The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1902, Page 6

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Y the action of the Grand Parlor of the Native B resolutions in favor of pro- conserving thegwaters and increasing the irrigation facilities of the State, and | the appointment of a committee to take the matter in charge, another important ally has been added to f that have been long working in that direc- carrying on a campaign of education upon ] e is one with which the Native n themselves, for it affects the potently than any Sons in adop! ng the fore ia more ing our forests year by year. We are our waters to run idly to the sea in many ties where they should be carefully conserved, en halting and hesitating in the de- rigation, notwithstanding the fact that as shcwn that when properly man- and we have b velopment of ofits derived from it are enormous. Of the three branches of the work that of conserv- ing the forests is of primary importance. All over the East the great native forests have been well nigh destroyed, and lumbermen are now turning their at- tention to California. Even as it is the destruction of the fornia woods is going on with a startling rapidity, so that when the East begins to send still further numbers of lumbermen to cut away the larger kl te the smaller ones the annual ent in a few years to bring th the problem that is now confront- —that of replanting at a high cost orests that should have been conserved from the trees and destructi 1 be suffi ce to face he East itsel r more destructive than the lumbermen are the fires that sweep the fields and the woods. The by these fires far exceed what would ntairing an efficient patrol tc guard P No satisfactory estimate has ever been made of the total direct and#ndirect losses from the fires of even a single season, but it is known that the amount is very large and that every section of the State is affected by it. As a matter of present econ- omy, therefore, as well as a precaution against the impending dangers of the future, we should adopt some comprehensive and scientific system of pro- our forests from destructive fires and consery- ing them from wasteful methods of lumbering. fall a Legislatere is to be elected, and if the ons be in genuine earnest about the matter of protecting the woods and waters they can see to it that every candidate for a legislative office is pledged to give support to some well devised meas- ure looking to that end. California will to some ex- tent of course take the risks of an experimenter in the line of forest conservation, for her woods and the conditions under which they flourish are different from those of any other country; but still in what has been done elsewhere there are abundant guides to help to the solution of every problem we will be called upon to confront. Many of the nations of the Old World have preserved their forests. Several of the States have begun forest preservation or replant- ing in this country.. We can learn something of value from each of them. The main thing is to make up our minds to undertake the work, and in the campaign of education to that end the Native Sons ought to be among the most earnest workers and teachers. losses occasion be the cost of = against them And now the terrified authorities of Siam are vig- orously protesting against aggressions made by the French. A short time ago it-was the British who were the disturbers. It is somewhat easy to predict )w fate of Siam in the midst of such complications, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDA HARRIMANS ADDRESS. RESIDENT ITARRIMAN'’S address at the merchants’ banquet was for Califor- nians at least the most notable of his utterances since the Southern Pacific Rail- road passed under his control. It covered many points of interest to the people, but ignored others on which a clear declaration of policy should have been made. As a whole, however, the speech will make a favorable impression upon the public. It re- veals the fact that under the new management an extensive system of improvements,in everything from the roadbed to equipments has been undertaken and will be steadfastly carried on until the lifles of the company will afford our shippers far better facilities for transportation than they have ever before enjoyed. It was to the improvements now being made in the line that President Harriman devoted most of his speech. The company is making rapid progress in shortening the line, lessening heavy grades and reducing excessive curvatures. So well has that work been carried on that the President was able to say with a just pride: “In about two years | and a half from the time we began, we reduced the grades on the Union Pacific from a maximum of about 9o per cent to a maximum of 43:3 per cent. We also eliminated curvature and reduced it from a maximum of 10 per cent to 4 per cent, having in only one instance a curvature of 6 per cent for a short curve.” That is an excellent showing for progressive management. It affords a striking illustration of the promptness with which the new industrial leaders