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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-20
MORE WAR TALK.
Canada Can Fight United States for
Two Months, Shs Thinks,
BARON RornscnILD WANTS PEACE
Russia Thinks the Position OF the Unlltd
states Conflicts with the Inter.
ssts OF Europe.

OTTAWA, Ont, Dec. 20.--Oniclals Of
tho government, ols,m that In case Of
war between Great Britain aud the
United States, Csns1a could In ivenly-
four hours put $1,000 fully equipped
men Into the nold aud bold any force
the United States lie likely TO bring
agalnht thls country In ontck a couple
Of months NJ least. Ths situation IL
generally viewed ~ one Of the greatest
gravity, calling for prompt ptopnta-
tlonsior defense, but not fer any alarm.
In The event Of hostilitIos, uonsIsl
Montgomery Moore, commander Of the
imperial forces At HALIFAX, would take
charge OF the defense Ne the senior
Imperial officer in tue county. The
Journal says:
"rho Dominion government should
take time by the forelook and take all
reasonable Steps to insure our making
a. good = showing a. we eau II tho iu-
vasion comes. Immediate application
should DO made to the homo govern.
ment for commission officers 10 CO.
operate with some OF our own In
deciding upon n plan OF action"
KFFECr on THE LONDON MARKET.
LONDON, Dec. 20. As an effect Of
the publication here OF chbiogrnm
quoting tho pfesidoHt Of oettsin
chamber OF commerce In the u lted
states NJ being opp0toi 10 war with
Great Britain over tho Venezuelan
boundary question, there wss slight.
ly better selling on the stock exchange
today, though the markets were still
unsettled. Contols foil l O, but other
iiftt class stcutetlos were generally
frm. Americans, however, continue
very ilat, though there were one or
two fractional gains.
Boon after opening, however, there
was n market deprsa'ion on the stock
exchange.
The Evening STANDARD referring 10
ID 9 depression this afternoon tayA:
1.-THE declines wsrs 10 sympathy
with further heavy fall In a meflca ns
which went down from 81 TO s8,With Si.
Paul leading the way. American
bonds were also freely offered and ur.
less these are taken up for New YORK,
the outlook Is glosmy."
There was extreme deproaaion on tho
Manchester and Glasgow stock ex-
changes.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
THE HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS.

1t is familiar doctrine of the common law
that one who ows piece of land owns from
the center of the earth to the very sky itself
His fee simple title is not to be questioned,
save where he infringes upon or interferes with
the rights of his neighbors.
There is a tendency in recent years to modify
the rule of the common law. but such ten
dency should never be extended beyond rea-
sonable limits. For example, the restrictions
sought to be put upon the height of buildings
in this City should be tested by the canons OF
expediency and common-sense, and there
should be no limitation fixed upon the con-
struction of q building unless some good and
sufficient reason can be given for it.
In many of the European cities, where the
sire cts are so narrow as to be only lanes or al.
leys, it is obvious that high buildings must be
sunless side of the street, but in City like
this, where the streets are sixty, eighty and
even more than 100 feet in width, that argu-
ment possesses no force or validity. solid
street could not exclude air or sunlight from
those on the opposite side OF the street
Modern buildings in the business portion of
city are uniformly built as nearly fireproof as
possible, and hence the Fire Department argu-
ment cuts little or no figure. If those men,
bers OF the Board of Supervisors who seem to
be so strongly opposed to high buildings would
take action IN behalf of an extension of the fire
limits they would do much more to guard
against the risk of general conflagration than
by Directing to tall buildings.
The height of buildings is purely compare
tive and 1t would be just as reasonable for the
owner OF one-story cottage to object to his
neighbor building two-story house as for the
owner of a six-story business block to object to
his neighbor erecting a twelve-story building.
As to sanitation and all that the term involves
there is no modern building in this City which
is notthoroughly supplied and equipped with
the best OF sanitary appliances.
1t would be interesting to know the source OF
this newly developed zeal against high build
ings in this City, when 1t is perfectly well
known that all the high buildings beginning
with the Chronicle building which was the
and thoroughly sanitated structures. There is
something more in this recent movement
than appears on the surface.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
HIGH BUILDINGS,

