The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 6, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 189 S Ty G e, JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICATION OFFICE Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 186S. EDITORIAL ROOMS..........27 to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1574. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for 15 cents a week. By mall $6 per year; per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL OAKLAND OFFICE. NEW YORK OFFICE... DAVID ALLEN, Advfrl WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE..... ...Riggs House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGO OFFICE... 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Notwithstanding this, when the editor becomes correspondent, rushes to the battle front, where, in the manner of “da monk,” he paints his theoretically nself yellow, and climbs a conspicuous pole, there are those who consider him subject to criticism, pos- sibly not all of a commendatory sort. It is but fair to say that Hearst is sending extra- from Cuba. That some of it is inco- herent is not surprising. When an editor-in-chief has not only the responsibility for a pair of freak journals, but must also direct the movements of the army and navy, it is natural to assume that he is pressed for time. A recent letter of his portrays with an apparent awe the characteristics of one Laine, who, when not engaged in bathing in warm Spanish blood, is on the st f Hearst. Laine had been telling Hearst how he had cap- tured forty Spaniards. So far as made clear, he had done this unaided save by the power of hypnotism. “His eye flashed,” adds Hearst. Possibly it was “in his eye” that he performed the capture. “What did you do with them?” Hearst asked, nat- urally feeling an interest. Then he “sniffed con- temptuously,” Laine did, and replied: “We cut their heads off, of course.” Laine spoke modestly in the plural. The pronoun m editorial sense, or perhaps referred to himself and his little machete. Then Hearst explains that behind this “armor of vengeance” Laine is “tender and gen- tle,” yet admits that L enjoyment” of the situation. is too strong a term. Laine as unkind, also a liar, and let it go at that. Hearét ought not to tear up the country this way. The picture of his staff associates cutting off the heads of Spanish prisoners at space rates new and distressing idea as to the duttes of a corre- spondent. By getting under the influence of Laine perhaps Hearst himself will in time learn to slaughter ordinary s e is lost “in almost savage gives a Spanish and sniff conte affair happens to be mentioned. Up to date, how- ever, he has satisfied himself by reveling in the slaugh- ter of English as she THE PARIS EXPOSITION. SPITE the war and its glorious victories, the D attention of the people and of Congress has not been turned wholly away from the enterprises of peace. s reached by our export trade during the year have aroused the in- dustrial and commercial instincts of the people almost as strongly as the fighting spirit has been aroused by battle, .and as a consequence everything that can in affect and promote our growing trade is receiving consideration from all classes. One of the movements which has been quickened into a stronger vitality by the commercial success of the.year is the proposed display of the products of the United States at Paris in 1900. The Con- gres: ference committee reported in favor of an appropriation of $600,000 for the enterprise, and the only objection thus far made to the report is that the sum is not sufficient. It is pointed out that nce devoted $730,000 for her display at Chicago and the argument is made that as we are richer and larger than ance and have more to display we ought to exceed her appropriation rather than fall The splendid propo: any v sional ¢ below it. Thomas W. Cridler, Assistant Secretary of State, who, since the death of Moses P. Handy, has been acting as special commissioner and attending to our interests at the exposition, recently reported that the space allotted by the exposition authorities to the United States includes: In the Hall of General Man- ufactures and Household Furnishing, 24,390 square feet:.in the Mines and Metallurgy, 7600 square feet; in Threads, Textiles and Wearing Apparel, 13,003 square feet; in Agricultural and Fruit Products, 18,- 518 square feet; in Education and Liberal Arts, 11,471 _square .feet, and in Chemical Industry, 5160 square feet. This is not an extenstve space when the vast re- scurces of the United States are considered. Cali- forniaalone could fill the area allotted for mines and metalliargy and for fruit products. If we are to ob- tain more, however, we must get in and work for it. Tie whole world is pressing for space and nothing wili, be granted us for sentiment alone. e ——— of the Camp,” which was advertised to