The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 31, 1906, Page 8

8 JOHN UBLICATION MCcNAUGHT. . FFICE. .. T THIRD AND MARKET STREETS, SAN FRANOISCO MARCH 31, 1906 SATURDAY... LET US GET THE COLORADO. is reported from Mexico that President Diaz desires to sell a to the United States. That peninsula seems to s to Mexico. It is very arid, but no effort has been e to utilize the surface water it has or to develop ground waters ht add to its agricultural resources. Its Pacific Coast has t furnish good anchorage and its fisheries have some ¢ if we get possession of it, capacities not now sus- be discovered that will make it worth the price. Nat- me part of the State of California and will add ast line, giving us a great ocean frontage. nportant towns and settlements on the peninsula s have been worked with fair results. Several been made to settle American colonies there. The located at Topolobampo, on the west coast. pirations, but was’a failure, inflicting con- 1 much hardship upon many people. ¢ the peninsula is well worth acquiring, for the sake of the t ay have, and for its fisheries on the® Pacific «nd | , its acquisition is extremely desirable for th= ord for the rectification of the boundary be- | s and Mexico. At the close of the Mexican | atupe Hidalgo made the Rio Grande the uth at Brownsville and Matamoras, to El Paso hat point to the Pacific Ocean the description was | the extreme lack of knowledge of the geography of | scation of the mouth of the Colorado River was not he northern end of the Gulf of California was The boundary was to run northward from the | f New Mexico, “until it intersects the first branch | or, if it should not intersect such branch, then to such branch, and then down the middle of here it empties into the Colorado and thence to the Lower Califc > worthle my, description soon caused trouble. A few Americans southwest, claiming national rights to the terri- by the extreme re met Mexicans who disputed the claim, asserting Mexican country. These disputes became so serious as to war possible, and to avoid this it became necessary tc | 1 The United States sent Mr. Gadsden of North | new boundary treaty with Santa Anna, our old | of Mexico. Gadsden did not understand Span- | 1is important mission full of the prejudices gen- it war, and with a hearty contempt for Mexicans in ita Anna in particular. When he was prcsented‘ 1at grizzled warrior suppressed, under cover of the | -, the bitter memories of San Jacinto and Cha- | rough the interpreter offered everything in his capital | i fort of “His Excellency the distinguished envoy | 1 States of the North.” To this Gadsden answered by | e interpreter: “You say to the smutty old Greaser that I | hospitality in his d d capital, and if his Mexicans me we will come down here and whip the grease out The interpreter solemnly turned to Santa Anna and voy of the United States of the North expresses his | tion of the hospitality offered by your Excellency, t his stay in your capital will be among the great mem- | re tiation of a treaty followed, and it was supposed that | ary fixed ran such a course, from where the town of No- s now situated, as to take in the mouth of the Colorado. But it by more than fifty miles. We paid Mexico $16,000,000 n purchase and, after all, did not get one thing of real | that we wanted. As time has passed the importance of the con- srado has increased. It borders a desert that is capable | ade one of the most important sections of California. It is| that by using the waters of that river to irrigate the | we may have there the greatest date orchards in the | » do this now we have to enter Mexican territory, either | convey the needed water, putting the requisites of the | lopment within another jurisdiction. If we acquire Lower | and the small irregular triangle to be had by running due “ Nogales to the gulf, we will be in a position to make the | entire acquisition, and a few years will see the most | s on the Colorado desert, which can never be under } jurisdiction. Our Government has decided that the waters | e Colorado are of more importance and value for irrigation than | But Mexico may claim navigation rights on the river | { tion. ) international stream, and thereby raise a very vexatious ques- ornia has a great stake in this proposed extension of terr:- nd correction of General Gadsden’s blunder. Our members of | ngress can do their constituents a great service by pushing the| yject to success. P ETHICS OF CORPORATIONS. RESIDENT ELIOT of Harvard addressed the Merchants’| Club of Chicago recently upon the “Ethics of Corporationi’ Management.” He pointed out many of the evils of present thods of control of corporation affairs, but spoke so conservatively | hat his strictures will carry more weight from their evident avoid- | e of exaggeration. e Among the several features