The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1903, Page 6

.....AUGUST 6, 1903 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprictor. 7:6:;;’;!“ Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. 5 e TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. .Market and Third, §. F. .217 te 221 Stevensom St. Delivered by Carriers, 20 Cts. Per Week, 75 Cta. Per Month. Single Copies 5 Cents. Terma by Mail, Including Postage (Cash With Order) DAJLY CALL (Including Sunday), one year.. $8.00 DAILY CALL (ncitding Bunday), ¢ months 4.00 DAILY CALL—By Single Month T6e SUNDAY CALL. Ope Year.. 250 WEEKLY CALL, One Year. 1.00 [ Dai Extrs .8, { Sunday.. 4.15 Per Year Extra | Weekly.. 1.00 Per Year Extra PUBLICATION OFFICE. EDITORIAL ROOMS. FOREIGN POSTAGE....... All Postmasters are authorized to receive subscriptions. Sample copies will be forwarded when requested. Mail subscribers in ordering change of acdress should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order to insure & prompt and correct complisnce with their request. 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BRANCH OFFICES—27 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open untf] 9:80 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. 633 McAllister, open until 8:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until #30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2281 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 1008 Va- jencia. open untll ® o'clock. 108 Eleventh, open until § o clock. NW. corner Twenty-second and Kentucky, open ® o'ciock. 2200 Filimore, open until § p. m. unts THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS. ELEGATE tickets proposed by the district clubs of the two great parties have been filed i the Registrar of Voters, and ary work of the primaries ourse the tickets named by upon any one, and on the vote for whom he fe conclusion that ckets proposed will be office in the the pre over. ( voter ay members of the ets closely h ves the ¥ to study the t h gives most assurance of n and the nomination of the duties of the offices for i which t As there is a promise of ries of the Democratic as party, and consequently Democratic round- at Republican primaries as in some recent a ers voting clections is certain the would-be bosses in the Rep n camp will gather all the floating voters t can and make a strong effort to capture a district here and . even if they cannot elect enough of their men to control the convention. The situation, therefore, is not one which good Repub- licans can regard with indifference. The promise of a victory for cle PO’ is good, provided the attend to their political aries for the right men; but oth e result is certain to be disappointing to the i those who desire to see the Repub- lican convention nomin a ticket that will bave the confidence of the prople, carry the elections and give the city and county a thoroughly honest and efficient ‘administration “The election o ‘an important event b There is to be submitted to the voters a proposi- tion to bond the city to an amount of $18,135,000 for t this year it is especially so. various public improvements. A considerable per- centage of the bond propositions, if not the whole of them, may be carried, and in that case the next ad- ministration will have control of the expenditure of large sums in excess the usual cost of govern- ment. Such being the case, the election of good men to office at the coming election is one of well nigh imperative necessitv. No taxpayer, nor indeed any citizen having a due regard for public welfare, can afford to be indifferent to the issue. Attention, therefore, should be given at once to the approach- ing primaries and earnest efforts be made to bring about the election of the right men to the nominat- ing conventions. In the Republican party the issue has been made clear-far the rank and file of the party by the action of the United Republican League, which has nomi- nated in every district a ticket well deserving the support of every loyal member of the party. The full list of the delegates proposed in every district was published in The Call of yesterday and should be carefully studied. In each and every instance the ticket is made up of men who are thoroughly repre- sentative of the best interests of the city. They are gentlemen of established reputation and known char- actér. They hive been pledged to no set of candi- dates, to no party faction. They will go to the con- vention untrammeled. They will be governed in their action as delegates solely by their sense of duty to the party and to the city, having no other object than that of nominating men who will obtain the votes of a majority of their fellow citizens by deserving them. The prospects of the time point to a Republican victory on election day if a proper ticket be nomi- nated, and a proper ticket will be nominated if the rank and file of the party go to the primaries and elect unpledged, independent, public-spirited men to the convention. That is