appear in The Call last Sunday, was at the last moment held out because the evil to which it was designed to call attention was found to have been eliminated from the camp. The object of the article was to bring about a reform, and as the proper officials have now taken steps to accomplish that reform the publication of the story was no longer necessary. Nobody can blame the Spanish for blowing up their ships. The enemy seems to be doing well eriough to be able to get along without being pre- sented with a fleet. e S Even Spanish skill in mendacity can hardly lend to recent events at Santiago that sad but “glorious” aspect the Castilian has a faculty for discerning. There is an Admiral Dewey in the Philippines who has done a few things himself, but who will be among . the first to send congratulations to Sampson. Now, as to exchanging Hobson, there is plenty of material on hand to justify entering upon a dicken 106 Eleventh | y have been used in the | Well, perhaps savage | Let us.regard the sanguinary | ptuously when the trifling | THE SLAUGHTER OF OFFICERS. ONE of the most notable features of the reports proportion of officers whose names appear in the lists of killed or wounded. The number is alto- gether out of proportion to the ratio of officers and privates engaged in the conflicts, and to the casual- ties usual in battle. The fact is a striking one, and cannot have failed to impress every one who read the lists with careful attention. The first conclusion drawn from a consideration of the subject will be that this large proportion of cas- ualties among the officers is an evidence of the cour- age and valor of the company and regimental leaders of our armies. This conclusion, however, does not accord with all the facts in the case. It is true the officers are brave and that they led their men into action with daring gallantry, but it is equally true the privates are brave, and that they did not have to be urged on by their leaders. The men with | muskets went to the front as swiftly as the men with swords and shoulder straps. They penetrated the thickets, scaled the heights and entered the intrench- ments of the foe as soon as their officers; and, there- fore, so far as courage is concerned the proportion of death and wounds among them should have been | equal to that among the officers. The truer explanation seems to be that the Spanish | sharpshooters selected the officers to fire at and aimed to kill as many of them as possible. Such tactics have been adopted by sharpshooters in all wars, and if in the present one their success has been more marked than in former conflicts it is probably due to the superiority of the modern rifle. War is, in fact, becoming a matter of scientific accuracy in the fight- ing line, as well as in the councils of the generals. With the arms of to-day the rifleman who keeps cool in action has a very good chance to hit the man he |aims at. There is less indiscriminate firing and more straight shooting than there was. If this view of the case be correct, it is evident the line officers in future battles are not going to hold | very enviable positions. For years past there has been a tendency among military nations to diminish | the number of officers in a regiment as compared | with the number of men. After every great war there has been something like a reorganization of armies and with each change the comparative number of officers has decreased. The tendency is due to censiderations of economy and of life. There is | no use paying a larger number of officers than the | service of modern war requires, and there is no use | making a man conspicuous on the battle-field simply to provide a target for sharpshooters. REVENUE LAW PROBLEMS. ACCORDING to the tone of the discussion that has followed the enactment of the war revenue bill the measure will require considerable ex- planation and interpretation by the courts or the treasury authorities before it is fully understood in | its application to the complex business of the coun- try. Some interesting problems have already arisen | in connection with it, and others will doubtless come up in a comparatively short time. A manufacturing company in the East, which oc- | casionally loans on collateral security the cash re- | served for the payment of its dividends, applied to the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue for a rui- ing as to whether under such circumstances it would be subject to the bank tax. The Commissioner de- cided that all companies doing such business must pay special taxes as banks. The conclusion of the ruling is thus given by the Chicago Record: “The amount of the special tax to be paid is re- quired to be estimated upon the amount of capital used in the business. The fact that any manufacturer, | manufacturing company or firm makes use of its sur- | plus and is doing a banking business does not involve it in