The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1902, Page 6

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NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open until § p. m, THE CORPORATION SCHEME, OPIES of the proposed Assembly constitu- ‘ tional amendment No. 28, marked “No. 8” on the official ballot, are being circulated by the Contra Costa Water Company, and voters are urged to cast their ballots for it. This is another con- firmation of the statement of The Call that the cor- porations, while not daring to defend the scheme in public, would endeavor to carry it by silence and se- crecy. The Contra Costa Water Company is not the only corporation engaged in making a campaign for the amendment. the force back of the scheme is formidable, and unless the people are care- ful the corporation henchmen and their following will succeed. ' it is to be borne in m d that a constitutional amendment is adopted if it receive a majority of the | Jotes cast on the question. Ii but three men vote on the issue and two of them are for the amendment it will become a t of the constitution. All voters } of the State who neglect to vote on the question will I, cgunt 2s nothir Thus if the corporations can get @& comsiderable following to vote for their scheme, while the general public neglects to vote against it, the corporations will win. When the power of the g ' aflied corporations of the State is taken into con- b 5 3 § sideration it will be perceived that fe danger is a § secrious one The fact that no one appears in public to champion | or defend the measure is significant of its nature. If } there were onc single feature in it that even so much a@s promised z benefit to the public we may be sure some one would appear to point it out. In this case, how- ever, with the exception of a single article published | some time ago as an editorial in the Evening Post, we know of no defense that has ever been made of the scheme. The corporations hurried it through the "X Legislature sccretly, and are mow trying the same gactics in the contest before the people. It is generally believed there is nothing so bad that there is not some good in it. This scheme, hgwever, ‘appears tp be an exception to that proverbial phil- osophy. Every feature of it is bad. There is literally nothing good in it for the public. ! The proposition to take the supervision of such matters as the public | supply of water, gas, street railways and electric light and power away from local governments is bad. To wgst that control, together with the regulation banks, insurance companies, telephone, telegraph and express companies, in a single State commission is bad. To fix the member- ship of that commission so that one is to‘hold for two years, another for four years, a third for six years, the fourth for eight years and the fifth for ten years, is bad. To lecave the appointment of the Commis- sioners in the first instance in the hands of the Gov- ernor is bad. To provide that the tenure of office of all members of the commission hereafter to be elected shall be for ten years is bad. To declare that no man who is either directly or indirectly interested in any corporation whose business is supervised by the commission is eligible as 2 Commissioner is bad. To give the commission power to appoint as many deputies and clerks in ang locality in the State as it deems proper is bad. Finally, to give this commis- sion “exclusive jurisdiction and power” in regulating all the relations of these many corporations to the public is bad. . It is not strange that the corporations are working eagerly to carry the scheme, nor is it strange that they should put up a big sum of money to pay their hemchmen for carrying it through. Should the amendment be carried the corporation would have . the people at their mercy. Three members of the { board would be a majority, and they would control it for six years without the people having even so much as a voting chance to get redress. - Having uflimited power of appointing deputies the commis- sion would be able to give lucrative places to mem- bers of the Legislature for distribution, and thus would have a2 strong power of corruption, and the people would have to pay the bills. In short, the scheme is utterly bad. Remember it is on the ‘official ballot marked “Amendment No. 8” Be sure to votc against it. ¥ e er———— o Another Irish editor has been sent to prison. Brit- ain may realize one of these days that this sort of treatment is one of the amenities of journalism in the Fmerald Isle. Ireland has demonstrated on many occasions that misfortune is the midwife of genius. There has been organized in Chicago, with a capi- _tal of $15,000,000, 2 syndicate to manufacture tabloids of skimmed milk. What next? of | railways, sleeping cars, | A THE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. HE President is not a politician. Statesnien are T not politicians. They are for politicians to