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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29

I'm Thursday the electoral body of San
IL } Francisco will vote on the proposed
- issue Of bonds to build the Geary street
railway. A mint of money has been spent by
the United Railroads in the endeavor to create
public sentiment against the issue. That fact
by itself and the impudent meddling of the
corporation in a local affair of indirect bear
ing on its business should be sufficient to con
vince the citizens which way their interests
| lie. The United Railroads has chosen of delib-
crate purpose to assume in all things the posi-
tion of a public enemy hostile to the develop
ment of San Francisco at every point, and al
ways selfish. It's active opposition to the issue
of bonds should by itself be convincing reason
for an affirmative vote on the Geary street
bonds
What are the purposes behind this oppo-
sition? In the first place the United Railroads
hopes that if the bonds fail this immensely val
liable franchise will fall into the corporation
lap, to be made the basis for another huge
Ipyramid of inflated capitalization, which, with
the help of starved service and the assiduous
cultivation of the straphanger crop, would be
made to pay dividends on water. That is what
the corporation is doing with the other roads
already in its control. 1t is an example of high
finance milking a great property at the ex-
pense Of the public.
In the second place the United Railroads
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WI EDDINGs and an engagement
H or two vary the succession of
Wv holiday entertainments

w holiday entertainments.
The marriage at noon today of Miss
Maidie McMahon and Antoine Borel Jr-
is of interest for the members of rather
an extensive family and for many
friends besides.
The latest engagement news is that
Miss Dorothy Everett, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Everett of this city,
is to be the bride of Thomas Minturn
of Fresno. The announcement was to
have been made next week. but the
rumor has gone abroad and the bride
elect is receiving the fluctuations of
her frienSs upon the happy secret.
Miss Everett is one of the prettiest
of the younger girls and has devoted
herself to charitable affairs rather than
to society. Her friends predict future
for her in literary work should she
care to turn her talents that way, and
say that she has imaginative gifts of
unusual quality. She was educated at
local schools. but has passed some of
her time in travel. The date for the
wedding has not been announced
Another engagement that has been
whispered about and has become pub
lie before the pretty bride elect in
tended that it should is that If Miss
Genevieve Walker and William Burke
Miss Walker is the granddaughter
of Mrs Eleanor Martin and has been
favorite during her extended visit
here at the Martin home. She is a
vivacious beauty with dark hair and
gray eyes Her attractive personality
has won for her friends without num-
ber. She has been entertained a great
deal during her stay here and the news
of her betrothal is of exceptional in
terest to her young friends
Billy Burke is the son of Richard
Burke of Dublin, and is clever chap
with a host of friends He is a distant
connection also of the Martin family
hospitable home this season
The dance given last evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Mintzer
in Pacific avenue will be remembered
by 100 young guests as one of the
NEST delightful events of the holiday
season. The decorations were in the
seasonab1e red and green. while the
hosts of the occasion were Lucie
Mintzer and Miss MaHricia Mintzer.
who are passing the holidays at home
from school in the east.
The musicale given yesterday after
noon by Mr.. and Mrs. William Bourn
at their country home at Burlingame
was one of the most interesting of the
holiday affairs and was distinguished
by the fact that the program was con-
tributed by Fritz Kreissler, the famous
vioIinist There were about half a
hundred guests, many of whom went
from town to attend the affair.
Since her return from abroad Mrs.
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President Views Art Works

