The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 16, 1905, Page 8

74 THE SAN FRANCISCO CAL THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL cesscsscsssscsssss, Proprictor N D SATURDAY. THE PRESIDENT’S LETTER. he President in response to the Mer- restatement of his well-known position e admission of exempt Chinese. A settled and determined [ o misrepresent the President and Sec- It has been used as local political capi- | itators have taken charge of | erence of the community. ! that the boycott was caused 1d penalties upon exempt Chinese. | 1 to be found in the maintenance of a | such Chinese. For a long that treatment that would hu-i ting to an intelligent Chinese. | ted in, finally roused in China | creditable to that people. ocation given in the case of the exempt s of the law and treaty in relation. to Chinese | stently and flagrantly violated. By the Chinese laborers who were here when the passed have the same ole exception of the right to naturali- | ling this, we read with complacency that in | other States Chinese are ordered out and | Since the President’s letter was written | cked a party of Chinese laborers and drove | eat of murder if they remained. That is in | y and of our national good faith. | mob in China this country is profound for action by our Government, bec d the treaty. But American mobs attack 1ese, d our Government act in their defense | a reason for abuse of the national | = e s 0 rne ta ly stirred, | are made ause Chi- an udents to the schools and juip them for the parlia- ch that empire intends | It kall have such Government, and that | e American education of a large number | lister i Yet in our university city of fort was made to make it impossible for | Not long ago a large party of Chinese| of our Pacific ports, were treated with amounted to brutality, and finally, indig- | y had to endure, they voluntarily abandoned | r had no desire to seek education in a | official representation. They returned to | went to European universities. | | | | a it. ness the ry who are interested in commerce with n to comprehend what such things mean. It is that we cannot harry, abuse and mob unof- same time enjoy our share of their laboriously sought to gain and protect Hay planned and executed wisely and well to all the wisdom shown by the Government is nullified tment of Chinese lawfully here, if it is winked at by} th egeneration of Japan it should be apparent to every- | on our Pacific Coast, that if we are to get acrossi' 1e commerce in volume that our Eastern seaboard | tic we must be prepared to give China‘and | iality of treatment with other nations. Chinese | e no greater and no less peril to American labor than the | gration of the lowest classes of Southeastern Europe. er Sargent has expressed the opinion that ex- y to all if to an If immigration of labor is to | i to absorbent capacity, let the limitation apply to all | rac ike. It is undignified in our Government to open a wide door | gress of one class of aliens, who immediately upon landing | and cry for total exclusion of another class of aliens. ; President is eternally right when he declares to our mer- | we have no right to exact justice from others unless} ice to them. He is right, also, in appealing to public | 1 California to move itself aright in favor of justice to the | ese by protecting them in every right they have under our laws treaties, which are the supreme law of the land. yust be remembered that China has been slow in resent- streatment. The cause has been accumulating for many That nation may be expected to recede slowly from its at- antagonism to our trade. That process will be accelerated f 1anifestation of public opinion in support of the efforts Government. We are perfectly well aware that there are | among us who continually cry that the declaration of our ment that justice shall be done to China is taken in that em- s an evidence of weakness and fear. This is a vicious and mis- g suggestion. There are Chinese who have as clear a con- : personal and national ethics as we have. Every friendly\| our Government has been fully appreciated at Peking, not as ion of weakness, but as evidence of a desire to do right, | ed by a nation amply able to protect itself against wrong. | pire leac THE TREASURY REPORT. HE report of the Secretary of the Treasury is issued and con- tains a mass of interesting and useful information. The revenues for the fiscal year ending the 3oth of last June were $697,101,- T 269 95, and the expenditures were $720,105,498 55, leaving a deficit of $23,004,228 60. Of this $15,065,257 was to cover the usual an- ual deficit in the Postoffice Department. If the Government were le to carry on that branch of business on a paying basis, the deficit for the year would be only $7,938,071 60. As it is, the total