There are evidences that we are soon to
have in this City renewal of that contro-
versy over high buildings which began
years ago in Chicago, was continued in
New York and other cities of the East and
has been practically concluded in that
section of the country by victory every
where for the advocates of the new form of
architecture.
The objection to high buildings, or s.sky-
scrapers, as it is the fashion to call them,
grows out of the natural conservatism of
man. Some people dislike any change
simply because it is change. Others see
that change in any one thing will break
the existing relation with other things
around it and fear the new condition will
entail danger or loss somewhere. One of
these objections is about as futile as the
other Changes for the better there have
been since the world began and must be so
long as man is capable of learning new
things. Nor does any one change long
disturb the harmony of the complex reIa-
lions of life. 1t simply brings about other
changes in other things until new adj
justment is reached and thereby proves
not only a benefit itself but the cause of
Tall buildings are development of the
age, and, like all such developments, have
resulted from needs engendered by exist
ing conditions. No one planned them as
an inspiration. They grew by slow de-
grees In response to the demands of mod
ern life. If they introduced new problems
they brought also the answers with them.
They have been opposed everywhere and
everywhere they have been accepted. A
hard fight was made against them by the
Fire Department in Chicago, but it ended
not by checking the buildings but by i'm
proving the fire service; and SO great was
the improvement that only short time
ago the Chicago TsnleS-HeraId predicted a
complete revolution in the methods of
fighting fire in that city before the close of
the year.
The high building, as we have said, did
not come by inspiration of genius. 1t is
need of the time. A law prohibiting such
buildings would lower the price of every
foot OF land anywhere near the center of
the City. No one would purchase lot at
high price if he were not to be permitted
to erect upon it a building high enough to
obtain in rents a fair return upon his
investment. Ii the landowners of San
Francisco are to enjoy as full use of their
property as landowners in other American
cities they must be as free here ass else
where to make every use of modern archi-
lecture and engineering in improving their
property by the construction of such.
buildings as the requirements of the time
demand.
1t is hardly likely that the controversy
here will be waged either so long or so
warmly as it was waged elsewhere. 1t is in
fact a virtually exhausted issue 1t has
been argued over and over in the East, and
every possible problem involved in it has
been discussed and solved. 1t is no longer
question between New York and Chicago
as to whether they shall have high build
ings, but as to which shall have most and
highest
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
PARKHURST ON BOSSES.

The great reformer, DR.. Parkhurst, has
just returned to New York from his visit
to Europe, and his first utterance was this !:
"Platt and the spirit of Plattism are worse
tLan Croker and the spirit of Crokerism.
and the manhood and intelligence of the
city must and will crush it out from the
very root" After expressing regret that
the excise question had arisen to obscure
the main issue of destroying boss rule and
the corruption which clings to it, he said !:
while we are lighting Tammany we must
not forget that the enemy who is an essen
tial ally of 1ammany is the spirit of des-
potism-familiarly known as Plattism. The
entire system of boss rule must be torn up
root and branch"
BY all this the famous reformer means
to say that corruption in municipal poll
tics is the reason for the existence of boss
ism. That this is eminently true as well
as universal is a fact of which the history
of San Francisco gives ample proof. The
boss is the broker who operates between
private rascality and the law and who
charges generous commission for his
service. The complaeency of the people has
permitted him to usurp the functions of
the political leader and largely to supplant
him in the useful task of organizing the
forces OF party and conducting them to
success.
The wearisome aphorism concerning the
"ingratitude of republics" is referable to
the boss system of conducting politics in
the United States. 1t is a part of human
nature to admire the strong, the brave and
the generous; and human nature is as
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
UNFAITHFUL SERVANTS.

