The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1903, Page 6

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BRANCH OFFIC! until 9:30 ¢ McAllister. 9:30 o'ch Market lencta, o clock. until § o clock | of the committee, but has -made up the northern| | aging. THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1903 THE STATE IRRIGATION BILL. HE Senate Committee on Irrigation, which T will consider the Works bill, prepared at the instance of the Waters and Forests Society, is so constituted as to foreshadow a compromise be- tween the friends and the opponents of that measure. While the bill as it stands represents great and pro- longed labor and a thorough examination of all the practical and legal questions involved, and they are myriad, it was evidently not the expectation of its friends that it would be passed unscathed by the Legislature. It proposes such changes in the ri- parian Jaw as will more closely connect the riparian ip of water with its economic use, and the grand and whole purpose of the measure is to se- cure the right to use all the water as superior to its mere riparian control, regardless of its use. Southerr California, where the water question is more vital than north of the Tehachapi, because in| the the maximum supply is below the maximum necessity for its use, immediately devel- oped active and apparently unanimous opposition to | the bill. Lieutenant Governor Anderson, in recog- | nition of the greater interests of the south in the water question, has given that section a majority sout of minority of the comn:ittee of very strong men. Il} is expected that the bill will be amended so as to| effect compromise between the rival interests, if that be possible. | | course | a The Waters and Forests Society will of watch the amendment of the bill, and if it be muti- | lated out of its specific purpose will prefer that it fail rather than become a law dedicated from the be- | ginning to uselessness. | There are many reasons for hoping that this willI not be the result, but that there may be a fair com- promise. Irrigation is of so much importance to | the whole State that it will be distinctly unfortunate if an irreconcilable difference appear between the two sections. If there be such difference and it he[ founded in physical causes, which are of course irre- movable, the prospect held out will be very discour- In such event it will be well to study a local option plan, which will permit each section to adapt its irrigation practices to its physical condi- tions. The Wright law was, in effect, a local option measure, but it created internecine opposition within the districts which it erected by levying an irrigation tax upon all land, whether capable of receiving bene- fit from irrigation or not. The result was much paralyzing litigation, and finally the practical sus- pension of all operations under the law. NDER pressure of popular demand arising | r e scarcity of cpal in the East Congress y of | ill rebates of duties imposed kind and description im- from foreign countries | after the passage | bill in the House almost | | was yet it is doubitfi l if a majority of the expect any great hat muct measure of good to re- ade evident by the re- | ¢ Ways and Means Committee, which in | i bil “This | anded because of the | coal, resulting from the | the anthracite coal mines. | tion are found in the Cln»“ Zastport, Me. In these case cemand on lumbe: ed districts. Whet he kg'i portations or reduce the | of the e passage £ at used in re- | ce of coal is 2 question on which men di But | s all Congress can in the premises, and will demand of many of our citizens. \\'hlic’ threatened cc mine in any part of the| i ear to the cries of the | de eople ] Juntry we © It i bill drawn so as to form no prece- ~ | The | $ e declared an unwilling- | n of tariff revision even | | : | t will be given to the committee and to those | ideration of the con ng with the tariff piecemeal expres for their intention to avoid be the effect of their act. The duty on im- The | have an experiment in free trade in and coal s practically removed for a year. operators, miners and face the consequences dealers ble feature of the recommendation of thc‘ statement, “Whether the legislation will ease the importations or reduce the price of coal vhich men differ.” Suppose it importations without reducing »out as likely to have that effect the s a question e oreign coal producers are as a rule about as in their various localities as % s | are those of the coal trust in this country. They will sely bound together course profit by the chance to pour their coal nto the United States market, but there is no rea- son to suppose they are going to cut the throats of | one another in an effort to sell it cheaply to the} United States consumer. ! Furthermore, there remains to be seen what the cfiect will be on the American coal industry. Last| mer the anthracite miners asked for higher| ages and struck when their demands were refused. he operators asserted at the time that at the exist- price of coal they could not afford to pay higher that should the demands of the men be anted there would have to be an increase in the price of coal to the consymer, as otherwise the of ages; anthracite could not be profitably carried | On that showing a large importation of Iomxu‘ should the foreigner reduce the price, would American miners in a worse position than | the ey were last