The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-18

mas taken the bull by the horns properly
and has exposed the attempt to break I'D
the organization. The game of the South
ern Pacific TO again get control Of the situa-
ton will have TO be pursued In some other
fashion. This little enterprise has only
turned out a shallow feint and the mer-
chants hold the main positions successfully.
There is reason for congratulation at the
success Of the merchants movement during a
year OF organized work. They have eOn-
ylnced themselves what may be done by
cooperation. The transportation question
may be solved Oh the lines adopted but will
never be solved IL left 10 the tender con-
siderstion of the group of men who have
conspired 10 keep this State in the back
ground IN order TO assist their own de-
signs. The education OF the year has been
valuable to business men.
Whether the viticulturists of the State
respond TO the slightly beijered conditions
accorded them for exhibition at Chicago re-
mains to be seen. The State Worlds Fair
Commissioners have raised the apprnrria-
ton for this purpose from $4,000 to $4,000.
which may still be considered an made
quate provision. The sum allotted to fish
has been reduced. Very little good to the
State VIII come from an exhibition of fish,
except In the canned condition. The nat
ural history field is already exploited among
naturaiistS, and fish In alcohol is of very
little consequence to the public, who care
nothing about gills and fms and differences
OF scales or color. But the wine trade Of
this country ought 10 be advertised ceueT-
Ously. 1t will in time become an Industry
OF enormous dimensions, with great sales
both in the United States and in Europe
The State ought TO do its best TO convince
the public a. Chieago that it has good wines
and brandieS to sell.
Neither team won the football match
yesterday. but when the next match comes
round people who like to see honors equal
lied occasionally will be glad 10 behold the
colors Of victory 60 to one or the c0nIesting
sides. A better day could not have been
chosen for hearty athletic sport. 1t was
invigOrating weather for healthy msn, and
specta .ors had the advantage of looking on
without discomfort. California weather in
winter. when the sun is out bright, the air
is clear and the temperature mild, almost
defies comparison with that of any other
part of the earth. Even the slight touch of
frost in the morning does not keep back the
blooming of wild flowers or the tinge OF
fresh green which overspreads the land
scape. Football, baseball and horse-racing
may all proceed, as it were. side by side.
The weather does not interfere. Fprs are
worn by ladies, but very much as matter
of fashion.
Two young Americans have performed
the feat of riding on bicycles from the Cas-
plan Sea to Picking, and they are hale and
well after their remarkable journey. They
were both college men and may be trusted
to describe their adventures in readable
narratives. accompanied by pocket pictures
The chief ubles and dangers of their
journey occurred in China, where the
natives stared at them and mobbed them as
If they had dropped out of the moon. That
they have ended their hazardous trip sca;h-
less is in every sense remarkable Had
Marco Polo been able 20 make tour through
China on a bicycle the wonders of his
travels would have been endless. Very few
bicyclists will care to initiate these resolute
young men. America and Europe are wide
enough for wbeelmen. Australia may one
day afford good cycle track.
The monetary conference ut Brussels has
adjourned until the 18th Of Nav No tan
gihle result has so far accrued from its
labors except the hearing OF proposals and
| the cogiation of theories. But even the
ventilation of opinions on this deep and
momentous question is of value to the world.
Ii is too soon 10 say that the conference will
end in barrenuess. Some barmoni us ap-
| proach to q solution of monetary difficulties
! may yet be evolved. Meanwhile IL is salts
factory rs find the conference passing a res
olution of gratitude to the United States for
having been the means of assembling repre-
sentatives of the nations to discuss the
| question.
The French Government has found no
| safer way of handling the Panama canal
| investigation than by going into IL thor
oughly. Persons implicated are under ar
| rest, and vanloads of documents have been
| seized and are under scrutiny. This may
satisfy the public. There are millions of
| people in France who are anxious to know
| how the hundreds of millions OF francs they
| invested in the canal disappeared fruit
| lessly They now know that the canal will
| never be buiit, and they are also painfully
! aware that not a franc will they ever re-
cover. But they would have a degree of
satisfaction If some Of the guilty were pun
ished for tits stupend0us fraud. Whatever
comes OF the Government and Of the poll
ticians besmirched, France itself will be all
The purer politically if the investigation Is
thorough.