study. They take hold on principles, put them foremost, educate the people in them, make them part of the universal idea of the country and put many minds in motion to one purpose, and politicians must note the cffect and get in line or get out of the way. President Roosevelt is a statesman. He makes the politicians study and keeps them guessing. When the last session of Congress adjourned he found the public vitally interested in the issue of trusts and financial ccmbinations. The opposition party was treating trusts as a grievance, useful in the campaign. It discussed the question not to apply to trusts any known principle of government or law, but to use the issue as a temporary expedient to get votes and power. The discussion was intemperate, invec- tive and wutterly without value as suggesting a so- lution. The Demociacy wanted no solution. Con- fident that the country had forgotten that some of the largest and most enduring trusts had existed and flourished under two Democratic administrations, they painted wdrds and made pictures to identify the Republican party with trusts and had no remedy except the putting of that party out of power. This remedy was to work automatically. “Put us in,” they shouted, “and there will be no trusts.” It would be useless to deny that this uncertain gnd indefinite sort of campaign was attracting the votes of a certain class of people, those who are always against wkatever is gnd are not satisfied when it is exchanged for something else. But that class does not control elections. It does not represent the sober | mind and the deliberate judgment of the country. These watched and waited for a sign from the Presi- dent. During his New England tour and on his Western tour, until it was closed prematurely by the wounds he received in the railroad accident in Mas- sachusetts, he discyssed the trust issue frankly and fearless! His record on that issue began while he was Governor of New York. He was not picking | up 2 matter before unconsidered to discuss it, catch- as-catch-can. He recognized the economic reason for trusts, the effect they have on export trade by economizing of production, the power of their or- | ganization and the fact that, like all power, it may be misused, and that the danger of its misuse must | be met by such legislation as will apply, and if this | prove insufficient ‘the constitution must be broad- ened to bear that which will be sufficient. Public opinion turned away from the fol-de-rol on trusts, which was being drearily droned by the oppo- | sition, and seeing in the President’s declarations all i needed safeguard against opprgssion and = danger, | without interrupting that economical production which is giving us the world for a market, accepted | his leadership and follows him. As a grievance trusts | became less useful to the expediency tinkers who rep- | resent the Democracy. They. were left without a | grievance. The President had taken the issue which | they had misused and put it on the high ground of ;principlc, throwing some of the politicians of his | own party into doubt and those of the opposition into | despair. | When he had done this the Democratic misleaders and dealers in the small beer of politics looked around for another grievance and found it in the hard coal strike. They immediately took charge of the strike, incited the strikers to violence, suggested means of settlement that made settlement impossible, and by every means in their power that malicious ingenu.ity | could suggest sought to prolong the struggle in or- der to affect the election. Without reference to its effect on politics the President saw the strike in its cffect upen the people, who were about to enter a cold winter with no coal supply. He took up the issue | between the operators and the strikers when they | were not on speaking terms with each other. By wisz persuasion and firmness, without siding with either | party to the controversy, he brought them to agree- ment, closed the strike, opened the mines and dropped coal from $20 a ton down to its normal price and its normal supply. The confused and desperate leaders of Democracy as it is now are vitriclic against the -President. He bas cut the sand from under them twice since July, and it is too late now to flounder on to their feet {again. He has done this as a statesman, by giving consideration to principles only. He put the train in motion and the politicians who stood in the way now survive only as a muss on the track. The sober mind of the country, its fu:lgment and common sense, viewing results, utter which the people are following, dent.” the advice “‘Stand by the Presi- During the last fiscal year there arrived as immi- grants at the port of New York more Italians than live in old-Venice and one-third as many as the total population of Rome. It seems the countrymen of Columbus have dctermined at last to make this a new ha-ly and adopt it as their own. | | O been, like