The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 26, 1901, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901. ..... JANUARY 26, 1901 ELS, Proprietor. o W. 6. LEAKE, Manager. .Telephone Press 204 .Market and Third, S. F. Press 201. Acéress All Communications MANAGER'S OFFICE. VUBLICATION OFFIC) Teleph CDITORIAL ROOWMS. ... Telephone Press 202. Delfvrrea »e Carriers. 1% Cents Per Weelk. Single Coples. & Centn. Terms by Mail. Including Postager DATLY CALT, fincludine funday), one year. l" LY CALL (including Sunday), 1.9 DAILY CALL—By Eingle Month. e FUNDAT CALL. One Year 1.0 WEEKLY CALL. One Year... - 3.9 ed to recelve All postmasters are hecriptions. jed when requested. 1 rehrerthers fn ceAcrnE chanes nf aAArese should e ar to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRFSS tn order t iwsure & T d correct compliance with thelr request. rempt VAKLAND OFFICE. flEO;‘(GE KROGNIESS. vertising, ¥arquetts Building, Chisazs, Ca ral 2619.") L ...Herald Square NEW TORE REPRESENTATIVE: tTEPHEX B. SMIT Tribune Butlding XEW YORK N STANDS: Waldowr-Astoria Botel: A. Brectano, §l Ueplon Square: ray Bl Hotel CHICAGO XEWS STANDS: Eherman Heuse Great Northern Hotel; Fremont MHouse: WASHINGTON M. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St, N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. NRANCH OFFICES— Montgomers. enrner a7 Clav. 0p*n untsl 935 c'clock. 300 Hayes. open untfl 930 c'clock. 633 McAllister, cpen wntil $:30 o'clock. cpen unfl $:0 o'clock farket. corner £ open pen until 9 o'cloc! ck. cot cpen until 9 o AMUSEMENTS. Fencing Master.” st Russia.” and the Fi C. Yorke, A& TRIUMPH OF INSOLENCE. country ts taken ted as st un- ifesta- nal pride and hat meas- Every sir terest a ted by 1 to the demand made upon it r o carry on the Spanish war— i ged in the business ot ons not only refused tn repeated rulings by the 1 Government and repeated de- decided, not that the stamp tax levied upon them, but that they their rates shift it upon their cus- pointed out a way by which the he Government in its ferred, and no time was mpanies in availing themselves at before this decision n their cus- mps required to s of lading. The onstrated to the insolent proposition that resistance in the corporations, if persisted in, they have de: t whether the annals of the country fur- itating instance of corporation defiance upplied by these express corporations in con- with these war taxes. Congress has done it- self no credit by withdrawing from the contest in this It should have relevied the tax and en- ent out of the income of the con- ations. The fact that the nation’s ve meekly responded to the insolence f the express companies by acceding to their demands ok manner forced legislat the most extraordinary cases of humility on record. These corporations have spat upon Con- | gress, spurned the nation's Government, and, like Foss Tweed, are now asking, “What are you going to do about cle is not one which is calculated to in- spire patriotic sentiments among the people. If jus- tice were done, these corporations would be driven out of business and compelled to leave the country to which they are a disgrace. Mining at Cape Nome promises to be somewhat more profitable this season to legitimate miners than it was during the last. President McKinley has taken a hand in the game and insists that there shall be in the northern city a United States marshal who will permit miners to work their claims for what they ind. PR e The Board of Supervisors has adopted measures designed to prevent the sale of food preservatives, It might not be unwise for our local legislators to do something to enforce the corrective laws which are already in the books and violated under the eyes of health inspectors. Those residents of San Rafael who wanted to lynch 2 man the other night should remember that there are some rivalries of American cities in which a progres- sive community should not take part terests of San Francisco. { It is bad enough to see a steamer clear for Oriental ports loaded full of Eastern | merchandise while San Francisco freight is left on the dock, and our merchants are com- pelled to wire customers in Japan and China that they are unable to fill orders, because they cannot ship the goods. But time might remedy that condition. Shipping facilities 217 to 221 Stevenson st. | Might be chartered, and though some orders might be lost, the trade could be recovered | by securing certainty of transportation. But, unfortunately, the