deficit is much less than was feared at the beginning of the year. The customs receipts continue to lead those from internal reve- nue, being $261,798,856 91 to $234,095,740 85 from the excise taxes. The Secretary reports that all payments on the Pacific railroad debts are made promptly on maturity. The total receipts of revenue in- creased over those of 1904 by $12,886,896 21. The Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition has fully repaid to the Treasury the Federal ap- opriation of $4,404,942 96 given in its aid by Congress. It is grat-, ng that with an increase in revenue there was a decrease of 879,447 10 in expenditures. Since the national banks went into operation there have been 438 failures in forty-three years, and the total loss caused thereby is only 22 per cent, which is a2 most creditable record that certifies | the soundness of the system, and the excellence of its official over- | sight. It is an argument for putting the insurance business of the | country under similar oversight and restraint. Since 1900 twenty-;l four national banks have been chartered in California. Our total is now sixty-six banks, with a capital of $7,637,800, which exceeds the total mational bank capital of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Alaska. It is not exceeded by any State until we get to Illinois, which has $9,000,000, while New York has only $9,722,000. Our national bank capital per capita of population prob- ably exceeds that of any other State. The total condition of the 5757 national banks of the whole country shows a surplus of three timeés the amount required by law. The surplus and undivided profits are 77 per cent of the paid in capital. This is a very pros- perous condition and shows very careful banking. During the year individual deposits increased $362,465,045, which is nearly equal to the entire money of the country in 1860. The Secretary recommends some provisiof for an elastic cur- rency. The need of this is shown by the fact that money in mid- 1 ights as aliens | If Americans | peaceable | | is of special interest and im- | | REAL GENUINE | Talk aimlessly in foolish platitudes, P GRIMS B UN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1905. ION 1 WONDER IF IT. S GENUINE, GET A RAG AND RUB [ [ [ Thar is The frlelntes CONFOOND 17! BRED IN OLD KENTUCKY. Richard Henstep has traded a dawg for a mouth organ and figgers on be- coming a full-fledged member of Raz Barlow’s Excelsior Fiddling Band. They OCCIDENTAL BY A. J. WATERHOUSE. ACCIDENTALS. serenaded Tobe Mosely Tuesday night. | %" Several shots were fired, but no one was wounded. ¥lim Dillard, who has been suffering with sore eyes for some time, is a close investigator, and the other day while looking at a bedbug through a meal sifter severely strained his eyes. Sam Flinders has been appointed a committee of one to skeer the owls out the Dog Hill church every night. Yam Sims had a hard chill during the sermon at Hog Ford church last Sunday and was severely reproved by the preacher. DE DISCOBERY OB AMERICA. ~ F yo' listens to me, chilluns, Ah's E gwine ter tell yo' sho’ How a man named Mistah Clum- bus foun’ dis kentry long ergo. One mornin’ Mistah Columbus hab er ruction wid his wife, he say, “Ah’s boss an’ mona’ch in dis house, yo’ bet yo' life!” Den Missy Clumbus take er broom an’ biff him grejus hot, say, “Heah is yo' sceptah dat Ah AT An’ Miss Flutie Belcher came to the post- neckons’ Seis Sat e office Saturday evening after a bushel < of meal. It is rumored that Miss Flutie | 0" Clumbus iivered up his head an will elope with Richard Henstep as stahted foh de do’, An’ she say, “Yo' may, be mona’ch, but yo' subjec’s strikin’, sho.” Den he an’' Mistah Jeff’son Jones dey took er boat ter roam, An' Missy Clumbus tells dem, “Ah dahs yo' ter come home!” soon as he can get his hair, cut.—Hog- wallow Kentuckian, Dunk Botts editor. e e SEVEN AGES OF INSURANCE. At first the agent, Nagging and bothering the busy man; And then the manager, with gladsome tace, 2 His eagle cye upon a city full Of folks who will give up the ghost Well, den’ dey sailed an’ sailed erway out in de fog an’ sleet, An’ jes er sculpin Clumbus cotched Was all dey had ter eat; An’ still dey salled an’ sailed erway some day; until de night was brack. And then the stuffed director, waxing | Den Mistah Jeff'son Jones he say, fat “When is yo' gwine back? Upon the bounty of the specter’s walk. And then a president, of lordly mien, Full of strange oaths on the witness stand. * The fifth age shifts And see, forsooth, a vivid yellow cur, Tin can o tail filled up with clinking gold, Fleet-footed, beating it to Albany: Then comes the politician, sly withal, Ah reckons dat dah'll be er stohm; Ah ain’ perpared ter die.” Den Clumbus gnaw dat sculpin bone an’ . heab a grejus sigh, An’ say, “For