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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1900. ADVERTISEMENTS. e P OV J.0’BRIEN &CO. 1142-1146 Market Street. CLOAKS AND SUITS, BLACK AND COLORED DRESS GOODS. J. 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Goods sh J.O'BRIEN&C 1146 Market Street. 1 ) 5 0 0 O | AMUSEMENTS. *TIVOLI* COLUMBIA DON'T FORGET, MY SHIP SAILS SOON! ‘ Bagaement Positively Limited to ¢ NIGHTS TO-NIGHT COMMENCES | The Sixth La;t week] In Addition to the Reg‘ull.r 5 MATINEE SATURDAY, ©Of the Enormous Comic Opers Triumph, THE Wiage~~ |JOHN DREW OF THE NILE! In Haddon Chambers’ Comedy of Temperament, ONLY ET TMES MOR !THE TYRANNY OF TEARS, Next Monday—N. C. Goodwin. Maxine Elitott, Next Week, Suparb Production of the Romantio | Comic Opera, | THE THREE GUARDSMEN. | o: on Dum: 1. Music by Varney.) | n e Week Ahead. | | | _ln ““iHEN “’! WERE T\LE.\'TY-ON . 1 ices—25 and 50 Cents, Telephone, B AMUSEMENTS. and BEST VAUDEVILLE SHOW IN AMERICA. | s. MAGNANI FAMILY, | \ ““The Musical Barbers.” 1 PR | Second Wi ?/Lm =22 econd Week EZRA KENDALL, o A popiavl Thoalic The Talk of the Town, Everything New. | «House i MLLE. BARTHO, European Novelty Star. The Wonderfo! WILSON FAMILY, THAT DiD (Reerecs St e Saicons, i Opers BIG LAUGH Bt Wobates. Bty el undes. AT THE AWFULLY FUNNY PLAY, ‘. “THE AMAZONS”’ Presented by MR. JAMES NEILL AND THE NEILL COMPANY. NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT, FAREWELL WEEK OF THE NEILL c()u-i PANY. OPERA HOUSE ~—PACKED TO THE DOORS NIGHTLY!— | Last Week of the Greatest of All Musical o1 GRAN PHONE MAIN 512 LGRZAR The Lady Slavey BUTTERFLIES! 150 Nights at Palmer Theater, New York. Next Attraction—Rice's Famous Extrave- ganza, 482" — USUAL POPULAR PRICES.— | Good Reserved Eeat in Orchestra, Saturday Matinee, 25c. Branch Ticket Office Emporium. FISCHER'S CONCERT HOUSE, 122-124 O'FARRELL STREET. LAMBARDI GRAND OPERA QUARTET and BIG. ABRAMHOFF in acts SIG. ABRA from FAVORITA 100—Admission—10c. Matinee Sunday. CONCERT HALL—THE C. F.KAPP COMPANY CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE. EVERY NIGHT! EVERY NIGHT! Cakewalk contest every Wednes ! ADMISSION FREE.M e [ERCE'S =PS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. eck—-THE SUPERFLUOUS HUSBAND. £~ FLORENCE ROBERTS as SAPHO. CHUTES axo ZOO EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. S; MAY NEALSON; THE DOCK- HARR HOL) : RA' —: Cmo. i G FAVORITE Amatenr Night, Thursday. FOR WEAK WOMEN. Cakewalk Night, Saturday. Telephone for Seats Park 28. SUTRO BATHS OPEN NIGHTS. Oven Datiy from 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. | BAJA CALIFORNIA Damiana Bitters I B AlxlEAT RESTORATIVE, INVIGORA- Twr Nervine. ‘he most wonderful aphrodisiac and Speclal Tonic for the Sexual Organs for both sexes. Mexican Remedy for Diseases of the Kid- Bathing from 7 a. m. 10 10 p. meys and Bladder. Sells on it own merita. ADMISSION, 10c. 'CHILDREN, So. ALFS & BRUNE, Agen! Bathing, including admission, %e; Children, 3. w‘. B T (Bend tor Clveula) Behan of -(CADETS DISCUSS "THE EVILS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING [ e e e e e /i ) D e St o 4 - L4 Rev. Fhilip O’Ryan Pins the Medal on the Victor’s Breast. e e o o e o MID the plaudits of his comrades in the regiment of the League of Cross Cadets Richard Behan of St. Francis parish was presented with a handsome medal yesterday for deliver- ing the best argument on the evil ef- fects of cigarette smoking on the youth of America at the fourth annual rally and essay contest of the district. of victory was pinned on the breast of the vouthful orator by Rev. Fa spiritual director of the orgai annual contest was held In Hall, which was well flelled with mem- bers an Major introductory forts of the organization to instill the | value of temperance and the dangers of The badge r O'Ryan, tion. The ative Sons’ N friends of the regiment. *. Deasy presided. In his v remarks he dwelt on the ef- king in the minds of the young. F d the rules that governed contests a rallies, and then intro- duced the contestants, who were Privat . Will Healey of Company D, Richar Francis, Will Carey of Com- ADVERTISEMENTS. That is worth thinking about when you are looking up oil in- vestments. If the directors and officers are men without means or position, who are probably living off the sales of stock, better leave the in- vestment alone. Always consider if the men at the head of a company’s affair are of a class who would lend their names to a doubtful trans- action. You can rely implicitly B on the directorate of the B Ophir Oil Company. EVERY DOLLAR YOU IN. VEST IN ITS STOCK WILL BE USED ON THE COM PANY'S PROPERTY in the vigorous development of its re- sources. When you are buying GET THE BEST. The Ophir Oil Co. & OFFERS YOU THE BEST THAT GOOD LOCATION GOOD JUDGMENT and GOOD MANAGEMENT can create. 