of bad morals | nagement which his address covers is the subject of over-cap- ation. That is probably the most usual form of corporation vrong, and President Eliot treats of it both as to its evil effects the public and upon the wage-earners. This system of de- on practiced in the issue of stock is the cause of much just dis- ent, and it is well to see jnfluential voices persistently raised against President Eliot shows his fairness by recognizing. that there are usually two foundations for the capitalization of a business cor- poration: the money actually paid in for the property or the plant, and the earning power of the plant and the organization. It is about this second item that over-radical enemies of corporations are apt to be blind to the right of skilled organizers and controllers of .corporations to estimate that they have created a wealth beyond the amount of the actual dollars put into the plant. That second part of capitalization also furnishes too easy an excuse for corpora- tion consciences to unjustly water stock. It is too easy to assume that increased values are wholly due to the skill and prestige of or- ganizers and managers, and that none of it is the result of the busy industry of the whole hive of workers. Many of the States restrict over-capitalization, but Eliot deplores that the stricter States have to compete with the looser ones which make their laws as little re- strictive as possible and thus leave the investing public a prey of the corporations. Such States, he says, abandon their true position as moral teachers. It is pointed out that while reasonable wage-earners are willing that skill and ingenuity and knowledge in organizing industries to develop new resources should receive considerable reward, they are discontented about the issue of stocks not fully paid for, because that compels them to toil not only to earn their own wages, but to pay for dividends on stocks which represent neither money invested nor a contribution of skill or labor. It is an old theme for strictures this of over-capitalization, but until public opinion is suficientl): aroused to check the excess of stock watering we will need not only the calm reproofs of such men as President Eliot, but perhaps even the sensational revelations of such aggressive critics of modern finan- ciering methods as Lawson. As the umpire of the game Roosevelt has authority to order Taft to the bench whether he wants to go or not.—Houston Post, | = | at night and that would give the right THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MARCH_ 31, 1906 OH, DEARY ot DEAR' 1 CANT OH DEARLT WISH | HAD NOT HAVE EAT e & LT ER ool N kS BOPYRICHT, 1906, BY THE NEW YORX EVENN TELEGAAM (NEW YORK HERALD S04 e — POLLY DID NOT FORGET ORDERS — SRR X LADY, entertaining a guest of im- A portance, was- glving final instruc- tions to her maid, says Lippincott's Magazine. “Now, Polly,” she said, “in the morn- ing take a pitcher of hot water up to Mr. X's room. Be sure mot to forget | this.” “No'rm,” Polly answered. The lady thought no more of the matter until the next day, when at noon she remarked casually, “Of course, Polly, vou carried that hot water uphto Mr. X.’s room this morning?” Polly beamed. “D’ law, Miss Mary, I was so 'feared I mought furgit dat water | dat I cy'ard it up last night.” —_————— / REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. You can never guess a girl is pretty as quick as she can. It's awful hard to get rich the way rich men tell you to do it. A man would have to have all the money in the world to feel he could af- ford to send his poor relations birthday presents. ‘When a woman hasn't written a letter to somebody any day in the week she feels as uncomfortable as a man.who has a note coming due. Somebody could make a great fortune inventing a clock that a man could turn back three hours when he comes home time in the morning.—New York Press. TAKING NO. CHANCES. Our Pogwash correspondent who in- cludes in his latest batch of notes from that neighborhood an item to the effect that a certain fair widow—nameless here, for obvious reasons—who has success- fully managed a stock farm since the death of her respected husband, has the finest looking calves he (our correspond- ent) has seen for some time, will have to be a trifie more explicit if he sees his contributions in print. We have already been shot at five times this year, which is just about our annual quota.—Polk- ville (Ark.) Clarion. PR —_— Oncle Biff’s Observations QUIRE BLIMMER asked Ab- Toner ef dancin’ wuz injoori- ous, Ab sed it all depends . on whos' girl yer dancin’ with. Sez a feller once used up a whole palin’ fence on him tryin’ to con- vince him that it wuz, by gin- ger!