The San Francisco call (San Francisco, Calif.) 1895-09-11 ...€¦ · The Valkyrie is at any rate...

Well done, Sacramento.

The new movement is electrical.

The new Sacramento will call herselfthe Electri City.

Our trust is still inthe aluminum andthe Yankee crew.

Itis to be a new era in motive power aswell as public sentiment.

Democracy is watching CommissionerStanton with bated breath.

This is the time to begin enterprises andstart in with the rising tide.

The Valkyrie is at any rate good enough

to make things interesting.

The thing that Dunraven had up hissleeve was evidently a laugh.

The Native Son illustrates the State andthe Native Daughter illumines it.

The pioneers and natives have had theirday of glory and a glorious day it was.

IfCleveland picked up Secretary Mortonfor a mascot he has been bitterly deceived.

Hardly a week passes in this countrywithout the opening of a convention some-where.

If the Railroad Commissioners reallyget to work they will,literally, filla long-felt want.

It is time for Commissioner Clark tostand up squarely and .let the people seehis attitude.

Let us hope tire Sutro Library buildingwillsoon get out ol the air and take shapeon a solid foundation.

IfMayor Sutro shies a veto at the hightax levy he will make a hit, even if itdoesn't bring itdown.

IfNew York loses the cup San Fran-cisco may go to England and bring itoverto this side ofthe world.

Louisville seems to have captured theGrand Army and made the veterans feelat home on the first whirl.

Campbell accepted the Democratic nomi-nation in Ohio under pressure, but it isstill doubtful ifhe thinks he is really run-nine.

To entertain 30,000 visitors in the wayshe did gives Sacramento a right to callherself a capital city in every sense of theword.

Gilroy made such a success of Admissionday that we may expect her to come intothe ring among the carnival towns of theState. _

Maryland voters are beginning to under-stand that the only sure way to get rid ofGormanism is to vote the Republicanticket.

There has been another batch of horrorsin Armenia and still the European nationshesitate to tell the Turk to get offthat por-tionof the earth.

Judging by her newspapers, Bostonseems to have acquired the conventionhabit this summer to the degree of anactual dissipation.

Keir Hardie is another British agitatorwho willgo home and say Chicago is hell,simply because he succeeded in raising itwhile he was there.

»The project of bringing the Republican

National Convention to San Francisco ismoving forward steadily and lots ofstrongmen are pushing italong,

One reason why the United States hasno right to interfere in Armenian affairsis that she has not yet made any attemptto prevent massacres in Cuba.

Before the Commissioners take action inreducing railroad rates they should put onrecord a body of evide.ice sufficient to sus-tain the action before the courts.

Take notice that the United Press givesthe best reports of all events and that TheCall is the only morning paper in the Citythat has the United Press dispatches.

Japan has just enough of a warin For-mosa to keep her army m good exercise,while leaving her free to spend the Chi-nese indemnity in buying American war-ships toperfect her navy.

Although American travel to Europe waslarger this year than ever before, there wasa decrease in the number of visitors toYellowstone Park, which looks very muchas if Americans with money enough totravel hadn't brains enough to knowwhich way togo.

The effort to bring the Republican Na-tional Convention to San Francisco is thefi:st enterprise in which the whole of theGreater West has been unitedly engaged,and with energetic leadership on our partthere is every reason to believe it can bemade successful in itself ana the promiseof greater successes to come.

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The announcement that the Mechanics'Fair may be continued for another week,instead of closing on Saturday, as at firstarranged, willbe received with more thanordinary satisfaction. The fair containsmany exhibits that constitute importantobject lessons in California industries andthe longer it is open the greater ia thework done in the way of popular educa-tion.

IS ME. OLAKK BUS??Railroad Commissioners La Rue and

Stanton have attracted all the attentionwhich has been devoted to that board oflate, and Commissioner Clark has re-mained in the background. This meansto say that Commissioner LaRue first pro-posed a certain reduction of freight rateswhich concerned wheat only, and thatCommissioner Stanton has come forwardwith a resolution which makes Commis-sioner La Rue's proposition appear insig-nificant in comparison, because Commis-sioner Stanton proposes to reduce all ratesto conform to the pledge whichhe took be-fore the convention that nominated him.In this measure he has announced his in-tention to give the Southern Pacific Com-pany credit for the voluntary reductionswhich it made in the latter part of 1894.This proposition seems to have set Com-missioner La Rue to thinking. In anyevent it seems that Commissioner LaRue's resolution to reduce the wheat tariffcannot be carried, and that CommissionerStanton's scheme for a general reductionon all transportable commodities is not in-tended to be made effective until the Ist ofnext January, when every possible articleof the current year's products will havebeen shipped.

