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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
RESULTS OF THE TARIFF.

The publication in the CALL of state
ment of Isidor Jacobs of the California
Canneries Company that "the Gamers in
this City alone will save $250,000 in tin
used in making cans, through the Teduc-
ton in the tariff" has caused the Examiner
to make great splutter over what it con-
siders discrepancy between the editorials
of the CALL and its news columns.
The Examiner figures out that if San
Francisco saves $3.50 900 in tin, the State
will save $t,250, 600; and on this estimate
concludes the CALL to be altogether wan
dering in error because it continues to de-
nounce the Wilson tariff and to point to it
as one of the most pernicious causes of the
great depression in trade and industry
which affiicts the country.
In making this kindly effort to save US
from the darkness of error by showing US
the true light, the Examiner overlooks two
facts. First, the effect of the Wilson tariff
was to bring down not only the price of
imported goods but of all home products
along with it. Second, if the Mckinley
tariff had remained in operation, it would
by this time have brought about such a
production of American tin plate that the
demand, the price would have fallen,
and our Gamers would have been able
to get their canning material cheaply
without having to send their money abroad
or to sell their canned fruit at rates so low
the loss on them more than counterbal-
ances all that is saved by the reduced price
of tin.
These considerations which the Examiner
overlooked are vital to the issue. The re-
duced price of tin plate may have saved
the State s., $4,000 according to the anus
ingly made estimate of our contemporary,
but what would even this sum amount to
in comparison with the amount lost to the
State by the reduction in prices of nearly
all of its staple products? 1t is not tin
plate only that has fallen in price under
the Wilson tariff. The prices of wool,
grain, fruit and lumber have gone down.
Moreover, wages have gone down, and
along with them have gone the earnings
and profits of nearly all classes of men.
1t is not possible to estimate accurately
the full extent of the loss occasioned to
California by the Wilson tariff, but it is
certainly hundred times greater than any
benefits the reduced duties have brought
to us; and in addition to the loss in this
State there is to be taken into calculation
the enormous loss to the Union. The peor
pie OF the other States furnish the best
market for our goods, and when the pur-
chasing power of that market is weakened
we lose by it. These things we commend
to the consideration of the Examiner to the
end that it may keep its own editorial col
~, in, har yrith ho
facts contained in the news of the day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

minor details Regardless of the critics she
was an instant success and has continued to
play leading parts ever since. About TWO
months ago Miss Hall made her bow before
San Francisco audience, and she at once
wormed herself into the good graces of her
hearers.
Since then she has appeared in all sorts of
lurid and pathetic melodramas and her clever
work has made her decided favorite. Last
week Miss Hall astonished the patrons of
Morosco by assuming the soubrette part in the
play then running, and what is more to her
praise as q versatile actress, did q song and
skirt-dance act in very cred1table manner
In the following letter Miss Hall tells some
thing of herself, and the only fault her ad-
mirers will find with it is that she has been too
brief:
81 was born in New Orleans twenty-five years
ago, and like all true women who can right
fully claim the sunny South as their birth
place, am proud of the distinction that goes
wi tn being Southern woman. My father is
Virginian and my mother Louisianan.
'There is very little to tell about my theatre
cal life because SO far I have been fortunate
enough to secure leading parts in all the plays
1 have appeared in. When quite child my
friends told me that had some dramatic abil-
ity, and as grew older cultivated it as best
knew how.
rive years ago inaue my oeOuI 40 AcouAA1S
lady in The Bells of Haslemere' at the Boston
Theater, Boston. played there Tor number
of months and then went to New York, Great
ing the comedy part in the original production
of 'Niobe.' My next engagement was to play
the leading part in Henry Guy Cartoons Men
of '76, and season before last was featured in
Frederick Bryton's play Forgiven Last year
was leading woman of the Temple stock COM
pany, Philadelphia and staid with them until
accepted my present engagement
al am delighted with San Francisco and her
people, and must say that 1 have never been
accorded more hospitable or courteous treat
ment than has been extended me right here.
Ny work seems to please them, which, OF
course is very gratifying to me since an actress
lives al the pleasure of the people,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

