The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 12, 1905, Page 22

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NO THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO .. THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANCISCO NOVEMBER 12, 190§ JOHN D. OUTPUT AND PRICES. ENTION has been made of the rise in wages followed by a rise in the cost of living. The reports of the Federal Labor Bureau shows that rents and the other elements that enter cost of living have advanced close upon the advance. in There are certain economic laws from which no organiza- escape. If advance in wages meant increase in s would keep far ahead of the cost of living. But an a decrease in output, and the result 1s sse to wages and in some cases overtake them. 's wages are doubled and he lays only half as the limitation of output finally works through strikes at the cost of food, fuel and rents. try we have had two causes apparently antagonistic S ¢ harmony to the same end, and that end of the necessaries of life. On one side is the of products by labor and on the other the trust i as it monopolizes. Its control has been ation of production. The effect would not perior skill in workmanship were differen- and permitted to get its superior reward. or is rewarded according to its productive | 11 man, permitsed to freely enjoy his greater earn- s that his wages command more of the necessaries of n those of the less skillful. But when all are compelled to me wage and all are compelled to the same limitation of } the disadvantage of the increased cost of living. exible economic law there are men who continually nedy for increased cost of living is the further Hundreds of thousands in this country be-| when it is proposed to them, and adopt it to ng. The owners of the products which are the | watch this process with keen eyes. They know | output means scarcity, and that scarcity means whenever they can they demand prices in prospect scarcity. | f wages were under such conditions as to connect | icreased output, it would far outrun any resulting in- “specially would this be true in the case of work- I. Their example would incite all men of their | the same degree of skill in order to get its higher output would increase with wages, and prices of | pward but little. | of economic law is better understood there | consider wages merely in the number of y, but in their purchasing power, and then the 1 output and price will be better understood. In the our economic policy and in comparison of wages , too little attention has been given to the purchas- | wages. If 25 cents a day wages in China purchase as‘} he Chinese necessaries of life as can be bought of the| necessaries of life with $3 a day here, the two wages are 1se they command the same amount of the necessaries of | by their respective earners. { e face it seems a very complicated problem. But | s factors and the readjustment of some make it Large output means increased supply i supply means prices stationary. . Small output means supply and prices rise. Unfortunately it is a problem tive to those who look at it superficially and consider the in- f only one section of the community. If all will learn to he wages of labor by their command of the necessaries | will be seen that such wages and such output as| t of those necessaries are the best wages. In the true measure of wages is not in dollars but in food, and rent. ur blunders and our sad differences and wrangling, can t wages anywhere else in the world. When we better more faithfully obey unchangeable economic laws tion will be greatly improved upon and conditions ous will be canceled out. sen SHAW’S DEFENSE. = BERNARD SHAW has been scintillating again. nothing if not spectacular. He goes off this time like g comet in comment on the recent suppression by the nent in New York of his play, “Mrs. Warren’s Pro- Arnold Daly tried to produce there after immense g its staging. He has shot his comet of criticism at yut incidentally he gets a carom lick at Comstock, presi- iety for the Suppression of Vice. We may deny the w, we may doubt the excellence of his ethics, but it n not to acknowledge his wit. In his latest pyro- rview he has shot at the American nation and aimed Comstock—these may go wide of the mark, but shait at \ s to be suppressed. Whereat the brilliant Irish- off instantly thus: “You tell me Anthony Com- ns to put Arnold Daly in prison if he produces ‘Mrs. n,’ and ask me what I have to say. Do you vou think you can intimidate me by shoot- ich mistaken.” Let them imprison Daly by hs’ rest and quiet would do Daly a great deal he aims at Comstoc s at the president