ourselves, engaged of late in dis- cussing tariffs and trusts. They have not, however, confounded the two, as some of our Demo- cratic leaders would have us do. bated on its merits without respect to trusts and de- feated by the Reichstag, while the trusts have been discussed at an annual meeting of the Bund der In- dustriellen, and on the whole appear to have been approved as good in themselves, though liable to abuse. f The sentiment of the Bund was expressed in a resolution declaring: “The Bund sees in trusts the natural step in the development of industry. They appear to be called on to adapt production to de- | mand and to prevent useless competition, which is sually accompanied by the deterioration of com- | modities. The economic advantages, therefore, can- not be denied, so long as they do not tend to injure the consumers dependent on them, and so far as they regulate production with a view to the maintenance of fair prices, diminish the cost of “production and im- prove methods of industry. ‘As regards industries, however, which are working on raw materials and which are at the mercy of trusts in raw stuffs, the pro- | ducers see in the present overgrowth of the latter an evil calling for measures which will assure'an eco- nomic. counterpoise.” Our Berlin reports say the resolution may be taken as the verdict of industrial Germany on the subject of trusts. The moderation and fairness of the state- ment of the Bund deserve the attention of Ameri- cans. ‘It is pretty well understood that if the United States is to have an industrial rival in the future that rival will be found in Germany. From the Kaiser downward almost every energyof that vigorous peo- ple is now being directed to industrial and commer- cial advancement. The Government gives. every aid 1 it can to augment the industries of the people and to TRUSTS IN GERMANY. UR great and good friends the Germans have FRANCIS | The tariff was de- | )0 CALL, WEDNESDAY, GCTOBER 29, 1902, provide new markets for the output. Schools are busily engaged in training men for every kind of work from lowest to highest, and a large part of the scientific activity of that nation of scientists is de- voted to industrial ends. Whatever German thought or German energy can do to cheapen and improve production is being done. Trusts help in that direc- tion, and consequently the Germans are by no means going to undertake anything so foolish as the indis- criminate destruction of trusts. Even where the Germans conclude that some re- striction or regulation of trusts is necessary they will not try to find a remedy by breaking down the pro- tective system behind which their industries stand se- cure. The American people can learn a valuable les- son from German action. They are our rivals in trade, but they may be good teachers for all that. ez £ F lican party has nominated a strong and popu- lar ticket. In cach district there has been put forward as the candidate of the party a man of wide experience, of tried business ability and of known fidelity and honesty. Every member of the ticket should be elected. No reason can be found in any district for rejecting a single one of them. The candidate in the First District, Lewis H. Brown, is well known throughout the State. He has served as Secretary of State and his record in that of- fice has had the indorsement of all. Appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Equalization, he has now BOARD OF EQUAL:ZATION. OR the State Board of Equalization the Repub- served the people nearly a full term in that office and j has proven himself one of the most efficient Equal- izers the State has ever had. The experience acquired during the past term will be of value to him and to the public in the work of the term to come, and con- stitutes an additional reason why his election.should be assured. i In the Second District the nominee is Alexander Brown of Calaveras, one of the best known men in the northern part of the State. He ,js thoroughly familiar with the mining and lumber counties, and is well fitted to perform the complex duties of an Equal- izer. private life. He has served with distinction and credit in the Legislature, and is now filling out a term of faithful service on the Board of Equalization, where his record speaks for him. A. G. Myers of Siskivou, the candidate of the party in the Third District, is one of those veterans of the Civil War whom Republicans delight to honor. The esteem in which he is held by his comrades of the war is attested by the fact that he has held among them the office of commander of the Army and Navy League of California. His patriotism and fidelity have thus been attested both in war and in peace, and the yoters of the Third District may be congratulated upon having the chance to elect so good a man to represent them on the board., In the Fourth District the nominee of the party is Frank Mattison of Santa Cruz, one of the best known and most popular men in that