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The morning call., 1890-06-21
THE PRIzE-F1GHTEEs APPEAL.

When Mcbride was done to death by
Frank La Rue in prize-fght at so-called
athletic club in this city public Indignation
compelled the Governor to call the atten-
ton Of the Attorney General to the circum-
stance, and to invite such action on his part
as would prevent acts Of the same character
hereafter. 1t is not known that MIR. john
son las taken any steps to vindicate the
law; but another athletic club-the Califor-
MIA Athletic Notwithstanding advertised
that another ize-fght-between Mitchell
and La Blanche-was to take place under
its auspices, in its rooms, al an early day,
the officers Of the club have thought it pru-
dent to propose to the Attorney-General to
meet their attorneys in court, on an agreed
statement of facts, and to argue the Ques-
ton whether prizc-fshting is or is not con-
tTary to law.
Courtesy 10 individual members of the
association may possibly induce Mr.. john
son to answer this rather cheeky m!ssiye
if he does he will probably content himself
with sending the club a cory of the code.
Here is q body Of individuals who openly
declare that they are habitual breakers ;
that they pay money 10 priZe-hghters TO set
the law at defiance, in their rooms, under
their sanction, in presence of their MEN,
bers; and they presume to invite the law
officer of the State to engage in friendly
debate On the question whether the law IS
the law, and whether it means what it says.
What if house breakers and sneak-thieves
should invite the District Attorney to ap-
pear before moot court, TO engage in an
abstract argument on the criminality of
burglary or theft? The debating society
. before which the athletic association should
be summoned is Police Court, with re-
mainder to the Criminal Department of the
Superior Bench.
The athletic association says it is engaged
in a business whose object is to develop the
muscles of Its members, and as muscular
development is good, it claims to be engaged
in meritorious work. 1t forgets that mus
cular development comes too high when il
ignores the fact that the brutality which is
eHgendered by the spectacle of glove fights
grows into an instinct which can only
be satiated by blood. Most of the men,
bers Of the association, respectable though
they may lie, will scarcely deny that
they would pay a considerable sum for a
ticket Of admission to pTize-fght, at which
one Of the combatants might be MANNED for
life. nor will they deny, if they are candid,
that this appetite for brutal spectacles would
not have existed if it had not been engen-
dered and formented by Witnessing boxing
matches with gloves. People are educated
TO brutality as they are educated to music
A cultured and refined gentleman sickens
at the sight of two men pounding each
others faces and bodies into jelly. But one
who has Leen in the habit of attending box
ing matches is flied with a stern joy at the
sight Of broken noses, and blood and
bruises. He feels as the Spaniard feels
when the lull rips up the bowels of q
wounded horse, or the attendants carry Out
the bleeding body of p toreador.
The morning call., 1890-06-21
sEcoND-CLAss MAIL MATTER.

1t is well-known that bills have been in
troduced in the Senate and in the House to
exclude the popular publications known as
libraries " from the mails as seeond-class
matter. The "libraries," as our readers
know, are reprints mostly of standard for
eign works sold in this country at extremely
low prices and distributed through the
mails at a postage charge of one cent a
pound. The purpose of the bill is to class
these libraries" as first-class matter, which
would increase the postage charge to eight
cents pound. The movement to put
libraries" in the first class is in harmony
with the international copyright PROPOSE
ton. 1t is in the interest of publishers Of
hgh-priced books, who would probably in
crease their sales in consequence of the
withdrawal of cheap reprints EX-Post-
master-General James Justified the low
Iates Of postage charged Tor libraries" and
periodicals on the following grounds:
This low rate has developed the 20. Ular library
periodicals like the Franz lin Square, the Sea.
side and others. by which the best standard
works OF English lit nature like Green's His
tory of the English People" "Macdulay's His
tory" the works OF Dickens, Scott. George Eliot
and Shakespeare have been published IN ten
cent volumes and made accessible 10 the people
OF The most distant States and Territories, aud
enabled the present generation 10 possess every
important new publication IN science as well as
dctioD. In no other country have the masses
ever before enjoyed such au estmaUle intel
lectua privilege, and no money expended
by the Government iu any of Its multiform agen
cieS has ever conferred such enormous auvau-
tages This extension OF reading good books by
the masses is In itself one OF the marks of prog
ress Of civilization, and OF Tie widening benefits
OF government of the people ana for the peo-
pie. This Impulse and direction, OF course, must
not be changed There must be NO steps back
ward.
The morning call., 1890-06-21
THE CENSUS FIGURES.

