The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-21

where that spead. These silurians, that don't
exist here, OF course, they are down there
progress; they should be pointed out. There
should be two columns in the newspapers one
should be headed: 1.-THE progressive citizens
that are willing to subscribe and pay their
money for home products and manufactures,
and there should be another column and the
name OF IT | will not suggest, any more than
''Sliurlan." In this other list should be pub
Ilshed the names of those, for example, in San
Francisco, who are large owners OF wealth,
and propose to publish one or two just for
my Own satisfaction., know one man that
has $3.50, 900 now to loan, and for that $3.50,
600 loan he wants $7500OO worth of Govern
ment bonds to secure him. He doesn't want
any interest in the valley road, he doesn't
want any interest in your large manufactures
as evidence of the loan-Oh, no, he wants
brick blocks, he wants bank stock piled knee
deep, he, wants everything-except the PROS
branded as silurians and put in the column
under that head. The silurians who will not
loan out their dollars to honest manufacturers
at reasonable rate Of interest are enemies to
the State. They are afraid that by some hook
or crook those great industries might take the
wings OF the morning and fly away and they
would have nothing left but the air. SIlurian-
ism is blight and a curse, and you should
stamp 1T out by making it infamous in the
community which it disgraces.
With one suggestion, Mr.. Chairman, 1 will
close. There have been various propositions to
employ people-to give work to the unem-
pIoyed. have thought out several things for
these s1lurians to do; they never do ANYTHING
but loan money and cut off coupons-greai
God 1 wish | had the privilege of throwing
every one of them into the bay l suggest that
when we have nothing better for these
silqrians to do we send them around those
public buildings where the English sparrows
build their nests to hunt up the nests and suck
the eggs.
Why don't you take up these cobblestones.
which are disgrace to this fair city? Why
don't you build some streets, why don't you
employ some labor, why don't you tax some of
those untaxed millions to build your streets?
The gentleman who preceded me referred to
the tax on shipping here and suggested that
the tax should be repealed. The Legislature
has adjourned now and this is no time to talk
about getting it repealed. This convention
should have been held before the Legisla-
lature adjourned and that tax should
have been taken off. There is not a
gentleman in this house who dares
speaker. Then what will you do with the
siurian next? Hunt him up, and when You
find him asleep in blanket that was not made
in California or in the United States, pull the
blanket. i suggest, therefore, that the silurian
go and suck those eggs if he won't buy home
goods at a reasonable price.
1 was down the street recently and saw in a
window California fruit with the California
labels thereon, and when noticed how excel
lent and how cheap 1t was 1t occurred to me
Blackwelrs jam should be caught and have the
can thrust down his throat. Now, these are
practical ideas. why not use them !?
Why right in San Jose there is the San Jose
Wooden Mills. Did you ever see Judge Peck
ham, th9 old staiwert who runs that little mill
down there? That little mill produces blan-
kets good enough to cover any man born under
the stars and stripes, and it would seem to me
that it would be an honor and a pride for every
Son of the Golden West to patronize industries
that bring blessings and comforts to your
homes and people.
A communication was read from Nine.
Rumsey. She said:
belong to several organizations of women,
with lodges all over the coast, having just such
work as this very much at heart With your
permission would like to form from these
bodies league pledging themselves to always
buy goods manufactured in California where
with giving prominence to the same; to never
neglect to say good word for the State and its
productions in writing East or the world gem
orally. l find the public generally know