of the S. S. V.: “It is con- k's mind is in such a condition of crystal purity terican who reads, sees, writes or.says anything of ich he is ‘doggoned if he understands,’ king back to the incident some weeks ago ter asked Comstock what he thought of marriage is the most licentious thing there is. repo I Shaw meant by it.” igment, but replied he’d “be doggoned if he pose is that we Americans are too dull to know t in “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.” He claims that the being of that play is that bad men pay women well and show them some affection, while pious men pay wusly little for being good. The playwright’s plea is Arnold Daly are appealing to the good sense of people t to have the traffic in women stopped instead of concealed n for the being e in creating his literary style so confused his ethics in triving for brilliance that no one can trust he is not When he professes to be fighting sham we can never be at he is not himself shamming. THE ARMY CANTEEN. s evident that Congress must again take up the question of ie army canteen. When it had been for some time in operation ras condemned by the prohibitionists on the ground that it permitted use of light vinous and malt liquors laid the foundation of an appetite for distilled and highly alcoholic beverages. To this risk the voung recruits were supposed to be exposed. This view was supported by Generals Miles and Wheeler and other old army officers. It seemed to the advocates of the canteen, however, that the young recruits were exposed to far worse conditions in the low sa- command more of the necessaries and com- | telegram sent by Lord Clanricarde to his | ent of the Society for the Suppression of Vice | But, alas, even if the playwright were sincere in this | VEMBER 12, 1905. SHAKESPEARE RUSSIANIZED. —BOSTON HERALD. TMM e o oo TENDERFOOT come toilin’ into Dobbins’ Cam A man of unassumin’ style an’ mildish in his way, « THE TENDERFOOT IN CAMP # + |/|GREATFEAT | BY AT WATBRHOWSES ~ = 0 8 ||| OF A FAMOUS p one day, An’ he said in tones impressive: ‘“‘Oh, the peace of these here hills, The bosky glades an’ dinky dells an’ other things that thrills, W'ere all nacher seems a-singin’ of a universal psa'm But most of all 1 here admire the sweet. eterna: ca'm.” Then that gent wus interrupted in his elevatin’ chat By the entrance of Bill Bowser, w'ich the same wus on a bat. HEN the boys what saveyed William, they thoughtful rose an’ went, Fer it happened none wus yearnin’ fer a heated argument; An’ old Bowser muttered grufily, “Waal, Treckon I HEY'’S fellers now would end this tale by termin’ An’ so William kep’ on dancin’ till the world grew da Wile the tenderfoot says, pensive: “Jist a universal But o’ course they’s variations frum the sweet, eternal "EN William fell upon the floor we fanned him w But tears come to his gentle eyes that nothin’ seemed The w'ile he says, “I deprecate this bustin’ of the ca’ Oh, feller citizens,” he says, “I trust 'at you'll agree e PR e L But that tenderfoot wus social’ an’ he says, “How do you do?” do—you”; An’ he pulled his gun persuasive es he says, “Goldern you! Dance!” An’ the boys, they all admitted that that tenderfoot could prance. Then William says reflective, “How do you like this c'am?’ An’ we missed the gaspin’ answer, but it sounded some like “damn!” of it through, But I see my dooty clearly fer to write a Chapter Two, Fer old Bowser ordered whisky, thoughtless shiftin’ of his glance, An’ nex’ he knew that tenderfoot wus coyly murm’rin’ “Dance!” Fer he noticed with some feelin’ he had got the drop on him, zed an’ dim, psa'm; c'am.” ith a board, Wile the boys all said they reckoned that the tenderfoot had scored; to dam, m. That the solemn peace of nacher is the thing we orto see, An’ bustin’ of the ca’'m is wrong an’ also imperlite.”—- An’ seein’ es he had his gun, we said that he wus right. —_— | loons that grow up around army posts, and that the library, reading- room and reasonable recreations supported by the canteen had a tendency to keep recruits away from the virulent temptations which work their moral undoing. f These are the rival views. It would be intolerant to deny that there is reason in both. The canteen has been abolished long enough to furnish comparisons, and according to the reports of army officers these comparisons._favor the re-establishment of the canteen. . It was hoped by the advocates of a higher license on saloons in this city that it would be adopted by the people, and that such result would put it in the power of the city to reduce the number of saloons, and especially to weed out those near the local army post, which supply