section of the State. He is a Native Son and noted for his public spirit. His efficiency in public service has been proven by the test of experience, for he is at this time holding the office of Assessor of Santa Cruz County. His work as Assessor has fitted him for the office to which he aspires, and he will enter upon the duties of an Equalizer with a clear understanding -of the problems involved in their rightful performance. It will be to the interest of the people to have a harmonious Board of Equalizers, and it is therefore to be hoped—and indeed expected—that the Republican candidate will be elected in every district. Fortu- nately all reports from the camfiaién lead to that con- clusion. It is now fairly evident that we are to have a sweeping Republican victory, and it should be made a clean sweep. The nominations for the Board of Equalization are exceptionally strong and ought to have the support of all independent voters as well as of every loyal Republican. It is a board of high importance to the State. Honest and able men are needed to fulfill its duties impartially and intelligently, so that taxation may be equalized in fact as well as in name. It was with the object of providing the people an opportunity to elect such a board that the Republicans have*named a candidate of high intelli- gence and honmesty in each district. Now let the voters make sure of their election. R Statistics. concerning the industrial situation and prospects' of Great Britain are gloomy. While this ‘country is flourishing in an abundant and well nigh universal prosperity the industries of that country are undergoing a reaction from ‘the high pressure of the war, and as a consequence the outlook for workingmen is far from bright. In a bulletin just issued from the bureau there is published a London report saying: “There is a warning to masters and men alike in the official re- port on the changes in rates of wages and hours of labor during 1g01. It foreshadows a relapse from the prosperity of the last few years; a decline in wages having to be recorded for. the first time'since 1893. Moreover, during the first half of the present year the tendency is still toward lower wages.” It appears that the reduction in wages is one of the most serious movements of the kind in recent British history. The number of working people af- fected By such reductions last year was greater than the number thus affected in any year of depression for a generation. In fact, the computed amount of the reductions makes a larger sum than the total of all reductions recorded in the eight years from 1893 to 190T. The reductions are due almost wholly to economic causes and are not the result of labor disturbances. The' report says: “Out of every 100 persons whose wages were changed only two were concerned in strikes and Yockouts. This is the lowest recorded percentage. With regard to changes in hours of labor, 586 work- people had their hours lengthened and 28,690 had them shortened, the net results being a reduction of 58,728 hours per week.” The London Chamber of Commerce Journal in re- viewing the situation says: “A brief consideration will show that altogether the outlook for labor is less encouraging than for some years past, and it be- hooves both employers and employed tq, use common sense, zeal and intelligence in maintaining and con- solidating industry, upon which, the prosperity of the country depends.” ] That is the situation that confronts a people. whose industry is based upon free trade. How different is the situation in the United States'is known to every one. What workingman in this country ‘will vote for a ¢hange? DEPRESSION IN BRITAIN. EPORTS received by the Treasury Bureau of S———— . .So we will not be able to buy the Danish West Indies after all. This is enough to enroll Denmark among our eternal good friends. He too has been tried and tested in public as in | o HE National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Califernia gave a luncheon yester- day afternoon at St. Dunstan’s Ho- tel at which more than 100@guests were present. The dining rogm had been beautifully decorated for the -occasion and this, with the exquisite gowns worn by the fair ladies, made a scene that was picturesque in the extreme. The Colonial colors, blue and buff; pre- dominated, while chrysanthemums in profusion dotted the seven tables at which the guests sat down to a dainty re- past. The souvenir cards showed a pret- ty design and bore a golden poppy in one corner and a satin bow of colonial blue in the other. | vided had been disposed of several clever toasts were responded to. The first toast was ‘‘Our Grandmoth- ers,”” by Mrs. Selden S. Wright, who pald sweet tribute to the Gear old dames of the revolutionary period. “Our dear old grandmothers,” said Mrs. Wright. “Always the same, whether, in petticoats of rich brocade and satin trains, with powdered wigs, towering high, and wearing the inevitable patches, they measured