8oo acres in the Coalinga Dis- trict selected by our engineer after a survey of 11,000 acres. Stock fully paid and non- assessable. GPROLCOUPANY Represented in San Francisco by B J. P. MASSIE, Mills building, B room 14, fifth floor. ] In Chicago by G. GIRLING, Dearborn_ street. ¢ 1.OS ANGELES OFFICE— 402 Douglas building. . CALL OR SEND FOR PROSPECTUS. B SEEARZAESENEESan W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUBLIC AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Tenth Floor, Claus Spreckels Bldg. -, _Room 1 Telephone Brown 83! Residence, $21 California st., below | 8an Francisco, rissci pany A and Sergeant Colligan of Company | G. He afso named Miss Nellle Sullivan, Miss Julfa Coftey, J. W. Fiynn and E. J. Murphy as judges of the merits of each | essay and its dellvery. The latter took | seats in the audience, and when the prop- | er time came rendered their verdict in favor of young Behan. At the conclusion of the chalrman’s re- marks the contestants drew for places. Behan was first to address the axsem-] blage. In clear, concise sentences he dis- cussed the deadly cigarette. Before he | concluded, he had pointed out the evils | accruing from the distasteful habit. He argued that it was detrimental to lhe‘ | nation, because the young men who will some day help to govern had thelr senses dulled, health impaired and their vitality | sapped by using the ‘“coffin nafls.”” He had a number of authorities to back his opinion that the cigarette is deadl He said the military and naval academies | of the United States opposed smoking, = it was injurfous to the health and activity of the cadets. Young Behan's effort won deserved ap‘:lause, Miss Rose Broderick | followed with a soprano solo. The young lady sang sweetly, and for an encore sang | “Clorindy" with all the gusto of & “cole- | black lady.” Bergeant Colligan was the next to take up the cudgel against the vice, and flidi himself full justice. A song by Will Judge | good dall\'er{l, e was then heard, after which Private | Healey took the floor. The latter had a | and showed by his state- had made a careful n}.{n{d s ments that conscientious study of his subject. essay was regarded by many as equal to| Behan’s, but the victor had a stronger voice and enunciated more clearly. o audience then sang ‘‘America,” and at the conclusion of the national hymn Pri- vate Will Carey was given a hearing. Carey was nervous, and this went against him ~when the judges summed up the merits of the four e: E _While the judges ware deliberating Father O'Ryan addressed the audience. He spoke of the Memorial day services which would be conducted by the regi- ment in St. Mary’s Cathedral, and said it was the duty of every member of the organization to turn out on that occasion | and help decorate the graves of the com- rades who had departed this life. He also touched on_ the competitive drill and con- | cert to be held in Mechanics’ Pavilion on June 8 by the regiment, and told of the preparations for the big'event. His men- tion of the cadets’ coming encampment at Santa Cruz was warmly applauded. The judges then awarded the laurels of victory to the representative of St. F' cis parish. The singing of the ““Te Deum’ by the entire audience concluded the ex- | ercises. DISCUSSED WISE DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS VALUES “Jack” London Lectures Be- fore Socialist Demo- ‘cratic Party. N Says That the Maximum of Commer- cial Development Will Lead to Economic Oligarchies or Socialism. — An interesting lecturs was delivered last night in the Turk-street Temple by “Jack” London under the auspices of the Soclalist Labor party. The subject of the lecture was “The Maximum Dealing With Surplus Values,” which was handled in & masterly manner by the lecturer, who showed a thorough knowledge of the economic question invoived in its consid- eration. Mr. London, who is a writer of some clever short stories, is connected with the Socialist movement in Oakland, and has written a number of books on the great problems which confront capital and labor at the present day. “For any human movement or develop- ment,” said Mr. London, “there must be a maximum limit, beyond which it can- not proceed. The hope of humanity les in that it may change its direc- tion. There are, however, in their econ- omic_evolution, families of men which failed at the crucial