The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1903, Page 4

THE SAN ‘FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY JANUARY 19, 1903, | Che - Sokas< Call. | JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. £ddress @Il Communications to W. S. LEAKE, TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You Wi* the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE. CDITORIAL ROOMS. rket and Third, S. F. to 221 Stevenson St. | .21 Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. Single Copies, 5 Cents Terms by M including DAILY CALL (inclu Sunday), one year 26.00 DAILY CALL (including Sunday), 6 months 3.0 DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunday), 3 months 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month 2 5c SUNDAY CALL, One Year.. 1.50 WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 1.0 All Postmasters arc authorized to receive subscriptions. Eemple coples Will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in crdering change of address should be rerticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order insure & prompt and correct compliance with thelr request. UAKLAND OFFICE. .. 1118 C. 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From come reports of expanding sorts of goods, a fine , easy collections, abun- d a gene ¥y to sp ng of * der ot be helped. When s plenty of money people will be prev from investing which pro i, the great New s and e plunging, but in other no such there repression lative its money o excitement in a spec to be pu g iich promise stability and perma- of the get- disastrous! s Europeanized h rather th th a path which in bogs and e ¢ feature to business last ess in flour, wheat and estern grain centers, r business in flour thus ar the t e and the best As for corn, the during the week were on increas- ng | exhibited firm tone was evident eme shortage in erent work vary about ight not be able booked ahead al and building where tall office being constructed footwear fa m: West time, but new business West continues to purchase freely L her rules rather higher, er ct impre in the demand for dry goods is reported from New York, where buyers are iving Wool continues strong, with supplies moderate and closely held, and the| voolen mills are practically ali employed, chiefly on | spring and summer goods. Cotton textiles are also | n very good demand, with no complaints from the ! trade. Provisions have ruled easier of late, with xs slowly accumulating at Chicago, though the| rackers profess to be bullish on the situation and are | olding up the market. Lamber is in fair demand, | though this is the dull period of the year. | Jobbers and retailers in all parts of the country re- | port a very satisfactory trade, with stocks of every- | hing more or less moderate, showing that the coun- | ptive capacity of the country has not yet passed nit, either as to quantity or price, while traveling e sending in more orders than usual at this time | he year. | hid A d men reat numbers. s The country’s bank clearings last week ran up to the large total of $2,790.811,000, an increase of 14.6 per t over the corresponding week last year, with most of the large cities showing gains, though except at New York and San Francisco, where they were re- spectively 21.5 and 19.5 per cent, they were generally | small. The failures for the week were 267, against 334 last year, which is an excellent showing. The New | York stock market continued quiet and without espe- cial feature, though the tone was reported stronger than for many weeks, there being a feeling that the shoals usual at the close of the year had been safely crossed, and that smcoth sailing might be expected from now on. | Pacific Coast conditions remain bright, the distin- | guiching features being the good crop prospects, | abundance of money, brisk export and domestic trade | and continued activity in real estate, both city and ! country, the latter being affected by the remarkzblei influx of small farmers from the Western States. And the best of it is that this highly desirable immigration abows no signs of diminishing, { | | | lic at large has no concern. | roads for winter driving and cycling attract far more- LIBRARY CONSOLIDATION. NCE more San Francisco is in sight of the long desired library of first rate magnitude and importance. If the Mercantile Library and that of the Mechanics' Institute can be consoli dated the library of the future will be assured, and it | rests with, the members of the Mercantile to deter- | mine by their votes in the election to-day whether consolidation can be effected at a time not far distant. | With the inside politics of either instituton the pub- | It rests with the mem- | bers only to determine whom they shall elect to take charge of the affairs of either institution, but the question of consolidation is a matter in which every citizen is interested. At present San Francisco lags behind other large American cities in library advan- | tages, and ther. is no apparent way of attaining equal- ity with them except through the consolidation of lhel two institutions which now divide the support of the | reading public. That there are grave difficilties in the way of con- solidation is not to be disputed. There are sentimental | reasons why the members of each institution prefer to | keep it separ_te and independent. No one likes to see | one of the old pioneer organizations merge into some- | thing new and strange and lose its identity. There | are also financial obligations which will be difficult of | adjustment; and perhaps complex problems of man- | agement and administration that will be difficult oi; colution.” All those things may be conceded, but still | the argument will hold good that consolidation oughl! 