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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

There is nothing that the champions OF
free trade can offer as remedy against
the inundatlon of the country by cheap
goods from the Orient and a protective
tariff, wisely adjusted to the needs OF
American labor, is the only remedy the
brain of political economists has yet de-
vised.
1t was shown IN general way in yester-
days CALL that, while the country Is not
now suffering from an invasion OF Japa-
nese goods, the danger is not so remote as
to quiet alarm. The wise man Is he who
provides against future calamities. The
man, be he statesman or patriotic citizen,
who lives needless of the future is like an
Indian who dies leaving no more estate
than a horse or wolf leaves. Bryan him
self dwelt on the duty Of looking out for
posterity in his recent New York speech.
II might well be asked what the future of
this country would be if posterity were
left TO the hard luck of such competition
as free trade leaves.
Japan is industrious and cunning
enough to provide for the market of the
Orient and then reach out for the larger
markets of Western civilization. 1t is
then that American artisans would be
compelled to meet conditions that are
wholly un-American, and it is under such
a system that wages would sink to mini
mum below anything ever seen in the
New World. 1t is well, under such cir
cumstances, to study still more carefully
the details concerning Japanese work and
wages.
When Colonel Henry Pierce, we'll
known business man of st. Louis, was in
San Francisco about a year ago, on his
way from the Orient, where he had made
a thorough study of industrial conditions,
he said:
''On all sides l have been amazed at the
cunning, industry and endurance of the
little brown men. They are entering
upon an industrial career that is sure to
do harm to every nation where the West
ern standards prevail unless checked by
wise legislation"
In the same tone recently spoke Manu-
facturer John Buel of Massachusetts, after
thorough study of Japan and her indus
tries.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

The articles of trade between the two
countries are chiefly cotton goods, manu-
factured silks, rope, jute, carpets, bags,
iron products and iron machinery, but
tons, watches, matches, bicycles and
rubber goods. These are imported en-
tirely by steamer now, the freight from
Yokohama to San Francisco being usually
$8 per ton. Freights from Japan to New
York have during the past year reached
the low ebb> of 80 shillings per ton meas
urement.
1t will surprise the casual student of the
Japanese question TO know that more than
sixty new factories of considerable mag
nitude have been built in Japan in the
past three years. Many factories of all
grades and sizes are now being constructed.
1t was but few weeks ago that the ma
chinery of the Pioneer Woolen Mills of
this City was bought for use in Japan.
Those who negotiated the deal provided
for skilled American workmen to go to
Japan and teach the natives every detail
of conducting the business and operating
the machinery. With the frugal tastes
and great poverty of the vast majority OF
the Japanese it is reasonable to say that
the Japanese demand will fall far short of
exhausting the supply of goods under the
era of renewed industry now practically
at hand.
The first i'm portant step after the cum
ming artisans of the Orient supply our
markets will be to reach out with true
commercial instinct for the markets of this
country. How well they can some day do
that is seen by reference to mere facts
in detail.
Henry Norman, the well-known cor
respondent, has shown the dangers of the
Japanese as competitors. and has COM
pletely exploded the idea that they have
no talent. He says:
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
How Free Trade, as Advocated by the Democrats,
Would Inundate the Country With Cheap
Oriental Goods

