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SAN FRANGISCO, JUNE 9, 1901. I Pages 23 to 32 1 on Page Twenty-FoTir- Pwinc.Ltinited^M having car service between San Francisco and St. Louis'-. allowed fat Salt Lake City, For full'i information ask 212 California street. vArfestcd'f of, Cruelty.

1 C. B. was arrested by the of the for the "Prevention' of CruelfyJ to Animals for abusing his horses, Davis became heated with anger the 'horses could not pull a load too heavy em" and beat them brutally their heads a board He cooled his wrath last night In the Cits Prison; tlally the material means I or Instruments of production. Under'' It all private, ownership of property from which an income- is derived ceBses." This, it must be noted, does not tmpiyj of /prtj.erty whlc does not produce income. Private of things from which no.

revenue may be such, instance, as furnlture, is," prohibited; -NeTfT. the common" ownership of the means or instruments of i production Is commorr i them, a'rd, as a the applicat loin i of 1 1 he resutts to" the common eflt of all- the owners. Production itself -In turn to represent the aggregated product of the labor i of 'i. ail the members the comi' munlty. All' who can't must work according: to their, capacity and to none who and are able work V.denled;.:.

The. community labors sufficiently, only, tmpply the of all Its. and the accumulated mass each receives hla just state' of Ideal and i er-' feet; Justice has J. captlVated the lmagln i tlon and ''the ''support of many menVof great' intellectual attainments and loftiness of Its real lzatlon in the present condition of the hflman'. race Is so manifestly possible that it may, hesitation, be laid aside.

'As i a -rule ith'e socialist" of to-day looks -'with complacency, if not absolute encouragement; upon the present i progressive concentration of capital end unification of There he beholds the preparatory steps of the 1 realiza- tlon of I own As Circle rows, as the i components rarments- become more and more concentrated, as the groups lessen iaj number and the ultimate unity toward which they tending is more nearly ap- the only one who makes and sells them. this is undoubtedly true. 13ut. the important', question' Is, To whom 'do the benefits arising from this of production and distribution go? That' they go to the trust, and are from' the etart, Intended so to go, is a proposition so plain it is not challenged even by the, jnostfj ardent advocates monopoly. i i Throughout; air the articles published in the May number; of the North Review in defence trusts the worklngman's advantage In the shape of Increased wages Is" repeatedly referred to.

Undoubtedly wages have, In some'-. Instances, been raised a trifling percentage. Mn no instance have they rsleed the tithe of the advantages accruing, to the owners as the result of consolidation. And the labor agitation at very hour 'over, the United reluctant com'pllance Vor the absolute refusal of the trusts to concede nn increase of wages are a sufficient answer to the benefits 'Claimed, for the workingmen' by reason of these What Is the Solution And now the question Where! Is the present and ever increasing toward centralization 'and unification to end What' Is to be the solution' of: the. trust A very prominent capitalist and Wall-street James R.V- Keene is credited with having jnade the statement that end must i.be 3 revolution 'or "socialism.

Dismissing the consideration 'of. let "us examine the other alternative. "T' What Is socialism -As now understood It means the -i common "i ownership i by the cbtnmunlty society or State of or substan- the gradual unfolding of his own' plans." Merrily, Ooingr'. On Is the assignee sale' end every garment of the Browh Clothing Company is going to be sold; beautiful and well- made stock of men's i clothing, that is now' being sacrificed at ,773 Market Is positively -your consideration, i Do you need a suit? come and buy them To-morrow (Monday)' I will offer. $20: men's; all: wool, suits for $4 65 a suit: These.

lines. are- clay chevlot, cassim ere, serges. In black and bluesingle and nobby suitssuitable for how. or; little he has; $4 will ofjthese suits at the clothing assignee; sale of 'the- 773 Market street, P. C.

