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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.

The meeting of the Board of Railroad
Commissioners to-day will engage large
share OF public attention and the proceed
ings will be watched with more than
ordinary interest. A new spirit animates
the people. 1t is manifest in the revival
OF industry, in the increased attention to
manufacturing enterprises, in the construc-
ton of the competing railroad, in the de-
mand for purer politics, and in all the great
movements represented by the Manufac-
turers' Association, the Half-mil!ion Club,
the Civic Federation and allied organiza-
tons working on similar lines. 1t is to be
seen now whether the Railroad Commits
sioners have been affected by this new
spirit and are in harmony with the new
movement of the people, or whether they
are insensible to the demands of the oc-
casion and intent only on drawing their
pay without rendering service for it.
In the demands of the people upon the
commission there is nothing that suggests
injustice to the railroads. There is no
unthinking agitation against the railroads
as such. On the contrary, the people
favor railroads and are actually building
one of their own. There is desire to see
other roads constructed and general
hope that this desire will be speedily
gratifed. With such a desire keenly felt
no portion of the people ask of the Com
missicners to make any further reduction
in railroad rates than is compatible with
exact Justice. The demand is not for a
cinch on the railroads but for the break
ing of that cinch which the monopoly has
so long had upon all the industries of the
State.
There is another point to which the
Commissioners will do well to attend. The
people of California have begun to doubt
very gravely whether the commission is
the State is expected of men who receive
large salaries from the State. For nearly
eight months the present board has been
in Office, and until few weeks ago it has
not made even a pretense at doing any
thing. Certainly it is not worth while to
maintain commission that does nothing.
California is not so rich that she can afford
to spend money for purely ornamental
officials, and public sentiment in favor of
abolishing useless commissions is grow
ing every day.
Finally, the Commissioners must bear in
mind that there is needed a comprehen-
siye policy of regulation covering every
schedule of freights and benefting ship
pers of all classes. A reduction in grain
rates only, that will come too late in the
year to benefit grain-growers, will neither
meet the requirements of the situation nor
satisfy the just demands of the people. 1t
will not be difficult for the Commissioners
to find specific wrongs that should be
remedied, and it is only by dealing with
these wrongs as whole that the Commits
sioners can keep their pledges to the
people, fulfill the duties of their Office and
serve the interests OF the commonwealth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28
OPINIONS OF EDITORS:

San Francisco commission fruit men have
again been at the work of dumping hundreds
OF crates of good fruit into the bay because
they would neither sell 1t at price low enouoh
to make it go, nor give it away to the very
poor who could not pay any price at all. So
it was wantonly wasted Such practices are
little short of criminal, and we should think
that severe condemnation by the San Francisco
newspapers ought to diminish the practice y
not entirely stop it. We look to The CALL to
lead, of course.-Redlarids Citrograph.
San Jose will never be able to stand erect,
ful-statured, until it frees itself from the cords
that restrict it to its present municipal limits.
Fully one-third of the city is outside of the
municipal lines. There is no desire to inor-
dinately extend the limits. but they certainly
should be made to include the entire city
San Jose Mercury.
The goldbug syndicate of New York con-
tinues to burden the mails with their "sound
currency" literature in the endeavor to con-
vince the people that the single gold standard
and bankruptcy are really blessings in dis
guise.-Vancouver (Wash) Register.
The California Railroad Commission costs
that State $685. year, while ours costs US
only $40, 900 every two years. One is as use
less as the other, so we have something to be
thankful for-comparatively speaking.-Salem
(Or.) Statesman.
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the recreation and social functions of both city
and country as to make any question OF its
permanent position mere mattar OF want Of
knowledge and sympathy with its true charac-
ter. Only year ago recall a somewhat over
wrought discussion Of wheel versus horse with
a well-known club man, who had as yet looked
upon his conversion TO the use of the bicycle as
something incredible and beneath hs dignity
as a horseman and member OF the bar. 1 felt
after my highly colored eulogium as though l
had been cheerfully making general exhibit
ton of myself and an enthusiasm that no mere
user of q horse could appreciate, and that TO
him savored of an unmasculine warmth.
full of roads that run between Port Jervis and
the Delaware Water Gap, one of the best and
favorite runs for the touring wheelmen. /
counted the freedom of the Wheel the exhil-
aration of movement the want OF care as to
my mounts grooming and stabling, and the
sustained speed for the forty miles against the
care OF horse. Then. too, the wheel goes with
you in the baggage-car TO the start and comes
back the same way from the finish.
There is one aspect of fashion awheel that is
as convincing in Its way as fashion in the
surf-that is, in respect to the clothes worn.
While there are those always ready to ridicule
any departure from the commonplace and con-
ventional in ordinary costume, as regards
sensible bicycle-dress there seems to have de-
veloped very broad and liberal spirit OF
liberation.
No woman who has ever suffered the discom-
walking skirt used for riding ever has much
objection to RATIONAL tendencies. The long
skirt gets under the feet in mounting, catches
in the chain, and in dismounting is always
liable to become entangled just enough 10
pitch the gentle wearer and her wheel IN
gracefully to the street. Two of the SWEETEST
costumes I've seen about New York are of
reddish-brown cloth. The full, almost i'm
perceptible bloomers are supplemented by
natty jacket falling just below the hips, while
the legs from the knee are encased in stockings
to match, nearly covered with high-laced kid
boots. The headgear Is brown derby.
/ am more inclined to anticipate a growth of
the record-breaking tendency since the very
creditable showing made by Mrs. Henry Clews
in the ten-mile run at Newport. That is only
the entering wedge. presume we shall hear
before long of a further reduction In the ten
mile time made by Miss Fair, Miss Vanderbilt,
Mrs. Oelrichs and others. That the wheel will
be more than ever in evidence at Newport is
already an assured fact and road runs even as
far as Boston are probabilities of the near
future.
The fact is, as I said in beginning these
rambling notes, the bicycle is too fine an
exercise, too entirely q sensible and health
giving sport, to be other than q most gratifying
addition to the pleasures of society. It Is rarely
that you find an director to its intelligent use
among physicians, and when you do put it
down as worthy of investigation that he either
doesn't ride or hasn't the courage to learn
j. B. G. in Vanity.
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FOREIGN TRADE AGAIN.

