The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 5, 1902, Page 6

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CRANE, Correspondent. o el BRANCH OFFICES—3527 Montgomery, corner of Clay, opr% wnti] $:80 o'clock. 800 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock, 632 McAlister, cpen until 9:30 o'clock. 615 DLarkin, open until 930 o'clock. 1041 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2281 Warket, corner Sixteenth, open until § c'clock. 1006 Va- lencie, open untll § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open until ® o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open untfl § p. m. PUBLIC SALARIES. PON hardly any other question bave the peo- l ’ ple of the United States—or at least their lawmakers—shown themselves so illogical as in that of fixing salaries for public offices. The vari- ations of the official salary list of the United States taken as a whole 2re enormous. The salary’ of the Sheriff of New York is larger than that of the Presi- dent of the United States, and there are county of- ficers jn some States who recéive larger pay than that accorded to Cabinet officers of the nation. We do fiot, however, have to review the whole Union to find ebsurdities of the kind. They exist in every State, and notably in our own good State of California. We have been busily campaigning in this city over the gquestion of increasing the salary of the Assessor, but it has probably not occurred to any considerable number to think how much in the way of salary changing we would have to go through with if we undertook to grade all public salaries on anything . like 2 Should such a systematic regulation be undertaken it is probable that fully one-hali of the salaries of State and of ‘county have to be changed to a greater or less extent. In our local salary fixing for the Assessor it ‘was contended with justice that the office on account of Jts importance should carry with it a salary of $8000 a year. Meantime the salary of the Governor of the State is but $6000 a year. -The Assessor during his term of office lives in his own.home and has no un- usual expense imposed upon him by the official ser- vice, but the Governor is required by law to main- ir basis. tain a residence in Sacramento, so that he must either ebandon ormer home or undertake the mainte- mance of two houses. The Assessor has no social obligati. required by his office and may if he choose live in lodgings and never entertain anybody; but the Governor is expected to entertain exten- sively during the sessions of the Legislature and to @ct for the State in-extending California’s hospitality to distinguished visitors, especially if they visit us-in 2n official capatity. Finally, the duties of Assessor, whilefeertainly important, are by no means so import- ant as those of the Governor. Why, then, should there have been so much Public interest over the ques- tion of the salary of the Assessor and such complete indifference to the salary of the Governor? There are other absurdities in our salary list.” Such important State offices as those of Attorney General, Secretary of State, etc., have smaller salaries than _several county offices, and yet in every case the county official lives at home, carries on more or less of private business and has no expensive obligations resting upon him, while the high officers of the State must live for a large part of the year at Sacramento and must give their whole time and energy to the performance of their public duties. California is no worse than’other States in this re- gard, nor so bad as the nation itself. The irregulari- ties and inequalities of national salaries have long en- gaged the attention of Congress, but despite repeated efforts to properly adjust them nothing has been ac- | complished. In each of the great depatments of the Government there are subordinate offices held by ex- perts who receive larger salaries than that of the Secretary who presides over it and who is required by custom to maintain a hospitable house at Wash- sington and to take a.prominent part in the enter- tainment of foreign Ministers and notable visitors. It is not to be expected that anything like a sys- tematic readjustment of.official salaries will ever be made by the nation, or by even so much as a single State. We are not a systematic people, and look with suspicion on any programme that is so well rounded | gs to have the appearance of being developed from a | theory. We must, however, in the end undertake some sort of salary adjistment. We may go about it piecemeal, voting on one salary at a time, as in- the case of the Assessorship of this county, but sooner or later it must come. The existing absurdi- “ties are too gross to be continued forever. in the latest number of the Commoner Mr. Bryan disposes neatly of the gentlemen who are trying to ~#ind 2 leader for