The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 14, 1905, Page 8

NCISCO CALL, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS. . ..ccccaaee sssssssssssssssssessssss . PrOprietor ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO JOHN McNAUGHT ess THIRD "AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO JULY 14, 1905 PUBLICATION OFFICE. SINGLE TAX AND RAILROADS. FRIDAY. E recently commented upon some of the features ir a cam- Wpaig'n for public ownership of railroads, by a gentlerqan w.ho is in California as a single tax lecturer. He has since in- formed us that private ownership of land and of railroads are special privileges, and both are condemned by the single taxers. ; Without going deeply into the philosophy of property, it may be said that property of any kind exists only by the assent’of so- iety. If society say that land shall not be private property it ceases to be so. Therefore if real property or any other form of property be a special privilege it is given by society and for the social good. The franchises of railroad property are granted by society and for its good, The issue in what is called public owner- ship of railways and denial of private ownership of land is, Will t be better for society as a whole? Whenever society decides that better, the change will be made, and private ownership of cease and public utilities will pass into public ownership | tion is, will it be well and wise for society »e this chang We say no. The single tax lecturer says the issue is joined. i lecturer in his letter denies that Government because the Dartmouth College it will b land w and operation. The ques C to de railroads, decision | | P i HER FAVORITE e / in the way and he demands a reversal of that decision and rership, instead of public control. ed in 1819, Chief Justice John Marshall writing he Supreme Court. Dartmouth was an eleemosynary | led by Mr. Wheelock as a charity school, and put | h by the King in 1769. It was supported chise te of its founder and such gifts as were bestowed upon ure of New Hampshire in 1816 amended the college the language of the act, “Enlarged and improved | jon.” The college resisted thi§ amendment of its per-| ter or franchise, and in due time the issue reached the | me Court of the United States, where it was argued for the college by Daniel Webster and for the State by William Wirt, At- 1 of the United States. was in effect that the franchise vested perpetual corporation, which could not be increased or dimin- ts assent. It is probable that John Marshall never d that his decision involving the rights of an eleemosynary | nder a franchise granted by the King of England, 1d ever be held to apply to business corporations, organized for rofit and benefited by the right of eminent domain, but such ap- lication was held to be correct until it was decided otherwise by reme Court in the Granger cases. The decision is not re- n its application to Dartmouth, or any eleemosynary cor- But is held inapplicable to a kind of corporation that was in existence in 1816. We give so much space to it because it is evident that the Dartmouth College case is to figure largely in r ents of the sociafists, single taxers and politicians for > ownership. The lecturer whose statements cause this exposition denies that i be subjected to public control, but on his next page, ng watered capitalization, says: “This is being shown | stock and bond law of Texas, under which roads are not to recklessly issue securities. The Southern Pacific owns Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad and was forced to can- | 6,000 of bonds and reduce its capital stock from $5,000,000 | 0. w that looks to us like very effective public control. By act of government it compelled 2 railroad to reduce its capital- ization from $6,356.000 to $1,000,000. To a reasonable person it | rs that if government ean reduce the capitalization of a rai i by more than 75 per cent, and compel the cancellation of se- | sued, those who despair of Government control 1 de c ownership must have been born to despair. | Our purpose is to promote exactness of statement in this dis- | The lecturer defends the high capitalization and high% >s on European railroads, and praises them, because they “do sands on thousands of human beings every yeary” The istics show that on European roads the passengers killed are | for each billion passengers carried one mile. - On American roads 15 are killed for each billion carried one mile. Of employes, | opean roads kill 29 to each billion tons of freight carried one | mile, American roads kill only 18. It is evident, therefore, the im- peachment of American roads in respect to casualties lacks truth. The accident insurance statistics of this country show that of all| the accidents in a year 24 per cent happen to people on foot; 18 per cent to those indoors, in houses: 