However futile and idle the apparentefforts of these two Democratic membersof the board may seem they may never-theless prove to have a certain politicalvalue. The public is not insensible to thefact that seven months had elapsed be-tween the election of the members andtheir assumption of the obligations whichthey assumed, and that such assumptionwas coincident with the severe castigatlonwhich the local press administered to tbecommission on the score of its indolence.

Seemingly, under the influence of thatprodding the two Democratic Commission-ers, who constitute the majority of theboard, and who were bound under specificpledges to make a reduction, came forwardwithcertain limpingpropositions, the ulti-mate result of which is not to be felt untilthe crops of the current year have beenmoved. While the people of the State areawake to the sham of all these proceed-ings, they still remember that Commis-sioner Clark is a member of the board, andthey observe with amazement that he hasnot made even a pretense of an endeavorto serve the interests of the people.

As the representative of the Republicanparty Mr. Clark has been elected toan op-portunity for announcing the policy ofthat great organization. We allknow thathe was not elected under a pledge, weknow equally well that the party whichelected him pledged its history and itsfaith in presenting him as a candidate, andthat in securing his election itreposed thereputation of the party inhis hands.

Has he kept this great faith? Has hemade any attempt to show that as a repre-sentative of the Republican party he hasaimed to be a representative of the people?Has he given any evidence that he desiresto be known as a student of the needs ofthe people? On the contrary, is it notclear that he has done nothing whatever,but has left the fight to his political antag-onists in the board, and so has connivedin a scheme to obscure the political forceof the party which he represents and leaveall the glory to the other side? These arequestions wiiich Mr. Clark has an oppor-tunity to answer with actions

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deed, itis too late. All good citizens areanxiously awaiting a response from him.

AN OAKLAND EXAMPLE.The lottery has been scotched, but not

killed. Suppressed inmany places, itcon-tinues to find other channels throughwhich to exert its pernicious influence andaccomplish its evilresults. Itis evidentthe war upon it cannot be relaxed for amoment, and that if we expect to furtherdiminish the evil we must improve ourlaws so as to forbid any kindof advertisingfor the nefarious traffic either before orafter the drawing?.

In the Police Court of Oakland last weekthere was an illustration of the injurywhich the lottery works in the commu-nity. A man. reported to be a good work-man, and who has had steady employ-ment, was brought before the court to an-swer the charge of having threatened hiswife with a carving-knife and driven herfrom the house. The man, it seems, wasunder the influence of liquor when hecommitted the offense, but his wife statedhe was a complete slave to the Chineselottery game, and all his money was thusgambled away, leaving the family desti-tute and the home miserable and wretched.

There are ruined homes, broken man-hood and families made wretched by lot-teries that never come before the PoliceCourts. The full extent of the misery,wrong and suffering brought about by theinsidious evil willnever be known to thepublic. We can only be sure that the evilwhich ia known is only an evidence of agreater extent of cvii unknown, and onthat surety do what we can to put an endto it.It is the opinion of the police that

the lottery evil would die of itself ifit were not agaiu and again nursedinto life by the publication of al-leged profits drawn and distributed.These publications excite the minds ofthose given to delnsive hopes, and they re-turn once more to squander their honestearnings upon dishonest games, giving tothe sport of swindlers what should be thecomfort and maintenance of the home.To put a stop to that pernicious advertis-ing is, therefore, the next step to be takeninthe contest with the eyil,and we trustitwill not be wholly in vain that we callupon our contemporaries to join withusinrefusing to subordinate the power of thepress to the money of swindlers, or toserve them as a medium for carrying theirlying enticements into the homes of thepeople.

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THE CHINATOWN WAE.The struggle which has been proceeding

for several weeks in Chinatown betweenrival organizations illustrates the im-punity with which the Chinese may vio-late our laws. If such a wrangle had oc-curred between rival bodies of Americancitizens the jails would have been long agocrowded with the offenders. The failureof the authorities to cope with the situa-tion in Chinatown does not mean a faulton their part. They find themselves con-fronted by a peculiar order of foreigners,who not only scorn our country, our peopleand our laws, but who by reason of theirstrange tongue and the extraordinarysecrecy with which they can conduct theirlawlessness have every possible advantageover white men in the commission of un-lawful acts.

The situation in Chinatown is this:Some weeks ago a member of one of thesocieties murdered a member of anothersociety. Up to that time there had beenno enmity between the societies. Usuallywhen a murder is committed, reprisal istaken by the murder of any member of thesociety to which the murderer belongp,but the present case is different. Retalia-tion by murder has not been resorted to.partly for the reason that the fight is notbetween societies of professional black-mailers and murderers, but betweentwo large organizations which comprehend

all elements, and embrace nearly thewhole population.

