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The morning call., 1893-08-12
A NEW IMMIGRATION LAW.

The hasty summary OF the returns of
imm grafton fer the fiscal year 1928,
published in yesterdays CALI, may be
supplemented by the statement that OF
Polish immigrants 56 per cent, Of the Rus
sian immigrants 20 per cent. OF the Italian
INN grants &C per cent, and or the Hun
gariap immigrants % per cent were unable
to read and write. These figures 60 to
show that we are receiving from abroad
an undue proportion of the most undesir-
able class Of immigrants, and that without
entering into the question whether
check should be set Oh immigration gener-
ally in the interest o. the laborng class
now in the country. the expedlency OF in
sisting on some process Of discrimination
among newcomers Is no longer debatabie.
From various causes, the Ford committee
failed to accom- lish The purpose it had in
view. It would seem that the task should
be resumed at the winter session of Con-
gress, and that measure of legislation
should be introduced OH the simple princi-
pie that no nation should receive into its
bosom elements of crime, pauDerism and
disease. The sum Of money which is now
being disbursed bv New York 10 prevent
the introduction of cholera into this cOun-
try from Italy would defray the cost of a
thorough system of emgrant inspection at
the point of departure in Europe.
There is no reason why immigrants
should not be placed on the same footing
as other imports. A merchant who ships
bale Of goods to an American port is re-
Quired by law to accom- pany it with an
Invoice. which Is entered on the ships
manifest and which specifies what the
| goods are and what their value is. BY
parity OF reasoning there would be no i'm
! proprlety in requiring that every mmi-
grant seeking to land in the United States
should be required to produce a certificate
stating that he has not been brought be-
fore the courts on a criminal charge during
a period of say five years; another from a
health officer stating that be has not been
afflicted with contagious disease for a
period of say one year. and third from
the poorhouse officials stating that he has
not been pauper in receipt of public aid
for period, which might be four or five
years. To entitle him to land the law
might require that the various certificates
should be Endorsed by a special officer ap-
pointed by the Immigration Bureau in this
country. The duty, if devolved on Con-
sui. would probably be shirked
1t was argued when the present immi-
grafton act was passed that these precau-
tons would consume so much time that
they would amount TO practical pro-
hibition of immigration. This point was
strongly urged by the agents of steamship
companies, which are ferrying nondescript
immigrants over the Atlantic at the rate of
10000 a week. The objection was not
sound. With a proper system great
many certificates might be vised in day.
And il the tide of immigration were
checked ana reduced within more reason
able points this country would bear the
! inflictiOn with foriitude.
The morning call., 1893-08-12
lACKERSON OBJECTS.
lie Does Not Want His Fund Drawn
On Too Heavily.

Superintendent of Streets Ackerson has
sent letter to Mayor Ebert in which the
following was contained. the object of the
Supern iendent being to prevent the Super
visors from ordering too much work,
thereby eating up his appropriation:
In examining the streets mentioned in resolu.
tons 90S6-9 039 and two other resolutions
without numbers empowering you 10 enter in y
contract TOR The clty's portion of streets to be
improved in accordance wi Ii above resolutions
l find 1t Will cost $1,000 made up as follows:
For paving with bitunlnouS rock Filbert be-
tween Powell and stockton, and laying gram e
curbs thereon, S2450; for paving with baSalt
blocks Hayes, between Steiner aud Pierce, III
Guiding engine lOr, and laying granite curbs
thereon. SLABS; for paving with bituminous
rock Bartlett, between Twenty second and
TweDty-thiid, and laying granite curbs thereon,
1913; for paving with cobbes Greenwich, be-
TWEEN Jones and LeavenwOrth, and laying
granite curbs thereon. $500; for constructing
12-inch pipe sewer with two maDhOleS and
covers In Steiner, between Hayes and Grove.
and to lay granite cur bs and construct artificial
stone sidewalks thereon and to pave the road
way thereof with bltuminOus rock. $500.
The cost of this Work as aggIegat d above
Will be a severe strain on the limited appropri
alton allowed this DEPARTMENT by our Honor
able Board of Supervisors. There is such an
amount of WORK To be done at present that II
behOoveS me to reserve as much of my apprOpri-
alton as is possible to meet the exigenceS of a
winter siege. Notwithstanding. l am of the
opinion that l can bear the expense of the
work mentioned above executing the block on
Filbert street. beIwe II Powell and Stockton
which will cost S245O as stated above.
The morning call., 1893-08-12
THRIVING ON HEMP.

