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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
H0AR AND THE OUBANS.

Senator Hoar's plea in the Senate for de-
lay before further action on the Cuban
resolutions was curious performance. 1t
was of course ably presented, for the Sem
ator is an able man, and yet the very vigor
of his argument served only to exhibit the
more forcibly the Inconsistency of the pol
icy he advocated.
The first argument of the Senator was
that the Senate had undertaken to act
without due information concerning the
affairs of Cuba and tha it should now
wait until information could be obtained
from the State Department To this ar
gument he added the further one that the
Senate should not interfere with the func-
tions of the State Department, but should
respect the burdens and responsibilities
borne by the executive. He added in con-
cIusion that all which the Senate has done
so far in the matter has never been seri-
ousiy intended to help the Cubans, but
only to make material for use in the ap-
preaching Presidential campaign.
Though these arguments were made to
appear strong by the force with which they
were uttered they are essentially weak and
futile. As Senator Sherman pointed
out, the Senate, so far from acting with
out due information, had received from
the State Department full report of all
correspondence on Cuban matters, and
this document has been before the Senate
for more than two weeks. 1t is further
more duty of the Senate to act with the
President on the conduct of such matters
as those under discussion, since the consti-
tuition expressly provides that it shall do
so.
The issue is one on which the Senate
should certainly decide promptly what
course it intends to pursue. The struggle
in Cuba is rapidly becoming war of ex-
termination. If our mediation is to be of
any use to either combatant it should be
offered at once and strongly enforced.
Delay in such case is of no value to us,
and it means death to Cuba.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

States produce, but that the poor fruits
which we ship are offered SO cheaply (and,
of course, at loss to the producer) that
they are readily bought, and serve largely
to establish the reputation of the State for
the quality of its fruit. Considering the
high rates of transportation there is
clearly no greater business folly than send
ing inferior fruits to the East. The grower
will be fortunate if he secures sufficient
from the sale to pay freight. On the other
hand, good profits almost invariably re-
suit from the marketing of prime fruits,
and always so when some intelligence is
employed in the selection of a consignee.
As a rule the preparation of our fruits
for the market is altogether out OF proper
ton to the natural excellence of the fruit;
in short, much of our good fruit is spoiled
in the drying merely through lack of in
telligent attention. In State OF rainless
summers there is no excuse for this. The
growers who never complain of the fruit
industry are those who understand the art
of preparing it for market.
Mr.. Wings assertion that much of our
fruit is consigned to improper persons is
serious matter demanding investigation.
1t is the overshrewd grower who is gener-
ally hurt by these delusive opportunities.
Those who adhere to the methods of the
organizations made to counteract all the
evils of which Mr.. Wing complains are
those who secure the best returns. If
some growers are determined not to take
advantage of the opportunities which
their more intelligent neighbors have Sc
cured and are offering to all they might at
least take steps to ascertain the reliability
of the commission-houses to which they
ship.
No grower has the right to iniure the
fruit business of the entire State by ship
ping inferior goods. 1t brings him no
profit and Injuries many others. If he can
not produce good fruit and market it in
telligently he is not made for the business
and should retire.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
INVESTIGATING JAPAN.

No more competent Judge of economies,
especially with reference to the ef1ect OF
foreign competition and of tariff laws, can
be found than Robert p. Porter, who IS
now in this City on his way to Japan. he
goes to the land of the chrysanthemum as
an individual student, and the result OF
his researches will prove useful Tor pur-
poses OF comparison with the report OF the
commission which Congress has authorized
the President to appoint for covering the
same ground. Mr.. Porter is an ardent pro-
tectionist. 1t is not to be assumed that
President Cleveland s commission Will run
contrary to the free-trade policy OF the
administration, and hence Mr.. Porter's
report win likely command more respectful
attention than the one which the commls-
sion may make. His experience as Super
vising Inspector of the Federal Census and
as a member of the Tariff Commission
qualities him for exceptionally intelligent
study in that field.
There recently appeared in these columns
a communication calling attention to the
fact that our alarm on the score of cheap
competition with Japan is based merely on
some extravagant boasts OF an agent selling
Japanese buttons in San Francisco, and
that the pressure of competition has not
yet been felt. That may be true, but it in
no sense lessons the danger which the
future holds. The conditions upon which
the awakened industrial activity of Japan
rest are the real source of anxiety.
Our people have no desire to compete with
manufactured articles produced by skilled
- Goxr 10 q
munificent salary. In this City We have
now a strike of painters in which one of
the elements is the employment of Eu-
ropeans at 81 day. The foundation upon
which every trades union in this country
rests is a demand for such wages as Will
insure the ordinary necessities and COM
forts of life. 1t is the idea of protection
brought home and enforced within the
bounds of our own social compact. No
member of trades union can be consistent
who does not extend to foreign competition
the same principle which he raises against
his own people at home. A protective
tariff is designed to assure to Americans
more generous scale of wages, higher
standard of living and freer enjoyment
of individual rights, privileges and freedom
than are possible to the struggling and
poverty-stricken masses of Europe and the
Orient.
The start which Japan has made is
merely an indication of the destructive
rivalry which it will institute against us
unless we suppress the opportunity which
it now enjoys under Democratic tariff.
1t is the right and duty of Americans to
maintain their own standard of living, and
protection is the only means for securing
that end.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
PERSONAL.

