The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1900, Page 6

THE SA Yo WEDNESDAY. JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager PLULICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, S. F. 868, Teleph. Maim 1 CDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Telephome Main 1874, Stevenson St. “The Girl From Paris.” in." sater—Vaudeville every afternoon and f Mason and Bddy streets—Spectalties. Plano Recital this afternoon. ed Animal Show. —This day, at 11 o'clock, Govern- gton street Doyle—This day at 11 & m., at 327 Sixth at 11 o'clock, at 1625 Market LIGHT CON THE PHILIPPINES. no “rebellion” was over. sas soldier’s gun precipi- ter Torres, representing eneral Otis that there had bring on a war, that it was an ac- tion of the first shot fired by that war had begun official dispatches en t pacification had been ac- ly press prove this. de- its files of the d. indications s condition; insurgents telegraphed ent announced and the war August 16 it was de- diers to pacify the lly announced 12 the Pres g his last pi er 1 mber 12 i at rebellion no longer exist g our ed, 1951 and 1ce of a year of slaughter Associated Press reports with 1 army 1in the 1 : that Filig in the wi n simply an op- exploitation of the islands, and newspaper dministration in same thing. airs of handcuffs to be used soldiers who have been driven insane by eral Wheeler arrives and reports a of Sulu and return festivities to tan on board an American ar says there remains but la report three American ex- lipino armies in Camarines and elped out by gunboats; two Ameri- unded; 140 Filipinos g Americans killed; every night, ess compelled to live on i Legaspi, or in the American Otis reports engagements along Gallagher killed, eight same date an amigo led our and killed Lieutenant Kohler; in s burned a town and slew twenty- e date transport Sheridan € A 2 with a large number of convicts jutant neane soldiers. n must be impressed by the record. at hand and the islands are r ago, except the Sultan of v General Wheeler to be proud d stripes with his harem and last light is breaking in this coun- t the right point in the political sky. Presi- Kinley has appointed a new commission to ilippine question. He chose first his political friend, Judge Taft of Cincin- ige’s friends banqueted him on the sth nquet was presided over by Mr. M. E. ced himself an expansionist of the season i ti. The J g A speech followed by Judge mer law partner, Judge Harmon, who was seneral in Mr. Cleveland's last Cabinet. br @ht a profound hush upon the company y worded speech against expansion. its course one guest cried out, “There are only four f But its conclusion was heartily applauded ast speech was made by Judge Taft himself, and hed genuine surprise of the occasion. He Philippine Commission is not yet organ- Its members have not conferred together. I Like Judge Har- ike Chairman Ingalls, I am not now and never have been an expansionist. I have always ped that the jurisdiction of our nation would not extend beyond territory between the two oceans. We 1 solved all the problems of popular govern- by a carefu speak therefore for myself alone. so perfectly as to justify our voluntarily seeking more difficult ones abroad.” So breaks the light. The sycophants, who have de the mistake of thinking that President McKin- lev demanded disciples instead of advisers, will be ad- monished by his appointment of Judge Taft that he ses not to conclude public opinion on this sub- to go on the line to which The Call has ad- i Congress to adhere, by letting legislation alone < 1o our external possessions until the facts can all be known, when a right policy will erystallize. It is v that Mr. Ingalls, who presided at the Taft 1quet, is a Democrat. General Wheeler, another emocrat, comes home from the Philippines inflam- ing American greed by putting commercial exploita- tion foremost as the only reason he has for conquest So he exclaims, in rapt admiration of 10tewor! lands the alm and push to make the Philippines, Guam and Sulus the mnst.pmducu‘ve islands on the face of the earth.” 1 f Aguinaldo’s forces. Telegrams | In | ighty dollar, “It only requires American brains | THE STOCKMEN ORGANIZE. T seems novel that an industry as important as the livestock interest of the Pacific States has been, up to this time, without organization. | The Western tour of the Secretary of Agriculture | last summer was partly for the purpose of inspecting | the condition of the Western stock ranges an the arid !1ands of the public domain. His practical eye saw at once the deterioration of these land. by destruction of their natural forage crop, causea by overstocking through the use of them in common. He advised a | change in the method of grazing, and that the stock ranges, more valuable for that than any other present