Kelly, assignee for I the Brown Clothing I Company of Advantages CJlaimed for Trusts. 'But let us examine with somewhat "greater minuteness the specific advantages claimed for the advocates with absolute unanimity," sol far as my reading has agree In setting forth In the front rank of the benefits attending trusts, the 'fact (that by their formation and operation the economic waste competitive i production and distribution is In other, words, limit the statement, 1 for" the sake of Illustration, to the care of manufactured i articles," 1 and to put it In every-day English Manufactured articles canVbe' made and marketed "with" lesb expense to. the maker, and' seller when he is "America will one day awake to the stern reality of the. evil, and when Its terrible-nature Is fully realized some strong legislation must' follow. I 'believe if legislation 'does 'not step in and treat these 'men as it would treat other deadly enemies of the state, there' will be such an uprising in the States as has not been since the accession of Abraham 'Lincoln to 'supreme There Is no tyranny In the world to' be compared the.

tyranny of the scheming, gold tyrant. It Is inconceivable that seventy, million free Americans -bend, their. necks 4 to such a sordid If they do, they will deserve to be 'One of, the mosf. prominent manufacturers and economists of England, speaking not' long 'ago of the done bjr the monopolistic- power of trusts, Will any one deny that, since the spirit of mercantilism has reached flood tide, It has dominated the maklr.s and enforcement of laws, as well in State as in the Federal halls of legislation'? time when Elizabeth of England granted patents to her favorites, will fix at will the price of his wares or sen-Ices, and will demand the very highest which it is profitable to exact. Let us now 'examine the.

trust under another aspect. Additional reason for the condemnation of monopolies was given' by the English judges. as follows: "It tends to of divers artificers and others, who, before, by the labor of their hands in their art or trade, have maintained themselves and their who will necessity be constrained to live in idleness and beggary." Nor have the views which 'the English Judges took been the decisions of our own time. The experience of the world" demonstrates that the of wholesale monopolies unavoidably divides society Into two cjasses. The one.

composed of a comparatively email- number, enjoys the privilege of authority, and other, consisting of the vast mass of the people, is! subjected to the unshunnable doom of passive and helpless obedience. There are a few masters and many a handful of rulers and p. multitude of subjects. Effect on Public "Functionaries. There is a third ground of opposition to monopolies, which neither the or biblical times nor the- judges of "the days 1 of Elizabeth have described.

It did -not exist -their -day. conditions under- which they Jived did not allow it scope. I refer to their influence upon' public is a matter of public notoriety, that since great corporations have begun their- operations In this country they; have shaped the actions i of bodlei for their own benefit. entire Blythe bloCk was pur- II chased j'esterday from Mrs. Flor-" ence Blythe-Moore and A.

A. JJL Moore her husband, by a dicate composed of I. W. Hellman. Ant, Borel Co! and a number of associates of Mr.

Hellman whose names are not disclosed. The purchase price has been kept a carefully guarded secret, but it is believed to have been in excess of $2,000,000. No real estate deal of equal magnitude has ever been made in California. The one most nearly approaching it was the 6ale of the Baldwin Hotel property to James L. Flood for $1,000,000.

The Blythe block has been on the market from a date since long before the sale of the Baldwin property, and it has been the object of negotiations between the owners and almost every capitalist of large means in San Francisco. Its sale will furnis the greatest sensation that local financial circle's have experienced, and its future disposal will be awaited with keenest interest. The purchasers are not only keeping se- BLYTHE BLOCK' FROM A POINT ON MARKET STREET. OPPOSITE GRANT AVENUE. State.

Something of the value of the property may be realized when it Is known that at present, with the old build- Ings, it brings in' over $140,000." In answer to a question as to whether the property would be improved, Mr. Hellman said: "At present have-not been considered. You can state, however, that in a comparatively short time the property, which is in the choicest part of the will' be suitably improved. Moro than this I cannot at present." The sale consummated morning, final agreement being reached in the office of the Union Trust Company of San Francisco. The actual of the property will probably not be made for a month, as the transaction is a colossal one and much time will be required for the examination of the adjustment of leases and contracts with tenants and other work preliminary to the change; of The sale was negotiated by Thomas Magee Sons and Walter J.

