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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25
Do mOich ROdak6W!

Jak jut wiadomo z pism naszyoh
dnia Ago lipoa b.r. odbedzie sic wsp6l.
ma poIska zabawa na korzys6 pomnika
ola Tadeusza Kosoiuszki. q krsatah
~ogolnyoh, Z dobrej wolf okazywanej z
wszystkich obozow bez wyjatku. z har-
monijnej wspolnej praOy wszystkioh
Polak6w, z radosoia kaady prawd.iwy
patryota przekOnywa sic, jak wysoko
" ostatnich csasaoh podni6s1 sic moral
ny po1iom naszego og63u. q radosoia
mimowoli wyrywaja sic siowa: A wieo
nieprawds jest, ae i~stnieje pomiedzy
Polonja amerykahska otOh4ah nieprzs-
byta niezgody nieprzezwyoieaonej
nienawisOi - kiedy palace kwestye OBJ.
ohodzaoe oaly ogoi faozs mas bez tru-
dnosoi W jedna druayne i obalaja je.
dnym z~amaohem ten kolcsmi nabity
plot separatyzmu, kt6ry niska prywata
i cele nieozyste pomiedry nami posta-
WHY.
w dniu 4 Lipoa PoIska bedzie
ssoiscisa uroozystosc braterstwa, tego
idealu, do ktorego kazdy prawy patryo.
ia daryl Bedzie to daeh pamietny, W
kt6rym ME oboz, ME koterja, ME klika,
ale 'oszyscy Polacy W bratnim usoisku
.iscza sic do wspolnej zabawyl
Kosciuszko z nieba bedzie patrza} ma
to wielkie i piekne po3aozenie, powsta.
ie ME Z namowy, ME Z u1ozonego z 60
ry planu, ale z szlachetnego popeds
sero soszystkich Polak6p! Imie komi-
tetowyoh, jake inioyatorow tego wiel.
kiego dziela, ziotemi lisery powinno
bye zapisane ma kartach naszej emigra-
cyl - DO mole ten dzief co daj Bo-
Re - epoke szczescia ! zgody rozpo.
osac wsrod naszego spoieczehstwa.
w dniu lynn, kto tylko Polakiem,
powinien stawic sic, by swiecic wspol-
ME tryumf polskiej idsi a zsszozy-
oony wysokim urzedem Prezesa Rzadu
Centralnego Zwiszku Mar. Polskiego,
szczegolnie zwraoam sic do braci Zwiaz-
kowych, azeby W dniu tym uroozystym
kaady z mich wype}nii swoj obowiszek.
w dziejaoh rodu ludzkiego pewne
ohwile wielkie jak biyskawica przebie.
gaia mad jego glove i predko rniksja.
kto z takiej chwili ME korzysta W
wiasciwym o%zasie, ola tego na wieozne
mote znika czasy. Zs taxa chwile wiel.
ks uwasam dzieh Ago Lipcs - / ola
tego ~wszystkioh wzywsm, by sic stawili
is niej s~korzystali.
2 bratniem pozdrowieniem
Zbigniep Brodososki,
Prezes Rzadu Csntralnego Wv. Mar.
Pol.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25
SkrZynka do list6w.

Ponu Jan Nep. Wrzesihskiemu W
Detroit: w przysziym numerze.
Pdnu O~ksze1skiemu W Baltimore:
D~ziskujemy. Zrobimy usytek.
Pana n. Dolihskiemu W Chicago:
Bedzie ogioszone we wszystkioh pol
skioh pismsoh.
Panu ReDerskiemu " Grand Rapids:
w przJsziym numerze.
Pdnu Cyikotoskiemu W Pittsburgh:
NApiszemy o TEN ,,Zgodzie".
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25
Czytamy W wv. P. So:
25.letni

