The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1901, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1901, WEDNESDAY........ 0 0.0t NOVEMBER 20, 1901 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Adéress Al Commenicstions to W. 8. LEAKE, Nassger. MANAGER’S OFFICE ..Telephone Press 204 PUBLICATION OFFI Telephone Pres: EDITORIAL ROOMS. .217 to 221 Stevenson St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday). one year. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), ¢ mont CE...Market and Third, S. F. 201. DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 3 months 50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month 65c SUNDAY CALL, One Year.. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One Year.. 1.00 All postmasters are anthorized to receive subseriptions. Sample coples Will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of address should bé particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order %o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE ...1118 Broadway ©. GEOR: ROGNESS. Masager Foreign Advertising, Marguetts Building, (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619. Chicago. ") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON....... «...Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. 30 Tribune Bullding NEW YORK ‘Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO X Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; “Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel WWASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ...1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open untll $:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until $:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until $:30 o'clock. 1841 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 109 Valencia, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. corner Tiwenty-second and Kentucky, open until 3 o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. STANDS: 51 Union Square; VS STANDS: Great Northern Hotel; AMUSEMENTS. s Minstrels. Ginl ¢ the Opium Ring."” “The Marriage of Figaro." A Galety K Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evenin Fischer' s—Vaudeville. Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. ’ AUCTION SALES. svember 21, at Market street. November 21, Thor- 11 o'clock. THE HERRIN INCUBUS=:. ITH the i of the new management ng eet railway system the out- the est: the oyes ar n the There is eve g will give way to a system of fitted to win the respect and retain the favor of re in any way affected by the policy of the man the wel- They hdve m, a library b room, where they may spend time with profit and with ad- s evident that it is the intention of n the work of the em- to light nake the service attractive 1l in their yes satisfied with the com- in short to do ons of the em- W management can provide plans In place of the old domination a frank recognition of The old order of thi i ch will be better in every re- its of the work to give way to one w an hardly be doubted that the improve- be felt not ¢ v by the com- the public om the service is Tendered Of course better relations with the public are not to be established without opposition and, as might be expected, the. opposition centers round the person of W. F. Herrin. Mr. Her- he attorney for the Spring Valley Water | e gas company, the Southern Pacific ad and the Market Street Railway Company. By reason of the influence he has or is supposed to | gh his connection with these corporations, nabled to do a v profitable law business on have large interests at stake in the courts are not infrequently willing to his own account, as litigants w r. Herrin is useful to the Spring Valley Water to the gas company because they need peculiar influence in dealing with the ci ment govern- on the other hand, It requires no great discernment, however, to perceive that it is to the The Market-street railway, has no use for Mr. Herrin at all. interest of the gas company and the water company to keep Mr. Herrin in the position of attorney for as many, large corporations as they -can. Every such corporation t employs him adds to his power and increases his usefulness to the two companies that need him. That, moreover, is not all. The employ- ment of Herrin by the Market Street Railway Com- pany not only gives him more influence in serving the water and the gas company, but it also lightens the payments they have to make him. In fact the Market-street company is made use of in the service of the water and the gas company and is made to pay for the privilege of rendering the service. San Francisco rightly expects good things of the new management of her street railways. The record of the management in other cities is highly encourag- ing to the best hopes that are felt here. It is believed the new managers will take the company out of poli- tics and that it will be no longer a corrupting force in municipal affairs. To realize those expectations it will be necesszry for the company to dismiss Herrin. It will not be enough to say that the company itself does not employ him corruptly, for it is known that other corporations will use him in that way. There is but one way for the Market-street company to make cer- tain of pleasant and beneficial relations with the pub- lic and that is by the dismissal from the co service of W. F. Herrin. mpany's nj n he pub- | ospect that the arrogant and domi- | PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. HE railroad combination recently effected has ‘1 T commanded approval in some quarters because of its expected demonstration that the united systems can be operated from one center and, there- fore, that their operation in concentration by the Gov- ernment under public ownership, being possible, will be so desirable that their acquisition by the Govern- ment will follow. 