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The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23
THE FIGHT FOR The STATE.

An advocate of a railroad funding scheme
will have to show something in iustifca-
ton besides the fact that an extension of
the railroad debt would relieve the debtor
roads OF an embarrassing burden. He
would have to show that such a course
would be furthering the ends of Justice
and the interests of the people. In addi-
ton to this he would have to make this
negative showing: that such an extern
sion would not be perversion of Justice.
a condonation of swindle, an encourage
ment OF a powerful monopoly and a per-
petuation of that monopoly's wrongs and
power.
This will be impossible. Every argu-
ment in support of a refunding policy to-
ward the railroads is easily answered by
dozen that will make it nugatory.
The great distance separating the Ma
tional capital from the tremendous pres
sure that California could bring to bear
on nearer place gives Mr. Huntington
the one hope which he cherishes of defeat.
ing any opposition to his scheme. In ad-
dition to that he has the advantage of an
opportunity to drag up the old sandlot
crusade and show that the present move
ment is similar in character to that. These
facts make it necessary for California to
put forth a far stronger effort than if Con-
gress were assembled at Sacramento 1t
must be strong voice and long arm
that can reach across the continent,
Pitted against Mr.. Huntington, fighting
as he is on familiar ground and surrounded
by well-organized body of trained lob
byists (whose remuneration must come
out OF the industries OF California;. is a
handful of patriotic and fearless Califor-
mans, practically without money and
forced to contend against Congressional
organization hostile to the cause which
they represent. 1t would be difficult to
imagine how meE could be more heavily
handicapped. They have only the truth
and justice as their weapons, and it is due
from every Californian to give them every
possible assistance and encouragement.
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again the style changes and I am back num-
Der once more. / went on mountain climb
ing trip with some friends once who told me
on the side that the guests were English gen.
tlemen and that was expected to appear in
the latest British styles. got a dickey cap, a
walking coat buttoned tight around me, and
grabbing heavy stick by the ferrule sailed
forth to meet the gentlemen with briar pipe
in my teeth. OF course it all turned out as 1
feared. What do you suppose they had for
costume ?"
81 give it up, Hop
"Knickerbockers, loose walking coats and
alpenstocks- Same way in all walks of life
with me. never got things just right on any
single occasion of my existence. 1t is a fact
that once I went fishing in the ocean with fiy
hooks. About five years ago, when 1 was
travelling up in Northern California, found it
necessary to make trip to some mines. There
was considerable snow ON the ground, so
hired sleigh and travelled sixty miles in one
day, arriving at my destination about night
fall had the horses put up and went to bed,
after filling up on good mountain dinner to
dream of the pleasures of return trip, which
promised to be exceedingly pleasant, as an
other light fall of snow was threatened When
l awoke in the morning 1 looked out OF the
window only to see the bare ground, which
had been swept clean OF the beautiful white by
warm south wind. had TO walk back.
"About the worst luck ever had was when
went up to Oregon to hunt deer spent a
great deal OF time and money preparing things
and was sure OF good record. Remember,
now, tell you this in confidence and would
net like to have it generally discussed, but Just
as true as my name is Hopkins the State Legis-
lature passed a law the day arrived declaring
q close season Of two years on deer and elk"
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COMPETITION IN TRADE.

1t IS not often that a representative OF
Los Angeles is heard to complain OF
any rivalry the people of that vigorous
city are called upon to meet. AS rule
all who have any pretensions to represent
that enterprising community are them
selves SO enterprising that rivalry is rather
welcome to them than otherwise, as it
gives them an opportunity to show the
vlgor that is IN them and the ability to
overcome opposition.
The general tenor of all that Los Angeles
says through her press being of this self
confident and aggressive tone. it is sur
prising TO find q journal of such enterprise
as the Trade RevietV complaining that San
Francisco merchants are competing for Los
Angeles trade, and even carrying its COM
plants so lar as to urge the people of that
city not to patronize those whom it calls
absentee merchants
Had such complaint come from a dull
and stagnant town in what Poe called "a
world OF moan, it would occasion no COM
ment and hardly attract notice Coming
from Los Angeles, however, it ranks among
the extraordinary phenomena Of the day.
The merchants of that far-reaching me-
tropoiis of the imperial orange center OF
the Golden West have sent their agents
into every town OF Southern California and
Arizona and are planning to send them
on wider ventures yet. Some of them,
indeed, have already gained access for
their agents into this fair town of ours.
The sale of Los Angeles oranges and of
Los Angeles orange wood bric-a-brac in
San Francisco is well known both to fame
and to trade. This being the case, it is
foolish for her people to complain when
we return the competition by way of re-
ciprocating the compliment of her trade
calls on US.
There is wonderful future before Los
Angeles if she keeps up the speed she had
OF old and gives competition the welcome
that the life of trade deserves, but there
will be nothing before her if she shrinks
from it and sits down to complain about
it. Of all papers in the world one that
calls itself Trade Review should be the
last to call the enterprise of merchants an
injury to the community to which thev
extend their trade. Our complaining con-
temporary says of the San Francisco men
''They are parasites these agents sucking
the life blood out of the body commercial
of Los Angeles" This is a mistake.
They are simply infusing new blood into
Los Angeles, and it would seem that it is
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PERSONAL.