Instead of murder, therefore, the ag-grieved society has instituted a viciousand ruinous boycott against the onewhose member committed the murder.As the boycotting society is numericallymuch larger than the other, and as theboycotted society controls most of theshops, the gravity of the situation may beinferred. The boycott is enforced withex-treme rigidity. Any member of the boy-cotting society who makes a prohibitedpurchase is not only robbed of what hebuys, but is fined $20 for each dollar of hispurchase, and is given a whipping besides.The laws would not tolerate these out-rages if they were committed by Americancitizens.

The representatives in America of theChinese Government have sent a strongofficial to assist the local Consul in sup-pressing the boycott, but instead of callingin the local American authorities to theiraid these functionaries are attempting, asthe Chinese in America always attempt, tosettle their affairs in accordance with theirown laws and customs and to the com-plete ignoring of our institutions. As aresult they are making no headwayagainst the heavy odds which confrontthem, and the situation is not only grow-ing worse here, but the boycott is extend-ing all over the State. If this does notsoon lead to a bloody war of these alienson American soil we mistake the temperof the Chinese and the signs which they aregiving.

Meanwhile is it not possible for theAmerican authorities to intervene andstop the disgraceful proceedings? Is ourlocal government too weak to cope withthe evil '? Can any band of aliens come tothis country and organize a lawless strug-gle on our soil without our intervention?If our local authorities are not able tohandle the matter, and if the dignifiedgentlemen who are the accredited agentsof China to the United States hold them-selves aloof from the relief which ourpeace oilicers and courts should be able toafford, it seems time that the citizensthemselves ascertain what they might beable lawfully and peacefully to do in thepremises. _______________

PLAINTALKSWITH FARMERSThe argument, beginning last week and

running through three or four of theseletters, may bo summarized as follows:The farmer is at a disadvantage in hismaterial conditions as compared withother property-owning classes because heknows less about his business than theyknow about theirs. This was not alwaysthe case, his relative retrogression beingdue to the fact that in his isolated life hehas not been so well able as others to keeppace with modern progress; that the ten-dency and inevitable result of this condi-tion is to deprive farmers, beginning withthe weakest, of their property and reducethfm to the condition of dependents;that nothing can change that tendencyor prevent that consummation exceptthe general diffusion among . farmersof such business education as willprevent them from engaging in un-profitable enterprises; that the cost of theinformation necessary for the profitableconduct of a farm undVr modern conditionsis more than the revenue from the farmwill pay after supporting its owner inreasonable comfort, and that the alterna-tive confronting the small farmer is com-bination with ills fellows for educationaland other purposes or gradual extinction.Ishall develop this argument as closely

and concisely as Iam able, but the aboveis its gist, and Ido not think there is anydoubt about the conclusion

—we must unite

or die; and as we cannot unite until wefullyunderstand the need of it and learnhow. the first problem to be considered isthe preliminary education.

Ishowed last week that in so far as thefarmer is unfortunate it is due to his ig-norance. Let us now see what must befallhim if he does not educate himself; andwe must iiniember that nature is relent-less and remorseless; the quality of mercy

is unknown to her; she docs not considerabuses but conditions, and whether weak-ness is occasioned by misfortune or per-verseness the penalty is the same and isdeath. To fullyunderstand this we mustleave farm life fora littltfand see what theevolutionists say. Evolutionists are mostlyprofessors, a breed which some of us farm-ers do not esteem very highly, often re-ferring to them as "fellows with a lot oftheories," using the term in the contemptu-ous sense of vague speculations with nobasis save in the mind of the speculator.This again is because we don't know thescience of modern days is built upon factsascertained and verified with a patienceand precision of which we farmers havevery little conception. The scientificman does not as we sometimes vainlyimagine spend his days ana nights inrapt but dreamy contemplation of theinfinite, but, on the contrary, is mostlyconcerned with minute detail; he dissectspolly wogs and extracts the bones from deadand* bad-smelling fish, which he patientlycompares with the j>etrined relics and im-prints of those that died years ago. Thishe does, not because he likes to clean fishor break rock, but because he seeks to learnwhat has boon the rule of life in all ages,inferring therefrom what now the rule isand what it shall be. The collection ofactual facts verified by men trained to ob-serve upon which modern science nowrests is amazing and daily the store is in-creased. After some Jives have been spentin gathering and classify i115: facts in a cer-tain line, the mass begins to take shape sothat some law running through it can beapparently discerned, and with that lawassumed to be true, more lives are spent inpatiently collecting other facts and com-paring them with the assumed law: if allfacts as verified harmonize with the work-ing hypothesis, the law is strengthenedand gradually tends to become part ofsettled science; but ifone undoubted es-sential fact be discovered inconsistent withthat law, the whole edifice of reasoning isdestroyed and the work of rebuilding mustbe patiently begun. Hence science must,above all things, be sure of its facts, and soendeavors to be.