moment to effect a change of direction, and were forced to fall back. Vanquished at the moment of their maximum, they have dropped out of the whirl of the world, and have suc- cumbed to stronger competitors, “Divers queries arise, as ‘What Is the maximum of commercial development the world can sustain? "How far can it be ex- ploited? ‘How much capital is neces- sary? For 100 years England has been producing surplus values—that is, excess of production over consumption, or as much to the purpose, she has been add- ing to her car tal. But hnkT to hand with her foreign investments h&ve grown her adverse balances of trade. What causes is that her export trade is fall- without a corresponding diminu- tion of her imports, and that her securi- ties and foreign holdings cannot stand the strain, The control of the world’s com- merce and banking is slipping through her OnEEYS United States has not falled to from the side of the debtor to that of he creditor nations. She has become wise in the way of producing surplus values. She has been successful in her efforts to secure economic emancipation. But that there must be a limit to the accumulation of capital is lpgnrem at ndgla.nce. ‘When a t nation has equipped itself to pro- duce more than it can consume under the present division of the net product it seeks other markets for its surplus prod- ucts. With the. competition of several other nations the question of the disposal of this surplus grows serious, and finally reaches the critical stage. ce capital production has attained its maximum growth, the strength of capital on the Gne hand and the education and wisdom of the workers on the other will deter- mine whieh path society is to traverse, and the change of direction must be toward either economic oligarchies or economic sociall o caniec BT Rich Finds on Koyokuk. Dispatch to The Call. VICTORIA, B. C., May 20.—According to telegrams received at Skaguay re- ted reports of rich finds on the Koyo- yk are reaching Dawson, and the sources from which they come are said to be re- . These finds are diverting a grea IS of the stampeders from Nomer - —_————————— T5c Bables’ Shoes for 35c a palr at Bee Hive Shoe Co.,717 Market st., near the . CLEVER STUDIES EAHIBITED BY “MANY PUPLLS Meritorious Works of Art Presented by California School of Design. Original Specimens Shown in Large Numbers at the Exhibition in the Annex of the Mark Hopkins Institute. i L s The twenty-fifth annual exhibition of the drawings and studies of the pupils of the California School of Design began yesterday in the school building, the Mark Hopkins annex, corner of Pine and Mason _streets. The exhibition, which will continue for three days more, con- tains a number of highly meritorious pro- ductions in ‘“‘antique,” “life,” *‘still life" | and v, and reflcct great credit not only on the talent of the puplls, but also on the ability of their preceptors. Several hundred designs are hung on the walls, and a large number of art lovers availed themselves of the privilege to in- spect them. Among the noteworthy exhibits is the “Blind_Negro,” sketched from life by Am- brose W. Barnett. A most creditable ef- fort is the sketch of the ‘Three Youn Merchants,” drawn from life by Miss W, Plaw. The originals presented them- selves at the school one morning with a view to disposing of their lemons, when Miss Plaw immediately proceeded transfer them to paper. class the youngest pupil, Walter Wirb- ser, who is only 10 years of age, has at tracted attention by his study of “‘Prince John Sitting Bull, the Indlan Kid,” and the sketch of the “Chinese Maiden,” by Miss E. C. Day, is well done. Some re- markably fine work in oil is shown by Charles Turner in_the ‘‘still life class,™ and F. E. Berier has some fine antique In_the Saturday ‘work. Among the exhibitors of designs are: ‘W. L. Smith, R. Iverson, Miss Mur- doch, A. L. Bakewell, Miss B. Boye, Mar- {on Gibb Younfi Miss Sarah Bolton, Miss Emily Travis, Miss Grace Reid, Miss Nina Bind, Miss Eva McConnell, 'Miss Beth MeConl%hy Miss Selina Newman, L. Ferrea, M. Williams, Miss Grace Dawson, Miss May Berringer, G. Dannenberg, H. McKellop, L. Vierra, Winifred Yefiand, Jiro Harada, G. Gerton, E. Phillips, M. Frey and Miss F. Jessurun, who at 13 ears of age has done good work with he study of Minerva. Finest of Its Kind. No beverage of recent years has met with such pronounced success with the general pub- lic as BLACK & TAN—"The American Porter’ —its popularity being due to its true merit. E. ., Lyons Co., Wholesale Dealers, San Fran- G. clsco, Cal. ———e———— Sacred Heart Parish Picnic. The parishioners of Sacred