The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 2, 1900, Page 4

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, MO NDAY, APRIL 1900 A REVISION OF WAR TAXES. ORE than ordinarily gratif; from the special correspondent of The Call at Wash ton that there is a prospect Con- at this underta e a revision of A short time $ ~HECKELS P-Onv etor. session go, when The Call 1 ~~~~~""""| the attention of California Congressm to their ddress All Communications to W f~,£AKE. Manager. pledge to urge revision in the dircction of putt an end to the s com PUBLICATION OFFICE..Market and Third, 8. F. mbiguities by the exp Telephone Main 1865. panies shirked their taxes upor public, it was { that nott 1t g B EDITORIAL ROOMS....217 to 221 Stevemson St. i that nothing coulc vected i e way Telephone Main 1574. of ie..'hl:mrm at this time, as Congress would g to revise the la Delivered by Carriers. 156 Cents Per Week. revi e law 4 Single Coples, § Cents. spc nt ) that Represe Terms by Ma Including Fostage: New Yorl uding Sunday), 6 n he general r e ay). 3 g rence with All postmasters are nulhwrl ed to receive 8 sabscriptions. ent is I 'E o OAKLAND OFFICE.. 1118 Broadway 1€ sts t ness Manager Foreign Adve e 8 hicago ) ; d by the » ¥ RRESPONDENT € g re tion at time he would C TON fer are O e A TORK REPRESENTATIVE ‘ < R PSR 30 Tribune B g Hot E 3 I vision of tl ht. 1 t. but it C Correspo: t utmost ( v tate should AMUSEMENTS. AUCTION SALES g . ¢ 3 2 States Goverr. s st nds of dollars is back among u W . a MORE LIFE TO BUSINESS Pt ent for the or- on among the oward of ditional control of 9o per tt it is a e can spo- Evidence Commerce to rz vileges grar of cars se ted by tes on f; railw d of othe shippers extort f Hrass mac at the o end of the | on men and large get a share of the binations and their compe- the cured ns that ret goods, e co fruit to t ve bought. As A have no interest in e s upon rket or extending ng consumers ch are the double at one end of d apathy at rowers and curers prevent the value of their f the expectations of the not t co-operative o be doubted. st n, for to the effect of ion among rai- for the fact owing the years s of products rose and 1 have advanced with no combin None the 2 good pur- oversa raisins sea in pric wou been tion ate ion that even ative unions do not raise the price of an he e e o the consumer by the slightest degree, they o ’ 3 the producer enabling him to get a of the price than he would other- of the Pacific Coast are be- < bines at home and the f market in the y 1 overcome both of nake themselves sufficiently f the railroads just and by giving stability to will encourage ot g ailers to purchase vods and introduce them to an in- s anners’ | creasing number of consumers. The issue is before effect on prices | the fruit men and cannot be evaded. It is co-opera- n by the farmers. | tion now, or a demoralized fruit market this fall, i s - e OUR COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. € canneries on fine thing fc Oppression breeds t thus far there has been no oppression TPON the issues to be investigated by the Inter- te Commerce Commission during its hea~- lifornia ings in this city many of the most important in- terests of the coast depend. It that every industry of this section of the is either directly or indirectly concerned Freight rates affect industry and commerce as tarnft not too much to great gress prefers o s pleasanter and casier m and § potently as rates, unjust discriminations | _———— nong shippers or among competing cities work ¢ have scttled their differences. | serious injuries to those that suffer m them. It d it did seem for a while that the fates were with | was just because the railways made such discrimina- I | tions that the Government was compelied to establish g is the report | ‘:hc Interstate Commerce Commission and clothe it ! with authority to see that justice is done. The main issue at stake has been raised by the | efforts of commercial and manufacturing houses and corporations of the large cities of the Mississippi Val- 1 e loit the trade of the Pacific Coast at the exper 1 jobbers and manufacturers. The St. Louis men ask for differentials which will give them advan- tage over the business men of the Pacific Coast, and