Apropos of THE CALLS recent remarks
concerning the superior energy displayed
By European countries in pushing their
foreign trade into regions neglected by the
United States, the If,didrubber World asks :
"What shall it profit the United States,
though the whole world should assent to
the Monroe doctrine, if in the end other
nations monopolize the markets of the
South American republics? Since politi-
cal control has its raison etre in the pro-
motion or protection of commercial inter-
ests, SO long as any European nation has
the unmolested lead il selling goods to
Latin America it can be content to leave
the political situation in the hands OF
Others"
Of course, the IiediGru5ber World over
looks other important bearings of the
Monroe doctrine, but its hint is none the
less valuable for that. The establishment
of close trade relations between countries
generally leads TO mutually beneficial
reciprocity, and this is long step toward
political cooperation for their common
interest should the occasion arise.
The World regards it as a reproach to the
United States that we permit the steam
navigation of the great Amazon River to
be monopollzed by an English corporation,
while We can build superior steamboats,
and are free to compete with England in
this traffic. The business has grown so
large of late years that the English COM
pany is preparing to increase the number
of its vessels American steamboats, were
on the river ahead of the English, and
to-day our boats are successfully plying
the Magdalena River. Why should we
abandon the Amazon and its splendid
trade to England?
Again, an English company has just
been organized and has let the contract to
lay cable up the Amazon from Para to
Manaos. This will vastly increase British
trade and the extension of British in
fuence in this great valley.
The World presents the following state
ment of trade with Brazil for 1892, and de-
clares that it was not an exceptional year :
The United States bought from Brazil
merchandise valued at..............$1 Sis, 1888 GOA
And sold to that country domestic
merchandise valued at only. 14,240.OO9
Great Britain bought Brazilian prod
ucts only to the value of............ 1889, 7O6
But exported her own products to
Brazil amounting to................. $685. $50
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