The facts thus collected, verified,classi-fied and analyzed through all timeuntil now show that all life hasone law, and this law, at first merely as-sumed, by long continued observations isnow considered settled and part of science—one of the things which weknow as wellas we can know anything in this world; itis a law that has so far run through alltime,operates now, and, so far as can be seen orjudged, will always operate ; it appliesalike to the birds of the air.the trees 01 theforest, the floating "

microbes about andto man himself;it •\u25a0 is universal, unchang-ing- _____

This lawis that the only condition underwhich any species can maintain itself is bythe introduction of a greater number ofindividuals than existing conditions willsustain, the survival of the fittest and thedeath of the unfit. Could this process bechecked the species would degenerate be-cause individuals of all species greatly dif-fer in the qualities to secure sustenancefrom their environment, and were all oprooagate and transmit their qualitiesalike the total result of vigor would be lessthan if only the same number of thestrongest survived and left descendants,and itis necessary that the aggregate vigorshall constantly increase in order to copewith increasing difficulties caused by theincreasing pressure of population.

The operation of this law upon man asdistinguished from other forms of lifeismodified by the fact that man has reason.As his numbers press upon the means of

subsistence he is able of his own volitionto add to those means. The races whichhave least of this quality die. Itis evi-dent that the present population ofAmerica could not live without bettermeans of obtaining subsistence than thered Indians had, or have been able to ac-quire. The time will come when existingpopulations will not be able to subsistwithout better means than we now have.

The present generation has the means toproduce comfortable subsistence for all. Ido not know that this is or can be scien-tifically settled, but Ithink no one dis-putes itand Ishall assume it. This sub-sistence, however, is very unequally dis-tributed. Looking Into this further we seethat in the long run those who know mosthave most; those who know most aboutmatters which directly concern their ownincome have most money, accumulating asurplus which they cannbt use ; those whoknow most about things which affect theincomes of mankind generally have mosthonor, usually in addition assuring them-selves of comfortable subsistence. Knowl-edge which affects nobody's income isworthless and is not sought.Itis best to make clear this money value

of knowledge. Of course Iknow that all 1can say is admitted in advance, and yetthose who admit itmay not after allknowit, because real knowledge inevitably in-fluences action. We do not touch a red-hot stove because we know it will burnus. Ifin that sense we know the dangerof ignorance, which is just as real, wewould strive for knowledge at any cost.The only real knowledge is that which wehabitually and unconsciously act upon.Any so-called knowledge which comesshort of that is mere vague impression,unavailable for practical use. Now, al-though itcannot be actually demonstrated,Iam sure that the incomes of those en-gaged in any business vary almost in adirect ratio with the number of essentialfacts pertaining to that business whichthey know accurately and certainly. Ofcourse it is true that individuals greatlyvary in capacity and vigor, but then it isthe smart and strong who know. Allthatthe weaker and less capable can do tomaintain equality is to study more hours—*to toil more nights and days. Itisknowledge that brings the income.Farmers are apt to denounce the greatsalaries paid in some walks oflife, but they are nearly always theprice paid for knowledge, or sup-posed knowledge, at market rates.The farmer who prefers the life of abanker has merely to know better thanany one else what property is safest tolend money on and to make his abilityknown: some bank will soon want him.Banners are large borrowers, and as theyare apt to seek and obtain loans whichthey have not the knowledge touse wisely,the bank president must he a better judgeof the possible profits of farming than thefarmer himself, lest the bunk's funds beinvested where they cannot be got backwhen wanted. This means a high salaryfor the bank officer, which goes to reducethe profitof the farmer, for ignorance mustpay its own bills. Iffarmers could knowenough about their own business to makeloans to them certain to be so wisely usedas to pay interest promptly and the prin-cipal at maturity, a cheaper salaried mancould lend them"money and the farmer'sprofits be so much increased.

Ihave said that the most capable knowmost and consequently get most. For-tunately it is not necessary for us all toknow as much as the most capable.Nature requires that we know enough toget a livingand kills us if we do not ; butshe does not concern herself with greataccumulations. If we are strong enoughand know enough to make such accumu-lations she (Joes not mind it, and if neces-sary willkilloff such weaker ones as maystand in our way; but if we attempt toaccumulate beyond our strength she willkillus for that, too. All she requires isthat we be warmed and wellnourished andour mind 3kept free from worry,but forthe lack of those, whether with or withoutour own fault, no excuse wiilbe taken.

Since evolution teaches that the penaltyof ignorance is death, it is well to under-stand just what the evolutionist means bydeath ;we may be dvinjj and not know it.Evidently (he evolutionist does not meanthat the ignorant shall falldown in theirtracks and give up the ghost, or even thatwithin a short time we 'shall all disappearand leave no sign. He means simply this,that by reason of our ignorance weshallbe unfort unate ;being unfortunate we shallbe worried; being worried we shall not oeweil nourished ;not being wellnourishedwe shall die before our time, leaving half-nourished and nervous descendants tolivestill shorter lives, until our names finallyperish from the earth. That is what deathmeans to the evolutionist, and itis theprocess which the ignorant are now goingthrough.

