The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 30, 1901, Page 6

THE. SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1901.. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. Telephone Press 201, EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Stevensom St. Telephone Press 202. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail, Including Postage: ¥ CALL (including Sunday), one year. CALL (including Sunday), ¢ months, CALL (n Sunday), 3 month: CALL—Ey Single Month. DAILY SUNDAY CALL, One Year. WEEELY CALL, One Year. All postmasters mre authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples Will be forwarded when requested. Mafl subscrivers in ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order 10 insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. QAKLAND OFFICE... ..1118 Brigdway C. GEORGE KROGNESS. Mansger Foreign Advertising, Marquetts Building, Chicags. (ong Distance Telephone “‘Central 2619.”) SPONDENT: Herald Square XEW TORK COR C. C. CARLTON. . NEW TYORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH.. 30 Tribune Buliding NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoria Hotel; - A. Brentano, 31 Murtay Eill Hotel TWS STANDS: CEICAGO X Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorfum " Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) O MORTON E. CRAN BRANCE OFFICES—F untdl 8:3 o'clock. 300 Union Square; FICE..:.1406 G St, N. W. Correspondent. Montgomery, corner of Clay, open yes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open un! 20 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until o’clock. 1841 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixtcenth, open-until § o'clock. 1036 Valencla, open 1 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh n until § o'clock. NW. open, i 9 o'clock ber 3, at T:45 t. SOCIALISM. list, re- sforma- , which socialists cap- BRYAN AND s that th r purposes and that rinciples as social- 2s an organization in work and deserving of their support. Democratic rmation of its thout, however, 1 in 1900 upon e sociali Bryan was used as s but the n some cases anarchistic.” o desire to touch the ire- ournal and set it vibrating n support of The Call's the most respectable Demo- ity in the United States. e Chronicle continues: “The free silver propa- 2 was popular with sociaiists and anarchists be- v perceived that it was an assault on many oarded wealth, and their more numerous ize the fact that it was y g to the thrifty man of small means vho was dependent on a fixed income. It was this otle attack upon weaith and credit which brought o the campaign as Bryan’s assistants all of the ng bigots, ‘agitators and- revolutionists from e to Oregon and gave that alarming aspect to the co hich has been described as the arrayal nst class. Left to themselves and oper- under their true colors the socialists could not have made much impression upon political and busi- ness life. It was the Democratic name and organiza- tion, backed by millions of loyal but misguided Dem- nt formidable.” the steadfast gold Democrats it influence the perverted organiza- vhich Mr. Bryan is at once the life and the Probably not, and for the reason that the it will control its mext national w of class agai The party will probably continue in its so- c orbit, which carried it nearer the Presidency 1896 than ever again, and now is removing it farther away until, like a comet, it will disappear in space, and t ever come back will probably come h its socialistic tail amputated or worn off by the 1ask of wagging its body. In 2 recent address on “The Psychology of Fashion” essor Vincent of the University of Chicago said: basis of fashion in this country is competitive on. Every person, in whatever station of life, but more particrlarly in the upper and middle classes, | attempts to outdo a neighbor in style of garments, architecture or manners laid down by some leader. The desire to be in fashion amounts to a positive de- termination to ofitdo others, and this competitive itation amounts to 2 mad clambering up the rungs the social ladder.” It appears, then, that fashion is just about as good an incentive to action as any other. It keeps men moving. = of German shipowners recently held a conference for the purpose of devising ways-and means for counter- acting “the spread of American influence on the ocean,” and thus we have another proof that Uncle Sam is getting there with both feet. Every new report of the preparations King Ed- ward is making for his coronation is followed by a rumor that his health is failing, and it seems to be about even betting whether the grand ceremony will turn ott to be a corenation or a state funeral. to capture the | | | | elements 1 ons and which contrib- d thousand votes to the b S ELASTIC CURRENCY PLAN., DVICES from Washington are to the effect A that one of the first bills submitted to Con- . gress when it assembles will be the Lovering bill, reported at the last session by the House Com- mittee on Banking and Currency, and designed “to make the currency responsive to the varying needs of business at all seasons and in all sections.” The bill was carefully prepared by the committee last winter, but was completed too late for action at that session. It was reported, however, in order that it might be brought before the public and discussed by those interested during the vacation. The framers are now sanguine it will be approved by the country and they expect to submit it as soon as Congress or- ganizes and urge its immediate consideration. The object of the bill is to give greater elasticity to the circulation of national bank notes and to en- | able the banks under suitable safeguards to expand the amount of paper currency during the season when the crops are being moved and at other times when the business of the country demands it. The operation of the bill'is to be gradual, so as to permit of something in the way of experimental stages be- | fore the full amount of the ultimate expansion in- tended is to be permitted.