Dr.. Miller of Carlsbad is at the Palace
DIFF. stephens of Petaluma is in the city.
Viking Breidenbach of St. Louis is at the
Grand.
Thomas Y. Gendine of Washington, D. c., is
at the Occidental.
DIR. R. E. Dixon of Lemoore is among the ar
rivals at the Grand.
W. H. H. StoneIl, wealthy foundryman OF
Duluth, is in the City.
J. Maddox, an attorney of Modesto, was
among the arrivals here last night.
Ex-Governor l.. A. Sheldon of New Mexico
who now resides at Pasadena, is in the City.
L. +. Garrison, president OF the Redondo
Beach Improvement Company, is at the Cali
fornia.
Hon. Frank H. Gould of Stockton, chairman
of the Democratic State Central Committee,
arrived here last night.
Professor Loisette of New York, who has
been in the occident for some time, is among
the arrivals by the Coptic.
Professor G. R. Agassiz of B Boston, relative
OF the late Professor Louis AgasslZ, the dis
unguished scientist, is in the City.
George B. swayne of New York, one of the
buyers for Sloan & Co., has returned from
China and Japan, and is at the Palace.
Among the arrivals from Alaska yesterday
were William A. Bolar, w. H. McNear, H. w.
wallace, +. Armstrong and II. Z. Hoggalt.
they are at the Baldwin.
James F. Wardner, formerly owner of some
OF the biggest mines in the Coeur d'Alene
country, who lately has been mining at Ken
nedy, Ney., is st the Lick.
Otto Mears of Denver, formerly agent of the
Ouray Indians, most of whom were of the Ute
tribe, and who has since been identified with
railroad building in the San Juan country,
Colorado, is at the Palace.
J. J. Badenach, the Chief of Police of Chi
cago, is at the Palace, accompanied by his
wife. 1t is said that he is here on pleasure
trip and may remain several weeks, visiting
different parts of the State.
N. D. Calkins, editor of the Amador Record,
one of the best known editors OF the interior,
is stopping at the Occidental Hotel. He re-
ports the mining industry of Amador to be
fourishlng and predicts great development in
the near future.
Alex Hill and Reginald Truman, who
are connected with the English company
which recently purchased the Iron Mountain
mine, Shasta County, are at the Palace. 1t is
stated that there are now 1900 men at work
there. A town has been laid out called Kes-
wick, roads are being built and extensive i'm
proYements OF different kinds are under way.
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through its shape, reveals the lining in the
coliar ana Teyers lining. The vest was COM
posed entirely of pleatings of fine yellowish
lace about three inches deep set in rows across
1t-a trill of the same set out from the top of
the crush collar of rose velvet.
very beautiful reception gown was of the
new SIX showing shadowy rose -colored flowers
on black and brown taffetas for the skirt.
The jacket was OF brown velvet, with vest
ana reyers of white satin elaborately embroid-
cred and spangled. The deep, cape-like collar
IN the back was of brown velvet.
gown OF green had a crepon skirt with
velvet jacket. The revers and vest were OF
greenish light blue satin covered with an inch
band of mink.
black and green boucle eloth skirt was
worn with green velvet coat. The vest was
OF Persian lamb fur, the reyers OF velvet being
nnlshed with narrow band of the same.
Handsome gilt buttons and narrow gilt belt
gave the needed touch OF brightness.
A tan smooth cloth was made with vest
OF beaver, the same fur edging the revers and
collar. Enameled buttons in bright eolors
were added.
rich purple cloth had vest and revers of
Ivory satin exquisitively braided in black.
Inc htted-high collar was decked with ruehe
OF ivory -colored lace.
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THE RISE IN WHEAT.

