The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 12, 1900, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1900. SATURDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager PFUBLICATION OFFICE .'l-rkc!_-nd Third, S. F. Telephone Main 1565. tddress Al EDITORIAL ROOMS Telep! .217 (o 221 Stevensom St. me Muin 1IST4 Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cenis Per Week. ingle Coples. 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postzge: DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), one year. $8.00 DAILY CALL (ncieding Sunday), 6 months. 3.00 DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 3 months. 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single fonth. . 63 EUNDAY CALL One Year. .. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL One Year. 1.00 All postmasters are thorized to receive bac. €ample coples will be @ when requestsd OAKLAND OFFICE .1118 Broadway C. GE Manager Foreign Advertis (wong Distance Teleph AESPONDENT: XEW YORK SMITH HEN 8 30 Tribune Building STANDS: House: Great Northers Hotel: NEWS STANDS: A. Breutano, 31 Wellington Hotel survey an e situation that pigeon- public hdrawal from rket o lands to exchange for lien sc d the conc PRI ain the en and put it bey s the wrong polic surveyed d scrip ond de has taken up this matter, ation that We ask other citi- now them. When the law requires, thers for them their leg zal Ca . two members of the Public Lands ( of the House and one member of that the Serate. It would seem that these should have sufficient influence a settlers who want land e State wa e e it. We want more set- tiers, more e d tilled, more plus produce c t ng back wealth for ovr self-supporting, 1 we don’t want the public wred by speculators, A GRATEFUL CONSTITUENT, ain efforts have beer made re iree distribution of seed It been asserted the o e trade of seedsmen without con- g any spc benefits to farmers, and, moreover, has been said the farme: for seed obtained in that way ssert The The Some recipients of Con- correct enough te seed husiness. e legitim pute n the way of seed may be un- but now then there is one hesitate to gratitude and does not express One ve ones recently wrote to his Cong ks in these words: Kind s 1 friend, T have the secds. They came thi d suit very w pecially the cabbage sesd which grows well In this soil. please send me 2 joads of fertiliser and a new harrer and if vou could send me a man for a couple of days I would be obliged. With help T know the garden stuff will | turn out al ri 1 will send some to you and ‘the | t f | well wisher ion is req The r what he received, but has a cxpectation of favors to come. urnish him with cabbage- fertilizers, a harrow and a man? 14 Supporter logical 2nd natural 1i the*Government sced, why not with Let the good work go on Diamonds are evidently trumps in the little gamc of love as it is played in Oakland. The fond hearts of a dentist and a widow have been wrenched .asunder in the loss of 2 “sparkler.” It is reported that Congress will adjourn early, so fter 21l have a Jittle rest from politics this we may summer before the Presidential campaign racket sets in. s pe—s The trustees of the Free Public Library want a building of their own. This is not, however, a good reason for them to take a building which belongs to somebody clse. Unlon Square: | | kets of the world. are indifferent upon the | ed of the bene- riter of the letter | ! THE FUSION POPULISTS. Populist convention at Sioux Falls, repre- senting the fusion wing of that organization, has met, resolved and nominated Bryan and Towne. It was a large convention, but whether rep- resentative or not cannot be estimated, as the repre- sentation of States seems to have been manipulated by the committee, so that the convention rather re- sembled a mass-meeting than a delegated body. The first thirteen paragraphs in the platform and its pre- amble relate to the financial question. The gold stan- | dard law is viciously denounced, the refunding of the | national debt at 2 per cent interest thereunder is | treated as a crime against the taxpayers, who have to | pay the interest. The demand is made that all paper | currency be issued by the treasury direct, in the form | of greenbacks. full Tegal tender paper money, with lits volume <o controlied as to “maintain at all times a stable price level.” The free coinage of siver at 16 to 1 is demanded with a degree of ferocity unusual even in Populist conventions. Let us dispose of these financial propositions by experience outside of the United States, which demonstrates that pa ural law operates everywhere in ation of a currency. Mr. Uchida, a Japanese gentleman, has published the financial experience of his country, to which we call the attention of the supporters of this Populist plattorm that demands