The morning call., 1894-03-04

ing money upon crops and paying interest
charges OF from Is TO "a per cent; second, the
chattel mortgages which. as In the West, grind
the producer; and third. the necessity of pay
ing enormous prices for all they need because
of the compulsory credit system. The result Is
the farmers are under a kind Of servitude al
most as hopeless aud crushing as that from
which the emancipation proclamation freed
them. AS 10 the cOlored schools In the South,
their average sessions are only about three
months In a year, the schoolhouses are not re-
paired by the State and are utterly uDrt for use.
and the teachers are not only poorly paid, but
generally incompetent"
'sThe country possesses few men who are as
interchangeable workers and who have been so
uniformly successful in all their business IN
dertakings as Erasius Wiman," said s. L..
Atwater, a prominent business man OF To-
ront0, Canada. at the Palace yesterday. HE
was born in Canada, and has never forsworn
his citizenship His birthplace was village
near Toronto, where he first saw the light some
sixty years ago. His parents were very poor,
and men who are still living and who knew him
when boy say that he worked hard In the
fields In summer so that he might attend school
In winter. He was newsboy until 10 years OF
age, when he went into printing office aud
worked for 81 90 a week. He drified from
type-setting into writing on the markets and
nnance for Toronto paper. and from that work
went TO the firm or r. G. Dun & Co.. from which
time forward bis history is well known"
"In Massachusetts we have an organization
OF California Pioneers similar to the one you
have In This city," SAID L. Il. Hayward at the
Grand yesterday. sit consists of the gold
hunters OF 40 who are now living in the East,
and who every year assemble In Boston to re-
call tho notable events IN their experiences in
California. A few days ago the annual meeting
was held and among those present was Captain
Arthur, who raised the first American flag ever
flung TO the breeze in this State. That was in
San Diego In 1882. Captain Francis Il. harris,
the sole survivor Of the Hayes polar expedition.
was also there. He was one Of the party which
planted the American flag in This city in 1840."
j. w. Moore of San Diego was at the Grand
yesterday. "It may not be generally known"
said he, THAT we have The largest lemon plan
lation in The world 1t belongs TO the San Diego
Land aud Town Company, which owns 1000
acres OF the finest orchards In the State. Every
department of that cOmpaDy's property or bust
ness is now self-s Importing, Including the Ma.
tional City and Otay Railway. which, during
the past year, for the first time in It's history,
earned its expenses"
Young George Gerry. the 16-year-old son of
ElbIidge 7. Gerry Of New York, is expected to
arrive in this city In private car In day or
TWO. lie is IN such poor health that his father
has planned Western tour for him which will
take in all the Pacific Coast States. DIR. Russell
Bethany, member OF the Bellevue Hospit al
staff OF physicians. will accompany him.
at is TO be hoped that the American branch
OF the COlOnna family. about to be established
here, will turn out as we'll as the Baltimore
Bonapartes," said W. A Bennett of that city at
the Palace yesterday. 1.-THE last named have
no princely nonsense about them and In Balti.
more are among the most popular people,"