II is now pretty certain that the census
will materially reduce the estimates that
have been made of the population of San
Francisco. Whether the interior of the
State will get the benefit of the city's loss
Will appear when complete returns are in.
There are probably 10000 people, not count
ing Chinese, whose residence is in this city,
who are now in some of the interior counties.
Some thousands are camping out within
fifty or one hundred miles of the city. These
campers are not likely to be caught flying,
especially as the census-taker is not suf-
fciently well paid to warrant much enter
prise in the way Of uncertain work. a
good many of these campers have such
family relations that they would report
themselves as being enrolled in this city.
In this way census-taker who should visit
group of campers might not add materi-
ally to his list Of paying names. There has
perhaps been some remissnesS on the part
OF census-takers in not following clews
given at temporarily closed residences
Instances have been reported in which the
business addresses of men whose families
were out of town have been given to the
census-taker by neighbors, but without re-
suit. Whether the census-taker put the
AdlH6 uUN II anu answered. lub CELSIUS QueS-
tons from inspiration is not known. At
all events, the business address in many
cases has not been called upon. There is,
of course, danger that if a man is called
upon at his business address and his family
at its residence address, there will be a
duplication of persons. a comparison of
names in such cases will not always war
rant the proper correction unless full names,
addresses and occupations and general de-
scriptions are also compared. The consola-
ton for an imperfect census lies i'll the fact
that the last previous census was presume
bly, no less imperfect We all remember
the disappointment that was experienced
in 1880 when the population of the city was
announced. Estimates were then cut down
by $4,000, and probably a larger cut will be
made this year We may as well be pre-
pared to stand for another ten years on the
census book under the 800, OOO mark. II we
should happen to gel above it the census
taker will be entitled to more credit than
he can count on at the present time.
The morning call., 1890-06-21
A MONETARY MIDDLE.
General Barnes and Captain Easterby

General Barnes and Captain Easterby at
LOggerhe lads.
General W. II. L. Barnes and Captain A. Y.
Easterby of Napa, the latter retired skipper,
are at loggerheads ABOUT S240o, which General
Barnes paid the captain about year ago, as an
investment in stock of the California Portland
Cement Company.
General Barnes says that wren he subscribed
the money for the project which was a scheme
to ma cement from coraliine deposits near
Santa Cruz, he thought others, including Albert
Gallatin, were Interested. He says further IndL
the money was handed To Easterby with the un-
Outstanding that ii was TO be placed in Belize
Freres' Bank, where 1t was to remain until GER
tain building contracts could be arranged; but,
contrary TO agreement, he claims EaSterb drew
the money which lie devoted TO his own use, al
though PRETENDING 10 deposit II in the Pacific
Ban.
Captain EaSterby claims that the funds in
question have been used for the company's pur-
poses, paying necessary obligations, and
claims TO be, 10 TACT, the sole owner OF AL tie
cOmpany's stock, except That sold 10 Mrs.
Barnes. He SAID also that the money had been
deposited IN lie Pacific Bank by him at the time
he had stated.
These Two gentlemen met yesterday afternoon
in Notary hnUXs office on California street To
cone TO an understanding, but that was in-
possible, and General Barnes left saying that lie
would bring the matter before The Grand Jury.
The morning call., 1890-06-21
RECIPROCITY REVIVED.