with such persistency have they urged the claim that has become a serious menaée to our welfare. It is to be borne in mind that a concession of the 1 of the loca Louis claims vould in no wise benefit any class of people on the Pacific Coast. At the present rates the Mississippi Valley men have virtual control of | the trade of the whole Western territory from the River to within about 300 miles of the hey can deliver ggods within the coast dis but with the present di profit on the trade. not for the pt cheaper to ret: purpose e conten matter firm 3 Mississippi ocean trict 1 entials can make (hr T‘)rv seek lower rates, rpose o ilers or to co f making a p-ofit for t on of the Pacific v founded hav ter communication are entitled remselves Coast ports in this is upon natural conditions se ports ing w to such railway rates as the competition of steamships nd sailing vessels would naturally Governmental or corpo: fix were there no ation interference to prevent the free operation of the laws of trade. Lc s of that loc Interstate Commerce Commis roads to set aside th these natural rights that St iis protests. The mer- lity wish to have ts and man cture n compel the rail- geographical advantages of San upon St. artificial ones, territory tributary to St. co and cor Loui which w co merchants ask the com- blish differentia goods from would enat s which liver this city at Omaha more could be deliv d from St. Louis; or freight place the whole Oriental trade of t} hands Pacific Coast ports and enab merchants to to obtain freight rates which will enable them to | It is against | entire tea trade of the Union and deliver 1 Dubuque more cheaply than it be distributed from Chicago, the Mississippi ey men would then h a realizing sense of the | injust o present clz They would then hat for one city to ask the G give that city dvantage over another city in the territory of without consideration of geographical tions would be rela- attempt to make an unfair use of ority. Yet St. Lou age against the | jobbers of the Pacific Cc Governmental a king i dvan acturers is an effort wh conferred somethir 1se the demand fi et a rable nur ber of persons t g and rais ing ostriches. Thus there sprang into existence a new industry and a breed of birds once in danger o ted, ordained her for the deco: and this time her orders are the very opposite of beneficial. bt rotec ion The feathers now in use are obtained, it appears, very largely from sea gulls. ¢ so numerous it is not worth while to heir feathers ered by the These t raise them for be d consequently they are wholesale. ugkh o extens Atlantic Union has found ely have the birds been killed along the Coast that the Ornithologists’ it necessary to issue a note of warn- It ve American ing against the practice. This country is on the of the main f birds th quisite of losing forever one ures of its sea coast ‘ms—the sea elves. In fact, the the gull fami thronged our whole coast, out by agents slaught, already 1 the most ex- which ave been so nea terns of and formerly wiped illiners that this year's on- ized, will glean almost the of the fully orga pair from the few sr remain, m | breeding colonies which are unprotected. And the only very beautiful, but wherever these larger gulls, which are absolutely essential being decimated for the s The not bor scavengers, also me purpose.” report goes on to direct attention to the fact are that the breeding season is approaching and that the | chances are, unless some protection be afforded, the tiful nd particularly the able to be slaughtered as fast as they arrive laces. The law, which in many tes forbids the killing of gulls, is not enforced with ficient vigilance at present to protect birds whose feathers have now become valuable and the Ornitholo- gists’ Union appeals for money to defray the expense of providing protection until a new fashion in feathers is established. As the gulls are the scavengers of our sea ports more be feathered gulls, are eir nesting their loss would result in a serious menace to public | health. The issue, is one of consider- able importance. So long as fashion demands gull feathers the girls will have them and milliners must get them. No complaint has thus far been heard oi gull-killing on this coast, but