year. We shall see in due time the result of this hasty passed as an emergency measure, au;‘l ¢ have no doubt that when seen and understood in ts bearings upon American industry it will have | cffect of once more teaching the lesson of main- | ¢ I tinkering, but after all is said and done that unite to drive the Germans and the French out of | {of our Eastern exchanges of what he has written A future local option law, if such be resorted to, i cast have the benefit of the weak and the trong features of the Wright law for a guide. Back of all the features of the present situation there is said to be the sentiment which favors the givision of the State. The theory of natural boun- daries, which has so often figured in changes in the political geography of the world, is said to be a fea- ture in the issue. If it can be demonstrated that there are such irreconcilable physical differences be- tween the two sections of the State the proponents o the natural boundary theory will insist that such boundary exists where those differences meet. Here- tofore the north has stoutly resisted all propositions to divide the State. The distinctly Californian population, that attached to old traditions and feels pride in the expznse and area of the State, is n is the north. Its accretions by immigration have been slower than in the south, but it has maintained a numerical supremacy by having had a larger population to start with. The population of Southern California is distinctly Eastern; is nmew; it has grown rapidly; it has not upon it the sentiment of old tradition, and has a remarkable loczl loyalty and an active enter- prise. Ii it desire separation from the rest of the e what better force can it bring to bear than ir- reconcilable oppositior to the north on the ques- That may be counted on as a powerful inducement for the north to consent to division So it will be seen that the Senate Committee on Irrigation promises to be the real center of interest for the session, for before it will be tried out more issues of great interest to the State.than will be in the hands of all other committees combined. tion of irrigation? Max Nordau has had another nightmare. In dis cussing the future he says the Anglo-Saxons will Pacific Ocean and then Great Britain and America will grapple with Russia for supremacy in China. He adds: “One can only imagine with horror what such a gigantic struggle of nations and races will signify.” Truly the forecast is appalling, but we need not fret about it, for the fight will not occur in our time and perhaps not at all he M. ASTROGORSKI'S VIEWS. | ASTROGORSKI is a foreigner who came to this country, took a casual survey of our M ¢ politics and then went home and wrote a book about us. Concerning the extent of his tour and the land of his home no information is at hand. All that comes to us is a summary given in some about our Congress and our Legislatures. He has not congratulated us upon our lawmakers nor upon the laws they have made, and therefore the few ex- tracts quoted from his book are not pleasing to patriotic sensibilities; but since it is said that it is always good to see ourselves as others see us it will be worth while taking a look at the mental kodak snapshot M. Astrogorski has taken of us. Of the Federal Government he is reported to have written: “Congress is deficient at every point; it fails to protect the public purse, to administer the finances, to safegward the credit of the country and to pass the necessary laws. Its power, whether le- gitimate or usurped, is expended in demonstrations and maneuvers which aim at the applause of unthink- ing mobs and in the service of private interest.” Of course, that is a caricature. Congress has passed a good many very good laws. The prosperity taining the protective system unimpaired. It seems | of the country, the security of business enterprises absolutely necessary to have an object lesson of that | and the steady advance of general prosperity are evi- kimd once every so oiten to satisfy those who look | dences enough that the trend of legislation has been to free trade as a remedy for all the ills of the coun- | beneficial. Still, in the caricature one can recognize try. Fortunately this time we are to have the lesson | Some of the features of Uncle Sam’s great national on a comparatively small scale and for a year only. body of Solons. We are waiting for®a currency Still it is to be regretted that after so many similar | reform law, a law for the promotion of our merchant lessons in the past there should be any need of an- | marine, a law for the better regulation of interstate other on any scale whatever. commerce, a law for the more careful restriction of immigration and a law for the preservation of the grazing lands.of the nation, and it looks as if we were waiting in vain. Evidently, then, the Astrogorski kodak did not fail to take a recognizable picture. It is not the whole truth about Congress, but it is true It is unfortunate that the greedy coal barons, at whose doors may properly be laid the death of people who are dying of cold in the Eastern States, can- not be prosecuted for murder. Congress will take at Jeast a measure of retributive revenge by curtailing enough to make everybody say, “That’s it.” the blood profits of the great schemers. 