the Democratic party by telling them that what the party needs is not a new leader, but sore voters. i *"A Pennsylvania man is reported to have written to the Pope requesting him to suppress church socials in this country, and the méxt thing we know some 1 one will be asking him to recommend a patent “vital- officials would | and when protected from becoming rancid is no doubt a rather wholesome substitute for lard in cook- ing. But it is nowhere soldto enter into consump- tion as cottonseed oil. It is used as an adulterant, and is sold, bought and consumed as something else, under an alias. ' The neagest approach to passing for what it is is in the lard blend called cottolene. Its production has added immensely to the value of our Southern cotton crop. The seed formerly was a nuisance at every cotton gin. Now as oil‘, and the by- product, oil cake, used as a ration for livestock, its value per acre of cotton land is frequently equal to that of the fiber of the plant. When foreign olive oil was subjected to the compe- tition of the superior product of California an advan- tage was sought by the skillful adulteration of foreign oil. At first lard oil was largely used, but it was too casily detected by its tendency to 'granulate and to become rancid. Mustard and nut oils were too costly to leave much profit as adulterants, and cottonseed oil was found to snswer the purpose by blending readily and non-liability to granulation. These qualities caused it to be taken largely in France, where it was blended, bottled and sent back to us as pure olive oil, at'a price that was injurious to the virgin oils of California. The export has risen to a value of many millions of francs, and the cotton fields of the South were actually brought into competition with the olive orchards of California. Our olive growers have stoutly and universally maintained the purity of their product, but in the market of their own country have sufféred from a taste vitiated by the use of foreign adulterated oil, which found in the pure product a strange flavor, al- beit the characteristic flavor of the pure product. This vitiated taste and the cheapness of the adultera- tion have been discouraging to the California pro- ducer, though the plenting of olives has not been checked, because the tree will thrive and indeed pro- duce the best oil in localities where no other fruit tree can be grown. One fine evidence of this adap- tation may be seen in the Birdsall orchard at Auburn, in Placer County, where the olive trees grow on an acclivity impracticable for any other tree. The Cali- fornia discovery of the ripe olive pickle, a delicious food, containing all the oil of the ripe fruit and with a free stone, which readily separates clean from ‘the pulp, has been a means of relief to a degree from-the losses of adulterated competition. Still the handi.- cap has been seriously felt. - | Relief has just now appeared from ‘an unexpected “quarten The French olive growers find' that the lgreat blending and exporting houses, enjoying the | advantage of foreign trade and gaining, skill in so- phistication, are upon the point of making olive oil | for the trade that has no olive oil in it at all, the | flavor being given by chemicals used in the cotton- seed oil. It has long been known that French skill can make wine without grape juice, and olive oil is taking the same course. The French olive growers, alarmed by this condition, have organized to pro- cure from the Government such a tariff on cotton- | seed oil as will either exclude it altogether or make | it too costly to use as an adulterant. In this they will | have the hearty support of the California olive grow- |-ers, while the French adulterators will be supported | by the American cottonseed oil interest. The combined olive growers are making a fight for commercial honor; the others are contending for commercial dishonor and deceit. Phre olive oil has edible and therapeutic qualities not found in any other vegetable, animal or mineral oil. Its old and common name, “sweet oll,” is a fond and appreciative ascription to its quaiities, applied for the same rea- son that good, potable water was, called ‘“‘sweet water” by the overland travelers, who found it in dis- tricts where water was so heavy in mineral salts as to be disagreeable or dangerous. Mankind cannot af- ford to lose the taste for sweet oil or for sweet water, and the move of the French olive growers illustrates the use of a tariff as the means of rebuk- ing and preventing commercial dishonor and food { adulteration. If it be successful the cottonseedeinter- est of this country may suffer somewhat, but that.in- | terest may thereby be compelled to offer cottonseed | oil to the consumer in its true name and not under | an alias. - Then if there be those who wish to. consume | it; knowing, what it is, they should do so unhindered. It