special-tax liability estimated upon the entire amount of its capital used by it in its manufacturing business. It is held, therefore, that it is not this amount, but simply the amount of the surplus on hand for the purpose of making loans, that is to be taken as a basis for estimating the amount of the special tax. It is not the average amount loaned within the year, but the entire amount of surplus on hand out of which loans may be made.” The question of the incidence of taxation on the consideration in the exchanges where such sales amount to vast sums every business day of the year. The New York Stock Exchange is reported to have settled for that city who is not to pay the $2 on the sale of every 100 shares of stock, by declaring that the payment of the tax by the broker will be regarded as a violation of the constitution of the stock ex- change. Other exchanges, it is said, will follow this rule. It may be taken as determined, therefore, that whatever may have been the intent of the law makers this is not going to be a tax on brokers or a reve- nue raised out of their profits. The tax of 1 cent on each $100 of value on the sales of products or merchandise has ereated a con- siderable agitation among the wheat and cotton brokers, and they will have several problems for the Commissioner to settle. It is held by certain Chi- tions; that the tax will not be imposed on sales of | grain for future delivery. The lawyer who gave this opinion, however, is an attorney for the Chicago Board of Trade, and his view may not find favor at Washington. Counsel for New York clearing houses is reported to have advised that the tax on promissory notes can be avoided by the policy pursued during the Civil War. It appears that during the existence of the former war tax banks made loans from day to day, with securities or commodities as collateral, without the use of a note or contract upon which a stamp was necessary. of the same nature as ordinary loans on promissory notes. From these illustrations it will be seen that the new revenue law is going to give rise to a good many interesting questions. Most of them, perhaps, can be decided off hand by the Commissioner, but some Whatever may be its effect on other trades and pro- fessions the tax is not going to diminish the profits of lawyers. ‘When the crew of a gunboat surrendered to Dewey he offered to parole them, and they declined. All of them were near starvation. They had held out long after there was any hope for them. Yet they dared not accept parole, knowing the ungrateful country for which they fought would have killed them as traitors. Soldiers and sailors cannot love such a country. No wonder the yellow emblem of Spain is tumbling to dust. LLoga gt Attorney Hogan of Judge Conlan’s court seems to be under the necessity of making an explanation. His letter to a man for whose arrest a warrant had been asked has the disagreeable aspect of being an attempt to promote something not justice. Americans delight to honor Sampson, but they are not overlooking a gentleman named Schley, and a number of captains and fighting crews. There is | honor enough to go around. of the fighting around Santiago is the large' sale of stock and shares has received a2 good deal of | cago lawyers that the law does not cover grain op- | These advances were not considered | of them will certainly find their way to the courts. | THE CHIVALRY OF WAR TIME. fls there is in the thunder of guns and the crash of battle something to stir the rugged emo- tions, there is another side to war, appealing to the tenderly human instincts. That Cervera made a desperate fight neither friend nor foe will question. He went into the open to | court death and destruction rather than wait for it to come to him. Perhaps the thought was in his mind that there was a possibility of escape. At least there was the chance to go down with colors flying and the cannon speaking defiance to the last. The struggle was hopeless, suicidal. Yet the spec- | tacle of the old man fighting his ships heroically, charging through a force in every way superior, was a glorious one, and in defeat there was no disgrace. It is his privilege to hold up his head among men. He had kept his fleet long afloat ahead of a baifled pursuer, and when it went down its guns were hot. The surrender of Cervera was a touching incident. When he came aboard an American ship he came as a prisoner, wounded in body and spirit. An Ameri- can cfficer met him with extended hand, and said: “I congratulate you, sir, on having made as gallant a fight as ever man made on sea.” Here was chiv- alry. Between these men no personal enmity ex- |isted. T:ue courage ever recognizes the same qual- | ity in another. One moment they had sought to | kill each other, the next they stood with clasped | hands; and if in the heart of the old man there was | the sore bitterness of defeat, he knew he had