purpose, be protected by leaseholds, the title remain- ing in the Federal Government, and the lands being so under Federal control that the Government can compel the renewal of their forage and the restoration of their primitive capacity for feeding stock. In the Leginning the stockmen were indifferent. Many pre- ferred to let things go on as they have been going, to let the forage crop be destroyed, and deciding that as after them would come the desert and the drought they would get all they could off the common range for a few years and retire from the business. But the n to the subject by the Secretary of Ag- riculture was su nt to induce the introduction of several t effect the purpose he favored. Still the polic; rence and delay was manifested by the stockr remembered that when the water storage convention met in this city last November its whole purpose was held up by cer- tain influences which promised that the grazing lands should be 1 cost of administration, should be given to the States and Territories in which the lands lie for use in stor- So"the increase of impulse give of n themselves. It will be 1sed and the revenue therefrom, above the ing flood waters for irrigation. irrigating water by preventing the flood waste came to be impinged upon the leasehold policy for the grazing lands. Mr. Irish of California, 1 the leasing qu while in Washington last in abeyance, wait- ir indifference, stio relax nen to As h tion and had promoted the wz ren an, he saw the ing policy in men of the P: . o the this city on Monday. The All shades of opin Many differences w yrage cor necessit ng the leas- nvited the stock- rence held in so far, are grati- ctic nd to that enc n were represented at the re composed by getting formed, in Ca o and Oregon. ifornia, A me- leaseholds was addressed ted in the arid re- membershig \ri exic on, the ngres u i all erged in a most hanent president, leasehold bill, 1 not regard er, the agricultural the classes of ens who population of- the arid Is lie. This sentiment It was the general now before the Senate, or the perfection of a satisfactory measure, which should be passed by the present Con- gr All agreed that no opportunity should be offered by the law for the large meat-packing com- bines to get hold of the ranges, and that the lawless- the use of ranges in common would cease by permitting the 1 kinds of stock to lease ranges and then elling them to keep their livestock on their own holdings make up the sturdy frontic ions, where the e zing lly expressed in the memorial. ling that the r bill, offers the best bs ness that has too much characterized owners cor The greatest benefit is likely to follow this organi- zation. Every stockman should be a member of it, and it shoull not cease its activities until the lands con- cerned are protected against destruction of their for- age, the meat supply against decline, and the future settler assured of a ho: wherever the possib e on an y may The corporations and their tools who have been fighting the Nicaragua canal bill all along are now pretending to be very much opposed to the Hay Pauncefote treaty. Any old thing that serves as a brick to shy at the canal project suits them, and comes handy. WHERE THE GERMANS BEAT US. EPORTS from Washington are to the effect that the diplomatic and consular reform bill I 2 has been shelved in committee and is not likely to be taken up in the House at this session. On the other hand, reports from Berlin announce that the imperial Government has undertaken a thorough re- organization of the German consular service, with the intention of making it even more effective than at present. It is to be borne in mind that the consular service of Germany is already one of the bést trained and ad- ministered commercial bureaus in the world. Through the efficiency of their representatives abroad, the mer- chants and the manufacturers of the empire have rap- idly advanced to a leading rank among the great com- | mercial nations. They are now rivals of Great Brit- ain in all parts of the globe, and are one of the strongest competitors we will have to meet in our efforts to expand our foreign trade. It is, then, a matter of considerable concern to us that a movement toward an improvement in the consular service is dropped at Washington simultaneously with the un- dertaking of an enterprise toward that end at Berlin. It may be conceded that our Consuls have done | good work in times past, but the times have changed, | and the class of men in our service has not changed with them. In the days when our exports were made up almost wholly of raw material or foodstuffs and | were shipped mainly to Great Britain, and when we had no very active competition to meet, our system of selecting Consuls did fairly well. Now, however, | we are shipping enormous quantities of