Bartnett of the law firm of Gunnison, Booth Bart? rett. Mrs. Florence Blythe. Moore was represented in the transaction by A. A.

Moore, her father-in-law, andE. Heller Powers represented Mr. Hellman and his associates. The transaction includes, all' the realty held by Florence Blythe Moore. Of the property bounded by Market and Geary streets and Grant avenue but three pieces are (held other owners.

One is the gore lot at Market and Geary streets, with frontage of feet 'on Market street, and 30:6 feet on 'Geary owned by the 'Adams and Kibbe heirs. The adjoining lots, a frontage of 53; feet oh Market -street and ,73 feet 10 Inches on Geary street, was. purchased Mrs. Moore for $290,000 Savings Bank, and excavation la now progressing: for a stately bank building cover the entire i 4662 square 'feet' -'qf of the Blythe 1 In, the. corner on Grant avenue arid street a portion with "a frontage of 70 feet on -Grant avenue and 40 feet- on street is.

owned by the'Buck estate. the exception of these' three properties all of -the block passes to "the" ownership-of Mr. Hellman and his associates, including the lot with a frontage of 20 feet- 6- inches on Geary street: as' the Sawyer, lot, which was" recently purchased by Mrs. Moore for $50,000. Appraised Was $2,354,996." "The total appraised- value of the block exclusive "of "the' bank building" and 8awyer lot was J2.354.906.

That appraisement was made in 1896, and realty values have Increased since similar appraisement now. by parcels, would total value- for. the property at more than The handling of so large property in one transaction brings into, action -different and a valuation parcels foots up "a total which is -doubtless greatly in excess of sum which Mrs. Mbbre will receive for the block in its. entirety.

Conservative estimates by. disinterested real estate men, figuring upon the" block narcc! by parcel, place Its' value at about 52.400.000. According to -these the purchase price was probably close an even two: millions' and' certainly not in excess of The amount Mrs: Florence Blythe Moore will receive but of the selling price of famous block be reduced $1 ,000.000 1 by the cancellation of the mortgage' held by a York "trust: company. V-Thls- mort-gage given to secure' a "loan' tiated about a year ago, at the same time' approximately that' the California Title Insurance Company -wrote al title insu-r ance policy, on the Blythe Bccent Increase in yialua. I The real" estate men and attorneys con.r 'cerned- in the transaction' point to a marked increase in thevalue'ofithe p'roperty within the last year, as indicated by an increase of in' the yearly, rentals.

The. block pays apresont income of about $140,000 per ahnuni, though' it contains hut few buildings that ate i- even 7 passable. none of being mpdernVor desirable and most of them being; slmplj-'one-story structure's that have been able main-' tain themselves, in the very 'heart of city, against the crowding in" upon cret the identity of the associates of HeHman and Borel and the sum paid for the magnificent piece of realty, but they refuse to state what their Intentions are concerning it. They say its disposal is a matter of the future, to be decided in. -of the conditions that will exist.

Apparently it is the intention of the syndicate of purchasers to sell the block piecemeal, possibly retaining portions "of it upon which to erect buildings commensurate with the choice location of the land. Secrets Carefully Guarded. I. W. Hellman was asked.

last night at his summer home in San Rafael for a statement in regard to the mammoth purchase. He said: "Yes. the property has been purchased. Borel Co. are associated with me in the transaction.

There are also others whose names will not be made public for some time to come. I decline to state the price paid for the property. I will- state, however, that this, is the largest real estate deal that was ever carried through In this from. all sides of modern and pretentious buildlng-s, solely because. of the litigation that tied up the estate of Thomas Blythe.

As a further illustration of the increase in rental- value, the property occupied by Co." is. held by firm on a ten-year lease, signed. a year ago. at an annual rental of $22,800, while under the. previous lease held; by the same firm only $13,000 annual "rental was paid.