of America are setting aside old forms for new whenever there is anything to be gained by the change. In re- ducing grades and curves Mr. Hdrriman says the company constructed 158 miles of new road and abandoned 188 miles of old roads with which the country was well satisfied fifteen years ago. The abandofed mileage represents a loss of about: $5,000,000 and the new lines a cost of $7,000,000. Probably no railroad men in the world outside of the United States would have the nerve to make such changes, and it is just for that reason our railways are the marvel of other nations. The fact is worthy of the consideration ot those who are inclined to favor governmental control of railways. How long would it have been before a Government could have been induced to make such changes? Upon the increase in the equipment of the roads in the way of rolling stock of all kinds Mr. Harriman was able to make an equally good showing, but there is a suggestion of a possible disappointment for San Francisco in what he said about improving the ter- minal facilities of his road. On that point he said: ‘When these improvements of the lines are finished (and they will be finished only with the work which I have explained to you which has been begun this year, but will have to be continued for sev- eral years, and will extend much further than the matters which I have been talking about, as we have got to get a hole through the Sierra Nevadas, and I don't know just where we will go through —but that will be improvement of the eastern end of the line to dispose of some of the Eastern traffic, which we hope to bring this way), we will have to have additional terminal will have to have them here. facilities. We We are now about to apply for some rights in San Francisco to take care of the lines we are improving south of here and the coast line, and you know something about the bay shore, and we do hot want to be delayed. terminal improvements pending is lost. Every day that delays us from getting some other We do not want to resort to questionable methods in order to obtain those facilities. We want to be open and above board and have the public help us to help themselves. It would appear from that statement that the Southern Pacific Company is about to “apply for some rights” in San Francisco at once for the purpose of providing im- | proved terminal facilities, but that the improvements will not be made until the work on the roadbed is finished, and that work will occupy several years. If that be the meaning of the statement we shall have to wait until the coming of another new era before we get the much-desired new passenger depot and other terminal improvements. There is an ominous ring in the statement “We do not want to resort to question- able methods in order to obtain those facilities.” | will not resort to questionable methods.” There is no reason why, he should. The Call Mr. Harriman should have said “We has no hesitation in assuring Mr. Harriman that if he will dismiss the gang of political bosses who have been suggesting to him that questionable methods will be needed and that their services will be required by the road, he will greatly improve the prospect of promptly obtaining the terminal privileges he desires. Mr. Harriman has only to study the political history of San Francisco in recent years to learn that the questionable politicians who have been hanging like horse leeches upon the Southern Pacific Company-are utterly discredited in the community, and if they be retained are certain to hurt they help him. The people of San Franciscc pany. rh‘im more than have no antagonism to the Southern Pacific Com. On the contrary they khow the welfare of their city is dependent upon the good | will of the company. They have no hostility toward the new management. They are| willing to meet Mr. Harriman more than half-way in his desire to improve the terminal | facilities of his road. They ask of him only fair dealing in business and a total avoidance of corrupt politics. President Wheeler spoke the sentiment of all when he said: This State needs the railway and the railway needs the State. There is nothing gained by fight- ing. The great waste comes from failure to co-operate. gain when there is a fight going on between the people and the railroads. The people are ready now Let us not for a moment conceive that we to co-operate, are ready to pull with those who pull, not to kick with those who kick. The motto \ for us is to join with those who are trying to do something, the lesson of the helping hand. 7z THE WORK OF CONGRESS. HEN the present session of Congress be- gan it was given out that theSDemocratic V ~ leaders intended to make use of it to develop policies upon which to appeal to the country in the elections for Congressmen this fall. There were high expectations in the Democratic camp that the Republicans would blunder in dealing with the Phil- ippines or some other new issue of the time, and they were loud in their predictions that before the session ended they would have ammunition enough to make an aggressive campaign in