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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-11-08

be sought honestly without regard for
the mind, our pre-conceived opinions,
or prejudices. All have prejudices,
and they are the most sacred posses
sions of the ignorant, and but few
minds are SO highly developed as to
be approximately free from their in
fuence The bulk of all mankind
struggle from the cradle to the grave,
seeking to realize on prejudices that
they, fguratively speaking, imbibed
with their mothers milk The boy
not only inherits the physical and men
tai likeness of the father but his
young mind is indelibly impressed
with the opinions of the father which,
regardless of their truth or falsity,
as a rule hold unquestioned dominion
in the mind of child and man that are
not easily overcome even by the in
tellectually strong. And regardless of
the character of these early formed
opinions the average man cherishes
them as he does the apple of his
eye.
Thus, religious opinion, political
partisanship customs and habits are
transmitted from one generation to an
other by law akin to and almost as
positive as that which perpetuates
racial types, or the color of the hair
or facial configuration. This accoun S
for the tenacity with which the aver
age man holds to a political party
after it has reversed it's principles
providing it retains it's old name. The
power of prejudice over men, even
among those of the highest intellect
ual development cannot be better illus
trated than by reference to the con-
duct of the electoral commission Great
ed by congress to pass upon the con-
tested votes of certain states in the
election of 1876. The commission con-
sister of fifteen members, five from
each house congress and five from the
supreme court of the United States.
The question at issue was the validity
of the returns made by the states of
Louisiana, Florida, South Carolina
and Oregon. Tilden, the democratic
candidate, had 1874 uncontested votes
while 1876 was necessary to elect
Hayes, the republican candidate, need
all of the contested votes to win, while
Tilden needed only one of the con
tested votes to make him president
The decision turned upon the right
of the federal government to go be
hind the returns made of it's vote by
a sovereign state. The democrats con
tended that the returns from South
Carolina. Louisiana and Florida, which
were made by carpet-bag governments
sustained by federal troops, were
fraudulent and insisted that the feder
al government examine into the va
lidity of the returns before accepting
them.
| Political conditions, then existing ii
the south were known to all intelli
gent men as being corrupt and rotten
that the state governments were fraud
ulent governments foisted upon thu
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The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

has lain in fifty and one hundred vara
property. They have been very lucky
with quick sales. AS an example, they
purchased the northwest corner of Ellis
and Mason streets for s192. 500 and sold it
within thirty days for s270.00O- They pur
chased also a piece of property on Tay
Ior street between Eddy and Ellis for
$4,000 and sold it within thirty days for
$4,000 Yet another property on the cor
ner of Third and Natoma streets for
which they paid 100000 they sold within
three months time for $780, 600
Away up at the head of the list OF men
who have amassed colossal fortunes from
real estate ventures is A. Aronson,
who in five years time has made over
$2,000.0OG. Improved real estate is Mr..
Aronson's hobby and he points with con-
siderable pride to the buildings. some
twenty in all. which ne has erected.
Among them are the Redondo Hotel on
Post street, near Jones; the San Francisco
News Company'S building on Geary
street. near Powell: the Bullock & Jones
building on Suffer street. near Mont
gomery; the Elysium on Geary street,
near Jones, and the Dorchester Hotel. at
Sutter and Cough streets. His main
property interest is now the Aronson
building on Third and Mission streets.
which Is held at a valuation Of $500, 600
for the realty and s3S0,0O0 for the build
ing, which would of itself seem to be a
fairly good profit the few thousand
dollars which were Mr.. Aronson's capital
some five years ago and which he accu-
mulated in a secondhand furniture store
which he owned south Of Market street.
Mr. Aronson is in favor Of large, well
built buildings as an investment, wherein.
as he puts it, the lack OF proportion is not
so great between the decrease in the value
of the improvement and the increase in
value of the land. He is particularly rabid
against the spectators, who. he claims,
have inflated values until they have made
1t almost impossible to secure a property
paying a legitimate percentage on in
vestment-
Among those who have made real
estate a side issue is W. B. Pringle,
who, as he himself expresses il, has
been remarkably lucky. His opera
tions began in 1900 and. like many others,
he had but the small ~apital Of his saw
ings to invest. His first venture was a
tract of land In the Western Addition.
which he subdivided, and which was all
sold within a period Of sixty days, and
at a good profit. Being real estate
lawyer he has invested much money for
other people, with which he has been
equally lucky. Mr.. Pringle considers
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