DR.. Herman F. Fox OF Brooksville, Ohio. is in
| town.
E. Metcalf of Phoenix, Ariz., arrived here yes
| terday.
Colonel E. G. Wheeler of San Jose is at the
Palace.
f. Z. Granger, hotel proprietor Of Alvarado
| is at the Russ.
William Corey, manufacturer of Manches
ter is in the City.
DR.. G. f. Mum OF Honolulu was q passenger
by the Alameda yesterday.
Peter Lengfritz, the mining expert of Denver
Is guest at the Cosmopolitan.
Mrs. Allen Herbert of Honolulu arrived here
yesterday and is at the Occidental.
J.w Bailey, an extensive shoe manufactures
OF Worcester, Mass, is at the Grand.
L. E. Harlow, the agricultural implement
manufacturer of Stockton. is in town.
Maurice Hazzan. mining and business man
OF chihuahua, is among recent arrivals.
Colonel w. d. Barnes of New York arrived
here yesterday He is at the Occidental.
Colonel Kilgour OF the British army in India
is in the City, accompanied by Mrs Kilgour.
]. Mills Davies, one of the proprietors of the
Los Angeles Express, arrived here yesterday.
r. Weir, the capitalist of Forrestville, is q
guest at the Cosmopolitan, accompanied by his
family.
Miss Y. Thebens, who has been visi ting
friends mt Sacramento, has returned to hel
home here.
M. Fredrick of Will Finck left last night
for New York, to be gone two months. in the
in terest of the firm.
Louis Kahlbaum, manager OF the Koloa
plantation. Hawaii, was among the arrivals by
yesterdays steamer.
o-1x
president of the Oregon Railway and Nayiga-
ton Company, is in the City.
Konig Irgaka of Japan, q graduate of Har.
ward College, is en- route to his native soil
and is staying at the Cosmopolitan.
Charles c. Goodall of Rochester, N. Y, who
has been on visit to Honolulu, is in the City.
He will spend the winter in Los Angeles.
Hon. William Mccullough, q newspaper man
of Auckland, New Zealand, and member OF
the New Zealand Parliament, is i'll the City.
Paul Isenberg, who is at the head of the
firm OF HOchfeld & Co., general merchants and
plantation owners in Hawaii, is at the Ocei-
dental.
Abbott Kinney of Los Angeles, who made q
fortune from manufacturing cigarettes and
returned to the city of Los Angeles to enjoy it,
is at the Occidental.
G. F. Swift and Edward Morris, the great
pork an: beef packers of Chicago, who are in
terested in the packing establishment at
Baden, are in the City.
Among the arrivals at the Russ are T. r.
Brighton, S. F. Devall, G. P. Slocum and E.
Coffin, all old whaling captains, who are bound
to the Arctic on various ships.
]. R. Herod of the United States legation,
Toxic, arrived here yesterday on the Ala
media, accompanied by his wife and child.
He is en- route East on a leave:of absence.
J. McMillen, owner of the Roche Harbor
(Wash.) lime kilns, near Tacoma, the largest
in the worlu, is at the Occidental. These kilns
have capacity of 1900 barrels Of lime day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
OUR DRIED FRUIT TRADE.

