The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1902, Page 6

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NW. corner Twenty-seeond and Kentucky, cpen until § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until 9 p. m. = TEHE PLATFORM., Square brevity and conciseness. It is incapable of double construction, and says just what the party means. It indorses State civil service, calls for liberal support of the university, demands the preser- vation of foresis and conservation of water, protests against amendment 28 as conferring arbitrary powers THE Republican State p(;tform has the merit-of upon the Governor to the abridgment of popular | rights, and calls for due attention to the drainage of rivers and the improvement of their navigability. The vast importance of the petroleum fuel industry is in- telligently recognized, and all local State interests are touched upon, in a spirit of recognition, support and favor. The national planks support the great policies of the Republican party and give no comfort to those who propose to transform principle into expediency. The surrender of protection to a mistaken reciprocity is specifically condemned, and lest this expression be taken as a generality, more or less’ glittering, the plank names the Cuban proposition and stamps it with disapproval. The plank declares that the party opposes the plan of the junta as destructive of the interests of the beet sugar, raisin, citjus and dried fruit industries of California, which the party will foster and defend to the last. This ground is taken distinctly on the national platform of 19oo, which calls for such reciprocity as will not injure anything produced by our own people. The Call is gratified by this indorsement of its position on that grave national question. The. Re- publican members of Congress from this State are amply indorsed for their attitude and their work in opposition to the pernicious reciprocity treaties, and this outspoken declaration of the convention will strengthen the sinews of protection everywhere. The convention, in voting the indorsement of the administration of State affairs by the State of- ficers, who as a whole constitute that administration, took pains to avoid any personal approval, sep- arate and specific, of the part of Governor Gage in the direction of affairs. The perfunctory reference to him had to be begged for, and unanimous consent to it was obtained only when Senator Davis expressly declared that it was under no circumstances to be con- sidered a personal indorsement of Gage. His sup- porters silently accepted that view of it, not daring to tamper with the temper of the convention. As a whole the platform is a first-class declaration of the policy and purpose of California Republican- ism, and, fitted to a ticket which responds to the moral purpose of the State, will make the best of fighting ground upon which to hold the strong ma- | jority to which the party has attained since 1806, We call special attention to one feature of the whole document. It is affirmative and conservative. It wastes no words in condemning an opposition which exists or may arise. It lavishes no alarm upon the plans of the Democracy. It is not frightened by anything in the political policies of the opposition, | but states with direct clearness the aims and ends of the Republi This is significant of the con- the convention that any issue made in this State that can give hope of success to the Democ- racy will be a personal issue only. Of this let all men take notice. When a personal issue, inhering in the character of a candidate, has been forced to the front, here or elsewhere, the peo- ple have taken it into their own hands to indorse personal fitness and character while standing firmly by great party policies. When this issue of personal character has been made in Pennsylvania, that rock- ribbed Republican State has twice reversed its party majority of a hundred thousand in order to reffuke offensive hossism and a yellow dog nomination. The Republicans of California have no less conscience than those of Pennsylvania, while they are as firm and unshaken in devotion to the principles of their party. - an party. viction of It is noted that the number of cremations in the United States increased from 16 in 1884 to more than 3000 during the past year, but while the increase seems fairly good on the face of the figures it amounts to virtually nothing when contrasted with the annual number of burials. The latest eulogist of Mr. Gladstone gays: “He had 2 most enviable appetite for plain, nutritious food,” which is perhaps a pleasant way of saying the grand \o!d man was 2 strenuous beef eater. Secretary Shaw says the reciprocity clause in the Iowa Republican platform is “purely academic,” and accordingly we may as well