Two Chicago banks are simultaneously
dismayed to discover that they have been
heavily robbed by trusted employees. 1t is
the same old story-drinking, gambling
and women. These three evils have caused
at least so per cent of all the cases in which
trusted employees have committed theft
The worst feature of it is that the very
men most apt to fall before these tempta-
tons are those who are most valuable to
their employers. This is explainable on
the ground that they have certain large
ness of character and vigor of body, Ger
tain dash and swing and freedom of tenn
permanent, certain boldness, courage and
love of adventure and excitement, and
invariably grace of manner that are all
as valuable in business as they may be
weak in the presence of temptation. A
mean, cold, narrow. selfish, timid man
may be generally depended on to remain
faithful to his trust. OF course this does
not mean to say that all warm blooded
employees should be watched or that all
cold blooded men are faithful.
The tremendous growth in the size of
single business enterprises and the in
creased necessity for reposing trust in en-
Der of defaulters, and this in turn has de-
veloped means for checking their ten
dency to err. The two principal checks
are the requirement of bend and the en-
forcement of rules prohibiting drinking.
For it is an accepted fact that liquor is
generally the inspiration to other lapses of
conduct. Another most beneficent check
is the encouragement of benevolent, social
and religious organizations among en-
ployes. Thus, in San Francisco the en-
ployes of the Market-street Railway Com
pany are not only required to refrain from
drinking, but are encouraged, though of
course not compelled, to become members
of Young Mems Christian Associations
organized among themselves. The result
is that wrongdoing by these men is I'M
heard of and that they are wholesome,
clean-looking and gentlemanly.
OF the scores of bank defalcations which
have occurred throughout the country in
recent years we do not remember that a
single one of the defaulters were under
any of the restrictions which are men,
toned herein.
The public always feels greater secur-
ity in dealing with institutions which keep
their employees under strict and whole
some discipline, and which invests them
with all reasonable safeguards against
tom nj tioy
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
PERSONAL.

Bishop Warren has returned to the Palace.
DR.. R. NJ Hunt of Nevada City is at the Lick.
Rev. H. White OF Stockton is at the Occi-
dental.
R. w. C. Cressy, a banker of San Jose, is at
the Lick.
P. A Buell., a lumberman of Stockton, is at
the Grand.
Yates Stirling of the navy is guest at the
Occidental.
J.F. Coope, a vineyardist of Santa Cruz, is
at the Grand.
Commander d. w. Mullan of the navy is at
the California.
Charles E. Swezv.a merchant of Marysville,
is guest at the Lick.
JIM Mannion, secretary OF the Ukiah Insane
Asylum, is at the Grand.
Ex-Judge George Pearce of Santa Rosa reg
istered yesterday at the Lick.
James p. Mccarthy, the real estate man, has
gone to Los Angeles on business.
Theodore Pasehka, a big cofee-planter Of
Guatemala is at the Occidental.
John L. Hudner, an attorney of Hollister,
registered at the Lick yesterday.
Congressman w. J. Bryan of Nebraska regis
tered at the Occidental yesterday.
H F. Emeric came in from San Pablo yester-
day and put up at the Occidental.
W. G. Detert, superintendent of the Leila
mine in Amador County. is at the Lick. .
Judge P. s. Grosscup of Chicago and his fam
lily leave this morning for a trip to Yosemite
C. L. Hammond, superintendent of the Hotel
Waldorf New York, registered at the Palace
yesterday
Thomas ender of Sonora returned from the
triennial conclave in Boston yesterday and is
staying at the Lick.
Bishop William Ford Nichols will leave to-
day to attend the convention to be held in
Minneapolis October2.
William NJ Lent. well-known mining man.
and his wife, arrived here from New York yes
terday, and are at the Palace.
Hakuro Isono, q prominent merchant OF
Yokohama, was one of yesterdays arrivals by
the Gaelic, and is staying at the Occidental.
Thomas Flint Jr. of San Juan, president pro
TEN. of the State Senate, returned yesterday
from his trip East with the Knights Templar
to Boston, and is staying at the Grand.
Mrs. John r. Coekerill, wife of Colonel Cock
Grill, the correspondent of the New York
World, who is now in Japan, arrived here on
the Gaelic yesterday and left for the East in
the evening.
f. r. Graves. Bishop of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church at Shanghai and J. NJ. Francis of
the Divinity School at Toxic came in yesterday
on the Gaelic and registered at the Occidental.
They have come over to attend the convention
at Minneapolis October 2.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
SUCCESS OF FRUIT-GROwERs.