every district in the country. The session is not yet at an end, and possibly there may be a Republican blunder before the end comes, but at this time there is no sign of such a thing. The one folly committed by the leaders of the party was that of advocating the Cuban reciprocity scheme, but there is now a fair prospect that even that blunder will be rendered harmless by the defeat of the bill. As a whole the work of. the session thus far has been highly creditable to the majority. The watch- ful Democrats have not been able to score a single point upon which they can appeal to the country, while, on the other hand, the Republicans have al- ready accomplished much to which platform-makers can “point with pride,” and upon which candidates can with justice claim the support of the people. In addition to other important legislation the war taxes have been repealed and a burden of about $70,000,000 has been lifted from industry and com- merce. Thus all the special taxes called for by the Spanish war have been removed and the revenues of the country once more put upon a peace basis. The Chinese exclusion bill, out of which some Democrats hoped to make special capital for themselves, has been duly enacted. The Philippine tariff has been adjusted sati’sfactorily, and appropriations for internal im- provements have been made upon a scale that shows the interest the Republican party has always taken in the advancement of the nation. Two other measures of importance have been fairly well advanced. The bill for the promotion of the American merchant marine has passed the Senate, and the isthmian canal bill has passed the House. If now these two measures can be added to the list of things accomplished during the session this Con- gress will have no occasion for distrust of the popu- lar vote when its members go before their.con- stituencies to submit their work and ask the ap- proval of the people. It is said that the recent flurry in Louisville and Nashville stock has brought about the discovery that three times certain Dutch speculators have bought the road at $50 a share and sold it above $80. Shall we ever be able to beat the Dutch? INTERSTATE COMMERCE. HILE there is little prospect that the bill \’\/ clothing the Interstate Commerce Com- mission with the enlarged powers it asks for will be passed at this session, it is gratifying to know that the advocates of the measure have not abandoned ‘the fight and are still insistently urging the matter upon the attention of Congress. It would be well for merchants, manufacturers and other large shippers of the country to unite in a concerted movement to bring pressure to bear upon Congress in favor of the measure. At the present tfme the shippers of Chicago are acting, and after a time those of another city will act; but they do not act together, and the railways have learned how to play one- against another. The consequence is the railroad officials are able to laugh at the Interstate Commerce Commission, ignore the decisions of the courts and pay no attention to the public. We have recently directed attention to’ the state- ment of President Ripley of the Santa Fe that his road would probably decline to comply with the ruling of the commission on the Los Angeles citrus fruit cases, and that of President Hill of the Great Northern ‘Securities Company that a decision of the Supreme Court against the recent merger of compet- ing railroads would not have any effect on the situa- tion whatever, and to the report 6f the commission that neither itself nor the courts have been able to enforce the present law. Such being the situation, it is"clearly the duty of Congress to act, but of course Congress is not going to act unless the shippers of the country demand it. So long as the Trailroads can keep the people divided, just so long can they keep Congress quiet and the commission and the courts powerless. Mr. Knapp, chairman of the commission, has re- peatedly declared that with a few amendments, which have been stated in the reports of the com- mission, the present law could be made effective, Nothing in the way of radical revolution is therefore required. Aboutgthe only change in the law would be a provision by which the law can be enforced. All that is needed is to give it vigor. It is not too m.uch to ask Congress to grant that, even at this late day in the session, and a petition for it should be sent to Washington from representative men of | | | MAY 2, 1902. ERRYMAKING FOLK OF SUNLAND O el . DELLA HUNSAKER MARCEAU FROTO 0S ANGELES, May 1—Los An- geles has fairly plunged into the pleasure of the flesta. Business and dull care have been sldetracked and the citizens are rendering all the ald in their power in creating frivolity throughout the city. They are all here, the country cousin, the uncle from the orange orchards, and the auntie from the apiary. The towns and citles of Southern California have emptied themselves and the suburbs are denuded of their inhabitants. The fiesta never lacks a vast audience and in ad- dition- to the outpouring from Southern California there are thousands