1 a precedent to guide us in the | matter. Not long ago New York found herself pos- | sessed of several wealthy foundations for libraries, but | of Boston or of Chicago not one equal to the iibrarie and at once a movement was undertaken to combine | the existing institutions. The difficulties of fusion in | New York were much greater than those which con- iront the movement for consolidation, here. The As- tor Library in that city was a truly historic institution, | and bore the name of the foremost family in the city. | The Lenox was identified with another honored fam- 1d a special place among the libraries of the countr The Ti serve as a memorial of one of the foremost statesmen ily and % en foundation was designed to | of the c« imonwealth and represented his wish to continue er death his to the American people. | ound ample sentimental ob- service In those respects were jections to the proposed fusion, and no one will deny that th re fully equal to any similar objections that may be v | st a union of the Mercantile and | the Mec n this city. Moreover, the financial culties there were also greater than any that con- front us here, for there were grave questions of be- quests left by will to be considered, as well as the gen- proposition of fusing the three funds under one management. Despite the obstacles, however, the consolidation of the New York libraries was accom- city is to have one of the larg- the plished, and now and est, fine most commodious libraries in world Where New York has led the way San Francisco | can sa follow. Neither the fame, the utility nor the purpose of either the Astor, the Lenox or the Til- den foundation is lost in the New York merger. On the contrary, each has gained by the union and profits by the strength of the other two. A similar result will follow consolidatien in this city, and the Mercantile and the Mechanics will alike find a benefit by alliance | with the other. It is to be noted, furthermore, that the consolida- tion of the two will ve the effect of bringing to the support of the new institution a large number of per- support neither. The American people like big things. They will contribute to help a big enterprise where they will hardly even listen to an ap- sons who now That trait of our national char- acter is revealed throughout the length and breadth of the land and in almost every department of life. Thcj big un ob s endowments running up inte the . while small ones have to solicit in vain a few thousands for absolute necessities. Big art gal-| leries rouse public interest and get liberal donations | where small ones languish and barely maintain them- | selves by parsimony and stratagem. H A big library in San Francisco, such as would result from the union of the Mercantile and the Mechanic: would immediately interest the public, and men of means would be glad to assist it. Within a short time it would become one of the chief objects of civic pride. It would be a center toward which such large private collections as the Sutro library and the Bancroft li- brary would naturally gravitate, and in a time com- paratively short we should have high rank among the library cities of the world. It is to be hoped these considerations will have a | place in the minds of the members of the Mercantile | when they cast their ballots to-day. The vote for con- 10uld be overwhelming. | Ii the suffering people oi the Eastern States be- lieve that coal keep them warm peal for a small one re lion: sclidation s s the only thing on carth that will | they should reflect that the coal barons are now having a pretty hot time of it trying to dodge the retributive vengeance of the Congress of | the United States N N years ago, it is going forward in the East | and South with increased vigor. The use of au- tomobiles has had something to do with the new ac- tivity, but has been by no means the most potent force. The campaign of education there appears to have impressed the people and roused them to action, so that we now hear of large results in the way of bet- ter roads, not only in the wealthier and more populous | States, but also in the South, where the population is comparatively scant. One of the factors which has had most to do with the improved road building in the South is the de- | mand for such roads by the wealthy winter colonists | who go south to escape the cold winds of the North. | It has