7 As we have said heretofore, the evolution of Ameri- can roads from the link to trunk lines, and from trunk lines to systems, was to secure convenience to their patrons asd economy in operation. This economy, of course, reappeared in increased profit and this was divided with the patrons in the form of cheaper rates. Take what is now the New York Central system In 1855 the links which now com- pose it charged an average passenger rate of 3.72 cents per mile. In 1899 the average rate over the same links consolidated into a system was 1.82 cents per mile. The average passenger rate on the Central Pacific in 1872 was 3.83 cents per mile, and by 1897 on the Southern Pacific system, off which the Central had become a part, the average rate was 1.964 cents per mile. Describing the “link” Toads as the primitive and the | “systems” as the improved method, the reduction in ireight rates resulting from the change was on the New York Central 84 per cent, Pennsylvania Central 80 per cent, Milwaukee and St. Paul 73 per cent, Illinois Central 78 per cent, Scuthern Pacific 64 per cent. In passenger rates the average in this country in 1898 was 1.994 cents per mile, while the rate in Great Brit- ain for first-class passengers was 4.24 cents and_for | third class 2.02 cents, in France first class 4.04, Ger- many 3.03, Russia 3.63, Austria 3.83, Italy 3.63, Hol- land 3.23, Belgium 2.42 cents per mile. This includes the group affected by government ownership of the roads, and in them all the rate for second-class passen- gers is higher than our first-class rate, and in most of them the third-class rate is higher than our average. In all of the continental countries which own and as an illustration. operate government roads private corporations also own and operate roads. Italy appointed a commission to report on government ownership in respect to its economy compared with corporate ownership. That commission reported that in the six countries, Aus- tro-Hungary, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the ratio of expenses to earnings on gov- ernment roads was 67.66 and on private roads 56.16 per cent. So that in that group the cost of govern- ment operation exceeded private operation by 20.7 per cent. A The same commissicn reported that in France the ratio of expense to 'earnings was, on government roads 81.5, on private roads 53.8; Germany, 34.9 to 54.2; Netherlands, 50.9 to 51.9. The Italian commission reported that: “The state is essentially a polit ution, which has for its object the protection of private rights and the pro- | motion of public good, nct the exercise of industrial | pursuitg; that railroad ma ement could not be con- sidered a state function; that the state should not or could not undertake that which should be left for the citizens, cither alone or associated, to do; that it re- field of indi e 1 in stricted | was a soci ish libe dual action and enterprise, njury and tended to dimin- on Italy divested herself of railway manage- | ment by turning the state roads over to private par- ties, and in three years the wages of the employes were increased 14 per cent and the ratio of expenses to earnings decreased. The Government statistician of New South Wales reports that in Australia the Government railroads cost $64,450 per mile, while private lines operating in the same territory cost only $18,000 to $36,000 per mile. The earnings of the Government roads, charg- ing three to four fimes the rates of the United States, were 3.02 per cent, and the interest paid was 3.99 per cent, leaving an annual deficit of .97, or nearly 1 per cent, that was levied as a general tax on the people, amounting to, $5.607,063, which they had to pay in ad- dition to railroad rates three to four times higher | than in the United States. These zre authentic statistics and they prove be- yond dispute that in the conduct of industrial en- terprises government s equal to corporate profit. We have contended that if submitted to proper accounting and actuary methods it would be demon- strated that the same rule holds good in the munici- pal ownership and operation of such public utilities as gas, water and street railways. The same infirmity is found to be common to strong autocratic govern- ments like Russia, bureaucratic systems like Germany | and qualified democracies like France and Australia, and if there are any reasons for anticipating anything | different under our popular form of government they are not yet proved. e r———n It is said the President and Mrs. Roosevelt have been forced to abandon their plan of holding informal | Friday afternoon receptions because of the mob of people that attend them. Evidently Washington has become too large a city for our Presidents to con- tinue customs that werc good enough in the past. At the present time there is a sufficient number of sightseers in Washington at nearly all seasons to overrun any official who would undertake to see them | all. waste | ¥ THE MERCHANTS' BANQUET. | HE annual banquet of the Merchants’ Associa- T tion has now become something like an estab- | lished institution of the city. Itis to be hoped it ill flourish from gencration