the issue now before the party. It is to be hoped there will be no indifference in the ranks. The United Republican League has done its work well. Now let loyal Republicans give their support in the primaries, and all will be well. When Sir Thomas Lipton reached our generous and friendly shores he was greeted by loud-mouthed cannon with the salute due an admiral. And it is to be hoped that when he takes his departure cupless from America he will remember that many an ad- miral suffered defeat without losing dignity. y and county officers is always | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THUREDAY, AUGUST 6, 1903. QUITS CASE AND BECOMES THE NEW POPE. OPE PIUS X ascends his throne amid the ac- P clamations of the entire Christian world. He inherits the universal good will brought about by the gracious influence of his illustrious predeces- sor, and enters upon his high office, not as the rep- resentative of a faction, but as the common choice of all. While no longer young, he is reported to be still vigorous and hale, and has every reason to expect a long reign. The world, therefore, as well as the church, greets him with high expectations and looks to him for a continuance of that broad policy by which Leo did so much to confirm and extend the spiritual prestige of the pontificate. Despite the universal favor with which his election has been received, the reign of the new Pope will not be an easy one. Difficulties and danger lurk in the very universality of the hopes entertained con- cerning him. Where all parties and factions expect much, some are sure to be disappointed. The elec- tion of Pius is confessedly that of a compromise be- tween two powerful rival parties in the church, and sooner or later he will have to confront the issues upon which they have been divided. It remains to be seen whether he will be able to harmonize them or be compelled to choose the one and discard the other. An incident connected with the announcement of his election discloses the situation in the councils of the Vatican and the division of opinion that exists there. We are told that when the announcement of the election was made from the windows of St. Peter's there was a great rush of the people outside to get into the basilica to receive the papal benedic- tion. to the steps of St. Peter's and wait there for the benediction. That meant that the new Pope was going to give a blessing.to the world from outside the basilica, a thing that has not been done since the days when the Vatican ruled Rome. It was rec- ognized that a revolution in the attitude of the pa- pacy toward Italy was about to be manifested, and the crowd hastened to get out of the basilica as fast as it went in. In a moment, however, the programme was changed, and the crowd was called into St. Peter’s to receive the benediction there. Just what mistake or sudden change of mind may have caused that momentary vacillation as to the place of giving the benediction may never be known, but the fact that it occurred is significant of a divi- sion of sentiment within the Vatican itself. Later de- velopments will show how far the new Pope will go in the direction of conciliation with the Italian Gov- ernment. It is not probable he will take any early steps in that direction, though it seems conceded he will be inclined to put an end to the present strained relations. That much is forecast by the announce- ment on one side that he will continue the policy of Leo toward the Italian Government, but, as the dis- patches say, will not “emphasize it.” On the other side it is evident that the governmental party expects much, for it is already announced that the new Pope has long been a favorite with the King and is a friend of the Queen. Marion Crawford in reviewing the situation fol- lowing the death of Leo stated that there were three shades of sentiment respecting the character of the man to be chosen as his successor. One party de- sired a political Pope, who would uphold the tem- poral power of the papacy and make its influence felt in diplomatic circles. A second party desired above all to choose a strong theologian, who would main- tain the dogmas of the church. The third desired the election of an apestolic Pope, who would be, more than anything else, the father of Christendom. It appears from all reports that it is the apostolic Pope that has been chosen. While Cardinal Sarto has been noted for piety and for culture, he has been most notable and most loved by reason of his fidelity as a pastor. All reports speak highly of his administration of the office of Patriarch of Venice and of his love for the common people. Having, then, an apostolic ambition above all else, he may safely guide the church through the coming difficul- ties without becoming in any respect a partisan. The Venetians, who krow him better than the rest of the world, love him, and have predicted that he will be as much loved as Pontiff as he has been loved as a priest and Patriarch. That prediction is worth more as a promise to the church