Our esteemed contemporary, THE MORNING
CALL, has published an admirable discussion
of the conditions upon which the real success
of the fruitgrowers depends. Among other
interesting things, in reference to the part
played in trade by the commercial traveller, L
says: "When the frult-grower realizes that this
is wholly distinctive function, and that it is
entirely separate from a knowledge of the
processes by which an article is produced, he
viii understand the travelling salesmen's
value. The opportunity which the fruit unions
now have before them is that OF securing the
services OF these bright and Woodworking
men" Even superficial inquiry into the actual
conditions OF trade in especially the great
markets OF the East will convince the inquirer
OF the truth OF such statements. While
IL is true that the consumption of
the united States Is only meageriy supplied
with California fruits, and deserves the close
attention indicated, the fact that San Fran
cisco is one of the really great seaports of the
world suggests the idea that greater scope
should be given the efforts of the fruit-growers
"a scope that is practicable now only by
organized EFFORT, and that is to have trusted
agents in all the leading consuming points
only IN this way can they keep in close touch
with their trade and avoid the exorbitant
profits OF middlemen. Profitable experience
can only be gained by experiment. Try the
bright and hard-working men" which THE
CALL refers to, and then await for the results
which experience In other lines of trade has
proven, after long-continued effort, to be snc-
cessiul-San Francisco Commercial Traveller.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
THE SUNDAY CALL.

To-morrow's issue of THE CALL will pre-
sent an interesting array of special fea-
lures secured for this edition. Joaquin
Miller will have spirited poem entitled
Hawaii" The final paper of Robert Stew.
enson, C.E., on ''Kinetic Stability" which
was unavoidably crowded out last Sunday,
will appear tomorrow.
The last discovery of a comet by Pro-
lessor Swift has inspired Miss Rose
O'Halloran to write an entertaining essay
on the general subject of comets, with par
ticular reference to their peculiarties.
Miss Adeline Knapp's story, "How the
Net Was Spread" will be found both
touching and dramatic. John McNaught's
special department, Random Notes,
has proved so acceptable that it is to be
continued indefinitely. The quaint humor
and genuine philosophy of this accom-
plished writer, together with the gentle
but shrewd satire and broad wisdom IN
which he INDUCES, have found instant and
hearty appreciation.
The great local news event of to-day,
the production of GAS You Like 1t" at
Sutro Heights, will be treated by an ac-
complished specialist and will be hand
somely illustrated.
Charles A. Keller will have another
paper on ''The Birds of California" The
great battle of Chickamauga, whose mem
cries have been revived by the ceremonies
attending the dedication of the famous
battle-ground as National park, will be
described by Frank Elliott Myers, and the
story of the equally historical battles of
Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
will be told by Hugh M. Burke. The
regular features of THE SUNDAY CALL, in
Guiding book reviews, the children realm,
the drama, local and foreign fashions for
women and men, art and many other in
teresting things, will be presented. @
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS.

He, on the pIazZa-Its so dark I can't see.
Isn't that another couple next to u.s."
She-Yes; and he is trying to kiss her.
He-Can you see so we'll as that?
She-Oh, no; but know whom she is WITH
Brooklyn Life.
sMrs D. vorcee is not at all musical" said
one Chicago woman.
sNot bit. There's only one tune that she
knows by heart"
"What is that ?"
''Mendelssohn's Wedding INDIAN
apolis Journal.
'Now, WILLIE" said Mr.. Bibbs. "you mustn't
eat green apples. You don't see me eating
things all day and making myself sick"
NO." said Willie, so thoughtfully that the
impression of disrespect was lost, "nor you
don't see me staying out all night and having
headaches in the morning. ''-Washingto Star
That was remarkable instance of devotion
to which an Italian journal referred some time
ago, wherein husband, on hearing that his
wife looked her best in mourning, committed
suicide that she might have an opportunity to
wear it.-Harpers Bazaar.
Zabzer-say, waiter, this bill of fare is in
French.
Waiter-Yes, sir; but the dinner is in Eng.
lish.-Roxbury Gazette.
she-They call this play with moral. 1
wonder what it is?
He, thinking of the price for seats-The fool
and his money are soon parted l guess
Indianapolis Journal
The generous fellows OF the olden times
Despised the quarters and ignored the dimes;
But as prosperity and wealth increase
We break our neeks to grab the Scent piece
DAyrs
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