25.letni
jubileusz prac li~teraokioh i a~rtystyoz.
nych q obosyznie.
w dniu 10 majs r. b. pahstwe Ray.
soy obohod.ili p~odw6jny jubileusz ma
tulacswie. Pan Jan Nepom. R.*) OBJ
chod.il 25-letni jubileus. prao l~iterao.
kioh j istnienia z~nanej fabryki haft6w
artystycznyoh cd lat 25oiu W Paryau
(5S, rue de Rivoli), pod kierowniotwem
Jego zaonej ma}aonki i Polki, pani Jo-
amy Rayskiej. w sobote, 18 maja,
w~ieczorem, W mieszkaniu swojem prry
ulioy Rivoli, Z tel oka.yi. pahstwo R.
podejmowali re staropolska g~oscinno-
scia, grono przyjaoi6 i .najomyoh, kt6-
rzy przybyli .sosyc swe ~ayc.enia s.an.
jubilatom. Pomied.y lio.nymi listami
j telegramami, nadesisnymi Z kraju i
zagranioy, za.naozymy telegram re
Lwowa cd PIP. Becky, Finkla, Szeligy,
tyszkiewioza, Zakrzewskisgo. jakotea
list wloscianina oh. Jak6ba Bojki, kt6.
~ brzmi' dosiownie jak nastepuje:
"Grebosz6w dnia ID msja 1895 T.
nCzcigodny RodakuI
pZanim ten list do Ciebie nadejdxie,
bedzie W lynn dniu W domu Twym
swieto potrojne, majaoe .naozenie ME
tylko ola Twego domu, ale i dla roda
k6w Twych - ola mas.
nPierwsze, to jest dzie6 Twyoh Imie.
min, z Powodu kt6ryoh Aycze CT starszy
brsoie tego, ozego moae dobry syn ~
ozy6 dobremu Ojou. Mech Pan Bog
otaoza Gle swa opieka i dozwoli CT
wrocic ma ukoohana ziemie Ojozysta,
do kt6rej tax tesknisz i kt6ra tax ko.
CHASE.
nDrugie swieto - jest 25-letni jubi-
leusz Twej dzialalnosci ma polu lite.
raokiem. Wazna to niwa, i prawie or.
ka taxa, r6wna sic orce naszej W polu,
90 do poaytku a nawst j. pr.ewyasza
czasami. 2 plonu l~iteraokiego je.eli
oraoz rzuca zdrowe ~ziarno, karmia sic
tysiace c~zytelnik6w, a jaki ohleb i'm
podano, takini beda. Znam z doswiad.
ozenia, jak oiezka praoa ma tel niwie
! umiem ooeni6 podobnyoh oraozy. Me
aasiewa2es dotad ohwast6w nj kakolu,
przyjm zatem braoie Rodaku serdeozne
Szozesc Boze do dalszej praoy W tym
kierunku.
,Trzeoie swieto, jest takte 25.letni
jubileusz, jak chleba powszedniego
ssukasz praoy m~ozolnej W fabryce
haft6w. Podozas gdy ludzis Twego
stanu, i tax ohleba przez drikiego Mo-
skala pozbawieni jak Ty, rzuoili sic do
Bank6w, do urzed6w i tam znalezli
chleb, ale straoili narodowosc, stall sic
Indyferentystami narodowymi, tr6jlo.
jalnymi, Ty w1asna reka, o swej sile
idac zdobyaes sobie stanowisko nieza-
leane, dajaO piekny przykiad swej bra
OF. Mech Pan Bog biogoslawi Twej
piracy W lynn kierunku, i abys, kiedy
wrooisz do kraju, tutaj podobny zaklad
zaaozy1, i lynn ~sposobem byl pozyteczny
drogiej Ojozyznie i Rodakom.- Czego
Ci zyozy Tw6j m1odszy brat
Bojko Jak66
wsosoianin i posel sejmowy".
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25
POkwitOwanie
ZarZadu Bibl. 1 MuZ. wv. Mar. Pol

Niniejszem kwituje z odbioru sIO.I5
cd PAM Stan. Grabowieokiej, kt6ra pie.
niadze to zlozyla ma rzeoz Biblioteki
Muzeum Wv. N. p, stosownie do u.
ohwaly rozwiazanego ,,Towarzystws
k~sztaicaoych sic Polek". Ia ofiare to
Zsrzsd b. ! M. sklada publiozne podzie.
kowanie.
M. j. Sadososki, Sekr. Jen.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25
Polacy W Ameryce.
= Il Cleveland, o. donosza:

