The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-08

check upon lynching. He hes suggested
legislation TO the Legislature whereby a
county in which lynching occurs would be
mulctrd in heavy damages to the family or
relatives of the victim. This, it may be
suspected, is preaching law above the heads
of The lawmakers. Such legislation would
be dead letter where the law itself is not
strong enough to pu niSh and Judge Lynch
Is. The intermlDable delays and subter.
Iuges of the law cause people TO distrust il,
and when great crimes occur they provide
prompt exDiation OF their own. Last year
there were 1000 murders in the United
States and little more than 100 judicial ex-
ecutions. Judge Lynch hanged more.
Apples. meat and timed rabbit are ex-
ported by Australia and New Zealand to
England and now fresh butter is being
shipped almost in cargo lots. Apparently
nothing is impossible to refrigerators. This
is the antipOdean summer. and the butter
has the rich flavor that only grass feeding
can give. From 200 tons upward week are
expected for months TO come. This Is one
more grievance for the British farmer but
the rest of the population will not grumb Bile.
San Francisco and possibly other cities
will have a beautiful example of imperium
in imperio if Senator Makers bill changing
the government of the Golden Gate Park
becomes law. He actually proposes to hand
the park over to the commissioners as a
body without responsibility to anybody.
They may do with the park as they please,
and the only privilege accorded the public
who seem necessary Tor this purpose-is
that Of paying from to 10 cents on the
500. The commissioners are empowered
to lease portions of the park considered un-
improved in one acre lots for ten years. OF
course II would be convenient to have such
lots in juxtapostion, and then exhibitions
would be rugged up or menageries formed,
and the public charged half a dollar for adj
mission to their own park. Then the COM
missloners, with the money of the public,
are TO pay for a band of music. Over oil
this there is to be no public control what
ever. The proposition IS so monstrous as
not TO be credible at glance. OF course
the railroad companies are behind the
scheme. They would like also to carry the
bill enabling them TO charge 10-cent fares.
The public are long suffering, but they
Wort stand the park job.
A Florida man is sending to the Chicago
Fair number OF cocoanat trees in bearing,
besides date palms. tamarinds, pineapples,
coffee shrubs, and orange, lemon and lime
trees. The cocOanut trees and the coffee
plants are probably specimens not so re.
markable as TO make California jealous.
Very likely they could egrown Just as we'll
allan coc0anut trees flourish. In all other
fruits we are somewhat ahead of Florida.
but the mangr0ve and eyergtade State has
the advantage in good facilities of transport
tation. Our time is coming even In that
respect. Dut without thanks 10 the Southern
Pacific. In one feature we could defy
Florida. A few specimens of the weird
tufted plants from the Mojave Desert would
be novelty beyond imitation. The fiber
of this growth could be turned 10 various
uses.
Some rckety, shoddy building must have
been executed by the contractors at Chi
cago in their hurry TO squeeze all they can
out of the work. The roofs of portions Of
the huge structures are admitting the.rain
In torrents. and the interiors are being
Ornamented as frescoers and painters did
not foresee. When wares are under these
roofs. salvage corps will be rung up.
St Louis must be almost as happy as
Munich in the ocean of beer barreed for
the regalement of the thirsty, but it is,
perhaps. the worst thing that can happen
to city TO have potables too cheap The
quantity swallowed In Munich per capita Is
greater than in any other German city and,
perhaps, the beer is as good as can be
Quaifed anywhere. In ST. Louis beer is be-
ing sold at cents a schooner, or l cent
glass, and the bottom OF prices does not
seem 10 have been touched. One enter
prising maker of the foaming brew proposes
TO sell al % cents the barrel. To go one
better than this some OF his rivals may lay
down pipes and taps for n household sup
ply by meter, and then st. Louis VIII have
berry reputation as topper city.
A woman in the East has invented a
machine to manufacture -four from sweet
notatoee simultaneously IL ia anuDunep1
that Philadelphia onworkers are busy
with machinery intended to dstil alcohol
from the same tubers. Everything is laid
under tribute for alcohol IN these days,
when chemistry Is working on the hypO-
thesis that elements only represent mole
GUAR differences OF matter. Tho sweet
potato will soon be too valuable to throw at
man with shocking bad hat.
Chicago wants everybody to come to the
Worlds Fair and to pay from two to half q
dozen prices for lodging and board. Vast
numbers In duty bound will respond. Also
Chicago wants the railroad companies 10
lower their fares TO very fine point III
deed. The railroad companies do not per-
ceive the advantage quite so transparency
and rOseately. Meanwhile Chicago should
ba showing foresight in some direction to
please its visitors. A correspondent pre-
sents this picture: This city OF Chicago Is
hundred times dirtier than any place
have ever been in In my life. and 1t seems
an impOssibility TO cart away its filth. which
IS dumped into the river or lake, and comes
back through the water mains 10 poison or
kill" This is a dismal picture, but il is
gratifying to listen TO the prophecy that
there will be plenty of rooms for all. We
shall see. In any event visitor can take a
ride fifty miles out OF Chicago and save
monav