free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1, and an unlimited issue of greenbacks; gold, silver and greenbacks ta be full 1 Mr. Uchida say kind from that which was in general use in the inter- the selection and cir: egal tender. “Our currency being different in national commerce of neighboring countries, in 1878 the imperial Government enacted a law making the silver yen a legal tender for any amount and purpose in all parts of the empire.. This put the silver yea It abolished adopted the double standard. with the free coinage of silver and gold on equal Prior to this, in 1871, t of in- on an equal footing with the gold yen. the gold andard ar terms, at the ratio of 16.17 to 1. the Government issued an enormous an convertible paper money. This paper, instead of gold, became the monetary standard of trade. It depreciated and drove gold out of circula- tion. Prices were quoted in the depreciated paper curr and corresponded to the premium on gold, so there was a general seeming appreciation of prices. “The law of 1878 was for the purpose of extending. But the attempt was made in vain, It went to a premium, owing to the excessive depreciation of our paper currency, and disappeared from circulation, the same as gold did, driven out by the cheaper paper The imperial Government found that it t maintain gold and silver on a parity by ad- the silver yen. for silver was no more patriotic than gold. curr could mitting both metals to free coinage on equal terms at a ratio of 16.17 to 1, on account of the depreciation in he price of silver as compared with gold in the mar- | Unequal as to each other, both | metals were unequal with the depreciated paper cur- rency which took their place. - In 1878 gold was at a premium over paper of 115.8 silver was at a pre- nium of 103.3. In 1881 the gold premium over-paper and the silver premium was 169.5. This shows that paper currency was rapidly depreciating, | and that gold and silver were gradually parting com- Under these circumstances both geld and sil- disappeared from circulation, and ‘only paper currency and some subsidiary coins were left to | be used in the daily transaction of business. “In 1881 Count Matsukata was appointed ) ance. was 184, pany. ver coins inister The national currency was in a morbid and was working disastrous effects upori indus- commerce and finance. He advised that the cir- culation of the paper currency should be decreased; that the specie reserve of the treasury should be in- aiming at the final redemption of all paper that for the establishment of crease a sound currency system in our country a strong central bank be organized, with the exclusive privilege of is- suing paper currency, redeemable on demand that all Government and national bank notes should be replaced with redeemable notes issued by this bank.” By the year 1896 Count Matsukata was ready to be- gin his final reform, which was the establishment of the single gold standard, and the new coinage law | The weight of two fun of pure gold shall be the unit of value and shall be called one yen.” One fun is equal to 5.8333 grains avoirdupois. Approxi- mately this one-fifth in weight of our gold currency in specie; in specie; declared: gold yen is dollar. Mr. Uchida describes the effect of reducing several kinds of paper currency to one kind and its redemp- tion in gold, making it par with that metal. He say “Prices have ceased to fluctuate as they did in former The elimination of that risk from business cal- culations is resulting in a sound development of our | industries and commerce. This fact is shown by the | enormous increase within the last two years of the | clearings of the associated banks in Tokio and Osaka, the two great centers of business activity in our coun- n the favorable condition of our foreign trads in the stability of prices for agricultural products and in the wages of labor. In all domestic dealings the | purchasing power of the money used for payment is | at par with the money of nations enjoying the highest economic development. times. This places those engaged in agriculture and manufactures, the wage-earners and the consumers »f imported goods, on a footing of equality with all gold standard countries and se- cures for them every advantage that gold standard countries have monopolized in dealing with silver- vsing countries. No effect of the adoption of the single gold standard is more noticeable than the | benefits realized by merchants engaged in business between Japan and other gold standard countries. With the adoption of the gold standard the exchange and ceased to fluctuate with the silver market of the world, which has been so unstable in recent years. This benefit to the export merchants communicated itself through them to those engaged in agricultureand manufacturing, producing the commodities that enter into our export trade.” Here