The block has generally been considered both for appraisement arid by prospective and by such division the best results can be reached In the character and value of Valuation by Parcel 1 1 is the most valuable subdivision'of: the It. lies at. the corner of Grant avenue and Market and Its buildings. are occupied by J. Eagleson and Cooper.

Its appraised valuation 'was and a conservative estimate places its value now at $475,000. The Grant frontage Is eighty-five feet. -Parcel No; 2 was appraised at $450,000 and its value is probably not much in excess that" "amount. -K is an elbowshaped, parcel, fifty-two feet six inches frontagre. on 4G rant "avenue, occur pied by one-story "shanties," and sixtyfive feet five and a half inches on Market street.

On its Market-street front is the three "story" building "occupied by Kast's shoe Parcel iNor 3 fronts on Grant avenue, Vixty-sevenfeet six inches, and on Geary street twenty with the corner, seventy by. forty eliminated, that portion-being owned by. the Buck estate. The five story Central Block covers both properties. appraised was 514S.121, and present estimates the value at $180,000.

i The. lots occupied, by. the Popular restaurant and the shanties back of -it are designated as parcel No. "4, with a Gearystreet frontage of slxty-flve feet eight inches and a depth of 137 feet six inches. It-was appraised at $204,375 and probably that is the limit of its.

I Parcel, No. 5 Is considered worth $90,000, though it; was appraised at'. $100,000. A cur-story, building: occupies it, the ground floor of which is leased by Radovlch Erothers. The adjoining Sawyer lot, purchased for $50,000, is occupied by the Manrfr.ttan saloon 'and Parcel No." frontage on 'Market street of feet 7 inches and adjoins Brooks way.

It was appraised at $333,000 and is considered to be worth $350,000 at present. It a three-story building. its are the B. Korn Jesse Marks. Parcel No.

7 was appraised at Moore asked $425,000 for it, but probably never received, an offer of more than Its', two-swry is occupied by S. Wood Co. Parcel No. 8 has" a Market-street frontage'of .48 feet 5 inches and a Geary-street frontago'iOf 40 feet, It appraised at $265,000. Offer3.

have 'been made for it and a conservative estimate places its value at about tnat The Mutual Savings Bank site comprises parcels and 10" of the original Blythe block. SI. Delmas Says Monopolies Fix Prices for Wares and and Demand Very Highest. The lecture-rccm. In the Academy of Sciences building was crowded to the doors last night, the cause of the crush being- the announcement that the gifted orator, D.

M. Delnias, would speak. The lecture was given under the auspices of the University Aescc'atlon of Chicago. Mr. Delmas was In fine 'voice and handed his subject with the skill for which he is noted.

He dealt with the Question fairly, giving- facts and figures to prove the justness his remarks. He Indulged in. no oratorical flights, but delivered his lecture in a straightforward manner that found favor vrith his appreciative audience. Mr. Delmas frequently interrupted by prolonged applause.

He made a few appropriate remarks and then plunged Into his subject. He said In part: Trusts th.e Question of the Hour. The question of the hour may then be stated thus. Are trusts good or evil? Are the recults of their operations beneficial or injurious to the commonwealth? If Injurious, is there any remedy, and. If so, what? The antwer to these questions must be -sought in the history of the past and the conditions of the present.

To an audience such this I need but briefly recall how. under Pharaoh, Joseph became the ruler over Egypt; how, foreseeing impending dearth. "he garnered up all the money and the corn that was found in the land: how. when the famine came, the Inhabitants 6ought him begging for bread; how he replied. "Give your Rattle and I will give you for your cattle, if money how they then brought their beasts unto him and received bread In return how, the following year, they came once again, and, being already stripped of their herds, "and finding that they had naught left rave their bodies, and their land, they oald: "Buy us and our land for bow Joseph, acceding to their re- quest, replied.

"Behold, I have bought you this day and yocr and how they sub- mltted. saying 1 "Thou hast saved Ilvee. i let find grace In the eight of and we trill be Pharaoh's servants." And, i according to the eIttitj's narrative of the Jewish historian, was the first trust operation of the world consummated. Let me now come to an epoch more immediate to our own. Monopoly was claimed as one of the privileges of the crown of England.