been found that localities which provide good | GOOD ROADS BUREAU. HILE the “good roads” movement is not | now so active in California as it was some ! | i visitors than others possessed of an equal climate, but less favored in that respect. Consequently the South- ern winter resorts have made earnest efforts in the di- | rection of road building, and it is now said that some of them can show highways that may serve as models for the rest of the country. The promoters of the movement, however, are by no means confining their energies to counties and States. They are now seeking to bring about an ex- tensive system of Federal aid for the construction of | good highways. A bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives for the establishment of a Bureau of Public Roads in the Department of Agri- culture. The bureau is to be provided with a staff of engineers, whose aggregate salaries will be $75,000 per annum. These engineers or their chief are to de- cide whether a road requires improving. Haif the ex- | actuality. | in Minneapolis, left money and jewels untouched and | | stole all tl}e coal in sight. ' a threat of the horrible. What a harrowing prospect ense of construction is to be defrayed By the national P {{Go\'ernment, and an initial fund of $20,000,000 is to be appropriated for that purpose. While the creation of such a bureau at this session of Congress is not at all likely, it is worth noting that | ,the measure has received strong support on the ground that if the Government can provide for irriga- tion it can just as well provide for good highways. Thus the Baltimore American says: “Ii the irriga- tion scheme is meritorious, by which untold millions of acres of deserts are to be watered at a cost which | would bankrupt the Treasury, and perhaps the people, | for the use of imaginary settlers, then this plan for the improvement of the public roads is most highly meri- | torious. It is far more sensible to provide for the ne- | cessities of people in being than to provide luxuries | for those who may come hereafter and claim them.” The Call has no intention of entering into any con- | troversy concerning the relative merits of irrigation ' and highway construction. On that issue we take the position of Byron on the question of the relative blessing of wine and woman, and say: “Without of- fense to either, it is better to have both than neither.” Road construction is governmental work, and while | under our system it is wisely leit to local governments, there can be no harm in having the national Govern- ment furnish the country with suitable object lessons, as it is now doing in forestry and agriculture. We need improved highways and whatever helps the good | cause is worth commending. 1 The Iroquois Club of this city, affectionately known as the Society of Antique Squaws, has under- taken a service in which no suspicion of seli-interest may lurk. The club wants the poll tax law abolished. | and no man can assert with truth that any of the from Democratic braves suffer this burden. particular | TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS. l ESPITE the predictions so frequently made | D that nothing would be done at the present | session of Congress to remedy the defects in ‘ the interstate commerce law, so as to render it cfl'ec-i tive, it appears that there is still a good chance ior‘ the adoption of some measure of the kind. Reports | from Washington say that letters, petitions and | memorials are pouring in on ‘Congressmen from | Boards of Trade and similar bodies all over the country insisting upon the pa ing the sage of a bill increas powers of the Interstate Commerce Commis- | i sion, ! The long discussion of the transportation problems of the country has now reached a stage when some- thing in the way of an agreement upon a definite plan of action is possible. Since the commission was es- tablished the conditions of railroad business have changed. At that time the danger feared by the public was that of pooling and other means of defeat- ing the operation of the law of competition in regu- lating ireight rates. At present the great trunk lines ' | have been so completely unified and merged that a new danger has arisen, that of the grant to favored parties and localities of rates that are denied to their competitors. The object now sought in asking for new legislation is that of providing a means of pre- venting discrimination of that kind, so that all citi- | zens will have an equal chance in the struggle for| trade. Attorney General Knox recently sent a communica- i tion to the Judiciary Committees of the two houses, definitely outlining a course of legislative action to] | prevent any arbitrary increase of freight rates and | any arbitrary discrimination among shippers. The | suggestions of the Attorney General are approved | by the Commissioners, and accordingly the two | branches of the administration will work together | to procure the enactment of the desired law. In commenting upon the communication Mr. | Knapp, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, is