The San Francisco call., 1899-10-15
TAN TEMPLE.

own the gas supply; others do not. Some
even own their street railroads, or
partly own them, but most do not. Bos-
ton, for example, has provided tunnel,
or subway, as she calls it, two miles long
under the center Of the city for rke pass
age of the cars. At an expense of several
million dollars they built this tunnel and
took the cars from the surface and put
them under the highways from end to
end OF the CITY. and mere is an example
we might hold out to our own city: that
tunnel was built for less than the esti-
mated expenditure and for less than the
amount that was appropriated to build it,
Think Of it; anything being done for less
than the estimated cost and less than the
money provided to do it with. Whenever,
by reason of honest primaries and the in
terest you take in the election, We reach
the point where we shall be able to build
things for less than the estimated cost, or
that we shall be able to do our work ecor-
omically, then whenever the people think
the moment has arrived, under this new
charter they have the power to say the
word to purchase any or all Of the public
utilities of the city (Applause.) Then We
shall own municipal WaterWOrkS, and if
we see fit to buy them, our own gasworks
And we have it in our power under this
new charter at any time by fair and hon.
orable purchase to take possession of any
or all railways and make use of the
streets of the city. Now, there are many
other provisions in your platform on many
of the other provisions of the charter of
which I have not time to speak tonight.
l will pass on now and with a few words
more Will CiOSe.
Friend of Workingmen.
"I have been a citizen of this city since
I cast my first vote. All the property
have accumulated was accumulated here
And it has been invested here (applause)
mainly IN industrial enterprises, which
have contributed to the growth of the
city and which have employed a large
body Of men from the time when 1 first
began business in 1860 clear down to the
present time. During the earlier part Of
this period my contact with labor, which
was always pleasant, brought me to see
many things that otherwise 1 should not
have noticed. 1t called my attention to
some circumstances that I deem give
grave peril to the community. l refer es-
pecially to the great flood of fore'g gn
labor which at that time threatened this
city. l do not think we realize ourselves
how great the danger was to this COM
munity We were then a long way from
New York and it was a very expensive
passage, while the trip from China over
here was a short one and a very cheap
one and 1t was very easy at that time to
have filled this coast full of ASiatics
There was serious danger at that time
that this city might have become Asiati-
cized instead of AmericaniZed.
However, these things have passed off
so long ago that we do not realize it, but
it impressed me and as far back as 1858
1 communicated with the leading papers
In New York and called their attention to
AsiaticiZed-of becoming not American
but Asiatic in population and tendency:
and later when the attention of the COM
munity here had been called to If and
when we were all much exercised by the
presence of bands of unemployed men
parading the streets and threatening prop
erty-men who claimed that they had
been thrown out of work by the presence
of these Cinnamon among us, when at
last this unwelcome truth was driven
home-we went to Congress to see if we
could not get it recognized. Then II was
my good fortune to be able to do nv
share in stemming the tide and in chang
ing the sympathies of the Eastern peo-
pie and winning them over to our side
and help to close the doors to bar out
these unwelcome intruders. (Applause)
Great Growth of the City.
Happily for US. these times passed
away and these perils passed with them
and from that time until now there ha g
been no cloud that has arisen In our hori-
zon that to my mind was anything like
as threatening as that Our city has
grown with the State and with the GROWTH
Of manufactures in our midst Our com
merce has increased during the last three
or four years especially. As stated bV NV
learned friend who preceded me- the
commerce of this city has grown by leans
and bounds. Wherever the flag goes
trade goes with it, and as the stars and
stripes have been raised over terri
tory other than what they were
raised over five years ago, as they have
been raised over new territory new trade