This Frivllepe might be exercised directly by the sovereign, cr It might in practice" It usually was exercised ty delegation. The student cf English history reads with amazement that, as late as the days of Elizabeth, patents fer monopolies of objects forming the common necessities cf life were granted to and that the people were turned over to the patentees to be taxed and plundered at their xnercr. a The matter was at length brought before courts In 1602, and It was then held that a grant of monopoly by the crown was against law and void. This doctrine of the English Judges has been followed in the tribunals of every English-speaking country in the world. It has found a voice in the constitutions of several of the States, which, like Maryland, declare that "monopolies are contrary to the spirit of a free people and the principles of a free government and ought not to be euf- Wty Are Monopolies Opposed? It may be asked, this settled opposl- tlon against monopolies? The reason is riven In the decision of the English Judges to which I have already referred.

Allow me, then, briefly to examine that decision. The first rround upon which the Judges placed their condemnation of monopolies was- that- "the price of the commodity will be raised, for he who has the sole selling of any commodity, will make the price as he pleases." Is not this ground as tenable as It was In the reign of Elizabeth, or at the time when the Minister of Pharaoh demanded as the "price of the food which he had monoplllzed. first the cattle, then the land, then the bodies of the starving Egyptians? The object which have In combining under the form, of a corporation, small or large, is neither charitable nor philanthropic The incidental result of their operations may be a benefit to mankind. But this is not the end which they have in view. Their goal is their Individual profit.

Men form corporations actuated by the belief that they can make more money In their aggregated than in their Individual capacity. Otherwise they would act elngly. In either case they will make all the money that the power at their command pern-its. When not artificially interfered with prices Ire regulated by the law of 6upply and demand. The fall when supply exceeds demand and rise when demand exceeds supply.

The public reap the benefit of buying cheaply when supply is excessive and are subjected to high prices only when it is inadequate'; It is the avowed object of the trust to nullify this natural law of economics. Its aim is by regulating the supply to keep the prices up to returns." the highest figure which consumption will warrant. "If the monopolist is left to his devices." says Professor Richard T. Ely, cannot hope that monopoly prices will be less Than the highest which yield the largest net Prices Go Up. Common experience Is In strict accord with these a priori deductions.

The billion dollar eteel trust was 'no sooner started in business than the price of eteel rails was advanced $2 per from to t28. The result of the formation of the Ice trust In New York was to Increase the price of Ice one hundred per cent. In our own midst as eocn as last summer all the leading wine merchants had united their interests in the California Wine Association, and the price of wine vu Immediately raised about SO per cent. At the Chicaro Trust Conference the following statement was made by one of the E. and was passed unchallenged: "I have here a list showing advances In the prices, due to the direct or Indirect influence of trusts, of about ISO commodities: the'advances ranging from 5 to 500 per cent.

The list was obtained by representatives of the Anti-Trust League applying to manufacturers and dealers or and making daily reports. Neany COO establishments were visited. The list Is eworn to. Ordinary shovels doubled in wholesale price and. snow shovels advanced 145 per cent; iron, SS to 130 per cent; coal, SO cents a ton wholesale; gasoline, 4 cents a gallon; -shoes for the worklngmen, 15 to Do cents oer pair, etc." It Is safe to conclude, then, that the monopolist of the hour, like bis predecessor of the days when Israel dwelt in Egypt, or of the Avowed Object of the Corporations Is to Nullify Law of Economics.

TRUSTS NOT FORMED OUT OF CHARITY Benefiting, Mankind Is Not the End They Have in View. I I Pages 23 to 32 A new departure In politics the Incorporation of "the Republican Primary League of California. The articles were duly filed 1n the County Clerk's office of San Francisco yesterday afternoon. The directors are: Grosvennr P. Ayers, David Rich.