Great was the CONSERVATION, so it
is said, at the capitol building Sunday,
when the president. piioted by the Gin
cinnati Maecenas of the same surname.
motored up to the haunts of legislation,
which on the Sabbath day ordinarily
are given over to servitors and custo-
dians. and insisted on gazing on newly
acquired works of art. Nor is this all
to indicate that Washington is fast be-
coming aesthetic and accustomed to
higher life" says the Boston Herald.
Has not the erudite "mugwump''
storekeeper from Chicago. who now
guards the treasury department, con-
fessed that he recently found the secre-
tary of state reading Horace Walpole's
letters,-and that in mutual converse
ton thereon, the former adviser OF the
Pittsburg coal and iron barons gave
him a most fitting text for a homily
to the American people on the evils Of
smuggling?
Shades of departed American states
men, who knew. nothing of and. cared
less for art, and whose Sunday after
Moons were devoted to maps and read
ing of the constitution and the works
of Josephus, what are we coming TO.
when art connoisseurs from the Amer
lean Rhine can thus inveigle our chief
executive out upon exploration in the
field where Praxiteles and ROdin are
masters, And as for Walpole furnish
ing the text for official sermons on the
ethics of trade--nothing equally "cul-
tural" has been known since Thomas
r. Reed illuminated discussions on the
tariff or ON parliameutarv Drocefure.
with apt illustrations drawn from Bal
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THE SMART SET

Edgar f. Preston has been the guese
of her daughter. Mrs. Willard Drown.
at the home Of the latter in Washing
ton street. and has been accorded an
enthusiastic welcome by her friends.
Miss Amy Bowles' is receiving mucti
social attention since her debut. and
besides the innumerable small affairs
given for this attractive girl there are
several more pretentious parties on the
tapis, for instance. the luncheon to be-
given January H. at which Miss Laura
Baldwin will entertain 20 or more
guests in compliment to the debutante.
Miss Lurline NIatson. who returned
from Europe just before the holidays.
has been popular guest at several OF
the recent affairs. and others are in
prospect for the returned traveller who
has so many friends in the younger set
One of the interesting parties OF
January doubtless will be the luncheon
for Miss Matson that will be given
next Monday with Miss Amalia Simp-
son as the hostess.
Miss Matson will entertain at
luncheon to be given January IA in
compliment TO Miss Agnes Tillmann.
and a dozen of the younger girls are
looking forward to the affair.
Dr. W. A McEnery and his daughter,
Miss Theresa McEnery. are receiving a
cordial welcome from their friends here.
after their long absence in the east, and
will remain at the Fairmont indeh-
nitely., They were accompanied on the
homeward trip by Miss Isabel Nc
Laughlin. who will return after the
holiay season to New York. where she
is attending one Of the fashionable I'm
ishing schools.
Mrs. Jack Wilson entertained dozen
of the younger set at a dinner given
last evening at the Fairmont and the
cOmplimented guest of the occasion was
Miss Phyllis de Young. After the hour
at dinner the happy party attended the
theater under the ehaperOnage Of the
hostess.
Miss Dolly MaeGavin. who has been
i'll for the last few days at her home in
California street, is convalescent and
will be out again within few days.
Mrs. II. d. Green. prominent leader
of social affairs in Portland. Ore. is at
the st. Francis. She came from the
festivities and will spend the month OF
January visiting friends here. Later
she Will go TO Boston to visit her
daughter, Mrs Edward Burr. wife OF
Major Burr, engineer corps, L. 5. A.
Miss Jennie Flood. who is established
at the St. Francis for the season.. was
hostess yesterday at an informal lunch
con at the hotel for less than a dozea
guests.
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Toys for Entire World

For many years Nuremberg has been
the center Of the toy trade OF the world.
the principal products being metal toys
of infinite variety wooden and PASTE
board toys. blocks. puzzles, etc. says
the London Globe. About $4,000 peo-
pie are employed in this industry in the
twin cities of Nuremberg and Fuerth.
about one-haIf of the number being
women and girls. There are about half
dozen factories. employing several
hundred workmen each, the largest OF
which gives employment TO an average
of $500 persons, and besides these there
are hundreds of concerns employing
from half a dozen to 100 people. 1t is
not unusual to find factory in which
besides the proprietor and his wife and
children. only two or three extra men
are employed. The toys are mostly
cut out by machinery. which is often
ingenious but simple in operation. and
most of the operatives. even in the
larger factories. are women or girls.
The workshops, with their so called
trade secrets, are generally very strict
" guarded, and it is a difficult matter
to gain admission to a local toy factory.
The wages of female employees are
about lid per hour. much lower than
about sd per hour. The total value Of
the toy output of this district for 1908
is estimated at about { .000 Geo. which
was perhaps % per cent under that of
1891. The toys were exported to every
land on the globes but considerably
more than one-third Of the entire prod
uct went TO the United States. The
German toy output for 1897 is estimat-
ed at e5,0o0.000. of which eS 500. .000
to.T
United States and Great Britain took
more than half
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Senator Flint S
Interesting
Confession