1 Of our State governments the foreign critic is cred- lited—or debited—with saying: “The State finances are administered by the Legislatures with scarcely any regard to economy; the waste of the public re- sources is an ever-present and growing evil, even in ‘conservative’ States, such as Massachusetts. The laws are made with singular incompetence and careless- ness. Their number is excessive, running into volumes each session; but they are mostly laws relating to local or private interests. In the States ruled by the machine the majority of the members of the Legis- lature are simply tools of the boss.” As there is no evidence that Astrogorski ever came West, that picture of a St;te Legislature cannot be presumed to have been taken in California. We can therefore study it with the impartiality of an uncon- cerned spectator, and admit that it is very much like the real thing in the East. Of our own Legislature we hope better things, and trust that when the present session is over it will not show a single feature of resemblance to the Astrogorski picture. A local criminal, who, after being convicted of man- slaughter for killing a policeman, asked to be impris- oned for ten years, is suspected of insanity. It ought to drive anybody crazy to be imprisoned for man- slaughter instead of being hanged for murder. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. OWEVER great and difficult of solution may be the problems that coniront the two races there are good reasons for believing that in the course of time they will be solved so far as to bring contentment, if not full satisfaction, to the majority dustrial progress of the Southern people. Money- making may not be the noblest occupation on earth, but men who are diligently at work and are saving ————— H that inhabit together the Southern States, of each race. The reasons are to be found in the in- their earnings and investing them in such a way as! to make more work and better wages later on are certainly engaged in nothing pernicious to themselves | or their neighbors, and in the course of time those who are prosperous and enterprising will find it to their advantage to work together even though there may be differences in the color of their skin. All branches of industry in the South have ad- vanced much and improved greatly in recent years, but the development and increase of manufacturing has been especially notable. Recently the Atlanta Constitution compiled 2 table showing the capital in- vested in manufacturing in the South in 1900 as com- pared with that of 1860. The contrast is so striking as to merit general attention. This is the table: —Capital Invested— 1860. 1900. Alabama + $9,000,000 $70,000,000 Arkansas . 1.000,000 36.000,000 Florida - 12,000,000 33,000,000 Georgia + 11,000,000 90,000,000 Louisiana . + 7,000,000 113,000,000 Mississippi 4,000,000 000,000 North Carolina . - 10,000,000 South Carolina . 7.000,000 Tennessee « 14,000,000 000, Texas . 3,000,000 90,000,000 Virginia . 27,000,000 104,000,000 Totals ... +$95,000,000 $757,000,000 Increase in 40 years.. -$692,000,000 It will be seen that. the total investments in manu- facturing in the eleven States are more than eight times the amount of such investments at the outbreak of the Civil War. The figures, however, do not tell the ‘full story. Between 1860 there intervened four years of war and about eight years of disturbance fol- lowing reconstruction. At the end of these disastrous | years the South was too impoverished to do much in the way of developing new industries, so that vir- tually the entire manufacturing system of the eleven States has been built up within the last fifteen years. It is doubtful if in any other section of the Union a similar advance in so short a time and under such adverse circumstances can be shown. Now that they have been started on the right path the Southern people may be expected to advance rapidly. With the increase of capital there will come augmented means for developing the resources of the country, and those resources are well nigh boundless. Moreover, by work her people will be trained to work better than they ever worked before. The South will learn the value of intelligent and highly paid labor, and the conditions of her working classes will improve. In such an advancing com- munity there will be no place for the idler and the rowdy. The law will be better enforced for the pro- tection of both whites and blacks, s not far distant the worst evils of the South to-d | may be driven out by the mere force of industrial activity and progress. Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago says he will not run for Mayor any more—not that he is tired, but he wishes a bigger ring to run in next time. THE ELECTION OF PERKINS. the re-election of Senator Perkins the Leg- B islature has promptly concluded the essen- tially * political business of the session, and will have the ‘opportunity to devote itself wholly to the business it is elected to transact. In this respect it is more fortunate than the body which passed a session of turmoil over the election of a Senator, and adjourned without accomplishing even that. The State is gratified by the re-election of Sena- tor Perkins. It is in line with the proper policy of retaining experience in the State’s service in Con- gress. Partisanship aside, the people should always carefully consider gitility in making changes in their Congressional representation. By this it is not in- tended to insist that a parliamentary dynasty shall be erected in any State, but that