18 per cent from horses and ve- hicles; 15 per cent at houses outside, and 4 per cent in railroad | travel. Whether public ownership will entirely abolish aceidents may be asserted, but remains to be proved. U estly seeking the good results of it by any method found wise and practicable and proved agreeable to the lawmakers, the mmittee of arrangements for a national reciprocity conference have issued their call to meet in Chicago August 15 and 16. The committee wishes to hold attention first of all to one brief explana- tion: “There has been a misapprehension as to the real aims of the conference because of the assumption that this is a revival of the old agitation for the same old reciprocity treaties and the same old method of negotiation, which are thought to be hopeless.” They wish to correct that misapprehension. They favor any plan of pro- cedure that will bring about the desired result. That result is the establishment of fairer trade relations with foreign mations. They wish the prompt acknowledgment in prac- tice 'of the principle of conceding something to such nations as will concede valuable trading rights to ourselves. It is evident from the tone of the call that the intention is not to have the conference argue the principle in a merely academic way. We have to face in a practical way the fact that European Governments are increas- ing restrictions which shut out American export trade in agricul- tural products and manufactured goods. Germany has a new pro- wibitive tariff designed to keep out American breadstuffs and pro- visions. The power of retaliation has been put to the test and found wanting. It is said to have been very costly to both pro- ducers and manufacturers. The committee does not attempt to confine the proposed work by any definite outline, but they announce themselves as believing in the principles as to our foreign relations which were enunciated by McKinley in his last great speech at Buffalo, just before his assassination. They suggest that if it shall be agreed that the most business- like method of applying the protective principle is to use the one already set up by France and Germany of a maximum’and a mini- mum schedule, then the adoption of that should be the endeavor. Under 2 fairly drawn maximum-and-minimum tariff law the Gov- ernment could directly negotiate international agreements. The callers of the conference wish to procure the substitution of the principle of reciprocity for that of retaliation and exclusion. Whether this be accomplished by direct reciprocity treaties, or in some other way, they do not care. The conference is cglled by a number of the large stock grow- ers’ associations and of breeders of fine cattle, by the Millers’ Na- tional Federation, by the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association and several others. rmey Gene The decis ghts in the ttec 1,00C No: 1 anne TO CONSIDER RECIPROCITY. NCOMMITTED to any special plan of reciprocity, but earn- The people of Russia seem to be waking up as thoroughly as if they had a2 Mayor Weaver among them for an alarm clock.—Atlanta Journal. S ESPENE PURRG A Ohio Democrats expect to put up a real fight this year. That Qhio bunch always did have a childlike faith—Atlanta Journal. - The Dartmouth Col- | | 4= S~~ce n) — Mr. Bookworm—Which writer do you admire most? Lady Bond—My husband. Mr. Bookworm—0Oh, | had no idea your husband ha literary abilities: and what does he write ? Lady Bond—Checks.—London Opinion. 0US SUN STORMS. | STUPEND EY ROSE O’HALLORAN‘. - closing a group of divided umbrae, with straggling outliers in the rear, are the chief details of the formation in its present stage. About half the length of the disk in a westerly direc- tion is another large group that was occasionally visible to the naked eye some days ago in very clear inter-| vals, but the smaller umbrae and scattered parts render it only a tele- scopic object now. This is the fourth time within the last six months that one stupendous sun storm has foliowed another in four or five days. But even these have not exhausted the mysterious — B i 2 Sun’s Disk at Noon, July 13, 1905, | XX K3 o S the present sunspot maximum A will be important in the annals of selar physics, the numerous eruptions that, visible to the unaided eye, have crossed the disk during the last half-year are of more than usual interest. The .deeply colored spot, now advancing toward the center of | the sun, was fully inside the east limb | | on the 11th of this month, and, though | | foreghortened, now measures 90,000 miles in length. Being near the sun’s equator, the extent of the dark umbra may ren- der it visible for several days yet. By solar rotation a disturbed area! may come to view more than once,; but this equatorial storm cannot be’ identified with any previous disturb-|course of spottedness, as several ance without an undue strain