"Ford, 1 was Just thinking how it comes that
most all men of any worth USED 10 Work on d
farm when they were boys" said a retired mer.
chant to Senator TREY L. Ford in the lopoy Oh
the California Hotel yesterday.
The Senator pondered moment anu Hell
toned over the names of several famous men
who used to rise with the traditional lark ana
do four mems work before noon he then
crossed his hands behind his back ana mod
estly admitted that he used to be a farmer boy
himself.
''That's it, Ford It's only question OF time
before the illustrated histories OF the state Will
contain pictures of you in pair OF oVeralls
driving pair of broncos across sugar-peet
field with reference to the fact that you useo
to study Blackstone with bunch OF matches
in the wee sma hours Come now, senator,
tell the truth; have you ever WORKED on
farm?"
eff you really want to know what it means
to work on those lines will give you few
pointers. When was much younger than L
am now l bought piece of land in Colusa
County and with cousin set out to supply the
section with anything that could be grown In
the ground. 1 never worked so hard in my
life as did there, and for time could drive
six-mule team better than Hank Monk ever
put stage over the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
There was"
AHaCe rlSnt, Seuhtori you hofO al VIZ
symptoms of the hard-working boy who used
to borrow books from the little country school
teacher and study fractions and long division.
l really feel as though you were on the verge
of declaring yourself candidate for the Vice
Presidency from the Pacific Coast"
''Wel, you haven't heard half of it. Just
quiet down and listen to the whole story. At
noon the cook used to send us out some lunch
con and can of hot coffee, which we drank
while the mules rested. This generally con-
sumed half an hour, and we went at it again to
work until dark. Then we took the mules
into the barn and curried them down better
than any racehorse was ever curried, after
which we had supper and went to sleep for
few hours. 1t seemed as though the instant
we struck the pillow that some one called us
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
DEMOCRATIC POLICY.

The most amazing feature of National
politics at present is the appearance of un-
mistakable signs that some of the more as
tute Democratic leaders will endeavor to
huddle the money question off as a side is
sue in 1896 and make the campaign mainly
on the tariff question.
We call this policy amazing, because, in
face of the experience of the last two years,
it would seem that the tariff would be the
political issue which prudent Democrat
would be most eager and most anxious to
avoid. Nevertheless the signs that some
of the ab1est politicians in the party intend
to take it up and press it to the front, be-
come every day more numerous and more
significant. The great organs of the party
are busily engaged in collecting every scrap
of evidence showing a renewal of industry
or an Improvement of trade, and these,
after being spread broadly over local col
ums, are taken up editorially and COM
mented upon with a lavish display of per-
suaslve rhetoric and delusiye reasoning.
Whatever seeming argument in favor of
the Wilson tariff has been discovered or
fabricated in one city is reproduced and
expounded in all. An article of this kind
originated by Democratic organ in Bos-
ton or New York circles the country and
is reproduced in San Francisco, and in re-
turn whatever the Examiner can dig up or
nail together on the subject in this State
goes eastward to help the scanty argu-
ments of the iaded brains in the Demo-
cratic sanetums of the cities by the chill
Atlantic shore.
Despite the seeming folly of their course
there is some wisdom in it. Democracy is
between the devil and the deep sea and
has to make choice. 1t is hopelessly di-
vided on the money question 1t has no
hope OF any strength in the West. The
only fighting chance for it lies in the posi-
bility of holding New York and the South
together as of old and trusting to accidents
of local politics to win State or two in the
Mississippi Valley. Tohold New York and
the South together on the money issue is
believed to be impossible. Therefore the
leaders of the party are making earnest
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
GLIMPsEs OF THE STAGE.

The theater-going public, generous crltlcs III
many things, yet harsh where least expecteu,
were hardly prepared to find so mucn genius
and talent slowed away in one little pody as
is every day evidenced by Miss Maud Eona
Hall, Morosco's new leading lady. True, MISS
Hall is not an amateur by any means, yet she
has shown such wonderful versatility, com
bined with perfect dramatic finish, that all
who have seen her are prepared to exelalm,
"What next?"
The subject of this brief sketch is southern
lady by birth, claiming the metropolis OF the
Pelican State as her home. 1t is not amlss TO
say that the lady is very proud of her nativity.
Possessed of that elegance and grace and
charming personality for which Southern
women are noted, combined with gentle,
sweet yet flexible, voice that is capable OF
touching the whole scale of human emotions,
it is not be wondered at that Miss Hall has be-
come pronounced success in the theatrical
world.
AS child Miss Hall gave evidence of Won
derful dramatic ability, and when five years
ag she essayed to make her professional
DEBUT in the leading role of "The Bells OF Has
lemere" the theatrical world was somewhat
amazed at the "audacity of Miss Hall" as they
were pleased to term the attempt OF this lady
to play leading parts before she had mastered
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
A WELCOME HOME,