now is an experience external to us, the work- ing out of the financial problem by a people who went through all its phases. They found themselves in the grasp of the principles based in natural law which were stated by Hamilton and Jefferson, who agreed that the ratio of gold and silver is a commer- cial problem, determined by the market and not by statute, and that our standard of value should be the same as that of nations with which we have the great- est trade. : It will be seen, then, that the financial theory upon which Colonel Bryan is nominated comprises free coinage of gold and silver at a ratio of 16 to 1, and an unlimited issue of greenbacks. As in Japan, gold and silver will both go to a premium in paper and disappear. The difference in their premium over paper will be the premium of gold over silver, and we will be leit with all the evil effects of that system which appeared in Japan and everywhere where the experiment has been tried. 1f Mr. Uchida had set out to write a criticism oi between those countries and our own became stable | the Populist platform his report need not have beea changed. Other features in that platform will have further tomment. — Oakland is being afflicted with something worse than the footpad scare. A resident of the town has gone insane on the belief that he is being pursued by Southern Pacific detectives. e r————— ANY of our Eastern exchanges are making /v\- the approach of summer the occasion for re- newing the campaign of education on the issue is a timely one because at this season thousands of dwellers in cities are preparing for camping expe- ditions in the woods, and it is.well known.that a con- FOREST FIRE WARNINGS. subject of forest fires and forest preservation. The carelessness of campers. The discussion of the mat- ter just now has therefore the double advantage of putting intending campers on guard against the dan- ger of fire and of impressing upon the public gener- ally the importance of a comprehensive ‘system of forest protection: The subject is one that for many years past has at-’ tracted public attention .with each succeeding sum- mer, and as the number of fifes increased in the- fail before the rains began, has aroused something like a determination in‘each State to demand effective legis- lation to protect the woods: With the return of win- ter, however, popular integest on the subject has died out with the fires, and in hardly a single State has anything like an effective supervision of forests been provided. Some States have done more than others, but none has done encugh, and California is among | those that have done least. Whether the agitation of the issue this year will have much more effect than in past years remains to be seen. It is certainly worth while for the press throughout the country to give as much attention to it as possible, for it is only by insistent repetition that the evil results of the false economy of leaving the forests unprotected can be made so clear to the peo- ple that they will eventually enforce by legislative act a policy of true economy in protecting them. Commenting upon the disastrous results of forest fires within the last two or three years the Philadel- phia Record says: “In the pinery region of Wiscon- sin hundreds of miles covered by the best timber were swept by a conflagration started by loggers in camp. There were no arrests, and, therefore, other loggers and the many hunters who build fires in the woods continue to be reckless. It is quite otherwise in Cali- fornia—not because of the stringency of the laws, but because of the certain punishment of offenders at the hands of the people whose lives and property are endangered by forest fires.” Our Philadelphia contemporary is in error in say- ing California is free from forest fires because those who'are responsible for them are punished. The losses by fire in this State every year are enormous, and it would be difficult to point out a single instance |'of the punishment of any one for causing them, either by the courts or by the summary action of the people. Lynch law punishment, moreover, is not desirable. What is needed is law, and the importance of that law is going to be demonstrated this year again as it has been every year af the past since first the white man gstablished himself in the State. e s . The “liberated” Cubans are learning early the ethics and amenities of American politics. Mammoth postal frauds, involving the theit of hundreds of thousands of dollars, have been discovered ‘i the service at | Havana, e S — s SALARIES OF NATIONAL OFFICIALS. D OCUMENT No. 56 of the Republican Club of the City of New York contains an elaborate | argument in favor of an increase of official salaries by the National Government, and presents an array of facts and statistics interesting as an evidence of the conservatism