grateful under republicanism as under any
other idea of government. Grant was
made President as reward for his noble
services as soldier. There is never any
republican ingratitude that has not been
caused by suspicion of motive, and the
great incentive to the creation of such sus-
picion has been such conduct as would
necessarily suggest a motive which was
both selfish and corrupt.
There are hopeful indications sthat the
boss is doomed. AS there must or, at least,
ought to be a guiding agency to organize
and concentrate the working efficiency of
political party, and as reward for meri-
torious service is fundamental in any con-
ception of self-government, it must inev-
ltably ensue, not only that clean, patriotic
and high-minded leaders will present
themselves on the least sign of the deca-
dence of bossism, but that just and honor
able political rewards will be offered to
worthy leaders.
AS regards the situation in New York it
is OF no greater concern to us than to the
extent to which it affects the principle OF
party leadership. The Republican party,
wherever it may find itself in an organized
form, must have leadership. BY this we
mean the principle of direction. The
party everywhere, as in every other party,
is forced to choose the form and character
OF its directing agency. Shall this be a
boss, with necessarily shady history, or
shall it be clean man who may possess
the organizing and executive ability nee
essary to lead the party to victory on an
Infinitely higher plane than that which
the boss can occupy? It has come to the
position that party organization shall re-
pose in the hands either of bosses or lead
ers. The voters and consequently the peo-
pie and their welfare will deserve the re-
suits of their choice, whatever it may be-.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21

with them, however tall they may be. Twelve
the great cities of the world, and with elevators
and other modern improvements they are prov
ing great convenience. They are concentrate
surfing vast saving in time. A few years ago
people who had to meet daily for the transac-
ton OF business travelled miles in the course of
the day, and they had to deduct from the hours
devoted to their calling a considerable proper
ton which was engrossed by locomotion. This
involved material curtailment of their po-
tential activity. Now men of business occupy
offices in tall buildings within short distance
OF each other, and in quarter of an hour or
less everybody can reach everybody else.
The spirit of the proposed ordinance is
wrong. What we want in this City is not to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-21
AMERICAS DUTY IN RE CUBA.

AS for Cuba, it is the American doctrine that
the European colonial system represents only
a transitional stage. Cuba is an American
country, and her political connection with
Spain ought not to last any longer than Cuba
herself desires 1t is monstrous that war
should be waged in Cuba, and the whole land
devastated by Spaniards because Cuba prefers
to establish her own independent government.
1t is no duty of ours to assist Spain in holding
Cuba. On the contrary, tits our duty at the
earliest possible moment to recognize Cuba s
belligerent rights and to give her moral SYM
pathy in her struggle. At the present moment
our Government is mourning large amount
of expense in the attempt to keep Americans
from going to Cuba.
reasonable amount of precaution on our
own soil to prevent the fitting out of notorious
flibustering expeditions must be exercised,
under the terms of the existing treaties with
Spain: but it certainly is a question whether
our Government is not showing misdirected
zeal in sending ships to patrol the Cuban coast,
lest some aid may come to Cuba from Cuban
friends and sympatniZers in the United States.
The question is q difficult one for our Govern
ment, and the Washington policy must net be
condemned without good cause. But certainly
the American people do not expect that the
strength of the United States will be used to
aid the Spanish monarchy in keeping its brutal
hand upon the throat of an American island
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