and to the world than any forecasts that have been made concerning his political policy or his theological dogmas, and it is with high hope of its complete realization that his accession to the headship of the church is hailed with gratification both in Europe and in America. c——————— ————— The superstitious may lay some stress on the fact that thirteen convicts made their savage and desperate escape from Folsom prison. It has not yet been de- termined, however, in view of the subsequent bloody events, whether the humber was unlucky for the con- victs or their pursuers. R Department of Commerce and Labor con- cerning our export trade are highly satisfac- tory in every respect except one. They show that we are doing an enormous business in foreign markets and that we have outstripped our only rivals, Ger- many and Great Britain. Such showings are gratify- ing, but there remains the comparison of our trade of last year with our own trade of former years, and when studied from that point of view the result is by no means. pleasing. We have surpassed our rivals, we are doing an enormous export business, but the trade is increas- ing very slowly as compared with the increase in do- mestic industries. That much is shown by the fig- ures of exports for the past five years, which are tabulated thus: OUR EXPORT TRADE EPORTS of the Bureau of Statistics of the 1899. oe.en $1,208,601,222 1900. + 1,370,763,571 1901. . 1,460,462.806 1902 1,355,481,861 1903. 1,202,087,672 It will be seen that our export trade during the past five years has been virtually stationary. In fact, it was less last year than in 1901. There must be some reason for the seeming fixity of the figures. In well nigh every other department of industry and commerce we have made steady progress during those years. Why, then, should we not have augmented our export business in something like the same pro- portion? There are doubtless many factors involved in the problem, but it is safe to say that one of the most potent is the lack of a merchant marine capable of carrying American exports to new markets. The fig- ures seem to show that we are exporting to markets of a fixed capacity for consumption, that we reached the level of that consumption some_time ago, and now can sell no more than in former years. Had wea merchant service on the ocean equal to the needs of our commerce it is almost a foregone conclusion that new markets would he opened for our domestic produce. In South America, for example, we could sell large quantities of produce if we had proper fa- Then, it is said, the attendants who had .an- | nounced the election signaled the crowd to go back | cilities for transportation. The statistics of the bu- reau therefore are another argument for the enact- ment of legislation designed to upbuild our merchant marine. Industry is going forward and commerce must find markets for its produce, or else we shall have another period of overproduction, with a con- sequent halt in the industrial march. The two tails of Borelli's comet have grown to four and observing astronomers say there is every indication that soon there will be more. We don’t care particularly if the heavenly tramps have as many tails as a cat has lives, as long as the erratic visitor keeps off our course through space. J kept busy dodging politicians and reporters who “desire to find out his attitude toward politics and especially toward the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. By a correspondent of the Bal- timore American he is quoted as saying recently: “I am without any present views on national topics, having determined not to talk for publication on any subject whatever.” So, too, a reporter of the Newark News reports him as saying: “I take it that | this is an interview we are now having. I want to {say frankly, so there will be no misunderstanding, |that I cannot be interviewed on the subject of | whether or not I am a consideration in the political condition of my party, nor upon any political ques- tion whatever.” There is a familiar story of a man who stood so straight that he leaned backward. Judge Parker's political attitude is similar. In his eagerness to say nothing about politics he says enough to show the %country that he is so eager for the Democratic nomi- nation that he is afraid to have any political views whatever—or at least is afraid to express them. By way of defending this negative attitude the Judge has made several explanations. In one of them he said: “I have had nothing to do with poli- tics except to vote since 188¢. The party has not needed me.” On another occasion he said to a re- porter: “I will explain my position to you, so you can understand why I cannot talk upon the subject you have mentioned. . I went on the bench to make it my life-work. It is congenial to me, and I am very happy and contented. I am with, my family here in my home. I usually take them to Albany JUDGE PARKER'S POSITION UDGE ALTON B. PARKER of New York is it is necessary for me to be away during the other months