with dainty steps and graceful curtseys the tuneful rhythms of the stately minuet, or dispensed in their own homes their gracious hospitalities. Tender and true, sweet, womanly and God bless their memories and make us all like unto our first Colonial dames.” BISHOP NICHOLS’ TOAST. In replying to the toast, “The First Co- lonial Dame,” Bishop Nichols made some happy allusions to the dusky beauty, | “Lady Rebekah,” and his abounded in wit and droil humor. Mrs. Hervey Darneal answered to the toast, “The Cavalier,” who, she said, ‘‘was the natural outgrowth of chivalry, the matured fruit from the beautiful flower of knighthood; proud of his name and blood, a little prone to boast on the deeds of his crusading ancestry, a haughty enemy, a loyal friend, generous, genial and hospitable.” In responding to the toast, “The Hugue- nots,” Mrs. George A. Crux told of the coming of the Chatelains and Waldenses, as the Colonial Dames of to-day lovingly welcome those of gentle lineage and pure hearts. Other toasts were “The Pilgrim Fathers,”. Mrs. Lee Ricimond Smith; “The Quakers,” Mrs. J. Goddard Clark; | 'The Bishop, Our Chaplain,” Mrs. Seiden S. Wright. THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT. The following named guests and mem- bers were present: Right Rev. Willlam F. Nichols, Mrs. Wil- lam F. Nichols, Mrs. Charies A. Coolidge, Mrs. Henry Bispham, Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Sllas Qasey, Mrs. Henry Lord, Mrs, Peck, Mrs. Alexander McAdle, Mrs. John Swift, Mrs. D. H. Kane, Mrs. Walter 5. Mansfleld, Mra, Wil liam H, Beatty, Mrs. John Deane, Mrs. Sar- gent, Mrs. Adam Grant, Mrs. Voorhies, Mrs. M. Campbell, Mrs. Douglas Montgomery, Mrs. McCutchin, Miss Marle Deane, Miss Buckbee, Miss Casey, Mrs, Willlam B. Craig, Mrs, Stafford, Mrs. Bidwell, Mrs. Ruggles, Miss Rawlings, Mrs. Hellman, Mrs, Montague Lovel, Mrs. Ciampett, Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. O. P. Baldwin, Miss Collins, Mrs. Cameron, Miss Rawlings. Members of the Soclety of Colonial Dames: Mrs, Selden S. Wright, president; Mrs. Charles | H. Hedges, first vice' presidens Georgo W. Gibbs, second vice preside A, Crux, recording secretar e K. | Brown, corresponding secretary; Miss Bliz- | abeth Jones, historian; Mrs. George Whitney, treasurer; Miss Marié Voorhies, registrar; Mrs. Horace Davis, Mrs. S B. Cushing, Mrs. Cam- eron, Mrs. Sage, Mrs. W. A, Brewer, Mrs. Willlam Alvord, Mrs., Thomas E. Thorn of Los Angeles, Mrs. P. M. Lusson of San Jose, Mrs. A, . Cross, Mrs, Winchester, Mrs, 8. | L, Moody, Mrs, Kirkman, Mrs, Thayer, Mrs. P. L, Wheeler. Mrs. Heger, Mrs. 8. S Wright, Mrs. 3. G. Clark, Mrs. McClure, Mrs. Henry Glass, Mrs. Burkmeihr, Mrs. L. Richmond Smith of San Jose, Mrs. Percy Moore, Mrs, i L. Hathaway, Mrs. Harry Plerce of San Jose, Mps. William Craig, Mrs. Maddux, Miss Mad- dux, Mrs. Hervev Darneal, Mrs. Augustus Rodgers, Mrs. S. W. Holladay, Mrs. Hargrove, Miss Eiizabeth Mason, Miss' D. Humphreys, Miss Voorhies, Miss Roberta Thompson, Miss N. Rodgers, Miss Brooke-Rose, Miss Dorr and Miss Eva Moody. - % Scorés of friends thronged Trinity Church yesterday afternoon to witness the marriage of Miss Marion Eells and Lieutenant Conrad Stanton Babcock. The church was prettily decorated with white S ™NE W PIAND ' $4.00 PEx nONTa. Price, $137 to $1000. . 200 to select frcm; bar- gains, $25 up, NE PIAND el 235-237 Geary Al music for the Playano, the only perfect player, 10 cents Gabler agents isit our concerts Thursday evéning at §:15, Saturdav afternoon at 3, . Co., After the good things pro- |’ reverent were our Colonial grandmothers. | remarks | who were greeted by the new world, even | + DINING-RCOM AT ST. DUNS-, TANS, WHERE THE COLO- NIAL DAMES LUNCHED. & + chrysanthemums and foliage. The army and ravy officers in the bridal party were in full dress uniform and the scene was | brignt with military trappings. Rev. Dr. Clampett officiated. To the strains of ‘“Lohengrin” the ush- ers proceeded up -the aisle, leading the procession. They were Lieutenant Walter Schuyler Grant,«U. S. Robert Jacksor U 8. A& gill, Ux8. N.; Ensign George Cook Sweet, U. S. N.; Wharton Thurston and John | Shephard Eells. The bridesmaids, Miss Isabel Kittle, Miss Nathalie Coffin, Miss | Jessie Wright and Miss Dorothy Eells, came next, daintily attired in white silk | batiste with lace yokes and garniture of | blue ribbon. Their picture hats were of | blue velvet, with ostrich feathers of the | same color. They carried Bridesmaid roses. Miss Gertrude Eells, mald of honor, followed in an attractive gown of white lace over taffeta and white tulle | hat with _ostrich feather. She carried American Beauty roses. Last came the | bride, on the arm of her father. She was | handsomely gowned in white satin, with garniture of point lace apolique. A tulle veil completed the toilette. The bride car- ried a shower bouquet of lilies of the val- ley. The groom was attended by his brother, Ensign John Franklin Babeock, U. 