The Bahama Islands, which should geo.
graphically belo ng to the United States,
but which are held by Great Britain as a
valued possession. have been rising 10
commercial importance of late through the
cultivation of species of hemp called
heneguen or sisal, which finds a ready
sale. Wherever there is soil in this group
of little islands and rocks sisal thrives,
and it is destined to take the trade place
of many of the fruits which for numbers
of years have formed the CHI ief export to
New York. Sponges, sisal and turtle will
become the staples of Bahama trade. Ac-
cording to the Governor of the group. Sir
Ambrose Shea, there are now 10000 acres
under cultivation. Perhaps 100000 acres
of the tota. area is adapted to the growth
of this plant, but the Government is limit
ing the sales of land in order to prevent
monopolizing grabbers getting hold OF it.
OF 100 600 acres which there is permission
20 sell within ten years, over 10000 acres
are in the hands Of purchasers. Nearly
all tho capital put into the enterprise is
thus far British, but there are no checks
upon aliens acquiring property. Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain, the statesman, who
WAS supposed to have most Of his invest
ments in the screw-making industry, is
one of the principal owners. and Is repre-
scented by son. Labor 1t seems Is abun-
The morning call., 1893-08-12
PRESIDENTIAL DUTIES.

The New York Times, devout admirer
of President Cleveland, has the following:
TIE trainers of the constitution canno be
supp osed TO have foreseen the tremendous task
10 b assumed by The Chief Executive Of Tie
nation whose gov rnment they W re shaping
1t Is indeed probable that had they been able
TO conceive small part of the responsibility
and power that would center IN the Office with
In a century OF The first Inauguration they
woald not have done their own work so well.
When the historian of the twentieth
century comes to the second administra-
tion OF President Cleveland he will dis
cover that portion of the tremendous
responsibilities of the Presidential Office
were usurpations. The constitution does
not require the President to enact laws;
that responsibility is devolved upon Con-
gress. The constitution does not require
the President to distribute the patronage
of the Government with a view to con-
trolling the action of Congress. The Pres
idenCs duty in this respect is performed
when he exercises such supervision over
appointment as to secure honest and effi-
Gent service. Under the constitution laws
have been enacted giving the President a
number of assistants in the form of Cabi-
net officers. Custom requires these Cabi-
net officers to be selected from the fore
m ost men in the Presidents party. 1t is
fair TO presume that each of these eight
men is as capable of appointing subor-
dinates in his own department as tie
President is of appointing in all depart
ments. But Mr.. Cleveland has devoted
the first FIVE months of his administration
to the distribution of patronage. His evil
dent purpose is 10 force upon Congress a
policy which ii would ot otherwise have
adopted. II the President should find time
in the course Of his administration 20 cast
Ills eve over the constitution he will find
that he has been doing good deal of
work the constitution does not require him
A.
The morning call., 1893-08-12
BALANCE OF TRADE.