trouble is not of that avoidable character. ., | question of transportation facilities, but of freight charges, and the latter branch of it is, » capable, alone, of destroying San Francisco’s Oriental trade. ORIENTAL FREIGHTS. HE CALL has disclosed a condition of affairs in joint overland and Oriental freight charges that arouses the keenest apprehension of all men who cherish the in- { The process of making this city a way station on the road to the East has begun by the institution of a through rate, including car haul and ship haul, from mid-con- tinental and Atlantic -points. tracked. [ A glance at the schedule discloses the destructive situation. ---.1118 Broadway | goods from all Eastern' points to San Francisco is $1 per 100 pounds; but the rate on the | same goods from all Eastern points to the Orient is,by the same schedule, only 9o | The land and water transportation being treated as one haul, and that haul affected by the competition of the Suez Canal, San Francisco is side- | The rate on canned cents! As the water rate on canned goods from San Francisco is 40 cents, our joint rate to the Orient is $1 40, as against go cents enjoyed by New York and other Eastern points. | - . . | Of course that advantage of 50 cents per 100 against San Francisco shuts us out of the | market. The rate on alcohol from Eastern points to San Francisco is 85 cents. From the | same points to the Orient it is 80 cents. Liquors to San Francisco from New York and | the East pay $1 13, and from the same points through San Francisco they pay only 80 cents. to the Orient ’ The same disadvantage to San Francisco runs through the entire schedule, apply- ing to agricultural implements, machinery, manufactures of metal, fabrics and the whole list of merchandise that finds a market in the Orient. New York, Chicago, St. Louis and all Fastern points reach the Orient cheaper than San Francisco can. We are deprived | of the natural advantage of our geographical position,and the ocean that.washes our | coast is of no benefit to us. The Oriental market is closed to our jobbers and manufac- |+ turers, and we are left to stew in our own juice. The situation is serious; it is startling, and a remedy must be sought immediately. i One reflection that it induces is, that this is one result of the ownership of transcon- tinental lines in New York. With the ending of our California railroad dynasty, and| the death of the last builder of the system that first connected us with the East, Califor- | nia control of a transcontinental road ceased, and now every road that leads eastward from this coast is under F ! “astern control, and that means the dominance of Chicago, St.| in ana | 1-ouis and New York. This through rate to the Orient from those points is the first fruit | of the passing of the old order. It isa bitter fruit. It dissipates into thin air the greati dreams of the commercial supremacy of this city and of other coast points. The trade we | expected to control will pass over us like the wind, and leave no increment. Our merchants should move speedily for a remedy. It may be found in the Inter- | state Commerce Commission. That body- derives its existence from the fourth clause nfi article I, section 8, of the Federal constitution, which reads: “Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and arfong the several States, and with the Indian tribes.” When the act creating the commission was before Congress it was contended by to regu provision | Senator Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware that that clause did not give Congress the power | ate freight rates on interstate commerce. The advocates of the law held other- wise and declared that such was the regulation intended by the constitution. Thereupon Senator » Bayard contended that in that case Congress derived from the same source the . | power to regulate freight rates on foreign commerce, carried on by sea. he Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the interstate commerce act, | and placed | and it seems to us at the same time affirmed public jurisdiction over ocean freight rates on all commerce that enters and clears in an American port. a farthe: merce Commission, and if tion over ocean freights. f this be true, the Oriental rate from New York and Eastern points is obnoxious corpora- | 10 the fourth clause of the interstate commerce law, which prohibits a'less gross charge to r than a nearer point from the origin of the haul. Pacific Coast