The San Francisco call., 1897-03-28


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EASTERN OFFICE:
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DAVID NJ. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager.
HE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
There is no war, but plenty OF lighting.
The powers will never put out Greek fire
by throwing cold water on it.
The tariff debate this time has been
good-natured all the way through.
The Kaiser would please Germany bet
ter if he would stick to an old uniform
and get new policy.
The Popocrat campaign of next year
will raise the old Cleveland war cry:
s.Down with tie surplus"
The foundation has been laid for the
Affiliated Colleges and the next big thing
will be the Federal building.
1t is now said that Japan intends to rec
ognize the independence of the Philip
pines by way of letting Spain know she
has observed what is going on.
Since neither party IN the Senate is in
clined to take the responsibility of organ
izing the committees it would seem time
to advertise for somebody TO do it by con-
tract.
As Congressman Champ Clark of Mis-
souri, made strong appeal in Congress on
Friday for free soap, it seems he is not
willing even to wash his hands with home
products.
A committee of the Senate is to investi-
gate the working of the civil service under
the Cleveland regulations and we are
promised something that will add to the
gayety Of the Nation.
Lord Salisbury's plan of establishing
neutral zone between Greece and Turkey
would be received with more favor if ac-
companied with a diagram of the zone
and a statement of the means by which it
is 10 be kept neutral.
Mr.. Huntington has made sure of his
welcome home by bringing with him the
information that the gapin the coast road
will be closed during the present year.
This will be accounted as good news all
along the line from San Francisco to Los
Angeles.
The efforts of some Chicago men to get
President Mckinley to 60 to that city and
take an active part in the municipal cam
paign incline to the belief that they may
eventually intend TO incorporate the
United States and make every Presiden a
local office holder.
Every morning the Senators gravely go
into executive session to discuss the arbi-
tration treaty, and every evening they
candidly tell what they said during the
discussion. Thus the dignity of diplo.
macy is maintained and at the same time
the Senators get their names in the papers
just as usual.
The Secretary of the Navy has directed
that there shall be assembled at the
Golden Gate carnival as many of the war
ships on this coast as is practicable and
we shall, therefore, have a naval display
that will be worth seeing. As matter of
fact it will be the biggest carnival OF the
of it will be National
An Ohio girl who was baked in an at
tempt to commit suicide escaped from her
guardians and got married before they
could catch her. Thus does the Ohio girl
as well as the Ohio man show a capacity
for accepting with an equal alacrity any,
thing that comes handy. Death or matri-
mony, Cabinet office or a cheap clerk
ship, every thing goes in Ohio.
Speaker Reed told a com mmittee of the
Indianapolis monetary conference that
until the tariff bill has been enacted Con-
gress will not undertake any other busi-
ness of importance, and we may count
upon it therefore that no sort of money
bill viii be considered at this session.
When we have provided wages for in
dustry and revenues for the Nation we can
then revise the currency laws under pros
porous conditions instead of under the
pressure of hard times.
The decision of the Supreme Court ad-
verse to railway traffic associations NAV
yet turn out to be one of the most far
reaching and important decisions ever
made by that high tribunal. 1t confirms
the validity of antitrust laws and opens
the way for effective dealing with such
combinations by legislative enactment.
The consequences are certain to be great
and may even amount to virtual revolu-
tion in some of the existing methods OF
doing business on large scale.
The Board OF Health is doing good work
in suppressing the sale of adulterated
foods in this City, but it should be careful
to do it in the right way. 1t will be a
waste Of time and energy to make war
against harmless combinations of apple
and currant jelly no matter under what
name they are sold, so long as there re-
main any injurious adulterations unex.
posed and unprevented. The board should
direct Its efforts to prevent the importa
tion of pernIcious, fraudulent and coun-
terfeit food products which come into
competition with the pure foods of the
State. There is enough to be done in that
line to employ all its capacity for work
without beginning a harassing attack on
reputable merchants simply because q
chemist thinks he has discovered apple
jelly In a package marked currant. Even
good work can be deprived OF half its eth-
cacy ii performed in the wrong way.