The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 8, 1902, Page 6

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Guong Distance Telephone “Central 2618.”) | NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH........30 Tribune Bullding NEW TORJZ—CUR!{ESPONDBNT: . €. C. CARLTON....... +seses.Herald Square NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: ‘Waldorf-Astoris Hotel; A. Brentano, 51 Union Square; Murrey Hill Hotel CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House: P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Frement House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., K. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. NOVEMBER 8§, 1902 | | at Derby, Conn.” the result in Derby we are. But self-respecting Dem- { i WHO WAS FOOLED ? the wreck to claim a rescue of such as survive the catastrophe. We gave notice that the Ex- | aminer would foo! somebody. In its shell game be- THE San Francisco Examiner pulls itself out of was fooled. We do not admit that his election was possible under any circumstances, but in the hope to conciliate the Examiner toward him enough Demo- crats held their noses and voted for Livernash to make San Francisco a spectacle in the eyes of the country. It is not our affair if the Democracy choose to sus- tain the empty pretensions of Hearst and the Ex- aminer. That paper ignored the 114,253 Democratic voters of the State to geo chasing for the 13,852 Union Labor party voters of San Francisco and get Liver- nash elected to the House. That is the mathemati- cal statement of its policy and ‘position. Governor Budd, who went to New York to help Hearst when Hearst needed no help, and at a time when his paper here was intriguing to «defeat a straight Democracy in order to elect a politically crooked candidate to Congress, may settle his own score with his party. It is a study of the devious and deceptive to trace the sinuous inconsistencies of the Examiner. No matter by what serpentine crawling they went, they all pointed to the one purpose, the ad- vertising; of Hearst and his paper. The Ex- aminer began by defamatory repudiation , of Sims, Alford and Lane as candidates for Gov- ernor. It impeached the political integrity of cach of them, and served notice that it would sup- port neither for Governor. Then it persuaded the nomination of Livernash by the Union Labor party. After this occurred the amazing spectacle of Sims and Alford offering with effusion and emotion the Demo- cratic nomination and support of Livernash, in the vain hope that it would cause the Examiner to play fair with Lane. To Lane’s credit it may be said that there is no evidence that he personally attempted to placate that newspaper, nor did he provoke it to more than its initial hostility. Now that Alford is elected to the Board of Equalization the Examiner claims the credit for his success, which makes it appear that it backed for that important office a man whose po- litical integrity it had venomously attacked. All that is sinister and insincere in politics is in- scribed upon the Examiner’s course.” We have but little concern with its slippery treachery to the party that patronizes it. But the effect of its reptile politics upon public interests is the concern of everybody who 'is tender of the fame 2nd the Juture of San Francisco. The defeat of Loud and Kahn, for which it claims the credit, is recognized now by every business man in this city as distinctly damaging to our interests. They are both experienced and influential members of the Hcuse. In that Republican body they were powerful in behalf of this city, State and coast. They were defeated by a system of atrocious and sustained lying, of so gross a character that few believed if could win. Overconfidence in the repulsiye effect of falsehood defeated them. The Examiner did the ly- ing, and overconfidence in the power of truth did the Test. So the net result of the Examiner's course is the discomfiture of such public-spirited Democrats as the party nominated in defiance of its dictation, and the greater discomfiture of this city by the election of two Representatives notoriously unfit for that respon- sibility. # Following this outcome, which shames the city, Mr. Hearst issues from the spume‘and stench of the New York tenderloin a signed manifesto to the Democracy notifying it of the terms wupon which he will continue to misrepresent it. In the document Mayor Schmitz is used as 2 sandwich man to advertise the Examiner and to fiddle for Hearst, the Democratic Nero, while he watches the burning of the Democratic, Rome. The | reason given for Hearst's position in this writing is that “last Tuesday a fusion of the labor element and Democracy had no difficulty in electing the Mayor If the Democracy is satisfied with ocrats will not hereafter be easily fooled into helping FRANCI | tween Lane and Livernash it is now evident that Lane | emergency curr Now is the A Mexican seaport dropped out of sight the other day into its adjacent bay. This impudent interference on the part of nature with our neighbor’s commerce suggests a depravity of intellighnce which ought 3t ieast to provoke a protest. BRANCH OFFICES—327 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until $:30 o'clock. 300 Hayee, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 9:80 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open uatil 9:30 o'clock. 