to generation. It brings together in a spirit of harmony and congeniality men { of all parties who have taken a prominent part in the | upbuilding of the city and helps to brighten and stimu. late the spirit of civic patriotism. Public irterest in the banquet this year was some- what diminis.hed by the absence of Mayor-elect Schmitz, who was expected to speak on municipal betterment. There is, of course, a good deal of curi- | osity to hear from him a direct statement of the pro- gramme he will pursue in office,and it was believed the desire would be fully gratified by his address at the banquet. In the inevitable disappointment caused by his absence, due to sickness in his family, there is something of gratification in the frank letter of ac- ceptance he had written on receiving the invitation and which was read during the evening. In the letter Mr. Schmitz renewed the declarations made to the public through The Call imncediately af- ter the election. Among other things the letter says: “In the present circumstances it is with especial pride that I embrace the privilege of being with you in or- der that T may present to you and your association the views I have always expressed through my entire campaign with my election, that through me the rec- ognition of the wage ecarners of San Francisco does not mean an industrial or social revolution, that it does not imply a destruction of vested interests or the constantly reiterated imputation of the irresponsibility of the honest working classes is without foundation; that all elements of our community are entitled to fair and equal consideration and that under my adminis- tration there is jast reason to hope that the relations between capital and labor will be so adjusted that peace and prosperity will reign without interruption throughout this great city of ours.” . With the sentiments thus expressed there will be, of course, no disagreement. Mr. Schmitz during the campaign had thé misfortune to appear as a class can- didate, but of course he cannot be a class Mayor. He is now to be the chief magistrate of the city and conse- quently stands as the representative of all the people. It is certainly the wish of the whole community that his administration should be marked by peace and prosperity, and his efforts to that end will not lack of support from all good citizens. For the rest, the speeches of the banquet were elo- quent in the statement of things done and in the promise of better things to be accomplished hereafter. The tone of every address was wholesome and san- guine, as befits a city of optimists. The evening, in' fact, was a memorable one, and the Merchants’ Asso- ciation sccred another brilliant success to add to its annals, Figures compiled by the Bureau of Statistics at Washington show that Great Britain had in 1900 a little over 17 per cent of the foreign trade of the world, Germany had something more than 11 per cent and the United States a little more than 10 per cent. The showing is not quite what we would like, but we have the satisfaction of knowing that our share is increasing and in a féw years will be the big- gest of the bunch D the signing of the new canal treaty by Secre- tary Hay and Lord Pauncefote state that while the exact language of the treaty will not be made pub- lic until after its submission to the Senate, yet there is every assurance that the summary given to the press some days ago is essentially correct. We have therefore a fairly comprehensive knowledge of the THE CANAL TREATY. 3 ISPATCHES from Washington announcing -terms of the new arrangement, and there seems to be no reason to doubt they will be satisfactory to both nations. Thus the long wrangle over the subject seems to be ended at last and one of the greatest ob- stacles in the way of the construction of the canal is about to be removed. The virtual effect of the new treaty is to eliminate Great Britain from the problem. The old'joint guar- antee arrangement devised in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is set aside. There is to be no longer any- thing in the way of a partnership between ourselves and Great Britain in the control of the canal. We are to have a free hand in arranging for the construc- -tion of the canal, for its maintenance and defense and for its neutrality. The terms are not cnly satisfactory to us, but they can hardly be less so to Great Britain. One of the objections made by British diplomatists to the forti- fication of the canal by the United States was that as Great Britain was a partner to the guarantee of neutrality, her Government might be held responsible by other powers for what the United States might do in the matter. Under the old treaty no one could question the validity of that objection. treaty sets it aside altogether. Great Britain is to have no more to do with the canal than Germany or France, and her diplomatists need have no more anx- iety on the subject. The British press generally appears to approve the treaty. It is true the London Chronicle complains that the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Lansdowne, “has surrendered everything without compensation,” but the Chronicle naturally inclined to make a point against the Ministry whenever it can, and, more- over, it seems to have a special spite against Lans- downe. Something must be allowed for the play of partisan politics. The other leading papers in Lon- don have heartily commended the terms of the treaty that have been made public. The Pall Mall Gazette says: “We are surrendering a right we would never think seriously of exercising but which might be in- iringed at any moment to the grave detriment of British dignity.” That seems to be the prevailing opinion in London and it is unquestionably well founded. Whatever rights Great Britain may have had in the proposed waterway have long since been rendered obsolete by the changed conditions of the world, and it is wisdom on the part of her statesmen to recognize the fact #d act upon it instead of waiting until the recognition is forced upon them, and what row passes as concessions would appear as surrender. The London Times says: “It is premature to as- sume that all difficulties have been overcome and that | the Senate will ratify the treaty.” The warning may be taken here as well as in London. The opponents of the canal defeated” the undertaking of the enter- prise last year by attacking the treaty which was then submitted. They are men of ingenuity and it is not impossible that they will find some pretense upon which to make an attack upon the new one. Over and over again prospects as bright as those which now appear before the great enterprise have been blighted. We may sure the fight is'not yét abandoned by the great forces which have so long baffled the will of | the people. Even now nothing but a resolute expres- sion of public sentiment can make sure of the begin- ning of the work of construction during the coming vear. $ e ——— The newly adopted constitution of Alabama not only excludes negroes from the exercise of the fran- chise, but it also provides that the Legislature shall meet but once in four years and State elections are to be held at the same intervals, so that practically the black man will be about as good as the white in State affairs fgr three years out of every four. A e g Baltimore has a young woman who went out on the street about midnight with a bottle of laudanum in one hand and'a pistol in the other and tearfully im- plored everv man she met to keep her from commit- ting suicide, so now we may as well be on the look- out for a new aspirant for the honor of elevating the stage. Brtos It is stated that a single exhibitor at the New York automobile show made sales during the exposition amounting to something like $1,000,000, which is only another proof that a society fad sometimes develops big business for those who know how to appeal to it. —_— Tillman beat McLaurin in the field of South Caro- lina politics, but it is to be noted that McLaurin is invited to attend every kind of industrial, commer- cial or financial convention held in the South, while Tillman is invited not even to a county fair. M . ? . It is said that King George of Greece can plow,! milk, cut wheat and bind it; but what American so- ciety really wishes to know about his Royal Highness injury of property rights, but that it indicates that the | is whether he plays golf. % 4 \ 2 ' The new | i ! i AUSPICIOUS OPENING OF BAZAAR GIVEN FOR BENEFIT OF A CHURCH {\/W// QLA FLERMAN. DS AT T the English instead of the Latin tongue. All the masses of the masters are trans- posed into English by John Haraden Pratt, F. C. M., organist and director of the choir. The various booths were presided over by the following members of the congre- gation: (1 g SCENE AT THE BAZAAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, WHICH OPENED YESTERDAY - AFTERNOON, AND THE POPULAR RECTOR AND ONE OF THE QUINTET OF PRETTY “JAPANESE MAIDENS.” B —— e HE bazaar for the benefit of the ticns. The adjoining tents were also Church photographs—Paul de . Leon: Church of St. Mary the Virgin was opened yesterday under aus- picious circumstances. There was a generous attendance in the after- noon and evening and the various booths reaped a golden harvest. Pretty girls in dainty Japanese tea gowns and demure little maidens attired in Puritan costumes served tea and .other light refreshments to the visitors, while the matrons dis- coursed on the quality of needlework and bric-a-brac and the male members of the church parted with their money with a grace that was becoming. The hall adjoining the sacred edifice presented a handsome appearance. Cut flowers and potted plants, bunting and flags were used profusely in the decora- PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. T. A., Keables of the Home is a guest at the Grand. George R. Stewart, a well known cattle- man of Crows Landing, is registered at the Grand. Veterans' H. J. Small, superintendent of construc- | tion of the Sacramento division of the Scuthern Pacific, s makfng a fiylng trip to this city and is quartered at the Pal- ace. V. L. Tenney, a prominent merchant of Honoluly, is at the Grand Hotel with Mrs. Tenney and their son. They will make a tour of the East before returning to the islands. SRS Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: San Francisco—E. R. Abdle, at the Hoff- man; H. A. Cohen, at the Murray Hiil; Mrs. J. A. Darling, Miss E. H. Hastings, at the Kensington; L. McCreery, at the Everett. Oakland—Dr. A L. Cunning- ham, at the Murray Hill. A R Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The follow- ing Californians have arrived at the ho-9 tels: Shoreham—Mrs. John M. Wright, Miss B. Wright, San Francisco; Arling- ton—Charles® J. George, Los Angeles; ‘Willard—Professor H. Gilbert Coyle, San Francisco; Ebbitt—J. C. Garrett, San Francisco. A CHANCE 10 SMILE. ““This, my noble friend,” said the poet, as he laid a written scroll on the editor's desk, “is a bit of fugitive verse.”” “And you,” responded the editor, after a perfunctory glance at the manuscript, “had better follow its example.”