from the East to swell the throngs and add to the merriment. To-day was given over to the Elks and theis country fair parade was the bright particular feature. Incongruity, absurd- ity, the abandon of extravagant negligee in which personal dignity was carefully left at home among the moth balls, char- acterized it. If a lot of countrymen from Hooppole Township, Indiana, had ever seen the outfit they would have been puz- zled to know what it was intended to rep- resent. FUN FOR THE CROWD. It was a prize collection of supreme and voluntary differences. But it amused the crowd, and what else was it for? It kept people iaughing and cheering all along REVEL IN THE JOYS OF LA FIESTA on race horses tugged and sweated and looked utterly disgusted with it all. Those who sat on unplaned planks had an experience that made the parads o mere trivial incident of the afternoon. In anticipation of a grand rush the pluto cratic owners of reserves made an early start, and some were perched on the benches at 1:30 o'clock. As the procession did not begin to move by the reviewing stand until 3:17, the intervening perfod of almost two hours was conducive to a boom in the sartorial repairing business. ELEKS TAKE A PART. A good view was had of the parade, however, when finally it did trickle along the horizon, and those who had retained consclousness enjoyed it with all the en- thusiasm they had left. The benches were not crowded, as the curbstoffe fur- nished seats for thousands at a more eco- nomical rate. The peanut vender and the purveyor of instruments for producing dia- bolical dins did a thriving business, and even an unlaundered boy with alleged programmes had a fair trade. To-night the Elks gave 2 minstrel show, oSN Song” < . , LADIES WHO ARE TAKING AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN THE FIESTA WHICH BEGAN IN THE SOUTHERN METROPOLIS UNDER THE MOST FAVORABLE AUSPICES. =] e S g the line. The head of the procession, John Brink, mounted on a big gray horse, was greeted with well deserved enthusiasm at every point. The burros did not look the least bit lonesome with the rest of the crowd, and the poor old “plugs” that drew sleds or were intended as burlesques while the streets were again brilliantly illuminated and filled with great crowds. The carnival spirit prevailed and every- body was showered with confettl. Bands gave open air concerts In three different sections of the business center of the town. To-morrow’s feature will be the floral parade. L e e e S Y ) PERSONAL MENTION. A. Weed, a merchant of Sisson, is at the Lick. 5 C. D. Miller, a Fresno oil man, is regis- tered at the Lick. W. H. Clary of Stockton is among the arrivals at the Lick. Dr. J. W. Hayes of Grass Valley is reg- istered at the Grand. A. L. Ruff, a mining man of Rossland, B. C., is at the Grand. Judge Ross of Los Angeles, accom- panied by his wife, is at the Palace. J. M. Lanfleld, an extensive manufac- turer of'cigars at New York, is registered at the Palace. ‘W. L. Watts, who is connected with the State Mining Bureau, is here from Los Angeles and is a guest at the Lick. Judge F. A. Kelly of Susanville is spending a few days in the city and has made his headquarters at the Grand. Captain G. C. Reiter, U. 8. N, com- manding the battleship Wisconsin, leaves to-day for Napa Soda Springs, where he will spend several weeks. ‘W. H. Cassidy, a wealthy resident of Pittsburg, arrived at the Palace yester- day, accompanied by his wife and fam- ily. They are touring the coast. Judge Erskine, M. Ross of the Circuit Court at Los Angeles arrived here yester- day to sit on the bench of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals next Mon- day. General J. Fred Plerson of New York arrived here yesterday with his family in a private car. The general was am old member of the Seventh Regiment of New York and i8¢ president of the Army and Navy Club. Joseph A. Watts, the popular and ef- ficlent clerk who has beén connected with the claims department of the Southern Pacific for several years, was yesterday appointed chief clerk to Claims Agent Gates of the TUnited Railroads. A. J. Griffith will also be connected with the same office. —————————— Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, May 1.—The following Californians registered at the hotels to- day: At the St. James—D. Davis and wife of San Francisco; at the Shoreham+-C. H. Lindley and Miss W. E. Weeks of Alham- bra; at the Willara—R. P. Schwerin and A. J. Fry of San Francisco; at the Ebbitt every city in the Union. ———— A shrewd coolie of Philadelphia, who is called the Mayor of the Chinatown of the Quaker City, wants to bring three hundred of his countrymen to the United States to illustrate a Chinése village in opera- tion. This is the first plea under the “exposition” clause of the exclusion act, which looks very much like the old frauds under which California particularly has suffered —J. A. Anderson of San Francisco. 2 S ————— Cal. glace fruit 50c per Ib at Townsend's*® ——— Prunes stuffed with apricots.Townsend's.