The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 16, 1899, Page 6

6 THE SAN FBANCISCO CALL ATURD SEPTEMBER 16, 189 S, JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. cations to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. Market and Third Sts., S. F phone Main 168. 217 to 221 Stevenson Street ne Main 1874, C FUBLICATION OFFIC EDITORIAL R(JU,\!l DELIVERED BY C. luding Postage: all), one year........86.00 Call), 6 months... 3.00 ¥ Call), 3. months 1.50 h . 65c , ar.. 1.50 ¥ CALL One Year. 1.00 All are au zed to recelv: subscriptions. e coples will be f OAKLAND OFF varded when r:quested. vve....908 Broadway C. GEORGE KRO ESS, Manager Forcign Advertising, Marquette Bullding, Chicago. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT : C. C. CARLTON Herald Square AMUSEMENTS. deville every afternoon and Sliis streets—Specialties. ete. nee to-morrow. day. Falr and Philippine Ex- and th e hosp involving rmy prevalent corruptior he Government. ate of war, and pre- It the odium of War, and since the war s confined cannot wholly sup- was n has been by no me on of stern oversight seemingly out of proportion to f The oppot- have been well and 1 forms of administra No ¢ enforced debauc nce from a responsible center. . SO Tig 1e abuse of offi- llowed our Presi- ited r were situation It has been present no occasion f want ad with in return tc age. Th sconnec will see a surface 1 m. We would hav if ist in every commun i of the community, who have body is the and influer r and office contractors, tors, to whom war brings an s corps you will see by the and will be ready to into war either to prevent reform or ains. With respect often those who make the most frenzied Is to patriotism in behalf of war are the most d, selfish and corrupt in their motives. es published in Denver should not be Iy, nor should their investigation be per- nd with a purpose of stopping short of the e pretending to have sought it. S ious that the conditions alleged shall be taken to heart by the people in making up their judg ng of a mixed military and civil administration at such a’distance. It has The c passed si functory ent upon the underta never been honestly and satisfactorily done under a Government approximating ours in form, and if we are to do it honorably and with clean hands con- stant guard must be kept. UT of the London “Stock Exchange Year O Book” the New York Sun has compiled the statistics showing the dividends of the gold mines in the Transvaal for 1808, and very justly draws from them the conclusion that what the British are eking in the country of the Boers is not freedom, franchise and equal rights, but gold. The list is suffi- ciently interesting to be given in full. by the Sun it stands thus: Per | Cer Mines. Meyer and Charlton nd Suburban. olidated . ontein . . 80 tfontein 80 Bonanz: 100 Jubilee 100 Heriot % Ja. Angelo Cro B rimrofe ... Gash llage Main Reef. Crown Ree Ferreira . J. C. CALHOUN. ng new under the sun in the situ- presents these opportunities, | As presented | A CONSUMPTION QUARANTINE. ALIFORNTIA is beginning to suffer as all locali- C ties do which can boast a prophylactic climate. ‘ Such a climate invites physical detefiorali_m? by the spfead of diseases for which its curative ministry is sought. The unchecked march of consumption has attracted | the attention and‘roused the alarm of people outside | the medical profession in all the civilized world. Like cancer and scrofula, it is one of the diseases of civili- zation. The various plagues, black and bubonic, the | cholera and leprosy, were the pests of the ancient | world, and still hold their place among the semi- civilized races. It is probable, however, that, con- sidering the sporadic nature of the two plagues and | of cholera, consumption, being endemic in the civil- | ized countries, destroys five times as many people as | they do. | Science having demonstrated that consumption is infectious, the world has been led to seriously con- sider ways and means to prevent its spread. Among | these are the isolation of patients, disinfection of the | sputum and excretions, and exclusion of sufferers | from locali where they mingle with sound people, endangering their infection. Heretofore the interests of the ind vidual patient, | regarded from a humane standpoint, have risen above the welfare of the masses. The in- sidious nature of the disease, the fact that its | victim is for a time left qualified for the | active duties of life and usually pursues them, have | lifted the disease out of the catalogue in which small- | pox, cholera and the acute diseases are classified. | Teachers smitten with consumption continue in their | vocation, as do members of other professions and per- In unfortunate member, sentenced to death by this re- inues in the close and affec- | tionate relations of the domestic circle, with the cer- sons engaged in active business. sistless destroyer, co tainty of transmitting the malady to those the near- [ est and dearest. For all these reasons the extirpa- tion of consumption is a task of appalling magnitude This State, with its equable climate, in respiratory organ and