of the year I can run down from Albany every week. If I behave myself I can remain on the bench for life. The salary is ample. The New York State Court of Appeals pays its Judges larger salaries than the United States Supreme Court. = I shall remain on the bench. It is my ideal.” If we could take that statement at its face value the position of the Judge would be clearly intelli- gible, and he would be at once eliminated from the list of Presidential candidates. Unfortunately there is good reason for believing that the Judge may be a candidate after all. It will be noted that he says he has taken no part in politics since 1884; that the party has not needed him; and it appears we may infer that if the party should need him he would set aside his ideal life on the bench and take a chance of four years in the White House. One authority says that Parker might have had the Democratic nomination for Governor of New York last year, but declined it because he prefers the judicial career. He then goes on to'say: “That was his position; it is his position to-day, so far as his own attitude toward the Presidency is concerned. It may sound somewhat flippant, and as treating the office ‘lightly, to say that Judge Parker is not de- sirous of the Democratic nomination; but that is the exact state of his mind. If it comes to him he will accept it, taking the fact of his nomination as a call from his party, and when his party calls he is not one to delay making response or in rendering it the best service of which he is capable.” From all those statements we may draw the con- clusion that Parker has no politics calculated to of- fend either the Cleveland or the Bryan wing of the party. He likes his place on the bench, but is lis- tening for a call. Clearly the Judge is out of politics for the present, but is willing to get in if invited. The recent determination of the authorities to cap- ture and prosecute a defaulter who committed his crime in the office of the County Clerk and then es- caped is startling enough to be considered. revolu- tionary. If this sort of thing continues we may be forced to suspect that the administration of municipal affairs may be drifting into honesty. B e — THE UNIONS AND CIVIL SERVICE. HE case of Miller, the foreman bookbinder in T Washington, which has disclosed the antagon- ism of the law of a labor union to the law of the United States, has been the means of revealing a large number of similar cases in which eligibles under the civil service and employed according to law in the Government printing office have been re- fused membership in the union and ordered by it to resigh without reference to the law or its officers! One young woman from Boston presents a typical case. She was eligible as a compositor in the print- ing office and was legally appointed. Next day after she went to work the walking delegate called for her union card. She had none, but expressed a willing- ness to join the typographical union in Washington City. The walking delegate communicated with the Boston union, which refused to consent to her join- ing in Washington or Boston. She was then told by the walking delegate that she must make her peace with the Boston union or quit Government employ. As she was necessitous she applied to Boston for union membership and was refused. SHe was then ordered to quit by the walking delegate and did so, supposing that she had no recourse. In this way the administration of the public print- ing office has been abdicated by the Government in favor of the unions, and the constitutional rights of American citizens have been subverted as completely s if they had none. . The unions overstepped themselves in the Miller case and have thereby probably overthrown their own dominance of the office. The National Populists who met recently at Denver announced that their session was ordered to discuss a reorganization of the party. While the affair is nobody’s business but théir own a timely suggestion might not be amiss. Perhaps the gentlemen of the National Populist party mean reform when they say reorganization. Several of the municipal departments of Oakland have expressed a modest desire to spend more than their income this fiscal year. This may be accepted as an indication, clear, emphatic and resolute, that Oakland wants to take her place among the big cities | of the Union. for three or four months during the winter, and when | ADVANCE OF GREAT DIVA . — SINGER WHOSE WONDERFUL VOCAL POWERS HAVE CHARMED ] THE WORLD FOR DECADES, MAN WHO IS ARRANGING THE GREAT DIVA'S FAREWELL TOUR. AND PROMINENT THEATRICAL ARCUS R. MAYER, who “set type” here with George E. Barnes, Henry George, Robert Fulford, Charles de Young and 1 ‘ m many other one-time lights of the local newspaper world, and who was at one time sporting and dramatic editor of The Call, arrived in San Francisco yesterday and is now at the Palace Ho- tel. Mr. Mayer comes as the herald of Mme. Adelina Patti, who will reach here or her coming concert tour next January. Mr. Mayer's last