* e e Townsend’s California glace fruit, 50c a pound, in fire-etched boxes or Jap. bask- ets. A nice present for Eastern friends. ‘639 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * i Bpecial information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. GOSSIP FRO LONDON WORLD OF LETTERS As'is but natural, or as was only to be expected, the great progress which the automobile, after a long period of inac- tivity, is now making in this country has brought into the market more than one publication devoted to automobiling. One recently started, Motoring Illus- trated, has been compelled to increase-its size, and already another new ome, the Automotor, is found lamenting in a lead- ing article of its fourth number that it | has found it impossibie to print all the | interesting automobile news coming to hand. It has also found it necessary to increase its size to meet the demands made upon it. So much interest is being taken in the issue of fifty sets of proof etchings of the King’'s book plates which his Majesty has given the artist, George W. Eve, permis- sion to prepare for presentation toward the coronation fund to the London hos- pitals, that is a certainty they will all be bought up before they are out. Each set of “remarque’” proofs Is to cost 8 guineas ($42), but they will in all prob- ability fetch a good deal more. The subject of the King’s book plates recalls the fact that the King takes a very keen interest In his books. He has just had the. library at Windsor re- arranged after his own taste by the chief of the well known Piccadilly firm of book- sellers, Messrs. Hatchard. One naturally wonders if any future historian will, like Boswell, record some such conversation as his Majesty's ancestor beld with Dr. John- son, in which the King certainly came out quite as well as the doctor. The announcement that Hall Caine’s “‘Eternal City” will shortly be produced in dramatic form brings to mind the num- ber of novelists who have recently striven after the laurels of the @ramatist. Mrs. Craigie, Dr. Conan Doyle, Anthony Hope and J. M. Barrie have all, rather oddly, written two original plays, two plays, that is to say, which have been produced. Frankfort Moore has been quite a prolific playwright. Mrs. Craigie is now dramatizing one of her novels. Hope and Barrie have had a hand in making ver- sions of two and one novels respectively, while “The Eternal City” will be the third of his novels which Caine himself has dramatized. = George Moore, as the result of a wager with George R. Sims, ‘wrote a drama some years ago called “The Strike at Arlington.” He is now actively engaged in reviving or originating a Gaelic drama. Admiral Sir Willilam Kennedy is writ- ing a book of “Sport in the Navy.” It will probably be ready in the autumn, He has been a keen, all round sportsman and Is the author of books on his experi- ences as such in the Pacific, South Amer- ica and Newfoundland. The present book will, of course, be of ANSWERS TO QUERIES: NOT ON THE LIST-H. L. B., City. Ten-cent pleces of 1584 and G@pper cents of 1817 are not on the lists as premium coins. LEADING LADY-H. K., Sacramento, | Cal. Isabella Irving was the leading lady for James K. Hackett in Sam Francisco | when he first appeared in the ‘‘Prisoner of Zenda.” A TOKEN—E, M, City. The plece of metal of which you send a rubbing, and which has on one side “The Federal Union; it Must and Shall be Preserved,” and on the other, “Army and Navy,” is one of more than 3500 different kinds of tokens that were issued during the Civil ‘War, 1861-5, by tradesmen in lieu of small change. There is no premium offered for the one inquired about. A firm in the East that has a large collection of such tokens, including:the one alluded to, offers to sell them at the rate of $3.50 per hundred, ail different. @ iniiniieiini e @ a general rather tham a personal char- acter, yet it can hardly be without the breezy note which made “Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor” such a success. Lucas Malet is now finishing a novel on which she has been engaged since she wrote “Sir Richard Calmady.” Coming | after that success, it may be expected to excite interest when it appears in the early autumn. r? Going to Thunder Mountain P? The Northern Pacific Rallway 4s the best, cheapest and quickest route. Frow Lewiston and Stites, Idaho, there are good wagon roads to either Warrens or Dixle, from which points | the trails into this district are most accessible. For rates, etc. address T. K. STATELER, G. A., 47 Market st., 8. F. —_— Hurnett's Vanilla Extract la the fixed stand- ard of excellence. Has outlived criticism. Is the finest, purest vanilla extract that can be bought, ——— $ Men shaved without soap, 15¢, at Russ House Antiseptie Barber Shop, 217 Montgomery. —— e 3 TWENTIETH CENTURY COOK BOOKS A ecar-load of Cook Books Just arrived from Chieago and are ready for distribution at the business ofice of this paper. All Call subscribers are entitled to a copy of this &reat Cook Book at the prem- fum price of fifty cents. An additional charge of 20 cents to pay expressage will be required from out of town subscribers ordering by mail. —_ 8- 5 -