Lyman R. Wing of Chicago has fur
nished THE CALL with some information
concerning our marketing of dried fruits
in the East, and it should receive the
most serious attention from growers. The
most valuable of his statements are that
by fortnitous circumstance, for which
we deserve no special credit-namely, the
failure of the French prune crop-we have
virtually captured the prune market, and
can hold it; that some of our growers have
done all possible to injure the reputation
of the State for producing superior fruits
by crowding inferior products upon the
market, and that many of our growers are
so gulllble as to be deceived by the !circu-
lars of Eastern dealers not of the proper
kind, who make alluring promises, which
it is impossible to fulfill.
This does not mean to say that the ex-
cellent fruits which we send out fall short
of the best that Europe and the Eastern
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
abandoned there many years ago and he found

abandoned there many years ago and he found
himself without an occupation. He made sew
eral attempts at other work, but did poorly.
Then he seemed to get discouraged and hung
around the old stables for long time. At last
they were torn down and he was without
home. Then he disappeared for few years
and at last came back and took up his resi-
dence in a water-tank that in the old days
used to furnish water for his horse.
With ali his misfortunes Tom is not unhappy
in his strange home. He says it is comfort
able place and that he makes fair living, with
little work, from the marsh only few hun
dred yards from his door.
His "house" is located in an isolated spot. 1t
is not far from South San Francisco, but when
he sits at his door he can only see blank hill.
side in front of him. BY walking to the top OF
the hill, however, he can get 8 magnificent
view of the surrounding country and that
compensates him, he says.
When he first came to the place he found the
ruins of the old windmill tower lying on the
ground ana with them made a very good roof.
Some old taxpayer and rags made 1t perfectly
watert1ght. After cutting door and window
Tom put in a stove, few cooking utensils and
a bed, and made himself comfortable. He does
not have to do much to make living as many
days his net will bring him In So or So. That
amount of money will buy provisions aud 10
bacco for a long time, so that he can 60 to the
top of the hill and dream OF bygone days.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
CURRENT HUMOR.

Bunson Ito janitor)-So, Rastus. you claim
that your father was body servant to George
Washington? 1t seems to me that the father
of our country had lots of 'em. Where was
your tather when Washington took hack at
the cherry tree?
Rastus (stoutly)-He was drivin' de hack.
suh.-Judge.
Perry Patettic dn the road)-W'y don't you
go in? De dogs all right. Don't you see him
Vaughn his tail?
Wayworn Watson (at the gate) - Yes, an
he's growlin' at the same time. don't know
which end to believe.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
She-He whistled as he went for want of
thought. OF course 1t was a boy. You
wouldn't find girl whistling for want of q
thought.
He-No; she wouldn't whistle; she'd talk
Indianapolis Journal.
Many good people in Maine will sym mpathize
with the Penobscot County man who attempted
to speak in town meeting on the subject that
greatly interested him. "Fellow-citizensr he
sang out Justify as he arose-"fellow-citizens ~
A long and EN- barrassing pause, and then he
added: "If only had the ideas fought to have
on this subject and had the words to express
those ideas, think I could relieve my feel
ings." How the crowd cheered as he sat
down.-Lewiston Journal.
Waiter-This roast is all burned. can'ts serve
it to any one.
Landlord-Serve it to that gentleman and
lady yonder. They are on their wedding jour
ney-they won't notice.
Featherstone-I wonder if your sister real
ICES, Willie, that during the last month have
given her ten pounds OF chocolates?
Willie-Of course she does. That's why she
is keeping her engagement with Jim Bur1ing
q secret.-Spare Moments.
Commuter (meetipg humble neighbor)-
Why, Cassidy, Pm surprised to meet you in
New York with no collar to your shirt!
Mr.. Cassidy-Sure, no wan knows me here.
Commuter-Well. you never wear one in
Lonelyville.
Mr.. Cassidy : Sure. every wan knows me
there.--Puck.
Landiady Cat diEner)-I see you have good
appetite, Mr.. Newcomb.
Mr.. Newcomb - Yes and If you look after
dinner you will see it still. = Philadelphia
Record.
Guest (pushing them away from him)-I
don't like the way you COOK eggs at this restau-
rant.
Waiter-What's the trouble, sir?
Guest--You don't cook them soon enough
New York Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
Cafe Zinkand Souvenir.

