The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04
THOUGHTS OF WESTERN EDITORS.

German universities continue to attract an
increasing number of American students
About four hundred are said to be in Berlin.
The attendance of Americans at other educa-
tienal centers of the empire is proportionately
large. Are German methods OF instruction
more efficient than those in vogue in our
higher educational. institutions? Or can this
exodus to European places OF study be &C
coun ted for by the often undue value placed
on whatever may come from over the sea?
There are, doubtless, often secondary reasons
why students go abroad for advanced study, as
travel and residence among people having
manners and laws other than ours These are
well within themselves. But, If better facilities
for doing postgraduate work alone is sought,
it should be the ambition of our leading insti-
tutions to so strengthen their courses in this
department TO be at least equal to the best
in existence.-Stanford Sequoia.
No one who believes in the extension of the
civil service to Consuls should object to max
ing ex-Presidents Senators-at-large or giving
them any other title or emolument.or dignity
fitting to an aristocraey of offiee-h holders The
republic is the ranks of the people, and they
should go back to the same place at frequent
intervals No other system will be long salts
factory or successful Every movement hav-
ing different tendency should be in the be-
ginning and will surely be in the end frowned
down upon or torn up root and branch
Salem (Or.) Statesman.
There is no sense in retiring the commander
of the army because he has reached the age of
ga. 1t would be well to modify the law Great
ing an age-limit. Count Won Waldersee who
a short time ago was appointed field marshal
of the German armies is in his sixty-fourth year.
Gen. Wolseley, the new commander-in-chiefo of
the British army, is in his sixty-third year,
and some of the very best army work has been
done by officers who were over the age-limit
of this country.-San Jose Mercury.
short time ago the wheat growers OF Wash
ington were clamoring for estate grain in
spector." Now that they have him they are
disturbing the welkin with demand for the
earliest possible repeal OF the law creating the
same thing in Oregon, but we never got
quite down to estate grain inspector" though
there was slight demand for it before the
meeting Of the last Legislature.-SaIem (Or).
Statesman.
Some of the very best cigars we ever smoked,
and we have smoked many of the very best
that were ever rolled together, were made of
iilroy tobacco and bought by us while on our
last visit to San Jose several years ago. AS we
are yet addicted to the habit OF cigar-smoking
we would like TO know where the Gilroy cigars
are Kept on sale.-Alameda Encinal.
1t win take Republican administration,
under Republican policy, from five to eight
years probably to pay off the $500 900 600 of
additional debt which Democratic adminlstra-
ton in two and g half has loaded upon the
country. And the worst of it is that Demo
cratic administration has a year and a half
more to run-Portland Oregonian.
The lull in gold exports is doubtless only the
lull before the storm. The balance of trade is
against us, and our securities are being re-
turned. These two conditions will remain as
long as there is Il free-trade administration,
and just so long will there be gold exports
Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen.
The pathetic news comes from China that
only half the usual amount of frecrackers
were manufactured this year. We feared all
along that China would get even with US for
the exclusion act.--Arizona Gazette.
The best example OF man cooling off is to be
seen in vigorous Democratic editor who saw
agely criticizes Platt and Quay and then gently
comments on the doings OF German and Brice
Seattle tWash.) Post-Intelligencer.