- When the Senate rejected the reciprocity
treaty with Mexico which was negotiated
by Mr.. Arthur's administration, the act was
viewed as meaning that reciprocity was
free trade in Spots" and that as such it
was not satisfactory either to the free
traders, who demanded that our policy in
respect to duties should be the same for all
foreign nations, or to the pIotectionists,
who regarded free exchange Of eommod-
tiles with any nation a departure from the
principle Of protection. 1t seems, however,
that Mr.. Blaine recommends that whenever
Mexico or any other Spanish-American
country admits our goods free, we shall ad-
nit their products on the like terms.
There are two objections to this scheme.
In the first place, as TIE CALL has fire.
qucntly pointed out we already admit 81
per cent of our imports from South and
Central America free of duty, while nearly
all our goods are charged with duties in the
ports Of those countries; thus, in proposing
the reciprocity which is suggested, we ask
our neighbors to surrender a revenue which
they need in exchange for a concession
which they have got already to a great ex-
tent. In the second place the admission Of
their produce free Of duty will deprive Ger
tain interests in this country Of the protec-
ton TO which they are entitled under the pro-
tectiOnist system. For instance, the free ad-
mission OF Mexican argentiferous lead ores
will deprive the miners of New Mexico and
Colorado Of the benefit Of the tariff, and the
free admission of Mexican oranges will de-
pTiye the California orange-gr0wer of the
protection he now enjoys. 1t will not con-
sole the Coloradan or the Californian to tell
him that his sacrifice enables Massachusetts
TO fill Mexico with cottons and woolens. aud
Pennsylvania to supply that country with
iron goods.
The President, however, does not indorse
Mr.. Blane's proposition, for he believes
and the country is with him on this point
that more can be effected toward the de-
yelopment Of trade with our southern neigh
bors by increasing transportation facilities
and banking facilities than by tinkering
with tariffs. Looking at the subject from
our standpoint, every San Franciscan re-
Allies that the way TO stimulate trade with
Chile is to put on a line of steamers to
Valparaiso. There is no other way that
will yield results worth considering There
are scores of articles which we have in ex-
cess and which Chile needs, and nearly as
many which Chile has in excess and we
could consume. II transportation were
afforded for a regular exchange of the two,
mutual benefit would result. IL is not GER
tain that the exchange would be promoted
The morning call., 1890-06-21
JULY FOURTH.
Preparations Being NJ de for the Pnrad.
An Extra Holiday.

Preparations Being Made for the Parade.
An Extra Holiday.
Tie Fourth OF July Committee on Parade met
last evening at their headquarters In the Arcade
Building on Market street, j. W. Grove presd-
ing.
\ communication was read from the Naval
Veteran Legion accepting an invitation to parade
providing the committee would appropriate $3.50
TO pay the expenses of decorating line OF bat
tie ship model that would be used IN the parade.
The committee decided that they could fur
nish no money but would furnish conyeyances
for one model or twenty.
he committee reported that two six.hOrse
teams had been offered for The parade by Miller
s Lux, TWO by Nelby & Judge. and one by j. q.
Johnson.
Communications from the following organlza-
tions were read accepting an Invitation TO paftlc-
ipate III the parade:
juarez Guard, an Italian military organization
Exempt Firemen, Colonel CaSs Post, Il. A. r.
Jeurneymeu Butchers OF South san francisco,
California Pailor, No. l. n. 5. q. W., Italian
Chamber OF Commerce. Mission Parlor. No 50,
N - e.. W.
The committee report that answers TO invita-
lions TO take part III the parade are coming in
rapidly and that every indication points to sue
ceSStul affair.
The morning call., 1890-06-21
OUR INFANT wooLENs.

