The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1904, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CAI ONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1904. THE SAN FRANCISCOCALL Proprietor ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT.......-. eessenen sesscses sesssscssssscess.. MANAgEr PUBLICATION OFFICE....cceo. v... .-THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO weveese. -SEPTEMBER 26, 1904 MONDAY BUSINESS EXPANDING. ~HERE is now no longer any doubt that, taking the country as Pl a whole, business is decidedly better and that the improvement in trade noted for several weeks is not stationary, but expand- ing. Almost every condition shows it. The bank clearings last week were 20.6 per cent larger than during the corresponding week last year, with the great majority of cities and towns in all sections ranged on the right side of the exhibit. The failures, instead of being more numerous, as has been the rule for a long time, are now fewer, those for the week being 225, against 232 last year. The rail- way earnings thus far in September are 5.7 per centvlarger than at the same time in 1903, and the exports from New York last week were about $2,050,000 larger than last year, while the imports were 8$715,000 less. 4 In addition to this excellent showing collections are reported | better almost everywhere and the fall trade is undeniably expanding, especially in the distribution of dry goods, clothing, groceries, foo wear and hardware. Wool is ruling very firm, with a quick demand, | 1ills are reporting increasing activity. The different | g interests report less idle machinery than for some | time past. The labor situation is considerably improved, and though | there are still a few strikes on, several large and important ones have been settled. The crop prospects, while not as brilliant as a few weeks ago, | ly no worse than on the first of the month, and, taking the ir leading crops in the aggregate, the harvest outlook is | Tt 1parts marked buoyancy to many industries, stimu- | i for merchandise, strengthens credits and manifests | 1 Wall street, where the general tone of the stock| though the movement in stocks has been | me days past. Money continues in large supply all over | the country and interest rates accordingly remain low. No appre-| hensions of financial stringency attending the moving of the crops | are expressed, and in brief, look in whatever direction we may, we | h on all sides a confidence in the future which almost assures | nother good year in trade. A good feature is that New York, which for months had nothing | y reports of the commercial situation, is now sending out rts, excepting, of course, the Pacific Coast, which has e felt any marked diminution in business. The nation’s s sends cheerful advices of a well-supplied and easy I ng dry goods, iron and steel, leather earn- | s particularly exhibiting improvement. Coffee and are unsettled, as usual at this time of the year, when the on of the crops is of marked importance, but both seem to be 1l bear attacks and maintaining their positions. There is lling demand for wheat all over the West, the movement ly shown a pronounced expansion and the same | i in the steel export trade. Provisions alone con- | even in this line a strong undertone is becoming ! e packers are now supporting the market, whereas v were either bearing it or letting it alone. | s are significant of a general improvement in busi- | tivity is expected during the rest of the year, | which prevailed over the eastern section of the ing and early summer months is evidently ingreasing animation and confidence. Consider- | lential year, when according to all precedents | , the ns of the times are certainly cheerful. firmn ga CALIFORNIA PORCELAIN. PONDENT with an eye to the interests of Cali- f a suggestion for the development of , which should commend itself to men of en- ion calls attention to the fact that the >tate, known to have commercial value | point, lie practically untouched, while oad chinaware to the value of a million dent urges it upon the notice of manu- | a0lin, and predicts success for s clays into something more gestion has the foundation of practicability. . a survey of the State Mining Bureau reports I'hey are of a high class, many of them, and per- most delicate manipulations of the potter’s wheel. o the bureau some years ago