—Cleveland Plain Dealer, - 3 Little Lesson {35 B removed their home from Pennsylvania to The wilderness at this time (1820) offered absolute- 1y no chance for schooling of any sort. Young Wade worked on the farm, the While he dreamed of how he might attain the position he desired. Part of his work wasg the driving of the cattle to market. One of these expeditions necessitated his going on foot to Philadel- phia, a distance of some 100 miles. Wade finally decided to study medicine, to Albany. He did any kind of work that he could get in order to pay for his schooling. He had to begin at the very rudiments of book lore. He began to re- alize, however, that his natural inclinations were to- ward a law course rather than the one on which he had entered. Despite the fact that this would neces- sitate a few years longer of study, for which he did not have the money at the time, Wade made up his mind to undertake the task. He went to work as a day laborer on the Eriecanal ,_ in order to secure the necessary funds. And he received his reward in the returns from the profession he adopted. in Adversity ENJAMIN F. WADE, who rose to eminence as one of the statesmen of the country during the middle of the ninteenth century, enough to have disheartened a dozen less determined men. He was but a boy when hig people joined the westward emigration and overcame obstacles Ohio. and went |m F. WADE. | * Idealized Husbands BY ANGELA MORGAN AM asked which woman I believe [ to be the greater help to man, the one who idealizes him, endowing him with virtues he does not possess, or the one who sees him “just as he is,” refus- ing to be deceived? My questioner observes: “The wife who idealizes her hiisband is constantly expecting moral feats of him which he cannot achieve and she is always be- ing disappointed and ‘disillusioned.’ Whereas, the other kind of wife faces facts to begin with and does not expect too much. Isn't the latter far more sen- sible than the former, and does she not make a husband happler than the other woman could and herself happier as well?” 3 My answer is that were it not for the women idealists in the world, men would never grow any better or live any higher. If women did not idealize men and by thelr faith in them urge them to improve their standards and Dbetter their habits the race would ad- vance slowly indeed. Man today is not the brute, the sav- age, he once was. One of thé chief causes cf the change in him has been Lis striving, whether consclously or un- consciously, to attain the ideal of him cherished by the good women who 1oved and believed in ! im. Through all the ages it has been woman's belief {n man, her faith In his potential goodness, that has made his moral ndvancement possible. And to- day it is her faith in him, her belief in his capacity for higher things, that is helping him to progpess further. The wife who jdealizes her husband has vastly more power to help him than the one who fixes her eyes upon his de- ficlencles, proclaims them permanent and expects little or nothing from him in the way of improvement. No doubt the jdealist does suffer more than the other. Her times of disillu- slonment and disappointment give her pain and heartache such as her prac- tlcal sister is never called upon to en- dure. And yet, the beauty of the ideal- ist's fate' is that she never becomes wholly disenchanted. She is never thor- oughly disheartened. She canuot be. The very gift she possesses—the magic vision that shows her the golden side of every person and every experience prohibits her entire defeat. She must always see the hopeful side. She must always love; always trust and have faith. It is her nature. She cannot help it. And well it is for man and for the race that she cannot. The true idealist can never be anything but an idealist. The practical wife who sees her hus- band “just as he is” and looks for noth- ing higher may be happier in a limited sense, But hers is a selfish happiness, after all. She prefers a spiritual idle- ness to effort and would rather know comfort than progress. What do we mean by that expression, to see a man “just as he is”? We mean that we accept his visible, limited, par- tlally grown character, with all its blemishes and weaknesses, as the only self there is of him. How short-sighted a view is this and how ignorant! Any estimate of a hu- man being that fails to take into con- sideration his two-fold nature is only a partial view. Man has two selves, the self that h already become and the self in proce: of becoming. The latter self, invis- ible to the literal, material view, is al- ways visible to the idealist. In this un- developed part of man lie all possibili- ties of goodness and worthiness. Character is not fixed—not stationary. No estimate of any character can be absolute. To see a man “as he is” should mean to see him capable of con- tinual change and improvement. It is in the power of every woman who loves a man to rouse the very best in his nature and to bring to