shouid be a mark of our high civilization that the purity of the food supply is above suspicion. If | the- discoveries of science can be perverted to the vile | uses of commercial dishonor, science may well mourn the progress of her disclosures. e e e demnation of a recent speech of the Kaiser without getting into jail put the case in this way: “The mon- archy is constitutionally irresponsible. An adequate answer to the Emperor’s speech is prevented through the lese majeste paragraphs.” There is no harm in that statement and the public can"draw its own con- clusions. THE STATEHOOD BILL, ISPATCHES from Washington are far from { D encouraging to the advocates of the admis- 1 sion of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma | to statehood this winter. The situation, however, is not desperate, and it will be worth while for West- ern men to make a determined fight for the bill. There is not the slightest reason why the three Ter- | ritories should be denied the rights of States, and | the only formidable obstacle.that stands in.the way is that of Eastern prejudice founded upoa ignor- ance. A report from the capital quotes one of the object- ors to the bill as saying that the population of New Mexico has not advanced in education and character | to the point requisite for statehood, and that Arizona | “has reached the full measure of its natural growth so far as the cultivation of the soil is concerned, except for areas that may be brought under irrigation, while the mining regions are an uncertain factor as-to the permanency of the population.” Such are the sort of objections the advocates of the bill ;have to meet, and it will be seen that it is diffi- cult to meet them owing to their lack of definiteness, What standard of education and character are a peo- ple of a Territory to have before the Territory. is ad- mitted to the Union? The men and women who are building up New Mexico are not essentially different from the pioneer miners and cattle-growers of other sections of the Union. Their public school system is as good as that of any other community where the population is widely scattered, and better than that of some of the older States. What is meant by saying Arizona has reached the full measure of its “natural growth so far as the cultivation of the soil is con- gerned except for-areas that may be brought under iirrigation”? Why not say that Pennsylvania or-|to us, for we also have a large local supply. THE SAN FRANCIS A German paper in endeavoring to express con--| New York has reached the full measure of its natural growth so far as the cultivation of the soil-is-con- cerned except for areas that may be'brought under new systems of cultivation? Such objections are absurd. Arizona had at the census period a population of 122,000; Oklahoma, 1 398,000; and New Mexico, 193,000. Each of these is larger than the population of some of the States now in the Union, and as to their possibilities of growth in wealth and population every intelligent man knows that each of the three Territories is superior to a very large number of the existing States. The recent violent uproar in the Reichstag was un- precedented in the history of that body, and the Ger- mans are discussing it ‘as gravely as if it were some new kind of seismi¢ disturbance. Parliamentary life in Germany is, however, very y&mg as yet, and the Germans have much to learn about its habits. O State show that in the late election in Cali- fornia the Socialist candidate for Governor received 9592 votes. That was but a small propor- tion of the total vote, which exceeded 300,000, but it is noteworthy that it exceeded the vote of the Pro- hibition candidate, ‘and thus gives the Socialists the right to claim the title of the “third party.” In few parts of the Union was the Socialist vote Jlarge enough to excite the interest of practical poli- ticians, but it has attracted the attention of the press and of special . students of . American . sociology. THE SOCIALIST VOTE. FFICIAL figures issued by the Secretary of | Owing to the complications of the balloting there are some differences of opinion concerning the exact amount of the socialistic vote, but some authorities put it as high as 400,000, In Massachusetts alone there were 40,000 votes for the Socialist ticket. This large vote can hardly be attributed to the “off year,” for Socialists are doctrinaires and are sure to vote their party ticket in Presidential years just as solidly as in any other. Tt is therefore reasonable to assume that the Socialists have actually made that much growth in the Union and will hold it and probably increase it in 1904. Some authorities hold that in several New England States the Socialist vote was large enough to se- riously affect the result of the State elections. Thus the Boston Globe says: “Take, for instance, Massa- chusetts, where the