of the | minor eruptions are also distributed drift that is possible in solar latitude. | in the spot zones. A rather compact penumbra in-! July 13, 1905. e “MIRROR OF DAME FASHION | Great Sunspot at 9:30 a. m., July 18, 1905, S + SMART DINNER JACKET. . ‘The vogue of the separate coat for all sorts of occasions, formal and In- formal, increases daily. There are breakfast jackets, lnnnlqm u‘m Jackets, Rfldn ’“z:.:;‘ and dlnn::h coats of a thousand and one eties; at least so it seems ‘woman who is irying valiant ‘a choice, and make one jacket do duty for a dozen. The subject 3’;% i that will fit In well for a great number of oc There 15 & ¢ | might hear of it. Occidental ' Accidentals T And :,.::e n:gtfls;(;n:t they walked But which was the fairer and better way, HERE were_two brothers—the tale is true— | I leave It to you who read to say. One of these brothers held a creed By his saintly Sires perfected, Fashioned and formed to his spirit's need, ‘With naught for his good neglected; And he cried: “It is all in the Bible writ, O Thow who hast shaped creation, | As the creed that I own errs not one whit, My thanks for my soul's salvation.” But strife in his household held full sway, And love was a thing neglected, As he yet toiled on in the one sure way By his human creed perfected. But the other brother—to him great woe— Held never a crecd for blessing. “My sires were blind like myself, I trow,” He said; “‘Shall I heed their guessing? O Theu who alone art the one true creed, My soul ta its own deceiving I will not follow, I will not lead— Help Thou mine unbelieving.” But peace in his household you might find, The treasure of love amassing, And though he was still of the creedless blind, His brothers he blessed in passing. There were two brothers—the tale is true— And the paths that they walked were also two; And Lere is the question, to make it plain: ¥ ‘Which was the Chhistian of the twain? DEACON BOGGS ON HUMAN NACHER. “ UMAN nacher's human nacher,” said Deacon Boggs. ‘“‘They’'s many a deekin in the church at Milpitas or French Camp, f'r Mistance, that ain’'t nigh so much of a deekin when he's on the lower end of Ellis or O'Farrell or some other ekally artistic street in San Francisco—not nigh so much. ““That proves he's a hypercrite, does it? Waal, I do’ know; I do’ know. I'm a deckin myself, but when I git down to 'Frisco an' know they ain't none o' the neighbors 'round, I—but less said the bet- ter, I reckon, fer Mandy an’ the parson Y'see, we've all got strings onto each other in this world, an’ when we take them off fer a few min- utes we've got to be mighty keerful or somethin's goin’ to rip. It's the same. male or female, only women's got more strings onto 'em, an’ consekently git 'em off less frequent. “You've been to pra'r-meetin’ when you was young, I reckon? Yes, I knowed it. They's somethin’ 'bout you that indi- cates that you know how ter be more decent 'n y'are. Waal, havin’ been, you've heered more'n one man rise into his place an' say, ‘Brethren an' sees- ters, I feel what a low, grovelin' worm o' the dust I am.” Nobody need doubt, either, "at that brother's tellin’ the truth. Only, ef you sh'd ask him to specify an’ enter into partic’lars he'd prob’ly lick you. Dummit all! ain't gvery man got a right to some little secrets of his own? “No, 'taint hypocrisy that ails deek- ins an’ others when they go astray. It's human nacher. [t's the same thing that alls you when you proudiy say, ‘I will drink no more,’ an' then go out an’ drink twenty-nine libations to the good resoive. ‘They's another thing 'bout it: Ev'ry one of these littie sashays to one side make the right kind of man better. I know how 'tis myself, though I ain’t mentionin’ it much 'cept in gen'ral terms by admit- tin' that ‘I'm a grovelin' worm o' the dust. 1v'ry time you git out an' paint things red you go home an’ feel ashamed of yourself, an’ wonder who ketched you at it, an’ who's goin’ ter tell, an’ resolve ter be a nobler man, an’ you are—tiil the next time the strings are off. So these slight meand’'rin’s help a man thet wants ter be decent by keepin' him so part o the time. We talk too much ’bout hy- pocrisy. Gen'ly speakin’, -it's the same kind o' human nacher we have with a few individooal kinks into it. Waal, I reckon iU's time ter feed the heifers. S'long!” TO-MORROW, YESTERDAY AND TO- DAY. HERE is one little truth that I know I know it indeed to my sorrow, And if you know the same it is needless to tell: I'm a very good fellow—to-morrow. And another wee fact is equally true, And for it may I be forgiven: I am not good to-day, though the fact I may rue, As I thought I would be last even. But seeing the suns of the yesters have set, And the suns of the morrows waiting, I fear that the record I'm likely to get Is the one that to-day is creating. REVISED PROVERBS AND MAXIMS. ONOR thy father and thy mother— H if they