difficulty. which the acute diseases of the occurred infre )| in which consumption could originate. The steady ne and scenery to outdoor life and the of the air were wholesome guarantees nd vigorous vitality. But these con- to the origin of the disease, were lure of sunst singular pu of sound lun ditions, unfriendly quickly recognized as friendly to its cure or to the | arrest and miti The result has been that California has come to be sought by con- sumptive patients from all over the country. As a rule they arrive with the malady so far advanced as to Therefore they come at a time most favorable for the infection of all with whom come in contact. The sputum, ejected on the sidewalks and in the streets, cles, is blown into the air, where tion af its progress. for on all hope of cure. yse dreadful v e reduced to fine pa it floats and is inhaled with the motes that fleck the sunbeams, coming into immediate contact with the yry system and planting there the germs of e spread of consumption here, where unknown. It more and more than all the Its arrest has become an uld deaths tl rare or causes any other d se. moti¢ fevers combined. of in the sanitation of the prime importance d of Health proposes to begin with 1 quarantine at the State line, turning back all ns who seek to enter the State for cli- of the dis There will surely arise out i this questions ¢ ng the lawful right to ex- be a lack of legisla- deficiency of authority in the bring the whole mat- ad to mes 1 of equal value to bef fit to the ures of uninfected We believe it would be the first attempt TS, ade in the world, outside of New Ze: nd, to quar- itine consumption and deny freedom of transit and | association to its victin Great results would no doubt follow. The public mind needs no education in the need of isolation in smallpox and cholera. But it is unprepared to tolerate the same rigor of treatment in consumption. Yet if smallpox in®one vear destroyed as many lives as consimption does, in any part of the te pr of the Union, there would be a panic that would paralyze the business of the na- tion. Yellow fever invades our Gulf Coast and the Souti | Atlantic seaboard infrequently, and only at certain seasons of tbe year, but instantly State quarantines against State and city against city, and the refugees crowd the roads in flight from the pestilence. At the same time in thosessame localities consumption kills many fold more steadily year by year than yellow | fever. A State quarantine against consumption is only one | of many means that must be taken to eradicate it. | The infected must be rigidly isolated and attended | only in the exercise of exceeding precautions. The expulsion of their sputum unsterilized must be pro- vided against, and every one must be treated thor oughly as a center of infection that must be avoided by all means known to sanitary science. If California lead in all this and can show a success | measured in a decline in the ravages of the disease, | we will have pioneered in that which is of the first | interest and highest importance to the human race, B ——— Counsel Moss of the Mazet Committee may be the right man after all to detect the thieveries oi New York officials. decision of the Supreme Court of the Empire State has just been dug up in which the | opinion is expressed that several notaries, Moss | among them, should be criminally prosecuted. A | THE EXHIBITION OF EXPORTS. HILADELPHIA has accnmp]islvxed one more of those enterprises by which she refutes the | reputation of sleepiness which New York and | Chicago have attempted to fasten upon her. In fact, 100 | it appears that so far from being a sign of sleep, the ¢ | fact that her people are too busily at work to bhe | boasting of progress. Thus it happens that at this juncture, when tife expansion of our export trade in families one | , seemed to offer no conditions | Gold mines that pay dividends like that are sure | manufactured goods is the most salient feature of the to excite cupidity, and the British owners of them dre | commerce of the world, Philadelphia takes the lead not lacking in greed. While they are extracting | of American cities in the establishment of a commer- such enormous profits from the mines they are un- | cial museum and the opening of an exhibition of ex- lling to pay the taxes the Boers levy upon them, | ports. The much-boasting men of enterprise in New and denounce almost every tax as an imposition and | York and Chicago must go to Philadelphia to learn « burden. They would willingly have a war, for the | from the museum what goods are in demand in for- cost of it would have to be paid by the British tax- | eign countries, and must send their own goods to the mine-owners would reap all the | exposition there to show what they have to sell. | The rapid increase in our exports of mnnufactuxes c- cording to statistics recently published by the Treas- ury Department, we imported manufactured articles of a value twice as great as that of the manufactured articles exported, the figures being: Value of imports of manufactures, $356,651,940; value of exports - of while the payer, bene Sir Alired Milner, just