points should immediately make a case before the Interstate Com- need carry it up to the Supreme Court on the issue of jurisdic- THE FIiNANCIAL BILLS. HE executive committee of the Indianapolis Monetary Conference has continued its work for the security of the gold standard and the maintenance of the parity of all our currency. It will be seen that to carry the vast load of silver dollars | and prevent a slump that would make them the ac- tual basis of our credit the exchangeability of the two 2 This step is taken in a bill now before the Coinage Committee of the House, and its passage at this ses- sion is so desirable that business men all over the, country should be heard from by their Representatives and Senators in its behalf. This legislation completes the basic principle of the gold standard and is be- lieved to secure that standard from successful assault by any er method than its direct repeal. The present Congress passed the gold standard law and should pass this completion and finality of that statute, and the business community should urge it to | do so. The next Congress has many new men in it who have not taken part in the discussion of this part of the needed financial legislation. If it is passed to them they must begin at the beginning of the subject. For this reason the bill should be passed by a Con- gress that has already debated it and knows the need of it. The committee will have work enough for the next Congress on another branch of the subject. - With the gold standard efficiently established we may safely begin reforms in our banking system, which should be made a more useful instrument for the convenience of the people. That subject may well occupy the at- tention of the next Congress. e e R r— | The Board of Public Works has given its official | promise that it will observe more carefully and faith- ; fully in the future than it has in the past a supervision of street construction. It is consoling at least to | know that our municipal servants have a sufficient | sense of propriety to admit their delinquencies and pledge reform. Several German statesmen are of the opinion that it would be unwise for their country to renew its | treaty of trade relations with the United States. This | ought to be 2 fairly cmphatic indication to the Ger- | ' man people that their welfare demands the retirement of several of their statesmen to a less dangerous | sphere. The young man who confesses that as a stranger of three days in our midst he succeeded in committing | three burglaries will probably have reason to remem- | ber that we have not yet reached that ideal extrava- | gance of hospitality where we are willing to give | everything we have to our guests. The Havana postal clerk who confessed the other day that he stole $1300 ought to be ashamed of him- self. While traveling in the company of princely thieves he should have had the discretion to equa! their endeavors or preserve silence, Thievery seems to be on the decline in Havana, at the will of the holder must be provided for. | THE SHCW @GND THE SUBSTANCE OUBTLESS to many Americans the pompous D parade with which the accession of Edward VII to the throne of Great Britain was pro- claimed at various points in the city of London seemed but a medieval folly, a mere display of “fuss and feathers.” that. Back of the show was a substance that em- bodied the liberties of the British people and marked | the difference betweer a constitutional King and a Kaiser or a Czar. The hereditary Earl Marshal of the empire, accom- panied by four kings at arms, four heralds and eight pur%uivan?s, all gorgeously arrayed, and attended by an imposing escort of the Horse Guards, marched from the palace to Temple Bar, where of old stood the gateway of the city. There they found stretched | across the street a silken rope. That rope meant freedom. It was a symbol of the line beyond which neither the King nor the King's troops could go without the consent of the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen and the citizens of London. It was a virtual mani- festation that Edward rules not by divine right but by the consent of his people. Not until the London authorities had given their approval could the stately procession of soldiers and heralds and kings at arms with the Marshal at their head, enter the ancient city‘ of London and proclaim the accession of the King. When so much of meaning and so much of what i3 most glorious in British history is embodied in an old