changes, if made, shall represent some general change, common to the whole country, in the great national policies and methods of administration. Under our system power returns regularly and fre- quently to the people, to be used as they see fit, | wisely or unwisely. The more they study their own interests in its use the more they seem to favor stability of national policy, and seek to secure it by retaining experienced members of Congress. Sena- tor Perkins has increased his influence with each session, and it is now substantially enlarged by his re-election. What he has been able to do for the State is affirmed and approved, and what he will be able to do is put on a progressive and increasing scale. As a matter of cold fact, considered from a mate- rial standpoint, a seat in either branch is of small financial advantage, and in Senator Perkins' case doubtless carries a financial loss. The member of Congress who comes out financially even with the world does well, and perhaps a majority of them do not do that. The place is one of work and service, of hard work and hard service, and is not a prize to the self- seeker. For these reasons the people do well when they find a capable man willing to devote to their interests his ‘time and energy. o that in a time ! WEEK AT | | “MACBETH” TO RUN AN ADDITIONAL GRAND OPERA-HO[EE = THE ¥ | | HE Grand Opera-house manage- ment has wisely decided to con- tinue the exceflent production of “Macbeth” now giving untfl the Saturday matinee of next week. It is one of the most impressive produc- tions ever seen on the local stage, with a Lady Macheth in Nance O'Neil who ful- fills a very exacting standard. She is at her best in the part and probably un- equaled in It upon the contemporary stage. A splendidly picturesque realiza tion of the character adds much to the illusion, Miss O'Neil being everything that is desirable to the eyes. Her support is competent and the stage pictures are ex- cellent. . E. J. Ratcliffe has the part of Macbeth, and in this, his first attempt at the role, shows much spirit and intelligence. Charles Millward is a pleasant Banquo, Herschel Mayall is well in key as Macduff and the whole cast is pervaded by intelll- gence and sympathy with the magic thought of the great dramatist. The chief interest of the “Princess Chic” at the Columbia Theater next Monday evening will be the first ap- pearance of Miss Vera Michelena in the title role. Miss Michelena is one of the youngest comic opera stars upon the stage, having reached the mature age of |17 years. As iIs well known, she is the daughteMpf Fernando Michelena, the c=i- | ebrated tenor of this city, now known chiefly for his admirable abilities as a maestro of the art of singing. Miss Michelena is a pupil of her distinguished parent, and left here for the “Princess Chic” company last spring. been very rapid In her profession, and she now appears at the head of the Kirk La Shelle organization. The young singer will doubtless receive a hearty welcome next Monday evening. | Sunday evening. . At the California “The Telephone Girl"” is duplicating its phenomenal business of two years ago. Joe Kane is the best Hans Nix that has ever played the part. On Sunday night the California will pre- sent the famous Irish comedians Murray and Mack, the originals, in their late: | farcical success “A Night on Broadway. This is said to be the funniest piece these two have yet had, and affords them un- limited opportunities to display their fun- making proclivities. The company that surrounds Murray and Mack this season numbers over fifty people, many of whom are stars in their particular line of work. There is a big chorus, plenty of bright, cetchy music and jokes without end. e Considerable interest has been aroused in the forthcoming Broadhurst | lic next week, to begin on Sunday after- | ncon. This clever farce was originally written for Harry Corson Clarke, who created the title role in the original pro- duction. It is by far the best thing this talented comedian does, and the part members of the Republic company have all been admirably cast for the piece, and as good a production is promised as has ever been seen here. “My Wife's Husband" goes for the rest | The Central's melodrama of the week is thrilling its large houses in most satis- | factory fashion. Its sensational ocean ene, where the big liner the City of Rome. with Its lights all set and every funnel in evidence, rides triumphantly over the waves is a wonder of mechanism, and the passing of the ex- press train, with three dangling figures | above it who have made a chaln of them- selves to remove a rail from the lines, es In a good second. The Angel of the Alley” is the next on the programme, to begin next Monday | evening. L ‘“Tennessee’s Pardner” s drawing crowded houses at the Alcazar. It is cer- tainly a very enjoyable performance. On Monday night the new leading lady of this theater, Alice Treat Hunt, will make her first appearance in the New York comedy success “My Danghter-in-Law,” which is entirely new here. . e e These are the last nights of the holiday piece “Jack and the Beanstalk” at the Tivoli. enjoyed by large audlences and has been one of the successes of the house. It will be followed on Monday evening next by a production of the favorite Gilbert and Svllivan opera “The Mikado,” which will {be given with a good cast and special scenery. Mme. Caro Roma has been en- gaged for the part