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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-13
Don't Wish to Give Up Plan for
State Building.
TACOMA ALONE RESPONSIBLE.


{ Insxnation at the action Of the Tacoma
lnersberu of the Washington state Omaha
exposition commission IN forcing The ahsn-
comment OF "A state building az Omaha
vuns kiZh among ths Seattle members,
who were a. T'aco:aa Saturday ard acre
nsmpe.ls6 20 subral; 70 the viii OF g fcfi-
e.ogs majority at tire meeting !1ssd az the
Tacoma hoseL. The seastIe members have
60 hess.ancy In eenoEneing the action OF
Chairman Thompson Ia appointing addi-
atcrlai snasyaf9eTs from ne Tacoma Chamber
~ Commerce as an Insult 20 the state out
side OK Tacoma. and a deliberate eoaspir-
eey on THE pert Of the Tacoma chamber
which has opposed the building from the
start. to override the wishes OF a major
ssy OF the commission in the matter. which
conspiracy was In every way successfully
esrrse6 out II Is probable that the mat
Ger viii not bs allowed 70 rest as II II,
and that another meeting Of The commits
sion, at whiea al members will be pres
ent, viii be held and the proposition TO
abandon the State building. Illegally car
xl&G on EAksfsEAE, fEEsssSsfsEEtts-
Secretary Eoxets VI. Wood. Of Seattle.
who attended the Tacoma meeting and
naanfuily opposed the motion 90 abandon
Ghs state building. says there is absolutely
no truth ia the statement made By a morn
ing newspaper Ia Tacoma shat George w.
g.esson, OF Seattle, was the proposer OF or
., acv NAV f.vavsa ,se roa,,an THE fact
~. a'r. WOO" says eA'at ''i' "es''"i :" 81 w
ly opposed the motion nntl ne saw thas
shs majority In the commission created
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-13
MONEY Is NOW NECESSARY.
Committee for Fourth of July
Celebration Needs Funds.
WILL VISIT MERCHANTS TO-DAY.

Canadian Volunteers VIII Probably
Participate i'm Parade-Ihis Fent-
ure IL Expected to Hiring Large
Crowds-stewart r.. smith APP
potntrd Assistant secretnry-Ai
Are Now Confident OF Suceess-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-13

VAN cANT's FORK ana Reans.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-13

DIR. ANNIE RUSSELL. diseases Of.
women. q H!nckley.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-13

I'm going % Tacoma Saiurday." contln-
nri SIR. Wood. 80 VAS oar PURPOSE 10
meet the cifiseos %, that city en basis
~ TO utmost good fellowship and en-
ceavor to gain thsir hearty support - the
commission and Induce them - ccatrlhute
~ the purchase ~ t4e exposition scrir. IN
order thas the erection ~ q state building
and the PLACING - a credTSbie exhibit q.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
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BY MIRIAM MICHELSON.


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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
PLANS FOR CURRENCY REFORM.

THE standard of value and the place proposed
 for the silver currency, in the plan of the Cur
 rency Commission, have been considered. The effect intended is to find for the silver owned by the Government by retiring all paper currency of less than $Io denomination and filling its place with silver certificates of less than $Io There will be no contraction of the currency because the greenbacks national bank notes, etc, of small denominations re- tired will be reissued in denominations of $Io and over
 The next point to be considered is the obligations Of the Government which the treasury is compelled to redeem demand and to reissue. The commis- sion proposes the gradual retirement of these de- nrand obligations which now constitute "the endless chain" by which the gold of the treasury is drawn without reducing the volume of demand obligations used for that purpose
 The demand notes of the Government, payable in gold on presentation and required by law to be inn nediatey reissued the greenbacks and coin of I8oo amounting to $455,oo42o6.
 The commission proposes to create in the treasury division of issue and redemption separate from the ordinary fiscal functions of that department. To this division the gold held against the demand ob- legations will be transferred, and they will be handled redeemed, issued or cancelled in this division
 The gold reserve is to be maintained from the rev when they adequate, otherwise by the sale Of short time bonds
 When the notes are redeemed in gold they are to be cancelled up to $5ooooooo, and thereafter for five years the amount cancelled shall only equal the increase III bank notes thereby avoiding contraction of the currency Alter five years the notes redeemed are to be cancelled at the rate per of 20 per cent of the whole amount of notes then outstanding At the end of ten years the legal tender quality o the still outstanding IS to cease.
 No note once paid in gold IS to reissue except in exchange for gold, provided that il uncanceled notes accumulate unduly in this division of issue and re- demption the Secretary may use them in the pur- chase of United States bonds for the benefit Of that division such bonds to be held and sold when sary for the repenishment of the redemption fund
 It will be that this plan intends to retire the unfunded Government debt due demand, and to as far as possible do this without funding it in the form of an rest-bearing debt When the burden of these demand obligations is lifted from the treasury there may be expected less difficulty in maintaining the stable standard of value and there may be anticipated increase in the coinage Of silver Government account, If demanded by the needs of business, because parity may be easier maintained
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY

H EPORTS from the East to the effect that H( while the year 1897 of the most event - ful known i'll the iron and steel trade of the United States, the present year IS likely to pass in all respects The outlook is promising for record breaking trade, and the chances much of it will be made up Of exports foreign countries
 The export of iron and steel was in fact of the notable features of the trade of last year. It IS said there Is hardly country of importance the face of the earth that did receive more or less iron steel from the United States during the last twelve months. In the aggregate these shipments were very
 large, and according to the estimates of experts at Pittsburg the total for the year less than 5oo,ooo tons
 However large our foreign trade may be during the present year. it is still to the home market that our producers of iron and steel look for the greater portion of their orders. The revival of this business in the industry during the last six months has been something remarkable, and the movement IS still going forward It is calculated by leading authorities in the trade that the consumption of during the year in this country will be about 14ooo GOO tons.
 A gratifying feature of the reports of the industry is the showing made Of the manufacture of tinpate Our imports of this material for the decade ending 1862 averaged 275 900 tons per annum. This was re- duced to 10000 for the year ISo6 and was still further reduced during ISo7 besides which exports of tinplates being made, which during 1898 are likely be of considerable magnitude, sufficient at all events, to offset any imports that may be made
 Rarely in any line of industry has the advantage of protection been strikingly shown in the de velopment of the manufacture of tfnplate in this country as revealed in the statistics given Six years ago importing large quantities of that ma teral, and now notwithstanding the intervening years of Democratic free trade and depression the home manufacture has increased to such an extent that can expect to export tnplatr Instead of i'm porting it.
 It is established principle in commercial circles that the condition of the iron trade serves as a bar ometer of the total trade of the country Iron is the basis of nearly all modern industry. It supplies the material for the construction of almost everything use from railroads to bootjacks. When there is large demand for iron it is sure thing there is large demand for articles made from 1t The cheer ing reports from the iron and steel industry are therefore doubly gratifying inasmuch as they carry with them a promise of prosperity for all
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
REASONABLE RAINS.

FEARS of dry season have gone glmmering from ali parts of California. There IS now
 every prospect that showers will be forth coming sufficient for the needs of all kinds of rural industry and in all localities It is true the danger IS not past, for we may yet lack the spring rains. hat, however, is another story. For the present everything looks satisfactory.
 The notable feature of the season is the fall of in the southern portion of the State. Here is an other striking lesson for Eastern people in the va rieties of climate in California. Snow covers the ranges of hills and mountains that girdle San Dego and those that surround the blooming valleys back of Los Angeles, while those around San Francisco are free from any suggestion of winter.
 It is gratifying to learn by the reports from the southern counties that no damage is expected re- suit to orange other trees from the snow that has fallen. The people seem, in fact to have been made ubilant rather than depressed by the appearance of snOwflakes among their hills and even among their flower gardens. It is to them truly a beautiful snow," and they count 1t among the attractions of the season.
 Dispatches from San Diego announce that Lyons Peak twenty miles from the coast IS covered with snow but the lemon and orange trees at the base of it have not been touched by frost At Riverside the orange trees white with snow when the people rose in the morning, but no damage was found when the was cleared away by heavy rain that tol- lowed At Vsalia snow was noted on the foothills where has not been known fall for twenty years, but here again the reports announce the cheering news that no damage has been done.
 In every locality the fall of rain snow has been propitious to the hopes Of the husbandmen Both the grain growers and the orchardists rejoice in it It is stated that in localities the grain crops were suffering from lack of moisture. To the own of tbece Of +he nd were genuine blessings They have changed a fear of lad harvests into an assurance of good ones.
 IL seems, in fact that everything is working for the good Of California this year. and can well be- lieve the report from San Diego that Eastern visit to that city they stood amid summer flowers anL looked upon the snowy hills around them were amazed the striking proof before their eyes of the truth of the stories they had believed of the wonderful climate of California.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
WORDS TO THE WISE.