1841 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, opes wntil 9 o'clock. 1098 Va- lencia, open until ® o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open ontll 8 o'clock 2200 Fillmore, open untll ® p. m. FINISH CURRENCY REFORM. N time of prosperity prepare to lessen the afflic- I tions of adversity. It is a mistake to assume that any economic or financial system can avert pe- riods of adverSity in commerce. - These hardships may be mitigated by right economics and scientific finance - When the panic of 1893 was precipitated by fears of disturbance of our economic system it immediately became the severest ever known because we owed a | large foreign debt and the securities which repre- sented it drained the treasury of gold by a demand for liquidation. Gold standard legislation and a good foreign trade have rapidly reduced our foreign debt, and if trade continue good for a little more than two years longer we will be entirely clear of debt abroad. That condition will greatly limit the duration of the next panic. Even now the smaller volume of our foreign debt will have a favorable effect. With the make-weight of a foreign debt taken off, the next depression will strain our finances and bur- den the treasury only to the extent of domestic neces- sities for currency. It may be set down as true that to whatever degree the Federal treasury is relieved of the responsibility of sustaining private credit to that same degree will 2 business depression be less severe What seems to be needed, in the light of the ex- perience of the financial world, is the withdrawal of the Government from responsibility for private credit and a corresponding strengthening of bank credit to assume the responsibility abdicated by the Govern- ment. It is a conspicuous fact that’ bank credit has never sunk as low as Government credit, when meas- ured by the depreciation of credit currency issued directly by the Government or by banks. The French assignats declined to a thousandth of their | the Examiner by hurting San Francisco in the pur- nominal value. French bank credit never suffered isuit of ends that are impurely personal and highly such 2 decline. The greenback issue of this coun- | yicious in their effects upon great public interests. Of 7y fell so low that it required $250 in greenbacks to | tne injury inflicted labo- will in due time get its share, buy $100 in gold. American bank credit never expe- | and when it does and is suffering from the Examiner rienced such a depreciation. gpolicy it may not reason out the fact that it has been The lesson is obvious. Strengthen the credit and po- | used by a selfish hypocrite to undo itself, sition of the banks and enlarge their power to meet the e ————c— demands of prosperity or of panic by the emission of England’s colonies have demonstrated again that an cncy based only on good and |if they have not reached the responsibility and dig- convertible securities. It is plain that this is a neces- tnity of manhood they have acquired something more sity in times of financial peace as well as in times of | than boyhood and know best what is good for them- panic. It is the best visible means of mobilizing | selves. Their Premiers have announced to England sound security in the form of currency when an ex- | ir no uncertain terms that they will resist every effort pansion is necessary, and of contraction when the | to stifle them with free trade. emergency is over. Jhe Government cannot do this, | But only the Government can empower the banks to : THE TURKEY QUESTION. gdo it. The Government cannot carry general com- SR mercial securities to be used for redeeming the credit ESPITE the glow of'prosp:rit}t i “,’5“’*’01‘ gurency it may issue. It has no means of redemp- D land and the newvbnght.ness EAVCLY to it by the tion other than the slow process of taxation. It was sweeping Republican victory it appears from this inability of the Government to hold or convert | Our Eastern reports that there is a little cloud upon commercial securities that caused the fearful down- | the American sky. Though small it is irritating, for ward plunge -of the greenbacks. it affects the joy of the season. It implies that on The Republican party has again received the con- | the coming of Thanksgiving and Christmas we are fidence of the country. It should use its new lease | to face a turkey question and will find it tough. of power in completing this currency reform by add- | President Roosevelt, in the fresh vigor of recov- ing facility to the banks and strengthening their | €ry from the wound on his knee, went with a distin- credit up to the measure of their responsibility. It | Suished party to Virginia to hunt turkeys. . They is a business matter and not a partisan issue, unless | had a long tramp and a good hunt, ‘but they got only the opposition choose to make it so. Business Demo- | one turkey. For some reason the noble bird has be- crats and Republicans alike support it. come scarce in the Virginia woods, and it is said that time to move forward. wild turkeys hereafter will have to be carefully pro- tected or they will vanish like the buffalo. : The importation of Cuban children into the United | That report is bad, but there is more and worse to States for the advantage of the Point Loma institu- | come. We can spare wild turkeys from the forests tion is very evidently one of those evils which eyen iif the domesticated gobbler and his hen will con- the partisans of reciprocity would not tolerate. Cali- | fornia is eminently qualified to care for her own |are fears, however, that the barnyards this season children and is not pining for those of Cuba. | are going to fall short of filling the supply. 