The morning call., 1893-05-06

New York is aghsst at the revolutionary
occurrence of citizen, not bereft of his
senses. coming voluntarily forward and pay
ing five times more in taxes than he was re-
quired TO do. He thought he was doing too
little for the community and his conscience
pricked him to pay squarely the full taxa
tion charge on his property. This is un-
heard-of chyalry and incorruptible patriot
ism in recognition of the benefits of Tam
many government There are doubtless
thousands of other citizens who ought To
pay upon higher investme did con-
science and the Assessor nudge them on the
elbow, but probably they think that TO do
so voluntarily would only encourage spend
thrift adminlstra ton. 1t has not been sug-
gested that an inquiry in lunacy should is
sue against this good citizen, but more OF
this willfulness might prompt the family 70
take action. So prone is the world to be-
lieye evil of good that it might be no sur
prise to learn that the assessment was it,
ere ased involuntarily next year upon the
assumption that one who pays five times his
tax bill may be comforted in the per-
fornance Of duty by paying ten times.
Speech will get round the earth some day.
This must be expected from the project of
the Automatic Telephone and Electric Com
pany Of Canada, which intends 10 lay a line
Of copper wires on the metallic circuit plan
from Halifax, Nova Scotia. to Vancouver.
This is a distance Of $500 miles. Copper is
by far the best conductor, and electricians
have so far advanced their methods that
they can calculate TO a nicely what is re-
Qured. The circuit will be, of course, in
sections, and be available for commnnica-
ton at many intermediate points. 1t is a
great and wonderful experiment, which the
scientific world will watch with intense in-
terest Success may result in the telephone
system being used across the widest oceans
1t Is already in use across narrow seas and
over great land distances as between New
York and Chicago, but line across whole
continent is an astounding vault of the Dos
sible. What next?
In order to promote peace and his own
good fortune at home. the President of
Brazil is said to favor war with the Uru-
guayans. The blessings of domestic repose
operate upon the Brazilian provinces by
arousing discontent and revolt, and it is
obvious that by urging this belicOse pro-
pensiLy against Uruguay there is less op-
portunity for fratricidal Droils. A foreign
row unites quarreling nation under the
comprehensive Juror OF patriotism. This
is very old policy. 1t assisted Napoleon
the Little when he won SOlferino. but his
empire sank beneath his feet when he lost
Sedan. lie thought he could keep his
throne by tanning the vanity of the French
ipi mAiNdlJ EApig DoiuO iiLbto lItp-up OI
this unboped-f0r kind may occur in Brazil
through wantOn war.
Mr. A. w. Jones, president of the Mon-
terey and Fresno Railway, speaks already
as if his chickens were Matched. He has
either placed or arranged to place all his
bonds in the East. and the work of let
ting contracts commences forthwith. In
eighteen months the route will be open, and
then will begin new era for a cross
country section. Should the earnings
amount to $4,000 a mile, as expected. the
road should pay handsomely from the COM
mencemeDt, without reckoning the benefits
of $1,000,000 worth of privileges. Califor-
MIA needs lie in new railroads, competitive
and independent.
The Chinese of San Francisco are perhaps
disposed to crow over their defiance of the
conveniences arranged in SO attractive a.
manner for their registration, but they have
still to learn the consequences Less than
1000 out OF the legion in this city have regis.
tered, and not more than 500 are believed 10
reside here permanently. Those who have
complied are chiefly cooks or domestics
whose understanding of the law has been
qulekened by their employers. The belief
In the power of the Six Companies 10 protect
Is supremely trustful.
France has now discovered something to
annoy in the Anam quarter. where colonial