—Tit-Bits. “Borus appears to think his new novel is going to make a great man of him.” “Eho “Yes. I saw him at work yesterday, with a pen and sheet of paper, evolving a signature that looked like a rail fence in a tornado.”—Chicago Tribune. Street Car Conductor—Smoking allowed on the three rear seats only, sir. Irritable Passenger (who has used up' all his matches trying to light his cigar)— Confound you, can’t you see I'm not smoking?—Chicago Tribune. “The funeral sermon was so effective T couldn’t help crying.” “f might have shed tears, too, but the dye in my veil runs so.”—Philadelphia Times. ————— SUMMER RATES at Hotel del Corsnado, Coronado Beach, Cal., effective after April 15, 360 for round trip, including 15 days at hotel. Facific Coast 5. 5. Co., 4 New Montgomery st, z tastefully decorated with lanterns and greens. A musical programme was rendered dur- ing the evening by Mrs. W. Hopper's Mandolin Club. The grab-bag booth liter- ally coined money and the refreshment tent was crowded to overflowing. The bazaar will remain ogen until next Thursday evening. It is h€ld under the auspices of the ladies of the Altar So- clety and the supervision of the Rev. Stephen Innes, rector of the church, and his assistant, Rev. Walter H. Ratcliffe. St. Mary the Virgin Church is Anglo- Catholic. It has a regular mass and all of the ceremonies observed in the Catholie churches throughoeut the world, with the possible exception that everything is In ANSWERS TO QUERIES. DUKE OF FIFE—Subscriber, Ci title of the husband of Louise Vi eldest daughter of King Edward VII, Duke of Fife. PLANTS TO AN ACRE-B. Reedley Cal. An acre of ground will hold 3520 plants set out m ro ten feet apart and eight feet between ts. THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE-L. D. B, | City. Any young Mason, irrespective of | religion, is eligible to tne honorary thirty- third degree of Masonry if deserving of the honor. DATE PALM—K.. Oroville. Cal. For information about the date palm in Cali- fornla address a letter of inquiry to the | Hortlculture Board. Sacramento, Cal., or | the Agricultural Experimental Station. University of Callforria. Berkeley. EARTH'S REVOLUTION—C. R., Ne- vada City, Cal. The earth, as a member of the sélar system. moves with the other planets around the sun from west to east. This is contrary to our sensible impres- sions, according to which the sun seems to move arouni the earth: and it was not until a few centuries ago that men were able to overcome this (llusion. For addi- tional information see the Copernican sys- tem in any first-class cyclopedia. WATERPROOF CANVAS-T., City. Three baths are required to make canvas waterproof. THese baths are prepared as follows: The first by dissolving one part neutral sulphaie of alumina (non-concen- trated alum cake) in ten parts of cold water. For the second boil one part of light resin, one part of soda crystals and ten parts of water Lll the soda is dis- solved. Add one-third part of common salt to separate the waler and collect the soap. Dissolve this soap in thirty parts of water. This soap bath must be used hot. The third bath consists of water only. Soak the canvas theroughly in the first or alum bath, next pass it through the soap bath, then rinse in water. A water- proof-varnish for canvas is made by boil- ing together until thorcughly incorporated two quarts of linsead ofl and one-half pound of flaur of sulphur. —_—— ‘Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Townsend. * | | | Cholce candles. Townsend’s, Palace Hotel* —_——— Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* ' Special information supplied dally to business houses and publi Prg Clipping Bureau (Aueg':.i..ao mv:? gomery street. Telephone Main 1042 = New Zealand in its edelwelss a plant differing but slightly from fam Swiss variety. L D —_————— WEen the hair is thin and gruy Parker's Hair Balsam renews the growth and eolor. Hindercorns, the best cure for corns. 15 cts. I fancy work tables—Mrs. P. H. Dawson, Mrs. H. G. Newhall and Mrs. Oscar T. Webber; utility table—Mrs. J. Dellarzo: sacred pictures—Mrs. Julia Simmons, Miss Lucy Dellarzo and Mrs. Nesbitt; chureh literature—Raymond Lockwood; orange trece—Miss Rose Nodder; grab bag—Miss Edith Parry; refreshment committee— Mrs. B. N. de Leon, Mrs. John Harold Phillp and Mrs. George Sneath; Japanese maidens—Misses CGertrude and Alice Pos- tel, Miss Olga Herman, Miss Margaret Van Deerlin and Miss Christine Judah; Puritan maidens—Miss Ethel Van Deer- lin, Misses Alice and Helen Woodward and Miss Alice Lockwoad. The bazaar will be open afternoons from 2 to 5, and in the evening from 8§ to 10 o'clock. B. KATSCHINSKI PHILADELPHIA SHOE GO 10 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANGISCO. C BOYS' SHOES THAT WEAR. Boys are naturally bard on their shoes, Continually romping and playing they soon knock their shoes out. So we are offering a special bargain. Boys' satin calf lace shoes, coin toes and tips and double soles that will give good ser- vice: Youthe' sizes. 11 to 2. Beoys' sizes, 2% to 3% A Bargain in Children’s and Misses” Shoes. Box calf button and lace shoes with coin toes and tips, durable soles and spring heels; reduced as follows: Child's sizes, 9 to 11 5e Misses’ sizes, 11l to SSe Make your shoes water proof by vis- colizing them. We sell viscol ofl at 3¢ a bottle. Country orders solicited. PHILADELPHIA SHOE €0, 10 THIRD STREET, €an Francisco.