let the issue drop, ~ THE SA ter the bosses are seated on the throne. PALMA HAS TROUBLES. cation must at present suffice. RESIDENT PALMA of Cuba has seen the set- P ting of the honeymoon of his office. Amid the tropic pines and palms the low voices of love mingling with the tinkling of guitars have been disturbed by the hoarse voices of wrangling men. The graceful interchange of compliment and praise has given way to the bandying of rude words, and in the very capital where the President was but a short time ago welcomed by smiling senoritas strewing flowers in-his path there is now talk of impeaching him., The sources of the President’s troubles are various. It has been disclosed that the resignation of Senor Terry, the Minister of Agriculture, was caused by reason of his antagonism to the scheme for raising $35,000,00 by a public loan. The story goes that Terry himself proposed that the sum of $4,000,000 be raised by the Government :to tide the sugar planters over the present.crisis, but when the plan was sub- mitted other Ministers wished money for their de- partments also. They were not willing to give the Minister of Agriculture the chance to pose as the only statesman in whose office there is anything doing. Each suggested an increase in the amount of the loan, with the result that the question passed from the Cabinet to the Congress, and then men with large ideas were heard from. One report says: “It was the military or revolutionary element in the Con- gress who raised the amount to $35,000,000 and in- jected into the original proposal the scheme to divide the proceeds of the enlarged loan among the soldiers of the army of liberation.” When things reached that point and Terry saw that his modest suggestion of $4,000,000 for sugar plant- ers was to be lost in a general distribution of boun- ties, he protested. Palma, however, deemed it best to compromise. Doubtless he thought that after all the heroes of the war of liberation are as much en- titled to be tided over the crisis as are the owners of the big plantations, so he proposed a compromise, and thereupon Terry quit and ‘retired to his orange groves to meditate over cigarettes upon the vanity of polities. Having placated Congress on that scheme at the cost of disrupting his Cabinet, the President has had the misfortune to lose on another issue everything he gained on the first. Some time ago the Minister of Public Works, Manuel Diaz, granted a conces- sion for the establishment of an electric light plant at Havana. A strong party in Congress demianded a revocation of the grant on thie ground that the Min- ister has no constititional authority to make it. On that issue Palma stood with the Minister, afid as a conseguence a motion was made to impeach him be- fore the Senate. The Iatest report of the subject says: “The House is divided on the question and no vote has as yet been taken on the resolution.” At will be seen that Palma is not having a good time and that the breezes that blow about him in the beautiful isle are not all of them soft as the sighs of dreaming maidens. - There are angry men around him, and it may be that he will yet have to follow the example of so many other Presidents of Spanish- American republics and leave the office and the coun- try long before his term expires. THE WASTEFUL MISSOURL URING the recent floods along the Missouri D the river succeeded in demonstrating that it cannot be confined by methods now in use by Government engineers, and that it is quite capable even in the mild and gentle .springtime of washing away pretty nearly any kind of restraining bank that may have been raised. According to the reports in our Eastern exchanges | the recent” expenditure of $8,000,000 in the effort to | “improve” the river has gone for virtually nothing. | The engineers thought they had devised a system of works that would keep the channel from shifting, but when the floods started the river shifted wherever it had 2 good move on, took the “works” along with it and turned them over to the Mississippi to be carried down to the Gulf of Mexico. It seems clear that no system of levees will ever be effective. Sooner or later the Government must un- dertake to store at the head of the rivers the waters that now run in torrents to the s€a and provide for | their conservation. From such a plan a double bene- fit would be derived—first, the storage reservoirs would save the districts along the lower part of the river from angual floods, and second there would be provided an 3bundance of water for extensive irri- gation. Each of these benefits would confer a large increase of wealth upon the country and would more than repay the cost of constructing the reservoirs, provided the work were done with anything like a due regard for economy. At the present time Congress