Somebody has taken the trouble to send
US a table showing the duties on wooden
goods at various periods in our history.
From this it appears that duties by the
pending tariff bill are higher than at any
previous time since the meeting of the first
Congress. 1t is quite probable that they
are, though the remark is in order that the
practice Of differentiation which many i'm
porterS have adopted renders it difficult to
tell precisely what duty is paid on q partic-
ular kind of goods. For example, wooden
cloth that would be worth 81 yard in our
market would be worth at the place of man.
ufacture from 81 10 81 80. Assuming that
true invoice is sent, ad valorem duties
would be collected on the valuation at the
place Of manufacture. But if false in
voice is sent, as is often the case, duties
would be paid on the invoice price, which
might be one-half, more or less of the act
nal market price. The pamphlet before US
urges the fact that when duties were first
levied on foreign goods the advocates of pro-
lection thought that When the Industries then
protected became established they would
sustain themselves without Government
aid. 1t is very true that arguments of that
nature were advanced in the early part of
the century. But at that time labor in this
country was cheap. Men CO.. ld be hired in
numbers to suit at from So TO Sc per month.
The poorest paid class of operatives in our
Eastern factories receive for weeks work
as much as a man could earn in month
when Henry Clay was claiming that manu-
featuring industries would only need Pro-
lection for few years. These different
conditions have to be met. The labor stan
dard cannot be maintained without duties
on such foreign products as compete with
our industries. The effect of free trade
would be TO bring labor back very nearly to
the wages paid when our protective policy
was adopted. Free trade and free immigra-
ton would speedily knock our labor stand
ard down to a level with that of the coun-
tries which compete with US. And that, ap-
parently, is what the free-traders want.
The morning call., 1890-06-21
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES

nAIIY CALL (ineluding sundays, So per year by
nail postpaid: Is cents per week, or 50 cents per
calendar month through carriers. DAILY CALL, five
copies three months. So 20. SUNDAY CALL twelve
rages), 81 90 per year, postpaid. SUNDAY CALL
AID WEEKLY CALL 81 so per year, postpaid
WEEKLY CALL eight pages), 81 rs per year. post
Eald. Clubs of ten (sent to one address,, $40
The morning call., 1890-06-21

525 montgomery street, Clay, open until II
street Kearny, open until - O'Clock midnight;
$50 Hayes street, open until $3.50 O'Clock; oeS
Iarkin street, open until $3.50 olock, and 2SlS
Mission street Oman until 9 O'Clock P. N.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

by reciprocity treaty. AT any rate the aid
which that device would furnish would be
slight. But without transportation to carry
the goods back and forth, the treaty would
not have much weight in bringing about
the exchange.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

SIGNAL SERVICE, U. s. ARAIY,l
DIVISION THE PACIFIC
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20 1905 P. NJ. }
Synopsis f the Past Tweuty-four Hours.
The barometer is highest off the coast of oregon
and is lowest in Southern Nevada; the Temperature
has fallen in Oregon and Washington and remained
nearly stationary in California. Local rains have
fallen in oregon and Washington; elsewhere the
weather has been fair
Forecast Till 2. NJ. Saturday.
For California-far weather; westerly winds;
nearly stationary temperature In the southern por-
zion; warmer in the northern portion.
FOR Oregon and Washington Fair weather in
Eastern Washington; light rains, followed by fair
weather Saturday elsewhere; westerly winds;
warmer
The morning call., 1890-06-21

Mrs. Mary McGlnness, arrested Thurs
day for cruelty to her children, was yeSter-
day committed to the House of Correction
by Judge Xix for sixty days. Her three
little children have been taken care of by
raIafivpc
The morning call., 1890-06-21
Extending the Holiday.

The disposition TO make holiday of the Satur-
day following the Fourth OF July is becoming
general. The majority OF the dry-goods houses,
all the Tea-estate Offices, banks, insurance
houses and many of The manufactures Will be
closed on that daY
The morning call., 1890-06-21
Chinese Domfnoes.

Judge Lawler yesterday dismissed the
charges of gambling against several Chi
Dese who had been caught by the police
when playing dominoes. The game was
not Illegal
The morning call., 1890-06-21
SPECIAL NOTICE FOR THE SUMMER
MONTHS