done his best, that the world would give him credit for it. The soldier fights the soldier; the man recognizes the man, and so in victory is as generous as in con- flict he is daring. AN AMERICAN SISTERHOOD. UCH has been said of the practical good ac- /\/\ complished by the women of the Red Cross. | Much remains to say. The women have done one thing of which they | did not dream in the beginning. They have spread | to every State and Territory a knowledge of the hos- | pitality which California, with themselves as its hon- ored agents, dispenses willingly and gladly to the sol- | dier faring within her gates. He may be of the ’, Nerth, South, East or West, but once here he is an | American, and they minister to him. A practical result has been the creation of a humane | sisterhood as wide as the land. People at a distance | have caught the inspiration and seek to aid. Women | in far-away States send to express their gratitude for what has been done for their loved ones so- journing here, where they thought to find strangers ; and found friends. Minnesota and Pennsylvania send fervent thanks. Colorado and Tennessee say to these | women, “God bless you.” | The war is welding this great people into a unity | it never knew. The impulse stirring the nation | meets everywhere a response. But when peace shall lcome to abide, the student of events will remember | the benign mission of these unselfish women, and | say of them that in the stronger fraternal relations established, quietly, sweetly and unknowing, they wrought well, and the strongest fibers in the tie to bind all sections into one are of their handiwork. LEAGUE. A GOOD CITIZENS' CIRCULAR has been issued announcing that fl the second annual convention of the National Good Citizens’ League will assemble at Nash- ville July 11. The manifesto of the league declares “the time has come in the history of our country when all good citizens should unite to rescue the municipal- ity, the State and the nation from present evils and im- pending disaster and ruin.” It further asserts that while “there are some good men in office, every department of our life—whether economic, industrial, social or religious—has felt the blighting influences, the evil effects of unwise and Pnrighteous civil gov- ernment; incompetency and demagogism on the one hand, infidelity and corruption on the other.” The language of the manifesto is exaggerated. Evils | exist, but there is certainly no such thing as ruin im- pending over this country. Nor was it wise 'on the part of those who issued the call to mix up religion with politics. It does not appear that religion is to | be affected by misgovernment in either the municipal- 1ty, the State or the nation; nor is there anything in the present condition of our people to justify the as- sociation of infidelity and corruption in politics. There are a good many infidels who are not cor- | rupt politicians, and there are a good many corrupt politicians who are not infidels. The style of the call, however, is a minor matter. The essential point is that a league has been organized for the purpose of inducing good citizens to take a more active interest in politics. The object of the league is commendable. Anything which tends to im- press upon all classes of citizens the importance of at- tending to their political duties is of value to the com- munity. It is unquestionably true that much of the extravagance and corruption in our administration of public affairs is directly traceable to the neglect of citizens to take a proper interest in public affairs. The Good Citizens’ League arnounces itself as a “non-partisan, non-sectarian body,” and all organ- | izations interested in political and administrative re- | form are requested to send delegates to the conven- tion. The method by which the league proposes to perform its work is that of arousing the patriotic con- science of the people, so that the individual will feel it a part of his duty to assist in the eradication of ex- ! isting evils in every way possible. To effect that it is designed to organize local leagues, one for each | political party, at all voting precincts. While the scheme will not appear feasible to many citizens, it nevertheless will have the sympathies of 1 all who have noted the indifference of the great mass of business men to their civic responsibilities. If the | league by its organization or by its influence can in- duce all citizens to be more earnest in the performance | of their political duties we shall have better men nom- inated for office, better men elected and a better ad- ministration of the affairs of the city, the State and the nation. It is to be hoped. therefore, that the | Nashville convention will be well attended and that it may exert a widespread influence in the country. I et The Spanish in the Ladrones behaved in a gentle- manly way, even refraining from replying