visit was as acting man- ager of Bernhardt, three years ago. Even more enthusiastic concerning the coming of Patti than he pardonably was over the visit of the brilliant Frenchwoman is Mr. Mayer. He sald: There is only one Niagara and only one Pattl. Just as pure, flexible and fresh as ever is Mme. Pattl's voice. She has recently been singing 1n London and her concert in Albert Hall on May 28 last was a scene of wild en- thusiasm. There were between %000 and 10. people present, and the gemeral verdict was that the diva was still incomparable—still the greatest of living singers. PRAISED BY THE TIMES. Here, for example, is what the Times had to say about the concert. Mr. Mayer passed over the following flattering notice from the Thunderer: Mme. Patti made her only appearance at the Albert Hall for the present season on Wednesday evening, and some nine or ten thousand persons duly availed themselves of the opportunity to listen once more to her matchiess tones and her no less incomparable singing. Not only was she in splendid voice, ‘but she sang with even a shade more than her @il @ RESIGNS TO BE PARTNER IN REALTY BUSINESS Julian Sonntag Decides to Retire as Manager of Giant Powder Com- pany Consolidated. Julian Sonntag has resigned as man- ager of the Giant Powder Company Con- solidated, the resignation to take effect on September 1, in order to go into the real estate business with 'his brother, Henry P. Sonntag, under the firm name of Sonntag Bros., at 232 Montgomery street. Julian Sonntag has been engaged in the powder business for twenty years, during seventeén of which he was president of the Safety Nitro Powder Company, which was consolidated with the Glant Powder Company. For many years he was manager of the Giant Powder Com- pany. He is well known to all men who use or deal in powder and also to all mining men of the Pacific Coast. For sev- eral years he was president of the Manu- facturers’ and Producers’ Association and an officer of the California Miners’ Asso- clation. He was secretary of the Trans- Mississippl Congress several terms. He has been active in public affairs and has the esteem of business acquaintances. —_——— Kelly Will Take an Appeal. Attorneys Nathan Coghlan and Thomas Eddy filed notice in the Superior Court yesterday that they would take an appeal to the Supreme Court from the decision of Judge Murasky refusing the faction of the Republican party headed by Mortin Kelly a place on the ticket at the coming primary. g i ‘Will Inspect Cigar Factories. J. H. Kelly has been appointed inspec- tor of cigar factorles by President Casey of the Board of Health, acting by virtue of a resolution of the board creating the position. Kelly's duties will be to visit .the cigar factories and see that they are kept in proper sanitary condition. —_————— Leaves Estate to Relatives. Betsy M. Doolittle’s will was filed for probate yesterday. She leaves her estate to her children and grandchildren. The estate consists of 498 shares of stock in the Ira R. and J. H. Doolittle Hotel Com- pany, worth $40,000, and personal property and realty worth $2000. —_—e————— Fountain Pen News. To fit your hand it is necessary to buy ' ‘where all grades of the best makes are in | stock. The “Waterman,” ‘“Swan” and “‘Marshall” fountain fill every want. | Prices $1 to $5 each. rn, Vi &Cp..] 741 Market street. - Youthfulness vital energy truly accustomed spirit and entrain. and extracrdinary preservation of are great noticeable qualities in this phenomenal artist. Each year that Mme. Patt! returns to us in full possession of her wondrous gifts she necessarily arcuses a greater feeling of amaze- ment and admiration. That the public will gather to hear her, so long he may choose to sing, and in numbers in which no other single artist can attract, can be predicted with- out the slightest rashness. “You will see by that in what esteem Mme. Patti is still held,” Mr. Mayer pur- sued, and he added: And where are the other artists of her day— Mario, ~ Brignoll, Vieuxtemyps, Clara Louise Kellogs, Anna Louise Cary, Mme. Parepa Rosa, Campanini and a hundred besides? They have all sung their last song, while the best of them all, the “Queen of Song,” returns to us again, still in the perennial youth of her art. THREE CONCERTS HERE. Forty-four years ago, November 24, 1850, at the Academy of Music in New York, Mme. Patti made her actual debut on the operatic stage. On that occasion her sister, Amella Strakusch, and Brignoli were of the company. Since then—well, there is no need to_enlarge upon the diva’s world triumphs. Her last appearance in San Frangisco was in 1880, in opera. Every one remembers her extraordinary euccess on that oeccasion. For this coming concert series Mme. Patti brings with her a splendid company of arti It will, 1 belfeve, be the best organization t will ba heard during the coming season. Signcr Romualdo Saplo, who has accompanied Mme. Pattl on previous tours, will direct, and there will be besides Mile. Roza Zannels, violinist, a_ distinguished pupii of