Ma 1adanie Rosyi wydany jej costa
ME morderca Polak, ktorego tutaj are
sztowano. Jestto niejaki wladys}aw
Sztolcman, alias Jan Ruscihski, alias
Jan Wisniewski, oskar1ony o zamordo-
Tanie W~incentego Strzeleokiego we
wsi Korabniki " gubernii w~ilefskisj.
Sztoloman i Strzelsoki ~spotkawszy sic
W szynkowni Korabnikaoh por6.nili
sic, ale potem wspolnie wyjechali z Ko-
rabnik. w lasku "a VISTA Sztolcman
klonica uderzyi Strzeleokiego W glove
| zabi& go ma miejscu. Potem uciek}.
Pc daugich przejsoisOh przybyi do A
meryki. Osiedli} sic najpierw W Gle.
veland, a diva tygodnie temu udal sic
do P~ittsburga. WroOiwszy W zeszlym
tygodniu do Cleveland, zostal przez
Pinkertohczykow, ~sled1aoyob go juz cd
dfuzszego ozasu, a~resztowany.
u Cleveland, o. pisza:
w sobote 1890 b. m. p6zno wieczo-
rem Ignsoy Karkowski .apukai do
drzwi domu, W kt6rym mieszka} Miohai
Leiss. Skoro Leiss otworzy} krwi,
Karkowski, dobywszy revolver stree
liz, raniac 60 piersi. Leiss umari
" godzine potem. Morderoa uciekl.
Karkowski pokl6oii sic przedtem z
Leissem.
New Britain, Conn.,, pisza do
pWedrowca":
wv ubisgiym tygodniu byso az Is
polskioh spraw rozpatrywanyoh W So
die tutejszym. Gazety angielskie ME
bardzo pochlebnie o tenn sic w~yrszaja".
Zle, bardzo zle....
- Antoni Cyohosz z Polonii, Wis,
jeden z o~bwinionyoh o zamordowanie
stryja swego, prawdopodobnie wkrotce
z wiszienia sledczego zostanie uwolnio.
nym. Poreczenie "a niego stawia FIR.
Gruna W sumie $1,000, J6zef Kluczy.
kowski W sumie $3.50 i Michal Zelman
$500. Sprawl kaucyi pr1edsta wiona
zostanie sedziemu Webb W Grand Ra.
pids. Jezeli sedzia kaucye przyjmie,
Antoni Cyohosz zostanie wypuszozony
ma wolnose AZ do prooesu, kt6ry sic Cd
bedzie W listopadzie. Brat jego J6zef
ME ma nadziei dostania poreozenia i
Prawdopodobnie pozostanie W wiezis.
niu.
- nDziennik Chic" pisze: Jak
sic dowiadujemy, " chicagoskim zako-
ME 90. Zmartwychwsta6o6w zaszly
olbrzymie zmiany, kt6re sic NIGGA Cd
bic nawet ma zewnetrznych stosunkaoh
tutejszej polonii.
1 tax: Proboszczem jak dotychozas
TAX ] nadal pozostsje D. Wincenty Ba.
rzyhski, q nadto bedzie p~rzeiozonym
zgromadzenia IA miejsoe D. Kobrzyf-
skiego, ktory jedzie do Rzymu, gdris
zajmie zaszozytne stanowisko xastepoy
! doradcy jenersla zskonu.
w Shenandoah, Pa. powstaje pol.
ska ,Gazets Ludowa" pod redakoys d.
st. Tuburskiego z Shamokin.
- w Meriden, Conn. dwai ch}opcy
polscy J6zef | Jan Lewandowski costa.
Ii oddani pod sad krymina)ny "a kra-
dzieze. Brzydko sic bawial
- p. Miohsi B{shski, b. pose{ do le.
gislatury " stanie Wisconsin, ziozyl W
uniwersytecie Kolumbijskim w Wa
shingtonie, DC. egzamin ma adwokata.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25

P~rofesorowie Siemiradzki / Kuroyusz
ro.poo.eli " poniedzialek wyklady "
South Bend. Sala byaa proportions -
! zdaje sic, ze w~szeohnioa ludowa We
drujaca wiecej bedzie miala powodze.
mia ma prowincyi - aniasli " Chicago.
Bodajby!
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25

q Houston, Tex. otrzymalismy kores-
pondenoye, kt6ra ma innem miejscu Ia
mieszozamy. Autor twierdzi, Re " ioh
osadzie zgoda i mi}osc bratnia panuja,
gdyz ME ma tam ksiedza, kt6ryby ich
r~ozdwaja}.
Charakterystyonze...
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25
~SprawOzdanie kwartalne.