to the American fire. The circumstance that they had no ammunition also contributed to make the occasion one marked by forbearance. Dewey is safe. One of the patent, brass- bound, copper-riveted persons known to yellow jour- nalism as “special commissioner” has reached him, Let the fanfare of the battle rend the heavens now. — It is not easy to understand why Captain Glass should have opened fire when he arrived at the La- drones. Perhaps he was using blank charges so as to be impressive and yet not unduly violent. If Cervera shows good judgment he will no fl‘lore return to Spain. Perhaps in time he would learn to be a good American citizen. Probably Cervera as a prisoner will be surprised to find himself treated as a gentleman. HEARST WRITES, BUT FAILS TO THINK He Sends a Lot of Idiotic Balderdash and Has Sufficient Influence to Get It Printed. There is a statement so anclent that it commands the respect due old age: “Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.” Evidently the gods have put up a job on W. R. Hearst. Since the opening of the war much misinformation has been sent out of Cuba, many correspondents have wired ridiculous tales, there have been re- ports so palpably idiotic that they have won only the tribute of a derisive smile. But from the first to the present nothing so senseless, so reeking with malign stupidity, so serious an affront to the intelligence of the public, S0 pernicious, so babblingly imbecile has been forwarded to this country as Hearst is himself sending over his own signature. Some day the man will be accused of being a fool, and the files of his own vile papers will convict him. The latest Hearst effusion appeared yesterday morning. It is more than a gem. It is a string of gems radiant with such scintillation as can be flashed by a mind not diseased, perhaps, but minus the faculty of thought. Judged by the letter, Hearst ought to be in restraint. An analysis of it is hardly possible. When a man cumbered by a strait-jacket raves at the padded wall, the incoherency of his remarks is baffling. Yet the remarks are ' fully as lucid as those of Hearst. Maybe the Cuban heat has poached the brain of the editor-in-chief. Has he no friends loyal enough to kick over his inkpot and counsel him not to be an ass? The letter in question is a rhapsodical exaltation of one Honore Laine, a Cuban scoundrel, who, according to the facts on which Hearst bases ex- uberant praise, is a murderer, a robber of the dead, a sneak, and a mon- strosity of perversion. From such a character as Hearst paints yellow, any man of decent instincts would shrink as from a leper. Yet Hearst ad- mires, slobbers over him, calls him ‘‘tender and gentle,” makes a fetich of the villain and a holy show of himself. As a matter of fact, discernible to any observer of moderate perception, Laine is simply a liar having fun with an unsophisticated boss. It was with this precious specimen of moral degeneracy that Hearst had “hurried to the fort,” where he found that James Creelman had been wounded. Alas! that this should have happened to Truthful Jeems. Upon his brow had been placed the stinkweed wreath of achievement as the most stupendous faker who ever uttered and passed a forged statement as fact. And Hearst, just at the time his sympathy should have been touched, snatches the wreath away, dividing it between himself and this Laine. Hearst tells in a sentence how Laine pitched into the firing line at Ca- ney. Indeed, the inference is fair, that Laine was the firing line. “To- night he returned here,” quoth Hearst, “with his handsome face aglow with enthusiasm.” The suspiclion is natural, after reading further, that the glow was due to something else. But why the glow, casting aside, of course, the unworthy theory that Honore’s tank was full? Hearst pro- ceeds to explain: Among the dead and wounded on the battlefield he had found, by the index finger of a Spanish prisoner, the body of the general who had com- manded the forces of the enemy about Caney on the day before. Amid the tall weeds and wire grass Laine had found the dead bodies of General Vera del Rey and his brother, and near by, desperately wounded, two of his three aids, and two other officers dead beside him, and even their horses and mules killed in the same deadly hail. They were close to a high cactus fence, behind which they were evidently seeking shelter when caught by the volley from the American line. “Abandoned on the fleld!” cried Laine, triumphantly. men of his crack battalion!” he added with fine scorn. Laine was unaffectedly happy as he held up to our gaze ihe papers which he had taken from the pockets of the Spanish commanusr. They told of Spanish affairs, troops and plans, and were turned over to Gen- eral Garcia. The originals will be saved for the Journal. Laine beamed with joy that he felt as he tapped his camera and ex- claimed:. “I have here a photograph