The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 24, 1907, Page 26

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No wonder Mrs. ller exclaims at the increased cost of living. “We are very the lady explained to her guests. “but we cannot The gilded palaces of the rich are no better L Mr. Rockefeller should come to San nd work for wages. on does m1 ovsters.” ed sep: er if to accentuate the sorrows of the poor, Dr. Washington has broken loose again about “tainted money.” gift of a debauchery of the collective conscience of the should keep its tments against this mongter in human shape. “Is it ion or a restitution?” he cries. Indeed, it might be both 1t seriously denying Mr. Rockefeller’s uncontrollable appetite for oysters. Doubtless it was this fatal vice that led him to tread the paths of capitalistic crime—what Dr. Gladden calls! “flagitious and nefarious practices by which enormous sums of money have been wrongfully obtained.” At prevailing prices . it takes a whole lot of nefarious practices to buy a plate of oysters. This condition of grinding poverty is not confined to Mr. Rockefeller. Our melancholy friend. Uncle Jim Hill, feels poor. He has another fit of the dumps. “While I would’scarcely call it a recession in business,” he mournfully remarks, “it is more of a drawing in.” To be sure, this pernicious draft in which we are sitting is, he says, “scarcely perceptible.” It may be remarked that Uncle’s fits of melancholy are usually coincident with the under- taking of some form of investigation directed at stock watering or manipulation of Northern Pacific. Somebody gets up in the Minnesota Legislature or in Congress and calls for an imuiry, and directly the country is going to the bpw-wows. Mr. Hill's latest flood of tears is doubtless due to the fact that Senator Heyburn Jast week obtained the appointment of a select committee to in- vestigate the reorganization of Northern Pacific in 1896. Besides, there is always the grinning specter of a short, stout man in Wash- ington, mostly teeth, who devours railroads. God help the rich! Jacob Schiff, the great New York banker, said the other day that we are merely “suffering from an excess of prosperity, which is simply overwhelming us” Our industries cannot get labor enough to fill the orders, the railways are short of equipment to carry the freight, and the demand for capital to finance new enter- prises is so great that banks cannot meet it. It seems as if we could afford to buy almost anything but oysters. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW HE -most successful automobile show ever held in the West, and one of the most successful in this country, will be brought to a close at the big pavilion at Baker and Oak streets tonight. The significance of the event, however, is something far be- yvond the great success of the display, and far beyond the opportun- ity given local enthusiasts to view the highest results in automobile engineering and the finest examples of mechanical accomplishment. Not only has it been San Francisco’s first show, but San Fran- cisco, in the past year, has taken an absolutely unique position in the automobile world. In the matter of actual accomplishment it stands true today both that the automobile means more to this city and that this city means more to the automobile than is the case with any other community in the world. Between San Francisco and the auto- mobile there is no longer anything experimental or theoretical. Since the memorable April days the people of this city have had full knowledge of the automobile’s practicability and the people of other cities have had the advantage of the demonstration. - With all the advantage that older and more thickly populated sections have had in the line of experience and experimentation with this means of locomotion, it is a remarkable circumstance that it re- mained for San Francisco, out here on the edge of the continent and almost the last of the great cities of the world, to take up its use, to demonstrate to the world the full measure of the adaptability of the motor car. Unexpected conditions made the opportunity and the results were beyond even the wildest claims of the most imaginative automobile enthusiast. It is perhaps not too much to say that the motor car was the greatest single factor in the city’s early recovery from the shock of disaster. Under road conditions which can be appreciated fully only by those who actually experienced them, the automobile unexpectedly afforded a means of quick communication between distant points and rapid concentration of forces in the tremendous battle against the elements of disorder, and met the unusual requirements in a manner no