Subscribers who intend going to the country dur
ing the summer months can have THE DAILY CALL
mailed to them for a week longer at regular sub
sorption rates. I5e per week. Give order to carrier
OF send to business Office
The morning call., 1890-06-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Goschen. the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, whose obstinacy forced Sails
bury and his Cabinet to give precedence
to the Licensing Bill, against which there
is widespread hostility, is now being
roundly denounced by friend and foe; but
1t is not his first experience Of the kind.
He was a member of Gladstone's admins
tration in 1868 as President of the Poor
Law Board, and succeeded Childers in 1871
as First Lord of the Admiralty, holding
Office till 1874. In May, 1880, on Glad
stones return to power Goschen was ap-
pointed ambassador Extraordinary at Con-
stantinople, and it was mainly through his
efforts that Greece was forced to yield up
nearly one-third Of the territory promised
her at Berlin. In 1856, Gladstone de-
nounced him as Tory. He took a prom
inent place in the campaign against the
Home Rule Bill, and when Churchill Gre
ated great political surprise by resigning,
early in 1887, he succeeded him as Chan
cellor Of the Exchequer.
Senator Blair, well known all over the
Union on account of his Educational Bill,
has just introduced resolution OF extern
Sive scope, requesting the President to
invite an international congress to meet in
Washington to form an international alli-
ance for the suppression of slavery and the
slave trade; of the traffic in intoxicating
liquors. firearms and destructive substances
with uneivilized people; to promote the
establishment of schools of common knowl-
edge, art and industry among them, and to
secure the disarmament OF nations and the
organization Of international courts.
Owing to the vast armies of her neighbors
and the danger of being selected as battle
ground in the next great European struggle
Switzerland has been making extensive
preparations TO guard the neutrality of her
domain. The rugged character of the coun-
try is Of great assistance to those entrusted
with the task, a few strategic situations
commanding the leading avenues Of COM
munication.
The necessity of protecting home indus
tries has just been exemplifed at Mime
apolis, Belgian manufacturing firm having
The morning call., 1890-06-21

THE saving IN clothing where Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap is used is tUenty times the soap bill.
1t IS no new experiment, but has been sold for
"a years. To-day just as pure as in 1865. Try
II. Your grocer has 1t or he viii order il.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

SUED FOR AN AssAULT.-C. Ii. Bellina has
sued Joseph Miguel in the Justices Court TO re-
cover 1898 damages for injuries to his head by
reason OF an assault by Miguel few days ago.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

HARRY AULD's REMAINs.-The remains oil
Harry Aud, who was Killed in the recent rail
way disaster at Oakland, were sent TO Honolulu
by the Australia yesterday.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

AWAITING DEVELOPMENTS. = The examina-
tion of Prescott sawyer for sIabbing Sausalto
boatman recently was continued yesterday until
wednesday next, owing 10 the uncertain c0nd-
ton of the Injured man.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

MINING TRUsTEEs.-The Bodie Consolidated
Mining Company has elected as Trustees: George
l. Ives, l.. Osborn, John Kelly A. Herman,
Thomas Brown, w III, King ana b. L. Burlng
The morning call., 1890-06-21

CoUGHs AND HoARsESE ss.-The irritation which
induces Coughing is Immediately relieved by
" Brolcn's Bronchial TrocAes." Sold only In boxes
The morning call., 1890-06-21

THE genuine Angostura Bltters of DR.. j. G. Is
Siegert Sons, are the most eicacous stimulant tC
excite the appetite. Ask your druggist.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

fire aud bail at Saratoga Hall, S14 Geary street.
Monday evening, June Both, by The Seven
Pines Circle, No. 3.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

In support of the Pure-food Bill some re-
markable figures were presented to the SEN
ate 1t was estimated that of the annual
supply of food consumed in the United
States. valued at "a, SOC. 900. 600. there was
about 500, 600, 600 worth of fraudulent food
products foisted upon consumers.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

2 LBS choice cream mixed candy In Japanese
basket soc. Townsend's. G27 Market ST.
The morning call., 1890-06-21

MANY aches and pains yield promptly to PARKER's
GINGER TONIC. Try it.
PARKER's HAIR BALsAM viii save your hair.
The morning call., 1890-06-21
WEATHER. PREDICTIONS.

AUCTION SALES TO-DAY.
FuRN1rURE-By f. 5. Spear q Co., at 81 sutteI
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