We are these atoms in a struggling massof humanity of whom itis certain that theweakest must die, but amid which it is thehighest duty of each one of us to makesure that he* shall live. Ifwe can also aidothers to live we shall do yell, but naturedoes not demand it of us, nor can we do sountil we have first satisfied our own debtto the awful force which controls us; butby as much as we maintain or increaseour own vigor by so much we add to theaggregate vigor of our race. Itis there-fore not. only essential but morally rightthat up (o a certain point we look out forourselves; and we are compelled not onlyto live, but to live up to a certain standardof comfort which is customary amongthose with whom we mingle. The China-man iives in hanniness and holds his ownamong the races amid environments whichwould be death to the American farmer.

Ihave now to disentangle from thisseething multitude the farming class, ancTespecially the American farmer, in order tonote his condition as compared withothersof his race, and see whether or not he isholding his own, and ifnot, whether of hisown volition he can strengthen himself,recover any ground he may have lost andmaintain his position among those whoshall live; and as 1 am now consideringmankind solely with reference to therelative power of survival Iam compelledto make the rather heartless division intoowners and non-owners of property,meaning by the latter class those who inthe prime of life have not in their posses-sion the means of supporting themselveswithout serious worry during their years ofdecline. For the acquisition of the meansofsubsistence according to one's station inlife is not only the best but the onlyevidence of power of survival.Those who cannot do that maybe of the salt of the earth, butthey are delivered, over to the bondage ofdeath. The former, from the nature ofhis business, must be, or ought to be. aproperty-holder, and Iwish here to com-pare him only with other owners of prop-erty. Inpast years the American farmerhas been regarded as the type of an as-sured prosperity within a very moderaterange, and his occupation considered asupon the whole the safest to engage in bythose who were prepared to be contentwith abundant nourishment, warm hous-ingand moderate intellectual and socialenjoyment, with freedom from seriouscare. Ithas been thought that \ipon thewhole those who contended for the morebrilliant prizes of life, even if theyachieved them, paid more for them thanthey were worth ;much greater the major-ity who strove for them and yet failed. Ithas been believed that the strain andworry of the severer strife so seriously im-paired their power of survival as tofar more than counterbalance any com-forts or enjoyments which they were ableto secure. Ifnow, comparing the farmerof to-day with the farmer of half a centurysince, we find that estimate still hold-ing good, the farmer is still holding hisown and need not be discouraged. If,onthe contrary, we find habitual worry,care

and dependence graaually taking the placeof the independence, comfort and securitywhich he formerly enjoyed, then he islosing ground ana must bestir himself. Ido not propose to enter upon a detailedcomparison of the condition of the farmeras compared with other property-owningclasses. Each of my older readeis is ascompetent as Ito compare for himself; Isimply record my own judgment, which

is that the farmer has ceased to be the in-dependent man whom Iknew in my boy-hood. He Is attacked by the care andworryof the business man without thebusiness man's equipment to meet them,and he is losing ground. If lam wron^ Iam glad of it,but Ishall proceed upon thatassumption.

Now this decadence of prosperity, in mybelief, is entirely unnecessary. The farmis the storehouse of vigor, without whichand the application it makes possiblethere can be no knowledge or the prosper-ity which knowledge brings; from thefarm the ranks of the prosperous are beingconstantly recruited ; the drift ofour bestinto the cities is notorious; farm-boysmake the best records in school and in col-lege. Their mother earth has given themthe vigor which is the foundation and themeans of all progress. We have, then, asfarmers the basis of success in the physicalstrength which makes success possible,and yet we are falling behind in the race.We have the earth and are frittering itaway.

This matter willbear more examinationthan Ihave space for this week, and, while1do not propose any detailed comparisonof the farmer with other classes, Ido thinkit well to compare him with his forbears ofa generation or two ago. This Ishall donext week, using as a Ibasis my recollectionof two lectures of Professor Boss ofStanford University, delivered at CampKoache —lectures, by the way, whichIhope to some day see printedand in the hands of every farmer.In entering upon that comparison itwillbe my object to discover and set forththe causes why the farmer of to-day isless happy than the farmer of formerdays, that we may see how, if inany way,those causes may be removed, and thefarmer be enabled to regain his relativeposition. If we can once be made to seeplainly the road by which we passed fromproperity to misfortune we may find itsuch that we can retrace our steps upon it.We may be sure of one thing— that if theAmerican farmer was ever prosperous andhappy it was because at the time he hadall the knowledge which he needed tomaintain his power of survival. What ourinvestigation should disclose is why he hasnot now that knowledge; whether" he canregain it,and, ifso, how.