is appropriating upward of $35,000,000 a year for river and harbor im- provements, and the sum is likely to be increased in | the future. We have become much more than a bil- lion dollar country. We are rich enough tg-approach with confidence the most giant enterprises which our vast domain imposes, and doubtless before long we shall tackle our river problems in" earnest and deal scientifically with all of them from New England to California. S ——— H Evidently there has been a good deal of exaggera- tion in the reports of Croker’s house in England, for O. H. P. Belmont, when asked what kind of a man- | sion it is, said, “I should call it demure.” The de- scription is excellent. A demure mansion is all right. Botha, Dewet and Delarey appear to have had a grander reception in London than at any place on the Continent, but it is a safe prediction that when they" failure by the Washington ~authorities. T is apparent in the result that the Republican greatest calamity that could befall it would be the renomination of Governor Gage. It is also apparent that the push and the supporters: of the Governor made the usual play of rushing to the candidate who had votes enough to nominate when the machine added its strength. This enables the pre%ense already made that Pardee is the get of the bosses and the creature of the machine. | T this fatal assumption, and at present The Call refuses to take him at the estimate put upon him by the offensive element, which has to make it appear that while groveling in the gut- FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 190 party of California believed -that the The record of the nominee is against The gratification of the State that Gage is defeated at present takes the place of everything else, and a bit of time must pass before the result is sufficiently examined for judgment upon what it means. The sense of relief must for the present be permitted full enjoyment before the spirit of examination can take its place. Gage was finally driven to preside at a bargain counter, and whether those that dealt or the people were cheated will soon appear. The Call is gratified that the party goes into the campaign free of an unbearab e incubus, and the enjoyment of that gratifi- THE INDUSTRIAL WAR. ISPATCHES from Berlin announce that the D iron and steel manufacturers of Germany have now completed the organization of a union which they believe will be sufficient to enable them to compete with the great steel trust in this country. It is added that among the forces upon which they rely for success in the struggle is a high tariff to protect their home market and a.subsidized merchant marine to assist them in delivering their goods cheaply .in foreign markets. Having those two aids from the Government it is their belief that they can, by reason of their cheaper wages and highly scientific methods of work, produce steel and iron goods upon equal terms with the United States, no matter how highly we may develop our industrial system. | : That the grounds upon which the Germans rest their hopes are strong and solid 4s beyond question. The governmental favors granted by foreign nations to their ‘shipping have been of sufficient efficacy to give them virtually a complete control of the ocean carrying.trade. At the present time the people of the United States pay tribute to foreign ship- owners upon almost the whole of their exports and imports: Our international commerce is carried in foreign ships, and so great is the handicap thus put upon American enterprise that the steel-trust, after organizing its factories and furnaces, was. compelled to go further and organize a syndicate to get control of great steamship lines so that it could have the means of meeting its competitors in foreign markets on equal terms, While a well sustained-merchant marine is thus an important factor-in the industrial competition. upon which the great nations are now entering, it is by no means the dominant one. There has recently been in this country a commission appointed by the British Iron Trade Association to investigate our industrial methods, and the commission, while asserting the value of American mechanism and the abundance of American raw material, declared that the chief factor in our success is the energy of our workingmefi. We are surpassihg all rivals because the American work- ingman is a better worker than any other. . Copies of the reports made by the British' Com- missioners have been recently received at the State Department in Washington, and our special cor- respondent in reviewing them quotes one of them as saying: “The workmen at American mills are gen- “erally supposed to be working much harder than they do, in this country (England), but that is not my own view. After much conversation with many men in various