The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-05
IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS.
California.


What kind of civilization is it where every
jockey has valet and one-half the editors In
the country have to black their own boots2
asks the San francisco CALL to which the
Fresno Republican replies that it is the same
kind of a civilization that gives US page In
newspaper about Pugilist Corbett's new blow,
and quarter of column in the same paper
about national convention of Christian Ems
deavorers. The same civilization that makes
conceivable the putting of Durrant tragedy
on the stage, and leaves able lecturers with q
dozen hearers. Yes, 1t is the same c1V1uZaLlOns
Auburn Republican.
Probably never before has there been dis
played such unanimity of sentiment through
out the State as is now being made apparent in
an organized endeavor for improvements
Throughout the length and breadth of the
| State the cry is Advance, California and,
with such praiseWOrthy end in view, 1t only
rem aims that honest and straightforward meth.
DDS be adopted to rapidly increase the popuIa-
| ton and develop the varied resources OF the
State, many OF which are lying latent-RiVer-
| side Enterprise.
| The strides in manufacturing enterprise
lately made by some of the Southern States
| are truly wonderful. Admission, one of the
new iron towns of Alabama, lately submitted
| samples of iron pipe for street mains in Toxic,
| Japan, and secured the contract over English,
Scotch, Belgian and German manufacturers by
reason of superiority in quality and finish. II
| is high time for California to enter the Oriental
markets, so far as its products are available
Los Angeles Herald.
We have permission to note the comment Of
an Iowa banker lately to friend in this city
| and to copy: "For all times have been so hard
| here and money scarce because of last years
! crop failures lands have held up well in this.
| country" The man who hangs on to his landL
as much of it as he can use for LONGEVITY
all the tenac1ty OF desperation will in the end
have blessed Observation-Disclosures Mail.
Tf
vestments in California pay because they have
a liberal home patronage, there can be TO
question but that all the capital needed Wilt
come here for inyestment.-Los Angeles Ex-
press.
w. S. Wilson, travelling agent of the San
Francisco CALL, while in the calling business,
called on US this week. He represents his
is second to none.-Boulder (Cal.) Blast.
Oregon.
Good roads are good investments. Money
judiciously expended in road improvement
adds SO much to the value of the property in
a country that every dollar invested comes
back to the treasury in the form of additional
taxation. Good roads are arteries of trade,
promoters of value and aids TO prosperity.
They attract new settlers, encourage land i'm,
provement and enrich a community. They
bring in more people to help pay the taxes,
and thus reduce the rate of taxation while ins
credSlIg the aggregate dHnouuI COlIecteQ.->
Portland Telegram.
Oregon's convicts working in the stove
foundry will get So cents day and board.
The 35 cents will come from the foundry com-
pany, and the board from the taxpayers.-Har.
vey Valley Items.
II the civilized nations of the world will dis
cipline China and wipe Turkey as nation off
the map of Europe the double task would be q
fitting crown to the achievements of the nines
teenth century.-Portland Oregonian.
Washington.
negro was lynched within ten miles of the
great city of Cincinnati last week. 1t seems
that the wild and wooley West" is not the only
| region that gets out of gear OCCASIONALLY
Ellensburg (Wash.) Capital
| The people of the United States need mora
leisure for thinking As it is they let the polis
| ticians do their thinking for them, and the
result is confusion. How shall we change fot
| the better? Well good way to start would be-
| to make Saturday afternoon a business holiS
| day.-Seattle Times.
San Francisco wants to be the place of meet
| ing of the next Republican National Conven.
| ton. Washington wants her to be. Its hold.
| ing there would be good thing for the coast
| and the whole country. California's sister
| States should lend hearty co-operatton.-Col>
| fax (Wash0 Gazette.
Arizona.