not affect the judgment that Mr. Flint admits his condition
OF erltude and quite willing remain bondage the other
party will pay the price The appears his way
Office a simple business transaction.
1t prove simple the history former senatorial
campaigns California might imply. The way Mr. Herrin's
eehe pocket is wide open 1t the day of
pcayune politics and the Organization, aened long and
almost unbroken of popular aspiration
accomplished happy of mind and the comfortable
that the thing needfu for moa-o
support
Now be admitted that such support carried the badge and
Of victory long the power of the machine
stuff convention the arbitrary manner
have under dpensation that may make the
declared OF the organization moral immoral positive
disadvantage 1t be that Senator Flint has
such conclusion and this disadvantage should be
by something substantial than orders
which backed by the old fashioned and well creased
machinery Promises patronage that dubious
of fuhlment do supply reliable political basis.
1t has been the practice of the machines his
campaigns with OF the The public and
the of appointments campaign
fund needed for The people stewed their
and the master machn the cook Mr. Fns ngenl-
plea that something be added him supplies significant
proof that political conditions California change
That change did before needed
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Publication these figures the bogie
balance of trade It declared that go importing
this the balance will shortly be against this This
beated
you and the less back
It ignores the fact that the balance of trade permanently
Great Britain. Such
condition of the United Kingdom for half century
is still doing business and not bankrupt.
The notable increase OF imports undoubtedly the high
Of prices this country That condition tends itself
except far as it ahcay by by
combinations restraint OF competition.
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San Bernardino
Fights
Los Angeles

shipments
fromP
to
handling
an
Fe with ARGUE for ane equalz zai
is jobbers combine
local
for change in the Perrisg grain rateb be withdrawn
of
of poeed when they have officially
Bernardino
freight ~ they willing something of
obbing center be built here?
perhaps very big important affair, bat justice
reason the side of the San Bernardo people
Angeles obbers will help their by playing the
hog Perhaps they not help it.
another the episode to illustrate the arbitrary
by which railroad made They be wholly
matter the strongest pull and bear relation reason Oh
Justice the why the people have the rates
fixed bv impartial tribunal like the commerce com
mission.
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hear MI Flint say 50 out loud. II MI. Flint
agrees to deliver the goods the purchaser
surely ought to pay the freight.
Mr. Flint has stated condition with sim
plicity, if you please, or with cold cynicism, il
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people They would like get rid him if OF
could be trunped up but they dare not.
Failing Pnchot vulnerable the senatorial politicians
pose transfer the attack of his sbordnates, who
aiding prepare charges against Secretary
Bnger This of politics. but the fact is that the
menbend peanut politicians who hope distract attention
Banger by clerks the of spending
time and charges against the scre
of the The trick will work What the public
whether charges against Banger
sustained and will be turned from that trail by peanut
politics
Thefconsituion of the committee which to try Bamger IS
important the conclusion
that public opinion will tolerate investigation conducted by
like Senator Flint and apparently they have decided to offer
of Minnesota 1t
significant confession that when the politicians to find some
body people they compelled the ranks
of the republican insurgents.
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But Pinchot refuses to be muzzied and
keeps on throwing hot shot into the interests
that have set out. to despoil the nttional
domain As he said in public address in
New York on Monday night:
The people of the United States have been
l,f r,1,
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been an accident or piece of stupidity were
it not for the fact that when complaint was
made the Los Angeles jobbers Immediately
interfered asking that the discrimination be
continued. We quote from the Sun:
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Z HEY would dearly love put muzze Clifford Pinch
that of principal purpose of the forthcom
senatorial investigation.
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Seattle contractors and Washington pro
ducers 1t did not seem possible to get a
Philippine contract for California hay,
although our product was shown to be
superior at equal prices.
This discrimination in favor OF WASHING
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NE deny Senator Fnts ingenious plea for
pecunary support from the Organization represents very
clearly logic OF situation nobody expected
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Would Like
| To
IMuzzlePinchot