of Katisha. In the meantime those who have not seen the pretty show at the Tivoll should look in at the Eddy street theater. * e e The second week of “Barbara Fidgety" B e NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A WOMAN TO BE PRETTY Must Have Luxuriant and Glossy Hair, No Matter What Color. The finest contour of a female face, the sweetest smile of a female mouth joses something If the head is crowned with scant r. Scant and falling hair, it is now known, is cau: by a parasite that burrows into the scalp to the root of the hair, where it saps the vitality. The little white es the germ throws up in bur. rowing are called dandruff. To cure dan- druff mently, then, and to stop fali- ing hair that germ must be killed. New- bro's Herpicide, an entirely new result of the chemical laboratory, destroys the dan- germ and, of course, stops the fall- ing_ hair, and ‘cures .baldness. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10 cents in stamps ;‘l’lr h‘nmplo to The Herpicide Co., Detroit, c] - forthcominz | Her rise has | “Miss Simplicity” goes this week until | rarce;’ “What Happened to Jones' at the Repub- | shows him off at his very funniest. The | of this week and is attracting full houses. | stage | The merry extravaganza has been | TENNESSEE’S PAcDNER" ALcazam + < EFFECTIVE SCENE FROM PLAY THAT PICTURES LIFE IN MINING | CAMPS IN EARLY DAYS, TALENTED SISTERS APPEARING IN | CLEVER SKIT AND A MEMBER OF A COMEDY COMPANY. I | 2 +- L % | at Fischer's Theather has brought larger taken for the benefit of the choir. The | audiences to the popular house than the | programme follows: first. The twenty interesting numbers on | prejude and fugue solo, “With | the programme are new and demand as | verdure Ciad" ), 3 adagl many encores as in any of the other | from suite op. 10 (Sinding), Mr plays, and the entire east seems to have | er antasie” (Saint-Saens); soprano | roles ‘congenial to ability and characteris- oo Divine Redeemer™ (Gouried). Miss tics. The principals have never been seen | Go: i e S T to better advantage and the graceful | first symphonie, op. 42 (Guilmont). marches and dances of the chorus are a fine feature. . on MacFarlan will appear : | The customary big business prevails at | g .e ert tendered by her many friends at the Y. M. C. A. audito- the Orphéum and the Miles Stavordale | rium Thursday evening, January o Quintet, whose: playing so strongly re- | Among those on the programme are Alvin sembles the human voice; the Elinore sis- | . Purnell, Lovell Langstroth and Miss ters in “The Adventures of B: t Mc- | Genevieve Moroney. Mrs. MacFarlan is Guire,” and Zazell and Vernon have all {3 daughter of the well known artist, made hits. Cressy and Dayne, Edith | Howard A. Streight, and has recently re- Helena, who sings the highest note ever | turned from an extended engagement in reached by woman; the Garganys, |the East, where her vocal talents were Wood and Bate and the Livingstons are in their last appearances. The biograph shows many interesting moving pictures, including one of a Spanish bullfight at the coronation of King Alfonso. accorded flattering notice. | The second of the Burton Holmes travel lectures at Steinway Hall will take place to-night, with “Portugal” as the subject. As always with Mr. Holmes' talks, the lecture will be magnificently illustrated, Edwin _R. Lang, the ‘“poetical jay; | the pictures to include excellent reproduc- Brooke Eltrym, the agreeable mezz | tions of the national game of bullfighting. prano; Bryan and Nadine, high class com- —_— edy acrobats, and other clever speclalty | prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's." people are pleasing large audiences at —_————— Townsend's California glace fruit ama candles, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etched boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends. 639 Market st., Palace Hotel bullding. * —_—— Spectal information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cail~ fornia street. Telephone Main 1042 b —_—— Fountain Pens. We are selling agents for several foun- tain pens. including the “Waterman,” the the Chutes. The farewell recital or Edward Mac- Dowell, to take place this afternoom at Steinway Hall, will have the following in- teresting “‘request” programme: Fantasie in D (Mozart); sonata, op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight’’ (Beethoven); “The Keitic Sonata (MacDowell); prelude, op. 10, No, 1. | From “An Indian Lodge”: “Shadow Dance,” *“Czardas,” ““A WIild Rose, “To a Water | Lily,” “‘Scotch Poem,” ‘“Witches Dance,” all | by MacDowell. Louis H. Eaton will give his thirteenth free organ recital at Trinity Church this evening at § o’clock, assisted by Miss Dor- | i R “Swan” and the “Marshall the best $1 othy - Goodsell, soprano, and Hother | powaf Y - 1.3 - ¥ 2 pen ever made. Sanborn, Vail | Wismer, violinist. A collection Will be | Co.. 741 Market strese. _—_ | |NEXT SUNDAY'S CALL “Great Uncle | IF | “The Woman Who McCarthy” | A Poses™ B Y E. OF. Somervile and |G| Dk Wartin Ross. |'T"|Eesitible “Colonel Kate™ Booker T. Washington Writes exclusively fcr The Suncay Call of January 18. “Importance of Each One Being Taught a Trade.” FOLLY FANCY | F Funny Pictures Fashions Puzzles And Prizes for All g “When Knighthood Was in Flower” By CHARLES MAJOR “The Sweetest Love Story Ever Told.” Specially Ilustrated— plete in 3 iss 11, Tai2e ues, Jan. 11, 18 OUT JANUARY 18, 1903