quoted as saying: ‘“Transportation is a public service, and the right to use its facilities is not a contract but a political right of the class de-| scribed as inalienable. It follows that whoever re- | ceives the benefits of transportation on more fa\'0r~‘ able terms than others enjoy gets an advantage to whijch he is not entitled and thereby deprives others | in a most injurious manner of rights which should; be common te all. Hence I perfectly agree with the | Attorney General that the most important thing to | be done is to amend and add to existing laws se that it shall become practically impossible for the largest combination to obtain public transportation on more | favorable terms than are available to the smallest shipper. This is the most needed corrective to the encroachments of the frusts and it is a corrective concededly within the power of Congress.” It appears the proposed increase of power in\'olvcs' no disputed question of constitutional right. If en-| acted the Interstate Commerce Commission can at once enter upon the task of protecting the public ‘ against discriminations in favor of trusts and other | big corporations, and under the circumstances it is! gratifying to know there is a prospect that Congress | will deal with the measure at this session. | When the farce-comedy builders of a decade ago placed stage coal in a stage safe under lock and key they little thought that their wildly exaggerated pre- sentation of conditions would some day beconie an The other night thieves entered a mansion In the flood of bills, good, bad and worse, with which our worthy Solons at Sacramento are swamp- ing the State Capitol and threatening to rock it from its foundations, an effort is probably being made to indicate what a calamity would befall the people of California if these measures became laws. Marconi seems to be going a trifle too far. In his latest promise of wireless pocket telephones he carries for henpecked husbands to have to carry with them in their inside pockets on a night off this admonitory check of their better halves! In the pleasantries incident to a recent hazing at Annapolis an unfortunate student had his jaw broken, | and now the customary howl for reform again afflicts | | the air. Perhaps a good strong dose of prosecution | | in 2 criminal court might have a salutary effect upon | the young gentlemen. e P There is woe and gnashing of teeth in Berkeley. Several of the college athletes have been weighed and found wanting in the menta] scales, and fears are feit that because these young men of brawn are on forced leave the annual football game will not be as | murderous as usual. 3 Reports of burglaries in San Francisco are gs fre- | quent in the newspapers recently as the exploiting | of social events. There is a marked difference, how- | ever, between the bidden and the unbidden guests. l | Rear Admirals May and Durnford. | source of considerable LORD SELBORNE'S PLAN TO ELEVATE THE PERSONNEL OF BBITAIN’S NAV_YP BRITISH NAVAL OFFICIAL WHO HAS EVOLVED A NEW PLAN FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE MATTER OF | PROMOTIONS. HE ew British naval scheme for tary titles from Heutenant to res the training of officers has the Tal, will be denominated as such with the hearty approval of such men as Sir Prefix of engineer. It prevents the confu- s s S lanation occasioned in our Willlam. Laird Clowes, ‘who, In an ', o whnen an officer of the Hne—medical, extended article in a re t issue of the Loy 0orps, civil engl . professor, chap- London Chronicle, commends Lord Scl- Jain and other non-seagoing officers with borne, the First Lord of the Admiralty, for having accepted the ideas of Arnold-Fors ter, Lord Goshen, Sir John Fisher and The scheme of elevating the personnel of the navy is, as Sir Willlam Clowes observe an epoch-making for the British navy for it not alone gives all officers an equal start, placing them on the same footinz, but includes? within its scope the warra officers, petty officers and men in the navy. Promotions from warrant to com- miseioned rank Is henceforth to be made regular, if not frequent, and already a list of sixty appointments has been drawn up to be filled by officers who Lave risen from the lower deck. Lord Selborne’'s noval scheme has some of the features of the United States navy personnel reorganization, which went into effect March 3, 1892, It recognizes the im- portance of engineering, but does not abolish the engineer corps in the vain at tempt of making officers ‘“‘jack £ an trades.” The late Congressman Boutelle expressed the fear that it w preading your butter too th and that each branch of the navy required specialists. In the new scheme the British aveid a friction in the onnel law in the matter of American p | titles, and the engineers, while given miii- ptain, ete.