one believed possible. The result gave the greatest single impetus to the automobile industry in its history. It also broadened the automobile’s popu- * larity and sphere of usefulness. In San Francisco, since April, the appreciation of its usefulness and adaptability has been “confined to no one ¢lass, and other cities have profited from this city’s experience. ¥ So, while San Francisco owes much to the automobile, the auto- mobile is equally debtor to San Francisco. This is a fact that cannot be too strongly impressed upon the manufacturers. It is a far cry from the Golden Gate to the factory and the present demand for reliable motor cars far exceeds the supply, but in the encouragement o be givea expositions in this city in the future, and in the allotmeat |5 "*™* **® ™ & 7 Cartoonist’s Re He sees| $32,000000 for education nothing better than a| mind steadily fixed on the multi- | Scamtz AnD THe S(Hoo LBOARD RETURN - INIC & of the annual supply of cars, San Francisco deserves consideration at the hands of the manufacturers for reasons which can be given by no other municipality. ROOSEVELT’S INFINITE VARIETY HE multifarious activities of our ingenious President are illus- trated by his recent excursion into the field of art in' the interest of a reformed coinage. This is a wholly different matter from reform of the currency, although, to do Mr. Roosevelt justice, he is not in the least afraid to tackle that abstruse problem on the smallest provocation. A British scoffer once said of the late Lord John Russell that “he would take the command of the Channel fleet at five minutes’ notice.” We have never doubted Mr. Reose- velt’s readiness to take charge of a battleship with a light heart and at his own invitation. Nothing is impossible for a man who thought he could change the spelling book for 150,000,000 people by his imperial decree. : Mr. Roosevelt does not like the looks of the Goddess of Lib- erty and other mythological emblems as they appear on the na- tional cdinage. He is not of those who think that the most beautiful object in the world is a double eagle, exceeded in pulchritude only by two or more of these works of art. He has set an artist to work on a new goddess, presumably of the Gibson girl type, and perhaps a strange, esthetic twist will be put on E Pluribus Unum. Possibly the President may take a notion to simplify the national :mottoes and substitute his own, which we presume is, “Get busy.” Mr. Roosevelt’s diligence will not be disputed—a man. so va- rious that he seems to be not one but all mankind’s epitome. Of his wisdom we are not so fully persuaded. But he cannot hurt United States gold coin even if he should convert the American bald-headed eagle into a bird of paradise or try to make the Goddess of Liberty view of the News look like thirty cents. | It the Joke World his Pa Smith threw down paper in disgust. “It's shameful” he exclaimed, “the way these "ere colleges waste money on furniture! Here's an account of some- body giving Harvard $200,000 for a ne chair!"—Judge. . . . Mother—Tommie, little boys should be seen and 'not heard when taking their soup. Tommie—How long will it be before 1 can take my soup llke papa.—Yon- kers Statesman. news- The Governess—DIid you visit the Louvre while Yyou were “in Paris, ma'am? - Mrs. Newcoyne—I forget; did we, John? Mr. Newcoyne—Why, I don’'t see how ou can possibly forget that place, Jane! That's where you had your pocket picked.—Punch. ¥ e Johnnie—Papa, come quick! Mamma has faint hu‘m.e—fltn. put this $10 bill in her — Answers to Queries I SALARIES—Reader, Eureka, Cal United States Senators and Representa- tiges each recelve a salary of $5000 a year. (e DIAMOND—M. C. R., Sutter Creek, Cal. The largest’ diamond known is that belonging to Thomas C. Cullinan of the Transvaal. Its welght is 3024% carats. : o PR ) RAILROAD ACCIDENTS—Reader, Bu- reka, Cal. The statistics for 1906 rela- tive to the number of persons killed and injured by railroad accidents have not yet been published. o ik FROST—A Subscriber, Oakley,Cal. Frost is the popular name for the ef- fect of a freezing temperature on the surface of the earth. A more scientific use restricts the application of the term to the above when the cold is produced in principal measure by radiation from the earth's surface. Dew is moisture deposited from the air as it becomes chilled by contact with the cold earth. If the cold is in- tense enough, {nstead of liquid dew solld ice isgformed, and this is termed | bod: of the Week! A RN N \\\§.