OLEoMARGARINE-W.K K. o., Redlands, San Ber-
nardino County, Cal. Oleomargarine or butter
Inc is an imitation of butter made from animal
fat. 1t is animal grease in disguise and the re-
suit of a Frenchman's idea that the butter diff
fused through the milk of the COW is due to the
absorption of the animals fat. In preparing
butterine the manufacturers mince beef suet,
Sleeps stomachs cut into small pieces, carbon
ate OF potash and water. This mixture is sub
jected to heat of 1I3 degrees Fahrenheit,
so that the action of the pepsin in the sleeps
stomaehs VIII separate the lat from the other !.
vlded into stearin and margarin. To ten
pounds OF margarin put in a churn is added
quart of milk, three pints of water and little
arnotto After churning there is produced an
article that has the sem blance OF butter. The
inventor OF the process was Mege Mouriez.
THE FREE L1BRARy-subscribers, City. The
trustees OF the San Francisco Public Library
are Colin M. Boyd, Horace Davis, Ralph c..
Harrison, John s. Hittell, P. N. Lilienthal, A.
L. Mann, Joseph O'Connor. George T. Shaw,
John II. Wise, and the Mayor, ex-officio. There
is one vacancy in the board at this time caused
by the death of c. G. Terrin. The trustees were
first named by the Governor; now, when a
vacancy occurs, 1t is filled by the other men,
bers of the board. The secretary Is L. j. Casey.
The librarian is George T. Clark, whose salary
is 5000 per month.
LUCKY SroNEs-S., City. It is commonly be-
lieved that each month In the year has q
lucky precious stone. The list is as follows:
January, garnet, constancy; February, anne
thyst, sincerity; March, bloodstone, courage;
April, diamond, innocence; May, emerald,
success in love; June, agate, health and long
life; July, cornelian, content; August, sar-
donyx, conjugal felicity; September, chryso-
lite, antidote to madness; October, opal, hope;
November, topaz, fidelity; December, tur-
quoise, prosperity.
OFFICIAL VIsTTs-A Native Daughter, City.
AS the editor of this department is not the
keeper of the minds OF the public officials it is
impossible to tell why such officials notify the
heads of public institutions of intended official
visits, except it Is for the purpose of giving
those in charge of such institutions an oppor-
tunity to put rything in the best possible
order in order to gain favorable report
GRUBBING LAND-A. H., Sonoma, Cal. Several
persons who have been engaged in the work
say that 1t is impossible to give an estimate of
the price of grubbing land without viewing 1T.
In some parts CT Sonoma County there are men
who will grub land for the wood on it--that is,
for stumps and scrub oak, which they convert
into charcoal
- FLAes--S. and K, City. The Consul for Ger
many in this City says that he does not know
OF any law prohibiting the carrying of a for
eign flag in procession through the streets OF
Berlin, but that 1t is not customary to do so.
AMERICAN THEATER-H. NJ, City. The Ameri-
can Theater, corner of Sansome and Halleck
streets in this City, was destroyed by fire on
the morning OF the 10th of February, 1868
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28
WHEEL AND TOWER.

Following the fashion set by Chicago and
San Francisco in building massive wheels and
towers, London has introduced similar struc-
lures into the metropolitan recreation grounds
that are made attractive by novelties from all
countries. The inventor and designer of this
new affair is Lieutenant james Weir Graydon,
late of the United States navy. He has COM
bined the wheel and tower ideas, much to the
delight of the Britishers. In description of
the latest invention the pamphlet OF explana-
ton says of Lieutenant Graydon that in COM
bining all the features Of the "Graydon wheels
and towers in this new invention he now adds
to the immensely of their structure wonder
full feature, veritable castle in the air, so that
one can dine, lunch, dance promenade, skate,
firt, dream, or otherwise ENJOY oneself in or
near the clouds. The passenger enters the car
riages on the wheel at their lower loading sta
tions (and in which he can find en- voyage all
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

One of the peculiar things noticed in
connection with the forthcoming yacht
race is that the English champion Valkyrie
is built upon American lines. and the
American Defender is modelled somewhat
after former En- glish champions. The re-
suit of the contest will be looked for with
interest. If the Yankee wins he will Justly
claim that it is due to his superior seaman
ship. If, on the other hand, the Britsher
comes out ahead claim will be set up that
his success was due to the fact that an
American model had been followed in pro-
ducing the Valkyrie.
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remain for FIVE days sweating, when they are
ready to be graded and packed in boxes, OF
five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds for the East
ern market.
Vines six years old yield one and a half tons
OF raisins per acre, giving a net income OF $500
per acre. While the supply of raisins is as I'M
falling as the growing demand, there is an
esthetic as well as an economic side. A few
women have not only found raisin vineyards
a source of comfortable revenue, but their cul-
The approach to some of their homes, with
the vineyard in the rear OF the dwelling house,
is through avenues of palm ana magnolia
trees, and if they lie, as many d. against the
foothills of the Sierras, ride through the
columnar glories of the giant redwoods is a
fitting in PRODUCTION to the beauty and utility
which is sure to be beyond.-NELLIE BLESSING
EYSTER, in Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28
THE EASTERN PRESS.
Collapse of the Coliseum.

The truest thing that can be said about the
total collapse of the Coliseum is that it is well
that 1t happened when it did. The horrors
that would have attended the crash of such a
weight of iron and stone when 10000 were
seated beneath its roof, as would have been the
case during the projected season of Barnums
Circus are beyond the scope of Imagination.
The catastrophe probably would have been
more fruitful OF serious and fatal casualties
than great battle. And what mourning
would have covered the Nation had the great
building collapsed during the session of a
National convention when distinguished
representatives OF every State and Territory
were assembled.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28
CALIFORNIANs IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 27.-The follow
ing Californians registered at hotels to-day:
San Francisco-Charies Calman. Hoffman; Mr..
and Mrs. R. Bramson, T. Salinger, Miss l..
Royce, Sturteyant: Mr.. and Mrs A. R. Kean,
st. James; W. B. Peck, Imperial; H. NJ. vanar-
man, Bartholdi; L. M. WEIGH, Murray Hill; P.
Bronson, Warwick; S. Howard, Brunswick ;
Miss F. Meyers, Grand Union. Stock Toni s.
harrington, Grand Union.
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Eastern Empires.