mah deah native lan’ mah cheek am wet an’ wan; But Missy Clumbus waitin’ bettah mosey on!” Den Clumbus say, “Oh, Jeff'son Jones, dis ain’ ob woe er drap. . - dah—we Who loses sleep conjuring hold-up | Ef yo' b wait at home foh yo’, you'd bills, tink dis was er snap!” And making life iInsurance pay the freight. Oh, den a stohm come razzlin’ up an’ Last scene of all — the persons toss dat boat eroun’, higher up Till eben dat dah sculpin fish, dey In absent-minded, blank oblivion: ‘Who, when you ask them, “Tell us, who's your friend?” couldn’ keep it down; An’ Jeft'son Jones he pass de time in fastin’ an’ in prah, But Clumbus say, “Hit's foh de bes'— she’s sholy waitin’ dah.” An’ so dat stohm it toss dem down an’ 3 den it toss dem up; De boat is lak a plece ob cohk in great creation’s cup. Sans memory for names and every- thing. —New York World. “Young man,"” sald the long-faced indi- vidual, “do you know you're on the road | Well, den, it blowed a week er mo’ till | to ruin? 3 all de sea was foam; ‘“That s0?” replied the rake. - “What are | But Clumbus say, “Who min's er you dolng on it, then, going or coming?”’ stohm?—at leas’, Ah ain’ at —Philadelphia Ledger. home!"” B summer commanded only I per cent interest, and in November call loans reached 25 per cent. The high rate was the reaction from the low, and both® were dangerous. It is recommended that national banks be permitted to issue Government guaranteed currency equal to 50 per cent of their bond secured currency, but subject to a tax of 5 or 6 per cent. It is strongly advised that no new or unguar- anteed form of currency be injected into our system, and it is be- lieved that the tax on this elastic issue will abundantly protect the Government in its guarantee. Such money would not be issued unless the interest rate exceeded the tax, and it would promptly retire when interest rates became normal, that is to say, when the} became less than the tax. Tt is believed that this plan would prevent interest exceeding T0 per cent, and as it involves no element of dan- ger and would relieve the Treasury of the responsibility of easing the market at the crop moving season or other demand for in- creajled currency it should be tried, and if it justify itself it will stand. Not the least interesting part of the report is the statement of | the amount of money in the country and the per capita for the last forty-four years. In 1860, when the shadow of the panic of 1857 was met by the signs of profound political disturbance, the total |amount of money in the United States was $442,102,477, or $13 85 per capita. The expulsive effect of the Civil War in 1861 reduced the per capita to $10 23. It rose gradually by greenback inflation to $20 57 in 1865, and then under the prospect of specie resumption declined to $15 32 in 1877. Then it rose to $24 52 in 1894 and fell again to $21 41 in 1896. From that point it has risen steadily until now the total money in the country is the largest volume in our history, being $2,587.882,653, or a per capita of $31 08. Of this sum, let it be noted that $2,031,296,042 is in coin and bullion, 2 most satisfactory showing. Every dollar is worth 100 cents in gold. ~ 23 An’ den a wave come busslin' up an’ frowed dem on de groun’, An’ Clumbus take a look an’ “Ameriky is foun'!” say, Yo' wants ter know, mah chilluns deah, ef Mistah Clumbus stayed? Ef he an’ Mistah Jeff’son Jones deir homestead filin's made? an’ den one sunny day A delergation come ter dem an’ dis is what it say: “A big erception's planned fer yo’, ter gib de city's key, An’ aftah dat de ladies spec’s yo'll jine dem at pink tea.” Den Mistah Clumbus seek his boat an’ raise de sail on it, \ An' say, “Come, Mistah Jeff'son Jenes, we's really gotter git!” An' den dey sailed out on de sea, al dough de stohm was dreah, An’ Clumbus say, “Tank Gawd, we're safe. Dere ain’ no women heah!” “He is very fond of charity, which, as he truthfully remarks, begins at home.” “How do you know?” “Why, he is so fond of it that he keeps it there.” ALFALFA PHILOSOPHY. Creeds change an' churches mul- terply, but they’s a heap of satisfaction in reflectin’ that Christianity is jest the same yisterday, to-day an’ forever. Seems ter me ’at the man er woman ‘at can't make a good deal of 'lowance fer sinners ain't never been interduced to himself er herself. Blowin' 'bout what you've done don’t prove very much. The derndest cackler T've got in my henyard's the yeller rooster, an’ 1 never ketched him layin’ an egg. Show me the boy ’at his ma talks the most erbout an’ I kin show you the blackest sheep in the flock. serve both God an’ Mammon, try ter in- terview Mr. Rockefeller an’ a few others an’ receive some light in your darkened souls. Seems ter me ’at some people who say, “Lord, be merciful to me, a sin- ner,” put more emphasis on the “me” 'an the Lord’'s pin’on of them may jus- tify D'yew ever notice 'at yew ain’t nigh es apt to resolve to reform ‘at evenin’ es yew are next mornin’? It shows good feelin’ on your part to sympathize with the Czar, but I haven't heered ’at he's advertised a desire to resign his job. T've heered 'at peroxide's injurious to the brain, but the women ’'at use it don’t need to worry any. They won't hurt anything. The law of compensation's ruther sure. Ef you're gifted frum the knees down it's a falr chance you're middlin’ | weak frum the shoulders up. “Do you know Slitz, the office- holder?” “I do.” “With what political party is he affiliated?” “Well, if you will tell me which party won in the last election I will give you the information that you desire.” “He began his life with high ideals and noble aspirations.” “How did it pan out?” “It didn't pan. He now is a high ofi- cial in a life insurance company.” PUBLIC OWNERSHIP IN BERKELEY. i To the Editor of The Call: i yesterday's Call was an iInterest- ing editorial discussing Alameda’s ex- | perience with a municipal electric lighting plant. Berkeley went into that | business also. A good many years ago a promoter worked up public sentiment and induced the citizens to vote bonds for a munieipal lighting plan It was into the scrap heap in a few years, and since then a private corporation has been giving the service.. But we only got through paying those bonds a year Or SO ago. GEORGE EDWARDS. Berkeley, Dea. 12 B £ ‘Well, den, dey stayed er week or two, | | Ef yew don’t b'lieve 'at a man kin = THE SMART SFT - BY SALLY SHARP. —ee—pe Mrs. “Jack” Johnston of Los Angeles, who is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Williame+ Landers, at St Dunstan’s, will be warmly greeted by a large number of her old friends next Monday afternoon. Mrs. Landers has bidden the guests informally to tea at 4 o'clock in her apartments .and there will certainly be a merry reunion, for Mrs. Johnston still holds a favored place in the memery of her former associates, and the coming | tea is being impatiently awaited. This leads the events for next week, which promises much of gayety on the holiday eve. Tuesday will find a dozen congenials within the doors of Mrs. Frank Deer- ing, who offers the ever welcome bridge, and will give several similar small affairs throughout the season. The Henry Edwards Huntington home will be ablaze with happiness and mirth on the evening of next Wednes- day, for on that date a delightful dance will be held in homor of Miss Elizabeth Huntington and her two close friends, Miss Elizabeth Allen and Miss Margarst Wilson, the engagements of these three maids providing a three- fold motif of sentiment. . . . Half a hundred guests were inter- ested players of bridge at the home of Mrs. W. H. La Boyteaux yesterday on Pacific avenue, the house being lavish- ly decorated with the prevailing flowers of the season. . . . Mrs. Margaret May and Mrs. Willlam Aloysius Bexton (Alice May) will re- eelve to-day from 4 to 6 at the May home on Fell street. This is the first entertaining Mrs. Sexton has done since her marriage a short time ago and from now untll the close of the season she will be at home with Mrs. May on n{sl W.ednesdnyl . A Sacramento wedding interesting smart folk in all the bay cities is that to-day of Miss Edwina Crouch, who has spent much time in society hereabouts. Her marriage to Thomas Simpson of Canada will be a home affair, though the bride will have several attendants. including Miss Blanche Laymance and Miss Ethel Hall of Oakland. . . . Mrs. Francis Sullivan was hostess at a dinner for several guests last even- ing, preceding the Friday Cotillon Club, which was later attended by all. . . . Mrs. H. H. Young was hostess at a very attractive luncheon last Monday, the decorations for the affair- being especially provocative of admiration. Many colored ribbons arranged in the shape of a ralnbow carried a pretty e name cards accesstully, while th pmchigee : artistically bore the same device, painted. 2 The guests included Dirs. Clyde Payne, Mrs. L. Ellert, Mrs. S. L. Braver~ man, Mrs. A. P. an Duzer, Mrs Charles A. Schroth, Mrs. L. Hough, Mrs. J. C. P. Eebbard, Mrs. John F. Sehrath, Mrs. S. Strickland, Mrs. Byrom Mauzy, Miss M. Harter, Miss M. Alice Schroth. Miss Elsie Young, Miss F. G. Schroth, Mrs. Charies Goedall. . . Inadvertently the date of January 13 has crept into print im place of Janu- | ary 19, the latter being the determined and official date named for the next | Assembly dance at the ralace, thus to | avoid coniiet with (.he bl:'atln; Club. Miss Grace Mecllus, who is seon to re- | turn to her home in Los Angeles, was the honored guest last evening of Mrs. William S. Porter, who entertained at a dinner and theater party. . . . A few of the smart set are taking passage before Christmas to spend the holidays in ether climes. Among to- day's outgoers are Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bancroft, who will pass the yuletide with Mrs. Bancroft's mother, Mrs. El- dred, at Coronado. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. A. Miller are leav- ing for Mexico to remain a few weeks. | . . B Among those who have been sojourn- ing for the last few days at Del Monts are Mrs. Charles Parmelee Eells, Miss | Dorothy Eells, Mrs. John Franklin Babcock, Mrs. Linda H. Bryan, Mrs. John L. Bradbury, James D. Phelan and Enrique Grau. . The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Richards was cele- brated last evening at Wheeler's Audi- | tortum, the couple being surrounded by a number of children and grandchil- dren. Among the latter was Mrs. Ber- tie Maxwell Trayner, wife of Captain Trayner of England, who is visiting San Francisco. | Mr. Richards came fipm England in | "49 and has been prominently estab- Hshed ever since in the business world. | Nearly 150 guests were in attendance, | the rooms being beautifully decorated | in chrysanthemums and all the autumn | foliage. | “« . | Miss Eisie Tallant was hostess at a small dinner last evening in her home, after which she, with her guests, attended the Friday Night Club dance at the | Palace. Those bidden by Miss Tallant were Mrs. John Mannen MecClure, Lieutenant and Mrs. David Trezzl, Lieu- tenant and Mrs, Peary and Lieutenant Lock. | | } LITTLE MINISTER—A. M. 8, City. Maude Adams made her first appearance in “The Little Minister” in 1897. DIAMONDS—Subscriber, City. duty on diamonds imported into { United States is: Uncut, free; cut and | set, 60 per cent ad valorem. | —_— CASINO—Subscriber, City. The game of cards called casino it is supposed orig- | inated in Italy or Germany and took its name from the casinos or clubhouses in which first played. There is no certainty as to its origin. DIVORCE—Constant Reader, Under the law of California after an interlocutory decree has been granted {in a divorce case the final decree is |not entered until one year after that event. If a party to a diverce should go from California three months after the interlocutory decree and then marry, such party would be llable to prosecution for bigamy, for the rea- |son that the party would not be ai | vorced until after the final decree. MUDSILLS—Subscriber, City. The | tollowing is given as an answer to the question “Why was the term ‘mud- sills’ applied to the human family?” Mudsills 18 another name for the rossties used as a foundation for the | rails in railroad building. In 1858 City. | i ANSWERS TO QUERIES. | e |Senator James H. Hammond of South |Carolina in the pro-slavery speech he | delivered in the United States Senats and which won for him the name of | “Mudsill Hammona,” he referred to the | working classes as the foundation of society and government and said that | they e very mudsills of so- | ciet m spread and was con- | sidered as equivalent for the working |classes. During the Civil War the | Southerners, who had aristocratic | 1deas, referrea t habitants of the manufacturing S of the North as “Northern mudsill —_——————— Caramels made with pure fresh cream, very | fieh. Townsend's, 767 Market street. ! —_———— d” California ' Giace Time to-ship Towns 7 et street, - | Frults by express. 767 M Townsend’s famous Broken Candy, 2 Ibs, 25c. Made from pure cane sugar. 767 Mikt * Candy Canes and Baskets at Townsend’ 167 Market street —_———— Townsend's California giace fruits and choicest candies in artistie fire- etched boxes. New store, 767 Market. * ————— Special information supplied daily to business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 30 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. * MIRROR OF DAME FASHION. so unsatisfactory that it was" thrown CLEVER STYLE FOR WINTER WRAP. HE coat that will admit of a warm but of necessit: Tlng is the one that is most in favor with those to ’w:;:‘n‘i::l‘::tml‘; dress, as well as style, carries weight. As a vehicle for the using } up of old furs that have lost their attractiveness the fur-lined coat is one that will appeal to her of practical turn of mind, and where furs are not possible there are all sorts of quilted and wadded linin, sateens, silk or satin covered, that will prove highly serviceable. The | favored outer covering for such Wraps is a satin broadecloth, of which ! pretty shade of green is pictured. There is a bias seam down the cent: . of the coat back, the side seams flare prettily and the front fastening is sensibly enough of the double-breasted order. The sleeve is a ;.hln. loose puff, with a turnover cuff that matches the roll shawl collar in © trimming and design. The length half way between the knee and the kle is pproved one for this season’s wear. - - ‘D