Charles A. Zinkand has in active preparation
an illustrated souvenir of the Cafe Zinkand.
Large photo engravings have been made,
showing all the several departments. AS
work of art it will be in all respects the finest
OF its kind ever issued in California. John F.
Uhlhorn has charge of the compilation, and it
will be of much interest to the public. as the
visitors and patrons OF this model restaurant
can have the best cuisine and service, while
the charges are no higher than other public
resorts and restaurants. =
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
How 1t Worked.
yisalia Delta.

Free-traders were profuse in their promises
of good to result from the placing of wool on
the free list ard Wilson-Gormanzing the tariff.
on woolen goods. They promised an increased
demand and price for American wool increased
amount OF woolen goods manufactured and
cheaper goods to the consumer. During the
first full year under the said law American
manufacturers lost $40, 100000 of the home
trade and American wool-growcrs lost the sale
oil 125 ,00O, 900 pounds of wool.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
LIVES IN A WATER.TANK.

Thirty years ago Tom Higgins was one of the
best vaqueros in California. He had worked
all oyer the State and was known as man
capable of doing anything to a steer that could
be done with a lariat and horse. Nothing was
good enough for Tom in those DAYS and he was
just as ready to fight as to eat. Now he makes
his home an abandoned water-tank and
earns hts living by catching and selling frogs.
Toms last job was on the Lux estate in San
Mateo County, but the cattle business was
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
Santa Monica's Innovation.

Down in Santa Monica the Board of Trustees
have made novel innovation in the order of
business for their meetings. When t.new bust
ness aud other heads have been disposed of
the president inquiries: "Is there anything un-
der the head of good of the town." Usually
some member will speak of needed street or
park improvement and sometimes other city
officers will tell what they think ought to be
done to make the city more attractive.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
Spain Is Angry.
Los Angeles Record.

Cuba free! If that message should ever be
flashed over the world every American would
rejoice. Spain is angered by the patriotic and
just action of the Senate. Spain was the first
TO recognize the Southern COnfederacy in the
dark days of '61. Spain would have danced
with delight at the dismemberment OF this Re-
public. Long life to the Senators who have
declared for Cuban freedoml
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
Which Horn Of the Dilemma?
Gait Gazette

Sinking his taxes is no new trick for Mr..
Huntington. In 1861 he was assessed at some.
thing over $4,000. In 1862 he appeared before
the Board of Supervisors and told pitiful tale
of poverty and asked reduction. His assess
ment was cut down to something over $4,000.
Yet Mr.. Huntington under oath before the Sem
ate committee said he was worth 81 600, 600 at
that time. Which is the lie-the tale of poverty
in 1862 or the million dollars? You are sad
rogue, Mr.. Huntington.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
Advertising the Climate.
Oakland Enuuirer

Alameda County will lead off in the work OF
advertising the State by means of distributing
the climatic map which has been published by
the State Development Committee. The local
committee, which includes a number of enter
money sufficient to start the ball rolling and
the circulation of several thousand copies of
the map is assured as consequence.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
About Time.
Salinas Owl.

1t is about time for the United States to pc,
come aggressive. We have permitted our sllb-
jects to be ill-treated abroad and the American
flag insulted with impunity by every nation
on earth, until they had begun to look upon
Uncle Sam as great lubberly boy who was too
good-natured to resent an insult and too cow
ardly to fight
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
Tread Lightly.

los AngtIeS EXpieSS-
The condition OF affairs in Europe to-day is
so disturbed that no one need be surprised ii a
great European war closes the century as it
closed the last. One thing is certain, the pow
der is laid and everything is ready for the ex-
plosiou, and it will be extraordinary If some
one does not apply the match.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
California's Twin Curses.
Visalia Times

Land monopoly and railway monopoly are
the twin evils which have for many years re-
stricted the growth and retarded the develop
ment of California To their evil influence
must be ascribed Calfornia's tagging behind
such States as Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and
Minnesota
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13