The reports of the shortage in the wheat
| crop of the world which have appeared
with considerable frequency for some time
past have now been so far confirmed as to
produce notable effect on prices. The
steady rise which has been going on slowly
for a long time became yesterday swift
upward bound. On Tuesday there was an
advance of rs cents per GENITAL, but yester-
day the rise was 81 cents, raising the price
from 81 II to 81 14Is.
There is every reason TO believe the ad-
vance is based on substantial considera-
tions, and is not due to a mere furry in
the wheat pit. 1t is pretty well assured
that the crops of India and Argentina are
below the normal level, while that of
Australia is so short that instead of hay-
ing wheat to export as usual, her people
have become buyers, and are drawing
from our markets to supply their own.
The shortage of the crops, however, is
not the only cause of the rise. When
wheat went down to so cents in 1894 the
fall was due, not so much to an oversup-
ply as to the financial depression and
in 3ustrial ruin that drove the whole evil
lzed world into forced economy and
brought down the prices of all products.
With the tendency toward greater conf
dence and a revival of industry prices are
generally advancing, and this movement
affects the wheat market as we'll as others.
The rise in prices is founded, therefore,
upon an increased demand as well as a
diminished supply, and the two causes
taken together promise that the advance
will be steady and sure for some time to
come.
A considerable advance in the price of
such staple article OF food as wheat ap-
pears at first to be something of an njury
to men. 1t suggests an increased cost of
living, greater difficulty in obtaining
food and harder struggle for existence
among the poor. The laws of life, how
ever are full OF paradoxes, and this is
one of them. Within limits not easily
defined rise in the price of wheat
Is distinct gain for all classes.
1t carries prosperity in the first
place to the farmer, and when that funda-
mental industry is prosperous all other
industries begin to flourish. With the in
creased price of wheat farm mortgages will
be paid off, more manufactured goods will
be purchased, banks will have more money
to lend and be reader to lend it, factories
will start up, new enterprises will be
undertaken and increased work and i'm
proved wages will more than compensate
to wage-earners whatever increase they
may have to pay in the price of food.
1t is worth noting that the rise does not
come Unexpectedly. The decrease in the
crops of the world could not of course be
foreseen. but the growing confidence
among the peODle ana the increased con-
sumption was foreseen and predicted as
the natural result of the overthrow of the
free-traders in the late elections. The
people see before them an assurance of a
speedy return to the protective system and
are therefore living better than they could
afford to do under Democratic supremacy
The rise in wheat, therefore, is by no
means furry. It is foretaste of the
coming Of another era of Republican pro-
lection and industrial prosperity.
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AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

"WheW!"
Mr.. William Hopkins, the gentleman who
sings the best parytone Ill the Bohemian Club,
mopped the perspiration off his forehead and
iooKed up at the summer Sky which showed
Itself IN good shape yesterday
or the last six days." said he, tT have been
leaVlng my overcoat and umbrella home hop
ing IL would clear off-but it didn't. To-day
put on plenty of thick clothing and took an
umbrella which l managed to steal back from
the man who stole it from me, and now the
sun comes out with glare that drives man
10 ccld bottles and shady corners. Whew!
nave always found it the popular thing
win me TO do the wrong thing at the right
time. If | buy straw hat it rains, and if 1
stay with felt hat people ask me why do not
get IN fashion and secure straw. By the time
get straw, pursuant to violent solicitation
on the part OF my friends, it goes out OF fashion
and when the summer season comes around
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KING COILS.

