The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-07-27
High Wages.

A little group of pioneers was sitting il
the Palace hotel, San Francisco, the Other
evening, discussing the labor problem.
"Times in California" said Senator Lang
ford, "are growing worse and worse every
year for the wageworker. The Chinese evi
is ruinous to white labor When L came here
in 40 high rates were paid all kinds of labor.
What is the highest price, senator, you
have ever known paid an unskiIed laborer
in Californian inquired one of the group.
give dollars an hour"
"Ten us about it"
The senator leaned back in his chair and
told the following:
1.-THE usual excitement prevailed as the
Panama steamer came to her mornings at
Long Wharf, San Francisco, one September
day in 1849. Shortly after the STEAMERS
arrival two young men walked up the
wharf, valise in hand, and entered the
Oregon house, at the head of the wharf
The house was built on piles, to which
boards were nailed from the water up to
within about six inches of the house proper
The young men sat down on one of the two
boxes which adorned the barroom. While
they were enjoying a smoke, one of those
jovial fellows that are the life of all small
gatherings entered, and asked Jim, the pro
prietor, if he had his hired men, Jim re-
piled in the negative, stating that it was
impossible to get men, although he had
offered them IS an hour The young mer
overhearing the conversation. informed him
that they would work for that figure, and
asked what the job might be-
'Bailing out my cellar. Take off you
coats and pitch in
"The trap door leading to the cellar wa.
raised, and the young men then commenced
their labors. After they had raised little
perspiration the jovial fellow appeared, and
seeing them hard at it. informed the boys
who soon crowded the house.
"The young men worked hard and fast. At
the end of three hours, the water not dinin-
ishfng. one Of the new arrivals made a sur
vey of the cellar, when he discovered, through
the six-inch space intervening between the
boards and the house, Goat island.
1.-THE young men were each paid $50 out Of
the $500 taken in at the bar while trying to
bail out the Bay of San Francisco Wi
liam Marshall in It'd Bits
HIS HEART UNTOUCHED.
Clara tsorrowfully)- 1 am con-
WINGED that young Mr.. Simpson does not love
me-
Mother-Why, dear?
Clara-Last evening he referred to a new
pair of shoes that he had just bought, He
got them size too large No young man in
love ever buys shoes too large for him
A PERFECT BABY.
Old Bachelor Ito young mother)- The baby
is rather small Of its agel
Young Mother hesitatingly) We'll, ye-es
rather
Old Bachelor-No teeth vet?
Young Mother falteringly1-N-no, not yet.
Old Bacholor-Legs little bowed7
Young Mother doubtfulIy)-Er- trifie.
perhaps.
Old Bachelor-Nose small for the rest Of
It's facet
Young Mother uncertain1yl-Yes but it
will grow.
Old Bachelor-Cries moss of the time!
Young Mother dubiouslv)-It cries little
Old Bachelor-Well, if the baby possesses
all these defects why do you call it the
sweetest, incest, dearest loveliest and most
beautiful baby in the world! HUH
Young Mother (triumphantly)-B it
IS So thers' Won mean old thing New
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