- Thus it is provided that for a pericd of three years national banks are to be permitted to issue unsecured notes to the extent: of 10 per cent. of their capital; that is, notes resting upon the assets of the banks and not secured by de- posits of Government bonds. This issue is extended after three years to 20 per. cent, and after six years to 40 per cent. If it should be found after three years of experience that the results would justify the ex- tension, no further legislation would be necessary. The phrase “unsecured notes” is a technical term, used to distinguish the notes issued upon assets un- der the bill from thos2 issued upon bonds. As a mat- ter of fact they are to be fully secured, for they are to rest not only upon the assets of the bank but upon a guarantee fund in the treasury, to which every bank will contribute legal tendér money equal to 5 per cent of its issue. Moreover, all the unsecured notes are taxed to the amount of I per cent per annum, and the proceeds of the tax are added to the guarantee | fund. Finally. the notes are safeguarded by a further provision that the Comptroller of the Currency shall | have the right to deny a bank the privilege of issuing | such notes if the general state of circulation or of foreign exchanges lead him to deem such issue in- expedient. § It is believed the tax imposed upon the unsecured notes will automatically lead to their retirement whenever an excess of theth has been issued. Thus they will be put into circulation only when the de- mand for currency raises the rates of interest suffi- | ciently high to enable the banks to pay the tax with- out loss, and will be immediately withdrawn when that condition changes. The measure is so radically different from that which prevails that it is sure to meet with a good deal of opposition. It appears, however, to be the best plan yet devised to attain the desired objects. A currency more elastic than that which we now possess has long been felt as one of the urgent needs of our financial system. The new measure would permit national banks in any important section of the country to increase the amount of currency in circu- lztion there at any time without having to go to the expense of obtaining it from the great financial cen- ters. That in itself would be a considerable gain to the business of the country. Unless, therefore, some better plan can be suggested it will be well worth while to give the Lovering bill a test. Congress has been backing and filling over our currency problems too long. It is time for action. . B Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, British Secretary of State for Home Affairs, said in a recent speech: “We desire a termination of hostilities so that Boer and Briton can live together/in amity and the same extraordinary success which has attended British ad- ministration in Egypt would be repeated in South Africa.” Tt has evidently been a sad surprise to the | Ministry to find out that there is a big difference be- tween Boers and Egyptians. GUESSING ON THE WAR. INCE the first outbreak of the war in South Africa the British public hastaken considerable interest in guesses concerning its probable duration. At first the men who made the guesses were very sanguine that the war would not last 'six months, then the guessers became dubious, and now | they hedge their guesses round with so many “ifs” and “buts” that it is about as hard to guess what they mean as it would be to form your own estimate of the length of time the war is yet to run. Recently the South African correspondent of the London Mail furnished that paper with this interest- ing calculation on the subject: What does the phrase “the end of the war” mean to you? It means one or more of three things. It signi- fies in your mind either (1) the date on which the legal- ized killing of men will cease in South Africa; (2) the date on which some one who is near and dear to you will be released from military service in South Africa, or (3) the date on which it ceases to be necessary to | devote the funds of the nation to the upkeep of an army in the field other than the garrisons usually em- ployed under ordinary peace conditions. And this is | my estimate of the periods intervening between the present date and the three “‘ends” of the war; (1) Nine months the “fighting end.” (2) Fourteen months the “military end.” (3) Two years the “financial end.” After making that estimate, which sounds like a carefully digested calculation, the writer adds: “I know that I err on the side of optimism.” We have therefore to make an allowance for the excess of optimism before we can derive any satisfaction