SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 7 April 1910, Page 6

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.

OPEN DOOR TO CHINESE

FAVOURED

'Chinese and Japanese are more desirable immigrants than Italians or Greeks in the opinion of the Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles, California. This body has adopted a report in.which it states, "We should ©pen the doors of California to the Chinese and the Japanese. For the handling-of the citrus fruit industry and for the raising of vegetables and Agricultural products California needs ihe Chinese and Japanese." So it appears that even in California, where the anti-Asiatic sentiment nearly brought the United States into armed conflict with Japan a year ago, opinion is divided. Undoubtedly,, in the farming communities as airule Asiatics are in favour; as labourers they are far more reliable than the southern Europeans, or *>yen the Irish. In the cities of the Pacific coast, however, the feeling continues very bitter against the •Japanese, and to a less degree against the Chinese. It is a Californian legislator, Congressman Hayes, that has introduced at Washington a Bill to •exclude Japanese labourers from the United States. STRANGERS TO THE TUB. "More than a million persons timong New York's tenement house poor are strangers to the bath tub," •reports Lawrence Veiller, director' of the Tenement House Committee of that city. "New York's tenements are without parallel in the world. There are ten thousand tenements of antique type, with neither sunlight nor fresh air; there are a hundred thousand living rooms withotu a window. Three million persons in New York live in buildings that are in constant danger from fire." It )s not very hard to understand why citybred families die out in three generations. ' !

JUDGE BECOMES PROSECUTOR

A unique situation in §an Francisco. Patrick Calhoun, president of iihe big tramway company, the United Hailroads, has been once tried on the csharge of bribing former Mayor Schmitz and his city fathers to grant concessions to his company. The jury disagreed, and he is to be tried again. :Now the public prosecutor is Charles \M. Fickett, who was elected, in November on the understanding that ho ■would not press the trial of Calhoun. last week he asked to have the case dismissed on the ground that there was not sufficient evidence to make a conviction possible. His request was refused by Judge Lawlor, who thus became himself the prosecutor in opposition to Ficket and Calr houn's lawyers. The judge was forced to mr.ka the motion for setting the jdato of the trial himself. It is possible that he,may «gpoint some outside counsel as special prosecutor if lie sees that Fickett does not intend to try for a conviction. -

HARD ON THE FARMER

# The hubbub over the high cost of living in America has brought forth some excellent stories. Here is one from Salem, New Jersey: A farmer killed two hogs, and a Salem butcher agreed to buy them. The farmer -said he'd like to have the hams and shoulders, and again the butcher .agreed. The farmer put the hams and shoulders on his car, and asked: "Well, what's the balance coming to me?"

The butcher figured a moment and replied, "There's nothing coming to you; you owe me two dollars 85 osnts."

The farmer was obliged to pay. The ■butcher had bought the whole hog at wholesale price, and had sold the limb pieces at retail. The agitation against the high prices of food looked for awhile as though it would produce some appreciable effect. Great results were expected from the boycott on meat; but the movement has weakened, and the meat trust—as if to teach the peopleto be more careful in future—has just.announced a new rise in rates. it has been ascertained that the price of Chicago beef in New York is £d to l^d a pound higher than in London.

A GOVERNOR RETIRES

Governor G. E. Hughes, of New York State, has announced that he will tiot be a candidate for re-election at the close of this year. His principal reason is that he cannot live on the salary paid. He finds himself obliged to spend £5000 a year, and he gets only £2000. The majority of the newspapers consider his refusal final, and many urge that the salary be increased.

Hughes is famous throughout the nation for the honesty of his administration, and for his uncompromising attitude on questions of public interest. He has often, by appeals to the 'electors, compelled the State Legislature to pass measures on which, the members were almost unanimously opposed. The one thing which, it is thought, may induce him to again run for office is the recent revelation of the widespread corruption in the State Senate and Assembly. The alleged bribery occurred in* 1901, but the accused legislators still hold office, the investigation is still proceeding, but already there is strong evidence that in 1901 Senator J. P. Allds and Assemblyman J. L. Burnett accepted bribes from bridge companies to induce them to amend a Bill relating to the construction of bridges. Senator Allds is leader of the Republican Party in the Senate. As Governor Hughes is also a member of that ■party, it is just possible that he may consider it his duty to try to retain the Governorship so that he may see to it that the whole gang of "grafters" is ousted from power.