Socialists made the most startling gains. Here they carried the wealthy city of Brock- ton, and were defeated only by small majorities in Quincy, Rockland, Ware and other cities. It is cer- tain that this largely increased vote was mostly drawn from the Republicans." In no other way can we account for the decreased majority by which Mr. Bates was elected. If this view is not convincing the case of Rhode Island certainly is, where the increase of the Socialist vote is plainly responsible for the loss of the State to the Republicans and the return of a Democratic Governor.” g If it be proven that the Socialist gains in New England have been made mainly from Republican ranks there would be nothing surprising in the fact, for there is such an overwhelming majority of Re- publicans over Democrats in most parts of that sec- tion of the Union that alszt any. new movement would draw more Republicans than Democrats to its standards. A more significant feature of the vote is that where Populism was strongest in the past Socialism was weakest this year. It thus appears that the Populists are not turning to Socialism, but have united themselves with.either the Republican or the Democratic ‘party. It is therefore evident that Socialism is working its way to power at. the polls on its own merits, and is not in any way a dying effort on the part of the old free silver or Populis- tic agitations. Three other features of the subject are worth noting. - First, the increase over that of the previous elections was so large that some authorities esti- mate the Socialists will poll upward of 1,000,000 votes in 1004. Second, the increase took place almost ex- clusively in those localities where the foreign-born vote is Jargest. Third, the American Federation of Labor came very near being captured by the Social- ists in the recent balloting, for in a total vote of more than gooo the conservatives carried victory by a ma- jority of but 726. The data is not sufficient to support a definite con- clusion as to the strength of the socialistic movement. In this country we have had ample experience of movements that draw millions of voters from the old parties for a year or two, and then die out more rap- idly than they sprang up. The Granger movement, the Free Silver movement and the Populist move- ment are recent illustrations of the kind. Socialism may rise and fall with an equal rapidity. ‘Al that can be said now is that the Socialist movement is evi- dently on the increase, and should there come upon us a period of depression or discontent the vote in 1904 will show a Socialistic strength that will surprise those wha have been in the habit of treating the new party with contempt. The queer way in which governmental things are done is illustrated in the report from Washington that in the reconstruction of the White House the same wire was used for transmitting electricity for lighting the building as for running the elevator, but was not sufficient for both, so that when the elevator runs the lights flicker in the banquet-rooms and leave the place in semi-darkness. It will be borne in mind that the Government pays a big price for the job and the man in charge of it is supposed to be an expert. It is asserted that a New Yorker offered to bet Ham Lewis that Cleveland would be' nominated by /the Democrats in 1004 and electo{ by Republican votes, and Lewis would not take the bet. Eyidently the New Yorker is not a responsible bettor, or. else Lewis, while appreciating a sure thing, does not like to wait until 1904 for his money. New Yorkers are passing the holiday season by dis- cussing whether business women should go into so- ciety or society womer into business. It seems to be a tough problem no matter’at which end it is tackled. Having successfully prosecuted the millionaire boodlers of the city, the prosecuting attorney of St. Louis is getting a reputation. His name is Folk, and he seems 'to be one of the right kind. SR A local police sergeant was robbed the other day in his own house. This is one of the glaring viola- tions of professional ethics which makes one lose his confidence in human nature. Ohio and some snow south of it already this sea- son, but the Pacific Coast is still balmy and offering a refuge iqr’all. ! E Boston papers report that the local supply of lob- | sters is large, but they need not export any of them CO CALL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1902, There has been a good deal of snow north of the |FRUIT GROW R lower tariffs on shipments to Eastern markets and have also firmly resolved to battle for the right to sell their products in San Francisco. The commission merchants of the metropolis are organized and the growers are organ- izing. A big battlé is on and the people of the Pacific Coast will watch the/pro- gress of the combat wjth the keenest in- terest. The third day’s