The Boston Herald thus illustrates the
theory that the balance OF trade Is in
favor of the nation which buys more than
it sells:
II a merchant started the year with goods on
hand TO the value OF 100000. and at the end
of twelve months found that these had all been
sold out and that he had taken in return $40.
600 either in money or in goods, 1t would be
obvious TO him and TO every one else that he
was on the straight road to sDeedy penury. 1t
is precisely The same with nations as it is with
individuals.
This is not so apt an illustration as might
be expected to emanate from the intellec-
tual center OF the great North American
continent. The analogy between the case
of a merchant who sells goods valued at
5000 coo for $40, 600 aud the case of nation
which sells re than it buys is not ap-
parent.
If commerce was carried on by an ex
change Of commodities the nation that cot
The most commodities might claim a favor
aole balance of trade. But when a natioA
buys more than it sells it pays the differ
ence in cash. The great fight of England
now is to make debtor nations pay in cash
of the highest commercial value. England
wants gold. not that it prefers the yellow
metal but because the yellow metal can DO
exchanged for the white metal. and the
difference between the commercial value
of the two metals will find its way into the
English pocket.
Now it happens that the money with
which all adverse balances Of trade must be
lquidated is the one thing every nation is
after. Commodities are everywhere in
search of money. The lab0rer wants to
sell his labor for coin. He does not want
20 be paid in commodities, though he takes
some of his coin to buy comm dities with.
The manufacturer wants to sell his goods
for coin. He does not want the products
Of some other manufacturer. He wants
something he can go into the market with
and buy whatever, he needs. Now. it is
clear that manufacturer who started
with large cash capital and should have
to draw upon it each year to make up the
difference between the cost Of his goods
and the results of sales would be, as the
Boston paper says. on the straight road to
speedy penury. The larger the difference
between the cost and the sales the more
rapid would be the progress toward Dcv-
erty. Ii Is precisely the same with nations
as with ind vduals. If nation buys goods
to the amount of Sl.000.000. COO year and
sells only to the amount Of $500, coo, COO the
difference has to be made up In cOin-ln
gold coin al that. On the hooks the $780,
600, 900 in gold coin counts as part OF the
nations sales, bat the nation has parted
with large amount of the article OF COM
merce which every nation is irving 20 get.
In time, rs in this country in 1867. after a
ten years period Of revenue tariff. paying
for the excess of importations with money
drains the country of money. There may
be plenty of commodities but nothing to
buy them with. The result Is low prices.
The foreigner who has Keen taking our
coin for his products steps in at such
periods and buys great deal of property
with a very little money
The morning call., 1893-08-12
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Nine. Scalchi has eleven parrots and
seven dogs waiting to greet her when she
arrives home at VilinO Sofia.
1t is said that Mrs. Cyrus w. Field might
easily be mistaken az first glance for a
schoolgirl. She is petite and vivacious.
Frederick Evans Jr.. who was in the ser
vice of the Tribune for several years. has
succeeded Mr.. Noah Brooks as editor Of
the Newark Daily Advertiser.
DR.. T. Hayward Hayes, surgeon-general
of the Slamese army, IS a BaltlmOrean.
who went to Siam several years ago as a
medical Presbyterian missionary.
F. o. Pascoe, who died in England few
days ago, has been known to limited
circle for nearly half a century as one Of
the most eminent biologists If the age.
Puvis de Grievances will be in Boston
before the end OF the year TO decorate the
walls about the main staircase OF the Bos-
ton Public Library. He is to receive
5000 for the work.
Nine. Rhea, the actress, has married w.
f. Hart, the leading man. who S twenty
years younger than his bride. It's great
thing for popular star to have a leading
juvenile right in her family.
Carl Luther. a counsellor in the German
Ministry of Labor. VINO died few days
ago in Schoenebeck, Germany, was a
direct descendant of Jacob Luther, the
youngest brother OF Martin Luther.
Renewed effort Is being made in Wiscon-
SID 10 raise money TO carry through 10 CON-
pletion the project to erect monument to
the late Senator Matt H. Carpenter, one
of the most brilliant orators and faScinat.
ing men the West ever sent to the United
States Senate.
Prince Macmillan of Saxony's sudden
remuneration Of the world, and his with
drawal to monastery. is Unprecedented
ir N odern times. The Prince is only %
years of age, and has hitherto been serv-
ing as captain of lancer regiment in
garrison at Lepsic.
Dr. William Everette. who goes to Con-
gress as Henry Cabot Lodges successor.
is remarkable for his extreme mildness Of
manner and affabllity on the one hand,
and for the Intensity of his wrath when he
goes il" In which latter condition he has
been described as "a cyclone with tornado
sauce"
The morning call., 1893-08-12
THE O'HANLON CASE.
Grand Jurors Challenged Oh Their
Indictment.

Several grand jurors appeared in Judge
Wallace'5 courtroom yesterday to be inter-
rOgated in response to the challenge OF
Attorney Carroll Cook in tue O'Hanlon
case.
On June 90 last the jury indicted O'Han-
Ion for an assault with a deadly weapon.
although he had been previously allowed
TO 60 on his own recogniZances by Police
Judge Conlan; an act which precipitat ted
the inquiry into the conduct OF Sergeant
Whitman Cook novel to set aside the
Indictment on several technical grounds.
the main ground being tina, the jurors who
participated in finding The indictment were
unduIy biased gainst the defendant
Jurors j. B. Crockett and Thomas Me-
Cauley said they were not present when
the Indictment was drawn np.
Jurors r. ID. Chalmers, John Lynch. r.
Il. Millken, L. b. Vreeland, H. NJ. Black
and Z. Peabody denied having formed any
opinion on the case before hearing the
evidence. The Two last-named jurors ad-
mtted having been present during a por-
ton of the proceedings in the Whitman
case, and were challenged under suhdivi-
sion of section 500 of the Penal Code,
which challenges were denied.
At the conclusion of the Interrogation 1t
was found that there were some grand
Jurors absent, so the further hearing of the
challenges was continued until Wednes-
uaV next.
The morning call., 1893-08-12