We would give half our possessions to-
day to blot it from our memories.
Then. again, we covet the chance to re-
l,eve our lives. because we think We
vvo,,ld more quickly avail ourselves of the
onnortuuities that came in our way Oh,
TO 20 through school or college again:
we wouldn't loaf away our days, would
we9 oh. to face once more the chance to
enter upon delightful and profitable ca
reer that we ignored when within our
reach.
Ard sometimes, too, we think we would
,,ke to retrace our way simply TO retaste
the iovs that once were and have gone
Tever to return Almost every one OF us
csrrfes in memory some fair image OF the
nast- the day when our beloved one
PLEDGED her troth to US. the day when
the cooling of a child was first heard
fenesfh our roof, the hour when we
scored that victory on the athletic Held.
ana were carried off the field on the
shoulders of our comrades amid the nuz-
zas OF the crowd, the day when we scaled
q famous lofty mountain peak and felt
the exhilaration of the climb and the
nrosnect. Golden moments those wnen
We " drained the cup Of joy to its dregs-
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

900. he sold in less than six months time
for S30, ,0G0; another on the northeast cor
ner of Van Ness avenue and Clay street,
for which he paid $4,000 he sold the next
day for $50, 900; another lot on the south
east corner of Sutter and Taylor streets
was purchased by him for $4,000 and
sold thirty days afterward for $4,000. AS
a matter of fact this same piece of prop
erty was sold again afterward for SS5,-
900, proving that the top price of San
Francisco real estate is movable guam
tity Another of Mr.. Schlessingers pur-
chases was a lot on the south line of Mis-
sion street between Fifth and Sixth,
for which he paid $92, 500. and three days
afterward sold for s115,000.
One of the largest spectators in real
estate in this city is Louis Fried
lander, ,@who is estimated as having clear
ed over s150.000 in a space of five years,
during which time he and his associate,
Mr. Houston, are said to have purchased
and sold over 81, 100000 worth of property.
Up to that time and for years previous
Mr.. Friedlander owned a cigar store on
Montgomery street.
The Starr brothers have been among the
big spectators who have been fortunate
within the past few years. Their success
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

Why. we would almost be willing to live
our lives over again, even its mistakes.
failures and sins, for the sake of freshly
experiencing these radiant, unforgettable
moments. Almost we say for, after ALL
when we talk about living our lives over
we usually have in mind a career which
would be free from the errors and short
comings which disfigure our past Not
many of us would really care to live our
lives over unless because of the lessons
learned in later years we could make
a better record
Well, is such a feeling as this whole
some one? No and yes. No, If 1t makes
US morbid, remorseful and supine. Yes, IL
it prompts US to confess frankly our mis-
takes in order to escape duplicating them
in time to come.
And why waste strength and nervous
force in vain regrets, when, as a matter
of fact, we are living our lives over again
every day? That is to say, we repeat
certain normal, physical processes. The
foreground of our life may change its
scenery and color, but the background is
unchanging. With us always are the great
elemental abiding obligations to our kim
dred, our friends and the world at large.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

why. every real estate man in this
city has made good money during the
past TWO years. said a prominent mem
ber o. that ilk. 1T has seemed 10 me
that any old piece Of property you could
buy could be disposed Of TO advantage
and ia many instances the profits have
been simply enormous. Opinions vary
among the big operators as 10 whether Or
not values. are inflated. Some say the
spectators have run up the prices so
high that there is no chance for a legi-
innate profit for the investor. while other
some there are who see such possibilities
IN the future Of San Francisco, in conse-
ouence Of her fine harbor, her trade re-
sources. her increased railroad facilities
and the benefits bound 10 accrue from
the opening Of the Panama canal that
they proclaim the city in her infancy and
say there VIII be no end to the increase
in the value Of her real estate"
Be that as it may, there is no manner Of
doubt about the substantial gains OF
those who have been interested in prop
erty in this city within the past five or
six years, because it has been within
that time that most Of the successes have
been made.
While II is true that the real estate
men have made good money and many Of
them have become rich. yet as a matter
q fact their gains have been confined
principally to their commissions, a no in
considerable sum by the way. as is shown
by e statement made by one OF them that
$4,000 day was not an unusual thing
with him
The list Of those who have prof1ted by
real estate transactions range from the
man who by 5udiciously investing his
small savings has made a fortune, up
through the line OF the big SPECTATORS
who in q few days or months time
count their gains by thousands. to the
big moneyed men who have bought for in
vestment only and who by simply hold
ing on TO their property have seen its
value double and treble.
Wherever real estate is the subject Of
conversation in San Francisco. you will
hear the Law brothers mentioned. They
having from a very modest beginning
raised themselves to the millionaire class,
are regarded as having almost super
natural foresight in matter of paying in
vestments At a time when property was
very dun south OF Market street they
saw SITS possibilities and invested heavily
there The Laws believe in improving
their property, so on their holdings in
that quarter they erected the Rialto build
ing and 7emodeled the CrossIey. both
frst-class office buildings. They we're
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