demoralization to the enlisted men. The defeat of high license leaves San Francisco with the lowest liquor license of any large city in the Union. It is believed that the uncompromising prohibition element in the city voted with the saloon interest against higher license and helped in its defeat. They did this conscientiously, because they oppose any license on what they consider the sum of all evils. They | must see, however, that by so voting they have antagonized that large element in the eommunity which calls itself, with reason, prac- tical, and believes in permitting the liquor traffic only under the strictest conditions and most rigid regulations. The prohibitionists must expect, therefore, that this practical element in the country will join in the demand that Congress reinstate the army canteen as a reasonable means of controlling the enlisted men and keeping them out of the post deadfalls. ; Secretary Taft is a living denial to the gcn’cr;l assumption that large bodies move slowly. —_— If Castro could visit Colon in time to get a good look at our Secretary of War, that would probably end the fighting talk.—Philadelphia Inquirer. —_— 2 Life insurance is just philanthropy, says one of the presidents. Well, we're glad it ish’t the itch. If would be so irritating.—New York Commer- cial. g ; s o e SO P W Instead of repining let the Mutual Life policy holders cheer up and think what might have begn if McCurdy had had many more relatives.— Chicago News. e ANSWERS. JEFFRIES—Subscriber, City. James J. Jeffries, the pugilist, was not born in California. He was born in Carroll, Ohio, April 15, 187. FIVE-DOLLAR PIECES.—Subscriber, City. The reason that some five-dollar pleces do not have a clear ring is due to the fact that in the minting there is a crack in’ the coin. | A PARTY.—Mrs. D., City. sends out cards for a card party, or any other party, common courtesy should prompt the recipient of such a card to notify the lady whether he or she will accept or not, make the necessary preparations to ac- commodate? She would be at. a loss jo know how many were coming and would not know how many tables she should / If a lady have, etc. INSURANCE POLICY. — Subscriber, Fruitvale, Cal. This department does not give advice as to what people should do with thelr money in the matter of Anvest- ing it. nor as to what they should do after having made an Investment. This department has no advice as to what the outcome will be of the Investigation go- ing on in regard to a certain insurance : company named and if policy-holders will receive what was promised them. KOREA -— Subscriber, Berkeley, Cal. The trouble the United States had with Korea was by reason of an attack on an American vessel. In 1866 the Amer- ican trading schooner General Sherman ascended a river on the north coast of Korea, and, while lying dry on the. shore, was forced from the channel by a flood, and was destroyed with all on board by order of the regent of the country. In 1871 the United States sent a squad- ron, under Admiral Rodgers, to punish the Koreans and exact protection for American seamen on their goast. The fleet advanced up the Hankiang, and, while examining the rivers and forts in the neighborhood ®wf the capital, was fired on by the forts. In return Ad- miral Rodgers captured and destroyed several of the river fortifications, but ‘was obliged to retire without any nego- tiations with the authorities. else how can the lady | WOLF HUNTER N a couple of miles I was close enough I to see what was going on. But one greyhound was left with Abernethy. ! The coyote was obviously tired, and Aber. vith the aid of his perfectly trained | 1s helping the greyhound catch Twice he headed it, and this enabled | me to gain rapidly. They had reached a | | small unwooded creek by the time I was | | within fifty yards; the little wolf tried | . to break back ‘to the left; Abernethy | {headed it and rode almost over |it, and it gave a wicked snap at | his foot, cutting the boot. Then he | wheeled and came toward it; again it gal- | |loped bock' and just as it crossed the | creck the greyhound made a rush, pinned | {it' by the hind leg and threw it. There | | was a scuffle, then a yell from the grey- | hound as the wolf bit it. At the bite the hound let go and jumped | back a few feet, and at the same moment | Abernethy, who had ridden his horse | right on them as they struggled, lenped; off and sprang on top of the wolf. He held the reins of the horse with one hand | dnd thrust the other, with a rapidity and | precision even greater than the rapidity of the wolf's snap, into the wolf's mouth, jamming bhis hand down crosswise