session of the Califor- nia State Fruit Growers’ Convention—the twenty-seventh annual meeting under the auspices of the State Board of Horticul- ture—opened at Pioneer Hall at 10:a. m. yesterday. President Blwood Cooper and Vice President E. J. Wickson were at their respective stations. On the wall be- hind Professor Wickson's chair was a reproduction of a California grasshopper, magnified to the size of an ordinary work- ing plan of a modern cruiser. spider, codlin moth and the woolly aphis were also reproduced, but they did not represent in magnified picture the fero- city, agility and power of locomotion in- dicated in the enlarged sketch of the grasshopper. n The following programme of essays was adhered to in the forenoon session: Insects and Their Control: ‘Parasitlc and Predaceous Inscets in the Orchard,” by Alex- ander Craw; “Injurious Insects,”” by. Professor C. W. Woodworth; ‘The Black Peach Aphis in California,’”” by Profes ‘Warren T. Clarke; “What the Horticultural Commission Have Done for Southern California,” by J. W, Jeff- rey; “‘Destruction of Beneficial Birds,” by W. O. Emerson; Discugsion. x WICKSON READS REPORTS. The honor of reading the contributions of J. W. Jeffrey of Los Angeles and W. P. Emerson of Livermore was accorded to Professor Wickson. The Jeffrey paper dwelt upon the splen- aid work performed by the Los Angeles County Hortlcultural Commission. It was asserted that the purple scale from Flor- ida would have overrun the orchards of Los Angeles County had it not been for the active and intelligent work of the commission. . 5 The Emerson paper, on birds, was a de- cidedly interesting if not fascinating es- say on the habits and characteristics of the feathered residents and visitors. Men~ tion was made of the destruction of bene- ficial birds for adornment. The bird- hunters, employed by millinery agencies, were slaying birds in the mountains and 4oothills and by the margin of ‘lakes. The bird-killing record was still held by a Florida hunter, who had killed 141,000 birds in a single ye: The hunters in Califor- nia last year shipped 40,000 birdskins' to the BEast. Among the beneficial birds mentioned by Emerson are the red bellied hawk, the rough legged hawk, long-éared owl, four specles of the wookpecker, Arkansas king bird, ash-throated fly. catcher, Mexi- can horned hawk, Arizona hooded oriole, western meadow lark, Oregon junko, Cali- fornia tee-nee and black-headed = gros- beck. Other birds were mentioned in the beneficial class, but theéy ‘did not possess such alluring names as those designated. Among the no account birds Emerson mentioned the red-breasted. woodpecker, California jay, red-headed linnet and English sparrow. WANT FOREIGN REPORTS. Edward Berwick brought up the sub- Ject of U. 8. Consular reports and the HE resolute fruit-growers of Cali- fornia have determined to- continue CORONER INVESTIGATES SIX MYSTERIOUS DEATHS All of the Decedents Are Related and Five of Them Carried Insurance. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4—Deputy Coroner Boogher, in an officlal statement made to-day, declared that the result of the inquest held over the body of Mrs. Kate Smith, whose death was the sixth occur- ring during the last seven months of per- sons nearly related, revealed the fact that all of the dead except a baby had been msured. The direct cause of the death of Mrs. Smith was found to be gastro enteritis, and a contributing cause that has not béen determined. As soon as the transeript is completed it will be delivered to Circuit Attorney Folk. Nearly all of the six persons died sud- denly. The fact that they were insured and that they all exhibited similar symp- toms caused the inquest to be held. L L Hydrographer Gives Testimony. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—F. H. Newell, hydrographer of the Geographical Sur- vey, to-day gaye testimony before the Senate Committee on Territories concern- ing the lands’in the Territorles of Ari- zcna and New Mexico which are capabie of being made productive by irrigation. PERSONAL MENTION. Rear Admiral F. Rodgers,” U. 8. N,, is at the Palace. \ Rear Admiral Bickford of H. M. 8. Grafton is at the Palace. B. V. Sargent, an attorney of Colusa, is a guest at the Occidental. Captain John von Nelson, a well-known steamboat man, is at the Russ. Alec Brown of the State Board of ‘Equalization is registerel at the Lick. M. E. Sanborn, an atterney of Yuba City, is among the arrivals at the Lick. J. T. Lorenson, a hotel man of Salinas, is at the Grand, accompanied by his two daughters. H. L. Jackson, a well-known business man of Spokane, is at the Occidental, ‘accompanied by his family. T. B. Gibson, who conducts a general merchandise business at Woodland, is among the arrivals at the Grand. H. Wittenberg, presidént of the Amer- ican Cracker Company, with headquar- ters at Portland, Or., is at the