. He 13 a big man and an independent man. I have great respect for any opinion he may put forward. I have studied his system of putting the unemployed upon the vacant Iots'in the citv or the unused lands of the country, but the difficulty in this City and State is that the land will not produce without irrigation. “If it were otherwise the plan proposed by Mr. Booth-Tucker would be of great benefit to both the City and to the unem- ployed. I would be willing to offer sume 1und for the purpose, and there are ‘many others who would do 8o, but it would be useless. To get water from the Spring Valley costs money, and would cost more than the value of all the potatoes and cab- bages that they could raise on the small tracts. Inthe Eust—in Detroit and Michi- gan—they have rainstorms during the summer which help the garden truck through.” It wns suggested that Booth-Tacker’s plan contempluted the sale of property to the parties put upon the land, small in- stallments being required in payment at low interest. “They could never pay anything, Mr. Butro. ‘'They could not produce more than enough to live at best;sand not that without water. These are Vvery poor peo- ple, and the land-owner would simply find that he had them on his hands. The scheme couid not work here, MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES, racetrack about 75 or 100 acres of good Joam suitable for the purpose. This would give employment to from 150 to 200 men, the plan being to allot to each man half an scre for the purpose of cuitivation. To- day he will explore along the oid Cliff House road and out along the line of the Butro Electric Road for more land. Major Winchell has been made an offer of 1000 acres by Moses Samuels, the owner of 18,000 acres in Central California. The tract offered is near the town of Sanger on the lhne of the Valley Railroad, and near a sawmill where lumber for building, fencing, etc., may be obtained at but lit- tle gost. ; T‘he major expects that within a week or.ten days hence the first meeting of the Horticultural College will be held at the Salvation Army institute on New Mont- gomery street. There will be lectures. Lincoln Post No. 1 Appoints a Com- mittee to Arrange & Pro- gramme, Lincoln Post No. 1, G. A. R., met mn Shasta Hall, N. 8. G. W. building, last evening and appointed a committee to ar- Commander Booth - Tucker and Majo Wanchell is not an experiment. The same system has been introduced in England, Australia and elsewhere, and it has been an unexampled success wher- ever it has beentried. In every colony there will be a store and a viliage bank, aftér the style of those in Germany, which have never been known to fail. There will be no favoritism on the score of religion. All honest men and women will be treated impartially alike. The other kind is not wanted. The Salvauon Army has taken a con- tract to eut several tnousand cords of wood near Cotati. Ten men have been sent thither to do the cutting and ten more will besent before the week is out. They will be paid in‘wood, which, wben sold, will give them the wages due them, 1he surplus to go to the benevolent work of thearmy. object lessons and stereopticon views of the different phases of agricultural lif The object of the suburban colonization There were 405 men at work on the boulevard yesterdsy, of which number range a programme of service and demon- stration for Memorial day—May 30, Followinz is tire committee: U, J. have participated in a special meeting ai ranged on his account by church women of §:n Francisco. Ii is understood in connection with Rev. Mr. Sankey’s present trip to the West that Dasses to all parts of the country were fur- nished him by Russeil Sage, who, con- trary to public opinion of the man, has been a very good angel to the Sankeys. e e e Ingleside Coursing. Following is the drawing for next Sunda; Puppy stake—George Watson's Alice D va. M. 0’Connor’s Jim Daly, Healy & Egan’s Connem- ara vs. D. F. Desmond’s White Midget, George Watson’s Doncaster vs. P. Olma’s Visitation, 0. Peterson’s Dora Thorne vs. T. McHugh's Springfield, Miramonte kennel’'s Salvator vs. D. Courtney’s Skylight, M. Peterson’s Meteor M. Nolan’s Martin Fiynn, P. Oima’s Nig Prizes: $25. $15. $6 25, $6 25. ling stake—Wiiliam McCurd; Maid vs. Bartel & Rossiter’s Charmin Widow, Merriwa kenuel's Lily Bartei Rossiter’s Gallant Joe, John Kieid’s Santu Bella vs. € Brown’s Alma, Christophel & Nichols’ Flying Dutchman vs. T. Murphy's Midight, John Field's Jessie May vs. Mira- monte kénnels’ Fauliless Beauty, J. Sulllweil’s e Jo KL O clance Asigains: Prizes: + $9 50, $7 50, §5. $5. Old-dog siake—J. Mazzini’s Will o’ Wisp va. Gal- SANKEY SUDDENLY LEAVES The Evangelist Abandons En- gagements and Has'ens to Arizona. His Wifs’s Impaired Heaith C:mpels Immediate R moval to a Warm Climate. Ira D. SBankey, the evangelist, leaves here this morning unexpectedly, suddenly and finally. His party, consisting of him- self and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Ira D. Sankey Jr., will hasten to Pbeevix, Ariz., there to remain several weeks. The jour- ney will be broken only at Fresno, where the party will res to-morrow and where Mr. Sankey will conduct a service of song. All his California engagements are ;, 221 5 accordingly canceloa and his intended | msooey 3. Edmenis: 8 : Gracsd Deon's trip to Oregon and the Northwest is | Huzel Glen vs.T. Neenan s Little Tom; Grace bahdonsd: & ’s Deceiver vs. J. J. Edmonds’ Vidd anane o Shaw; George Parkinson’s Firemun vs. sartel This bhasty echange was occasioned by | & Rossiter's Emin Pasha; S. A. Portal’s Magnet the illness of Mrs. Sankey. It wason her | vs. M. Rogers’ Sy Boy. Prizes $25, $15, $10. account primarily that the party came to - California in search of a warm mild Coop=r.’ Union. climate. The Coopers’ Union is making great prepara- Mr. Sankey arrived here from the East | tions for its annuai picnic, which will be held a little over a week ago. He had planned }; b:ewx c.l.nwm}:;lb Pal(r’k. Ainl the s.nnbecnu[ to remain until April10 and then to visit | Mountains, on May 30, arge number o Southern California. Daring his stay he | E&ie prizes will be given awey on that ocos. on. "The meeting of the union last evening appeared in a number of the churches of | sqjourned without transaciing any busines: this City and in the Young Men’s Chris- tian Association. On April 4 he was to Bach- < owinz o the death of the wiie of the president, Alexander Milne. NEW TO-DAY. Sexual eakness Is the curse of humanity which blights all the pleasures oi youth. Itdeadensthe spirits and weakens the brain. Its train of evils tears down the strongest consti- tution and completely wrecks the mental & and physical man. Thousands of youug ” and middle-aged men through this scourge P, f of humanity have founa homes in insane sylums or filled suicile's graves. It un- ti 8 the sufferer for study, business and the social or married relations of life. sults in tired feeiin s, dizziness, paralysis, solltnlnr of the brain, weak and snrunken o DOCTOR SWEANY, Whose Reputation Is Established by t manhood, d Ten Years of Unparallel Success fimpending danger I;-..p:;:n‘:m“;’:' p'f,,‘,f at 737 Marke: Stroet, San Francisoo. ples, loss of memory and a wandering mind. Amone the MARRFIED it creates Discontent, Disappointment, Di ction and Trouble. It has broken up more homes, caused more sepurations and desertions than all other evils combined. If vou are a sufferer from this monster of all diseases, you 1d consult Doctor Sweany. He can positively and permanently strengthen your wasted and shrunken organs and restore your wasting manhood. ’ is an unmistakable sign of aisensed kidneys, Does your back ache ? A Weak Back 310 b sukenle S8 (o’ sides. saftommming loolings, paipstation of the heart, deranged stomach and a bloated condition of the stomach and bowels T Do you have sediment of br c-dust deposits {n the nrine? Do you urinate frequently ?_ Have you Handley, W. E. Reed, H. L. Barxer, W. W. Stone, J. H. Banfield, J. J. Lyon, J. A. Whiteside, J. Steele, H. J. Brady, G. H. Robinson, L. D. Olin, J. T. Johnson, J. 8. French, G, H. Stevens and W. H. Whaafl After the appointment of the committee the post adjourned. It will reconvene at the call of the cbair and arrange for the demonstration. e TO CUKE A COLD IN ONKE DA Take laxative BromoQuinine Tablets. All gisis refund the money if it iails to cure. weakness of the sexual organs, partial or total impotency, prematurity or quickness? If you have any of tliese symptoms you hiave diseased kidneys. To negiect These iroubles means to you Disbetes or Bright's Disease and a prematuro grave. Doctor Sweany cures these diseases. Varicocele, Hydrocele and all bladder difficulties treated with unfailing suceess. -e——New method, sure cu; inless trentment ; no knife, no aetention from work, Ruptur b experiment. A pflrl.l' ve, certain aud permanent cure. s iseases—Gonorrhces, Gieet and Stricture cured. Syphilis, the leprosy of the Private D age, positively and forever cured. Ladies will receive careful and special treatment for all their many silments. Write if away from the city. Book, “Guide to Henlth,” a treatise on all organs and their diseases, free on application. Correspondence strictly confideniial. F. L. SWEANY, M.D., 737 MARKET STREET, S. F. NEW TO-DAY. IN JAIL. about ai ion. BESCESSS IS Near'y 100 of the best citizens of this town have been arrested and required to zive'bond, cash bail, or go to Every one of these, no doubt, stands for pure food and the supremecy of the law. The mathods adopted by the authorities to bring this ducated in civilization. They savor of opprese L. ennw&(‘h)&o::nen who I:.va bee: are attacked for séMing Lioney said to contain cane sugar—THE sugar we sold to th beekeeper to keep his bees from starvation in the dry belt last scason. Fecding on this im nated the honey. “This is the crime for which we have been arrected. We resent the In justice, and would ot deserve the name we bear if- we quictly submitted and allowed our iness, which we have been 17 years in building on the foundation. of strict integrity be= tween men, tobs wrecked by aspirants for public favor. Our goods are right, our methods of doing business are right, our pricesare right! We ask our friends and the public who be= leve in the righteousness of the law to stand by us in this our day of trouble, and we will ever remember the kindness. 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