nese artifcer seems remarkable to us, but
it does not strike his fellow-country men
as being much out of the common. In
deed, the traveller in Japan soon learns to
transfer his wonder from the 1ndlvloual
to the nation. This extraordinary people
are born with a manual dexterity that Is
simply astonishing. This is true OF every
body-men and women, low ana h1gn
alike. The coolie will tie knots, repair
vehicle or lend hand at anything you are
doing with the knack of man-of- warsman
and the deicacy of a dentist; and any
little job that requires intelligence ana
manual skill almost any japanese Will DO
for you.''
j. j. Rein says in his great work, ''The
industries of Japan: s'The eye and hand
OF the japanese are on the average more
practical than those of the European.
Even the ordinary man can generally
make fairly clear sketch OF an article,
route or map"
1t is thus seen that, on the word OF skill
ful observers, the japanese excel in many
KINDS OF handicraft; that they seem to
have special skill almost from birth, ana
that, too, skill of high grade, such as
people in this country acquire by laoorlous
processes and after years of hard study.
Now, let the friends of unbridled free
trade answer, Are American workmen to
compete with such skill when 1t is offered
at a few cents day?
Speaking of the low wage-rate in Japan,
SlI Edwin Arnold has said: "The capacity
OF the Japanese and Chinese for incredible
detail in their work makes them the most
perfect workmen in the world, as they are
the most rapid. And when one realizes
that this superior ability and capacity can
be obtained there at an average of cents
per day against twenty times that sum in
America, it is not hard TO see that there IS
reason to fear their competition"
In the same warning spirit is the OBJ
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
THE GOODSPEED ESTATE.
A Decision on the Motion to
Strike Out and in the
Demurrer.
Judge Coffey Denies the First With
Exceptions and Sustains the
Latter.

In the matter of the will of Lucy G.
Goodspeed, deceased, for probate. Judge
Coffey yesterday rendered decision upon
the motion of the respondents, represented
by Delmas & Shortridge, to strike out
parts of contest, and also upon the de-
murrer to the contest.
Judge Coffey holds that the motion to
strike out should be denied, saving the
right of the respondents to have an
amended contest filed, stating clearly and
concisely the grounds of opposition to the
probate of the proposed will. With re-
spect to the peculiar parts of the motion
granted facts only should be stated; facts
as con ntradistinguished from the law, from
argument, from hypothesis and from the
evidence of facts. A legal inference or
conclusion from the facts should not be
stated; that is not the province of the
pIeadings under our system, which is to
develop the facts
The contest is addressed to certain in
strumept propounded for probate and.
therefore, the motion 20 strike out such
phrases as pretended wili' Is proper.
The phrase is Unnecessary and redundant
and should be ousted.
In the opinion of the court the sixth
ground of objection is especially worthy
of censorious attention-the tender OF
issue concerning the condition of the de-
cedent at the time of her death, This is
clearly not pertinent, necessary, relevant
nor material to the issue. In other para
graphs are alleged fraud, duress, menace
and undue influence. These are but CON.
illusions of law and tender no issuabla
facts, in the manner stated.
The objections specified and enumerated
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
S0CIALISTIC VIEWS.

The State Organizer Predicts Radical
Changes in the Future.
There was large and attentive gather
ing Thusday night at go Folsom street.
the headquarters of the Jewish Branch of
the Socialist Labor Party. The chair was
occupied by Mark Leitus who introduced
Theodore Lynch, the speaker of the even
ing. He spoke on the topic why Ameri-
can Workingmen Shouid Become Social.
lists"
after referring to the augury of plenty
ana prosperity that the early settlers of
this country enjoyed, when they had free
access to the natural opportunities and 10
the bright promises of the revolution and
the Declaration of independence. the
speaker showed by statistics now the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

booked for some public institution, but
his father, most respectable citizen, got
him released. He has been source of
trouble to his family for a long time, pre-
ferrlng to roam the streets at night than
stay at home.
An investigation showed that the boys
might have effected an entrance to the
cellar by hole in the rear wall of the
house adjoining the store. There is no
dividing partition between that cellar and
the one underneath Harris store. In the
hoor OF Harris store underneath the bar
there is hole large enough to admit q
mans body. Why it is there Harris does
not know, as it was there when he took
possession few weeks ago. There Is q
gradual incline from the floor of the cellar
to this hole and it would have been an
easy matter for the boys once they got into
the cellar to crawl up the incline and
through the hole in the floor to the store.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

ardent hopes of our forefathers were i'm
possible OF realization to the great masses
OF the common people who are forced by
the existing industrial conditions to grind
out bare existence at the treadmill OF
economic servitude to which they are un-
willing captives. He said in concluding,
that with the increasing intelligence and
united effort on the part of the wage
workers there is every reason to hope for a
change.
During the discussion that followed the
address short speeches were made by sew
eral of those present, including George
Speed, William Edlin, G. Cameron, E..
Lux and Mr. Naele.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
FIREWORKS T(- NIGHT.
Pacific Parlor No. 10, n. S. G. W., viii
Celebrate at the Chutcs.