Grand. Ernest Hastings, the popular leading man, who has been re-engaged at the Al- cazar, arrived from New York last even- ing and is at the California. John Sweet, formerly State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, and who now is @ resident of Martinez, where he cwns a Yanch, is at the Lick. Alfred Bouvier, who has been 11l since last July, left yesterday in a private car for Paso Robles Springs. He was ac- companied by his physician, Dr. Louls Mendel. —_— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 4—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—R. A. Bigges, at the .Normandie; H. A. Deckelman and wife, at the Herald Square; H. Franklin, at the Imperial; M. Schick, at the Union Square; Mrs. J. Lincoln, Miss Lincoln, C. H. Wall, Miss M. J. Wall, J. C. Fer- guson, Mrs. W. P. Morgan and Miss Morgan, is ai the Holland; J. R. Cormick, at the Grand Union; Miss M. C. Harmin and Mrs. H. W. Seale, at the Kensington; A. Wartenweiler, at the Manhattan; T. T. Willlams and wife, at the Gilsey. From Los Angeles—A. W. Buchanan, at the Gilsey; R. T. Hendy and O. S, Jen- nings, at the Everett. - .From Santa Clara—W. J. Fosgate and L. L. Moses, at the Manhattan. ,_ From San Jose—J. W. Kiley, at the Herald Square. b b From San Diego—IL J. Hill, Gilsey. at the R Californians in Washington. WASHINGTON, Dec. £—The following Californians registered ‘at the hotels to- day: At the Arlington—Mrs. C. H. Lay- son and Joseph Hutchinson of San Fran- cisco, and C. J. Dempster of Oakland. The red | B o 2 e ERS OF CALIFORNIA BATTLE COM fallure due to the Comm Museum or some other agency to furnish Califor- nian horticulturists with prompt intelli- gence concerning crops and probable yield in foreign countries. After considerable discussion on the floor President Cooper informed the con- vention that the State Board of Hortl- culture would pay the Commercial Mu- seum $50 for transmitting to growers ca- blegrams sent from abroed to the State Department at Washington. The following invitation was accepted: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 1902 J. J. Keegan, Secretary California State Fruit Growers' Assoclation, Pioneer Building, San Francisco—Dear Sir: The California Pro- motion Committee of San Francisco extends cordial invitation to the California State Frult Growers' " Association, in vonvention assembled, to visit its headquarters, 25 New Montgomery street, where every attention and courtesy will be shown your members. It s evident that it will be to our mutual advantage to co-operate in advancing the inter- £5ts of our State in the prmotion and deyelop ment of its vast urces, and to that end will do whatever possible to.agsist your or- ganfzation in its work. Cordially yours, ~RUFUS P. JENNINGS, 3 Executive -Officer. After the reading of the papers the im- portant’ question arose whether the fruit growers of the. State proposed to stand by the Sacramento Valley orchardists in their war with the organized ‘commission merchants of San Francisco. ‘A. ‘R. Sprague early in the engagement shelled the woods with this resolution: GROWERS READY TO FIGHT. To the State Convention of Fruit Growers of California — Gentlemen: ~Your committee to whom was referred the state of the:San Fran- cisco market, with instructions toproceed to orgsnize upon the plan reported to the last State Convention of t- Growers, beg leave to_make the following report: We started the ‘work of organization first upon the Sacramento River, because- that was the chief section from which perishable. prod= ucts are shipped to the San Francisco market. It was late in the season before an organiza- tion of the Sacramento River growers could be secured, and while it was, pre that this organization should be but one of several that 'should be centralized for the conduct of co- operative marketing in San Francisco, the sea- son had already become so late that if anything was to be done during the summer of 1902, it was_clearly evident the Sacramento- growers would have to take-the lead. This they did and proceeded to rent a store and equip it for_business. A large number of the heaviest growers on the Sacramento River were {n- cluded in thils_organization, and shipped very freely to it. The membership of the California Fresh_Fruit Excharige from the various see- tions where associations are established also, shipped to. this house, which was known as the “Growers' Co-operative Agency.'! BUSINESS GAVE PROFIT. The business was entirely satisfactory ahd giving an excellent. profit until somewhat past mid-season, when the action of the San Fran- cisco commission merchants put in force a boyeott, which rendered it exceedingly diffi- cult for the Growers’' Co-operative Agency to do business. _Of course, it is well known'sthat to £x, Its effects may be clearly traced. retaiiers and peddlers were instructed that they would be unable to buy any supplies. of the members of the Commission Merchants’ As- soclation f they did any business with (he Growers' Co-overative Agency. This extendcd even-to dealers at San Jose, and other points.’ A suit has been brought, which is now before the State “courts, to sectire a withdfawal of the boycott and damages resulting from it. At various times the growers have deavored to secure of the commission mer- chants permisston to- do a"co-overative - busi- ness for themselves in the San Francisco mar- but this has been in each instance re- fused and met with the declaration that would be necessary for the growers ‘to i incorporate and refuse entirely to do busine: upon the co-operative plan, or they would not be permitted to sell their own wares ir San Francisco. In the opinion of your comm.(tee, no other resource is left to the growers of California, who ship to the San Francisco mar- ket, than to extend the work of organizing local assoclations, and centralize these into an or- The en- MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LATE DR. PARKER City Temple Is Crowded With Per- sonal Friends of the Deceased A Cl LONDON, Dec. 4—A memorial service for the late Dr. Parker was held in'the City Temple this morning. It was an impressive demonstration. The Temple was filled with flowers and crowded with personal friends of the deceased and rep- Tresentatives of a score of religious organ- were filled with crowds who were unable to enter and who waited in the biting wind to see the coffin carried out for in- terment at Hampstead. The music in- cluded Dr. Parker’s favorite hymns and Tennyson's “‘Crossing the Bar.” Dr. Clif- ford and Dr. Robertson Nicholl officiated. Dr. Nicholl, who preached the funeral sermon, said: ‘“The Christian church has mourned one of its greatest preachers and free church- men must feel how rich they had been and how poor they had now become.” SR TR Rathbone Wants an Investigation. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Major Estes G. Rathbone, who was convicted of irregu- larities during his incumbency as director of posts of Cuba, and who was pardoned after the American occupation ended, was at the Capitol to-day for the purpose of pressing his petition, filed with the Sen- ale at the last session, for an investigation of the methods used in his conviction by the Cuban courts. while responsibility for the boycott is difficult | izations. The streets outside the building | MISSION MEN ganization which shall conduct the business of selling perishable products in the San Francisco They would also recommend that the resent law prowiding for a free market be mad effective, and provision be made for open- ay. Res] ing the same without delay. Respectfully T Chatrman of Committes: The resolution was adopted without dis sent. REFER TO BOYCOTT. “A. T. Reynolds “gained the floor and gave a brief history of the fight to date, maintaining that it was necessary for the farmers to go ahead and organize ageén- cies for the sale of their products. Mr. Reynolds saild the manager of the San Francisco agericy had been blackballed by the Produce Dealers’ Association. The vote on his application stood 1l for and i6 against his admission. The manager was also blackballed by the Protective Association. . Reynolds, in the course of his remarks, said in substnace: ‘We did establish an agency in San Francisco for the sale.of our orchard products and were doing well when the boycott was placed upon us.. Retailers were urged or forced to boy- cott us and the boycott is on now. The first month we did a business of $16,000 and had 200 customers. ~The second month’s business 4mounted to $36,000, with 244 customers. The third. month’s business amounted to $49,000. but the number of customers declined to 140 owing to the boycott. The canners stood by us.. The commission merchants are crushing the growers and canners. In September we had 58 customers and in November only 7. As the boycott is still on 2nd retailers do not dare to come to’ us We must reach the customers in Some way. The commission merchants say that if wa disincorporate they will handle our products, but we feel that we havs the right o sell our products in the market of San Francisco. We mean to keep the house open. | The business for six months amounted to $121.