Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-12
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Money for Rebuilding City of
San Francisco.
LARGE DELEGATION CALLS
On the President and Presents Two
Plans.
ST. J0E's PACKING HOUSES
Delegation Calls on President to Tell
Him Their Slaughter Houses
Are All Right.
LARGE DELEGATION CALLS
T. JoE's PACKING HOUSES

A large California delegation thar has
come to Washington TO try to secure
| governmental aid for plans to furnish
money for the rebuilding OF the destroyed
city, called on the President today and
iaid their schemes before him. The dele
| sation was headed by Ex-Governor
FRANKLIN Lane and Judge Morrow. ana
was accompanied to the White House by
senator Flint. Representative Needbam
and others. From the White House the
visitors went to the Capitol. where their
plans were laid before influential mem-
bers of both houses.
One of the plans does not require con-
gressional authority. and has already
been tentatively agreed upon by Score
tary Shaw and the President This is
to accept city OF San Francisco bonds.
not yet issued by the municipality at
ee per cent OF their face value as security
| TOT deposits OF government money now
with the banks of San Francisco These
banks at present have government bonds
| as security for deposits aggregatinR
| about $l3,o00,000. II the scheme to sub.
stitute city bonds for these is finally APP
proved by Secretary Shaw IL will enable
the banks to dispose of their govern
ment bonds, and by using their govern
| ment deposits. purchase the San Fran
cisco bonds at much higher price than
| they would bring If placed on the open
| market. The practicability of the plan
\ Is generally admitted. as Secretary Shaw
some time ago established the prece-
| dent of accepting state and municipal
| bonds as security for public deposits.
| The Other Plan.
The other plan is under consideration by
| the President who has been asked to send
| a message to Congress recommending that
| 1t be put into law by that body. II con-
templates a loan by the government OF
about SO. 900 to be used in the construc-
| ton OF homes for the workingmen of the
city. San Francisco people want to see
| winter comes on. and believe that the
banks viii not be able to supply the i'm
| mense demand for loans to construct
| homes. The suggestion was made that the
government might loan the Red Cross So
ciety SIC. 900, to be loaned or used by
1t IN building homes for workingmen and
others. That was considered rather i'm
practicable. and Senator Flint has sug-
gested that the money be loaned to the
| Clearing House Association of San Fran
CISCO which will act as trustee for the gov
eminent in loaning the money upon real
| estate security of the same sort that is ac-
cepted by San Francisco banks. the loan
| to run for ten years and to bear interest
| Senator F1ints idea Is considered about the
best that can be devised under the circum-
stances, but whether the President will see
MT to recommend 1T remains to be seen.
st. Joe's Packing Houses.
| President Roosevelt received delegation
| from st. Joseph. Mo-, this morning. They
1 wanted to tell him that the packing houses
| there are all right. All these stories of
| filth and disease In Chicago have hurt the
| trade of ''St. Joe,' for, according to their
| statements. they slaughter 10000 beeyes a
day. employ 10000 workmen and pay out
$10,OO0.000 month to the cattlemen of ten
nearby states. The delegation was COM
| posed of Mayor William Z. Spratt: Horace
| G. krake, commissioner of the st. Joseph
SfranS Narfc orrtt. Il L fytx acf-
| dent of the Bank of North st. Joseph;
| Judge r. f. Culver. Representative Frank
| B. Fulkerson and Louis T. Goding. editor
| and publisher of the News and Press.
I'VE told the President" said Mr.. Gold
| ing. who acted as spokesman of the party.
! that came here not as packers or as
| business men interested in the packing
| house trade. but as representatives of the
| city of st. Joseph We know that our
| packing houses are clean. healthful and
| sanitary from top to bottom and end to
| end If the charges made against the
| packing houses In Chicago are true. the
| whole outfit ought to be dumped into the
| lake. But because they are bad up there
| is no reason why St Joseph's business
| should be injured. 1t is being hurt to some
| extent. and we want to make it plain to the
world that we are not guilty of the crime
! laid at Chicago's door. The President tod
| us that he was glad to meet us, that he
! was pleased to learn that we had such
| model establishments, and said that he IN
| tended in the near future to make punic
some sort of list that would separate the
| good from the bad concerns"
Secretary Shaw and Syracuse.
The fact that Secretary Shaw had an APP
pointment to speak to the graduates at
Syracuse University tomorrow and cancel
ed 1t has caused suspicion among the fac
ulty and students of the institution that
the action was taken because Chancellor
Day has recently been attacking President
Roosevelt in strong terms. John III. Ed
1 zf0rxr IN
planned today that the attacks upon The
President have had nothing to do with the
failure of Secretary Shaw to keep his APP
pointment The Secretary, he said, had
heen called to Scott county, Iowa, OF which
Davenport is the principal city. The coun-
ty Is in a somewhat precarfous state po-
litically and the trip of Secretary Shaw
was absolutely necessary at this time 10
protect his own presidential aspirations.
not make much of a showing, and he is
admittedly having trouble out there, due
to the opposition of Gov. Cummins VINO
appears to retain control of the state.
President Roosevelt this morning received
a visit from Senator klttredge of South
Dakota, who brought with him very
beautifully engraved certificate of member
ship in the Improved Order OF Red Men
The President was made an honorary mem
her of the organization a few weeks ago by
the high officials of the Red Men, who cali
ed at the White House to perform the cere-
mony The President is the only man IN
the world enjoying that distinction. In
presenting the certificate to the President
Senator Kittredge conveyed the good will
and best wishes of his brother members,
and the President expressed his thanks.