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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-18

noon;
"PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IL.
Ito Mr.. !. A. Swigard General Manager:
= DEAR SIR-The operation of the yards
at Buffalo. Wayerly aud Sayre will be re-
sumed Thursday. the 18th inst. You are
hereby Instructed TO pay off aud discharge
at once all employees who have gone out on
a strike except such hitherto efficient and
faithful men as you are convinced were
coerced into the abandonment of their dn-
lies. and who if left TO their own free will
would not have left he service of the COM
pany, and may have families or others who
are dependent upon them.
lSignedl A MCLEOD. President
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. l1.-Oyer eight
hundred men. most of them experienced
railroad hands, left here today to take the
places of the striking switchmen at Buf-
falo
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Associated
Press has received the following statement
from George II. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central railroad:
''GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT,
NEW YORK. Aug. IL
81 have telegram from Vice President
Webb, dated Buffalo this morning, in
which he stated that there is no trouble
there with our passenger trains; that they
are being handled promptly rs usual, and
that there will be no delay. You may an
neunce this officially. l win notify you
promptly of any change in the situation.
ISi0ned "GEoRGE H DANIELS"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
ALL ALONG THE LINE.

The Stockton Republican has the follow
ing:
Some four months ago IL was given out that
there were certain gentleman who were formerly
In the steamboat ana water transportation bust
ness between Stockton and san Francisco who
had made up their minds that competing line
Of steamers between those points would Uay,
especially as the newly built Union Mills will be
able 10 give a large amount OF business TO the
company that could furnish transportation at
tie lowest rate. The matter was thoroughly dis
cussed. and it was lin ally decided TO build an
other line OF steamers, and one OF the first was
ordered TO be ready fer business about the mid
die OF April. But 10 sooner was Il de-
cided that a new line OF steamers and baFges
was about to apply for tie business Of the mer-
chants OF san Francisco, Stockton aud inter-
mediate points than the present company de
up its mind 10 fight the propOsilion-to use the
secretary's own words, "All along the line"
One of the necessities Of the movement to
establish competing lines is a method by
which the business community should make
such discrimination as is threatened i'm
practicable. The directors OF tie California
Navigation and Improvement Company
have, as stated In the Republican,, raised
the freight charge for the Union Milling
Company per ton from s. cents 10 81 90.
such an outrage as this can aud should
be prevented a common carrier has no
right in equity or in law to discriminate be-
tween shippers. It's business Is to do the
work that is offered at uniform rates. We
do not place much stress upon the fact that
the Union Mills, as a corporation. is not in
terested in the new line Of steamers. If the
Union Mills WAS, in fact, the new steam
ship company, it should have an equal
right with all other shippers TO the of
established lines. One of the problems the
Traffic Association has TO solve is the weld
ing OF the community to common cause.
Ii is not supposed that the existing trans
poTtation companies will let 60 their lucra-
tive traffic without an effort TO keep il.
The moment a competing line is formed an
effort will be made TO starye 1t out. This
effort will be successful unless the people
stand by themselves. The existing COM
panies have millions to play for a stake of
tens of millions. They can run their trains
for year at a loss by drawing upon the ex-
cessiye profits Of past years. If in the end
they should succeed in starving out COM
peting roads, they would recoup their losses
from the community, which would then be
at their mercy. Such discrimination as
that outlined in our Stockton contemporary
should be met at the outset. The business
community should act against ii with ali the
force there is in the business community.
San Francisco and the interior cities can
certainly pull together on this proposition.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
HUNTINGTON ON NICARAGUA.