8. N., who acted as best man. - The ceremony was followed by a quiet reception at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George P. Eells, 2415 Pierce street. Later in the day Lieutenant and Mrs. Babcock left on their wedding trip. They will reside in Montana, where the bride’s | mother is equipping a new home for the happy couple. . Social day at the California Club was largely attended yesterday and the fash- fonably gowned ladies and.their guests enjoyed a delightful afternoon. Mrs. W. P. Buckingham arranged a most enter- talning fnusical programme and the well- known soloists won hearty applause from | of Marysville, SOCIETY OF COLONIAL DAMES _ MEET S AT PLEASANT LUNCHEON z S 2 ‘The pro- an appreciative audience. gramme was as follows: Plano solo, “Harmonfous Blacksmith,” Mau- rice Robb: tenor solo, (a) aria from ‘La Bo- heme,” (b) aria from “La Gioconda,” Sigmor Gluseppl _Agostini, accompanist Signor V. Ursumando; trombone solo. (a) ““Les Rameaux.’ @) “The Holy City. Alfred Roncovier, ac- companist Miss Marfe Glorgiani; s (@) T due Granatteer,” (b) ‘‘Simon Seccan fra,” Signor Augusto Dado, accompanist Sig- nor V. Ursumandi: piano solo, (a) Impromptu, A flat, (b) Valse, Op. 70, Maurice Robb; con- tralto solo, (a) -“Kennst du_das Land." (5) “La Fiancee,” Mrs. J. E. Birmingham, ac- companist Miss M. G. Moroney. H. H. Barn hart, the barytone soloist, sang four deligftfu selections. The musicale was followed by an in- formal reception and refreshments were served. . . Mr. and Mrs. George Roberts Eckert Cal., announce the mar- riage of their daughter, Miss Ethel Car- lisle, to Lloyd Hamilton Wilbur at Mary ville on Saturday, November 1, at 1 o'clock. - Amendment No. § means a new source of corruption in the Legis- lature itsel?. —————————— YOUNG BUSINESS MAN ¢ BECOMES A BENEDICK George A. Doanme and Miss Amelia Wanz Are United in Bonds of Matrimony. A pretty home wedding was that of George A. Doane and Miss Amelia Wanz, held at the home of the bride’s mother, Mres: K.~ Wanz, at 2004 Twenty-fousth street, yesterday. The ceremony .was performed by the Rev. M:. Fuendeiing, pastor of St. Mark's Church. The bridegroom is the semior member of the firm of Doane & Co., dray- men, and is the eldest son of the late Su- pervisor Doane. The happy young couple will snend their honeymoon in Southern California. —_—— Deaf Children Enjoy an Outing. The children of the Oral School for thé Deaf were entertained yesterday at the park. The little ones enjoyed the hobby horses and swings and the outdoor exer- cise gave them keen appetites for the tasty lunch which was served to them. ————— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.* ——— Best reading glasses, specs, 2¢ to 40c, at 81 Fourth, front of barber and grocery. * ——————————— Townsend’s California Glace fruit and candles, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 629 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * —————— Spectal. information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Alen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. 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It needed no advertising, for “The Octopus” tells of the grim realities of life, in a way that they have never been growers of Mussel Slough and the railroad trust in the broad valley of the San Joaquin. It is thoroughly Californian, and from the very first it was hailed as the long looked for, the great American novel, that was doubly strengthened by his sudden death in this city last The other two books were: ‘The Pit, a Story of Chicago,” and “The Wolf, a Story of Famine Stricken Europe,” which wil} never be written now—certainly not as Frank Norris would have written it, for all of which reasons “The Octopus” has risen to greater fame and popularity, to a more exalted literary importance than ever before, Recognizing this fact and notwithstanding that “The | is now the highest priced book in the market, The Sunday Call, fol- lowing out its new literary policy of giving its readers very latest novels by the very best writers in the world complete in two or at the most three editions—absclutely free, set about the difficult task of securing “The Octopus” at any price for immediate and exclugive publication in the Magazine Section. This, therefore, is to announce that we have succeeded, and pleted in the third installment next Sunday, instead of “The Leop- ard’s Spots,” which has been extensively advertised to appear on that Just think of what this means. Frank Norris’ great book of Californin, and the men and women who have made this the great- est State in America, the most talked of book in the world to-day, s with the strength, the virility, the of the wheat. It fell like a bomb again for many a long year to death struggle between the wheat American novelist, a distinction uncompleted. 2 Sunday Call on November 9, im- Vincennes,” which will be com- till further notice. told to watch for The Sunday Call