Pacific Parlor No. 10, n. S. G. W., Will
Celebrate at the Chutcs.
The chutes will be turned over to Pacific
Parlor No. 10 of the Native Sons of the
Golden West this evening, and the mem
bers will have jollifeation preparatory
to the celebration at Stockton on Admis-
sion day.
An elaborate and appropriate display oi
fireworks will be given, ana the set pieces
will all be distinctly Californian. a bear
flag will be raised and other emblems oil
the order will be shown in pyrotechnics.
Conn Fredericks, the 'demon cyclist, -
will coast down the chutes on his bicycle
at 10 o'clock. The committee i'll charge of
the evening are w. II. HAZEL, f. W.
Smith, J. G. Klemm, J. r. Kropp, D. L.
Fitzgerald, ]. ]. Dunn, II. E. Faure,
Charles McMenomy, John a. Steinbach
and J. II. Cunningham. The ordinary
rate of admission will be charged.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
BROKE UP THE PARTY.
Maurice Hogue Whacks His Wife With
n Rro0nSticlx.

maurice hogue Whacks HIS WlIe with
Broomstick.
Maurice Hogue, 12713 Rose avenue, went
home last night in an ugly mood. He
had been drinking, and when. his little
son, who was having birthday party,
ran up to him he took hold of his arm and
twisted it till the boy yelled with pain.
Don't do that, Maurice" said Mrs.
Hogue, as she went to the boys assist
ance
"I1l teach you to interfere, said Hogue,
and seiZing broomstIck he whacked her
over the head and legs till she ran scream
ing out of the house.
The birthday party broke up in disorder
and Mrs Hogue and her boy went to the
Receiving Hospital. The boys arm was
found to be all right, but Mrs. Hogue had
contusions on her scalp and legs.
She declared that she would swear out a
warrant for her husbands arrest this
morning on charge of battery.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
Concerning Consumption.

II is known tact that the consumptives of
the word hoek to California, thus endanger-
ing the lives of healthy people and making our
o1ate one vast hospital. An able article on this
suo!ect WIN be found in this weeks News Let
Ter, which will be appreciated by the pro-
Iesslonal as well as by the layman. Some thing
must De done to stop this undesirable influx,
reasons for so doing and how il can be accom-
pIlsned. The other departments of the paper
are all up to their usual standard OF excel
leuCe.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

70 enter the gospel ministry. He is graduate
tne hastings Law College, and for time
IonoWeo Ba his profession in this City. Mr..
ferKlns is native of San Francisco and has
peen emlnentiy successful in his work in
inala; No doubt he will have large crowd to
near ms address Sunday afternoon, as he will
relate many "reminiscences of his work
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
Gone Ont of Business.

Ine Pioneer Woolen-mills yesterday applied
10 the Superior Court for permission TO dis
solve the corporation. There were 1000 shares
OF capital stock in the corporation. 77233 of
Wnlch were voted in favor OF dissolution.
his - tne last corporate act OF a once pros
porous institution. The old North Beach mills
nave been idle for years and have been turned
over 70 company of Japanese. All the obli-
gations ana debts of the concern have been
Strengthened out, and now the corporation is
to dissolve.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

The ground under the city of San Saliva
dor is full of caverns of unknown de pths.
A man was once digging a we'll there.
The last stroke he gave with his pick the
bottom fell out, and he and his pick fell
through, nobody knows where.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
A Young Man From India.