The members of the Half-million Club
of San Francisco who went to the south
ern part of the State two weeks ago re-
turned Yesterday afternoon, bringing with
them as guests representatives of the Los
Angeles bodies which had so handsomely
entertained them in the south. The Half
million Club members. with their distin-
guished guests, were met at the depot by
representatives of the various mercantile
bodies of San Francisco, and were given a
pleasant welcome. To-day and the ensu-
ing few days will be given over to the en-
tertainment of these visiting strangers,
and it is a safe assurance that San Fran
cisco will not be found lacking in an I'M
derstanding of the art of hospitality.
These visiting strangers represent the
two most vital ideas that concern the
progress of the State. One of these is State
unity, their very presence among us as our
guests being a pledge from the whole
region south of Tehachapi Pass that what
ever great work is to be done in the future
for the advancement of the State shall be
done by the State as whole. The other
is that they represent spirit of progress
which is so greatly needed among our own
people.
This latter consideration is as important
as the other. However disagreeable the
assertion may be, it is still fact that the
splendid progress Of the southern end of
the State has been more the work of new
corners than of the old residents; and it is
also a fact that San Francisco has not
greatly felt the stimulus of Eastern blood,
energy and enterprise that has made the
southern part of the State so beautiful and
prosperous. For many years it has been
so easy matter to prosper in California
that departure from the old traditions
was never deemed necessary. San Fran
cisco has grown more by reason of her nat
ural advantages than through the efforts
of her residents. The Los Angeles region,
whatever its natural resources, has been
developed largely by the application of
Eastern capital under intelligent direction.
1t is partly for these reasons that the
gentlemen from the south can give to the
wide-awake men of San Francisco some
important information concerning the
ways and means of advancing the material
interests of a community. Their capabili-
ties have been tested, and their judgment
anu SlSSSStlOllS b1lC1OlO1S dIS NdAUdO4C' IL
will not take them long to perceive and
comprehend the remarkable natural adj
vantages which San Francisco enjoys, and
as they fully understand that whatever is
done for the good of this City will be a
benefit to the State at large, it will be their
pleasure to give US the full benefit of their
experience and wisdom.
Meanwhile every patriotic San Francis
can will remember with pride and graft
tude the intelligent work that has been
done by the Half-million Club. These
gentlemen left their business for the good
Of the State, and they have accomplished
the full task which they set for themselves.
If every San Franciscan were as intelligent
energetic and patriotic as they, only very
short time would elapse before the popula-
ton of San Francisco would amount to a
half million persons.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry weinstock of Sacramento
are at the Palace.
William J. Hunsaker, one of the prominent
attorneys of Los Angeles, is paying visit to
this city. He is making his home at the Occi-
dental.
Mrs. George West, the wife of the well-known
wine-grower Of Stockton, came to town yester-
day with her daughter. They are domiciled at
the Occidental
There arrived in this City yesterday W. s.
Stitt, the well-known member of the Denver
Mining Exchange. He will remain at the
Palace while here.
c. P. Hail. at one time manager of the Bush
street Theater, and now guiding the destinies
of the San Jose Theater, came up from San
Jose yesterday and is quartered at the Bald
win.
Among the arrivals at the Baldwin yesterday
was o. A. Hale of San Jose, one of the members
of the well-known dry-goods firm of Hale
Brothers, who have stores in several of the
leading cities OF the State.
H. w. Wellington of Boston, one of the prin-
cipal owners of the well-known Wellington
coal mines, was in town for few hours yester-
They took lunch at the Palace and then left for
Los Angeles.
By yesterdays overland there arrived here
the Hon. Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Sayles, accom-
panied by their daughter and Miss Miller, of
Rhode Island. The party put up at the Occi-
dental and will leave for tour of the sights of
the State this morning. Hon. Mr.. Sayles is
travelling for his health.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

again. and it meant another day of toll. Do
you call that having happy days on the farm
am under the impression that the man who
wrote so much farm literature and of the hap
piness that could be found there was simply
doing it to get even on the rest OF humanity
for what he had suffered when he was young
himself. finally got so tired Of driving mules
and loading header-wagons that l took to the
law and left the harvest for some one who
liked to gather it better than l."
GLOW many hours day did you work at the
farming business?"
''I worked under what was known at that
time as the 'eight-hour SYSTEM, which vir-
tually meant eight hours In the morning and
eight hours in the afternoon"
Ford" said the doubtful gentleman, eff
you tell that story often enough before the
convention of 1896 you will stand good show
for the Presidency"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

frigerator company makes. But it seems
evident that if there is any present Excess
sive charging for refrigeration, the COM
pany can be forced under the operation OF
the interstate commerce act by requiring
the railroad companies to furnish the re-
frigerator-cars and to make one charge Tor
the whole service. Then, in case OF COM
plant against the railroad companies for
excessive charges, the Interstate Com
merce Commission may take cognlzance OF
the charges for refrigeration and order the
necessary reduction
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
COMMENT FROM THE SOUTH.
Los Angeles .Erpress.