Edward F. Adams.

IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS.

California.The time may come when every enlightened

community willsupport a free observatory aswell as a free library. Why not? The study ofthe stars can be made popular, and itexercisesa good influence upon all who engage in it.But little is really known by the masses of thepeople about the wonders of the heavens. Atelescope for general use— not the sort builtexclusively for professional astronomers—should be accessible to the people every nichtin the year. Rich people who contemplateprovidingin their wills for some public educa-tional beii3faction might consider the propri-ety of founding free public observatories.

—Stockton Mail.

We cannot expect the Kast tobuy of us thosecommodities which can be produced in theEast to advantage, and we ought not to buy,orto be expected to buy,those things in the Eastwhich we can advantageously produce on thiscoast. All legitimate trade consists In ex-changing things which we can produce to ad-vantage Tor things which we cannot, and anyother manner of trade than this is "carryingcoals to Newcastle."— Tulare Register.

Fresno and Merced seem to have outlivedtheir eagerness to get the Valley Railroad. Per-haps they imagine the road willhave to cometo them and they need not bestir themselves.That is the way some people thought inStock-ton, but, though they were numerous, thosewho didn't want to take any risks outnumberedthem. The Valleyroad doesn't have to go toany town, but may create several.— StocktonIndependent.

Oregon.

Itisnot likely that the scheme of militarydrill for the boys of our public schools willmeet with much favor in this country. Theidea seems to have been put forward here at aninopportune time, for Paris has just given upthe same project. The MunicipalCouncil ofParis has disbanded the battalions and orderedthe guns and equipments to be sold at auction.—

Portland Oregonian.

If Oregon's game laws were amended topunish the sportsman who fails to .kill morethan twenty birds in a day's shooting theremight be fewer hunters afield, less powderwasted and really better protection affordedthe feathered beauties.— Portland Telegram.

UtMh.There will not be much if any disappoint-

ment among Republican ladies over the re-sult of the Supreme Court decision on thesuffrage case, because they never thought theycould consistently vote on a law giving themthe right to vote.—Prove Enquirer.

The shortage of Montana's contribution tothe Bimetallic League educational fundwould be greatly reduced by donating the solidsilver statue of Ada Kenan to that purpose.—Salt Lake Tribune.

Arizona.Itis no wonder that the State Department

moves withmajestic slowness inthe case of ex-Consul Waller, who is passing the summer in aFrench prison, while Grover Cleveland is fish-ing inBuzzards Bay. Inaddition to the dis-advantage of being an American citizen, Mr.Waller is a colored man and a Republican.—Phoenix Republican.

From reliable sources comes cheering news ofArizona's chances of admission, and the peo-ple of this Territory have every reason to be-lieve that pefore the next Congress adjournsArizona willbe one ot the States in the Union.—Phoenix Gazette.

Washington.Mountain rats are becoming anuinance Inall

the mining camps. Their depredations occurduring the nights. The Cascade Mountain ratis entirely different from his voracious brotherof the Rocky Mountains. Those around MonteCristo are bobtailed with very large ears, andwhen cornered or alarmed in any waystamprepeatedly with both hind feet like arabbit.

—Monte Cristo Mountaineer.

The Call stands at the head of the cleanpapers of San Francisco.— Santa Cruz SentineL

THE VALKYRIES GALLANT RACE.

Turn About is by Mr. Pope Thought to beFair Play.

To the Editor of theMorning Call—Sir:InSun-day's Call you published a few lines celebrat-ing the victoryof the Defender over the Valky-rie. Turn about is only fairplay, and as a com-panion-piece to the Eagle's scream Iwouldsuggest that you give the Lion a chance to roar.You can insert, if you please, the followinglines:

Once more "Britannia rules the wave,"On far Columbia's shore.

Her English hearts, the tried and brave,True as their sires of yore.

The laurel wreath once more Is thine,Proud mistress of the sea!

Thy gallant sons far o'er the brlntHave proven worthy thee.

A victor proud ValkyrieridesO'er the Atlantic's foam.

Her glittering sail inglory fliesTo bear the trophy home.

Very respectfully, Charles W. Pope.630 Market street.

San Francisco, September 10, 1895.

PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.Itcosts something to have an Emperor for a

friend. The recent visitof Kaiser William toLordLonadale cost, itis said, $200,000. Thisisnot quite as bad as was the case in which theDuke of Buckingham had Queen Victoria ashis guest at Stowe. The costliness of her re-ception was so great as to bankrupt him.

Mr. Mackenzie estimates the number ofslaves in Zanzibar and the adjoining islandsof Pemba, both under British protection, to be206,000, these being the survivors of over1,000,000 souls, the others having lost theirlives in the course of transit from the places oftheir capture.