- o e s "our purpose to keep up the fight. ORIGINAL PLAN OF DEFENSE. A. R. Sprague declared that the conven- tion last year directed a plan of cam- palgn on the lines mentioned. Now the question is whether the State convention proposes to stand by the Sacramento Val- ley farmers. An affirmative answer was given by the immediate adoption of the following: Whereas, The fruit growers of the Sacra- menta River district have crganized a co- operative marketing agency for the purpose of defending themselves from the extortion of the organized commission merchants of San Frageisco; and ereas, The said ‘merchants’ haye used every means ¢ power. to break up and destroy the said Fruit Growers' Co-cperagive Marketing Agency: and Whereas, The sald agency is in need of as- sistance; therefore, be. it TResolved, That it is the sense of the mem- Bers of the Newcastle Fruit Growers’ Asso- clation, fn annual meeting assembled, that it is the duty of every fruit grower and of every | horticultural crganization in California to giva tc. the. sald Growers’ Co-operative Agency the strongest support possible; and be it further | Resolyed,. That we urge this matter most | earnestly upon the attention cf the convention t ot State Horticulturists to be held in San | Francisco during the first week in December. | NEWCASTLE FRUIT GROWERS' ASSICIA- | C TION." By G. GERALDSON, Secretary. i At the evening session, Vice President E. J. Wickson in the chair, a supplement- al. resolution to render more effective the policy of the growers was introduced by A. R. Sprague and adopted by the con- vention. Interesting essays were read by Professor A. G. McAdie, M. V. Hartranft and John H. Nourse. In the afternocon the Women’s Agricul- tural and Horticultural Union met and listened to several interesting papers. The | following resolution. was referred to the | com1aittee on resolutions: | Resolved, That it is the sentiment of -the fruit-growers of @alifornia that the Chinese exclusion act should be so amended as to ad- | mit farm laborers in restricted numbers. [ | organized _commission ve in their B I i e e e e e s el PRACTICAL JOKE ENDS IN A PAINFUL DEATH Five Men Who Caused the Fatality Are Held on Charge of ‘ Manslaughter. NEW YORK, Dec. 4—Harry Rult;an employe of a locomotive works in Pater- son, N. J., died to-day as the result of a practical joke played on him by five of his fellow workmen. They were ar- rested, charged with causing his death. It is alleged that they “blew up” Ruit with 2 pneumatic air pump having a pres- sure of 110 pounds to the inch. The young man’s stomach became greatly distended and after several hours of great suffer- ing he died. “When the men accused of having caused Ruit's death were ar- ralgned in court in Paterson the dead boy's father rushed at ome of ' them, named Dorn, knocked him down and started to kick him. The father was re- stralned by the court' officers. The ac- cused men were held without bail on a charge of manslaughter. —_———— Prunes stuffed with apricots. 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It has created & tremend- ous literary and religious furor both in Europe and America. It is stroriger than “Ben Hur,” more thrilling than “Quo Vadis,” and by far superior to any of the great modern books that tell of the flerce struggle between the Christians and the Romans. “The Gospel of Judas Iscariot’” throws a new light on the strange life of this, the most bitterly execrated, the most despised in either biblical or profane history of all ages. The Sunday Call has not only secured the exclusive rights to. this literary treasure for publication as an extra section—absolutely December 14, but has illustrated installment with half-tone and color reproductions of art masterpieces of the life and scenes of Christ and the Romans, by the most famous painters in the ‘world. Then there is the big special fiction section, wherein story is written by a prominent San Francisco axvine. This is ure that is absolutely unique. Nothing like it has ever every a feat- been. origi- by William Ford " by Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger of by Father Herbert Parrish, Church of the Advent; “The Carols of San Francisco de Asis,” by Rev. Wil- liam Rader, Third Congrsgational Church; “Thé Red Devil of the Slums,” by Colonel George French, Command:r of the Paciflc Coast ~ Division of the Salvation Army, etc. Then there is a full page poster picture, hotographed from real life, that will appeal to every heart, old or ypmg, “Santa Claus Disco A full page of pictures of “National Types of Ma- donnas.” A magnificent my called “The Christmas Star.” A full page of society girls in “Mother Song” living pictures— They are all San Francisco girls—just watch that page. 3 Then there are “The Colonel Kate Pafers.” Who is Colomel Kate? Do you know? Well, theve is the mystery, and therein, too, lies a big surprise. The first article is “The Beautiful Woman Who Knows It AlL” ! Then thmmtvup.gnolchruhnnlenubyludh‘ln Francisco chefs—good reei; d how to prepare them, and a page by the best waiter in the Palace Hotel, telling you how to arrange the Christmas table. Two more pages, edited by the Ladies of the Woman’s Ex- change, tell where, how and what to buy for Christmas—espe- cially the ing presents. - 2 But this is only a small part of THE SUNDAY CALL'S CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF 32 SPECIAL PAGES OUT DECEM-