\, l Personal Mention B. J. Collins, D. Holland and G. H. Lewis, mining men of Tonopah, will be at the St. Francis for several days. R. J. Ferris and A. A. Baker, fur- niture men of Grand Rapids, St. Francis. F. Armbruster, auditor ¢f the Dia- mond Match Company at Chico, is reg- istered at the St. Francis. G. W. Elsey and family of Modesto are registered at the Hamlin. F. A. Ager of Great Fal Mont., Mrs. Ager and Miss N. Toklas of New York, who are touring the coast, are at the Hamlin. W. R. Macfarlane, a lumberman of Aberdeen, Wasl s at the Hamlin. C. W. Jones and B. A. Hathaway, furniture manufacturers of Grand Rapids, Mich,, are at the Savoy. Attorney C. M. Keniston and daugh- ter of Stockton are at the Palace. Ae- companying them are Miss Ambrose of {;os Angeles and Miss Jensen of Spo- ane. | -John W. Mathews, a business man of | Wilmington, Del., and wife are at the| Palace. Thomas McDonald, a mine owner of | French Gulch, is registered at the Im- | perial. F. W. Sharp and George E. Jenkins, mining men of Rhyolite, Nev. are guests at the Imperial, Charles Thompson, a merchant of Milwaukee, Wis.,, and wife are at the Jefferson. A. Kraus and wife of Gilroy.are at the Imperial. Mrs. Sisson-Maguire, mahager Sisson Tavern, is registered at Imperial. John W. Considine and wife of Se- attle will t&a at the Hotel Savoy for several day: are at the | of the A A A A A A A At passes at once to the solid state and then appears as hoar frost. Fverything that favors radlation of heat tends to produce frost, i{f the general tempera- ture is low enough. ° / el T BLACKHEADSMrs. J. E, ‘What is commonly called “blackheads” is acne simplex, also known as “flesh worms” and “pimples.” It is a disease of the sebaceous glands. The mouth of these glands become stopped up so that the materfal that s secreted in the little sac cannot escape. These glands secrete a certain oily material, which in the natural condition is poured out upon the skin and serves to keep, the surface smooth and flexible. When from Verse Current in the Country’s Press Comment on Topics of the Day % MESSMATES He gave us all a good-by cheerily At the first dawn of day; We dropped him down the side full drearily When the light died away. it's a dead dark watch that he's a-Kkeeping there, Apd a long, long night that lags a-creeping there, Where the trades and the tides roll over him And the great ships go by. He's there alone, with green seas rock- ing him For a thousand miles round; HE, protest against further formances of “Salome” at t Metropolitan Opera House without precedent in the P tory of that Institution. Its ergy is a sign of health. Stockhold | in our opera houses have not inter | themselves hitherto in the morals ted Y3 | operatic plots, for too exacting scrutiny |in this direction might curtail the rep- | ertoire beyond all practical limits. But Richard Strauss’ opera stands in a class of its own. Mr. Conrled recog- nized this fact when he wisely decided to produce it only at special perform ances. * ® * It is not important, how- ever, to comsider what other countries may think of the action of the stock- Ha'w - (e alcaw. with dumb (thiNgS | 503ers of the Metropolitan Opera ¥ dmmf nhso :‘t“d ks House. It {s enough that the air every- S B e lone. wateh that he's|Where within twenty miles of that s a k‘:eging u-;gero | house of music will be better to breathe TED Shdhrve g T T with “Salome’ .gone'.— c.v York Sun. a-creeping there, While the months_and the years roll over him, And the great ships go by. I wonder {if the enough, As they thrash to and fTro, And the battleship's bells ring clear 3 enough To be heard down below; If through all the lone watch that he's a-keeping there, And the long, cold night that lags a-creeping there, The voice of the sailormen shall com- fort him B When the great ships go by. —Henry Newbold. BUSINESS DIPLOMACY Ees fat Dootch barber. gotta shop T'ree door from dees bootblack- stan’, An’ w'en he see da trade I gat He try for bust me eef he can, An’ so he geeve outside hees shop A chair for neegger bootblack man. tramps come near You theenk dat I am feela bad For see heem gat som’ trade I had? Ah! no, my frand, I mak’ pretand To smile an’ seeng, I am so glad. Firs’ theeng Smeeth Dat use’ for gat hees shine from me; He stop for shine from neegger man; I mak’ pretand I do not see, But neeger man he mak' da face An’ ees so glad as he can be. you know-ees Meester You theenk dat I am fecla bad For see heem” gat dees trade I had? Ah! no, my frand, I mak’ pretand To smile an’ seeng, 1 am so glad. Nex’ day w'en comesa Meester Smeeth, I say, “Good-morna,” justa same, So just baycause I am polite Eet makesa Meester ashame’. So he com’ back: so evra wan Ees com' back where dey always came! Smeeth Da neegger man ees gatta mad, An’ growl an’ swear—he feel so bad; But, oh, my frand, 1 mak’ pretand I do not see; but 1 am glad. —Catholic Standard