2 2 S 3 o The story is so sad that we prefer to let our East- When President Roosevelt exercised his privilege | ¢rp exchanges tell it rather than undertake to find as an American elector he voted over a fish market. words sufficiently harrowing to fit the subject. The Can it be possible that the scene was chosen as a deli- | Chicago Tribune says the meat trust has cornered Efte compliment to one of the great roles that our | he turkey market and proposes to put the price so c.h-;m executive is playing before the American pub- { high that any man who ean afford to pay it will in- et | deed have occasion to give thanks and rejoice. The | Baltimore American says: “The trust that calls Chi- !cago its home must be compelled to keep its hands off these birds. They may be cooped, but they must not be cornered. - The people of Baltimore, the peo- ! ple of Maryland and the people of the whole country | demand that the trust shall cither let the turkeys alone Undertakers, cemetery workers ‘and gravediggers fm- promise that there shall be no advance in the in some of the Eastern cities have organized a union, | price.” and it is believed by the uncharitable that the inter- ested communities intend to' retalicte with a con- | spiracy against death. The Boston Transcript. that never gets excited on the trust question, says: “THerc is no corner on tur- 1 keys, as has been stated, because there are not enough tinue to flourish and breed in the barnyard. There- CO CALL, SATURDAY, : turkeys to corner. The great Armour establishment/ in” Chicago, which has made a special effort in the way of buying poultry, is as turkeyless as any other concern.” ' Then it proceeds to say: ‘“‘Naturally one | wants to know the reason of this shortage, and no }One can. tell exactly, but it is generally understood that the high price of grain accounts'in a great meas- ure for the present condition. People couldn’t af- | ford to buy grain just to feed it out, and as this state of affairs prevails all' through the West there is a distinct falling off in the turkey market. All sum- mer long it has been impossible for the market men to get turkeys from anywhere. There is another rea- son for the scarcity. It has been a cold, wet sum- mer, and any one who knows anything about the rais- ing of the Thanksgiving bird knows that nothing is thore fatal to young turkeys than ecold, damp weather.” It will be seen there is a difference of opinion as to the cause of the scarcity. One says the trusts have the turkeys, another says there are none because the farmers would not feed them, and athird attributes the deficiency to the weather. All agree, however, that turkeys are scarce in the Mississippi Valley and all over the East from Virginia to Vermont. The-e is, however, no reason for fearing a lack of turkeys in California. They may be high, but we can reach them, 3 KAISER’S VISIT. ——— Among the Democrats of New York there will be for séme time to come a loud babbling of voices ex: plaining how and why the pa#rty ticket was defeated, but Mr. Hill in retirement at Wolferts Roost will not heed them. His ears will be continually listening to the low deep chuckle of satisfaction that comes in- cessantly from the man at ' Wantage. THE AISER WILHELM'S visit to Great Britain K may have been designed merely as a holiday visit to his uncle the King and his friend Lord Lonsdale, but of course European specu- lation will not permit it to pass as a v'i’ri:nqu call only. The Kaiser is reputed to be an incessant worker, and no one in Europe will ‘believe he has gone away for a rest in merry England any more than Wall street would believe that a London trip of Morgan’s was undertaken merely for his health, The trip of the Kaiser following so closely upon Carnegie’s suggestion that he organize a great inter- national syndicate for the purpose of heading off the American industrial invasion of Continental Europe may perhaps lead some unreflecting American to be- lieve that the suggestion prompted the trip. That, however, would be an error. The trip was planned long before the speech was made, and,if there be any relation between the two it is mm\-e»likely ‘that the Kaiser inspired Carnegie than -that the plutocrat i;- spired the war lord. Europe has decided convictions on the object of the journey.. It is believed that the Kaiser goes to see his uncle for the purpose of arranging for a partition between Great Britain and Germany of the Portu- guese territory in South Africa. It will be remem- bered that the Portuguese territory gave Great Brit- ain a good deal of trouble during the war against the Boers, and that it was reported at the time that as soon as the war was over the ‘British would endea- vor to induce Portugal to sell out so that Great Britain might have a good seaport for the Trans- vaal. The story goes now that the Portuguese Min- istry is willing to sell, but Germany:.insists upon hav- ing a voice in the matter, and the Kaiser has_gone over to make the final arrangements. The interest of the Kaiser in the deal is due to the fact that German East Africa