Lo Pm the king Of the great S. p.
With golden scepter hold my sway;
I've subjects over the land and sea,
And I'd like to add to my slave array.
Ny steps OF power don't discuss;
About my methods I'd better be still:
The people would kick up frightful muss
If they knew the drugs In my railroad pill.
1 once on time ruled courts of law:
Ny checks had once political weight;
I've pulled the string that worked the Jaw
Of orators sleek in tho halls of state
Q, Justice thinks she has got me now:
But I've fooled her many a time before:
The struggle is bitter, freely avow,
And keeps me thinking big sight more.
,Twould break me fiat If paid the debt
owe the people, but that's all right
Let the bill run ON for a century vet;
AS q tinancier I am out of sight.
For am the king of the great s. P.
The question Of justice is not for me-
So long as get what want, by gee
Why sink the rest to the floor of the seal
{. D. S.
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HUM0R OF THE HOUR.

ats good deal of work to keep this tail of
mine from getting twisted said the British
lion.
"You don't go about it in the right way" re-
piled the Russian bear. 'You ought to Quit
lashing it and wag it once in awhile WASH
ington Star.
Mildred-I wouldn't marry the best man in
the worldl
Mr.. Suitor-There is no danger; the bride
never gets the best man.-Tid-B Bits.
Withstand so, you say, he had fourteen
children. What family
Binks-Yes, he named the last one Chest
nut.-Somerville Journal.
Remember, ladies'" says the Manayunk
philosopher, "that your husbands are like
eggs; if you persist in keeping them in hot
water they'll get hardened" - Philadelphia
Record.
A young society belle of Winchester told one
of her gentleman callers few evenings since
that her health had greatly improved since
taking Delsarte He wisely asked:
"Do you take it internally or rub it on?''-
Paris Republican.
He-And did you see Monte Carlo while you
were at Nice7
she-No; papa called on him, believe, but,
from his disappointed appearance when he re-
turned to the hotel, think Mr.. Carlo must
have been out.-London News.
Mrs. Nouyead-When we were in Rome We
Miss Nouveau-But, mother, we were not in
Rome.
Mrs. Nouveau-Why, darling child, we were
In Rome. Dontyou remember, that is where
we bought silk stockings so cheap.-Harlem
Life.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
wEAT THE FUNDING BILL WILL DO.

IT WILL IMPOSE BURDEN OF FIFTY MILLIONS
UPON CALIFORNIA.
10 the Editor of the San Francisco CdEt-SIR
=. + huntington and his late associates owe
the government of the United States $40, ,000,-
ooo, less some money in the sinking fund and
claims 1or transportation against the Govern
ment. amounting in all to $S 900 900 or there
apouts Mr.. Huntington, speaking for himself
ana MS late partners, says that he is not able
TO pay up just now. Indeed. he manifests
some Indignation that he should be asked at all
TO make any settlement. He considers himself
and those who operated with him in the light
OF public benefactors. 1t is pointed out by him
trlumpnantly that whereas once people had to
cross the plains in wagons they now by the
1oreslghted sagacity of that philanthropist
ride in rail coaches. The Government itself is
said to be deeply in debt to these patriots be-
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A LOUIS XVI EFFECT.