branches who had been employed in simi- lar works. in England, and some of them subject to my own control, the conclusion I have arrived at is that the American workmen do not work so hard as the men in England. They have to be attentive in guiding operations and quick' in manipulating levers and similar easy work. They are also much more de- sirous of getting out large quantities than in Eng- their attendance at the works.” A general review of the report sums up by saying: “The.importance of the human factor is fully realized by all the members of the commission. It is all very well to admire American plant, the ingenuity of ma- chine tools, the devices for saving labor and so forth. But ‘it is not the guns which win the battles, but the men who stand behind them.” What the American admires and honors is the ability to do; that capacity in a man, through his own sagacity, nerve, enterprise and skill, to create and employ a fortune. Nobody is above his work. Everybody works, and for the sake of work, and thus has been produced in America within a generation an indus- trial potentiality more wonderful and more to be feared than all the factories and machiner& and ‘plants’ that these workers have created.” It is, then, upon the American workingman that the supremacy.of America in “the industrial world rests. Subsidized foreign ships may for a time give the foreign producer an advantage in distant markets, but in the end American energy and enterprise will win. Our industrial supremacy is, in fact, already es- tablished, and as soon as Congress keeps its pledge to promote our merchant marine commercial premacy will follow. ——— Persons who are interested in “the scholar in poli- tics” will be pained to learn from the Boston Globe that “the beautiful rose and orange tints that beauti- fied the dawn of Mr. Winston Churchill’s political aspirations in New Hampshire have been a bit dulled by the hatching in of some few streaks of drab set adrift on the political sky over that part of Cornish known as the flats.” It seems the dwellers in the flats look upon the famous author as a carpet-bagger and are in favor of reserving all offices for natives. su- A strange story of march and countermarch comes from the Far East to the effect that the Rajah of Sarawak sent an expedition of 12,000 men against some rebellious Dyaks in the remote interior of the country.. After advancing far into the - wilderness Asiatic cholera broke out in the army and so demor- alized it that it returned home without ever seeing the Dyaks. A% : —— This summer seems to be a bad one for every part of the world except the Pacific Coast, for while the Eastern States are complaining of excessive rains, re- ports from Europe are to the effect that there has ‘been already a fall of snow in Northern France, while in Italy there have been numerous hailstorms of un- usual severity. 3 \ The gunboat Vesuvius is at last recognized as a The boat | reach this country they will get a welcome that will would have been as spectacular as her name if her | make the British display look pale. i § solitary gun ever had been'fired. land. They are better paid and are more regular in | ATTRACTIONS IN THE WORLD OF MUMMERY “Hon. John Grigsby,” at the California Theater, is something of a novelty in stage literature. It tells a thoroughly pleasing story, dealing with scenes that must appeal strongly to every patriotic American, and is full of quiet humor, pathos and interest. The leading figure, that is” skillfully interpreted by James Nelll, is drawn from Abraham Lincoln, and portrayed with strong sympathy and nice understanding by the playwright, Langdon Mitchell. About the central character the moving scenes of “before the war” times take place, and the play- wright 'has a keen grip of the atmosphere throughout. There is a serenity, a tran- quil grace in the movement of the play, that is eminently agreeable, and the bill should not be missed by either patriot or play-goer. Mr. Neill is competently sup- ported by his good company, neat per- sonal successes being won by George Bloomquest, Edythe Chapman and sever- al others of the cast. Next week the Neills will give “Prince Karl,” for the first time on this coast. ek The last nights of the Miller season at the Columbia are at hand, and the brii- liant engagement of the star and his splendid organization will come to'a close on Saturday night. ‘Heartsease” Is the final bill, and is attracting as much at- tention fo-day as when it was first staged here five seasons ago. The production this year is excellent. Miller gives great | strength to the role of Eric Temple, and his companion players are all cast to spe- cial advantage in the various roles of this attractive romance. There will be a fare- well matinee on Saturday, and the final performance of