—has to explain ar corps he is a member of. em does not obtain in thearmy and the line officers in the navy have goc n against giving absolute milita 1 title to officers whose function °r only semi-military or entirely rank are eit civil. The British Admiralty is having fnder consideration the invention of a boat y effective for offensive and defen work, which will be able to complete- rullify any attacks by submarine The details are being kept very se- Iy boats. cret, but a high naval authority clatms it is one of the most striking inventions of modern times. . . The two German battieships H and J. ding at Danzig and Kiel, differ in particulars from the Wittelsbach their immediate predecessors. The latter are of 11,500 tons, 393 feet 9 inches In length, 68 feet 2 inches beam and 24 feet 10 inches draught, with engines of 14,000 r and 18 knots speed. ships a length, beam and 24 feet 10 inches draught. The engine power has been increased to 16,000, calculated to dr! the ship 19 knots. This speed. howev is not likely to be realized with an ir crease of beam of 4 feet 7 inches. The & ditional displacement has been utilized by substituting 11 inch for 9.4 inch guns and exchanging the eighteen 6 inch guns for fourteen 6.7 inch. The normal coal supply has Heen increased from 650 to S0 tons and additional gun protection afforded. R The Japanese navy consisted on January 1 of 151 vessels of all classes with an ag- gregate tonnage of 257,532 Of this num- ber six are battleships built since 1896 seven are armored cruisers, the oldest of which was launched in 1589 and the others between 1866-1900. Of the sixteen cruisers, ten were built since 1890 and the sixteen destroyers and majority of torpedo boa 8 are from one to five years old. The bulld ing of war vessels Is quite active in the home yards, the Yokosuka dockyard hav- ing two cruisers, four destroyers and two torpedo boats; at Kure, one cruiser and three torpedo boats, and at the Kawasaki dockyard at Kobe, four torpedo boats. M N The Russfan cruiser Aurora. buit at St. Petessburg, has had a preliminary steam trial which fell far short of the require- ments. The horsepower at 13 revolutions developed 1000 less than calculated, due defi- jointly to faults in the engines and clent steam generating of the Belleville boilers. The Urited States :-'mrhuih“ng trust has filed a report showing surpiis net earn- ings for the first three months of its ex- Istence equivalent to & per cent on the pre- ferred and 7 per cent on the common shares. This is a surprisingly good show- ing, inasmireh as the corporation has not during that short period accepted and completed ar contra The Cramp 1 ast firm, on the other hand, which has turne out several new vessels during the year. has ssed its dividend for time in several ves il 3 earnings toward pay ness. The past year was a ver) in shipbuilding, but 193 does not open well. especial r the trust. As will be noted in the appended table. re is a t two congestion of naval work in at leas of the trust yards. The Newport Union Iron Works. Bath Iron ¥ Fore River ya have all the plete of delayed val Cramps will also be kept busy shing it twi s and starting t cons additional _armore cruisers short ¢ begun. The facili- ties for armored shipbuilding are really limpited to four vards only and unsatisfac- tory as the outlook is for mercantile work this scarcity wili enable t contractors to push ne: and induce Congress to make appropria- tions fc additional battleships, armoreld crulsers_ete., in order to keep the yards in active operation. The number of ve SHIPYARDS. xon ¥ Camden *Harlan & Hollingsw'th Totals s The stars indicate vards tha United States shipbuilding trust Rear Admiral J. G. Walker, as chairman of the Panama Canal Commission, has heen drawing his salary of $15.000 annually for upward o} five years in addition to his pay as a retired officer of $4600. The pay of the other five commissioners was stopped a year ago by the admiral, notwithstanding the fact that these com- missioners have been frequently called upon to testify before the Senate commit- tee in connection with the arguments on the change of routes. Senator Morgan and Representative Hepburn have rece v presented ations calling for com- te information regarding expenditures the Canal Commission. he resignations in higher grades in the ne and staff of the Unlited Stat nav much larger in 192 than in any § vious year under normal cond ns., fact, it is apprehended. will be used as argument against increasing the sev i the Navy Department will d to grant requests for resigns only under the most eyceptional of stances. be L i e e e e e e i e e R A R R Rk a nad ANSWERS TO QUERIES. HANDSHAKING—Etiquette, City. When a gentleman is introduced to a lady he should never offer his hand until she of- fers hers. The lady, and not the gentle- man, is the one who decides if there sk be a handshake or not. MARQUISE RING—E. M. H,, City. ring that is known as the marquise de- rives its name from the fact that in olden times the wife of a Marquis who was lord of a boundary line wore such a ring, which was her signet of rank. HONOLULU RAILROAD-C. W. L Acburn, Cal. This department cannot furnish you the desired information in relation to the railroad in Honolulu, H. I You had better address a communication to the superintendent of the