Heart Church will hold their annual picnic and reunion at Schuetzen Park, near San Rafael, next Saturday. The affair prom- jses to be very successful. Rev. Father n, the new pastor of the church, was formerly pastor of the San Rafael parish. A pleasant rivalry is going on as to which side of the bay will bring the eatest number of people to the picnic. ere will be a match game of baseball between the youns men @f San Rafael and those of the Sacred Heart parish, Hundreds of prizes have been secured and will be competed for by the young and old in games of all kinds.” There will also be hundreds of gate prizes distributed. —_————————— A few nicely framed pictures will change the appearance of any room and the transformation need not be an ex- pensive one either. You will be surprised 0 see how reasonable we are making W frames, and artistic, too. Sanborn, all & Co., 741 Market street. . : to | Copyright, 1900, b VII. CAUSES OF THE MEXICAN WAR. BY JESSE MACY, LL.D. The Louisiana Purchase. In seeking for the causes of the Mexican war one is led back step by step to the first purchase of territory by the United States. The Loulsana purchase of 1803 was understood to include what afterward became the State of Texas, though defin- | {te boundaries could not be given, and the whole matter always remained unsettled | and confused. This immense tract of land, lying almost wholly west of the Mis- sissippl, had but recently come to France from Spain. Like all Spanish colonles, it practiced slavery. An act of Congress in 1804 permitted immigrants into the terri- tory to take their slaves with them, and when, in 1512, the first of the States to be carved out of the vast domain came in as Louisiana, it came, as a matter of course, with slavery well established. The United States had long coveted the Floridas, and after having, on one pre- text or another, taken possession of West Florida, acquired East Florida by pur- chase from Spain in 1819. By the treaty which settled this transaction the boun- darfes of the Louisiana purchase were fixed anew, and this time excluded Texas. The country seems to have cared little | then for what was afterward recovered at such bloody cost. Some dissatisfaction | with this “alienation” of what had been considered United States property was ex- | Sressed by _a Congressional resolution | drawn by Henry Clay, but the general | | satisfaction in the acquisition of Florida | prevented any efrective agitation of the | matter. The Missouri Compromise. About this time arose the excitement over the application for the admission of Missouri as a slave State. A bill admit- ting the State was passed by the Senate, \but was rejected by the House, and for | years Missour! stood knocking in vain at the door of the Union. It was the ques- | tion of slavery in a new form. The un- | spoken agreement which had been re- | garded from the beginning to preserve the @+ P+ 4P+ 06+ 0+ o+ +Q & | | 8 ‘S N Teeesrg e [ | | I+ B B @4‘—04 -0 | | ‘—&o—o—.*_.—o-o—o-o-*owo—‘ equilibrium between the slave-holding and the free sections of the Union seemed about to be broken. The free States were gaining rapidly over the South in popu- lation, and since representation in the lower house of Congress was regulated by | population, it was evident that they were | likely to control that House. In the Sen- ate the division of power was nearly equal, since each State, of whatever size or population, was represented by two | members. But a new slave State, with two more Senators representing the slave ower, would disturb the balance. The difficulty was finally met, as we have seen, by the coming in of Malne along with Missouri, together with the adoption of the famous Missouri compromise, which recognized slavery in Missouri, but pro- hibited it in the Louisiana purchase north of the southern boundary of that State, 36 degrees 30 minutes north. The compro- mise also tacitly permitted slavery south of that line. The measure was conceived in the interest of the South, and accepted as bmdln(,upon the nation by both South- ern and Northern Congressmen. By the accepted interpretation of the constitu- | tion Congress had no power to interfere | with slavery In a State; by the Missouri | compromise it was established that Con- | gress had power to prohibit slavery in a Perritory. From this era dates as a permanent underlying political force a mutual sensi- tiveness and jealousy between North and South respecting superiority in Federal councils. Under the compromise this | spirit seemed to be quiescent for a time, but it was only the surface that was calm. Mason and Dixon’s