be- tween the jaws, seizing the lower jaw and | bending it down so that the wolf could | not bite him. He had a stout glove on| his hand, but this would have been of no | avail whatever had he not seized the ani-| mal just as he did; that is, behind the| canines, while his hand pressed the lips against the teeth; with his knees he kept | the wolf from using its fore paws to| break the hold, until it gave up strug-| gling. When he thus leaped on and cap- tured this coyote it was entirely free, the | dog having let go of it; and he was obllged to keep hold of the reins of his| horse with one hand. I was not twenty yards distant at the time, and as I leaped off the horse he was sitting placidly on the live wolf, his hand between its jaws, the greyhound standing beside him, and his horse standing by as placid as he was. In a couple of minutes Fortescue and | Lambert came up. It was as remarkable | a feat of the kind as I have ever geen.— From “A Wolf Hunt fn Oklahoma,” by Theodore Roosevelt, in the November | Scribner’s. FUN FROM YONKERS. “Ever win a watch at a raffle?” asked the tough. “Not exactly; but I've taken chances on ;n good many,” replied the pickpocket. WHEN. THEY GOT HOME. She: “You know very well that I had very little to say.” He: *“Yes, I know you had very little to say® The trouble is it took you so long | to say it.” AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. o+ Patience: ‘Is she an accomplished ¢on- versationalist?” Patrice: ‘“Indeed, she is! Why, I never | | knew a woman who could talk with hair- pins in her mouth as she can.” | MINT AND MONEY. Banker: *Which do you think is the | most profitable mint in the country—the | one in Philadelphia?”’ Broker: “No; I think the one in Ken- tucky is the most profitable.” * STIMULATING MEMORY. Tommie: ‘‘And when your mother sends i you on an errand, does she tie a string | abou. your finger so yo won't forget?” ‘Wiliie: “No, but if I forget she gives me something when I get home to re- | member."” | AUTOMOBILE HUNTING. | | TRedd: “I see they are hunting deer in | automobiles up in Maine.” | | Greene: “I'm opposed to that. TIt's bad i enough to shoot the poor things, but they ! shouldn't mangle them by running over them!" 5 — STAGE FRIGHT. _ Miss Sue Brette: “He's starring in one of his own dramas.” Mr. Footelight: “Do you suppose he ever had stage fright?” | “uyes, when the audience dared the au- thor to come out.” —_— IMPROVEMENTS IN FRANCE. The Frenchman: since the process of ! photographing on silk and linen has been brought to such perfection in France ' many persons have thelr portraits upon their linen mstead of their names or { initials.” The German: “Some of your fellow- countrymen, then, must have their faces washed once in a while whether they want to or not.’—Yonkers Statesman. e} TWAINONHAY'S ’ PIKE COUNTY BALLADS. _— N his article In the North American Review Mr. Howells expresses uncer- tainty in a matter concerning the Ballads in the following remarks: “It was contemporaneously supposed that the Pike County Ballads were in- spired or provoked by the Pike County balladry of Bret Harte, and they were first accepted as imitations or parodies. 1 believe they were actually written earlier, but if they were written later,” ete. They were not written later, they were written (and printed In news- papers) earlier. Mr. Hay told me this himself—in 1870 or 1871, I should say, I believe—indeed I am quite sure— that he added that the newspapers re- ferred to were obscure Western back- woods journals, and that .the ballads were not widely copied. Also, he said this: That by and by, when Harte's ballads began to sweep the country the buried waifs, I think nolse woke his (Hay's) and they rose and walked. difficult fact that there wal when another person could advertise John Hay into notice better than he could do it himself. Hay made men- tion of the current notion that he was an imitator; he did not emnlarge upon it, but he was not better pleased by it than you or I would be. He was aware that I had been a Missis- sippi pilot, and he asked me if he had made any technical errors in the “Prairie Belle” ballad, and said he wanted to cor- rect them if any existed. There was one very slight one, but it could not have been corr®eted without dtviding the hero- ism between two persons, and that would have spolled the poem; so Hay left it as it was, It is-true that “in later life he wished people would forget the Ballads,” for he | said the equivalent of that to a friend of mine before 1880; but at the time of which I have been speaking they had not yet become an Inconvenience to him by ob- structing his