manufac- tured goods and have come into direct rivalry with na- tions having a trained consular corps. We must, then, | have more competent representatives abroad than we have had before. It is a necessity of the times. | The handicap upon our commerce resulting from | inefficient Consuls has been noted by the more intel: | ligent Chinese and Jdpanese themselves. In his re- | cent address before the University of Pennsylvania |Wu Ting Fang, Chinese Minister at Washington, | said: “I must acknowledge that your diplomatic and consular officers in China have thus far acquitted | themselves well, considering the = disadvantageous | position in which they are placed. Most of the | Furopean Governments send young men to the East | to learn the language and study the customs of che | country. After a residence of two or three years, | when they prove themselves proficient, after pass- | ing a strict examination, they are placed in responsible i;msitinyn as student interpreters, consular assistants, | etc. Merit is rewarded by promotion. Thus those | Governments have competent men specially fitted for service in the Orient. It may not be unwise for your Government to adopt a similar system.” We are now building up in the United States com- mercial colleges of the first class, but they will avail us little if their graduates are made dependent upon politicians for offices in the consular service. Nor will |it be of much benefit to us to have such geographical | advantages for the trade of the Orient if we have not representatives there who can speak the language of the people and compete with foreign Consuls on equal terms. Such being the situation, it would be well for the commercial bodies of the Union to make an effort | to rouse Congress to action on the issue. — There are to be many international conferences at | the Paris exposition, but there will be no attempt to duplicate the late gathering at the Hague even as a side show. 3 A SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRICK. OMETHING more than ordinary submissive- ness or stupidity would have been required on | the part of the employes of the Southern Pacific | Railroad to induce them to accept the new scheme of | “relief” without at least as much of a protest as men | dependent upon the corporation for work and wages | can afford to make. The scheme is an ingenious combination of tricks to defraud the employes and benefit the corporation. | The most salient feature of the plan is the evident | design to break down the various “brotherhoods” which the employes have organized for mutual pro- | tection and benefit. An important part of the work of the brotherhoods is to provide relief for members | in case of sickness or accident. The funds for such purposes are raised by an assessment upon the mem- bership, and it is clear that if the members be now |forced to “voluntarily” join the corporation relief scheme and pay contributions to that fund, the brotherhoods will be heavily handicapped and may be even forced out of existence. That, however, is but one of the tricks of the scheme. Another hardly less important is to be found in the clause by which all who sign the application fo: membership in the corporation relief plan release the |company from all claims for damages by reason of linjury or death. As the law stands the corporation would have to pay such damages out of its own funds, but by the operation of the new relief system the payments to the injured man or to the family of one who is killed are taken out of the funds contributed by the employes. Thus the employes are to be made | to pay for any accident to one of them, although due | to the negligence of the corporation itself. | Collis Huntington has frequently boasted that no | one would ever track him through the world by the | quarters he had dropped. | him that belong to other people. This latest scheme | of taxing out of the pockets of wage-earners the pay- ments which should be made by the corporation it- | self is one of the meanest pieces of thrift of which even Collis has ever been proud. Mr. Hess, the gentleman whom Huntington sent out from the East to organize the relief scheme “vol- " has given a frank statement of the advan- tages which the widow and the fatherless will derive from the scheme. He said if an employe of the rail- | road should be killed and the widow sue for damages |and the court award them the corporation would not | pay. It would appeal from one court to another | court and prolong the litigation until lawyers’ fees had | eaten up all that was due the widow. It is a plain | boast that the railroad can use the courts at its pleas- ure to voluntarily defeat justice, and from the boast the argument is drawn that the employes would better | come into the scheme and consent to pay the dam- | ages, for the railroad