Mr.. c. p. Huntington declares that the
Nicaragua Canal will never be built, and
that 1t would be an injury 10 California IL
1t were. He will have some difficulty in
peTsuading the people Of this State that
they would be injured by shortening the
water distance between San Francisco and
New York to 1900 miles, or between San
Francisco and Liverpool TO 700 miles. He
has got so much In the habit of considering
this State his own private property that he
cannot believe the State has any interests
separate from his, and as the Nicaragua
Canal would divert business from his roads
be concludes it would be bad for California.
His opinion is measure of the value Of his
advice in general.
These railroad people regard everything
from the standpoint of their own interest
only, and whenever that interest conflicts
with the public interest they think it best
for all parties that the latter should 90 to
the wall. San Francisco is making a strug-
gle to develop its maritime trade. 1t is
handicapped by the obstacles which Mr..
Huntlngton's corporations throw in the
way. 1t finds in the way of the estab-
lishment of a line Of freight steamers to
New York via Panama a secret agreement
between the Pacific Mail and the Panama
Railroad, by which the freight carried on
Pacific Mall steamers Is hauled over the
railroad for less money than other freight
has TO pay. Mr.. Huntington would prob
ably argue that this is all for the best in
terests of California. Shippers do not see
it in that light.
His Sacramento organ lately threatened
that If San Francisco put on lines of freight
steamers to carry freight round the cape in
opposition to the transcontinentai railroads
the latter would cut rates Till the steamers
were driven out of the business. as a
matter of fact, the rate-cutting could not
begin too soon for San Francisco. This
port could stand a good deal of il, and there
is growing up state of feeling which
would induce people to stand by the steam
ers. But what singular spirit the threat
breathes! Evidently in the eyes of the rail-
road people the utilization of our maritime
position is an offense which calls for pun
ishment. We are not at liberty to seek
trade over the sea. All the Transportation
which grows out Of the marketing of cur
products belongs to the Southern Pacific OF
right, and an attempt to take the smallest
part of it from them is audacious and indie
feasible. We do not own our own State or
our own crops. or. for that matter, our own
souls. They all belong to the power which
reigns at Fourth and Townsend. An at
tempt at emancipation is high treason.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
THE CALIFORNIA MIDLAND RAIL
ROAD.

The Stockton Republican thinks that the
projectors Of the California Midland Rail-
way scheme should be closely scrutinized,
mainly for the reason that The CALL and
on or two other San Francisco papers are
against it. The Republican has mistaken
The CALLS position. We are not opposed
to any interior railroad that is independent
of the Southern Pacific system. We do not
knew whether the California Midland is
independent OF not But we can very read
lily understand that the Southern Pacific,
in the face Of impending competition,
might think it stroke Of policy to secure
franchises which would prevent the con-
siruction of a competing road on the best
route between two such important points
as Stockton and Fresno. THE CALL would
be greatly pleased if its interior con-
temporaries would not ascribe any sugges-
ton We may make to jealousy of interior
cities. We know very well that not a point
in California can be prosperous without
materially contributing TO the prosperity of
San Francisco. The recovery of trade we
seek is not 10 take anything they have
from such interior cities as Sacramento,
Stockton, San Jose and Los Angeles. Ii
these cities were ten times as large as they
are and had ten times the trade they have,
they would contribute ten times as much to
the trade and general Industries of the
State and Of this city. We know of no
proposition now before the people in which
the interior cities and San Francisco sh ould
not work in perfect harmony. Stockton
has had such an unfavorabie experience
with the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany that we should think its citizens
would be on the lookout for the future.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
The LAST KICK.