water in the hillside and plentiful
supply for all the houses has been OBJ
tanned. Each will save payment of $25
annually to the Spring Valley.
9National Guards engaged in lynching
bee present curious study in disci pline
The excuse given by the martial mob in
Tennessee is that the miner they hanged
was believed to have murdered one of their
comrades, but it is bad deed, neverthe-
less. A soldiers duty is to stay by order,
and when he gets command it is his
ethics not to question it. How the officers
will deal with this matter is an interesting
point. They will probably hold that the
men were off duty and had the bad taste
to take part in tragedy.
Judge Wallace has drawn attention to
a novel situation in a divorce case. The
wife sues on the ground Of failure to pro-
vide, by reason of her husbands idleness.
But to maintain herself she has gone on
the stage. and her earnings are sufficient
for herself 1t happens that the Supreme
Court has decided that wife's earnings
are community properly. and therefore in
ferentially the husband is sustaining this
good lady. The Judge suggested an
amendment TO the papers to meet this
hitch IN the suit, and it viii be complied
with. If woman cannot have her own
earnings considered separately the law is
defective
The morning call., 1893-08-12
The Judge Erred.

The Supreme Court has reversed the
Judgment of the lower court in the case OF
HI. l.. Gordon. convicted of an assault with
deadly weapon on G. III. Potter.
On the first trial Gordon was charged
with an assault to com 1it murder and was
convicted of an assault with a deadly
weapon. The judgment was reversed and
on his second trial Gordon interposed
pleas of former acquittal aud once in
jeopardy. He claimed that having been
convicted Of an assault with a deadly
weapon he was necessarily acquitted of
the graver charge. The judge. however.
instructed the jury to Overrule the pleas
and Gordon WAS once more convicted. The
Supreme Court decided that the Judges
charge was erroneous and Gordon was re-
manded for third trial.
The morning call., 1893-08-12
TRADE WITH THE ORIENT.

A steamer arrived in New York the
other day from Japan and China with
large cargo of tea, valued at $1,000, 900, on
the Invoices. This Is trade which may
have opened up permanently for the East
ern States, and shows that the SueZ canal
NAV be much cheaper for communication
with China ard japan than the Pacific
fonte with the costly overland tranSporta-
ton added. II is a development WINCH
the transcontnental railroads cannot wei
come ipasmuch as il rObs them, as they
ace IL. of hundreds of carloads Of traffic on
which they are accustomed to charge very
high rates. Silks and teas can pear
heavy tariff, and companies like the
Southern Pacific, which have steamship
lines of their own and give through DlilS
Of fading, are accustomed to make all they
can out of the favorable conditions. Inc
steamer referred to is British owned. IL
is surely lack of foresight and enteTprlse
w hich keeps American capital out OF TINS
commercial field, although it is possible
that some American money is invested ID
the line to which this vessel belongs.
Whether this be the case or not. 1t wohin
be preferable to see steamer coming
from the Orient with new teas for this
country flying the stars and stripes.
The Surz canal route is short one from
the Orient to New York il there be no in
fermediate call at European ports. such as
London, Liverpool or Antwerp. 1t is
almost due Wrestling as soon as steamer
leaves the canal and gets into the Medl-
terrsnean. Were the Nicaragua canai
men the advantages would be obvious
for the Chinese. Japanese and East In
dian trade. Constructed under Govern
ment authority and financial support anu
managed solely in the interest OF traiic'
the rates would be much lower than TIE
French, who dominate this matter rather
The morning call., 1893-08-12

dispassionate supervision over his own
news columns. The other day MI. Astor,
alone among English journalists. got news
from Paris that the Boring Sea case had
been decided agains. the United States.
II the news had been given in an English
paper there would have been some atten-
ton paid to it. But coming from paper
owned and conducted by denatlonaIlzed
American, it was only laughed at. len
DAYS have passed since the Paris dispatch
was printed in the Pail Mall Gazette. and
it has not yet been verified. Possibly MI.
Astor may have received "tip" as to what
the decision will be. but at present he is
supposed to have given expression to
thought of which the wish was both father
and mother
The morning call., 1893-08-12
w. w. ASTOR AS AN ENGLISH
JOURNALIST.

