The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-13


gravated by mistakes in the management.
Traffic Manager Leeds has been too sharp
for the sharks who would have dug their
teeth into him. The Railroad Commissions
ers have not quite overwhelmed him by any
Vaccinations they are capable of produc-
ing. The railroad itself. which iIstigates
everything in action, seems To have been
foiled. As a witness Leeds is quite too
clever for his examiners. BE knows exactly
the lodges Of the enemies Of lie public and
knows how 10 reply TO Hypothetical ques-
TONS. No thorn like this has ever been
known in the flank OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company.
The present fair Of the Mechanics Iusti-
iute at the Pavilion really promises 20 do
great amount of good for the northern part
Of California. Heretofore the ASSUMPTION
has been thar the middle and northern part
Of California could do very little in fTnt
culture. But this assumption is altogether
mis- iakeD. Fruits as fine as can be grown
anywhere IN the tropics may be raised In
the foothills OF the Sierras and the valleys
OF California. The demonstration, there
fore, of the various counties which send
their products TO this fair in San Francisco
Is of inestimable convincing value. The
effect in Eastern States is valuable when il
is considered that great harbors are actually
al LliiS h0GeHl uEothtQ bO ice Ulto WIN Il
temperature below zero. California suffers
a little from cold in winter, but il IS so little
that hardly a ton Of coal requires TO BE
ordered 10 keep household warm.
The harbor of New York is frozen over
along its shore fringe. The occurrence is
rare in a harbor so far south. Long ago,
within steamship memory. the harbOr of
Boston was frozen over, and enterprising
r.,-1 rttf
seven miles long for the steamship Br-
tanna Of the Cunard line. AZ that time it
was thought wonderful bit OF enterprise
to saw vessel cut of an Arctic deadlock.
But il was pointed ont that the probability
resulting from so much difficulty Of travel
would be To send the steamship business
southwark to New York. In the course IF
a few years, there the steamship business
went, and has remained there. The fTeeZ-
ing over of New York harbor in the present
month Of January will hardly alter matters.
Ii is the finest harbUr for commerce the
world knows.
The misfortune of France at this crisis is
not so much the corruption Of prominent
men but the paralysis Of all kinds OF men in
the rural districts. Paris always has gov
erned and perhaps always may govern
France because the people in the country
districts are unable 10 make up their minds
what 10 Dc, eHber about speculative mar
kei or q statesman. 1t is absurd 20 beTate
these people. who live in country districts.
about their stupidity or want Of foresight
They are simply representatives of system
IF disagreement and stupefacton, which
has prevailed for ages under mpnarchical
regime. When the Panama scandal exam
nations are over Il VIII perhaps be found
that the corruption of the republic is less
than the corruption of the empire. The roy
aIists viii not gain in a competition TO
prove purity but tie mischief is that i'm
patient France may rush TO rash conclusions
and condemn the republic when 1t ought 70
condemn selfish monarchy. The common
sense Of France will probably weather The
storm, but there are thuLdeT-cl0uds in the
air.