will give you half of a chance to do it and still maintain your reasoning faculties. A rolling stone gathers no moss, but it sometimes accumulates a noticeable polish. Virtue is its own reward—the geds de- cided that it would be better that way than to leave it so frequently unrewarded. Ignorance of the law excuses no man— but it sometimes accounts for peculari- ties in pleadings filed by lawyers. Make hay while the sun shines—but not in California, unless you want a nearly permanent job. The fool hath said in his heart, “There 1s no God"—but the fool is dead, the stars yet swing in their fixed orbits, and the Almighty is uninjured” HE goed woman was just dropping into her seventeenth nap when she ‘was roused by a familiar volce that appeared to be wrapped in cotton bat- t are ing. “Edish,” It said. “Is that you, John?' ghe inquired, al- though she knew very well that it was, for it iz the way of gentle woman thus to confirm her knowledge. The good woman, interpreting this, knew that John wanted to get in, so she “Coursh nosh.” “IWhat's the matter, then?" Losher keyholsh. Member sthinely puttin’ it an’ keysh in pocket togeshersh ‘an—membersh—keyholsh—mem—"" The wrapped voice trailed off into si- lenece, and the good woman went down and found the keyhole John. And after he was up stairs she thought of snores ended ‘Moral-It is i told him what | Did John mind? Not a mind. His | "stove and washtubs, now I tell you, no- Miss Leslie Green will be the guest of honor to-day at an elaborate luncheon to be given in the Palm Garden by Mrs. H. E. Huntington, assisted by Miss Ma- rian and Miss Elizabeth Huntington. Forty guests have been bidden to the affair, which is the principal event to precede the nuptials of Miss Green and Mr. Huntington. The wedding will occur on August 16, though before it a few small affairs will be held in Miss Green’s honor. Mrs. Philip Galpin will entertain for the fair WHENMANRENTS| ! A HOUSE. “Yes, I've rented a house,” he said with an accent of finality. ‘“She gets here Tuesday, you see, and I couldn’t put it off any longer, and it's a dandy.” “Is that so?’ asked his listener. “Tell me about it.”" “A reception hall,” said he, waving his hand. It has a cedar chest inlaid in it.” “Cedar chest?" questioned the mystified Mstener. ‘““Yes, a long cedar chest; now I know she will like tnat,” said the enthusiastic husband, his eye beaming, “it's carved and has a heavy lid.” “An oaken settee,” thought his listener. “You ought to see the chandelier in the dining-room,” he went on, “it has four lights that go up and four down, some- | thing like flowers, you know, and in the middle is a large red shade, round and pretty, and is either for gas or electric light."” “Is there a china closet there?”’ asked womian, who is a practical soul. THE SMART SET Il sace y ; Y SHARP flancee on August 1. Among to-day's Oakland guests will be Mrs. Ralph Phelps, Mrs. Walter Starr, Miss Ruth Green and Miss Ethel Vn.lenzine. . . The wedding of Miss Florence Starr and Joseph Notely Thomas has been set for August 2 at the home of Walter Starr, a brother of the bride, in East Oakland. Mr. and Mrs. Denis O'Sullivan sail from England to-morrow for California to remain three months. This an- nouncement causes much pleasure, for aside from its social importance there are many hopes afioat that we may hear Mr. O'Sullivan’s fine voice. . . . Mrs. Walter W. Felton arrived last evening on the Acapulco from Mexico and will be the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Linda Bryan, for a prolonged visit. . . . Mrs. Eleanor Martin is visiting in Los Angeles for a few days. *«ss . Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Sloane Watson, 1 Who will spend the rest of the summer at the Hotel Rafael, Jeft yesterday. They have taken their automobile, anticipating many trips. Mrs. Edwin Arthur Thayer is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gunn, on Green street. Dr. and Mrs. Thayer recently arrived in New Yosk from a European trip cov- ering a perfod of two months or more, but it was undecided whether they should continue to their home in Porto Rico or come West. Mrs. Thayer intends to make a prolonged stay and her friends will have much opportunity of seeing fer. Among the late visitors to the Hotel t “Didn't notice,” said he, “but in the kitchen there is a white sink, and right by the kitchen Is a place where you sude baca a cover and there are stationary washtubs.” “Bravo!" mentally ejaculated his lis- tener; “aere is one man who notices washtubs.” 