from the calculation. Another factor of confusion in the problem is the recent letter of President Stein of Orange Free State to Lord Kitchener, in the course of which he says: T also note that your Excellency takes it for granted that our struggle is hopeless. I do not know on what grounds yourgExcellency bases this opinion, but let us compare for a moment our mutual conditions at the present’ time and a year ago, after the surrender of General Prinsloo. A year ago, after General Prinsloo's surrender, the Cape Colony was altogether peaceful and free from our commandos: the Orange Free State was almost wholly in your hands, not only the principal towns, railways and other villages, but also the whole country, except where Commandant Haasbroek was with his commandos. In the South African repub- lic it was the same; it was almost altogether in your hands, except where General Delarey was with bis commandos, and where General Botha was with his, far in the Boschveld. At present the Cape Colony is, so to say, covered by our commandos, and they are in temporary possession of the greater part of the Cape Colony, where they move about as they wish and where they are joined by many of our kindred and others, who thus oppose themselves to the gross injustice car- ried on against the republics. I willingly admit that in the Orange Free State your Excellency is in possession of the capital, the railway and a few villages not situ- ated on the railway line, but that is all that your Excel- lency possesses. The whole Orange Free State, with the exception of the above, is In our possession. - In making that statement President Stein, like the Mail correspondent, was erring on the side of optim- ism. He stated the case for the Boers somewhat stronger than it is in fact, but none the less there is so much truth in the statement that it must have given Kitchener at least; fifteen minutes of disagree- able reflections. For a long time now the best the British have been able to do has been to capture a few Boers here and there. Such a wearing down process as that may be sure in the end, but it is fearfully slow. Under such conditions it is not surprising that even the Briton who is generally most sure that he knows it all hesitates to give an opinion as to when the war will close and the fighting be finished. “It may be for years and it may be forever” is doubtless a familiar phrase in the British War Of- fice. As for the people generally they are not con- cerning themselves over such fine points as the fight- ing end, the military end and the financial end. All they care to see is the end of anything that means war. After summing up the casualties of the deer-hunt- to make it a misdemeanor to shoot a man by mistake RECIPROCITY TREATIES, F ties now before the Senate, the Treasury Bu- States, including those now awaiting ratification. A shows that we have never given the policy any very Canada, Hawaii, Brazil, San Domingo, British West and Switzerland. All of those treaties have expired. est of these is that with France, which was made in mary says: First, the reduction of 121 per cent duty on sugar, duty on a large list of agricultural products and manu- hides and certain grades of wool from Argentina enter- from the United States; third, a reduction of from 5 to mum tariff of France to most of the articles entering dor, the Danish West Indies and the Dominican repub- This concise presentation of the essential points the popular objection to the reciprocity policy. In means for carrying out such a policy without injur- Republican party ever stood was one of providing do not compete with home products. It mand the privilege of sacrificing some American better be abandoned. There is not enough to be ing season, which has just closed, some New Yorkers are in favor of having the game laws amended $o0 as for a deer. The manslaughter practice, it appears, is becoming too common for the good of the sport. - o o— OR the purpose of furnishing information perti- nent to the discussion of the reciprocity trea- reau of Statistics has compiled a concise statement of all reciprocity agreements made. by .the United summary given to the press contains a review of the reciprocity history of the country since 1830, and extensive operation. . Since 1850 we have had reciprocity treaties with Indies, Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba and Porto Rico, Germany, Austria-Hungary At present we have in operation reciprocity treaties with France, Germany, Portugal and Italy. The eld- 1898; the others were made in 1900. Of the treaties now under consideration the sum- The pending unratified treaties from which the in- junction of secrecy has been removed provide for: molasses, fruits and asphalt from the British West Indies and Guiana, and the removal or reduction of the factures entering those colonies from the United States; second, a reduction of 20 per cent in the duty on sugar, ing the United States, and a reduction in the Argentina duty on a large list of food stuffs and manufactures 20 per cent on certain manufactures entering the United States from France, and the application of the mini- that country from the United States. In addition to these there are pending treaties with Nicaragua, Ecua- lie, from which the injunction of secrecy has not as yet been removed. of all