The Louis XVI effects are perhaps most in
evidence in handsome gowns for teas reccp-
tions and calling. The jacket and skirt of
contrasting materials, is the generally ac-
cepted mode, but entire costumes made OF one
fabric are often seen, with revers and vest of
other goods and colors by way of contrast. A
very handsome gown of smooth face black
cloth had skirt and jacket entirely of cloth
The touch OF color necessary to a fashionable
costume was supplied by Innings OF rose-col-
ored miroir velvet. This was visible at the
edges OF the skirt portion of the jacket, which
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dained, ana no doubt by this time the manage
ment has been suited with prima donna
They must be going ahead in an advertising
way over in Austria, for even in America the
Metropolitan Opera-house, Walter Damrosch,
etc, do not yet find their divas through the
Want" columns of the daily newspapers.
Italy is literally deluged just now with new
operettas, and it is said that the number OF
those which have not been produced is legion
AT the Quirino Theater in Rome Eve" by
Mascotti, has just won some success, and at
the Politeama at Naples "The Hunt of the
Shoe," by G. Bossa, has proved q fiasco In
Palermo "Frine," by Gustavo Tofani, has been
produced; Florence has just heard the first
performance OF 1.-The Temptation of ST. An
tony" By 0rehce, and to judge from the fiasco
1t Is said to have made no other city is likely
to hear it in hurry. At the Communal Thea
ter at Lodi "Toi-ko" an operetta based on a
Chinese subject, has won a most brilliant
success.
Sir Charles Halle, who died recently. has
LETT an autobiography which unfor.unetelv
ends with 1866. The years that the artist
passed in Paris are treated very minutelv. and
the biography contains interesting details re-
specting Berlioz, Alfred de Musset aud Rich
ara wagner, all OF whom were Halle's asso-
oiates IN Paris. The biography is soon to be
published in London.
Italian architects and sculptors were recently
invited to send in designs for monument to
Donlzett, to be erected at Bergamo. Over sixty
models have been sent in, some of them being
OF great beauty. Before deciding the competi-
ton the judges have placed the whole collec-
ton on exhibition at Bergamo
"Tokay Wine" a new opera in one act, has
been accepted at the Opera in Vienna. The
music Is by Raoul Nader, who has been ap-
pointed Nikisch's successor at Buda-Pesth 1t
is probable that he viii pour out his "Tok ay
Wine" in the Hungarian capital before Vienna
gets it.
new Chilean composer has appeared at
santiago, whose work is said TO be very remark
able. His name is Ortiz de Zarate, and the
opera he has just produced is called "Floraia
di Ligano.'
Joseph Hoffman, who eight years ago was
famous Child" pianist, is beginning, accord
Ing to the Russian press, to loom up as a rival
TO Paderewski.
new operetta, Figaro at Court" has just
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CALIFoRNIANS In NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Jan. GA. ]. Brander
is at the Grand; w. C. Lipman, Westminster; /;
B. D. Holmden, Astor; A. Stern and wife,
Holland; Mrs. G. NJ. Whitney, Warwick; J. F.
Wilson, ST. James; and J. D. Forrest, st. Cloud.
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and that a withholding of them has in
jured business and property on Kearny
street. 1t is monstrous that any street.
railway company should be permitted to
exercise SO arbitrary and dangerous a
mower
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

To make a really cordial settlement
with England it may be necessary to
liquor first.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

Now that Argentine is reviving her
claim against England for the Falkland
Islands we might as well revive our old
demand of ''ffty-four forty or fight"
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

Congressman who believe in protection
should remember that defeat of the
funding bill would be one way of protect
ing the industries of the Pacific Coast.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

The Senate discusses finance, but the
people are talking of work and wages and
demand protection.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

1t now seems the flying squadron was in
tended only to make holiday parade for
the Queen.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

The work of street-cleaning ought to in
clude ridding the city of professional
tramp beggars.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

As long as the Clarke gongs come so high
they will make more noise in town than
the owner intended
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

If the new poet-laureate would kindly
make his office sinecure and take a lie
long holiday no one would object.
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The crater of Kilauea is regular worlds
exposition for Hawaii, and the islanders
seem to be able to turn it on whenever
tourist travelling needs booming.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

1t is time for the world to drop the war
talk and get ready for the California car
niVals.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

In the Cleveland thirty-year bonds this
country will long have a reminder that the
evil men do lives after them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

The storm clouds have blown over and
nothing remains of the rain except the
blessing it brought.
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TAKE HOOD Sarsaparilla to cure all troubles
arising or promoted by impure blood. 10 make your
nerves strong. TO restore appetite and insure good
health to the whole system. Take only Hoods
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Justice Field says he is willing to resign
If he is allowed to name his successor; but
what kind of Supreme Court would we
have if that rule for filling vacancies pre-
Yalled2
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We must return to the reciprocity sys-
TEN to make Pan-Americanism mean bust
ness in every respect.
The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23

The DAVIS extension of the Monroe doc
trine is only another evidence of how
things grow in growing country.
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Munir Bey, the new Turkish ambassador TO
France, is one of the youngest men in Europe
to have so high place in diplomacy. He is
barely 30, but he enjoys the Sultan's conf
dence.
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EngIand's Creed.
Fresno Expositor.
England's greed is England's creed.
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San Jose is crowding the season in get
ting in snake story this early in the
year, but then the people down there are
preparing for a carnival.
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Iowa returns Allison to the Senate, but
it is more than likely the Nation will call
him to another place.
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THE most eflieacious stinluant TO excite the
appetite are DIR. siegeris Angostura Bitters Be
OF counterfeits.
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If Salisbury does not recognize our Ven
ezuelan commission it will be a sure proof
he doesn't know a fact when he sees it.
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With its funding-bil1 schemes and its
lawsuits the monopoly comes very near
monopolizing public attention as well as
transportation.