The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-29
Mem bers of the Center Sex to
Be Placed on Equal Terms
With Men.
FEMALE DELEGATES TO ATTEND
Renewal of the Fight In Germany
Against the Standard Oil
Monopoly.

from the different districts that will be
represented in the coming socialist con-
gress at Breslau, beginning on October 6,
for discussion by that body, covers six
columns of the socialist organ, the Vor-
waerts. The resolutions dealing with the
Agrarian programme of the party, which
has already been outlined in these dis
patches, will meet with such decided OPP
position from many of the districts that 1t
may be predicted that they are doomed.
The committee which is responsible for
the drafting of the Agrarian programme
will probably accept proposal to suspend
final voting thereon until the converting of
some future congress, the committee in
the meantime collating material for re-
vision OF the programme and as the basis
of further agitation among the rural popu-
lation.
The time limit of the congress will not
allow any extended debate on the bulk of
the proposals which are mostly of an ideal
list character and unworthy of the serious
consideration of the congress. 1t is pretty
well understood that several leading dele
gates are resolved to again make an at
tempt to bring the religious question to the
front and ask the congress to affirm that
religion is inimical to the socialist spirit
and that the party is ready to fight every
form of religious faith. In the eight hour
day resolution paragraph has been
introduced applying the eight hour
rule to all public Offices and demanding
that the Socialist members of the Reich
stag be instructed at every session to move
a labor bill, fixing eight hours as the max
imnm working day and the first day of
May as national holiday. The resolution
also demands that the Socialist Deputies
be called upon to introduce measure
placing woman in every way upon the
same legal footing as man with no politi-
cal or other disabilities.
Another proposed measure is one abol-
ishing the laws placing unmarried women
and their offspring in an invidious position
before the law IN regard to the old age in
surance and providing that the period of
eligibility to pension be reduced from 70 to
60 years. Apart from these proposals,
aiming at socialistic legislation, some of
the Berlin districts demand that the Off
Gals of the Socialist party, including the
Socialist members of the Reichstag, shall
not receive more than 1000 marks per
annum for their services, which sum shall
not be exceeded in the payment OF editors
for the party organs.
A meeting of the woman's branch of the
Socialist party, held in Berlin, has decided
to send two female delegates to the Breslau
congress, in view of the proposed resolu-
ton admitting women to equality with
men. and demanding that they be placed
in every respect upon the same legal foot
ing. In the face of these demands on the
part of the congress upon the Government
it is difficult to see how the female dele
gates can be excluded from the Breslau
convention.
The chemical industries of Germany
have held conference TO consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of taking steps to counteract
the monopoly of the German petroleum
market by the Standard Oil Company.
One of the remedies which have been dis
cussed is the reduction of the duty on raw
oil to such an extent that home refnerles
would be able to compete with the i'm
ported refined product. This proposal
was opposed on the ground that its adop-
ton would seriously interfere with the
German pareffine industry. A resolution
was finally adopted favoring the plan of
petitioning the Government to call COLL
vention IN Berlin composed of all interior
industries for the purpose of seeking in
common conference way to enable the
German manufacturers and rehners to
proftabiy refine foreign raw oil. In con-
nection with the Standard Oil monopoly
considerable relief has been given to the
German trade by the immense increase in
the production of petroleum.
At Schnednika, in Galicia, petroleum
well was found early in September which
rose with such power that it flooded the
land in the vicinity, and had to be closed
until the necessary pipes and tanks could
be got ready to receive the yield. This
week the shaft was reopened and the well
is now yielding 22,G00 hundredweight OF
crude petroleum daily.
The syndicate which is working the well
calculates it is capable of providing sufh-
cient Oil to supply the needs of Austria
and leaving a balance for export large
enough to render American and Russian
competition impossible.
The Emperor has ordered that the I'M
yelling of the monument to the late En-
press Augusta. in the Opernhaus-P latz,
shall take place with great state cere-
monies on October 81.
The Hamburg Correspondents, semi
official publication in an article recurring
to the recent reports of Ministerial crisis,
says:
''There exist two groups who are angry
at Prince Won Hohenlohe's success as
Chancellor. The first group is composed
of friends and adherents of exChancellor
Count Won Caprivi, who wanted him to re-
main in Office for personal and material
reasons, and the next is formed of parties
-bimetallists, agrarians and others-each
party believing that their particular policy
was defeated by the success of Prince Won
Hohenlohe. tits surmised that the Cores
pondez's utterance are intended as slap
at DIR. Won Boetticher, Imperial Secretary
OF State of the Interior and vice-president
of the Council of Ministers; DR.. Bose,
Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Instruc-
ton and Medicinal Affairs, and Freiherr
Won Berlepsch, Minister of Commerce; all
of whom are unfriendly to the Chancellor.
Professor Runnebaum of Berlin, who on
behalf of the German Government recently
made.a tour of the Pacific Coast, reports
that %hp end Of the Forest on the Paci fc