which has controlled Congress year after year in dealing with such questions. It appears from the record that, with the exception of | the increase in the salaries of the President and Judges | of the Supreme Court in 1873, the diplomatic service in 1856 and of Congress in 1866, there has been no general revision or increase of the salaries in the great departments of the Government since the act of March 3, 1853, passed under the administration of President Fillmore, more than forty-five years ago. Owing to a lack of a comprehensive revision of the salaries of our officials we have the result that one of the subordinates of the Secretary of the Treasury | now receives a salary of $12,000 per annum, while the | Secretary himself receives only $2000; and_one of the assistant Treasurers of the United States receives $8000 a year, while the Treasurer receives but $6000. Furthermore, it is pointed out that the Judges of the Supreme Court in the County of New York receive $17.500 per annum, or $7000 more than the Chief Just- ice and $7500 more than the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States; and the city police magistrates of the city of New .York receive $7000 per annum, or $1000 more than the Cirenit and $2000 more than the District Judges of the United States. At the time when the present salaries of the Vice President and the Cabinet officers were fixed, in the closing days of Fillmore's administration in 1853, and the revision of the diplomatic salaries was made in 1856, the United States had a population of hardly more than 25,000,000, and the annual revenues from all sources were less than $50,000,080. At the present time the population of the country is estimated at more than 75,000,000, and our annual revenue now ex- ceeds $500,000,000. It is clear, therefore, that if the strength and wealth of a nation be proper standards by which to regulate the salaries and dignities of its officials, we can well afford to pay far more than the sums fixed in the old days of Fillmore. In conclusion, the report, which was drawn up by the committee on national affairs of the club, says: “Congress should take immediate rieasures to révise the salaries in all the great departments of the Gov- ernment, placing them on a business basis, and accord to cach officer a fair and reasonable salary for the services rendered. Is there a wage earner in any oc- cupation within the limits of the republic whose wages or salary has not been materially increased during the last twenty-five years except the Government officers? In the revision of salaries if Congress should accord to the President of the United States the salary now paid to the President of France, which has less than one half of our population, and whose national debt is more than four times larger, it would at least solve the problem of “what we ought to do with our ex- Presidents.” One of the Bryanite campaign calculators says-New York, Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota are doubtful States this year, and on that basis he estimates that Bryan has a chance of election. Tt would have been better for him to have said “a ghost of a chance.” ’ siderable pro‘portion.of forest, fires are due to the | rmwwmmmmmmmmwmo&mm Men Who Are oo Good to Do (ood By Theodore Roosevelt. § é % i O Aphoris;ns From a Political Sermon Delivered Before the Marquetts Club of Chicago. ¢ 0401040 10 4000100 FOFOHO 1O+ OO+ 010D+ OO+ 0104 OO0 00+ CL0H OLOH0H O 010+ 010 ELIEVE with all my heart and soul that the future ‘of the country—that whether we have cause to teoe’: shame or pride In our citizenship—depends more Lo whether voung men go into politics than on any GtHer factor. I have fousht und fiot always won, but T can Sa¥ tll:n:h: always come up for the next fight when I lose. That '& T prime lesson that we have got to learn. We com: mlwc: - fight battles for clean government and for decan“ ‘::e o Dbeaten at any point, then the next fight must be a g Temporary defcat is no excuse for slackening effort. e ‘Woe to us, we children of the generation of unc: o Grant, if we prove ourselves weaklings, if we l-ckdde T tion and power to make ourselves felt as forces for ecr‘co’u’ne There are several things for us to do. Be decent, o . Be honest, of course. As unhealthy an attitude as can be taken is that of delfyhl:: mere smartness, mere success. Shame to us if we fall to ma¥ke the successful scoundrel feel that we regard him in one deg worse than the scoundrel that fails. We must have nerve and courage. The merely good man is & useless Bty ere are some nice men with superfine semsibilities who eclare politics to be coarse. ' ¥ Rudep;en hustle these nice men. Instead of shoving back they feel that it is all shocking, and they want to go home. Ahere 1s no good to be had from this type of virtue. With vir- tue must go gameness. And