the consulting chem- ston, cited the high quality of potter’s clays that are . Placer, Nevada and Butte counties, and in- of tests upon eleven varieties of workable clays g to his opinion the kaolin percentage in Butte ior clays is high enough to warrant the belief that > porcelains could be wrought therefrom. ere is 2 concern of some note which has gone to some production of art pottery, but not on a scale suffi- ract public attention to its wares; fire bricks and to be the chief articles of its output. But should movement to enter upon a new venture look- 1e utilization of resources offered for the upbuilding of try of porcelain making, it would seem that every ndition was present to insure the success of the enter- CRIMINAL FOOLS. FOOL girl in Philadelphia has caused the death of the motor- fa trolley car. He was in front of the car adjusting the while another stationary car was standing close ahead. he applause of her fool companions by continually he car gong, and finally moved the starting lever of the us, causing the car to jump ahead and kill the » crushing him against the car ahead. She is a fool, 1 fool, and should get the severest punishment the law motorman but a crimi will permit. But she has imitators. They belong to the class that aim guns at people and kill them, and that satisfy their curiosity about the lock mect n of loaded firearms, killing people thereby, and feel- ing sorry afterward. The most dangerous fools, however, are those who tamper with cars and the running of trains, for they may put many lives in peril. On the day of the Knights Templar parade the local railroad on Seventh street, Oakland, was crowded with densely loaded trains of passengers on the way to the ferry. The service was admirably arranged for the convenience and safety of thousands of people. When one of these trains was running, with others behind it, a boy, not a young boy, but a fool just going out of his teens, which he should never have lived to enter, was seen to pull the signal cord by which the conductor communicates with the engineer. The en- gineer answered the signal with his whistle and stopped the train. A p}:omp! order to go ahead probably averted a shocking catas- trophe. The fool should have been given over to the police and sent to prison for a term of years. A catastrophe would have killed him, but the fool’s estimate of the value of his own life should not have protected him in risking the lives of a thousand people. We are aware that corporations cannot always guard against these criminal fools, but when one is caught he should be punished to the extent of the law. If Professor Hugo de Vries discredits the Darwinian theory of the transmission of acquired characteristics from generation to generation, how will he account for the present muddled mental economy of that offspring of the good old Jeffersonian the St. Louis platform?2 “IF HE'S GOOD ENOUGH COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL'WITH THE NEW YORK EVENING MAIL. FOR UNCLE SAM, HE'S G0OD ENOUGH FOR ME." | | | AR R IR SR SN LY ——a | that $106 82, judiclously expended, will | provide an ample wardrope for a wom- | an who earns her own living. She has kept an account of her expendlturell for several years and sne says she knows. A North Side woman, whose husband has an income of $5000 a year, and who, although she pleads not guilty to the charge of being a society woman, does boast that her wardrobe is always in condition to respond to any ordinary demand made upon it, said that $610 a year would clothe her. When she came to itemize the list, however, she had to acknowledge that the Christmas present of $50 which her husband in- variably gives her goes to make up the deficit in her dressing allowance. The difference between what Mrs. ! Barstow considers necessary for the society woman and Dora Wells’ actu- | al expenditures Is $39,843 18. What Mrs. John Jacob Astor pays out in one year would clothe 470 working women like Miss Wells. The woman who ex- pends $40,000 annually for her raiment buys garments by the dozen and everything she. wears must be made for her, and of special pattern and de- sign. The way a working woman ‘“‘shops” for what she wears 1s described by Miss Wells: on “Although a girl can dress fairly well | can buy more than she needs and she MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR, THE BEST DRESSED WOMAN IN NEW YORK. | WHAT SHE PAYS OUT YBARLY FOR HER CLOTHES WOULD PROVIDE | RAIMENT FOR ABOUT 500 YOUNG WORKING WOMBN. WHAT NEW YORK SOCIETY WOMAN REQUIRE -.