Ysaye's; Mile. Vera Margolis, a favorite London pianist; Anton Hegner, the well-known ‘cellist; Claude Cun- ningham, barytone of the Cari Rosa Opera Compan: Willagd Virgo, & new tenor who made a big hit at the London Phil- harmonic coneerts, and me. Aounda, prima donna contraito from the Grand Opera-house, Florence. Sixty concerts will be given during this tour, and we have been fortunate in_obtaining three of them for San Francisco. The signi- ficance of this will be apparent when it is mentioned that some of the largest cities in the country and even some of the tes will not be visited at all, and cities like St. Louis, Cincinnat and Piitsburg are only to have one concert aplece. There will be no return visits only to New York. Mr. Mayer was welcomed to his former home by a number of well known news- paper men. SOME ANSWERS TO QUERIES BY | CALL READERS THE MINT—A Stranger, City. The San Francisco Branch Mint is open to visitors every forenoon, except on Sundays and legal NMolidays. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY—Subscri- ber, City. The fourth anniversary is not | one that is celebrated, but the fifth, or wooden, anniversary is. GERMAN WORDS-D. W., City. “Vol- ker wanderung’”’ are German words which mean literaily ‘“people wandering.” They also mean migration (of the nations). VOTES IN THREE STATES-A. E. L, Napa, Cal. The vote cast for Governor in Massachusetts at the last held election for such officer was 398,609; in Iowa, 305,- 412, and in Ohilo, 811.466. CUSTOM-HOUSE—A _Stranger, City. The Custom-house in San Francisco is open for business daily, except Sundays and holidays, during busiriess hours. The Collector of Customs can advise you in the matter of sales 6f goods by authority of the Government. GLUE—An Old Subscriber, City. A strong liquid glue that will hold wood or iron is made of: Clear gelatine, 100 parts: cabinet makers’ glie, 100 parts: { alcohol, 25 parts, alum, 2 parts: the whole | well mixed with 200 parts of acetic ncl:i_ | and heated in a water bath for six hours. THE MISSOURI—Subscriber. City. The | answer given a few days since in this Id!vurtment in reference to the United | States steamer Missourl was as to the | steamer of that name that was purchased during the Spanish-American war. James M. Jackson furnishes this department the following bit of history of the long ago: ““The Mi uri, a sister ship of the Mis- sissippl, took fire and was blown up n 1843, while at anchor off Gibraltar, Eu- rope. I was one of the crew of the United States frigate Columbia that attempted | to raise her in 1544, but failed.” BARBARY COAST—Mrs. W. City That portion of San Francisco called “the Barbary Coast” was so named by the late Albert S. Evans in the early sixtles while a reporter on the Alta California. In those days that quarten was the rough section and there were many low dens in which men were frequently drugged and robbed. In an article describing that section Evans wrote that it was the rough and dangerous Barbary Coast along whieh sailors and others were frequently - wrecked. When the name appeared in print it was commonly used by all classes of people. A CHANCE TO SMILE. Foote Lighte—"Do you think he ‘d‘ll do Shakespeare?” Sue Brette—"“Well, I think he would do Shakespeare all right if the poet was living, and he got half a chance."—Yon- kers Statesman. Badleigh Mildude (in a plaintive voice)— “Mister, can ye spare & few cents to help a pore man that's been ruined by the high water—" Unsympathetic Citizen—“High water? You look more like a man that's been ruined by cheap whisky. '—Chicago Trib- une. Larry—Yis, Pat Rooney is th® champion av th' movemint to do away wid rowdy- ism ut th’ ball games. Denny—Ye don’t say so? Larry—Yis, bedad! Phoy, he troid to murther six players thot started a foight. —Philadelphia Record. “No, Ticklowell,” his mother said. “T cannot permit it. You may go and see the other boys bathe In the surf, if you wish, but—" “But!” Interrupted the little Boston boy, with bitterness. ‘“Government by conjunction!”—Chicago Tribune. The New Yorker: “T see the longest continuous stairway in the world is that which leads to the tower of the Philadel phia City Hall. It comprises 598 steps. The Philadelphian: “That is what gave rise to the impression that it takes a Philadelphia man so long to get to the top.”—Yonkers Statesman. “It must be admitted,” sald the cour- tier, “that our Emperor has simplified ed- ucation wonderfully.” “In what way?"’ “In order to answer the questions, Who is the greatest general, diplomat, eritic, poet and playwright, it is necessary only to mention his name.”—Washington Star. “T hear that George f{s to be married next week to that black eyed girl he be- came engaged to at the seaside,” sald Cumso. “I thought that was one of those tem- porary summer engagements,” said Caw- ker. “George thought so, too.”—Detroit Free Press. —_—e——————— Townsend's California giace fruits and candles, 50¢c a pound, in artistic fire- etched boxes. 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