Professor Poinacre of Paris, in his studies OF
the effect OF the moon on the meteorology of
the earth, has discovered that it has an in
fuence not only on the production of cyclones,
but also on their direction.
1t has been noticed in Washington that since
Senator Quay launched his Presidential boom
he appears in black frock coat 1t is said,
indeed, that all favorite sons, as q rule. affect
the black frOck coat during the period Of their
favorite sonship.
William Bradford, stanch Republican OF
Louisville, N. Y, said the other day: MY
first vote was cast for Fremont and freedom
add If any one shall ever think it worth while
to write my obituary, what l most wish they
would say is: He voted for John c. Fremont
and twice for Abraham Lincoln"
The most influential people in Europe are
old. Queen Victoria is nearly n. Lord Sails
bury is 65, Prince Hohenlohe is II, Count
Goluchowsky, the new Austrian Chancellor, Is
90; Prince Lebanon, the Russian Councillor,
is 81; sinnor Crspi, the late italian Premier, is
n; the Pope and Mr.. Gladstone are SO, and
Prince Bismarck is 81.
The famous reinsman, w. H. Doble, who is
dying, was the first man to drive trotter
faster than 2:17. The feat he accom- mplished in
1872 at Mystic Park, when he drove Goldsmith
Maid against Lucy in 2:163z, and beat by
quarter OF q second the time his more famous
son, Budd Doble, had made with the Maid.
All OF his sons have become celebrated drivers.
Members of the Loyal Legion in Cleveland
are about to raise funds for q monument to
tho late Msjor-General Mortimer d. Leggett.
The monument will consist OF Q bowlder OF
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

The trouble with Kentucky is that she
can never be dramatic without being melo-
dramatic.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

mild sensation was created at the Palace
yesterday when A. B. Deming. the Oakland
evangelist and nominator OF General Howard
for the Presidency, walked in. He had his
high hat placarded fore and aft with huge
pieces OF tin on which were inscribed various
quotations from the Scriptures.
He inquired for A. NJ. Howard of Chicago,
the son OF General Howard. The young gentle
man had recently arrived, and the venerable
advocate of his fathers nomination desired to
see him in regard to ways OF furthering the
campaign.
The inscriptions on the hat were in red and
black letters. The first one read:
..s''........
JESUS COMING Is VERY NEAR.
BLESSED ARE THEY WHO
ARE READY.
WATCHING AND WAITING.
Search the Scriptures
.'''.... ...................''.....'..
ON the rear tin plate, which doomed fully as
high as Its mate and looked like veritable
bulletin board, was the following:
'.'.'.'..... .-.....'---.-....--......
Study Daniel 18th and Luke 21st
Chapters
watch Ye, Therefore, and Pray
Always That Ye May Be Ac
guainted With and Escape All
These Things That Shall Come to
Pass.
"Tm going to st. Louis" said the old gentle
man. "How win get there do not know,
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

Observation-Disclosures is perfectly dry, soft
and mild and is entirely free from the mists COM
mon further north. Round-trip tickets, by steam.
ship including fifteen days board AT the Hotel del
Coronado, 500: longer stay 81 so per day. Apply
4 New Montgomery st.. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
CALIFORNIANS In NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, N. Y, March 12.-Amoug the
recent arrivals are: W. c. Ralston, Holland; /;
E. G. Schwarz, Astor; P. Dale, Westminster; S.
Harris, Marlborough; ]. Remusat and wife,
Broadway Central; F. E. Nelson, st. Cloud.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
A MISS SHIRT WAIST.

The waist shown here is one of the most styl-
ish shapes. The yoke back is cut deep enough
at the top to extend we'll over the shoulder
forming shallow yoke in front, to which the
body is ga thered.
Batiste with cuffs and collar of white linen
makes very jaunty waist.
The new fabrics for shirt waists show some
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
A Remarkable Contrast.
San Diepo Union

There is a remarkable contrast between the
noisy demonstrations with which the Spaniards
are displaying their animosity toward the
United States and the calmness with which the
people OF this Nation contemplate the situation.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

Olney may have put the hen of admins
tration patronage on his little boom egg,
but it won't hatch.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

The Commercial Bank OF San Jose will
resume at once. 1t seems that it stopped
only to take breath.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

There is nothing shaky beneath Nc
Kinley's feet in his own State. Ohio this
time is solid for keeps.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

The straighter funding scheme is for
the railroad the more crooked it is for the
people.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

Russia will soon pocket Korea and have
a free hand to reach out for Armenia.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

THE PUBLIC SCHooLs-SubscriberC Chico. One
section of the school law of this State says that
"no publication of q sectarian, partisan or de-
nominational character must be used in or
distributed in any school, or be made part of
any school library; nor must any sectarian or
denominationaI doctrine be taught therein"
The Bible is not used as textbook in the pub
lie schools of this State.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

In solidifying for Mckinley the Ohio
Republican Convention came very near
freezing out the Foraker crowd.