Nerem they suffered
perversion praworthy corporation
things which they would refuse with the lofest do for them
That OF thing very CALLING TO the interests and they
pla Pnchot breaking all the rules of politics
poiteness In the political CODE in office expected
keep shut and his closed the angs
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California
Hay for the
| Philippines

hay gross recently subJec
of congressional inquiry from the following dispatch
of the of
made
the Philippines.
alleged government
cavalry islands
delivery
at Manila $150Q00 could
to Washington
out
explained the
agricultural had
that than the upland
hayfr and other middle
analysis
department, been unable He moreover, that
Tor the this
General Aleshre promised inquire the
should be allowed there Local merchants trading
product would do well take the California
congressional delegation.
This discrimination has been the subject of complaint
here and does material injury to producers and merchants this
state.
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HE San Bernardno attention condition
OF railroad discrimination affecting that for
that appears might very well hav
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PRODUCERS and dealers in hay in California have always
complained of injurious discrimination against them that seems
to powerful exerted in behalf Of
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Home and
Foreign Trade
Booming

last year The increase Of imports especially striking
rom following table:
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keepers of have done enormous
Christmas trade If trust the reports of the fedora
department of agriculture the
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a bumper crop that nearly breaks al records.
Among these may be counted the steady
increase of foreign trade. Both in exports and
imports, the figures of the bureau of statistics
show remarkable increase as compared with
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-29

Miss Dolly MaeGavfn. who has been
i'll for the last few days at her home in
California street. is convalescent and
will be out again within a few days.
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Miss Jennie Flood. who is established
at the St. Francis for the season. was
hostess yesterday at an informal lunch
guests.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-06
ORGANIZED 1870
UNITED STATES DEPOsITARY
s3,Oo0,oOo.OO
l.81O,o36.8O

National Bank occupies ofhces in the
National Bank Building OF Post Montgom
Streets With enlarged facilities Improved equip
invite accounts. confident that
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roads in California last year. of which
more than Ia miles we're credited to
the Southern Pacific and about 135
miles 10 the Western Pacific. Thirty
three operating companies are running
steam railroads in California, having
an aggregate mileage OF more tnan
$500 miles or something more than
twice the distance from San Francisco
tTSc railway mileage has also been
constructed. The prosperity OF this city
viii be assisted. not only by the steam
roads but also by the electric roads
Not many months will elapse, probably,
before the Southern Pacific will enter
the city by way of Dumbarton.
The building Of the electric roads not
only extends the area of trade belong
ing 10 san Francisco Indefinitely into
the suburbs, but also brings a new ter
ritory into immediate business rela-
fions with the large establishments of
San Francisco by providing speedy ac-
cess and cheap fares for shoppers.
BANKERS ASSOCIATIONS
Unity of action has been secured
among the bankers Of San Francisco by
the formation Of two associations. one of
which represents the commercial banks
an6 the other the associated savings
banks OF the city. Among the impor-
tant services which the bankers have
been able to accomplish for the good
certed action was the issuance of GER
tificates. indorsed by all the banks in
the Clearing House association and ac-
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RAPID GROWTH IN ALL PARTS OF PENINSULA
BRINGS WEALTH TO BANKS AND INSURANCE MEN