The right of w. w. Aston to take himself
and his millions over to England will not be
disputed. He is his own master. and his
millions came down in straight line from
an ancestor who took himself from
European state to this country. The only
barrier to immigration is the laws of the
country in which it is proposed to take up
residence, and there is no danger that any
country will rule out foreigners who can
bring from $4,000. GOO to 500. OOO 600 with
them. But Mr.. Astor's unfortunate Amer
lean birth detracts from his influence as
an English journalist. He Is presumed to
have prejudice against the county from
which be emlgrated which units him fer
The morning call., 1893-08-12

than the English. will ever allow them to
be in the case of the SueZ canal. There
would therefore be direct inducement TO
American and even European shipping 10
use the Nicaragua route. This is quite
apart from the great gain to commerce
from getting rid of the tedious Cape Hoin
voyage and providing easier means u
reaching the South American countries
and Australia. San Francisco as poF'
must advance greatly when the Nicaragua
route becomes leading highway OF COM
marca
The morning call., 1893-08-12
LOOKING THIS WAY.

Professor Goodwin Smith has reviewed
the Canadian situation pretty fairly and
has arrived at the conclusion that the best
thing Canada can do Is to prepare for
political union with the United States.
MIR. Smith reviews the imperial confedera-
tion proposition and discards it as imprac.
ticab BILE; he considers the Dominion as an
independent nation and concludes that it
is too far north. Cut off from Great
Britain it would have ABOUT the political
Importance of two American States of
second rank if there was any way for two
American States to get out of the Union.
MIR. Smith has great faith in the elasticity
of American government with the Federal
and State systems. Provinces which the
one hundred years since the American
Revolution have not brought into good
fellowship under the Dominion rule would,
in his opinion, find complete scope for
their differences under the American sys-
TEN of home government. In all the re-
spects which the several provinces con-
slider as vital home government will allow
them TO do sc nearly as they please that
they will not feel the light bonds imposed
by the Federal constitution. In respect to
sentiment. Mr.. Smith thinks loyalty to
Great Britain is confined mostly to the
government classes and few wealthy
people, who find pleasure in contemplate
ing the fact that they are part of nation
in which titles are recognized as conferrins
real distinction. The greater part of the
people are more occupied with the work OF
getting living, which they perceive
would be facilitated by free trade wit h the
United States. Mr.. Smith links that
commercial. union would result in political
union within q few years, but it is more
likely that when the Canadians get what
they most want they will become indlrer-
ent TO MINOR wants.
The morning call., 1893-08-12
Union Pacific worlds Il

Union Pacific Worlds air excursions.
The Union Pacific viii run Tourist excursions
from Los Angeles every Monday ana "euues""y'
and from San Francisco every Iuesoay anu Anu'S-
day to the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
These excursions will be in charge OF competent
managers who will accompany each excursion
through to Chicago, cars running through to Chi
cago without change.
g E.orc,sco TO Chicago 81 per berth or
double that amount for section DIAGRAMS are
49,. rs.dv Mt the Los Angeles office. 229 South
spring street. and l mo, Montgomery street. San
al Istters or teleQrams for tickets promptly
.nsvered giving full particulars In regard to the
excursions.
Europe.
For further information call or write 6. +. Herr.
.aan, 22s South Spring street. Los Angeles, OF to
+. w. Hitchcock. general agent. Montgomery
street San francisco.
The morning call., 1893-08-12
A Dead.DOg Nuisance.

There is an old saying, "What is every
body's business is nobody's business"
For the last three days dead dog has been
living at the corner of Powell and Lombard
streets. There are policemen on the heat.
whose business 1t would appear to be
to notify the proper authorities of the
existence of this nuisance; vet, to all ap.
none of them have taken the
trou BILE to see that the nuisance is abated.
Putrefaction has set in. and one in pass
ing the locality finds it necessary TO stop
breathing in order not to inhale the n0x-
ions OdOrs.