before leaving England for | has been one of the marvels of the time. In 1800, South Africa, is reported to have said in answer to | a question concerning the policy he would adopt: “If vou saw a solid pile of gold worth five hundred mil- licns sterling over there with 20,000 Boers armed to the teeth sitting on it, what would you do? | manufactures, $151,102,376. This continued until 1804, i when the values began to approximate, imports grow- | ing smaller and exports larger in value. In 1898 for the first time the value of manufactures exported ex- ceeded the value of manufactures imported, and ia 1899 there was a marked difference, the value of manu- factures imported being $263,248,550, while the value of manufactures exported was $338.667,704. With this increase in the amount of exports of | manufactured goods, while the exports of raw ma- terial and foodstuffs also increase, there has come a | demand for an increase of shipping to carry the rapidly growing trade. Naturally enough that need was made the theme of the principal addresses at the open- ing of the exposition. In the address of welcome | Governor Stone said: “We are now fairly in the race for the world’s trade. Our .only drawback is shipping facilities. To-day our exports are carried | in foreign ships and we are paying $180,000,000 each year to foreign ship-owners. This is a reflegtion on | cur statesmanship. Our ocean freight should be car- | ried in American ships. If the circumstances do not | justify the construction of American ships in Ameri- | can docks, Congress should by subsidy or otherwise | make it an inducement to capital to -embark on this enterprise.” ] Congressman Hepburn, who delivered the oration of the day, emphasized the same point in saying: “There are nineteen millions of people in the United States who labor and who aid in creating wealth. | Fifteen millions of these possess the entire political power of the nation. The perpetuity of this Govern- ment is dependent upon keeping this great army of laborers employed, and, being employed, content. It | can only be secured by securing our portion of the ;trade in the markets of the world, and in efforts to secure it we must meet and overcome the fiercest rivalry of the great nations.” Such are the sentiments excited by the great expo- | sition of American export products with which Phila- | delphia is now entertaining the East. The influence | will be felt when Congress meets, and it is likely we | shall at last have an act which will give to the Ameri- | can merchant marine an equal chance with the | foreigner. The Minneapolis Times evidently knows a good hing when it sees it. In an issue just at hand giving it account of the arrival at this port of the transpor | Sheridan with the Minnesota boys from the Philip- | pines it has taken bodily the frontispiece of The Call's souvenir edition announcing the homecoming of the Californians, scraped off the name “Sherman” on the bow of the vessel and substituted “Sheridan.” i Call | It the ed, however, to give The credit for | original. THE TRUST CONFERENCE AT CHICAGO. ROM the debates thus far reported at the con- I:fv:rcncc on trusts called by the Civic Federation of Chicago very little has resulfed of apparent | | value to the public. There has been but a thrashing over of the old straw, and neither those who have | spoken against trusts nor those who have spoken in | their favor have advanced any argumeént with which the public is not fairly familiar, nor brought forward | | any facts not previously known. | It is to be hoped that when these | speeches are over and all the gifted | given full utterance to their ideas on the subject, the | more deliberative members of the conference will-re- ise all that has been said and formulate something | like a definite conclusion on the subject. There is no: préliminary | orators have | so much difference between the moderate men of the | opposing sides as the radicals would like to have the country believe. It is conceded by. the npposiliuf)} | that trusts have a large economic value and are there- fore useful to the community of whose industrial | | conditions they are the natural outgrowth, and by the | advocates of trusts it is admitted they are liable to | generate abuses and ought to be regulated by law. In his address beiore the American Bar Associa- \ : ‘,;\‘h‘?\,l.{ the interpretation would not b bailing and cannor in tremendous volume toward the clou clouds which bear hall. e result, perhaps by chemic Sometimes thes h causes the hall to turn into rain. 1 action upon the clouds. HIS picture might be taken as an illustration of how mortals call through phonographs upon Jupiter Pluvius, so fa send down their message in form of rain. ding the clouds to get rid of hailstorms, and this shows how the operation was conducted at an agricul- ition at Monza, a small town ten miles from Milan. fired, with the result of a loud concussion and a good deal of smoke. The funnels direct the sound waves CANNONADING THE CLOUDS TO BREAK UP HAILSTORMS o . Y ) \ el \ At that out of the way, for really these people are trying to induce the clouds to quit Some time