the sur- face the noblest and highest qualities. ‘Women should not have less faith in men, but more; should not expect lit- tle of them, but much. It is the woman who idealizes a man and spurs him on to reach her jdeal that helps him most of all. ———— e ANSWERS T0 (UERIES. NEW IDBA-C. S, Richmond, Cal. “The New Idea,” a magazine, is publish- ed in New York City, N. Y. M¢TEAGUE—A. B. C, City. Generally speaking, the literary critics did not eon- | demn Frank Moryls’ book “McTeague.” — A BOOK—Constant Subscriber, City. It you will go to any first-class hook seller he will procure for you the book : Occidental Accidentals BY A. J. WATERHOUSE _ HOW BEELZEBUB GOT LEFT. S ATAN and Beelzebub were seated in the cozy, well-heated office of the Hadean Brimstone Corporation (unlimited), where they were discuss- ing varfous events of diabollcal in- terest. “I got terribly left in a recent busi- ness transaction of mine.” said the lat- ter, at the same time ordering a little red imp to throw another chunk of brimstone on the office grate. “How was that?” Satan inquired. “Why, I ran across a soul down there on earth. It was a pretty decent look- | ing soul, too; seemed to have some ce- lestfal aspirations and sympathies, and, | on the whole, I judged that it had a falr show to escape us if we didn’t look | sharp. But the owner of the soul was | bard up, and he and his family lackel all of the luxuries and many of the comforts of life. Naturally, I saw my chance; so I appeared to him and told him that I would give him and his great wealth and all the happiness that wealth buys (they believe in that sort | of happiness! Wouldn't it jar you?) i he would let me have his soul after he got done using it below. Of course, you understand that I didn’t appear to him as an evil spirit, but as an angel \ of light. | “Well, the pgor chap hesitated for a while, but I called his attention to the | fact that the world hasn't much use | for a soul without money and finally | he consented and the bargain was made. “Things came his way after that. Of course, he found that it was necessary, | if he was going to have money, to hang to it; but I so assisted him that it became | easier and easier for him to do so. The | gaunt forms of starvation and penury | still passed him on the street, but he | did not mind them as much as he form- erly did, for, as he remarked, if the beggars wouldn't work, what could théy expect? “So the man got along first rate, and | accumulated a handsome property and froze to his nickels so that his hand | had to be unthawed before it would un- clasp them, and was a pillar in the Steenth Avenue church, and—oh, Icer- tainly kept my part of the contract all right. | “Well, the time came for him to dle, and I made it a point to be there. I| took one look and—you bet I felt sick!” | “What was the matter?” Satan in- | quired. “Why, he had no soul left! It had sort of oozed out and percolated away in | guson of this city. _ |'The Smart Set l BY SALLY SHARP e Miss Elizabeth Downing, who bade a score of close friends to a tea in her home yesterdgy, formally announced the pleas- ant news of her engagement to Dr. Al bert E. Truby, U. S. A. It has beeq but a few months since the brilliant military wedding of Miss Edith Downing and Dr. Willlam Jones Edger, and now a second is soon to follow in the Downing family, the young people having named April 26 for their nuptials. The falr flancee belongs to the younger set and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver P. Downing and a granddaughter of Socrates Huff. - . The engagement has been announced of Miss Estelle Riley and Austin 8. Fer- Mr. Ferguson is wide- ly known and is a member of the large grain firm of Moore, Ferguson & Co. The wedding will take place tomorrow, Apeil 1L Mrs. Gordon Ross entertained at a tea in her studio in Sausalito last Sunday. Those assisting in receiving were Mrs. Walter Beattle, Miss Cherry Bender, Mrs. Gaston Ashe, Miss Poultney and Miss Boyer. e The interesting announcement is made that the National Assoctation of Collegi- ate Alumase wh! convene In San Fran- cisco in July. This is the first time the body has eclected to come westward after many years of meeting in Eastern ecit- jes. The convention will hold from July 2 to 7, during which period a systematic jtinerary has been planned for Jeeing the city’s principal environs. July ¢ will be passed in patriotic celebration at the Greek Theater and college grounds. The coming of many notable women la a leading feature, among whom will be the president of Wellesley, with other promi- nent educators. Today tke Califcrnia branch meets at Sorosis Hall, when an address will be made by Willlam J. Tucker, president of Dartmouth College. . . . Austin Lewlis will give a dramatia reading of Oscar Wilde's “Salome” be- fore the literary and dramatic sectlon of the