$ 450 ‘Half-dozen house gowns. One dozen house gowns. 2,400 One dozen shirt waist suits . 900 One dozen linen outing suits. 900 One dozen yachting gowns. 1,200 Three dozen hats.......-- 1,800 One dozen (formal) afternoon gowns 3,600 Half-dozen afternoon wraps. 900 One fur coat.. 1,000 Twenty-five evening gowns 15,000 Four evening wraps.... 1,000 One dozen house gowns 2,400 Three dozen pairs shoes (including Slippers 500 One hundred pairs gloves 200 Six dozen pairs hose. . 700 Handkerchiefs and n 500 Lingerie - 5,000 Three automobile outfits. 1,500 ppiyate $106 a year,” she said, “she uval - ES | IS WHAT A NEW YORK SOCIETY WOMAN CAN COMFORTABLY SPEND EACH YEAR ON HER $,1ufi 82 - y CLOTHES, WHILE A CHICAGO WORKING GIRL DRESSES HERSELF FAIRLY WELL FOR . . —4 : 8k § F = 2 b +* | CHICAGO WORKING GIRL $50,000 ANNUALLY WOMAN WITH INCOME OF $5000 O walb it ' B FOR HER CLOTHES ot g One suit mns e 10 98 R ot One evening gown . 75 e i s Six shirt waists ..... " 8 Bt s atar Dk . § 56 Four silk waists .... « 75 Three pairs of shoes.. 9 00 Two wraps 100 One pair rubbers ... 50 Two house gowns 50 One cloak 18 00 Five hats - 75 One umbrella . 98 Five pairs shoes . 20 One party gown 16 00 Aogerie ..cccococmese «s B0 l}fi’l‘zizrx:: éiowes hand- e H Ribbons, gloves, handker- Kerchiefs, etc. ..... 10 00 o g h & S ator s g Total ceovevveaaces $106 82 Total ..ccvvvvennns...$660 i e e S iy —_——— OW much must a society woman | |* a modiste and her hats are not built expend on her clothes? Tade, sbd she docewt get It erthen Y::ll: :1‘ n:rtioxfi:;s?nwtg:‘ :xel: “?“I“ ;::‘tw akn!::‘:ox:::‘:t :&)u: societ: Ject, has declared that $39,950 is the women, but I do know that the wor)yx ;f::‘ilsl:t: Tr:un.lt;hza‘j!!m ot:eAsfi’l:ic:}g‘g insl'l girl, dit she is young and pretty, says, is the be;u dressed person in'New :‘h‘nn’::n un:?:c:::‘l’plg:t::r 'lc':,::h 01: York and her wardrobe costs $50,000 only natural, though, because, of nlzgnually. In Mrs. Barstow’s opinion course, she is looking out for a chance :;.xc.ioeog' l:' uomnleyl; :p::g ayerage of what to get married, and there's no use ulk’- 4How much must a self-respecting l::t,h::n ooy T e "3liss Dora. Wells, whe-holds & pest- IE A SO SO e I S St tion as stenographer in a lawyer’s of- ERIL SN e Shee e N t'o"wrl fice, from which she derrves an income | ?fnfi'e?fi;:'."v’vifi:'fi?uf'&?eflh :::; of $12 50 a week, estimated recently b3 cost me $18 will last at least two sea- sons, and maybe three, so that makes up the difference.” The North Side woman who spends $50 a month and her Christmas gift on her clothes was allowed to see the working girl's schedute and she promptly declared it “impossible.” Even when she was told that the fig- ures were made up from absolute ex- renditures she professed incredulity, and said that “some one must be giv- ing that girl clothes.” “It is not absolutely necessary for a ‘Wwoman to spend as mucn money as I do for clothes,” she declared, “but no woman can dress on less than 3300 a year unless she wears calico wraj nearly all the time. Why, just what I have to have, and cut that in half and you will get what Is positive- 1y necessary for every woman.” “Dolly Gray” Reaches London. ‘The House of Commons is losing its dignity. Black and White hears that members have been seen around the premises in shirt sleeves in warm ‘weather. It expects to find a mem- ber with musical tastes entertaining friends at tea on the terrace by play- ing “Good-by, Dolly Gray” on a | in addition to the vine maple | likely be a wind | exploiting the timber. A WOODSMAN'S VIEWS | on the matter of ' \ FOREST PRESERVATION —_— AUBURN, Wash., Sept. 1T. Editor The Call: 1 see in Sunday's jssue of The Call an article by a for- estry expert, signed E. A. Sterling and an editorial on the guestion of forest preservation. Unfortunately I never have had a course in scientific forestry, and have never traveled in Europe, but have for the last twenty-two yelar:e;eetn in loy of two of the lari im- :)2 :::h:: corporations in the North- west, namely the Northern Pacific Railway and the Weyerhaluser Tim- ber Company and its allied companies and have to speak my piece as a woodsman and an observer. Of Cali- fornia and the climatic condition pecu- lar to it I know nothing. In