Kwartalne ~sprawozdsnie fnansowe
Rzadu C~entralnego q. N. P. jest goto.
we | oddane rewizOrom kasy. w PREY.
sziym numerze oZgody" ukaae sic ono
wraz re sprawozdaniem sdministAcyi
pZgody". Tymozasem zaznaczamy, Re
" kasie n~aszei organizaoyi, po oplaoe.
niu lot6w, kt6re kosztuja $4,000, many
$4O.656.16, wsaozajac tn nadwyzks
pZgody" Z 3 kwsrtaiow, kt6ra wynosi
$9O3.47.
M. u. Sddoloski, Sekr. Jen.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25
(Ciag dalszy Z strony 1-ej)

(Ciag dalszy z strony l-eO
ropejski wzmoonic sic mial obrazami
potegi oara-boga, praktyka wszeohmo.
onej jego biurokraoyi, rutyna ozynow-
niotwa i popostwaP...."
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25

Kalamazoo, Mich, jest siynne Z sele-
ryi - jakotez z siedziby Tomssza Sla.
terra, ktorego ogioszenie znsjduje sic
M s~tronnioy 8.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25

Wkr6toe napiszemy szereg artyku-
low o kwestyi pienieanej " Stan. Zjed.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25
HEGEwIscH, Ill. IL oxerwca 4,

HEGEwIscH, III. Ii ozerwca 1895.
Losowanie ma wielkie lustro odbe.
die sic d. 1go sierpnia r. b. " s%alonie
OBJ. st. Mahkowskiego " Hegewisoh,
I'LL. Doohod ma pomnik Tad. Kosoiu.
szki. Billet 25c.
MsoSc ! pozdrowienie.
j. GindIski, sekr.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25

Towsrzystwa nPrzyjacia Polski" -
beda a~a&o1one. w Chicago zrobiono
jua W tym kierunku ~pr.edwstepne kro-
ki.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25

lime osady p6jda Ia przyk3adem me.
tropolii polskiej.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1896-06-25

up. Rajski jest czionkiem honorowym Wv. n. ?
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-30

husbands correspondence, and carefully
guards him against would-be intruders. He
is said to be the most unapproachable literary
man in the word
Aubrey Beardsley, the impressionlst artist,
has no technical art education whatever
fact at the announcement of which nobody is
likely to be surprise: Three or four years ago
he was employed as q clerk in bank.
The once distinguished prima donna. Nine.
Gerster. who, after q short but brilliant career
at her Majesty's Theater, and also in the
United States, partially lost her singing voice,
is about to start a vocal academy in Berlin.
The Prince of Wales is to be installed as
Chancellor of the University of Wales in the
coming summer The ceremony will take
place at Aberystwyth, the seat OF the Oldest OF
the constituent colleges OF the university.
All the Earl of Chichester's farms are carried
on under his wifes name. which appears on all
wagons and agricultural implements. On the
home farm at Stanner large number OF oxen
are employed in lieu of horses.
Miss Jane Douglas Roleley recently died at
Swansea, Wales, at the age of 96. Her father
served with Lord Nelson on board the Viceroy,
and among the deceased lady's possessions
were the trousers worn by Nelson at the battle
of Trafalgar
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-30
PERSON AL.

]. F. Murray, mining man of Volcano; is at
the Russ.
P. P. burst, a fruitgrower of wheatland is at
the Grand.
E. NJ Tilden, a Woodland lumberman, is at
the Grand.
John A. O'Grady of New Brunswick, NY.
is at the Palace.
II e. Piedert, mining man of Placerville,
is at the Palace.
Thomas McNulty, an attorney OF Santa Bar
bara, is in town.
G. Hurst of Ham burg, Germany registered at
the Palace yesterday.
George N. Fisher and wife of Brooklyn, N. Y,
are at the Occidental
E. Rathburn, the Williams liveryman, is
registered at the Russ.
Andrew Bendge an extensive farmer of Mer-
ced, is at the Cosmopolitan.
j. H. Phillips, an Arizona cattle-man, ar
rived at the Russ yesterday.
g. de la Bouglise and Mr.. and Mrs. Rouvel-
lore of Paris are at the Palace.
j. Ivancovich, business man of Hanford,
registered yesterday at the Russ
J. G. Ezzell, mining man from White River,
arrived at the Baldwin last night.
Henry T. Sloane, member of the big New
York carpet firm, arrived at the Palace yester.
day.
A. L. McCulloch, a civil engineer from Port
land, Or, registered yesterday at the Occi-
dental.
W. ]. Dixon and Percy Cook of the James
ONeill Company are stopping at the Cosmo-
politan.
DR.. W. F. Hall and Karl Hermann of Los
Angeles are among yesterdays arrivals at the
Baldwin.
Dr. David Kennedy of Kingston, N Y, ar
rived here yesterday and took apartments at
the Grand with his wife.
o. II. Hoag of Santa Rosa prominent mem.
Der OF the Order of Druids. stopped at the Russ
yesterday on his way home, after tour OF in.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-30
A MODIFIED EVIL.