3 “Is there a gas range?” she asked aloud. “Oh, there's a cookstove,” said he air- ily. “You ought to see the chandelier in the parlor, it is a beauty. And upstairs there is an inlald mirror in the front room. I know she'll lke that. “‘You are right there,” said the lady. “Does the house front north or south? Is the plumbing good and how about the neighborhood ?"” . “Didn’t notice,” said he, “but the ban- isters are very pretty and there is a stalned glass window in the bathroom.” Mem: “Men do love appearances,’” thought the woman, mentally inscribing it in her intellectual notebook. “Pretty fixtures are what they notice, and noth- ing else.” “Do you think she will like it?" asked anxiously. “Qh, I'm sure she will,” replied the treacherous listener, “inlaid cedar chest in hall, pretty chandeliers and banisters, a mirror and stained glass window, cook- l he body could want more in a house.” “I thought so,” smiled the man, throw- ing out his chest. ‘“Women make such a fuss over these things: now there is really no trouble in renting a house at all. Why it is the first place I went to, and in ten minutes I had told the agent I would take it. Nice man, the agent, too."” “I imagine he was,” said the woman, smiling, “and he liked you, too, I fancy,” “‘Oh, we got along capitally,” said tne | man, stroking his mustache.—Philadelphia Telegraph. EXPERT ON LIARS. A Kansas City lawyer tells of the use of expert testimony on lying. He says: “I was Prosecuting Attorney for Finney County in 1881, and had a fellow up be- fore Squire N. C. Jones on the charge of horse stealing. He hired Mike Sutton to defend him, and when the case was called I proved beyond question, by a wit- ness who witnessed the theft, that we had the right man. er the prosecu- tion had rested, Sutton introduced ‘Buf- falo’ Jones as a witness, and gravely in- formed the court that he intended to prove by him that my witness had lied. ‘Buffalo’ took the ‘stand and swore that, while he had never seen nor heard of the witness ‘before, and knew nothing at all about the crime committed, he had had a great deal of experience with men, and could tell pretty certain when they were lying. Then he proceeded to tell how men acted when they were lying, and gave the expert opinion that my witness had sworn to lies from the word go. I protested against such performances, but Sutton made the Judge believe he had as much right tc introduce an expert on liars as he weuld have to introduce an expert on medicine or any other science, and the result was the thief was dis- missed from custody.”—New York Tri- bune. - PESSIMISTIC VIEWS. What's the good o' anything? In this world o' ours? ‘What's the good o' summer time What's the good o' flowers? What's the good o winter-time? What's the good o' spring? 1s there anything to gain Hearin’ robins sing? What's the good o' whistlin’ tunes? What's the good o' jokes? Den’t yer hate to git around ‘Where's ther's singin’ folks? What's the good o' shakin’ hands BEv'ry time yer meet? Adn't there lots o' bitter things? ‘What's the good o' sweet? ‘What's the good of happiness, Kin yer tell me? Say— ‘What's the good o' workin’ hard? Put it ter the test! Wiiat's the good o' gittin® tired? ‘What's the good o' rest? ‘What’s the good o' havin' brains? ‘What's the good o' healt! ‘What's the good o' bein" ? What's the good o' wealth? What's the good o' anything Yer hear, er do, er see? ‘Wher~'s ‘the geod In any That thinks an’ talks like ? - ‘Trahseript. ANSWERS T0 QUERIES. NO RACE—W. T., Oakland, Cal. The An;;l::u Derby at Chicago was not rum in i Vendome have beem Mrs. Linda Bryan. e . W. T. Bartan with his two sons, Wil- lard and Aldrich Barton, have also spent the past week in San Jose. s e Mrs. Waiter H. Linforth of Menlo Park has been spending the week at Hotel Vendome, San Jose. R Hon. and Mrs. Victor Metealf will reach Oakland within a day or two and will temporarily be the guests of Mrs. Met- calf's mother, Mrs. J. H. Nichoison. . . . General and Mrs. Oscar Fitzalen Long will remain at Carmel-by-the-Sea until September 1 . - Colonel and Mrs. Darling are preparing to go abroad in the fall. At present they are with Dr. and Mrs. Morton Grinnell in Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greer have come over from Sausalito for a brief visit to Dr. and Mrs. Ellinwood. - . . Rev. and Mrs. Frederick Clampett, who are sojourning at Carmel-by-the-Sea, are in town for a few days. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Searles are enter- taining Mr. and Mrs. Grosvenor Ayres in Piedmont. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Newhall are enter- taining Walter Newhall of Los Angeles at their Burlingame home. . . B Mr. and Mrs. S. Benas will receive at their home, 2729 Laguna street, Sunday, July 23, from 2 to 5. -+ ILES. ' TJUST SM -— POLLY SWORE. ‘He bought a parrot to teach his child to talk. Higson—What's he looking for now? Jigson—Trying to find something that will teach nis child to reform. I HIS WAY. ‘The Boss—First I'll have to test your ability as & singer of popu- lar songs. Go ahead. The Prospective Office Boy—Ex- cuse me, sir, but I can’t sing a The Boss—Can't! Then you're the boy I want. I'll give you $3 a week and you can start in now.