if it be stopped in the East and the demand for the feathers continue, it will not be long before a this side the continent. our authorities to be watc gulls, but it will be seen, will be sought for from It will be well therefore for We wful, have lots of sea have none to spare. e e e et It is said that Congress will probably establish in the South three more national parks—one at Stone River, Tennessee, one near Atlanta, Ga., and one in the Wilderness, Virginia. These parks and their 1naintenance cost mon and it is probable that if the South keeps on she will get the price of her slaves paid in public parks for the enjoyment of her people and the attraction of tourists. The Attorney General has gone to Washington, in- pired with a hope that he can collect the back taxes of the Southern Pacific Company since 1893. Some- body should have provided Mr. Ford with a copy of | “Love’s Labor’s Lost” before he departed. The anti-trust law of Texas has been upheld by the | United States Supreme Court. This ought to give | some encouragement to a scheme to stop the opera- | tion of trusts in the Lone Star State. A San Francisco lecturer declared the other day that trusts are not to be feared, as they never have been operated with success. Some charitable person should | awake the gentleman. | William Jennings Bryan, it is announced, wants to start a national party of his own. | those one-man partie: much. | | The menace of extensive strikes in the East is ] another evidence that as soon as some men wax fat | on prosperity they wish to kick vernment to €20 2 a2 S e e S B S R It must be one of of which we have heard so | fovle foeforde +'.v GIFT OF AMERICA! ! . 2 e ettt Aol o] ATUE Ph OF rtograp 3 + ® Oroville, 18 | there a banker at th A pre m 1 ag r of s wife the M. White came up from L esterday and Is at the Palace Miss ( B. Lee, editor and proprietor of the Lee M t Da s, Xa is at Occlidental, accom nied by her | trie Mrs. L. Foxwell of Philadel- phia e. Brown, a wealthy ent of Honolulu at the Occiden He has been spending the winter at Del Mc but leaves in a few days for his island | home. ke Willlam H aman, Justice of the | fhrPTSS ‘L_ . | United States Court of Appeals for the | (1%% é Northern District of Illinois, is at the | 'Sh€d: % Palace, accompanied by his wife and| A putt daughter. Thelr 2 is at Sh Tond it W H_H—-o»oge—«)—o—o—o—f—g FASHION HINT FROM PARIS, % O ——— - 9-2—2— -0 into seven rat 4 1 battle ) | © - B Sy 5 ? a o 1 armor-piercing ® I by + dary battery to be well >- d powerf T ust be be eof as ® The writer then 5 up his findir a number of the seven r ¢ | Great Britain, ¥ © | sta, as follows: + 3% o £ & & . © + » 5 3 ¢ ¢ | Total.. | 184 g g @ | The passage of the pers. 4 | the United States navy a year | J h sures. @-0+0+0-+6-+6—+06-+0-e@ | Which, among other measu neer corps was merged with TAILOR-MADE COSTUME. thus recefved a recognition of it The costume represented is of beige | tance, s stirred up the engin cloth, taflor made. The jacket, which is |in the British navy, and the two princi- { moderately long, s cut In square indenta- | pal papers on engineering topies ar tions_at the bottom, is double-breasted and has lapels ornamented with black | velvet ribbon. The epaulets are of braided ing considerable s the subject. cers again e to This prejudice t purely mechan.¢: dlssussior £ line om- | clo e t is cut in unequal square | 1 1‘.»1:\(llh ‘|I(‘ lower part of the Ykirt 18 of | Was mot confined to one navy alone, | braided cloth with a stitched band round | exists at the present time in those of the edge. | Great Britain and Spain anc, no doubt, in | other navies. Some ten rears ago the | | NEWS OF FOREIGN NAVIES. |Svanish Minister of Mariwe extended to | the engineer officers the r&ht of me: “‘-. in the wardroom, but the first time they It was recently proposed in the French | sat down at table the lie officers arml» chamber to appropriate $200,000 for the|and walked out. The prefudice never sub. | purpose of creating a naval force in the | sided, and under such cenditions great e. | north of Africa from the nativa flsher- | ficlency in the engine re0m and other me. J TO THE PARIS EXPOSITION 2 Persor ADVE‘!.TTSF‘ ENTS. 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