will not. g | There was but one thing needed to cap the climax of corporation tyranny and fraud, and it was promptly | forthcoming—Mr. Hess called the scheme “philan- thropy.” | After all Cronje’s pasition not so very deplor- |able. He has won lasting fame as the “Lion of | South Africa,” and is now in a situation where he may ireascnahly expect to live a long time to enjoy it. E——————— OUR TRADE WITH THE ORIENT. ROM the Department of Agriculture there has ‘ [:been issued a bulletin of statistics concerning our trade with China, Japan and Hongkong for the decade ending with 1899. The showing made of the development of the trade is remarkable, for during the ten years it increased from a total of $46,204,167 in | 1889 to $87,305,688 during the last fiscal year. : Of the total amount of the traffic of 1899 the exports from China, Japan and Hongkong to the United | States were valued at $47.815,035, while the from this country were valued at $39,490,653. The | showing made by the statistics is therefore not as | gratifying as it might be. There are no natural rea- sons why our exports to the Orient should not be at least equal to the value of our imports, and there is some satisfaction in noting that the tendency is in that direction. Thus on comparing the exports of 1889 with those of ten years later it appears that the value of qur exportations to those countries increased during the decade by 256 per cent, while the value of our imports from them increased only 36 per cent. Detailed statistics showing the relative quantities and values of the various exports during 1800 were | not available at the time of the preparation of the bul- letin, but in the previous year 40 per cent of the whole ‘swere of agricultural products, while in 1889 only 23 | per cent were of that character. The article which figures chiefly in the increase is wheat, the shipments of which to Japan alone increased from $300,609 in 1889 to $8,060.816 in 1898. Taken as a whole the exports of 1808 consisted mainly of five leading articles—cotton, cotton manu- factures, kerosene oil, wheat flour and manufactures of iron and steel. Of these items it is significant that | the importations of raw cotton were valued at over $7,000,000, while the cotton manufactures were valued at but little more than $63,000. It seems the orien people are beginning to use our raw material and do their own spinning. There is little question but what we could largely increase our exports to China if we would follow the policy which has enabled Germany to enter that mar- ket with such success against Great Britain— that of employing as Consuls men who can speak the language of the people, and promoting steamship lines to carry on the commerce. The Japanese and the Chinese are our neighbors and should be our customers. They will be so as soon as we enter ac- | tively into the task of beating our European rivals by the adoption of mercantile tactics as wise as their own. That there will be a big rush to Cape Nome this season may be accounted as certain, but it will be well for those who think of joining the rush to re- member that most of the glittering tales of gold in that vicinity have been told either by men who have claims there to sell or by ship-owners who expect to make money out of the rushers. For the present the expert critics on the South Afl:i- can war are rattled and are in doubt whether to pre- dict a battle or a footrace. 5 1 WEDNESDAY, It might be easy to iden- | | tify him, however, by the number of quarters found on | imports | MARCH 7, 1900. R e CORRIDORS | A. Nealson, a merchant of Sacramento, is staying at the Grand. George E. Abbott of Omaha Is at the Occidental with his wife. L. P. Hatfleld, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is a guest at the Lick. Frank A. Eagan, a mining man of An- gels Camp, 1s a guest at the Lick. A. Nowell, a wealthy coffee planter of Guatemala, is a guest at the Lick. Nate R. Salsbury of Chicago is one of the arrivals yesterday at the Palace. Charles Mclver, capitalist, is registered at the Palace from Mission San Jose. Dr. W. R. de Krafft of New York is among the late arrivals at the Palace. Mr. and Mrs. B. Venck are registered at the Palace from The Hague, Holland. Dr. M. E. Corbell of Chicago is a guest at the Grand, where he arrived yesterday. Frank H. Buck, a fruit grower of Vaca- ville, 1s among the recent arrivals at the Palace. J. C. Chase, a Los Angeles business man, is among the recent arrivals at the Palace. Dr. B. P. Anderson of Colorado Springs is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife and family. J. R. Hestwood, a wealthy mine owner, is registered at the Grand from his home in San Jose. James Collins, a well-known fruit rancher of Courtland, is at the Lick for & few days. Alexander Hill, a traveler from London, is a guest at the Palace, where he ar-| rived last evening. Joseph R. Ryland, banker and capital- ! ist, is registered at the Occidental from his home in San Jose. J. Villa, a prominent coffee planter and politiclan of San Salvador, i8 a recent ar- rival at the Oecidental. ——ee—————— CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, March 6.