the proposed treaties from which the injunction of secrecy has been removed will serve to confirm a country whose industries are so diverse as those of the United States it is impossible to devise ways and ing some interest for the purpose of benefiting others. The only .reciprocity policy for which the foreign markets for American products by admitting to the American market foreign goods that now clear the ‘advocates of reciprocity will not be satisfied with that restriction. They de- interest for the sake of getting foreign markets. Such being the cpse, the whole scheme of reciprocity had gained by reciprocity to make it worth while for us to make the slightest gap in the protective system. The St. Louis woman who sent a turkey-to her sister stuffed with greenbacks has introduced a pleas- ing novelty into Thanksgiving dinners. Hereafter no one who takes turkey at a St. Louis home will hesitate to ask for a liberal helping of the stuffing. PROOFS OF PROSPERITY. O the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad had placed orders for rolling stock amounting in the aggregate to more than $7,000,000. That was deemed a very good evidence of the increasing business and prosperity of the country, but now comes the an- nouncement that the Pennsylvania Railroad has placed orders for equipments, mainly of locomotives and freightcars, which will entail expenditures of $26,000,000. Stich an order from a single railroad cor- poration in a single season may well be admitted as a convincing proof that the business of the country is rising with remarkable rapidity and gives every assur- ance of continuing to rise for a long time to come. It would be difficult to find a better index of the trade of the country than the demand for railway materials. When business is brisk therc is a demand for transportation facilities, and most of that demand has to be met by railroads. To obtain their rails, cars and locomotives it is necessary for them to purchase liberally of the great iron and steel trades, and that extends and augments industry. Thus the roads not only receive from prosperity an increased business, but they give business to others and help to spread the prosperous condition of affairs wider yet. It is stated that the order of the Pennsylvania company includes 19,000 freight and coal cars and 400 locomotives, while the order of the Baltimore and Ohio includes 1300 boxcars, 4000 steel hoppers, 700 flatcars and 6Gooo freightcars. That amount of rolling stock would in itself be a good equipment for an ex- tensive railway system, and yet it represents the orders for new stock given by hut two corporations of the country. Truly the nation is growing and it takes a live railroad management to keep up with it. NLY a short time ago it was announced that It is gratifying to learn that J. Pierpont Morgan has paid upward of $26,000 for a copy of a book printed in 1495, for if the curio sellers can keep bleeding him in that way he will never be able to buy the earth and make the rest of us move off. The fellows who desire to be known hereafter as “original Roosevelt men” have started early, and al- ready in Denver there has been organized a club to work for Roosevelt’s nomination in 1904. City people may have growled a little about the rain of Thanksgiving, but the farmers didn’t. All they said was, “Good; come again,” is | FAMOUS ACTOR WH THE MATINEE GIR O DELIGHTS LS IN JAPAN % | - . g < ICHIKAWA DANJURO, WHO IS ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE GREATEST ACTOR IN THE LAND OF THE MI- KADO, AND WHO CAN PROUDLY BOAST OF A LINE OF THEATRICAL ANCESTORS THAT REACHES BACK SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS. o = e HE Jefferson family of actors, which for nearly one hun- dred and fifty years has been known both in Englnr}d and the United States, has its counterpart in Japan in the Kikugoros and Danjuros. Onoye Kikugoro is the fifth of that name, the founder of the family hayving gone on the stage in 1735. Ichikawa Danjuro, considered the greatest living actor of Japan, can boast of a line of theatrical ancestors that reaches back two hundred and twenty years. Horikoshi Ebizo, the first of the Danjuros, was born in 1660 of “poor but respectable parents.”” At the age of 14 he assumed the stage name of Ichikawa Danjuro, and soon after- ward was acknowledged the leading actor of Yedo, as Tokio was then called. He was murdered on the stage in 1704 by a fellow player, with whom he had remonstrated on his licen- tious life. His son Kuzo, who ‘was bern in 1683, succeeded to the stage name, which he maintained in high repute until his death in 1758. Kuzo made a journey in his youth to the shrines of Narita, some forty miles east of Yedo, where he invoked the god to aid him in his art, and when he afterward became a famous actor he took in gratitude the name Narita-va as his trade name. Every actor in Japan has since then had three separate names—his private name, which seldom becomes pub- lic; his stage name, by which he is always known, and his trade name, which distinguishes his branch from others of the same professional family. The second bearer of the Danjuro name, being childless, adopted a son, to whom he gave his own name. The young man died before him, and he thereupon adopted another, the fourth Danjuro (1711-88), who was succeeded by