Los angeles ETpresS
The pictures produced by the CALL as re
suit of its telegraphing are certainly very fair
and no doubt, as it says, will improve with ex
perienee. The idea is not exactly new, as
something of the same kind was done years
ago at the time of the international rifle
matches between teams from this country and
England, but this is the first time the idea has
been applied to pictures for newspapers. 1t is
pleasant to think that the first experiment il
this direction should have been made in con
nection with Los Angeles event; for I'M
doubtedly the system will be improved and
extended until 1t becomes of general use. 1t Is
pleasure too to know that the initial expert
ment was made by California paper. The
Express congratulates the CALL on the evi
dence of enterprise it has shown in thi:
matter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

James Harper of Hat Creek, Va, widower
with seven children, and Mary Foster, a widow,
with fourteen, have united their fortunes and
families.
DR.. James Martineau, who was 80 years of age
on Sunday, is still in full command of all his
faculties, and his review of Mr. Barbour's
Foundations of Belief" in the April Nine.
teenth Century, exhibits much of his old-time
ability.
DR.. Clancy of the Cambridge (Mass.) School
Board has succeeded in abolishing the use oil
states, sponges and elatepencils in the schools
OF the town. Before many years, probably, the
paper pad viii have entirely supplanted states
in the public schools.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
IN THE FRONT RANK
Fresno Republ;cnn

The CALL yesterday illustrated its enterprise
by printing telegraphic cut of Fresno's float
as it appeared in the Los Angeles parade
Wherever the procession goes the CALI is found
right in the front ranks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
THE PAGEANT PICTURES.
Pfverside Enterprise.

IltUtTStut 1lIlLeTl7tS6.
The San Francisco CALL gave its readers tele
graphic pictures of the Fiesta pageant-not
bad pictures either for mere beginning o.
what may prove in time an important adjunct
to the making of a newspaper. Pictures by
wirel 1t is enough to cause the Rev. Jasper to
abandon his cherished theory about the sun
and declare that after all it is the world that
"do move"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
"Mrs. winslow,s soothing syrup

Has been used over fifty years by millions Of moth
ers for their children while TIE thing with perfect
success 1t soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays Pain cures Wind Collie, regulates the Bowels
and is the best remedy for Diarrheas, whether
arising from teething other causes. For sale by
Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. 25c a
bottle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
FIRST PICTURE BY WIRE.
Pstol,,mn Co,.rie,.

In yesterdays San Francisco CALL could be
seen the first picture ever transmitted by tele-
graph to journal. The system by which the
picture was sent over the wires is the inven-
ton of Charles Willoughby of San Francisco.
Wonders will never cease. The world do
move.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

The Atchison Globe says that one can ALWAYS
PICK out the new woman by the way she
Kisses. Perhaps we should be thankful tn at
| the new woman kisses at all-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

MAX Avery, the tenor, whose real name is
Achenbach, speaks FIVE languages, and in his
time has been photographer, blacksmith, car
penter, electrician, architect and soldier.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
The CaIl'S" Fiesta Sketches
Work an Epoch in
journalism.
INTERIOR PRESS COMMENTS.
Los Angeles, Stockton, Riverside
and Other State Journals on
the New Invention.
1T MARKS AN EPOCH.
Stockton Mail.

Stockton Nail.
A picture published in the San Francisco
CALL marks an epoch in the art OF news
paper illustration. 1t depicts the reception
of the Queen of La Fiesta in Los Angeles, ano
was telegraphed to the CALL. Some expert
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01
THE FIRST TO ATTEMPT 1T.
Nottntata Yfe1o Reporter.

The San Francisco CALL, ever up to date. is
the first newspaper to try the new experiment
OF sending pictures by telegraph for long dis
tances, having received pictures of occurrences
at the fiesta from its artist in Los Angeles
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

The need of better City Government is
now laid bare in every department.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

Some people get into the social swim who
haven't sense enough to get out of the " ct.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

YES" said the literary man with a sigh,
style is fine thing for writer to have, but
When ms wifes got it too, it takes all the profit
away. Texas Siftings.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

Don't let yourself become addicted to the
theory habit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

Nothing is left of Democracy but the
lungs and legs, and it can do nothing but
bray and kick.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

London does not think much of New York
| society, New York does not think much of
Chicago society, and Chicago does not think
much of London society; and there you are
Washington Star.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

HOOPS SarsapariIla has power to give to the blood
richness and purity. and upon the healthy condition
of the blood the health of the whole system de-
ponds. Take only Hoods this spring.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

MARK HOPKINS Institute of Art, spring exhi-
bition, open daily, admission 25 cents, Thurs
day evenings, admission so cents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

MARK HOPKINS Institute of Art, spring ex
hibition, open daily, admission % cents
Thursday evenings, admission so cents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

One after another the leaders of both the
great parties are getting under the silver
umbrella.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

He who is surprised that the City finances
have gone to smash confesses the lack Of
what he might have done as good citizen
to elect officers of sense.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

Police corruption is New York is threat
ened with the oversight of Fred Grant,
Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Parker.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-01

Ever since California became wide awake
for progress the silurians have been COM
planning of insomnia.