A few days ago farmer near Lockeford
made small opening in the levee of the
Mokelumne River for some harmless pur-
pose. Unexpectedly the river became
greatly swollen by a heavy storm in the
mountains, and before the small cut could
be stopped the pressure of water had
widened it to crevasse and large areas OF
cultivated land were flooded. 1t was
feared that many thousands of dollars rep
resented by growing crops had been lost,
but it is now learned that no damage was
done by the submersion, and on the con-
trary that considerable benefit had re-
sulted-the flooding furnished just the
amount of irrigation needed to insure good
crops.
OF course this happy result was a mere
accident. The danger lay in the fact that
its elements were not under control. The
accident was made possible by the fact
that the bed of the river had been raised
by the deposition of silt brought down
from the mountains, where hydraulic
mining, farming, natural erosion and de-
nudation by tim ber-cutting had exposed
the soil to the loosening action of frosts
and the washing effect of rains. Levees had
bed. As the river thus ran in channel
higher than the level Of the contiguous
country the cutting or breaking of the
levee during high water would result in
the flooding of the land. This is danger
appertaining to rivers besides the Mokel-
umne, and that is the main reason why
hydraulic mining is opposed by land
owners in the valley.
But the i'm portant lesson has been
learned in recent years that irrigation is
essential to the best results in California
farming. Millions of capital have been in
vested in irrigating systems, and the use
of the privilege means an addition to the
expenses of farming. 1t is a curious turn
of affairs which presents the "rivers ruined
by hydraulic mining in the light of ex-
cellent facilities for irrigation without an
enormous outlay for dams, reservoirs and
fumes. AS the streams run along ridges
through the valley it is possible to make
the levees safe and provide them with
headgates, which would serve not only to
relieve the heavy pressure on their banks,
but also to lead the water through canals
and bitches to the thousands of farms
needing irrigation. The management of
the rivers is yet in very crude state, but
in ali plans looking to the development of
their usefulness it might be well to con-
slider whether their value as irrigating ar
teries might not be made one of the most
important considerations.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-30

miles, but not near enough to tell the exact
nature OF the rock formation. An astronom1-
cal telescope cannot be focused on it, as the
mountain is too near. A first peep through
the glass would lead one TO believe that there
was no mystery about II. The hole appears as
spot Will develop the fact that the 'hole" does
not always look the same Many days when
the sky is dark behind the mountain the hole
will appear a brilliant white, like q snowdrlft,
ard on days when the sky is blue it will often
look so dark TO be almost invisible. These
facts have led many to think that IT is an I'M
mense piece OF mica living with its polished
surface toward the sky and rejecting the cloud
formations of another part of the horizon in
stead of being the light seen through hole.
Viewed with the naked eye the hole simply
appears as white spot, but the telescope re-
veals pine trees and other details, although
very indistinctly.
The range of mountains in which the strange
peak can be seen is known as the Catallnas
to climb it, but all have failed on account OF
the steep and rugged precipices in the vicinity.
This peak is high one and can be seen from
any point i'll the journey toward 1t, but when
ten miles out of Tucson the hole can no longer
be seen even with the aid OF glass Thls can
be explained on the mica theory, as surface
of that material would not reflect ray OF
light toward persons eye after they got out
of it's angle OF projection.
One man in Tucson claims TO have clmDeo
the peak and looked through the hole into a
valley on the other side. For some reason he
always refused to take party up there. and as
he could never tell what he saw in the valley
nor even direct others how to get there ms
story was not believed. And so the mystery oi
the mountain remains unsolved, and in the
opinion of old prospectors always Will until
some BODY iuvents flying machine.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-30