The silver miners faction proposes to
wreak its vengeance on Congress by refus-
ing to pass any bills until it has another
chance to make 20 cents equal to n dollar.
That is device which beaten parties often
threatens; but it very rarely happens that
the threat is fulfilled, for the simple reason
that it is revolutionary in its nature, and
that revolutions In all well-ordered coun-
tries must be put down by the strong hand.
The silver miners are hardly so bereft OF
sense as to want to subvert the Government
because they have been baked in their
scheme to tax the people at large tor their
private emolument.
During the long weary years before the
war when the people controlled the House
and the slave States controlled the Senate.
and. in consequence, it was impossible to
pass any measures of legislation which were
in harmony with public sentiment, it was
frequently proposed that the dominant
party in the House should refuse TO pass
the appropriation bills until the Senate
came TO its senses. But the plan was never
seriously attempted. When it came TO the
point it was felt that the stoppsge of the
supplies was the last resort of Congress
which had no other remedy, and the anti
slavery men were not willing to admit that
they had no other remedy. They were not
in the same straits as the people of England
wheI the Parliament had no control over
the supplies after they had been voted.
They could afford to wait. On other oeca-
sions representative bodies have stopped
the supplies in order 10 eoerce the executive.
Sometimes the device has succeeded IL
failed ANONYMOUSLY a few years ago in
Denmark. But it is not easy 10 recall an
instance in which so desperate remedy was
adopted out of spite at the failure of a bill
which was not matter of urgency.
The silver men must possess their souls
in patience. They have not succeeded, but
their energy and their ingenuity have COM
manded public admiration. by skiliful
IN anipulaton of Congressman out of a job
and by liberal subsidies to newspapers they
have made il APT ear that public opinion in the
West and South is what it is not. They have
brought on tile Western people the imputa-
ton that they were in favor of debased cur
reney instead of real money. They have
led large portion of the world 20 believe
that the American Of the trans Mississippi
region is so thiek-headed that lie thinks he
would be benefited by the revival of the
perniciOus practice which was one of the
chief grievances of the people Of ancient
England and France against their kings.
This was brilliant feat, most remarka-
BILE achievement. Let Mr.. Bland and his
friends be content with the glory thereof.
So much skill bestowed on a worthy cause
might have accomplished great results. 1t
is not given TO many TO make white appear
black
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
THE OAKLAND LESSON.

The voters OF Oakland have decided in
favor of an issue of $4,000 bonds for school
purposes and against an issue Of $500, GOO for
park and boulevard purposes. From all ac-
counts the bond advocates did all the fight
Ing. They expended considerable money
and energy in the effort to induce the voters
TO mortgage their property to promote i'm
prOyements to certain extent TO benefit
few persons. During the campaign the
public was informed that eyerybo was in
favor Of the bonds except score or SO of
siluTlans who had 0utlived their usefulness.
Yet these silurians seem TO have had more
votes at their back than the progressive gen.
tlemen who made an expensive campaign in
the interest of the bond proposition. Pos
sibly some Of cur San Francisco cOntempo-
rHries may derive some profit from the Oak
land lesson. While there may be occasions
when city should use its credit, the pay-as-
yOu-go rule will be found wise in all ordinary
emergencies. The people Of Oakland have
saved $50, coo in next years expenditures,
and may now devote that amount to one or
The other OF the purposes which were voted
down. Parks and bOulevards are good
things, but they are precisely the things
which municipality should provide for out
Of current revenues. Ii may be found neces-
sary, also, to extract from both these prop
ositions the personal interest which is ap-
parent in them. When private property is
going to be greatly benefited by an improve
ment made at public expense, common
justice requires that such property should
be separately assessed very nearly TO the
extent Of the expected benefit. ITO him
that hath shall be given" is biblical in
junction, but il may be construed to indicate
rather the way Of the world than a correct
standard of morals. at all events, people
who have bat little, and who work Eard for
that little, are tired of being taxed for the
benefit OF comparatively rich men.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
AN ANTI AMERICAN CITY.