Theodore Roosevelt is taking what time hefinds free from his cares inGotham to devoteto literature. He is writing, among otherthings, a book of patriotic stories for youngpeople.

Sir Philip Sidney at a great fete SDOrted a hatworth $25,000. It was felt, broad brimmedand turned up at the side, witha rosette ofdiamonds.

AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Itwould be a difficult thing to get anybody

to believe that Dr. W.G. Mizner would let aChinaman slip upon him without raising one

or those celebrated rows that follows the "fate-

fulMizner smile." Itis nevertheless true thatsuch a thingdid occur and according to thedoctor's, story very little was said."Iwas traveling through China some years

ago," said he to tome friends in the Palacegrillroom, "and stopped a little while at Can-

ton. Ofcourse Iwanted to see the city, so I

hired a palanquin and went forth into thestreets. They are very narrow seldom widerthan one can stretch the arms. By some hookor crook it was discovered thatIwas an Ameri-can. We had gone probably half a block whenthe sallow brutes deliberately began to spit at

me. Ihad to dodge and duck to escape thecharges of tobacco juice, etc., for had Iat-tempted tomake any protest there would have

been a Mizner corpse under the feet of a large

portion of three million inhabitants of thecity. Itwas as much as my life was worth toget out and declare war. Ihad to take it alland get out the best way possible. They

smashed the top of my palanquin with bamboosticks and made remarks that caused the blushto rise to ny cheeks."

"Is there no protection for an Americanthere?'' asked one of the doctor's audience.

"Absolutely none. Had Ibeen an English-manIwould have been treated with respect.They fear the English and laugh at Ameri-cans."

"Why isit so?""Simply because America never protects her

citizens ifthey get Into trouble. On the otherhand, England will send relief at once andstand by her subjects. In Canton there is nomore respect for the American Consul thanthere is for a street gamin. They know that ifthey take liberties with an American who hasno particular station inlife outside of his owncountry, America will never lift her fingerto demand redress. Now, let's get down to thisquestion ana discuss it. There is a good dealto be said about the matter and let me tell youit's about time to find out where the land ofthe free and the home of the brave has anyjurisdiction."Iknow of a man inSan Jose de Guatemala

by the name of John Magee. He was one dayapproached by the commandant of the townand asked for a horse. He replied that heneeded the horse himself, whereupon the com-mandant ordered him strapped to a post andgiven liitv lashes. Magee appealed to theEnglish Consul, and in a short time an Eng-lish man-of-war steamed into the harbor anddemanded $100,000, or threatened to bom-bard the city. Twenty-four hours' time wasallowed, but long before it was up the moneywas on the deck and Magee got half ofit

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ship the balance. After that incident Mageewas granted a concession to build a steel pierout into the ocean, and he charges a cent apound for every pound of staff imported andexported into the country. He is the bigInjunof the place and is greatly respected.

"Now take a look at America's policy. Dr.Harry Cross of Stockton went down to Guate-mala, took a photograph of the palace with acamera and was thrown into prison for twoweeks. He appealed to the American Consuland got nothing for a reply.

"InAcapulco there isa first mate ofan Amer-ican ship who shot the second mate in self-defense. All the evidence was clear on thatpoint, but the people there imprisoned him forlife and he has been in the place for eightyears. Several appeals to the American Gov-ernment nave been fruitless, and the result isthat all over the world the foreign policy ofAmerica is a laughing stock. Ididn't intendto get into this discussion, but what Ihavesaid goes, and it is deplorable that a mandare not defend himself in a foreign countryfor fear that his own Government willnot pro-tect him from a life of servitude and imprison-ment. Ican't stand it whenIthink of it. It'«enough to drive an American crazy. Let's getout of here and cool off"; and the "fatefulsmile was gone to make room for a large ex-pression of disgust.

At the LickHouse last evening several menwere talking about the need for opening upmarkets outside the State for the food productsgrown here. "It seems to me that Californiansare too much inclined to go ahead and growsomething that somebody else is growing.They lose good opportunities, too," said J. A.Finch. "There is no reason why San Fran-cisco should import its eggs and poultry fromthe East."

"Oh, that is such a small matter, and itissuch a troublesome business," he was an-swered.

"Small matter?" said Mr. Finch. "You arenot aware that San Francisco consumed over7,000,000 dozen eggs last year, and that one-half of them came from the East. Let me giveyou some figures Ihave about eggs and poul-try, and you will see that it is one of thegreatest ofindustries.