Baltimore's large exports over imports
are explained by its heavy shipment of
corn, while cotton created a similar condi-
ton of things at New Orleans and Gal
weston. San Francisco sent abroad mostly
the products of California, while Balti-
more, New Orleans and Galveston drew
their exports from very large section of
the country. containing a population
twenty times as large as that of California.
San Francisco accomplished this under
the most unfavorable conditions, among
them monopoly of steam transportation
and virtual absence OF sailing vessels
except those carrying wheat. A large pro-
portion of our imports was for tTanscon-
tinental rail forwarding, and hence this
feature of the case presents no greater in
terest than the fact that with the excep.
ton of tea, coffee and silk California has
little use for the products of countries
sending supplies to the United States.
That is to say, while California produces
wide range of articles for export suitable
to the needs OF all countries, it contains
within itself resources which make it
practically independent of all other coun-
tries. The articles which it produces in
clude most of the staples, such as all food
supplies, and such luxuries as fruit, wine
and the like. A full development of the
resources at our command will follow a
larger settlement and more favorable con-
ditions of transportation ard make us in
dependent of all countries except those
which produce coffee, tea and spices.
1t is difficult to imagine the magnitude
of these facts. Considerations affecting
our welfare are profound in themselves,
but from National point of view they
should have an overwhelming significance.
The trouble is that our country as whole
has not yet discovered California, nor
formed the vaguest idea either of its value
as producing section or as the countrys
gateway to the Orient. In this blessed
year 1896 the private interests of single
railroad company are more tenderly re-
garded by Congress than the vast National
interests which center in California.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-30
A MAN OF BUSINESS.
Fresno Republican.


Claus Spreckels says that he is not an asprant
for the United States Senatorship or any other
office. The statement only confirms public
opinion, for very few people have taken any
stock in the partisan newspaper gossip which
has imputed all sorts of motives for Spreckels
interest in the construction OF competing
railroad excepting that of a legitimate business
proposition to develop investments already
made and open the way to others. John d.
Spreckels may have some political ambitions
aside from a mere interest in party manage
ment, but there is no well-defined ground even
for that supposition. Most of the stuff which
has appeared in print OF late in this regard is
arrant bosh upon its face. The Spreckels fam
ily-or at least the elder Spreckels--s pre-
eminently successful in business lines, and it
is good thing FOR California that his money is
to be turned into channels OF local develop
ment. 1t has been q great drawback to Calf
fornia that so many of her wealthy men have
seen fl to seek homes and inves tments abb DAD,
thus draining the State of wealth produced
here to the enrichment OF other localities. 1t
is to be hoped that the example of Claus Spreck-
els in this particular will find many imitators
among the rich men Of the Pacific Coast.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-30
THE MERCHANTS PLANS.

The published correspondence between
the Superintendent of Streets and the
Merchants Association discloses the fact
that the current years municipal funds
available for street improvements do not
permit OF good downtown pavements, and
that while the Superintendent will labor
with the Board of Supervisors for suf-
ficient levy for next year the Merchants
Association will perfect scheme OF down.
town Improvements and be ready to see
that the money is employed to the best
advantage.
The people of the City have come to re-
gard the Merchants Association as most
useful agency, especially in matters re-
lated to street improvements. 1t is COM
posed of practical, hard-hea6ed business
men, who cannot be cajoled into the be-
lief that public funds are intended for po-
litical plunder, or that they should be used
any differently from private funds. In
the scheme of the organized merchants
there has appeared no suspicion of pollti-
cal ambition. All that it has done means
that it recognizes the public value of good
streets and sewers and the necessity for an
honest and intelligent expenditure of
labors and hopes command respect and CO.
operation. Every merchant of good stand
ing in the City would show himself use
full citizen by joining the association.
The task which now confronts the mer-
chants is difficult and delicate. They must
not only exert their influence to keep the
tax levy within safe limits, and to that end
exercise patience and care in constructing
r their plan for downtown improvements,
but they have an opportunity for perform
ing valuable service in mastering the
whole subject of pavements. This should
not be left to the political exigencies of the
Street Department. In every city, particu-
larly one that is growing, the demands for
public expenditures are so urgent that the
opportunity for securing political benefits
out of them are tempting. Contractors
represent another influence equally potent.
The evils obtaining in San Francisco re-
suit in poor improvements requiring con-
slant expenditure to maintain them, and
that is one of the reasons why cobbles still
retard business and depress property val
ues in the downtown section. To educate
the people regarding the best pavement for
each purpose, 10 see that the work is faith
fully and intelligently done, to guard
against the neglect of important public in
terests centering in boulevards and out
side improvements and to keep the tax
levy for all these purposes within bounds
constitute the task of the Merchants AS
sociation.