of him just as the vultures were flying from his body.” Laine is a daring correspondent, always alert to the demands of his newspaper, but before that—before every other consideration—he is a Cuban soldier. Of massive frame and classical face, he is a type to com- mand admiration everywhere, but in saddle girth with the trappings of a trooper he seems to have but ridden directly from the pages of Scott or Stevens. Now here {s a fine specimen of depravity over which to rave, a truly no- ble hyena ravening on dead men's bones, filching from the pockets of corpses, rejoicing with the carrion vulture. ‘“A type to command admiration everywhere.” Oh, Willie, Willie, why be a blithering dotard? If your man rode from the pages of Scott or Stevens let him ride back again, and then destroy the book. In portraying a person to admire Hearst has drawn an inhuman wretch from whom every decent instinct turns with loathing; a bloody, bestial knave without conscience, principle or heart, a creature for assassinations, for foul plots, with nowhere in him a redeeming trait. ‘““A type to com- mand admiration!” But there is a climax still to reach in the Hearstonlan drivel. The edi- torlal correspondent seems to concentrate his waning intelligence in an ef- fort to reach the climax of lunacy. Continuing about this precious Laine he says: “Laine has done nothing else but make war for so many months so that it is his normal existence. He revels in its barbarity. When next he spoke his eyes lighted with intense interest.”” Then Hearst continues: “Deserted by his “In the blockhouse where I was with you yesterday,” he said, “we found this morning a few Spaniards. They were popping away, doing some dam- age and giving much trouble. I found a Spanish prisoner and told him to go to the blockhouse and tell those inside that the Americans were about to fire a dynamite gun at them and they had better surrender. Forty of them came out, and the Americans kindly turned them over to me for the Cu- bans.” . His eyes flashed. “And what did you do with them? “We cut their heads off, of course.” He sniffed contemptuously. And yet behind this amour of vengeance, bred in the bone by a century of suffering, the Cuban is tender and gentle. One seldom finds a man of more generous and graclous impulses than this same Laine. His hour has come and he is lost in the almost savage enjoyment of it. Pardon is asked of readers for quoting so much slaver. It must be remembered that it was written by the editor-in-chief of two papers. Aside from the fact that to people who think it can be considered only as the sign of a disordered mentality, the fact must not be overlooked that such . stuff is dangerous as well as absurd. The rumor printed in sheets ad- mitted to the mails might receive credence among the Spanish. Suppos- ing that this immeasurable liar, Laine, had been instrumental in captur- ing prisoners of war, and had slaughtered them, as he claims to have done. The natural and proper result would be reprisals. A brave man named Hobson is now a prisoner of the Spanish. If the Cubans are conducting themselves as Hearst says they are; if they are butchering prisoners of war, the most ordinary self-respect would force the Spanish to kill Hob- son and all his associates. They could not be blamed for doing it. Hearst seems to be trying to force them to this extreme. A tale so weird would never for a moment deceive anybody familiar with the ways of ocher jour- nalism. It might deceive the enemy. " Hearst appears to be a freak. Not content with running two sheets, a dual disgrace to the country, he must himself contribute to their unclean columns a mess of rot so prurient that to offer it to any publisher on earth but one would be to meet with refusal and rebuke. He cannot, perhaps, be accused of deliberate malice. The lunatic is not called to strict ac.’ count. But for the welfare of the nations there should be some method of protection against the drooling nincompoop who projects himself into a serious situation, and by his pestiferous presence adds to its difficul- tles. Hearst has written himself a scoundrel, which is bad, or a clown in motley, which is not to be commended. He is in either case a - dishonor to the craft, and with one accord members of the craft disown him. It there were no danger that the Hearst and the Laine would be mis- understood; if there were a pleasing certainty that they would be taken at their face value, a palr of fatuous dullards, no reason for commenting on the joint product of their non-intelligence would exist. As it is, these prating jobbernowls constitute a danger. It is a pity some method of check- ing them cannot be devised. But when Honore returns from cuting off heads, and his handsome face is aglow with pleasure, and Willie bows down to worship, and then describes his emotions, there seems no way to prevent it. The ways of Providence are strange. Good men, in no de- gree addle-pated, are being killed every day. MERRIMAC AN ILLEGAL OB- STRUCTION. The other day in a debate in the Cor- tes at Madrid a deputy, who is describe@ as of high dignity and repute, solemnly asked the Duke of Almodovar de Rio, the Minister of Foreien Affairs, whether it was regarded in International law as proper to use such expedients in block- ading a port as to sink ships in the chan- nel or to plant mines. The worthy noble- man as solemnly replied that the authori- tles were agreed that such actions were indubitably improper. This is a serious discovery, but it is difficult to see how the fault can now be remedied. 