form it is well worth while to perpetuate the form. When Edwird takes his coronation oath he will not speak of himself as a “war lord” nor talk of “me and my army.” He will speak of the British constitution and the laws enacted by the British peo- ple. The pomp and parade that revive the flummery of the middle ages will also revive the memory of the great struggles of those ages by which the Commons of Great Britain established their rights as a free peol- ple. It is not strange the British should preserve customs that are so full of memories of the past, sig- nificance for the present and promise for the future. Liberty is so valuable a possession that even its pq~ geantry is worth preserving. An effort is being made to prove that a prominent Hawaiian, who died believing that a red devil was perched on his shoulder, was the victim of a witch. The investigators should not forget that snakes dc; not always constitute the sure symptom of something which is not witchery. —_— The local Chinese who was hit on the head with an ax while trying to collect a bad debt is probably in a condition now to sympathize with that institution of ours which we call a collection agency. We submit the other fellow’s head for such delicate attentions as the ax. Rainey and Kelly, it is announced, have discovered at Sacramento a basis upon which they can work to their common advantage, This ought to be a rea- sonably emphatic proclamatign that what Rainey and Kelly want is just what the public does not. It is not only a There was, however, much more in it than | TEDDY THE TERROR IN GR1ZZLY GULCH FIRED HIS TRUSTY RIFLE. THE SILVER BULLET SPED ON THEN, WITH A LOW, GURGLING LAUGH, TEDDY THE TERROR AND ALL THE WILD, FIERCE MONSTERS OF GRIZZLY GULCH | WERE LAID LOW UNDER HIS UNERRING AIM. ITS DEADLY COURSE. | —St. Louis Republic. STATE PRESS | An extra' session of the Legislature is | talked of. What have we done that this affiiction should be visited upon us.—Te- hachapt Tomahawk. the other day making slander a misde- meanor should happen to pass, ladies’ “pink teas” will take on a blue look.— arysville Appeal. e The Legislature is still largely occupied with matters of patronage. The advantage of that is that while so engaged it cannot be passing useless or vicious legislation.— San Jose Herald. . . The Assemblymen of Central and North- ern California have formed a combination | for mutual protection. This matter will have to be handled with considerable | diplomacy, or it will result in placing these members in a hopeless and neglected | minority.—Grass Valley Union. U Rl It the solons thoroughly digest all the | bills that have been introduced at Sacra- mento it will keep them busy from now till next Christmas.—Contra Costa Ga- zette. 9 o If the legislative solons keep adding to their supply of attaches they will soon have as many as the last Democratic Leg- islature had, and the State will pay $100,000 for unnccessary emploves. Should any other branch of the State Government waste so much it_would be cursed from Stskiyou to San Diego.—Hueneme Daily Standard. & W iw | It is predicted that the California Legis- | 1ature will have a short session this term. If all the bills introduced are to have the attention desired by their authors busi- ness must be pushed through in a more harmonious manner than heretofore, or an adjournment will be long delayed. Grove PERSONAL MENTION. Walter F. Parker of Los Angeles Is at the Grand. Dr. J. W. Brown of Grass Valley Is at the Grand. Howard W. Kemper, an Arizona mining man, is at the Grand. { _Dr. M. Robert Stapp and wife of San | Jose are late arrivals at the California. George F. Hinton, assistant manager of Souza's Band, is at the Palace. E. B. McClanahan, a prominent Hono- lulu attorney, and wife are at the Ocei- dental. Burt M. Thomas, speclal internal revenue agent at this port, returned from Honolulu yesterday. | James Warrach, freight and passenger | agent of the Unlon Pacific at Sacramento, | has arrived in the city. W. H. Davenport, general agent of the | Colorado Midland, has returned from | Denver and other Eastern points. 4 ————— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—The following Californians are in New York. From San Francisco—J. Fallard at the Gilsey, G. EBachelder at the Grand Unlon, F. T. Brown at the Holland, J. Marks at the | Herald Square, Mrs. Rosenwald at the | Herald Square, C. C. Willams at the Hoffman, H. R. Willlams Jr. at the Broadway Central, M. Kohn at the Herald Square. From Los Angeles—L. E. Hickok | at the Astor, Hunter Hill at the Imperial, | W. B. Blackstone at the Murray Hill From San Rafael—Miss Nichols, H. Wil- kins, Miss Wilkins and Mrs. Wilkins at the Holland. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. FEED-J. R., Upper Mattole, Humbo!dt County, Cal. Forage or stock food !s called ‘“‘feed” because it is a noun. Feed is also a verb. POSTOFFICE—A. S. By applying to the secretary of the Civil Servics Com- mission at the Postoffice in (hll’ cl((); all [ d information relative fo (he Com- mfi:‘:leonera, time for examluation, ete., will be furnished. SOUTH OF TEHACHAPI-C. F. L., Lodi, Cal. The United States Congress- men from C.lflom‘ll?. aough of '{eha;l;ayz McLachlan, from e Sixt e James C. Needham, from the Seventh. S S MEETING OF THE WATERS-Old Subscriber, Vallejo, Cal. The Irish mel- ody “The Meeting of the Waters” was written by Tom Moore after a visit in 1807 to a romantic part of scenery which lles between Rathdrum and Arklow, in the County Wickiow, where the rivers Avon and Avoc meet. UNIVERSITIES—E. R. F., City. The attendance of the principal universities in the United States at the beginning of the academic year 1900-01 was as follows: Harvard 4268, Michigan 3404, Minnesota Columbla 2045, California B ol Bus, Yennayivann oy Lue cago 164, Wisconin 118, Stantord 122 and nceton 1253. CHAPLAIN—P., Alameda, Cal. The qualifications requisite to be a chaplain in any of the soldlers’ homes are that the applicant must be a minister of some rec- denomination. The _applicant file an application with the rities. Personal influence, .EF" Tet- recommendatis come must autho s of on, would ON LEGISLATIVE DOINGS 1t the bill Introduced in the Legislature | L. Johnson and other windy members of | COMMENT fthe Senate have it up their sleeves to | knife everything in sight which does not | comport with their mode of legislating for | the dear people.—Oakdale Leader. i g e Just a trifle over two hundred bills were ! introduced In the Assembly on the first occaston. There were bills amending everything. Men who don’t know a code from a ham were well in front introducing | amengments of which_they neither knew | the value nor cared.—Jacksonville Repub- | lican. YT T The manner in which the Legislature | has been employing its time is summed up by Webber of Napa, who sald Friday that “they had been In session for two weeks and had_accomplished practically | nothing more than the appointment of many House officials, whose worth was‘i | demonstrated by the fact that a _commit- tee was required to find them.”—San Ber- nardino Times-Index. . %P | | | trequent ‘and liheral in length. Sunday is | the pivotal time. The closed season is geh- erally from Friday noon to Monday, but the open season is not characterized by a coplous output of finished laws. In fact, it is remarked by lawmakers themselves that the session Is unusually innocuous. The witty and late George D. Prentice | once gaid that .there were two periods | when Congress didn’t do much that was worth while. One was before the holiday recesa and the other after. this | said of California’s Legisiature?—Alameda | Argus. PP The problem of patronage is a serious | one to the members of the Legislature. If | the taxpayers thoroughly understood the pressure brought to bear upon them by | persistent friends who are looking for a | g Market street, Palace Hotel buliding + | maximum salary for a minimum service | they would not be subjected to such mer- ciless criticism.—Woodland Democrat. A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Don’t you love to hear a tea kettle sing?" “I'd rather hear a coffee pot grumble.” Indianapolis Journal. | said little Willie. ell, my boy?" responded his parent. | What did the Dead Sea die of”"—Phila- delzhia Record. When a man asserts that he is as good | | as anybody, you can put it down that he | | thinks himself better.—Philadelphia Rec- “Say. pa.” | The recesses of the Legislature are quite | EDITORIAL UTTERANCE IN VARIETY Selfish Senators. The United States Senate has passed a | resolution prehibiting the export of in- | toxicating liquors to uneivilized countries There has long been an impression in ths Senate that our stock of Hquors is needed for home consumption.