his som, the fifth of that name (1741-1306). The sixth (1788-99), also dying before his father, whose name had been transmitted to him in 179, his nephew (17%-95) inherited the coveted name. He is said to have been the ablest of the Danjuros. His son (1823-34) committed suicide to save his father from reproach, and the name remained in abeyance for nineteen years, until it was assumed, in 1873, by his half-brother, who was born in 183S. The present Danjuro, the ninth of his name, is, therefore, (3 years old, and, notwithstanding his age, worthily upholds the traditions of his family. Oné of his favorite parts is that of the hero in “The Chushingura,” a play written In 1744 by Takeda Izumo, which has for its subject the revenge of their chieftain’s death by forty-seven retainers, and which to this day remains a stock play, sure to draw full houses when ail others have failed. Danjurs has played the part no less than seventy-eight times, a fact which may not impress an Ameri- can public, accustomed to hundred-night rums, but which in Japan, where audiences still demand variety and ‘would resent machine-made performances, is considered a remarkable record. @ B B 3 S s e e B R e e ] PERSONAL MENTION. ANSWERS TO QUERIES. C. D. Potter, a m!nln;expert, is at the | ONE CENT-J. A. C., City. Palace. Dr. I. B. Hamilton of Los Angeles is at the Occidental. J. W. Knox, an attorney at law at Mer- ced, is at the Palace. 0. Y. Woodward, owner of Woodward's Island, is at the Grand. J. Rathbone, owner of the stage lines at ‘Williams, is at the Russ. Ex-Assemblyman C. B. Gillson of Horn- brook is staying at the Grand. 8. A. Guiberson, a prominent merchant from 2 to 8 cents. CONDUCTOR—S., vote for all officers, plece of 1802 commands a premium of City. position as conductor an skould be filed with the company the per- son desires to work for. WOMAN SUFFRAGE—T. F. C., City. In Colorado women have full suffrage and tial Electors. The woman suffrage law in that State was adopted in 1893. A CHANCE TO SMILE. “I know every rock In the channel, as- serted the young pilot. Just then the vessel struck. “There’s one now,” he continued trium- A 1l-cent To secure a application “I'm ready,” shouted the speaker, ™to meet calmly any emergency - that may arise.” At that moment the platform collapsed, and the speaker exhibited great perturbation. “How about that one?* they asked him later. “That one did nB‘l’tlx. arise,” he replied, mournfully.—Tit« including Presiden- of Halfmoon Bay, is at the Russ. D. 8. Cox, a cattleman of Medford, registered at the Russ yesterday. 7. J. McCudder, the well-known naval contractor of Vallejo, is a guest at the Grand. J. A. Brent, who is interested in mining properties in this State, is staying at the Palace. Thomas Clark, a mining man of Placer- ville, is staying at the Grand with his wife and family. P. B. Pettigrew, a prominent business man of Newman, was among the arrivals at the Occidental yesterday. J. H. Batcher, wno recentiy, formed a company in New York to control the sale of California redwood, is staying at the Grand. Donald Riley, a United States customs official of Manila, is at the Occidental. He _has just returned from visiting his' rela- tives in the East. 8 Dr. Frank H. Titus returned to this city from Washington, D. C., Thursday, and will sail for Manila on the transport Han- cock December 10. Dr. Titus, who holds a commission in the United States army, is well known here, having been for a number of years connected with St Luke’s Hospital and the City and County Hospital. —_——————— Californians in Washington. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—The fol- lowing Californians have arrived at the hotels: Raleigh—Miss Kirk, Miss Ethel Kirk, Miss Edith Kirk, San Jose; C. A. Canfield and wife, Los Angeles. —_—e————— “Did Mrs. Suddenriche make a good selection in pictures for her new house?"” “Yes, indeed. She has cool pictures for hot days and warm pictures for cold days.” “Goodness! What do you mean?” “Why, her summer pictures are all snow scenes and her winter landscapes con- flagrations.”—Chicago Record-Herald. B e Walnut and Pecan Panoche. Townsend. * —_——— Choice candies. Townsend's, Palace Hotel* —————— Cal. Glace Fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's.* —————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Mont- gomery strect. Telephone Main 1042 ¢ ———— It is reported that only forty British novelists are able to live on the profits of their books. Parker's Hair Balsam keeps the halr soft and plentiful and restores the color When gray. Hindercoras, the best cure for corns. I5cts. Next Sunday Call THE SUNDAY CALL MAGAZINE SECTION Prints More Westera Stories Thaa All Other San Frencisco Sunday Papers Combined. GREAT CHRISTMAS NUMBER OUT DEC. 15. HOW OUR SCHOOL-CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT TO SING. CAREER OF JOSIE MANSFIELD IN CALIFORNIA. WRINKLES REMOVED AND DIMPLES MADE TO ORDER. This Will Interest Every Woman, Young or Old. A PRIMA DONNA AT HOME The Home Life of Mme. Sembrich, IS KILLING JUSTIFIABLE? BEAUTIFUL HOMES OF SAN JOSE. WHAT ST. ANDREW’'S DAY MEANS TO THE SCOTCH. THERE IS A CAST OF THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA’S HAND IN SAN FRANCISCO. Read About It in Next Sunday’s Call. POSTER COVER BY GELETT BURGESS. WESTERN STORIES BY WEST- ERN WRITERS.