juts in between Portu- guese East Africa and the British terrifory. Britain would like to get Germany out of the way, and Ger- many is willing to get out of the way provided she gets an equivalent. Thus the story goes that Britain will buy the whole of the Portuguese territory and then trade a portion of it to Germany for the desired strip of German land. When the larger interests of the world are con- sidered the rumored partition of that remote sec- tion of -Africa may appear comparatively small poli- tics, and yet it is by no means an unimportant affair, The territory involved has an area of about 301,000 square miles and a population of something more than 3,000,000. It occupies a place of vantage be- tween the Transvaal and the sea, and Lorenzo Mar- quez is the natural port of entry for the whole of the Transvaal¥egion and Rhodesia. While the country is of little value to Portugal it would be of immense value to Great Britain. The German territory ad- :ioining and partially intervening between the two is also of little value, except that which attaches to its position. The Kaiser therefore has a chance to make a good trade, and it may be he will have something to say on the subject when he talks confidentially with the British Ministers. The main, difficulty in the way of settlement will be experienced when the effort is made to get the Por- tuguese tc consent to the sale. The tenacity with which the smaller European powers cling to the vestiges of their colonial empires is remarkable, We have just had an illustration of it in the rejection by Denmark of the proposed sale of her "barren islands | in the West Indies. From pure pride and obstinacy {a majority of the Danish Parliament rejected the treaty, notwithstanding the fact that Denmark has no use whatever for the islands and they are a source of expense to her people. The Portuguese public wil! doubtless act ‘as the Danish public, and the Kaiser will have to do some clever diplomatic work in Lishon to help his.good uncle to get the scheme through. Eastern candy manufacturers have become excited ‘over a report that a syndicate of capitalists has made a corner on essential oils used in flavoring candies. Prices of peppermint. spearmint and tansy are re- ported to have increased nearly 100 per cent. Out of the flurry comes the curious information that upward of 75 per cent of the world’s supply of such oils comes. from the neighborhood ‘of Kalamazoo. It looks as if California might make a side industry in the flavering oil business and bust the combine, Uncle Sam collected last year $91,000,000 more than he needed for the conduct of his expensive house- hold. Perhaps he is'inspired by the idea that it is well to put something away for a rainy day. It might not be unwise to allow us to try the experiment. China objects to paying the big indemnity de- manded by the powers in gold and wishes to submit the question to The Hague tribunal, and now the powers must either come into court or repudiate their own tribunal. ki It is announced that Joseph Chamberlain is going to visit South Africa, and now Oom Paul might as, well make up his mind to take a tour of England. ‘When Joseph goes to Paul’s town, Paul should go to Joseph's. ] NOVEMBER 8, 1902, MONI SUOTVANT TOR WYOMING AS : ~ GIVES NAVAL BOARD A SURPRISE SEA BOAT - HER SPEED CONTRACT. HE recent trials of the monitor ‘Wyoming not only demonstrated that she coast defense vessel was a knot speedier than called for by the contract between Uncle Sam and the Union Iron Works, but showed to the trial board that this latest addition to the navy is a magnificent sea boat. The se- ricus part of the Wyoming's trial was conducted within the limits of the bay. Monitors are not intended for sea-going service and although some of the boats of this class now in commission have made long voyages it was only urgent | necessity that induced the Navy Depart- @ bbbt - @ PERSONAL MENTION. 8. M. Griffith, an attorney of Fresno, is at the Lick. _ ‘W. H. McKenzle, a banker of Fresno, is at the Lick. State Senator A. F. Jones of Oroville is at the Palace, accompanied by his wife. - G. W. Gibson, a horse owner, is here from New York for the winter racing sea- son and is registered at the Grand. —— Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—The following Californians have arrived at the hotels: Raleigh—Mr. nx& Mrs. Pierce, Miss I. Charles, Miss Frances Charles, J. H. Payler, San Francisco. New Willard— Mrs. George Mitchell, Los Angeles. —_—— Assessment District too Small. A number of property owners appeared before the Board of Works yesterday to protest against the extent and boundaries of the assessment district for the change of grade on Polk street, between Chest- nut and Lombard. Some of them clalmed that the district should extend to Market street, instead of to Sutter, as decided by the board. After hearing arguments, the board took the matter under advisement. ety Lol seii To Lecture at ¥. M. C. A. Rev. H. W. Gilchrist will lecture at the Young Men's Christian Association building to-morrow at 3 o'clock. His sub- ject will-be “Drafted for Service.” Vocal selections will be rendered by Frank Dick- son. —_—— ‘Lectures-on Works of Art. Mrs. Horace Wilson delivered an in- teresting lecture last night before a large audience in the South Park Settlement House. Her subject was “Works of Art.”" She described her visits to the famous