road to a graver fame. It was another case of “Heathen Chinee.” ‘When Harte was editing the Oveland, and moving gradually and confidently along toward a coveted place in high-grade lit- erature, an accident happened, one day, which blocked his progress for a time: he_office boy brought an urgent call for ‘copy”” to fill a vacancy on the eve of going to press, and Harte, for lack of anything mere to his taste, flshed his H. C. ballad out of the waste basket wherse he had thrown it, and gave it to the boy. Harte’s reputation had been local, before; in a single day the Heathen Chinee made it universal. Then the HEastern world callea for more Chines, and was frantic to get it. Harte tried to appease it with higher literature, and got only censure in re- turn, and reminders that he was wast- ing his time upon a sort of work which | was out of his line and above his abil- ity. He told me these things long aft- erward, and still showed a bitter ana hostile ‘feeling agalust that ballad, be- cause it had stopped his lofty march | when he was making such good prog- ress, and had remained stubbornly in his road so long that he had begun to fear that he would never get a start again. Then rellef and rescue came at last, and the “Luck of Ro Camp” blasted the “Heathen Ch out of the way and opened the road. I always recall that talk with Hay with pleasure, not only for its own sake, but because it was incidentally the occasion of my getting acqualnte with Horace Greeley. a man whom greatly admired and longed to see, whose memory I still revere. It was difficult to get an Interview with him, for he was a busy man, he was irascible and he had an aversion to strangers; but I not only had the good fortune to meet him, but also had the great privilege of hearing him talk. The Tribune was in its early home at that time, and Hay was a leader- writer on its staff. I had an appointment with him, and went there to look him up. I did not know my way, and entered Mr. Greeley’'s room by mistake. I recognized his back, and stood mute and rejoicing. After a little he swung slowly around in his chair, with his head slightly tiited backward and the great moons of his spectacles glaring with intercepted light; after about a year—though it may have been less, perhaps—he arranged his firm mouth with care and said with virile in- terest: “Weil? What In the hell do you want?" So I think it must have been in 1870 or ‘71 that I had the talk with Hay about the ballads, because both he and Mr. Greeley were doing editorial duty on the Tribune in those years.—Mark Twain, in Harper's Weekly. ROOSEVELT’S VISIT. If anything wers needed to obliterate the last trace of sectional feeling in the South, President Roosevelt's visit has done the work. The splendid hospitality, characteristic of its people, with which the South received the President, has made a profound impression on the entire country. That it impressed the President most deeply is evidenced by the elo« quence and earnestness with which he recognized 4t in all his speeches. If any one had sald twenty—yes, even ten years ago that a Re- publican President, speaking in the capi- tal of Virginia, would pay a glowing trib- ute of admiration to General Lee and “Stonewall” Jackson and to the brave | men who fought under these immortal leaders in the bloody “sixties,” he would have been regarded as a fool or a fanatic, But President Roosevelt, In his speech at Richmond, did not hesitate to proclaim the gospel of brotherhood and affection between the North and the South. His thrilling “tribute of admiration was patd to the bravery alike of those who wora the blue and the gray. No one could more fitly address the people of the South in this strain than the President, whose own mother was a Southern woman, and two of whose uncles were among the bravest officers in the Confederate navy.—Leslie's Weekly. THE SEASONS. When comes spring? When blithest the robins sing, And the violet has her Hour? Not till the heart's in flower Is it spring. When comes June? At the time of the thrush's tume, Of all beauties below and above? When reddens the rose of love, Then comes June. Autumn’s when? When grasses rasp in the fen, And the face of the field is wan! When joys are faded, gonme, Autumn’s then. . ‘Winter hoar, Comes he with the storm-wind's roar Angd all lorn Nature's ruth? *Tis winter when love and youth Are no more. —John Vance Cheney in the Century. ————— Townsend's California glace fruis and’ choicest candies in_ar r etched boxes. New store. 767 Market. * —_———— Special information supplied daily tq houses and public men Press Cli] B ' b2 pping Tluo-n (Allen’s), :.’@ -