the season on Saturday night will bring out a big audience to give the players a farewell ovation. The .Co- lumbia will be dark\for one week com- wencing with next Monday night. On Monday, September 8, comes Neil Bur- gess in his great success, “The County Fair.” s iieshe Seldom has there been such unanimous praise bestowed upon an actor by press and public as that accorded. to Denis O’Sullivan at the Grand Opera-house this week. As an exponent of romantic Irish drama he is without a peer on the Amerl- can stage to-day, and in the character of Shaun, the Post, in ‘“‘Arrah Na Pogue” he is evérything that Boucicault intended when he wrote the ptay. In addition his splendid voice is heard to advantage in the Irish songs, his rendering of these songs calling forth the greatest enthusi- asm. Crowded houses have been the rule since the opening night, and the engage- ment bids fair to be chronicicd as one of the most successful engagements the Grand Opera-house hag ever known. Be- ginning with Labor day matinee, Monday next, Mr. O’Sullivan will be seéen as Conn in “The Shaughraun.” R e “La Boheme” and “Il Trovatore” are the Tivoli bills of the week, and are crowding the little opera-house much be- vond its seating capacity. The charm of “La Boheme” is perennial, and the opera is going admirably this week. Every one is in best form, and chorus and orchestra add tellingly to the ensemble. “Il.Trova- tore” exhibits the dramatic contingent, with De Frate, Collamarini, Venerandi and De Padova to the fore. Collamarini is an excellent Azucena, and shows in the role that she is by no means confined wholly to the *“Carmen” regime. ge Frate's Leonora is excellent, and De Padova shines as the Count di Luna. Next week will be given an opera so old ihat it is new, Donizettl’s “Lucrezia Bor- gia,” that has not been given here for years. The part of Lucrezia will be un- dertaken by De Frate, who was engaged by Grau to sing the same role In New York. Others in the tast will be Pozzi, Zonghi and Dado. “Ri ?elto." the alter- nating bill, will afford Tina de Spada the chance of appearing in one of her best known roles as Gilda. De Padova has the name part. ol R “The Taming of the Shrew” is being very well done at the Alcazar this week. Miss Roberts gives a neat and spirited performance as Katherine, and White | Whittlesey makes a strong and seemly Petruchio. The rest of the company does good work and the piece is well mounted. Next week's bill will be a revival of “Sapho,” always a favorite with the Al- cazar clientele. The play will run for one week only, its first presentment to take place on Monday afternogn next at a special Labor day matinee. i “The World Against Her” is drawing the usual good houses at the Central Theater this week. Fannie McIntyre and Margaret Marshall make their reappear- ance in the drama and are warmly wel- comed. Next week ‘“The Mormon Wife,” a romantic comedy drama, illustrating the evil efiects of polygamy in Utah, will be put on. There will be a matinee on Monday next, Labor day. . oo “Hurly Burly” and ‘“Zaza” are crowd- ing both Fischer's and O'Farrell street to capacity. There is a line to the next block every night as late as the first act's finale, and this congested condition of things bids fair to keep up. The enter- tainment deserves this unusual attention, for it is of the best in travesty. ‘“Zaza™ is particularly happy, the scarlet story lending itself to burlesque with uproar- ious effect. Kolb, Dill, Bernard, Maude Amber, Olive Evans, Hermsen and Win- field Blake are all on deck, and the sprightly chorus fills in the niches with stunning ballets and musical numbers. There will be a matinee on Monday next. . el Barry and Halvers, the eccentric com- edy duo; the Romany instrumental and vocal trio and an excellent company of specialty performers are entertaining pa- trons at the Chutes Theater this week. To-night the amateurs will appear in 1fv- ing pictures. Next Monday a monster Labor day celebration will be held at the Chutes, with literary exercises in the aft- ernoon and a grand ball and fireworks at night. * . ‘The bill at the Orpheum is packing that house to the doors at every performance, and Mattie Keene and her company in Ella Wheeler Wilcox's sketch, “Her First Divorce Case”; Julia Blanc and Viector Moore in their novelty, “Change Your Act,” and Manning’'s company of acrobats and pantomimists are scoring distinct hits. Marcel's living art studies continue to be the talk of the town. Carroll John- | son, Smith and Fuller, Harry Thomson and Fisher and Clark are in their last appearances, S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. RINGWORM AND DANDRUFF. They Are Each Caused by a ous Germ. Ringworm and dandruff are somewhat similar in their origin; each is caused by a parasite. The germ that causes dan- druff dige to the root of the hair and saps its vitality, causing falling hair, and finally baldness. Without dandruff there would never be baldness, and to cure dandruff it is necessary to kill the germ. There has been no hair preparation that would do_this until the discovery of Newbro’s Herpicide, which positively kills ‘the dandruff germ, allays ltchm‘f instant- ly and makes hair glossy and soft as silk. - At all druggists’. Take no substi- tutes. There is nothing “just as good.” Pestifer- ADVOCATING HOME RULE FOR MUNICIPALITIES. ——— GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 2.