—Louisville Cour- fer-Journml. His Name Is Mudd. Cgngressman Mudd of the Fifth Ma land District is said to be the champion job-catcher of Congress. His distri tlally surrounds the District of and his constituents spend a good share f ‘thelr time hunting jobs. He is said w0 ave 200 of them in the Government Print. ng Office, 10 on the ecity railway of Washington and $00 on the proving grounds at Indlan Héad. Mr. Mudd's name may be mud, but it isn't Dennis Stoux Citv Tribune. 1 increase of | erd. | gomery st. American Hog Revenged. Believers in fair play will be gratifled to learn that Germauy's activity in ex- chiding American mcats has not been without a penalty. It happens that a ce tain portion of the Kuiser's empire is ais an exporter of pork anG that Russia good market. Now, the Russlans, w a desire to promote nog raising in their own country, have prouhibited th portation of German meats. And it teresting to note that the excuse for t ban is the same as that given by Germa discriminators against the Ameri ho to wit, trichina.—K: s City World. God Helps Them —. Now that John H. Lizbt Has been el ed Speaker bf the House of Rep tives at Hartford. it s natural that somgebody with a liking fo analogies will recall tLe famous of 1780 when Abraham Davenp his good advice to “the lawgivers necticut, trembling beneath their le lative robes.™ he Assembly, it will remembered, was about to adjourn cause of the preternatural darkness Davenport said: “Let God do his work: we will see 1o ours. “Bring the Journal. Reciprocity in Peril. In the attitude of the Senate toward certain measures demanding its at there is grave danger to the co our exports. Commiss Kasson, with great care and skil regotiated twelve or fourteen reclpre treaties by which we would obtain In elgn markets advantages of almost inca culable value to our great agricultural and manufacturing industries. Yet not one of these treaties has been ratified, though some of them have been waiting the Sen- ate’s pleasure for nearly two years. The reason for this delav is that certain in- fluential Senators seem unable to take broad views of the country's interests. They oppose ratification on the ground that local fnterests may be hurt.—Inter Ocean. Rights of Ex«inddmtl. General Harrison exoressed the opinion some time ago that there weré three things which could be done to ex-Presi- dents—consign them to the crypt, “give them the ax.” or let them enjoy the right to discuss public affairs. As it is Incon venient, under existing regulations, to d capitate the man with ideas merely bj cause he happens to be an ex-President. or to bury him alive, the otber alterna- tive has been adopted. Both General Har- rison and Mr. Cleveland have, after a rather prolonged interval of quiescence, freely availed themseives of this privi- lege, the Inallenable right of freemen. The right, however, 'n these, as in all cases, Is granted cum onere—that is lu:g)n osfuh{;rz ;o the correspording privi e of other freemen to e3 - views.—Baltimore Amcflca‘!:rv‘q 31 sy —_—————— Father—You heard Tast night? my daughter sing At ver, ‘ather— you observ: I HaT Lt e the birditke Artist—Ah—er—there of birds, don't you k Press. ava £ Con in candles.”"—Providence are so many kinds now ?>—Detroit Free “The new spring shirt 5!1'0 windows already.” o, ek “Yes, and you'll see that will work the weather man to sendin; a of a spellof m‘l‘g weathen".-r(‘n;lcago ec- ord. ——— Cholce candies, Townsend’s, Palace Hotel.* —_——————— Townsend’s California glace fruits, 50¢ a pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bas- kets. A nice present for Eastern friends. ———— Special information supplied dafly to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s). 510 Mont- Telephone Main 1043. . Such well known English garden plants as the phlox and the verbena have run wild over hundreds of acres of sandy Texan and Australian plains. —_————— New Santa Fe Train. The new Santa Fe train known as the CalM- fornia Limited affords service very much supe- rior to anything ever befors offered to Coast travelers. . —— e A vigorous growth and the cr'ginal color given to the hair by Parker's Halr Balsam. Hindercorns. the best cure for corns. 15 ota. | , THE SUNDAY CALL LEADS THEM ALL | CAREER. OF “BONNY RILEY” (COUNTESS D'HENRIOT). LOVE MILITANT. PEOESSOR LE BRUN OF ANTWESP COMES TO CALIFORNIA TO DISCOVER THE SECRET OF LIFE THE ECCENTRICITIES OF GENIUS. By MAJOR J. B POND. “MR. BOWSER'S TR'EULATIONS” and ~TH3 WIDOW MAGOOGIN TALKS" SOME GHOSTS 1 HAVE SEEN. By HUGH GRANT. PECK'S FAD BOY AND THE GROCERYMAN PAY A VISIT TO CHINATOWN. HOW TO MAXE A $20 CORSET FOR $2.50. 'AND MANY STORISS CF GREAT HUMAN INTEREST. By HALLI® ERMINIE RIVES.