Commenting upon the Boring Sea CORE
spondenee the New York Herald said:
1t IS tine for the nation TO call halt on Mr..
Harrison's mscbievous lingo policy. That policy
would have involved the country In war with
Chile had il not been baffied by popular senii-
ment here and by patriotism and craftsmanship
on The part OF the Chilean Government. In spite
OF It's failure then IL Is now resorted to again.
Mi. Harrison has assumed the responsibility or
sending basty. uncailed for ultlmatum TO Lon
don as lie did a few months ago 10 Santiago. "A
modus viyendi or wal" are his last words 10
Lord Salisbury.
The aDti-American tone Of the Herald
has often been commented upon by Ameri-
can papers, but probably more conspicu-
Gus example has not Gently been furnished
than the above. 1t Is as far from correct in
statement as it Is from being patriotic in
spirit "a mOdus yivendi or war" ultima
tum has never been submitted. The Presi-
dent did Inform the British Prime Minister
that IL England did not join the United
States in the protection of seal life the
United States would do the work alone.
There was no intimation Of war. Neither
could war have followed unless Great Brit
ain should send war-vessels to Boring Sea
to protect a form of seal-hunting that it had
declared Illegal last year.
But the Herald Is not the only anti
American paper in New York. The Times
criticlzes the State Department for its blus-
tering tone and advises the President to 90
SLOW" 1t accepts the English view that
there is no other motive ia this clustering
than desire to make political capital out of
the controversy. The Sun gave the Ameri-
can case as submitted to arbitration several
days ago, predicting with confidence that
the decision of the board of arbiters would
be against this country. II the American
people should read some mor1ing that one
OF the big Atlantic liners had bitched on TO
New York and pulled IL over to London, of
which city it is kind Of suburb. there would
not be much weeping over the news.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
SUG AR.

The absorption OF all the principal sugar
refneries,jn the United States into one
company and under one management
has given some cause for a movement to
withdraw from this combination the small
measure of protection 1t now enjoys. At
present there is duty Of 0ne-half q cent a
pound on refined sugar. When the duty
was removed from raw sugar the half-ceht
duty was allowed to remain on high grades
oil sugar in the interest of refineries 1t was
argued that refining sugar was an industry
that had as good right to protection as
other industries which were protected. At
That time 1T was not supposed that all the
rehneries of the country could be brought
under one management. No ono imagined
That the time would come when two or thre.
men controlling the combination would
nave the power TO fix an arbitrary price on
an article consumed by 6, 600, 600 Of people
La view OF such an abuse Of power as might
be expected to follow, the retention of the
refining Industry In the country is Of COM
paratively little Importance. II there can
not be competition in the business in the
United States let competition come from
without. The condition. however, which
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
A CANADIAN CRUISER.
The Constance Now Being Built by the
Dominion Government.
New York Tfmex


New York Times.
The building by the Dominion Govern
ment OF armed cruisers for the inland lakes
has raised the question of whether the
placing of these vessels in the lakes would
not be in violation of the International
treaty. One Of the officers of the Poison
Iron Works Company Of Owen Sound and
Toronto was seen in reference to the matter.
The Constance, he said. was quite within
the limit and would therefore not be in vio-
lation of the treaty. This vessel Is intended
for the protection of the fisheries on the
Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, and two sister
vessels which the same company has In
course of construction will be used, one for
the prevention OF smuggling in the Lower
ST. Lawrence and the other for the protec-
ton of the Nova Scotia fisheries.
The Constance is beautiful specimen of
marine architecture 125 feet long, 10 feet 8
inches beam. and IL feet inches depth OF
hold. The draught is feet inches. The
compound vertical engines have cylinders
Is by Sc seconds, with a 2i-inch stroke. The
boilers are 10 feet 6 inches long and will
carry 115 pounds steam pressure. There is
steam gear for working the anchors.
Three weeks coal can be carried. and the
bunkers are so arranged as to afford shot
protection for the machinery. She is rugged
schooner fashion and is armed with three
Nordenfeldt guns.
The Constance has a turtle deck. The
deck-houSe tor the accommodation of the
captain is forward. The saloon and Off
GERS quarters are between decks aft, and
the crews quarters between decks forward,
where are also the storerooms and fresh
water and ammunition rooms. Altogether
she is a splendid sample Of Canadian enter
prise. She is the first Of a series of similar
cruisers which the Dominion Government
proposes to build, and is especially designed
to insure high rate of speed in order TO
overhaul anything now In the inland waters
The graceful lines of the vessel seem to
warrant that this expectation will be
realized,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
OUR PROSPERITY.