—Two hundred delegates were present to-day at the opening of the session in the Furni- ture Exposition building of the sixth an+ nual convention of the League of Ameri- can Municipalities. By to-morrow it is expected there will be 200 more delegates present, making the convention one of the largest ever held by the league. Mayor Palmer welcomee the delegates. Heggas followed by President Charles S. Ash¥ey, Mayor of New Bedford, Mass. Ashley said that much thought and dis- cussion had been given to the subject of municipal administration by the members of the league, and they had been the cause of provoking concentrated atten- tion to the question of municipal owner- ship, Continuing on this topic he said: Home rule for cities. No dependency of the city upon the State, Each muncipality should be a law unto itself upon matters purely local. We have a right to own and control the public utilities. I ask you to note that I say ‘have the Tight to own,' for I would not undertake to say ‘that at this time in every community it would be a feasible thing to exercise that right, but in the very nature of things it 1s & privilege which we should not be longer de- nied. CONSUMER PAYS THE BILLS. Competition in the products of the pub- lic service "corporations too often means that consolidation will follow and the consumer eventually pay. all the bills. “ Pure monopoly means. that the price demanded will be far beyond, the fair capacity of the debtor to pay. Regulated monopoly through the in- strumentality of the State is a farce and prac- tically amounts to legalized bunco. The right to entfr into the fleld with municipal owner- ship provides a means of saying to the op- pressor, “‘Be square and decent with us and ‘we will pay a proper price to you; if not, we ourselves Wil pay to ourselves, buy of our- selves and the amount expended will be that which Is of. jtselt right and not what you extort."” This would come pretty near being regu- lation that would regulate and the regula- tor is the party naturally and rightfully the one to do it. An experience of eight years in the Mayoralty has brought me face to face Wwith the State and its servants as well as With the great companies and their officers; I am referring to the arbitrary acts of great organizations; to unreasonable schedules and rates of charges; to high prices and poor serv- ice; to everlasting greed, big profits and soft If it is true that an individual or a entitled to only what is falr'as a re- turn on a business investment, it is equally true that great corporations, which exist by the license of ihe State and are the creatures entirely of the law, have no Inherent right to recelve,more than what s right and just. Great public utility monopolies are fertile in resources and learned in trickery. The fleld being granted to them ostensibly to pro- tect the people from the ultimate results of competitive warfare; the supply of ‘‘water’” being epormous to make a large dividend shrink ‘to figures nominally respectable; the bond issues being floated and all the machinery and devices for concealing assets having been set in motion, the State in its wisdom creates its boards and bureaus to restrict, regulate and control. STATE’S ARM IS WEAK. And the quality of this supervision is poor; the size and strength of the State's arm when raised in behalf of the city’s people is weak; in the words of the song, ‘You Can Hardly Notice It At AlL" I do not urge municipal ownership as a club to exterminate, but rather as a_means to a remedy and a solution. With it you can light and heat your own civic household, and ride in your own streets and ways and lead your electric wires wherever electricity has a duty to verform, - I charge no corruption upon the agents of the State; the fault is in the system: they are not by tenor of their appointment subject to the control of the city; they come in daily contact with the companies and their repre- sentatives and they learn to think as their visitors think; they lose their identity as eciti- zens themseives and have come to regard the people’s voice as too brazen and out of tune, Give us home rule for cities, independence of the State in matters of purely local con- cern, freedom from guardianship and the right to do as we will with our own. A CHANCE TO SMILE. “You have rohbed me not only of my money,” exclaimed the desperate game- ster, “but of my house and home and the respect of my family! And now, sir, I am going to take it out of your hide!” ‘“What!” gasped the professional gam- bler. “Am I as skinny as that?'