Tomorrow at O'Clock, at the Chris tian
Association building, Mason and Ellis streets,
Rev. ]. c. Perkins, who has spent the last ten
years in India, will address the mess-mee ting
for young men only. He is said to be the
first graduate of the University OF California
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

On the steamer wharf of Algiers strang-
ers are besieged by the native beast ped
dlers, extolting in broken French the mer-
Its OF their tame baboons, jackaIs, monkeys
and young lions
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
BOYS CHARGED
WITH BURGLARY,
Accused Of Breaking Into a
Grocery and Sa-
loon.
CAUGHT IN THE CELLAR
One of Them intoxicated From
Imbibing Too Much of the
Stolen Liquor.
THY ALL DENY THE CHARGE.
Claim That They Were Playing Hide
and Seek When The Policeman
Arrested Them.

Four boys whose ages range from IL to
16 were booked at the City Prison yester-
day morning on the charge of burglary.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

BARRY's STAR says Judge Lev was impsled. !.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
DOCTOR COOK

For Heavens sake, man, brace up! You
have been going to the dogs-stop it. Once
you turn your face in confidence to a man
who is as familiar with cases like yours as
you are with the very daylight, you can
throw off that terrible load OF despondency
and despair. Wasting away, weakening
dreams, impotency, nervous depression,
general misery and self-contempt, will
soon pass away. Hydrocele, varicocele,
any troublesome aff1iction of the sexual
organs. are trifies to man of such expert
ence. If you are slave to vice you will
be freed. You will become man, with
mans power, mans pride, mans
privileges.
Office Hours-9 to IL A. NJ, to and to
8P. NJ. Sundays from 10 to II A. NJ. only.
Write if you cannot call. Mail treatment
perfectly satisfactory Address
DUGlUR CUUk, o. opn. N Powell Powell, s F. CAL
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
WILL HAVE ITS
OWN FULL TICKET
The Civic Federation De-
cides to Go Into
Politics.
LESSON OF vIGILANTES.
The Time Has Come When the
Federation Believes Re-
form Necessary.
COMMITTEE REPORT ADOPTED.
It Provides for Municipal Ticket
for the Coming Elec.
tions.
CoMMITTEE REPORT ADOPTED.

session last night in Assembly Hall, Mills
building, and adopted the report of its
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15

c. B. Perkins, the genial merchant and
prominent member of the Simpson
Memorial M. E. Church, was unanimously
elected secretary OF the organization.
Evening star., 1896-08-22
ANIMALS ILLUSIONS,
nlrds Are More Commonly the
Victims.

Birds Are More Commonly the
Victims.
From the Spectator
BIRDS are perhaps more commonly the
victims OF illusions than other animals.
their stupidity about their eggs being quite
remarkable. Last year, for instance, q
men go. into pavilion Of a ladies' golf
cluo and began to sit on a golf ball in a
corner Ior which 1t made a nest with q
couple OF pocket handkerchisfs. But many
qudor orupeos are not only deceived for the
moment py ref1ections. shadows and such
uEreahtles' but often seem victims to il
iusiohs largely developed by the imagina-
tion.
me morse. for instance, is one of the
1aavest OF animals when face to face with
tha hsGls Wnlch 1t can understand. such as
~. one cnarge OF an elephant or q wild boar
q pay. let the courageous and devoted
nolse, SO steadfast against the dangers he
Nn.o"s. M is prey to q hundred terrors of
thosa ns snation si due TO illusions. mainly
esose oI sight, for shying the minor effect
Uanin Ue tnese Illusions and "boting." in which
panic gains complete possession of his souI
,h, eauseu, as a>rule, by mistakes as to
49,. tne morse sees, and not by misinter-
pIetatlon or what. he hears 1t ia noticed
Ior instance, that many horses which shy
usuany start away, from objects on one
sac more frequently fhan from objects On
~ tne -, otner: This is probably due to defects
IA .ae VISION OF one oroother eye.
.oi nearly all cases Of shying the horse
taas lakes fright at somef unfamiliar Object
s,oh smohsn this is commonly quite harmless
freshly freshly felled log or piece Of paper roliins
o oeiors ..,1,. tne wind. J This instantly Decomas
an an iiiusion. is interpreted as somethin9
na',o n,se, ana 1T Is curious question in equine
horse figures these harmless obiectn nat - Inc In
shin, Mnen RUSSIAN ponies first began to he
81 snhpped 70 Harwich, thsy USUALLY obiecteS
10 ~ pass near donkey. This reluctance
nnn,os was explained % on the hypothesis that the
mistook them for bears. es'a ana
Evening star., 1896-08-22
A SECRET OF THE SEA
By O. B. LEWIS.
Copyright. 1893, by the Bacheller Syndicate)