"France consumes in eggs and poultry, invalue over 337,000,000 francs annually; Eng-land imported from Germany, Belgium. Franceand Holland $33,500,000 worth of eggs lastyear; while it is estimated that the UnitedStates in1894 consumed in eggs and poultryin value $750,000 000. All the eggs sold donot go to the restaurants and hotel tables, butare largely used in the manufacture of kidgloves, in book-binding establishments, infinishing fine leather. The calico-print worksused 40,000,000 dozen eggs Jast year, andsome photographic establishments use over2,000,000 eggs annually. Wine clarifiers useover 10,000.000 a year. Over half the eggssold are used in the manufactures; this por-tion of the consumption increases more rap-idly than the table demand, which is thereason so large an average price is paid foreggs to-day.

"The poultry business of the Eastern Stateshas become one of the leading industrieswithin the past few years, and for the amountof money invested has paid a larger per centprofit than any other legitimate businessknown. Nine of our leading Eastern citiesconsume over $137,000,000 worth of eggs andpoultry annually. The industry has grown tosuch large proportions that some of our lead-ing financiers in the East have gone into thebusiness, employing scientific men to run theirplants. The old method oi setting the hen and

waiting until she rears her brood has been su-perseded by the incubator and brooder, whichenable those engaged in the business to turnout Chickens inall seasons of the year, therebyprocuring a large profit. Ninety per cent of altthe poultry consumes in Massachusetts, Con-necticut, New York and New Jersey are raisedartificially."Itmay surprise you, but itis true, that Call-

fornia does not produce more then half her de-mand. Carloads of dressed poultry,and eggsin the same proportion, are shipped here fromKansas City and other Eastern points, which isa reflection upon the California climate andthe indifference ofher people. Those interestedand engaged in horticulture and agriculturewould rise upinindignation if the East wereto ship two carloads of fruitto San Francisco.bu there isan industry in which the neglect of thepeople allows over $1,000,000 to go out of theState annually. Inorder to meet this demandthe industry must be run on the same businessprinciples as are used by the successful poul-try-raisers of the East. There are plants intheEast with investments from $10,000 to $150,---000, which pay large profits, being run onscientific methods."

D. \T. O. MIZKEB PROTESTS AGAINST AMEKICA'BFOREIGN POLICY.

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PERSONAL.

Dr. J. Caples of Elk Grove is at the Grand.George F. Winslow, U. S.A. is at the Occl-

dental.w. H. Cleary, one ofStockton's merchants, is

at the Lick.G. C. Freeman, a Fresno lawyer, is stopping

at the Lick.J. H.Flickinger, the San Jose fruit-packer, is

at the Palace.Sam Rucker, the San Jose improver, Is in

town at the Palace.j.F. Coop, a SanU Cruz merchant, is houBM

at the Grand Hotel.Dr.George F. Chalmers, ft Modesto physician,

is at the Grand Hotel.S. J. Grover, one of Santa Cruz' lumber mer-

chants, is stopping at the Grand.Major J. S. Mcßride, a prominent Mason oi

Modesto, is in the City at the Lick.Nicholas Frayer, one of the leading mining

men of Amador, isa guest at the Ruse.George A. Steinway, a son of the famous

piano-maker, is a guest at tne Palace Hotel.A. Abrahams, a Reno merchant, dropped

down from Nevada to lay ina fallstock. He isat the Falace.

L.L. Boone, the largest land-ovrner of Conleystation, is intown to lease some ranch lands.He isat me Russ.

J. M. Shawhan, The Call's correspondent atLos Angeles, is in the City for a few days, andis a guest at the Lick Honse.

CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. V., Sept. 10.—Californiansregistered at hotels to-day: San Francisco—W. A. Foster, Murray Hill; H. A. Gerrlsh,Union Square: D. Plousky, Marlborough ;|G.

H. Gray, J. C. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. H. N.Ste-vens, G. R. Perry, Broadway Central; J. W.Raphael, Stewart House; B.Lathrop, MurrayHill; Mrs. A. J. Stevens, Park Avenue. Oak-land—Mrs. H. E. Cook, Miss E. Cook, Mrs,Alexander, St. Denis. Los Angeles—C. A.Brandt, Grand Union. California— J. G.Cooper, Grand.

CALIFORNIANS IN WASHINGTONWASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 10.— Among to-

day's arrivals were: CD. Buerler and wife,Miss Buerler, San Francisco; A.B. Burrell andwife, Ray Burrell, Oakland; H. H. Herald,Coronado; J. D.Wiley,Los Angeles.

CALIFORNIANS AT SALT LAKE.

SALT LAKE, Utah, Sept. 10.—At the Tern*pleton— C. H. Clark, San Francisco. At theKnutsford— Mr. and Mrs. W, E. Hale, SanQuentin. At the Walker— L. D. Fullmer andC. J. Boskowitz, San Francisco. At the Cullen—L.Simon, Alameda.

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of "The Two Orphans," recently presented tothe French Government her collection of 8000Chinese and Japanese idols and monsters, to-gether with the house in the Bois de Boulognewhere she kept them, and 16,000 francs a yearfor the care ofthe collection.

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