—Chi- cago Tribune. Marie (after the proposal)-While I do not object to your calling, I should hard- ly like to marry a minister. He might bore me by talking shop, you know. The Rev. Mr. Gumms—But I assure you that I would not do so. Marie—Then I should conclude that you were a hypocrite and not sufficliently in- terested in my spiritual welfare.—Town and Country. STEEL COMBINE FILES ANSWER IN TRENTON COURT —_— ‘RENTON, N. J., Aug. 21.—The United fates Steel Corporation to-day filed in the Court of Chancery an answer to the amended bill of complaint of J. Aspin- wall Hodge, Bernard Smith and ®Villiam H. Curtiss to restrain the proposed con- Version of $200,000,000 7 per cent preferred stock into, $200,000,000 5 per cent second mortgage bonds. The answer demnies that the books of the corporation show Cur- tiss to be the owner of any stock of the concern. Smith, it is averred, did not own any stock of record until June 24, 1902, after the plan of conversion had been adopted, and that the stock now recorded in Smith’s name was voted in 1 r of th lan. Hodge, it is admitted, owna. 100 Shares of Stock, but it.is al- leged that he was not present at the stockholders’ meeting when the plan was submitted and that his stock was not voted either Ly himself or by proxy. It is denied that fifteen or more of the directors of the Steel Corporation ars members of the syndicate through which the preferred was to be converted into bonds. It-1s admitted that some of the directors are members of the syndicate, but that this fact was communicated to very stockholder in the circular of April 7, 1902. : The answer says the directors in the syndicate are a minority in the board of directors, but that they are large stgck- holders and favored the conversion plan because they believed it would be advan- tageous-to them as stockholders. It is denied that any stockholders had been offered special terms in connection with converting their preferred stock into bonds in order to secure their affirmative votes for the plan. It is-denied*that the $50,000,000 of additional capital which it was proposed to obtain was needed for pur- poses that were chargeable {o the earn- ings of the company. The answer then_takes up the line of the argument made in the affidavit of George W. Perkins, chairman of the finance committee, filed Iast week, in which Perkins claimed that this addi- tional $50,000,000 was needed to pay for improvements and to give the company a larger surplus to permit it to do a cash business and be protected against a money stringency in.the event of a business depression. The answer says the earnings of the corporation for the year ending March 31, 1902, were $111,503,054; for the month of April, 1902, $12,320,766;: May, $13,120,390; June, $12,220,362; July, estimated, $11,900,000, or at the rate of $150,000,000 a year. An inventory is filed to show that the company’s property is worth $1,400,- 000,000 more than the combined par value of the preferred and common stock. It is stated also that the company surplus is now $65,000,000. The answer emphasizes the point raised by Perkins to the effect that the conversion would reduce the fixed charges of the company and be ad- vantageous to all stockholders, both pre- ferred and common. PERSONAL MENTION. H. D. Chandler, a lumber man of Va« caville, is at the Lick. T. L. Crothers, an attorney of Ukiah, is registered at the Lick. J. T. Cameron, a cattleman of New- man, is a guest at the Lick. ‘W. H. Post, a prominent merchant of Stockton, is at the California. Isaac Minor, a lumber man of Arcadia, is among the arrivals at the Lick. John A. Mclntire, the well-known' min- ing man who resides at Sacramento, 18 at the Lick. . M. H. Flint, inspector of the United States mail service at Los Angeles, is at the Occidental. T. T. Lane, son of C. D. Lane, the min- ing millionaire, has returned from Nome and ‘is at the Palace. Viscount Watanabee, a diplomat in the service of the Emperor of Japan, is reg- istered at the Palace. G. F. Blessing and L. A. Darling, mem- bers of the faculty-of the University of Nevada, are at the California. Sheldon Jackson, United States Com- missioner of Schools in Alaska, has re- turned from a tour of inspection of the Territory and is at the Paiace. He says there are twenty-two schools in Alaska and that he found the institutions in a most flourishing condition. —_—— Prunes stuffed with apricots. 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