Mr. Sly's first purchase was the lot on
Ellis street upon which the Palmerlee now
stands Selling that and the improve
ment on it before the latter was finished,
al a profit, he kept on buying and selling
other property with a substantial gain on
each transaction until today the property
in his possession is as followsi The
Ansonia apartment-house on Stockton
street near Sutter, valued at $4,000.
The Ainsley apartment-house on Turk
street near Van Ness, containing 2s0
rooms and valued at S2S000O. The AIMS
worth. a 21S-room apartment-house on the
corner of Post and Polk streets valued
at $3.50, 900. An entire island near Vallejo
a 40O00-acre stock ranch in Nevada near
Tonopah, 100 acres near MADEIRA a
ranch at Campbell, Santa Clara County
valued at 5000 and a lot on Van Ness
avenue, between California and Sacra-
mento streets, upon which he purposes
erecting a twelve-story apartment-ho
which is TO be the best equipped structure
of its class west of New York
Another man who from small begin
ming is said to have cleared $3.50. 600 in
six years time is Charles Schlessin-
ger. Up to the period mentioned Mr.
Schlessinger was bookkeeper for Bauer
Bros Coming TO this city with limited
means, so limited in fact that Mr. Schles-
singer has been known to say his sole
capital was about So and a return ticket
which he sold for $40. which looked as big
to him as a thousand does now About
six years ago he began operating in real
estate with his savings of fourteen years
spent with the one firm as an accountant.
As sample of his success a few deals
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

We may not be able longer to smooth the
brow Of our beloved dead, but we can to-
day minister tenderly to our beloved liv-
ing. We may not seize today that oppor-
tunity of a decade ago, but nightfall will
not come without bringing us some other
and perhaps equally good opportunity.
We need to get the perspective OF the
years when we discuss such a subject as
this There is a vastly longer stretch OF
time before us than there is behind even
the Oldest of US. Edward Beecher, the
talented divine and kinsman of Henry
Ward Beecher, once replied to man who
had praised him for some good deed by
saying. "Mr. Beecher, you ought to live
forever" well, sir, i expect to-" To
those of us who count on immortality It is
vastly better to go forward than back
ward-not backward to the innocence Of
untempted childhood, but forward TO the
virtues of a proved manhood: not back
ward TO the careless, happy days of youth.
but forward to the ennobling responsibili-
ties of mature life; not backward to the
chance that came our way yesterday, but
forward to tomorrow's certain opportu-
nifty.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

advised that these could not possibly pay
in that locality, but before they were
finished they were rented and to such
high class tenants as the Standard Oil
Company. the United Railroads, the San
Francisco Gas and Electric Company,
etc. They have been equally fortunate
with their other real estate transactions
What have we made in real estate?
said DR.. Law. well. I'll let you figure
that out for yourself. When we came
to this town we had about twenty dollars
between US and we have made just what
ever value you place upon the Fairmont,
as outside of our business all our inter
ests are concentrated there. And if you
value the Fairmont at millions you will
not be far astray.'
DR. Law believes most fully that San
Francisco is only in her infancy and that
with sufficient street cars and railroad
lines there viii be no limit to her real
estate possibilities.
A. W Wilson has been one of the
fortunate ones with property investments.
He made his start in the restaurant bust
ness, but found realty so profitable that
he abandoned everything else for that
Mr. Wilson believes that the most profit
is to be made by holding on to properly
and improving it, and he has great faith
in apartment-houses of the more com
modious and expensive kind as good in
come payers. North of Market street
is Mr.. wilson's favorite ground of
operations.
NJ Siminoff is another man who
pins his faith TO north of Market street
from Taylor street to Van Ness avenue is
as good as gold and better" says Mr..
Siminoff. Unlike Mr. Wilson, he believes
in the moderate-priced apartment-house
as the best income payer. He says:
Build large buildings containing two,
three and four room apartments and
renting all the way from $3.50 to $50 and
you are always sure of their being oc-
cupied" Mr.. Siminon has in the past
seven years held over s2.000,000 worth of
property.
1t is said Of Z. II. BOthin that he
has bought the greatest number Of prop
critics OF any man in San Francisco. He
buys for investment purposes mainly and
not for speculation. He started I'm about
ten years ago when times were duh and
bought many Hibernia Bank properties
acquired through foreclosure. He also
bought heavily south Of Market street and
in the wholesale district north of Mar
ket ct a time when nobody else was
very much interested in them and has
extensive holdings at North Beach. As
most Of these properties have increased
from SO I-3 to 30 per cent some idea can
be gained of the value of Mr. Bothin's
holdings at the present time. 1t is said
he owns several hundred pieces Of prop
erty.
L. H Sly is man whose success
in real estate has been phenomenal. Some
eight years ago Mr.. Sly's capital was
about 5000; today he is rated ,at Sl,S00,00O.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