and Times. THE THOUGHT READERS If we were schooled to read the mind Of each and all who came our way, Should we, do you imagine, find The love we bore to human kind More fervent than it is today? If you and I were forced to know The thoughts, now unrestrained and Tee, Which each had rather die than show, My view of vou must fall as low As to which you conceive of me. ‘We see ourselves as in a glass— The mirror of our own conceit— But let the wireless message pass, And all our self-esteem, alas! Is trodden under ruthiess feet. Has it been yours to under tip Some monument of human pride? You flinched before that scornful lip, But had vour egoes heen agrip, ‘Why, both of you had surely died. Let clevar folk their prowess show Our praise and wonderment to earn, But let us smile and leave it so, Since he who most deserves to know Has probably least good to learn. —Touchstone, in London Mail. YESTERDAY IS LONG AGO The lights on every hand shone falr, Full sprightly was the passing jest, Ang laughter rippled through the air And echoed with increasing zest. The hours sped gladly on their way, Like sunlit waters as they flow— But all this happened yesterday, And yesterday is long ago. The fce that tinkled in the glass Now presses 'gainst an aching brow To still its pulsing ‘tis, alas! The difference 'twixt then and now. There was a time when all was gay With @very joy life could bestow, There was a time called yesterday— But yesterday is long ago. —Washington Star. 1 Gossip in Railway Circles Captain Dreyfus’ vindication was over the world, but his highest claim to glory lies in the fact that he refuses to take the lecture platform.—St. Louls Globe-Demoerat. . . . Swearing as a habit Is the mark of the imbecile, the vulgarian or the blackguard. But, there is something wrong with the man from whose lipd there has never sprung an oath un- studied and unexpected, but resonant with the full strength of resentment, indignation or the note of strife.—New York Mail. Federal officials at Chicago are get« ting busy with the allen contract labor law again. Foreigners must ba edu- cated up to our American ideals. In Europe an immigranrt must prove that he has a job before he is admitted. In this country If he has a job he 1 thrown out. Only the jobless are wel« come.—Indlanapolis Star. oo e What have we to expect from a spay cial sessior held for the purpose of re- vising the tariff? Really it is hard to see how anybody but the trusts could be berefited by it. These criminal com- binations will own the Sixtieth Con- gress, as they own thé Fifty-ninth. Even if the Republicans In the House voted with the Democrats to make some reductions, which is hardly prob- able, the Senate would stand by the rascals that¥ong ago bought and paid for & majority of the members, so they would annul every good feature that might by possibility creep into the House bill. The people, consclously or uncensciously, have voted In favor of the stand-pat policy, and if they do not want that, or worse, they must select another set of legislators.—Louisville Courler-Journal. Automobile enthusiasts say that the horse will soon be rare in Chicago, and they are right about it. The horse is be- coming extinct in this town, not because of automobile competition, however, but as the result of atrocious street paving and insufficient or unskillful shoeing. Looked at merely from a financial standpoint, the treatment of horses in Chicago is the worst of blunders:; re- garded sentimentally, It is a reproach to humanity.—Chi o Chroniele. . Rumor and prophecy have been free of late with the name of Mr. Foraker as a Presidential candidate. His distin- { guished abilities and personal charm have written him large in the guesses and gossip of the coming national con- vention. But the burning question of 1908 for Joseph B. Fordker prom¥es to be, not how to control Ohlo's delega- tion, but how to retain Ohlo’s toga. President Roosevelt\is far from infal- | lible. His word is nelther the law nor | the gospel, nor is It high treason that men should ecriticise his official acts. But In a test of relative strength, per- sonal popularity and public estimation | ot sincerity of purpose, Mr. Foraker will show pit{fully puny in the shadow of the President.—Cleveland Leader. . . . That comparisons are odlous Is demw | onstrated again by that Italian papesr | which looks upon the Thaw procesdings as proof that “justice is equally as great | a comedy in America as In Italy.” I8 | will please remember, however, tha$ |New York is not America.