salons of Paris and other countries and told about the marvelous paintings and figures sculptured by the great artists on exhibition. The lecture was illustrated by stereopticon views. = NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO CURE ANY DISEASE. The Cause Must Be Removed, Same Way With Dnndrufl ' Kill the germ that causes dandruff, fall- ing hair and baldness, you will have no more dandruff, and your hair must grow luxuriantly. Herpicide not only contains the dandruff germ destroyer, but it is also a most delightful hair dressing for regu- lar tollet use. No other hair preparation is on this sclentific basis of destroying the ! dandruff germ than Newbro's Herpicide. . i PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON BOARD THE NEW MONITOR WYOMING DURING THE RECENT TRIAL TRIP OF THE COAST DEFENSE VESSEL OUTSIDE THE HEADS OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY, WHEN SHE EXCEEDED N MRS SR SN SNy NN b ment to make the experiment. The Wyoming behaved so well in the quiet waters of the harbor that Captain Dickens, U. S. N., president of the trial board, decided to give ner a taste of the heavy sea beyond the bar. The accom- panying {llustrations are from photo- graphs taken from the monitor's super- Structure during this excursion outside the hegds. Upon this particular occasion the Wyoming’s course lay through a strong, healthy ocean swell. The Potato Patch was breaking and a stiff breeze was blowing. One photograph herewith reproduced shows the vessel's bow and the top fringe of the bone she carried in her mouth. ‘When she dipped to the sea her nose sounded a depth of thirty feet and as she rose it was with green ocean water piled to the top of her forward turret. When this picture was taken she was making a little better than twelve knots. During this particular run a passing schooner dipped colors to the monitor. ““Go aft and answer that salute,” was the order given a sailor. Back came the seaman in a few min- utes. “Can’t do it, sir; can’t reach our flag staff.” The other photograph shows why the Schooner’s salute was not acknowledged. While the forward deck was piled high with frothing foam the after deck re- sembled a millrace gone mad. Some of the water shipped forward found its way * aft. Then the water displaced by the rush of the monitor raced madly over her stern in its hurry to get back to the big main body. This picture, which shows | the Wyoming's quarterdeck and gives some idea of her wake, was takem from the after part of the superstructure. In spite of the enormous weight of wa- ter juggled off and on her fore and after | ends the “‘Wyoming behaved like a well regulated armed cruiser. She made good speed, she handled easily and was firm as a rock. The members of the trial board say she can weather any sea the wind can raise, and Captain George Har- vey, who piloted the monitor through all her trials, declares that if President Roosevelt had been along he would have | found in that race through the Pacific | sweil the climax of truly strenuous sport. — e Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend’s.* ———— Best reading glasses, specs, 20c to 40c, af 81 Fourth, front ef barber and grocery. * —_—— Townsend’s California glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * —_——— Special information supplied daily to business houses .and- public. men by the | Bress Clippifig Bureau (Allen's), 230 Calle fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. - Read “The Oclopus,” Frank Norris’ Maslerpiece, in The Sunday Call, HEN Frank Norris gave “The startled the whole world unexpected power, the keen, Octopus” to the public he With the strength, the virility, the merciless analysis of men and things of to-day, shown in the stupendous scope of this, the first of his astounding trilogy of the epic in the literary fold. It needed no tells of the grim realities of life, come. in a told before, and never will be tolg of the wheat. It fell like a bomo advertising, for “The > way that they haye never been again for many a long year to It deals with the long bitter death struggle between the wheat growers of Mussel Slough and the railroad trust of the San Joaquin. It is thoroughly California; i first it was hailed as the long looked for, cently, leaving the great trilogy The other two books were: uncompleted. in the broad valley 1, and from the very the great American novel, were: “The Py “The Wolf, a Story of Famine Stricken Fayene Jpor, CLic860,” and written now—certainly not as Fr /| for all of which reasons ‘“The Oct. | popularity, to a more exalted lit “The Octopus” at any price for i i the Magazine Section. This, therefore, is to announ, you will get “The 6utopu.” in ank Norris opus” has risen to erary importance than evey before. cken Europe,” which will never be would have written it, greater fame and mmediate and exclusive % Dblication ce that we have succeeded, and The San Francisco Sunday Call,' the November 9, instead of Leopard’s Spots,” which was extensively aq oo that date. “Th, 5 'y advertised to eppear on Rt noflu.. Leopard’s Spots,” therefore, will be post--ned till Just think of California, and the /) absolutely free, Do you need to of November 9 what this means. Fra: men and wom est State in America, the most t “‘ who have made this th. DK Nortis’ great book of e great- h‘uglot book in the world to-day, be told to read The uan Francisco