—P. H. More of San Francisco is at the Natifonal. N. A. Diamond of San Francisco is at the Ebbitt House. Dr. E. B. Cutler and wife of San Francisco are at the Shoreham. —_————————— THE CHRISTIAN’S POWER. Rev. Philip Coombe spoke befors the Congregational ministers at their meet- ing on Monday, his subject beinfi “The Christian’s Power Over Opposing Forces.” In part he said: ‘We are living in an age in which the forces which arise to arrest the progress of truth are everywhere in evidence and strikingly in ar- ray. Many Christians, both ministers and lay- men, oftentimes allow these ad s 1o ex- ert too great an influence over In this materialistic age we are too prone to let that which is material have the mastery when we ought to exercise the authority God has given ua over evitything material It s the Chris- tian’s-privilege—it {s overy man's prerogative— to use the power which God has given to him over all opposing forces, to overrule them for the elevation of humanity and the extension of our Captain's cause. Sclence and history and biography teach us that it Is by looking be- yond and above the forces that are agalnst us and grasping them with the power which God has given us that we are upheld and renewed in st , e to mount up with wings as.eagles and to lift others as we rise. Even when we seem to be defeated by antagonistic forces we may grapple them more surely and . We are to count Yoy put into hard places where We are surrounded by hostile forces. It may show to us that God thinks a great deal of us by Intrusting that whifh is difficult and mp‘omnfl mn a:‘: hands and '!:y assuring us e will make us more than conquerors through Him that hath loved q FAREWELL RECEPTION. Mrs. Elmira J. Simpson, wife of Past Grand Master J. H. Simpson, and one of the most ardent workers of the Rebekahs in this city, will in a tew days leave for New York City to rejoin her husband, who recently took up his residence there. Monday night the members of Loyal Lodge of the. Rebekahs, of which she is a much beloved member, tendered her a farewell reception lodge roo: in Odd l T, R AT MALTHES S “CAN'T RECOGNIZE A POPULIST TILL I GET THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.” STREETS T0 BE AGAIN ARGUED Merchants’ Association About to Consider Matter Once More. Supervisors May Be Asked to Repeal the Ordinance That Provides for Keeping the Pave- ments Dry. el | At the next meeting of the board of directors of the Merchants’' Association a petition to the board to exercise its influ ence with the Supervisors to have the or- dinance repealed that was passed about a | year ago forbidding the sprinkling of the | bituminized streets in the eity will be | taken up for consideration. The matter | has been brought to the notice of the | Merchants’ Association by several retail | merchants dolng bus on Kearny | street. The ordinance was passed by the | efforts of the S@ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, their reason being | that water caused the horses to slip. President Dohrmann of the Merchants’ Association sald yesterday afternoon that the retail merchants on Kearny street had quite generally asked for the Influen~e of | the association to have the ordinance re- | pealed, but that up to that time he had not heard that any Market street mer- chants had moved in the matter. no idea what action the directors of the association were likely to take. The argu- ments, as he summed them up pro and con, were in substance that on one side | were the dangers to horses when the pav.- ments were sprinkled and also the sup- posed damage to pavements due to the use of water, which was sald to rot them. On | the other side the arguments were that | the dust in the absence of the sprinkling | of the pavements in the business sections | of the city damaged stocks of goods of | all sorts; also that the dust was a source | of discomfort to residents and visitors to | the city, and also might tend to proba- | gate disease. There were merchants who | wished to have the existing conditions changed, because the city had seeming! taken a backward step in the matter o cleanliness in the most traveled and most used thoroughfares. He had no personal | opinion to express, for he did not wish to | prejudge the case. Doubtless the whole | subject would be discussed at the meeting | of the directors, for it had been placed | u] the regular programme for consider- | ation. The Soclety for the Prevention of Cru- | elty to Animals will probably