—Philadels phia Inquirer. _ . . . Observations that the Japanese come mercial morality in the matter of pay- | iIng debts is not as good as that of the Chinese are current. The state- ment has, we believe, some foundation. Yet in view of the recent showing of the Ingredients of our food staples, the point where our attention might be | profitably concentrated is our own com- mercial mora“'.y.—?fltl\:ul" Dispatchs . . Governor Hughes of New York is Ime parting an Arabian Nights' flavor to his_administration of the affairs of that State. The Cadi, like the barons of the middle ages, had the power of death, of imprisonment, of torture, of punishments big and little. Governos Hughes can do none of these thingd directly, but he has Orfental methods Just the same. Like the Cadl, he spreads his carpet in the open and sits on it. He is accessible to the peopl He has & ready and a just ear for thei complaints.—Cleveland Leader. An emergency rate had been put into effect by the raiiroads handling oranges out of Southern California for the benefit of the growers of citrus fruit. The rate has been reduced from $1.25 per 100 lbs. to $1.15 per 100 1bs., or a reduction about $26.50 a car. The reduction was a voluntary act| on the part of the railroad companies and will reduce their revenue from, this traffic about $530,000 for the pres- ent season. It appears that a few weeks ago the growers formed a committee which went to New York and waited upon Harriman, setting forth their reasons why a reduction should be granted. They explained that the con- stant rains had delayed the picking of the fruit, that there was constderable risk of frult rotting on the trees, and City. { that generally they were in a bad way, and that the railroad companies should help them. Harriman referred the matter to J. C. Stubbs and about ten days ago the representatives of the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe and the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake road met in Los Angeles and decided to give the growers a .rate of $1.15. ‘There are about 20,000 cars In the State and of this number the Santa Fe handles about 80 per cent. The rail- any cause it fails to escape, either be- | road companies intend to rush the cause there is some mechanical c- fruit East as fast as Is possible and tion or because the secretion itself be- | for this purposs there Is a great gath- comes €0 thick that it cannot pass out | ering up of all the refrigerator cars of the little orifice or “pore,” there ra- | that sults an accumulation of this oily ma- terial in the sac. Meanwhile the olly matter located in the po: absorbed enough dust and come black, hence the name “black- head.” If the contents of pressed before inflammation sets there appears a white spiral-sh: y resembling a worm, and from this ke Johnnie (a moment later)—S8he savs|frost. Frost is not generally “frozen |has ~ the ular zm——filnende Blat- | dew,” as rrequeua; stated. The r:m‘: hmk& l?\‘_ v‘?\&r. bu‘tm:zn. i & the air by refri oftenlnot the can secure. - s b ] Railroad men are confident that has usually | there will be a raise in the rate, east dirt to be- (and west of Chicago, of low-class com- the full benefit of their equipment. I is not lkely that the arrangement wi be completed before June, as there wi have to be a great deal of work doney The rate will vary from 10 per cend to 20 per cent. It Is mot probable tha the higher class freight will be afe fected by this arrangement. The rea- son advanced for this proposed Ine crease In rates 1s that many of these commodity rates were put in years ago when cut-throat competition was in existence and when infant industries were planted along the line of the rail- roads and everything was being done |to build them up. These conditions have passed away, and there is also another reason. Tie railroad people say the price of everything has ad- vanced and so have wages, and that they are compelled to raise their rates in order to pay expenses. . . . Colonel W. D. Sanborn of the Bur- lington has {ssued a circular announc- ing the fact ghat he will be at home to all his friends after next Monday at 795 Market street. The Colonel and as each general agent has the same opinion there no lack for a theme for argument af the Saturday matinees of the Transportation Club. ! e . Six hundred of the new refrigerator cars of the Pacific Fruit Express are now in use upon this coast and sev 1 are being recotved daily from the '..0'3 are said to be the best cars the kind that have ever been built, and it is also said they will work a trana- formation in the transportation of . H. Countiss of the 'l‘nnmn!!, nental Freight Bureau announces that a rate of 35 cents per 100 pounds has put on cement plaster, carloads, minimum weight 80,000 pounds, from Acme, N. M, ko‘c‘alflMll terminals and e i welcomed by fair-minded people all « X «