ago the newspapers described an experiment in Italy and presumably force the currents of cold air up higher and dissipate the clouds are driven away, and sometimes it is the cold air which vanishes, leaving It is said, too, that the smoke has something to do with the AROUND THE CORRIDORS Traffic Manager P. C. Stohr of the Chi- and Great Wi :rn Rallway has ap- nted C. O. Johnson general agent, with adquarters in this city, vice A. J. Stratton, who has resigned. Richard Wilde has been appointed contracting | freight agent of the same line. dent of the South- change, came up A. H. Naftzger, pr ern California {tion a few weeks ago Senator Manderson summed | from ‘Los Angele and will be | up the subject in saying: “The problems, legal and | at the Palace for a few days. e turethe Mo b ~ .| G. W. Luce, assista .]tw]!llkfl], that are l'l.r most absorbingly _unpnrmnt and | conger agent of the Southern Pacific kely to lead to far-reaching results in law-making | Company at Los Angeles, is in the city on a business trip. | and statute construction are those incident to so- | | called trusts, pools and combinations in manufacture, | The legislative difficulty seems | te be to draw the line that should divide the, objec- [tionable trust or monopoly that defies the natural laws of trade from the desirable corporation or the concentration of capital, productive of good results. To strike down the one and not cripple the other is | no casy task for the law-maker. Concentration is the | order of the day. Industries of importance and en- terprises of magnitude can only be carried on with success by bringing together that aggregation of cap- / ital and limitation of personable liability permissible in | the creation called a corporation. The century now | closing has been during its hundred years an advance | on all lines of production, with corresponding benefit to the customer, such as has been afforded at no other period in the world’s history.” | That is about as comprehensive a statement of the problem as can be made with an equal terseness. The task before law-makers is that of devising legislation | which will prevent the evils of trusts without crip- pling their efficiency in the development of commerce and industry. That a considerable number of polit cians should denounce all trusts is a matter of course. “Down with the trusts” is a good demagogue cry and is easily uttered. Fortunately it is not likely to have much influence with the great masses of the people. | The trust has come to stay. The foundation of the in- dustrial development of the future is going to be co- operation in one form or another. Intelligent men in all branches of industry are already forming such combinations. We hear of them among farmers and fruit-growers as well as among merchants and manu- facturers. The issue clearly is one not of suppression but of regulation, and the solution of its problems must be left to men of sound business sense and not to noisy declaimers from the stump. | commerce and trade. | | | | | An interior contemporary tells us in large black type that “Dewey has left Gibraltar.” It would per- haps be advisable to send a dispatch boat to meet the admiral and ascertain why he leit it. We might need it. Wireless telegraphy is a thing of the past. Bryan's Salt Lake speech was produced by the Deseret News of that city before Mr. Bryan had a chance to deliver it. Rapid? Well, somewhat. Commander in Chief Joubert of the Boer forces appears to be sincere in his desire for peace. At any rate he is living up to the maxim that the way to pre- vent war is to prepare for it. A St. Louis Police Court Judge has decided that $8.50 is about the right price to pay for beating one’s mother-in-law. Evidently he is a married man. 4 : IR One request of the murderous teamster who shot two men fatally on Saturday afternoon should be granted. He says he wants to be hanged. John Bull had a “Tartar” on his hands. He re- leased it, 0. Rich, chief clerk of the Grand, is on cacation in the Santa Cruz Mountains. He will be at his post next Tuesday. J. L. Bunce, formerly a United States naval officer, is registered at the Palace from Hartford, Conn. L. J. Christopher, a prominent resident of Los Angeles, is registered at the Lick with his wife. Fre® Dodd, proprietor of the Hughes House at Fresno, is at the Lick for a brief sta W. A. Mackinder, a newspaper man of St. Helena, is a late arrival at the Califor- nia. John H. Millzner, n mining man of Pres- cott, Ariz., is staying at the Grand. Dr. Brandreth Symonds of New York is at the Occidental with his wife, Dr. J. 8. Taylor,; U. 8. N., is a guest at the Palace. ——————————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Alice Philips Smith of San Francisco is at the Fifth Avenue; E. Lennenberger and wife of San Francisco are at the Hoffman; Charles W. Moore of San Francisco is at the Bartholdi; Joseph Piggott of San Francisco is at the Vendome; Eugene Gayde of San Francisco is at the Martin. e sstel N CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—H. M. Cat- terman, San Francisco, St. James; C. C. Burruss ant wife, San Francisco, Well- ington. —_————————— Express Company Must Pay the Tax. NAPA, Sept. 15.