The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 27, 1901, Page 1

VOLUME XC—NO. 119. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1901. 0 A PRICE FIVE CENTS. AN FRANCISGO'S COMMERCIAL BODIES UNITE TO CONDEMN THE EXAMINER IND TAKE DEGIDED STEPS T0 DESTAOY ITS OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVIL WORK: capital in San Francisco. WHAT THE OPPONENTS OF YELLOW JOURNALISM REPRESENT. HE commercial bodies adopting the scathing resolutions in condemnation of the Examiner represent the entire vast commercial, industrial and shipping interests of this city and port, together with the allied lumber industry of the for- est counties. In the Merchants’ Association are nearly all the business houses of this city, wholesale and retail. The Chamber of Commerce represents, together with the Shipowners' Association, the banks, the insurance companies and the foreign and coastwise commerce of the port. The Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association includes the representatives of the factories and also the larger capital invested in California agricultural and horticultural enterprises. The Merchants’ Exchange is the newly organized body, which is on the lines of the great exchanges of the commercial cities of the East, having for its purpose the unification of the interests of all the other exchanges in the city and represent- ing them all. The Produce Exchange trades in agricultural products of California. In the Board of Trade are all the wholesale houses of the city and also many of ‘the larger retail houses. Collectively they represent about all the active invested = P NEN ETAT T - Unanimousiy Taken. the city bestowing r for its teachi to riots, anarchy g crime oi the the President of as bespoken atives of yeste every 1 body in the city, g , conservative and pa- triotic m t and adopted res- joint session, recom- mendin Examiner should be taken from the files of all the great organizations for whom they acted, calling also upon all members of the various associations and all other law- abiding citizens to withhold all patronage and news from the censured paper. oluti the that not confined to any one locality, but that all suffer alike from its ganizations in the State to take action similar to theirs. of the course of the Examiner. VITAL INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED The Chamber of Commerce, which a few days ago formulated : | expressions of censure and de- creed that no more should the Examiner be found on its files and that hereafter the Examiner Determined Action Is . most impressive con- | isco is capa- | | upon ; . > Greatest Protest Ever Made in the State Is Realizing that | { the evils of the yellow journal are Men of | affairs forsook their business at| the busiest part of the day to| meet and formulate a striking | memorial of their disapprobation ! FOIDRE P SEBEARBORO FPRESIDENT ZITFRS AND TRODUCERS ASST oF CALIFoORTIIA . Approved b y Merchants. | should be denied all information |that the chamber can give, was Irepresented at the conference T_\'esterda_v. The Merchants’ Ex- change, the San Francisco Pro- duce Exchange, the San Francis- co Board of Trade, the Manufac- |turers’ and Producers’ Associa- |tion of California, the Shipown- jers’ Association and the Mer- {chants’ Association, representing | thousands of members and many 3 millions of invested capital that is used in making San Francisco the metropolis of the Pacific Coast and including practically all the wholesale and retail com- mercial houses of San Francisco, all the banks and insurance com- panies, all the shipping interests, nearly all the great manufactur- ing establishments, the ship- building industry, the great lum- ber companies and allied indus- & VAT ) = 4 < NEZTR. SEoRSE = TK S e ERCAATIGE E- AN T I ERNNOES o PRESIDENTS OF ORGANIZA- TIONS THAT WILL DISPENSE WITH THE EXAMINER. * TRES1DEIT VAN FRANSILLO BoARD OF TRADE. g Vote to Exclude Paper From Files and Also to Deny It Information. tries, the ramifications of which extend into many counties of California and are identified with the prosperity of the entire State, all sent delegates who acted for the public good. “The Examiner,” so the as- sembled gentlemen set forth in writing, “has for a long time past been inciting class against class, thus sowing seeds of discord among our people, tending eventually to create discontent, disorders, riots and finally lead- ing to anarchism, all of which is inimical to the best interests of the State and nation.” Then, also, the conference found that “the fomenting of such disorders and strikes en- courages the depraved and law- less, causing anarchists to stop short of no crime, even to "the as- sassination of the President of nation; and RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY SAN FRANCISCO’S BUSINESS | MEN CONDEMNING THE TEACHER OF ANARCHISM influence, delegates to the con- | ke resics 510, askod Bil* Biher vor'} HEREAS, The daily Examiner of San Francisco has, through -its columns, for a long time past been inciting ; class against class, thus sowing seeds of discord among our people, tending eventually to create discontent, dis= orders, riots and finally leading to anarchism, all of which are inimical to the best interests of the State and WHEREAS, The fomenting of such disorders and strikes encourages the depraved and lawless, causing anarchists to stop short of no crime, even to the assassination of the President of the United States; therefore be it RESOLVED, By the representatives of the commercial' bodies here present that they strongly condemn the attitude of the said Examiner, and that they recommend that the said newspaper be henceforth excluded from the files of the said bodies, and of all other organizations in this State, and that the members of all such organizations and all law- abiding citizens be requested to at once withdraw and'.withhold all patronage from said paper, and that they refuse to give any information to the representatives thereof. Lo T et e R g S R T . 2 | tive strictly. ! daily papers. |ers or other participants in the [ meeting would be interviewed. Condemnation Made in Dignified Manner. ithe United States.” These scathing words were | embodied after calm deliberation |and much discussion in a pream- Ible to the resolution declaring that the Examiner should be ex- | pelled from their files. The { words of the preamble and what | follows are given in full in an- other place. Their terms of con- demnation will be read by every citizen of California and will be long remembered. Having per- formed what they found to be their duty, the presidents and di- rectors of the several orgariza- tions quietly adjourned, directing that their resolutions should be given to the press as a matter ot information concerning the en- tire public. ACTION IS TAKEN AFTER DISCUSSION The session at which the reso~ lutions were adopted was execu- The speeches and deliberations were behind. closed doors. In giving out the results ° of the meeting no discrimination was shown. The Examiner was supplied with exactly the same account of the happenings that was furnished to all the other None of the speak- They did not care to win as in- dividuals the applause that they knew would come to them as a whole from the commercial ccm- munity. They took plenty of time—nearly two hours—tc de- Continued on Page Three.