0 if the United States has u:gm%tngx;l e fended the ethics of warfare in bottling Admiral Cervera in Santiago harbor it is Frestly to be regretted. The Spanish mil- tary —authorities should take caution from this experience and furaish this government with a list of the sins of omission and commission in wer that we are expected to avoid. We strive to please, But after all, the situation as_disclosed by the colloquy in the Cortes, just sum- marized, is strongly reminiscent of the retort of a man confined in jail to a vis- itor who, after hearing the unfortunate one's story, indignantly observed that the&;zoulq Dever put you in jail for do- % Proner, "bur T herer Whshing: ton gta.r. i ety i | wearing the uniform of Land manufacture of .any supy GARCIA AND DIETZ EXPLAIN, SAN FRANCESCO, July 3, 1898, City Editor Call—Dear Sir: In an ar- ticle on page 18 of the Sunday Call, anent the support given tne Red Cross fund by the retail liquor dealers, an injustice is done to the undersigned, and Wwe sin- cerely hope you will correct it. It is stated that the commiitt who left the blanks at-the di 1 with a chilling receptien s cia’s saloon on Montgomery street, T is untrue. The.salovn referred to owned by Messrs. -Frank Garcia and Frank Dietz. Both gentlemen were out when thé committeeman called. The bar- tender, however, received the blank and every effort was mdde by the proprietors of the saloon and their employe: 11 the relief fund of the Red Crc proprietors also subscribed to the fu and when the lists were- collected. Me Garcia and Dietz turned over several dol- lars to the committeeman. The Matt Storn incident is also untrue, Mr. Storn was in_our saloon when a repe resentative of the Salvation .Army or some_ kindred organization came in and asked for money. The request was re- fused. Mr. Storn ‘evidently ~misunders stood the situation and thought a Red representative was turned down. We have subscribed to several funds for nd no man he: United army has ‘ever come into our pl he received free drinks and lunch. feel aggrieved that our names should ap- pear in an unfavorablé light before the public, when there is no-cause for it, and we trust that, in a spirit of fairness, you will make a_correction in the columns of vour paper. The committee of the retall liquor deal- ers who had charge.of ‘this matter -will verify the above statement, as will ‘Jesse Marks, who also took 'an active part in -the ‘movement to. help along. the good cause. Véry truly yours, . g GARCIA & DIETZ. San Francisco, July 3, 18 —————— FRAUDULENT CONTRACTORS. Editor S8an Francisco Call: How to deal with fraudulent contractors ix a problent easily solved. Congress 1is "in. sessiom. Have our Representatives seek the pass- age of a law making the violator of any contract to. furnish’ the quality, quantity es” to the United States army and navy, as stipu- lited In the contract, amenable to trial by- a drumhead court-martial, fixing tha same penalty as for treason or desertion during time of war. There will never ba but one trial. Dishonest contractors will become honest; ‘rotten meats will -be un-: heard of; Chinese slipshod goods will be done away with, and the boys in blue will be properly provided for. All in sympathy. with the good work of The Call in exposing the violation of contracts with the Government in having soldiers’ suits made by Chinese will fur~ ther bless The Call if 1t will use its pow-. erful influence toward securing the pass< age of such a law. JAMES -McCANNON. San Francisco, July 2, 1898. . e — ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, CHASED OUT OF CAMP—P. E. K., City. There did not appear in The Call during the month of May an articls headed, “Drummed Out of the Camp,” but on ‘the 23rd of that month there ap- peared an article headed, “‘Chased Out of Camp.” — e~ Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.® o e i the relief of the soldi: Old glass bottles, which are more or less useless, are now ground up and em- ploy as a substitute for sand in tha preparation of mortar. —_—— Special information supplied dally to business houses and public men by tha Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery street. 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