HE organization of the Board of FreehOlders
 recently elected, with Joseph Britton as presi-
 dent and ]. Richard Freud as secretary, fore shadows the adoption of the charter prepared by the Citizens Committee of One Hundred Both these gentlemen took an active interest in formulating the instrument referred to- and is presumed that their influence ill their situations will be sufficient to secure its indorsement substantially 1t passed the committee. No one will complain of this, for it is quite clear that in forcing that charter they fol- lowing out the logic of the late charter campaign There is a strong presumption that majority of the people who participated in the election held on De- cember P favored the instrument prepared by the Citizens Committee. At all that is the sense of the result If the 5000 and odd persons who voted for the successful Board of Freehoders did not ia vor that charter very light>view of their sanity must be accepted
 But, notwithstanding this logic, MT. Britton Mr. Freud and the Freeholders should remember that only about onethrd of the voting population of this city went to the polls the occasion of the late election Over so,ooo men either did not understand the questions at issue or did not take sufficient inter est in charter to vote. AL or nearly a of these will vote in November Therefore, according to our notion, the board should carefully consider a new organic law from the standpoint of the apparent verdict rendered amid the indifference of the hoi- days, Dut rom DrOdQ COuSlQe1duOnS or puDlC uUlity
 The city is wofuly in need of a new charter. His tory shows that instrument be adopted which contains either autocratc Mayor innovations that engender political antagonsms. The first char ter submitted to the people of San Francisco was defeated because 1t proposed the arberary removal of the cemeteries the second because it reduced official salaries the third and fourth because they introduced innovations and an autocratic Mayor.
 II the Board of Freeholders persists in providing machinery for purchasing public utilities, forfeiting street railway franchises enforcing civil service re- form or investing the Mayor with extraordinary powers, it will simply dragons teeth, which will these propositions are be placed before the people at all they should be submitted in the form of alter nate sections That method is perfectly practicable as to all of them, except possibly that which in the Mayor. But experience shows that the people do not favor political bosses. This being granted, how can any sensible person contend that they will adopt charter which provides for boss with powers far exceeding those enjoyed by any political potentate we have ever known?
 If the Freehoders desire to see their charter adopted they will modify the citizens draft so as to avoid antagonisms Mir. Britton has already pre- sided at the funeral of two charters We hope he will be wise enough to change his system this time and give us an organic law which will stand some chance of being adopted.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12

H. G. Harrison and Mrs. R. H. Passmore, of Minneapolis, are at the Palace.
 George L. Hoxie, prominent lawyer of Fresno, and F. w. Street. a mine owner of Sonora, are both staying at the Lick
 General J. B. Martin, one of the best known and most public-spirited citizens of Sacramento, is in town for a few days
 John Markley, secretary of the State Board of Examiners, is in the city for few days from his home in Sacramento He is staying at the Lick.
 Dr. Harry P. Carlton, who has been attending the annual convention of the National School of Dental Technics in Chicago. returned to the city yesterday
 G. F. Richardson, master of transpor- tation of the Southern Pacific Company, has gone to Honolulu on his vacation. Mrs Richardson accompanied her hus- oand.
 R. R. Nelson. a retired Judge of the United States Circuit Court, is at the Occidental with his daughter They have just arrived from their. home in St. Paul, Minn.
 The well-known New York business man. J Goodman Darden, who has been seriously i'll at the Palace for the past two months, has so far recovered that he has gone to Paso Robles for few days.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
COLLECTED IN
 THE CORRIDORS