Western Washington I have trav- eled a good deal in the last fourteen | years and have arrtved at same con- clusions which of course may be mod- ifled if I followed this work fourteen years more. First—The Indian was not a for- ester in the scientific sense of the word. He was interested in exploit- ing the game, which was his means of subsistence. To do this he did, and does yet to a limited extent, use fire to remove the forest growth, and let the sun in to get the growth of fire- weed and hardwood brush the game feeds on. One main growth of com- mercial timber in Western Washing- | ton is fir. Next is cedar. Any one who has had a course In scientific forestry can put in the scientific names right here. The history of fir is this: It only can grow right when the seed can get to the mineral soil. This is true of cedar to a great extent. When not disturbed by fire the fir and cedar grow and mature, each year dropping their waste products, leaves and cones, till they arrive at maturity and die. By this time there is from six inches to two feet of rotten wood on the ground, with those trees which died before reaching maturity. This represents 500 or 600 years time. In the meangime, there has grown up, that will make timber, and brush, a growth of hemlock and white fir. So far there is no young growth of fir or cedar to speak of. If there is no fire yet, there will ve on the places. The result of this when the sun gets in there is a th growth of hemlock and white fir which are inferior grades of timber and must be classed as weeds by the woodsman who is interested chiefly in From this on you can look for no more fir or ceda but the hemlock and white fir wi reproduce itself for another genera- tion, or perhaps two, till there is from two feet to four feet of rotten wood on the ground or floor, which you call duff. Then the process appears to stop so far as timber is concerned. | What growth comes up is scattering. shortbodied and unfit for lumber, al- though the conditions are ideal for holding the rain as it falls. Now comes “Lo the poor Indian whose untutored mind” knows nothing of forestry as taught in universities or as practiced in Europe, and sets fire to this mass of duff™or rotten wood. If he gets a good burn and clears this all off to the mineral soil, t next growth will be fir and cedar if there are enough living trees near by to furnish seed. If not, if there is | still a layer of humus on the ground, the next growth will be hemlock and white fir. Good of their kind, but not the best kind of timber the soil | can produce. Second—There are two problems. One is to conserve the moisture on the hills. If this is the chief object keep the fire out by all means. Let the brush and debris from logging lie as it falls, and decay, if you log any, but better not log at all, if the only object is to keep the moisture back as long as possible, for the more rot- ten wood or duff there is on the ground the more water it will hold. Also keep stock off, for sheep and goats, and to a certain extent cattle, will clear off the brush and pack the soil. If the question is to preserve the timber supply, and upon this de- pends the prosperity of most of West- ern Washington and Oregon, either leave some of the fir and cedar while logging for seed, or make arrange- ments for seeding anew, but burn the logging works. Then reburn, und keep it up till the last vestige of rot- ten wood or dquif is gone and the mineral soil is exposed over the whole tract. Fire will kill tfe hemlock and white fir quicker than it will the fir. Con- sequently your next growth will likely be fir, for that is ail that will be left to furnish seed. But if you want to raise fir, remember that all else is weeds, and fir is the best and quick- est growth we can get. But when the ground is once burnt clean and seeded to fir, then keep the fire out, for until it is thirty or forty years old it is very tender, the bark is thin and there will be lots of small trees crowded out which will die it the stand is thick enough to make good timber, and this will burn hard enough to kill what is left. F. H. CONANT. ANSWERS T0 QUERIES, HOLIDAY—J. R. G, City. This de- partment has on several occasions re cently announced that the Congress of the United States has never declared any day as a national holiday. POLO—T. F., Donner, Cal. 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