The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-05


It's In the hands of the enemy.
The enemy is the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. THE CALL has shown cOnclu-
sively that it is the Out-and-out foe Of San
Francisco There is no need of going over
the ground again to prove that fact.
Our four-Shirpers have taken fright, and
we'll they may. Here is the cause OF alarm.
It's cable message received yesterday by
a leading flour-millinR firm Of this city:
"The Consul OF Chile in Central America
notifies the Government that the Minister
Of Foreign Affairs OF San Salvador has
authorized him TO offer to the American
Company Of steamers the following SUBSIDY
II their ships touch monthly AT La LlOertaG,
La Union and Acajutla from Panama: For
the first year $1,000 in silver, for the second
wear 5000 aud for the thlgd year $4,000.
The object Of this offer is TO compete with
the Pacific Mail ana with the different
brands Of -four from San Francisco, intro
duciDg into the country flour from Chile.
The Consul adds that he has hopes OF
shortly obtaining like subsidies from the
Governments OF Costa Rica, Nicaragua and
Honduras, which, like that of San Salvador,
are disguised Will the monopoly and high
pEices Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany."
Nobody blames the Central American
Governments for being disgusted" with
the Pacific Mail, as Is stated in the cable
gram.
1t would be strange II IL were not
But what is its disgust compared with San
Franchises?
After fattenng for years on the traffic to
and from this port the Mail Company posi-
lively refuses to grant our merchants any
relief.
Big subsidies from the Government and
from the Notwithstanding up to date to
about $4,000, O00-haye caused the Nail
Company to assume a very Indifferent atti-
tude toward CALIFORNIA; interest.
p. Itsindiference now amounts to open hos
tility.
It's the enemy Of San francisco. and is
now recognized as such.
~"What do we care for San Francisco"
says c. P. Huntington, the big bashaw Of
the railroad and steamship bOOdlers. 1--WE
get our swag from the Goyernmentand from
the TranscOntineEtal Association, and it
dOn't matter a cent to US If the town goes to
ruin"
Unless the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany should reduce its rates on -four we will
lose the Central American -four trade.
After that, what?
Would not a great many other industries
be jeoDardized9
"What chance is there for reduction OF
the -four rates ?" was the question put to
the representative of number of milling
companies yesterday.
mot the least in the world" was the re.
ply from each one.
"W hat does that blood-sucking Nail Com
pany care whether we 60 to the dogs or
nOt2" said one merchant Huntington
would laugh over the ruin of the whole
trade of San Francisco. 1t would show the
power he has over US. Gould, Huntington
and the whole gang of moDopolists take as
great pleasure in the enjoyment of their
power as they do in the enjoyment of their
money. l don't see why this Traffic AssO-
citation of ours don't take steps to have that
Government subsidy Withdrawn"
THE CALL man asked several members
OF the Traffic Association what was being
done in the matter of inducing the Post
master General to withhold the subsidy. 1t
was found that although several weeks ago
the association was very anxious to have the
step taken it is now waiting"
What is it waiting for?"
Merely to see what Senator FELTON, Is
going 10 do about ii.
The merchants may have TO wait good
white.
What they need is a backbone-stlffener as
to this matter. 1t Is all in their hands IL
they would 60 at it in the right way Some
OF those who appreciate the danger want to
have the association call a Getting
that would include every branch of trade in
this city and send such ringing resolution
to Congress, backed by such a strong peti-
-tiOn, as would enforce a hearing and
remedy.
The trouble Is. however, that they are
content to wait and wait until something
happens.
Nothing will happen save It be the result
of their own vigorous efforts.
Let them go at this question In the right
way aud they will solve it.
Something must be done before it lie too
late.
As resultof the combination Of railroad,
steamship and clipper-ship monopOlists our
trade is slipping away.
THE CALL is doing It's part toward sound
Ing the alarm.
:. Win not the Traffic Association move In
the matter?
Wake up. gentlemen, and show what you
can do.
A leading merchant of this clty-a man
whose nameif mentioned would be recog-
niZed as that Of one of our most wldeawake
business men - writes as follows to The
CALL:
81 thank you for the manly and honorable
position your paper has taken on the great
question OF transportation. | remember
when boy that tie Slate Of New Jersey
was called The State OF Camden and Am
boy, but that was liberty compared to the
Cbut6 81 oOuftfH EQClJtc, as California
may well be called to-day.
"Ihe slime Of railroad influence couers
The industries, the commerce and the politics
Of our fair state, and the journal that takes
stand in favor of deiVeTanee and pros
perity deserves and will receive the thanks
Of the people.
ID change must come. but meanwhile the
producer and the merchants cry, 'HOtr long,
0EOrd, h0l1 long p"
ACCUSED OLE MURDER