road. ADDRESSES—L., Healdsburg, Cal. The home address of Miss Helen Gould is 79 Fifth avenue, New York City; that of John D. Rackefeller is 4 West Fift fourth street, New York City, and J. P. Morgan’s 219 Madison avenue, New York City. TWO BUILDINGS—M., City. The Claus Spreckels building, at the corner of Third and Market streets, is 327 feet high. The | nething in the laws, rules ved almost in its primitive form | ing round the ceremonial cup— | loving cup as it is sometimes called. ! At first the loving cup had two handles, | but afterward a third was added to en: able the next one to the drinker on the right to receive it from him with both hands, the last drinker holding it by one handle. LUETGERT-M., Berkeley, Cal. Luet- | gert of Chicago, who was accused of the murder of his wife, was tried in October, 1847, and the jury disagreed. He had a second trial, and in February, 1898, was ' found guilty. He died in his cell in prison | July, 1899, | City. There is | or regulations | governing the United States army that vill prevent a chaplain U. S. A. from ! ARMY CHAPLAIN-J. | “acting as agent for the sale of machin- ! no cargo. height of the flat iron bullding at the ! junction of Broadway, Fifth avenue and Twenty-third street, New York City, is 204 feet. THE LOVING CUP--A Reader, Napa, Cal. The origin of the loving cup is traced back before the days of Edward, King of England, 975-978. In the latter vear Edward was hunting in the forest of Dorset and when near Corfe he left his followers and rode to pay his step- mother a visit. This was Queen Eifrida. He refused to dismount, but asked for a drink. She gave him a goblet with her | own hand and while he was drinking one of the Queen’s attendants, by her com- mand, stabbed him with a dagger. The prince turned his horse, fell fainting from he saddle, was caught by the stirrup and dragged to death. The Book of Days says: ‘“The story of tMe assassination of King Fdward is quoted in illustration of the practice which existed among the Anglo-Saxons. . Our forefathers were great drinkers and it was customary with | them in drinking parties to pass round a large cup, from which each drank in turn ; to some one of the company. He who thus drank stood up, and as he lifted the cup with both hands, his body was ex- posed without any defense to a blow, and the occasion was often seized by an enemy to murder him. To prevent this the following vlan was adopted: When one of the company stood up to drink he required the companion who sat next to him, or some one of the party, to be his pledge, that is, to be responsible for protecting him against anybody who should take advantage of his defenseless position, and this companion, if he con- sented, stood up also and raised his drawn sword in his hand, to defend him while drinking. This practice in an al- tered form continued long after the con- dition of society had ceased to require it and was the origin of the modern prac- tice of pledging in drinking. The custom i €1y manufactured outside of the Stats| in’ which he is stationed,” provided such agency does not interfere with his duties | to the organization to which he is as-| signed. BALLAST—Y. E., Livermore, Cal. A/ vessel is said to go in ballast when it has | Without a cargo it would be | unsafe to go to Sea on a voyage, as a ves- | sel cannot be navigated. without some | kind of weight to keep the hull down and | serve to overbalance masts, rigging and all phrts above the water line. Anything Feavy may be used for this purpose, and if nothing else bags of sand and stones | are used. LIQUID OXYGEN—Subscriber, City. M. | Pictet, a chemist of Geneva, Switzerland, | was the first to demonstrate that oxygen could be liquefied. In the latter part of 1877 he succeeded by combining cold from 120 to 140 degrees below zero with a pres- sure of 630 atmospheres in producing liquid oxygen. The following year this chemist succeeded in liquefying hydrogen by adding further cold and pressure, and was able to solidify it. | neighbors, ! trouble is to find 3 A CHANCE TO SMILE. The golden rule: An excellent thing to quote to your but in your own case subject to a large number of exceptions. Excuse vs. reason You will find it easy matter to excuses for your ocwn shortcom good reason. inv Something added: When you enter politics you do not ex- actly leave hope behind, but rather ac- quire a prolonged and complicaied case of fevered ambition The probable reason: Truth stranger than fiction merel because it is so seldom met with in : unvarnished $tate in the chronicle events out of the ordinary. of Acquaintance—Did you go to the Adi- rondacks this year as usual? Maryland Republican—No: I have quit going there. “Adirondacks” sounds to. much like “Addicks.”—Chicago Tribune. Still Belligerent — Miss Peacemaker— Come now, why don’t you and Miss Oldun become friends again? Miss Snappe—Oh, I don't see the sense of going to all that trouble for her. Miss Peacemaker—But it isn't any more trouble for you to make up than it is for her. Miss Snappe—Don’t you belleve it. 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