yet if you have born fool nothing is to be done. You have got to have all three qualities, the lack of the others. c“!ilflo:f us know the type of aspirants for good citizenship, who meet in a little room and resolve how bad the other people are, and then go home. member of the commu- both these things and are a natural- You must have common sense, No one is an ex- They seem to want reform, as if it were a cake that could be handed out. Nothing comes from the theoretical belief in virtue that does not take a practical shape. Nothing comes from resolve and purpose that does not take shape in action and performance. You must make the promise and performance square with each other. A e on the stump is the, same as a lie off the stump. We have no business to put anything into a platform unless we live up to it. Put don’t make too high a demand. Nothing can be made of the men who don't take the trouble to find out what can be done and how it can be done. There always trouble where men are divided into two camps, one composed of the men who mean well and don’'t know how and the other of the men who don't mean well at all, but who do know how. We may always blame the people who mean to be good, mean it feebly and don’t take trouble to be effective. On the other side. the man who wants to be practical alone, as he puts 1t sometimes, is a civic wild beast, and we should hunt him out_of public life. Don’t go backward. Go as far forward as you can. Find out first how far vou can go. Don’t get ahead of the followers whom you lead. Make it your business to set a standard thar can be followed. Every man in public life knows t the first condition of getting a thing done 1s to find out how far forward you can get people to come. Their feelings must always be taken into ac count. Don't sacrifice possible good because you ean't get an tm- possible best. You must work through practical methods. You must not be mere theorists in private or in public. Face the facts as they are. Some one has said that even the most uncomfortable truth is a_safer companion than the most pleasurable falsehood. Strive honestly and decently for an upright government. Be practical. . Keep a high ideal. Keep vour eves on the stars, but dom’t forget that your feet are on the earth. .4_._*0-0-0-»&.-04-“9—0—0—0-0-&0—0—«0—&0—0-&0-0—9-09 B T e e S e e s el L3 i , i : : : | : o i : t : THarren- ,\Jj:, YV fam by 7 :mm._ B e S S o—o—«o-»o-o—o—o—wo—ro—ow»owo—o—o—oo—o—o—o—o—«.‘ UNCLE SAM: “Keep Out of There, George. There Is Nothing in It for You." e R I SRS S S R R R R R R R N R R I R S S —Denver Times. e e A I I The Small Boy on Top. Michael Shea, a groceryman on Natoma street, was fined yesterday $10 by Judge Fritz on a charge of battery. He kicked William Kirby, a boy living at 560 Na- toma street. His defense was that the boy was in the habit of throwing rocks at his place. ¢ Daniel Murphy was convicted by Judge Mogan yesterday on a charge of bunel‘?; n Eugene Thornton, a boy living at ood street. Eugene took a whip from Murphy’s boy, who told his father. Dan went after Eugene and took the whip City. served In the a percentage of 24.52. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. ’ FOREIGNERS IN There is no complete record of the number of foreign-born fought in the war of the Rebellion. has been an approximation of those who ‘nion army. That shows GOLD DOLLARS—Reader, City. Gold dollars were coined in the United States | George Shiras Jr., Edward D. White, Ru- mints from 1819 to 1859 | dealers charge for such coins varies with - "}‘: date an srarfl’ti)'. hTh;’ lgve-t’ Dl"léfi % .| charged is $250 and the highest is THE WAR—H. M.. | 1 0TRrs, eat price demanded 13 for the is- whe | Sue of 157, There | soldlers [FR—— THE JUSTICES—H. E. B., West Point, | cal. 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Johnsom, T. P. A, 135 W. Third et, Los Angeles. ——————— Finer and Faster Than Ever. LIM- -hour IN NEXT SUNDAY’S CALL. «s« MAY 13, 1900... Most Up-to-Date Features of the Week: OUR SOLDIERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. Second exclusive article from the pen of 3 General Joseph Wheeler. LIFE STORY OF ADOLPH SYLVA, The most interesting witness in the Fair Will Case. HOODOO ENGINE NO, 19, Some 'eird.ulu the men have to tell. LIFE OF MUNKACSY, The celebrated painter who lived to die ° in a madhouse. FRICE FIVE CENTS. READIT. PROFESSOR ALFRED BENZON, “The King of Cards” gives a complete expose of the secrets of cheating in card 2 games, MRS. ROBERT WATT Qutlines the work of the Oakland Settles ment Club, ROSTAND-L’AIGLON-BERNHARDT. The grand theatrical combination of the 'fidfllfl SALON OF 1900. a California ialiy honored (oo B+ sy o £ page. cy A SAN FRANCISCO PASTOR lived the fife of a Hindu priest o teach Cheistianity in Ceyon HISTORY OF THE OLDEST ARTISTS' STUDIO IN SAN FRANCISCO.