California in order to obtain prosperity
mustyelect her own officials, not entrust this
work 10 the agents Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company. Ii all our public Off
GERS had been selected In the interests of
tile people We should not have Railroad
Commissioners who laugh at our CON-
plants. If our Judges had been properly
selected in the same interest. does any per-
son believe that they would have assisted
In covering up rascalities, such as were In
fair way Of exposure by late grand Jury.
which was declared illegal through the
efforts made by its attorneys? II Califor-
MIA desires an honest ministrstion of ita
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
PLAYING WITH THE DELEGATION.

We are Informed that Mr.. Stanford re-
turns to California primarily at this time in
order to have a selection of such delegates
as will please him sent to the Republican
National Convention. The delegation four
years ago were nearly all railroad employees
or directly under that influence. De Young
did force himself upon the railroad infiu-
ence for the occasion, but he did not change
its nature. The entire body threw away
its vote until General Harrison was virtu-
ally nominated. It is something, however.
when the railroad company can have ii said
il controls the party in California. Here at
home, of course. we know that neither the
railroad nor De Young would be sent TO the
nominating convention by their votes, but
what OF this?
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
ITS IMPORTANCE.

Those persons who assume to know where
OF they speak say the County Clerks Office
contains entirely too many Enthusiastically
deputies to permit its affairs to be well
administered. This probably exl Iains why
worthless bonds are taken from criminals,
such as have been recently brought to light
through the columns of The CALL II the
Clerk himself were ever 80 honest and WELL
meaning it would be impossible to run his
effiee properly while most OF his deputies
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Herbert Spencer has an immense dislike
TO eating his meals with or before other
people.
At a meeting held in Havana Marquis de
ApeztIguia was elected President of the
Spanish party in Cuba.
Professor +. Nicholas Crouch, author of
Kathleen MavOurneen" and other songs.
Is dying at his home in Baltimore.
The Queen OF Greece Is the best royal
needlewOman In Europe; she cuts out and
makes most of her own undercothng.
The Princess Louise of Leone is engaged
on bust of her mother. Queen Victoria.
and IL Is TO be exhibited at the Chicago Fair
Henrik Ibsen. the Norwegian dramatist
spends the winter months In Munich. and
the summer at Gossensss, i'm the Tyrol a
village situated some 1000 feet above the
sea.
The handwriting Of Algerpon Swinburne.
the poet, is a scrawling school-boy's hand
bnt his manuscript comes to the printer
clear. legible and decided, with scarce an
erasure.
The real name Of ''E. Werner" the Ger
man novelist. translations OF whose stories
| are so popular in this country, is Eliza beth
Bursienbinder; she Is spinster and lives
| in Berlin.
During the whole course of his life Mr.
Gladstone has only written three anony-
nous articles, and the authorship leaked
out In each case "a fortnight after the date
| of publication.
The Earl Of Rosebery. doubtless Great
| Britain's most eligible widower wears his
face smooth and looks more like decorous
young curate than the political and social
parsonage he undoubtedly is.
The Prince and Princess Of Wales are
known as the Earl and Countess OF Chester
when they travel on the Continent. 1t was
as the Earl of Chester that the Prince made
| his celebrated American tour.
| Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Mckee have n
| good many visitors who come informally
these evenings in Lent and there Is often
music at such times. This the President
himself listens TO and greatly enjoys.
Paul du Chaillu. the pioneer African
| traveller. was born in Louisiana; his father
| was a trader ia the French COLONY of
Gambia. on the West African coast. Young
| Du Chaillu went there as child and pick ed
| up the language and studied the birds and
| beasts.
| Queen Victoria has recently decorated
| with the Albert medal Lawrence Hennes
| sey. who distinguished himself In the life
boat service Mt Hythe. where he was largely
instrumental In the rescue of 81 sailors. and
three times risked his life to save Others.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-04

warrants the removal of the duty on refined
sugar does not threaten any other industry.
There is no present danger OF combina-
tion of iron, wooden. cotton or other manu-
facturers to keep prices above the cost Of
production. If we admit that the removal
Of the duty on refined sugar is justified as a
method of disciplining grasping monopoly
the same method should not be applied to
Industries in which there is no monopoly