line—the boun- dary separting Pennsylvania from the States to the South—had long been ac-| cepted as the dividing line between free and slave territory east of the Mississippl. | | | | | R R R I e e e e ] The great Northwest Territory, ific of many powerful States, was dedicated to | freedom. If the South was to hold her own she must be vigilant as to what lay | west of the father of waters. Arkansas came in with slavery in 1836, balanced by free Michigan in 1837. By the terms of the Missouri compromise no further space remained for slavery expansion save a part of Indian Territory, while the pos- | sibilities of freedom were bounded only | by the Pacific Ocean. | "A recent historian puts the situation | after the adoption of the Missouri com- promise in these graphic words: The real mischiefs which the Missour! com- promise engendered were these: The strife for political power between slavery and freedom which it sanctioned and perpetuated upon the broad national domain: the insatiate appetite for foreign acquisitions south of that line, whether by war or purchase, which it whetted: and, finally, by suffering an immense State like Missouri, whose population near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers was sure to increase rapidly, to be set above the geo- graphical latitude; the license it gave to the wolves of slavery to ravage among the scat- tered free-soll settlers over Its borders. Never- theless, this sectional compact was faithfully sustained for more than thirty vears; it was broken at length not by those who had bound themselves to keep it, but by degenerate sons of slavery, by disciples of the malignant John Randolph_school, who constantly stirred the South to believe that slavery should accept no territorial restraints at all. (Schouler, vol ITI, p. 172) The Texas Struggle. The history of the Whig party, pre-" viously sketched, involved an outline of the Texas questinm Some further de- tails are now needed. Even before the adoption of the Mis- sourl compromise covetous eves looked across the Sabine to the grassy and fer- tile plains of Texas. Interpreting the treaty with France to include that prov- ince, citizens from the Southern States an to make settiements therein, and in a body of such “invaders, with the assistance of discontented resi- dents, attempted forcibly to take over the province and set up a new govern- ment. Though the effort was put down, the determination to secure tinued to gain Strengih in the Southern States. ore extensive occupations of Texas lands were made and more formid- AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES. ¥ Seymour Eaton, able invasions carried out by American citizens, which were winked at by the United States Government. Many never consented to the yielding of the right, which they belived to be conveyed by the treaty of i to territory reaehing to the Rio Grande. 'To such objectors President Monroe replied in a spirit of calm and and careful considerateness for sectional jealousies. The North was uneasy over the addition to slave soil made. by the Florida purchase. The East was troubled in view of the rapldly growing importance of the West. Anti-slavery feellng was becoming keenly alive to the whole tem- per of the Southern States, as shown in the Missouri agitation. The peace-loving chief magistrate thought it wise to be content with Florida and not to press a& olatm to Texas. The dissatisfled Southern- ers bided thelr time. After 1829 they had § ! 3 ! ! f SAM HOUSTON. @+ e+ 0+ 8+ 0+ 0+ +0+9 & friend at court in the President himself. In sY(lte of the apparent acqui- escence of Jackson and Calhoun and their followers in President Monroe's pacific policy, they never really abandons thetr cherished purpose. The forcible acquisi- tion of Texas was plotted long before its accompiishment. 'ter 1823 the province was claimed as part of the new and weak republic of Mexico. Offers of purchase by the United States (one of which in- cluded the purchase of California) wers refected. Colonization from the States still went on, and Texas was secretly in- cited to declare independence of Mexico. In 1829 Mexico decreed the abolition of slavery throughout her borders. The act red in Texas, which had by that time a large slave-holdin A Texas revolution w: in the course of the y Samuel Houston of T fellow-soldier of Jac D T S e o B e e e e e S i B real thy 3 leader. with_the secre ng of the Pres , Texas de ependence; Ame: an forces wer the terri- tory on pretense of preventing an Indian invasion of the United . and Con- gress promptly voted >gnize the Dew republic ‘“whenever she had proved herself capable of m intaining a compe- tent nt,” e while Calhoun n of Texas civil ter called for his pass ence to Northern protests the Presiden Y\"fllth!'dgew the !gulr:)s from Texan sofl. OM\E after years of delay w at na Sy i § ¥ annexation final- at the close'of Tyler's oun was again pre: the Southerners professed al §m at ,nf.