Copyright. 1893, by the Bacheller syndicate.)
In the year 1s49 the Honorable East India
Company's ship, the Star Of India, set sail
from Madras for London, having on board
over 200 passengers. and among them Lord
Glenham. Gen. Swift. Lady Artwell and her
two daughters. and other men and women
Of note at home and abroad. Aside from
her general cargo, the ship carried treasure
to the amount Of q quarter of q million
dollars The bankers at Madras figured out
that the passengers must have had at least
$lOO.OOO among them. while an Indian po-
tentate. on his way to be received as a
guest of royalty. had a strong box Of jew
elry and gems valued at so great a sum that
no one dared speak 1t. It was intended that
the ship should be conveyed as far as the
Cape OF Good Hope by q man-of-war, as
there were plenty Of pirate craft still afioat
but the government vessel met with a mis-
lap at sea and was detained somewhere.
and the Star finally decided to sail without
her. and there was little fear but that she
could take care of herself. Two days out Of
Madras she was sighted and reported. but
that was the last seen or heard of her until
the year 1884.
The loss Of the Star made a great SEN
sation for several reasons and when It
was finally concluded that she had been
lost various vessels were sent in search
of her. and every effort was made to as
certain her fate. In 1856 a Malay sailor
who died aboard Of an English tea ship told
her captain that the Star was attacked and
captured by pirates to the south of Ceylon
and that he was one of the men engaged
In the attack. He said there were five
native crafts. and that they came upon the
Star in calm and carried her by boarding
The ST lip me de long and stubborn resist
ance. but was finally captured, and the
pirates had suffered such heavy loss that
In revenge they killed everybody to the
last child. They then looted the ship and
scuttled her. and the plunder was subse-
quently divided on island in the China
sea- Some people believed this story and
some said 1t was absurd The general idea
was that the Star foundered at sea during
a heavy gale. The dying statement of the
pirate was never fully Investigated for
some reason So far as the Investigation
went 1t was proved to be a fact. The
pirates had long been scattered many were
doubtless dead. and the idea of bringing
the gang to Justice was given up as inn.
possible "
In the year 1869 I was one of a crew of
the English brig Swiftsure, which was
making a survey Of the islands to the
northeast of Madagascar At the ChaRos
group. as we were pulling into land one
day, with seven men in the boat, we were
upset In the surf, and only two Of us
Evening star., 1896-08-22

A refreshing story is told in the columns
OF the Frankfort Gazette: The czar intrust-
ed Count Pahlen, a liberal-minded man.
with an inquiry into the causes of the ter
rible disaster at Moscow on the occasion
or the coronation, and the count did not
hesitate to tell his majesty, in the presence
OF Grand Duke Vladimir, that he would
have done better not to put the superin-
tendence of the coronation festivals into
the hands Of the grand duke. This frank
declaration staggered the emperor, who
asked Count Pahlen to advance his reasons
The count answered: The grand dukes are
In their right place in the army and navy
but If they have to do with purveyors and
purveyance they must be cheated" Tho
Grand Duke Vladimir protested against
this, but smilingly Count Pahlen reminded
him of his own bad experiences in connec-
ton with the building of the memorial
church to Alexander II. In consequence OF
this frank attitude of Count Pahlen, the
minister of justice was ordered TO continue
the inquiry. He succeeded in clearing up
the dark affair. but when the investigation
began to take very disagreeable turn IL
was determined to submit il not to the
binary court of Justice. but 10 the minis
terial council-in other words, to burke 1t.