—Judge Horn of the Su- perior Court of this county yesterday handed down a decision directing that an alternative writ of mandate be issued to- day in the case of Thompson, Beard & Sons vs. Wells, Fargo & Co., directing the express company to receive packages from consignors without the necessary revenue stamps being attached. Judge Horn held that the law requires the express com- pany to pay the tax. The express com- any intends to appeal the case to the gupreme Court. —_—e————— ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. | COUNTING CRIB—P. and W., City. Three fives and a four with an ace turned up count fourteen in the game of crib. JEWISH NEW YEAR — Subscriber, | city. The Jewish New Year in 187 fell on September 30 and in 1877 it fell on September 8. A DOLLAR OF 1866—T. Y. 8., City. Coin dealers offer dollars of 1866 at prices rang- ing from §2 7 to $3. That will glve you an idea of the value of the piece you have. CAPITAL—Berkeley Subscriber, Berke- ley, Cal. The capital of California has eince the adoption of the first constitution been located at Monterey, San Jose, Val- lejo, Benicia and Sacramento. PALMISTBRY—A. B. 8., Berkeley, Cal, To obtain a reading in palmistry send either an impression of the lines of the palm of each hand or a photograph there- of to the editor of that department. SILVER INTO GOLD-J. G., City. The story of the transmuting of Mexican silver dollars into pure gold by Professor Em- mens_was published In The Call of Sun- day, Jupe 4, 1899: There has been no di; puting the assertion made in that article, TWO STEAMERS-R, and T., City. The i measurements of the steamer Oceanioc Length T eam 68 feet and | but if you want to buy one from a dealer 04 feet, b The 49 feet. e of Wilhelm der | you will have to pay an advance of from se are: Length 649 feet, beam 66 feet | $1 to $175. and depth 43 feet. NATIONALITY—A. B. C. and M. and T., City. girl born in America of Ger- man father and Irish mother” and “one born in California of parents descended from Irish and Spanish” are Americans. It does not matter what the nationality of the parents is, the nationality is that of the country in which they were born. THAT CHAIN—A. B. ,» Santa Clara County, Cal. This department does not know anything of the chain alluded to in your letter of inquiry. You should ad- dress your letter to the one whose name is given as treasurer in New York City, or to the department of police, 300 Mul- berry street, New York City, N. Y. —_———— Cal. glace fruit 50c per b at Townsend’s. % —_——— IL FOR SOLDIERS—H. M. B,, City. intended for volunteers who were to the Philippines is held at th port, as it is expected that all voluntee will 'leave the islands before the end of this month. TO SECURE A PATENT-C. B. C., City. To obtain a patent the most expe- ditious way is to employ some reliable nt who makes the securing of patents a specialty. In addition to what the ap- plicant _would have to pay to such an agent, the Government fees are: For fil- ing an application for a patent $i5, for the issuing of the patent $20. Then there are fees for designs, certificates and the like. THERMOMETER — Reader, Oakland, Cal. A thermometer used to register tem- perature is not, generally speaking, af- fected by wind, hot or cold, unless it is placed in such a position as to receive the full force of the wind, just as the instru- ment is affected by being placed under the direct rays of the sun or placed In a refrigerator. For a proper reading of the thermometer it should be placed so as to be out of the line of draughts. COIN QUESTIONS—W. C.'M., Sonora, and A. S., City. Dealers offer half-dollars of 179 for $L; half-dollars of 1823 for 8§ cents, and dimes of 1807 for $125. None of these coins are such as dealers pay pre- lums for. A gold dollar of 132 com- ands a premium of 2 cents from dealers, ! [5SUNDAY’S CALL"%| WHAT TWO CALIFORNIA WOMEN HAVE DONE FOR EDUCATION. The Ten Prize Babies of the Mechanics’ Institute Baby Show. Special information supplied daily ta business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Monta gomery street. Telephone Main 1043, ¢ ——————— Appraiser Dare to Go East. Appraiser John T. Dare will leave foy New York to-morrow evening to attend a conference of United States Appraisers in that city on September 26. The conference has been called by the Secretary of tho Treasury for the purpose of devising a uniform system of making appraisements, e —e———————— It you suffer from looseness of bowels Dr, Siegert's Angostura Ditters will cure you. B sure you get Dr. Slegert's. SEPT. I_ 17 IN NEXT < it HOW NEW YORK WILL WELCOME DEWEY. Will the Chinese Control Politics in San Francisco? Read what politicians say about it SAN FRANCISCO BELLES OF LONG AGO. Greatest collection of old-time photographs ever printed in a San Francisco daily. What the Interior of the World’s Biggest Beet-Sugar Refinery Looks Like. A WOMAN'S THRILLING ADVENTURE IN THE YOSEMITE. Most Exciting Chapters from Stephen Crane’s Story, “Active Service.” ‘THE FUNNIEST BEAR STORY OF THE YEAR. 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