The San Francisco call., 1906-08-20
MAYORS AUTO CAR
AROUsES PASTOR.
His Honor Rides While
Laboring Man Walks,
Says Rev. Rufus Num-
OFFICIALS SCORED


tenary Methodist Episcopal Church
South, the Rev Rufus E. Num- warned
the Mayor that the charges made
against him by ex-Poltce COMMISSIONS
Thomas Reagan would not be forgot
ten. AT the same time the pastor drew
picture OF the Mayor riding in a
fine blue devil automobile while his
friend the laboring man tramps TO and
from his hard work through ashes and
debris" The sermon was on The
Brotherhood Of Men" the speaker dis
cussing the relationship between the
lahoret and capitalist. He gave the
former his approval for his stand for
high wages, saying that self -preserva-
tion demanded action on the part of the
toiler in order TO live"
DR.. Mum said.
We are confronted with a condition
today, the import of which we do not
stop to estimate. The major part OF
fairs to investigate or too Indifferent
to put forth an effort to establish a
Foundation for new San Francisco
which viii be the pride OF the West
We are chagr!ned when we read the
reports In the daily papers of crime,
of rascality and n1lsnanagement in this
city and are humiliated by the thought
world and that we will be Judged ac-
cordin gly. The whole world has had a
knowledge of the mismana ge gement OF
saloons at the suggestion of the liquor
element when II men ever needed to
be sane and sober now is the time.
provements. public buildings and street.
railways. and a lethargy on the part of
the officials. is appalling.
boss" and his henchmen are too
busily engaged for future political po-
sition? Is the Board of Public Works
deIiaying action On IN the efder To- w9rk 9
is it because they are lacking in in
telligence to carry out the work needed
people?
SHADOW OF SAN QUENTIN.
The reasons ere long will come to
the surface and an outraged people
viii consign these men either to po-
iitical oblivion or to San Quentin
The war in the Philippine Islands
did not disable or kill more or our
soldier boys than the United Railroads
are doing at the present.
The streets are torn up and blockaded
by the debris from one side of the city
to the other. The Mayor sits idly by
boss has not pressed the button.
A poor vegetable vender blocks the
sidewalk or hurls refuse into the
streets and Immediately he is shut
can tear up every street of the city.
blockade traffic. not only endangeT
life but actually murder our citizens
by imperfect means of transportation,
and our officials only wink at it.
Perhaps there is money in it for
them or they are TO be reckoned with
at the coming election.
/ do not condemn the laboring man
under present conditions for laying
down the pick and shovel and refusing
TO work.
ovERwoRKED CARMEN.
The overworked carmen labor on for
half wages only TO be condemned by
the public and treated like serfs by
the corporation.
The Mayor was put in authority by
HE lives in a palace while they are liv-
ing in tents, and their wives and babies
ofttimes go hungry.
devil automobile to and from his Office
and over the city, while his friend,
the laboring man, tramps to and from
debris of a stricken city.
Appar emily. If he ever had prin-
ciple, he has long since sold it, and is
now trying to ride the fence.
The charges against him by Thomas
Reagan will not be forgotten. The
people of this city may pass them over.
the Grand Jury, which is one in name
outraged citizenship. but these labor
ing men. who at the best struggle for
an existence ana the people all over
the State VIII not forget.
SHYLOCKS RAISE PRICES.
The laboring men did not demand l
cent higher wages after the disaster
till the shylocks raised the prices of
the necessaries of life and the rents
for shelter for their homeless wives
and babes.
First the lumber trust, next the
landlords, then the merchants began to
send things upward. Self-preservation
then demanded that action be take. by
the toiler in order TO live.
The time has come in the affairs of
life when there must be a mutual un-
derstanding between the men of finance
and the one who creates wealth.
A mutual recognition of the rights
and privileges will not only eradicate
strife and strikes, but will hasten the
millennium when the lion of finance and
the lamb of labor will lie down to-
gether.
The church of Jesus Christ must In
terpret the principles of equity and
proclaim the doctrine of the brother
hood of men as we'll as the fatherhood
OF God.