“q?‘ifif; manitarian remarks of the British Minis- ter at Washington respecting slavery, and Calhoun decleared that the United States must annex Texas if she would not see Great Britain take possession. Thus the South hoped to restore and augment her waning power in Congress. At least four slave-holding States might be carved out of Texas and eight uthern Senators added to the forces of slavery at Wash- ington. Tyler's treaty of annexation was reject- ed by the Senate, but the determined President, backed by the subtle Secretary of State from South Carolina, was not to be balked. A treaty with a foreign power must have the approval of the Senate, but a joint resolution of Congress may accom- plish the same purpose without that re- quirement. Such a resolution was passed by a close vote and sent at once to Texas for her acceptance. In the meantime the people of the United States had declared at the polls for annexation by electing Polk, who had publicly pronounced in !rn\'nr of the “Immediate reannexation of exas.” These tortuous and undiplomatie pro- ceedings naturally deepened the resent- ment of Mexico. She had already given officlal notice that the annexation of Tex- as (whose independence Mexico had never recognized) would treated as cause for war. This was regarded, and differ- ences respecting _boundartés were treated by the United States in so grasping and overbearing a manner that a military col- lision on the banks of the Rio Grande upon sofl claimed by both Mexico and the United States was made the occasion of inflammatory speeches in Congress over the invasion of American territory and the shedding of American blood. War was then declared, and in spite of Whig and Northern opooslflon to Texan annexation and to violent measures against Mexico the war once begun was generally popu- lar and was heartily sup%orwd by North and South. It was an unbroken serfes of mnnn? successes, which further creased its popularity and tended to cloak the dishonorable proceedings which had led to it. The Real Cause. The immediate cause of the Mexican war _may be sald to be the message of “Polk the Mendacious,” in May, , A= nouncing_that “as war exists, and not- withstanding our efforts to avold it, ex- {sts by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate, with decision and Eonor. the rights and the interests of the country.” But the remoter and real canse will appear, from our study, to lle in the craving on the part of the slave- holding States for room in which to de- velop their own peculiar interests. It was not solely—perhaps not chiefly—for the sake of extending slavery that they wished for more territory. Leovi the Unfon, Southern men sought political power, even as did Northern men. They saw the North growing by leaps and bounds. Industrial development, immigra- tion, wealth and the power which they impited passed by the more stagnant Southern States to spread their blessings through the North. Hemmed in by the restrictions of the Missouri compromise, Southerners felt themselves forced to seek an outlet by territorial expansion to the Southwest. But even with Texas gained the end had not come. CONSOLIDATION OF CAR-BUILDING COMPANIES CHICAGO, May 20.—The Record to- morrow will say: It is reported on what seems to be adequate authority that ne- gotlations are now In progress looking toward a consolidation of the Pressed Steel Car Company and the American Car and Foundry Company. The Car and Foundry Company has $30,000,000 each of 7 per cent non-cumula- tive preferred and common stock. W. K. Bixby and William MeMillan of New he manner we have se dministration. C: in- York are the principal officers of the “Ofhe Pressed Steel Car Co ny has a total capitalization of 325,000, ts most important works are located Pittsburg and Joliet, TIL. The two concerns are not competitive Yn the ordinary sense. making the same articles but of wholly different types— the former wooden cars and ‘‘composite’ bolsters, ete., and the latter making all steel cars, bolsters and truck apparatus, Owing to the increasing conversion of railway rolling stock to the new types of a, centralization of control _would bring about large economies. At the same time it would eliminate the slight element of competition which now exists.