close In retail business property as the
best investment He gives 1t as his opin-
ion that property In what Is known as
the business center OF the city has IN
creased from 80 to so per cent within the
past two years
A d. Bowen, the organizer and
general manager Of the Ocean Shore
Railway Company, owes much OF his real
estate profits to investments made south
of Market street. where he estimates the
increase Of his holdings in that locality
at about 80 Is per cent in a years time.
Mr.. Bowen is also heavily interested IL
outlying property along the line OF the
Ocean Shore road, in which he saw great
possibilities when he was looking over
the proposed route for that line. During
the past year $1,000 has been offered for
property in that vicinity formerly sold at
ss0
Louis samuels i one OF the young
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

o said Tennyson's
stout old ncrtheru
farmer, and a general
expression Of opinion
among real estate
men and those who
have prohted by real
estate transactions in
this city during the
last few years would
indicate that the old
gentle N g n KIN G W
whereof he spoke
when he expressed his
preference for real es-
tate as something
well worth having.
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15
By THE PARsON.

Bl THE PARSON.
IN II how I wish I could live my
life over again. The speaker
sat across the aisle from me on
the railway train and addressed
his remarks 70 a man about his own age
Both were elderly men and the one ac-
costed replied: well. it wouldn't be half
bad 20 have another chance" And then
both relapsed into silence for a time, as
II they were living over in memory the
days. when they were boys and young
men.
The incident set me to thinking about
the desire that comes 70 most OF us
sooner or later 10 live our lives over
again: il is usually due. first OF ALL TO
realfzaxion of the mistakes made. and
: Wish 10 retrieve them Oh, why dio
We buy that corner lot when II oepre-
ciated Immediately in our hanosI why
did. we choose the course we old al
critical moment? So far as we can see
noev. il was the wrong choice Why did
Ne saw that mean thing TO one we loved
40 much twenty years ago and more!
The San Francisco call., 1906-04-15

Proputty- proputty sticks ana proputty. prop
utty groWs-
Proputty Proputty's everything ere, an. sam
nv. I'm blssC
i II isn't the same oop yonder. for them as
as It's the best.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-01-03

agricultural press and the farmers
to secure parcels post
may now take notice that this great
farmers movement is also on the
firing line. POstOffice officials in con-
gress must eventually yield and grant
this reasonable boon to the users of
the mails. the opposition of the express
Notwithstanding.
The editor of the Rural New Yorker
says:
We agree with The Farmers Guide
in the following:
Let parcels post be established, and
merchants would take advantage of
it to send to the farmers small pack
ages which they might telephone or
write for 1t would prove such a
that they would feel
ashamed for having deprived them
selves and their farmer friends from
the use and benefits of it.
Some of the country merchants
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-01-03

would find a genuine parcels post very
useful. They could order many clas-
ses of the goods they sell i'm this way,
get them quickly and cheaper than
they now do. The present Outcry
against the parcels post in rural pa
pers is inspired by the express COM
panies and other interests which have
always fattened upon the farmer.
Two weeks ago we published an ar
ticle from the Rural New Yorker mar
rating some of their experience with
an express company. The last number
of that paper has two items showing
some of the experience and feeling of
the people with the express companies.
The story of an express package
on page $50 has stirred up a great
correspondence. Every mail brings
letters from readers who have met
with annoyance and loss. Here is a
sample from Pennsylvania:
The Adams Express Company have
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-01-03

Writing on "a General Transport
Service on the Rural Post Route in
Golfers for November -. Mr.. James
L. EOwles says:
an every week day over 10000 post
wagons traverse the rural post routes
of the United States. carrying TO the
homes of the 12l American Citizen
Kings on the average rout upward
of 4.0Oc.000 in all. and representing a
population of some 10000. .OOO) thS let