oppose the repeal of the ordinance, or at least that was the view of the matter taken by Sec- retary Holbrook last evening. He said that he would like to be heard by the | Merchants’ Assoclation directors and | would probably request the privilege of a | earing. | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. IN MEXICO OR GUATEMALA—H. L L., Alameda, Cal. For information as to the possibilities of obtaining a position in either Mexico or Guatemala apply at tha office of the Consul in San Francisco for | each of the countries named. NO SUCH LICENSE-M. L., James- town, Tuolumne County, Cal. The records of San Francisco do not show that there was a marriage license issued to the par- tles mamed in letter of inquiry between the 1st of January, 1899, and February 12, CANNOT VOTE—J. C. Jacksonville, Tuolumne County, Cal. An allen cannot vote in California before he has obtained naturalization papers, commonly called “second papers.” In some States aliens can vote after having declared their inten- ;lon |o( becoming citizens, but not in Cali- ornia. TURKESTAN ALFALFA-J. H. L., Holland, Or. Turkestan alfalfa seed is in the m Fellows' buflding. The hall was crowded with those who wished to bid the lady good-by. As a preliminary there was a | vocal duet by Mrs. Fannie J. Danlels and | Mrs. Gertrude Engelbright, a declamation | by Lottie Linnfe and a piano recital by ! rs. E. Jorman, after which Mrs. Mary E. | Donohoe, secretary of the California ‘As- sembly, on behalf of the lodge, presented Mrs. Simpson with a beautiful gold watch | and chain, the watch bearing upon it an | srpropr:ate hucrt&dg:. GITMNQ was a pleasant response le eloquent presen- tation address. Then there was an hour 4af dancing and refreshments were secved. not yet on the market. Small quantities have been sent out by the Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., for ex- rimental purposes. The Congressman rom your district will no doubt be able to procure a sample package for you if you communicate with him. THE DAVIS AUTOMOBILE—“Con- stant Readers,” City. If you were “con- stant readers,” as you declare, you we have noticed the announcement in Call that it was impossible for Mr. Davis | and his witq to centinua thels Jauwrnew in. i/ 174 : WA —Philadelphia Bvening Telegram. R e e B o i i S B o i o o S S ST SD I S S PR P SNSRI SO PSP SN A SO S S S [ e o e R e e i o e R S o e de e e e e e 2 o ] AROUND THE SPH | N K I.l N[; []I: e s "gave, up e’ attempe and e turned to New York. CHLOROFORM—W. J., Oakland, Cal ‘How can a youth of 17 obtain chloro- form?’ asks this correspondent. If he intends to obtain it honestly, the easfest way is to go to a druJ!(on and purchase it, but he will be closely questioned before he can obtain It. Townsend’s Cal. glace fruits and chofce candies back to Palace Hotel, 639 Market.* ————————— bSficlal information supplied dally to usiness houses and public men by ths Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 510 &ms gomery street. Telephone Main 1042. * ————— Not Salfield’s Buses Alone. The Park Commissioners have written to Dr. C. D. Salfield declining to graft him an exclusive franchise to operaje motor omnibuses In Golden Gate Park an the ground that they are not empowersd by the charter to grant such privilege. —_—— Personally Conducted Excursions In tmproved wide-vestibuled Pullman tourst sleeping cars via Santa Fe route. Experfenced excursion conductors accompany these excyr- slons to look after the weifare of passensars To Chicago and Kansas City every Sunday. Wednesday and Friday. To Boston, Montwal and Toronto every Wednesday. To St. Lauis every Sunday. To St. Paul every Sunday and Friday. Ticket office, 628 Market street. —_——— “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup” Has been used for fty years by milliong of mothers for their children while Teething, vith perfect success. It soothes the child, soffens the gums, allays pain, cures Wind Coile, resu- lates the Bowels and is the best remedy for | Diarrhoeas, whether arising from teething or other causes. For sale by druggists in every | part of the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a bottle, —_———— Incredible but True. Passengers on the Union Pacific “Owestand Limited” can leave San Francisco fouseen hours later and arrive tn Chicago nearly five hours .earlier than by anv other through car line. D. W. Hitchcock, Gen. Agt., 1 Montgom- ery st. 8. F. Many ecauses induce gray hair, but Pamer's Hair Balsam brings back the youthful color. Hindercorns. the best cure for corns. 15 sta. —_——— She Demands Jury Trial. OAKLAND, March 6.—The sensational suit of M D. A. Lane Mrs. Spiars for the recovery of $25, for allenating the affections of Mr. Lane, has been set for trial in Supegior Judgs Ellsworth’s court on April 20 Mra. Lase has demanded a jury trial.