The San Francisco call., 1910-10-25
STATE PRESS is
LINED Up FOR
ISLAIS CREEK
Efforts to Corrupt Out of Town
Newspapers Prove a
Boomerang
Editors Tell Readers True Rea-
sons Why Bond Issue
Should Be Voted

The people Of the interior Of the
state. previously unacquainted with the
full merits Of the Islais creek or India
basin act, have now aligned themselves
with san Francisco and are eager to do
all in their power TO assist in the up
building of the local port. This is made
apparent by the attitude OF the state
press. Papers which before were an
tagonistic or Indifferent are now sup
porting the proposed bond issue.
The stand Of the interior papers is re-
garded as the more commendasle in
view OF the widespread endeavOr TO
purchase their columns in opposition 10
the contemplated improvement The
corporate interetss fighting the meas
ure in San Francisco have gone down
the state with q big sack. intending to
corrupt the press. Their efforts in the
main have been fruitless.
ATTACKS INTERESTS
The facts are thus stated by the
Evening Pajaronian:
While writing on the India ba-
sin act permit us TO say certain
big. dishonest business interests in
San Francisco with powerful coun-
" connections have raised q big
pot OF money with which to buy
reading matter in the newspapers
Of the state against the PROPOSE
tion.
Several weeks ago the Pajaronian
was approached with such veied
business offer and il was emphati-
cally turned down. The reader
space purchasing agent-in reality
briber Of the press-then said
that he was going TO get most of
the other papers between San Fran
po u
coast land that the Pajaronian was
foolish not TO climb aboard and get
a good slice of money for inserting
readers against the India basin
act In reply we said that we
doubted most decidedly his state
ment about getting the papers but
even so there was one he nor any
agRreE ga tion of near bribers could
get and that was the Pajaro-
nian."
BRIBE REFUSED
The Santa Cruz News has been con-
verted TO the measure by the very ma
ture of the opposition. 1t says in re-
cent issue:
The News looked upon the Isiais
creek measure with perfect indif-
ference until il found that certain
interests were using very effort TO
defeat II. and tried TO get the help
Of the country press so called. to
this end Fearing Greeks bearing
gifts. the News believed there was
another side TO this question. a side
upon which the people should array
themselves"
The Chico Enterprise, recognizing
the veiled opposition which is mas
querading under the name of the San
Francisco harbor league" says:
TELLS OF MONEY
The san Francisco harbor
league. which, through the most
selfish motives, is spending thou
sands OF dollars to prevent the
adoption by the people of the India
basin act, an honest measure pro-
viding for a valuable public i'm
provement, asks the voters of the
state not TO be deceived by paid
articles in some of the San Fran
cisco newspapers. 1t is to smile at
such assumption that the people Of
the state are to be so readily
gulled."
The Fresno Republican advocates the
measure vigorously. It says:
San Francisco has already over
whelmingly voted its approval of
the bonds and as the repayment OF
the bonds is TO come out OF tax
on San Francisco's business. really
San Francisco ought to have the
right to decide. Last election the
rest Of the state, being thrown into
confusion by the subsidized propa-
ganda, failed to pass them. This
year IL is distinctly TO be hoped
that they will pass There is never
likely to be an uncomplicated op-
portunity again
Certainly every one who be-
lieves that a state ought not to
ALLEVIATE its water front should vote
TO acquire back this part of the
front which was foolishly given up
in the past 1t viii cost the state
nothing; it will be q good public
investment and will undo a great
blunder"