California Club next Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. PR ARt Henry Payot gave an interesting lec- ture last evening before the Channing Auxiliary, taking as his subject “The Lily of Arno, Florence,” which was beautifully illustrated with stereopticon views. Mr: and Mrs. John Dickenson Sher- | wood, who left a fortnight ago for El Paso, are in the City of Mexico, where the course of his so-called successful years.” “I could have told you,” said Satan. “You are a “nice vice president of a | brimstone corporation, you are! I or- | dered those contracts discontinued years | ago. There isn't one case out of two | where you get anything for your effort, whether the bait is coin, fame or some- thing else. Your intellectual gifts en- title you to a place in the coal-shovel- ing department.” Beelzebub said that he was sorry, and that he never would do it again: so the unpleasant topic was dropped with the simple reprimand he had received. 1 ROCKEFELLER'S KID. It I were Rockefeller’s kid—but, then, not. you know— If all on earth I had to do were watch my bil- lions grow; If I could calmly sit around while people scowl or scoft, And hire a lively man or two to yank the coupons off; If 1 were Rockefeller's kid, thinz to do To worship God and Mammon both, and gratify the two, What then would happen I don't know: the truth from me Is hid— It's hard imagining myself as Rockefeller's kid. I'm and Knew the ) ! If T were Rockefeller's kid—it's really hard to guess, But still I think I'd have a time of ornate dizziness. Perhavs I'd let the money slide—T'm some- what thus inclined— And some poor devil then would emile a stack of it to find: Perhaps I'd bless some fallen ones—I really cannot say— ‘With unused millions that I thought might better see the day. But that would be against the rule, by grand- papa forbld, And so 'tis not expected of the Rockefeiler kid. “I see that a Brooklyn banker had two wives.” “I notlced it." “Will he be arrested?" “I understand not.” “Why not?” “It is belleved that he gets his punish- ment as he goes along. SAUL SLEW HIS THOUSANDS— But the reccrd left by worry made him ashamed of himself. But his cemetery was a miniature affair compared with that stocked by a bully good time. But when it came to slaying happiness it required the little word that was spok- en before you thought. But it required the last glass you took to slay both good sense and judgment at one fell swoop. Yes, Saul slew his thousands, and it is but justice to him to call attention to the fact that he lived before the day of the automobile. “He consulted a lawyer to ascertain how he-should get his case into the courts.” “Undoubtedly that was the ' proper thing to do.” ““Of course, but now he wishes he could find a lawyer who could tell him how to get it out again.” “Is she a woman who is devoted to the fashion?” “Extremely so.”” *1 suppose you know?” “Oh, yes. Why, she has even had her vermiform appendix cut out.” —_— “De Style ran down a man with his au- tomobile and was severely punished.” “What punishment did he receive?” “Hig chauffeur was fined $0.” you desire. vate business. —— _ POPULATION OF NEW YORK-D. B., City. The population of New York City in 1900, according to the census, was $.437,202, that of Brooklyn at the same time was 1168582, making an agsregate the two places of 480378, The State | ant ana ars. they will stay briefly. Upon returning to the coast Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood will be the guests of Mrs. A. R. Cone at San Rafael. . Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Splivalo, who have spent the winter In town, returfied this week to their beautiful home at Bel- mont. They are entertaining Lieuten- Francis Rawles Shoe- maker (Beatrice Splivalo) until the De- partment of the Treasury advises Lieu- tenant Shoemaker of his assignment to a new station. . N8 Mr. and Mrs. James Coker Sims are spending some time at Paso Robles. s Mrs. Gertrude Atherton will go to Berkeley on Monday for a brief visit with friends before returning to her country nook near Petaluma. The Se- quoia Club has made Mrs. Atherton an honorary member. A Etienne Lanel !s leaving todsy en route to Paris, where he will spend a few months. COMPROMISED, “When we first got married my wife and I guarreled for a year about whather we should buy an automobile or a horse and buggy.” “How did you settlg 167" “We compromised on a baby carriage.” —Cleveland Leader. —_———— Townsend's California gla frults and choicest candies In artistic fire- eicned boxes. New store, 767 Market. * —————— ~ Special information supplied daily to ‘business houses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's), 30 Cali- fornla street. Telephone Maln 1042 * Fashion’s Mirror i3 gizs ; : i i This department does mnot | advertise book dealers or any other pri- |- | i | 3? i{w ,J i P