cepted by all other local banks as
money at a time when unexampled
stringency throughout the United
States prevented the local bankers from
withdrawing their large balances in
New York and other eastern business
centers. The two organizations were
into existence soon after the confiagra-
tion of 1906, when it was manifest that
prompt and patriotic action on the part
of San Francisco bankers was essential
to confidence. Through their combined
influence the federal government was
induced TO come to the financial aid
of San Francisco. BY their co-opera-
tion a joint banking house in the
United States mint, which met the
emergencies of the time promptly and
satisfa ctorily, was maintained until its
services were no longer needed.
The work done by the bankers on
both these occasions was of inesti-
mable value While the bankers were
in the mint they provided money to
meet payrolls. without which the work
OF clearing up the debris of the great
fire could not have been performed.
In the second instance, when many
unthinking depositors withdrew their
safe deposit vaults or other recepta-
maintained confidence by pledgfng
certificates that for while passed
from hand to hand as current money.
Their sagacity was again shown
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mental than any other factor that kept
the people from panic and persuaded
them to pursue their daily avocations.
to continue the transaction OF business
and the construction of temporary
buildings for immediate business uses
without interruption.
Justice demands that this creditable
record should be preserved, for 1t con-
stitutes one of the most interesting
chapters of local history since the
American occupation of San Francisco.
No other body of bankers has ever met
a series of such emergencies in any
part of the world with equal skill and
success.
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SUCCESSOR OF

CHAS r LEEGE. President
CHAS- C. MOORE. Vice Prestdant
GAVIN McNAR. Vice President
W. A FREDERICK Vice President
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when. having ascertained the necessity
they secured from the governor of
California a series of legal holidays.
during the maintenance of which ali
possible steps were taken to make a
readjustment and TO otherwise con-
serve public credit and convenience.
This series Of acts was more instru-
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OFFICERS
FIRST FEDERAL TRUST COMPANY

Owned the share First National Bank
governed by the Board of Directors)
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Correspondence is respectfully invited.
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charter of this authorizes 1t to admin
assignee
description whether order
court, otherwise.
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JOSEPH c. HOOPER. Manager

-APTTAL 81. 500 900
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az per cent interest paid savings deposits.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-16

A verdict for STA was returned
this morning in the case of Carroll
l.. Brunson against the American Pa
triots. of Springfield. Ill.
In the case of Willie c. Overstreet
against the American Patriots the
jury was dispensed with and the case
was submitted to the court and judg-
ment for $1,000 was given.
The case of J. L. Johnson against
r.. Thompson & company was con-
tinued until the eighth day of the
February term.
A verdict for s1,5743O was given
yesterday in the case of S. p. Pool
against Hiram Smedley county court
clerk, and his bondsmen, the Title
Guaranty and Surety company. A
mortgage on the Paducah Undertake
ing company was not cross indexed,
IL was alleged, and Pool purchased
the property without knowledge OF
the debt, and he sued to recover. He
was represented by Burns & Burns.
The docket for tomorrow is: Com
monwealth of Kentucky against Eli
G. Boone commonwealth of Kentucky
against Il. G. Boone; ID, n. Billingsley
against the Northern Assurance COM
pany; Edgar Egbert Holt against
Louis Bell Holt.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-11-16
Fear Corner in December Wheat.

Chicago, Nov. 16.-Besides the
large amount Of wheat purchased by
shorts, considerable went into the
hands of high class professionals in
the way of investment. The Armour
Grain company bought the December
and sold the May in enormous guam
titles. This action was probably in
the way of undoing a spread. The
Chaplin house bought December and
Ware-Leland bought that future. Fin
ley Darrell took both December and
May. Bartlett-Patten, Clement Cur
tbs, Roberts, Wrenn and Fitch were
on both sides of wheat. The names
of these big traders are given i'm
order to place the average Spectator
on the right road. The buying was
doubtless caused mainly on the fear
that December wheat is virtually
"cornered"