The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-02

metropolis. little apprecists the strength OF
their position and the value OF their heritage
We are, perhaps, TOO close 10 the object 70 "a Ss
an extensive view. We have groveled TOO long
IN the slough of ssIf-deprecistiOn and should
arouse ourselves 70 the dignity OF our citizen
snip, and more particularly 70 the dutles o.
the hour. Nature has endowed cur CttT-lE IS
fog the people 20 administer the trust
The past has been black page when We
measure results bT opportunities Commerce
has been crippled and diverted; the City hss
fallen prey TO g transportation conspiracy
American goods have even been shipped 10
Europe snd reshIpped to san FRANCISCO IN or
der 10 save the pr0hfbtt0EE rates II posed Tor
direct shipment; nErbor rates aud pilot
charges have despOIed the weary merchant
man. an iron monopoly, shorr-sighted, per
verse and aggressive, hiss turned our back upon
the serTieeabIe sea, paid largeSseS 70 steam
ship companies 70 Etlhe ocean trs1e and has
made New Orleans the real port OF California
IN fact our peerless position as an entrepot
has been turned against ourselves to satisfy
private interests, and the people have not yet
eEeetuslly established the seEsvIdent prin-
c5ple that QusSt-publie corporations have their
charter from the State 10 serve it. not TO op-
crush them; % use It's natural advantages and
not 70 lock them up pendent ra1l ways
from San Francisco into the interior VIII re-
store our City as = port and give The country
the advantages OF the sea; the passing OF
the Central and Union Pacific system into the.
control Of the Government or Of rival corpora
tons and the construction OF an Isthulan
canal VIII st1mUIGts intercourse with distant
points and insure competitive rates, aud thus
the future may IN some measure atone for the
sins OF the past
Who shall say that spirit Is wanting in the
people OF san Francisco t0-day2 Has there
not been metsmOrphosis2 Do not the Ira tic
AssocL1lIoh. the Nortn american NaF1gauon
Company, the Valley Road. the Merchants
shipping Association, the Mechanics IlsCi-
tute, the Manufacturers and Producers As
/ soctsr1o1s the Merchants Association snd the
improvement clubs SPEAK for sOmsthingt
have they not awakened the citizens %
realization o. the fact that here are their me-
sfdeS2
/ OF course, before everything eIse, the chief
cement II 8 city prosperity ust be the prot-
/ table employment of her inhabitants. which
means market Tor their productions sF home
/ OF abroad 60 municipality has more 70 do
I than 70 keep It's house clean, healthy and beau
/ tlIuI-tJ must keep its workshop busy Trade
I ana commerce consist n excnsnse- one must
/ exchange what ne makes or has IOE what ne
DOESN'T make but wants Prices renal hin z
I the same. one naturally wants the ossL, the
/ most durable. the most artistic the most psls-
I table, the most Wholesome, as the case nay
b. The demand or the consumer = the
standard OF the workman
+ Itis true OF the past that not only the ques-
I ton OF fashion. hut the question or QueIty as
I well determined the choice OF goods and
/ gave The pre1erence n too many cases 20 the
( foreign product Now, why do goods IN sde
/ IN France OF made in Germany" force their
I way into our reluctant msrkeLs2 That 5 g
I question for 8 well organized uunici PATTY 70
solve Inc fault IS largely with our edUca-
/ ton A. one time IN Europe there were craft
guilds organized 10 maintain the several
crafts, 70 regulate them, 20 prevent frzudu-
I lent workmanship aud 10 transmit knowledge
a1d skill These have passed away and in
tneir place 3 better system has sprung I'D,
namely, municipal trades and technical
I schools, which may De found IN Berlin, Paris.
I Lille Hanover Milan and OLneC ciEIes. where
/ the young are trained not IN languages and
music alone. which our high schools affect,
I but II the useful srts, and especially II In0se
/ crafts for which the locality IS particularly
I favored They also qualify men for civil seq
I vice employment
/ This Is the secret Of the better quality or Ger
/ tain foreign products and ulsnufsetUres-and
I sls0 OF souCd municipal admins Eretiol-the
I superior technical skill n these concerns OF
/ the French and German people Therefore, 20
succeed We must remodel and add TO our
( schOO+sTsteu- James Lick J. G. Wllmerdin Z,
/ Charles Lux and Dr.. CogsWelI Of this City have
! mad right ideas n endowtug the trades schools
{ and their plans should De taken up D. the City
itself Tor the preservation snd oeEelo DEeuL Of
It's crafts and manufactures
There must De q municipal policy in :hese
/ respects. We elect school Directors By sccL
\ dent and they follow in the old groove, show
[ Ing the greatest activity when there IS va
I caney 70 be filed or place 70 be created You
( caE1oI get men NJ 20 reorEaniZe the schools
I on practical lines under the present system OF
I election school Directors should be appointed
I on the ground OF fitness alone They may be
j pledged IN platforms, nut the platform in
{ varisbly slips from under theIr tset as they
ascend 80 Office. II, however. the executive OF
/ tne government were charged with duty the
E power OF appointment End REMOVAL would
\ gITe hin the means OF carrying out the PEG
3 PIES VIII.
( The holding Of this great fair annually helms
I 70 inspire confidence and selEhelp By giving
I Us sn interpretive glance at our own re-
1 sources and our own needs. Il helps IN other
! direcEious-it draws from all sections visitors
/ who nay come 20 laugh bur WAo VIII remain
I 70 pTGyf who coma for pleasure, and who VIII
reustn as 8 permanent addition TO our popu-
{ lEIIO1- There are European cities tnsr derive
immense revenues from tourists and travellers,
snd IL has been stated hat the French expo
sition in 1883 saved that country from bank
ruptcy which otherwise would have bssa pre-
ciplrsted by the failure Of the copper trust and
the Panama canal Every visitor adds 20 the
volume and flow OF the circulating medium.
and thus adds 60 the general prosperity, slim
ularing trade. which Is '-the calm health Of
nations" san Francisco could thus be u ade
/ & great resort great winter ei1y-E the
people, having Al ideal before them would
devote their efforts 20 its realization iron year
TO year.
When PerIcles was considering the best use
I 70 which he could put the treasures OF DelOs
which flowed TITO the Athenisn treasury, b
/ consulted TIE wise men OF his city, who, with
I one accord said: make Athens beautiful. fOl
beauty Is now the victorious power n n,