There is much blazing talk in the sporting
world about the ineficfency of umpires The
National League has in it's service, as nearly as
we can make out, corps of blind, cold.
blooded, fckle-minded degenerates, who do not
know the difference between an in-shoot and
comic sections or between a stolen base and q
stolen watch. 1t is hard to understand how
men who have to make so many decisions can
fail to hit upon the right one almost always
Boston Journal.
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CALIFORNIANs IN UTAH.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, Aug. 27.-At the Temple
ton--Mrs. NJ. Heffer. San Francisco; Mrs.
Catherine Blake and Miss Minnie Blake,
Reuieia
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Hawaiian Annexation.

Let Dole and his fellow conspirators and
usurpers demand" recognition. Such a
course on their part could only accentuate the
public opinion now setting against them more
strongly every day. AS things are going now
1T is not probable that the next House. al.
though largely Republican, will pass any bill
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

Give the industries of the State chance
to expand and the railroads viii lose moth
ing.
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Religion i'm the cities.

The census volume on the churches, recently
published, shows at least one thing which we
do not doubt will be surprise to many; it is
that the proportion of church members or
communicates to the whole population id
larger in the cities than among the rural popus
lations. The common impression trends ths
other Way.-Philadelphi ia Ledger
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

The people have a right TO expect much
and should not be disappointed.
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providing for the annexation of the Dole OUT
fit, with their evidences of bonded indebted.
ness, their sugar plantations. their Kanakas
and their annual pensions to deposed SOW.
ereigns.-St. Louis Republic.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

This week Del Monte has an inning with
the Country Clubs outing and lots OF
pretty girls on the side.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

California has some rights that Ken
lucky corporation is bound to respect.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

The monopoly has been going against
the grain OF every other industry as well
as of that Of the wheat-growers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

q new day has dawned in California and
the Railroad Commission must awake and
get to work.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

It is comforting to learn from Boston
that Zerubbabel is behaving himself. Per-
haps Massachusetts viii be good enough
to let him play with her great seal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

It is worth noting that Olney is the one
man in the Democratic party who has
been named for the Presidential nomina-
ton and has not made haste to decline.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

II is evident that in the fight against the
railroad cinch We must literally carry the
war into Africa.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

Go to the Mechanics Fair in the day
time to study the exhibits, and then 60 in
the evening to See the crowds and have a
good time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

The cinch of monopoly on the industries
of the State must be broken or the law will
be broken.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

The Equalizers are playing to crowded
houses right along, but a good many of the
spectators believe they are playing Robert
the Devil with the Robert left out.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

The reports of the County Auditors of
Ohio, which have just been footed up,
show that the number of sheep in the
State in 1894 exceeded those of 1895 by
$40, 779. The decrease can be assigned
only to the effects of the Wilson tariff,
which has acted on the wool industry of
the country like devastating pestilence
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

Commissioner Clark's opportunity will
meet him at the board.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

The proposed new iipksroom for Bo-
hemia will come high OF course. but that
is another story.
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With another park added to her attrac-
tons Santa Cruz will be in doubt whether
to call herself the City by the Sea, or the
Park-Girdled Borough of the Bay.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

The question before the Railroad Com
mission is whether the people of Califor-
MIA are to be made to pay the cost of de-
veioping Central Africa.
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what Populism Is Said to Pc.

Populism is not creed. 1t is not principle.
1t is the gospel of dissent and discomfort. III
does not require its adherents to affirm any
thug in particular. 1t is satisfied with them IL
they are dissatisfied with everybody and eyery%
thing else. 1t is this gospel.-Fort Worth
Goz
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-28

The Republican State Convention in
Pennsylvania is the storm center of East
ern politics to-day, and everybody over
there is watching TO see if Quay can ride
the whirlwind and direct the storm.
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VIII we get reduced freight rates or
broken pledges?
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AS something of an Offset to the danger
of phylloxera it is pleasing to learn that
the so-called California vine disease"
which was so troublesome some time ago
is now declared to be purely local phe-
nomenon, ephemeral in character; that
there are only few isolated cases OF it,
and these are rot contagious.
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The Railroad Commission has the floor
fo.daV
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HOOPS Sarsaparilla has record OF remarkable
cures never equaled by any other preparation. In
the severest of scrofua it has been successful
after much other treatment failed
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Park Commissioner-You are not making
that new bicycle path wide enough. N
Surveyor-PshawI It's wide enough for ten
bicycles to ride abreast.
Park Commissioner-Its wide enough for
the bicycles, but it isn't wide enough for the
bloomers.