L. Monte Verda, a miner of Angels, is at the Lick.
 H. Iindley, the Oregon lumber man, Is at the Palace.
 Lloyd England, U. g. A, Is a guest at the Occidental.
 Sol Berllner. a miner from Dawson, is at the Baldwin.
 II. w. Crabbe, an OaIville mining man. is a guest at the Grand.
 W. II. TopIey. a leading druggist of Vallejo, is at the Grand.
 T. B. Dillon, the owner of the Colum- bia mine, is at the Grand.
 L. r. Ralston, a wen-known resident of Georgetown, is at the Occidental
 F. l.. Finley. a newspaper man of Santa Rosa, is registered at the California.
 w. w. Douglass, Assistant State Con troller, is at the Grand from Sacramento.
 Colonel c. c. Royce. a member of the National Guard, of Chico, is at the Cali fornia.
 J. NJ. Molina, prominent lawyer and coffee man of Guatemala, is at the Occi- dental
 pr. George T. Hunter, a well-known physician of New York, is at the Occi- dental.
 Charles Watson. one of the best-known | business men of Seattle, is guest at the l Palace.
 George Murphy. a merchant and min | ing man of Grass Valley, is staying at | the Russ.
 Frank Watson, a well-known horse man of Paris. Ky, arrived at the Bald win last night. W. J. Martin. manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, will resign at the end of the month. He has been
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
MADE READY FOR TIE JUBILEE.

HAPIDLY the day for the opening of the H/ Golden Jubilee approaches. In time com paratively short 1t will be here. Those who intend to contribute to the fund for the public de- nonstration or to decorate their homes and places of business have no time to lose in making prepara- tions Whatever is to be done must be done at once in order to have 1t timely and opportune for the great occasion
 The celebration Is to be an important one for San Francisco It will attract the attention of the whole country and the result will be used basis for tmating the civic patriotism and public spirit of the people. We must make the celebration something more than ordinary street parade dsappoint popular expectation and feel the effect of the disap pontment in a diminished attendance the expo sition of mines and mining
 Individual taste and skill should cooperate with the jubilee committee in the decoration and adorn- ment Of the streets Along the whole line of march the city should show itself in brilliant array. What was accomplished during the convention Of the Christian Endeavorers should be surpassed and eclipsed. We have invited people from all parts of the Union to come and fake part in the festival and it now behooves us to give them reception suffi- ciently impressive to repay them for the journey, ii they have come all the way across the con- tinent
 Although enough money has been contributed to the fund to assure notable pageant for the parade 1t is yet late to add further contributions to the amount and help to make the display more gorgeous and more beautiful still As the celebra- ton is to make genuine popular holiday, it should have liberal popular support. It IS of the movements in which all citizens give help and take part and 1t is to be hoped a sufficient number will do so to prove to all corners that civic pride and artistic taste are to all classes of our people
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-12
AN INCOMPLETE BILL.

I T is said there will be introduced into Congress
 a bill providing that every person who copy rights book in this country shall, in addition to the copies filed in the Library of the United States at Washington, deposit also a copy in the State Library of each of the forty-ive States.
 It is the opinion of the advocates of the measure that the bill will be of great advantage to the li- braries of the various States, and there can be no question Of the soundness of the belief The bill however IS incomplete. Why give advantage to libraries not given to other State institutions? Why impose upon authors a burden not imposed upon other recipients of copy and patent rights?
 The bill should be so amended as to provide that every who takes a patent for farming implement should send of the implements to each State Agricultural College. Every man who copyrights brand of fruit, oysters, canned meat soup, boots and shoes, hats, gloves or tobacco should be compelled to send samples to every poorhousc in the Union. Every man who patents a medicine should have to give samples to all State Medical Colleges. All the holders of patents to mines should send specimen ores to all museums of mneralogy. All inventors of any kind of me chanical appliance should send working models to all mechanical schools conducted under State patronage
 The proposed amendments would make the bill of advantage only State libraries but to all SChOOlS, COHegeS, museums and pOOrhOuSeS. It would place authors upon equality with all other holders of patent and copy rights. It would con- fer benefits upon wide class Of citizens who do not read books. If we going to give the States something for nothing, the we give them the more logical will be and the better will they like it.
 In all seriousness, the bill shows an utter dis regard of the property of authors Its advocate evidently believes that books come by gift of na- and not by labor and industry.
 We eager any to see all State li- brares advanced, but believe that can be done in much better way than the proposed. In- stead of taking books from poor author who can not afford to give them, and whose books in all probability would be of little credit to the libraries, we suggest that each member of Congress be re- quired to contribute portion of his salary to each public library in his district, leaving the trustees to the money in the purchase of such books as the library most needs.