George Boyne. Thomas P. "Woodward. E. Schmltz.

John W. James F. Cheetam. Lincoln E. Savage, Emmet P.

Barrett. A. Ruef -and I. Lees. The officers of the leasrue- are: President.

Thomas P. Woodward; vice president. David KIch; treasurer. Grosvenor P. Ayers.

and secretary. L. E. Savage. The chief purpose of the league Is to secure good government through the active agency of representative Republican citizens.

As primary election. law gruarnntees to eyery voter the right to vote for delegates to nominate candidates for office and pJso trfves ample assurance that every vote cast will be counted for the dplegate voted there 'la an incentive for citizens register and participate in the To attain the common end of displacing bosses and putting affairs local ln'the hands of Ht'zens who are roncerned In the welffn-e of city unitv of action is. essential. It possible that the Republican Primary League will give all a chance to unite their lnflu-' etioe and in a campaign for clean politics and to preserve the advantages of success nfter the victory for decency shall have beer, achieved. A Deliberate Movement.

Before the articles of Incorporation drawn the question as- to the best course to bo pursued to the end of securing the nomination of representative men for nubUc office was discussed freely by influential and active taxDaying Republicans in every district of the city. The nlari of legal Incorporation did not suring from impulse or caprice. Tlie deliberate Judpment of memversed in public affairs rendered in favor- of the system. Among the promoters there.is no candidate for office' and bo- Inclination exists to favor the cause'of a'riy asolrant for public strtlon. The maip purnose.

It is averred, is to brine all good citizens of the Republican party together for the purpose of wresting control of affairs from the degraded bosses that have fastened themselves on the party. The fact is considered that Republicans are apathetic and Indifferent because affairs of the locally committed to two bodies, each styling It. self a County One of these lioflies Is so hopelessly boss-ridden and; depraved that no pood can ever come from It. The other Is under a cloud as to its legality. There Is demand' therefore for an active, vigorous, cleancut.

anti-boss organization. The promoters of the Republican Primary Leapue maintain that they have opened the way for Republicans to free themselves from boss dictation and place In the offices of city government clean, capable and honest men." I. To Take Assembly Districts. As prodded in the articles of incorporation, the through. the agency of sub-committees, will be extended from the central league to every Assembly district of the city.

advocates of the hew departure assert that it. will be readily observed that the movement to organize clean elements of the party Is not in the interest of any class, caste or Thomas, P. Woodward, "a well-known printer, is an employer of labor. Emmet P. Barrett Is a member of several fraternal organizations.

E. E. Schmltz is president of the Musicians' Union. Grdsvener P. Ayers la a representative of the mercantile Interests.

David Rich is widely known as a real estate man. John TV. Rogers is active in the Law and Order League and James F. Cheetam is actively identified. with the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association.

George Boyne has lived" forty years In the Forty-third Dis- trict. AH that time he has been engaged In fighting bosses and earning money to pay taxes. A. Ruef was asked to become a director because of his knowledge of law and his abilities as an adviser. E.

Savage, possesses special qualifl- cations for Ex-Chief of Police I. W. Lees is a taxpayer, whose knowledge of local affairs renders him particularly i All Republicans Welcome. The organizers of the league want ths fact' to be known that every good Republican is welcome to Join. The Idea 'is to make the league powerful In every" district, to Induce citizens who have been In-' different to the management of public affairs to unite in an.

effort to oust. the bosses and boss-creatures and place reins, of power Into the hands of trusted V. The league will establish central headquarters and proceed to the establishment of district quarters. The first and most urgent duty ahead Is that connected with' the registration of The next Important will' be the' nomination of representative men to be' voted for at the primary election August 13, when' delegates must be chosen to comprise the municipal nominating con-' ventlon of the party. -Know.

all men by these presents: That we; the undersigned, all. of whom are citizens and residents of the State of California, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the' laws of the State of California, and we hereby, That the name of said corporation be, the Republican Primary League (of San That the purposes for Which it la formed political and social. They are to foster and i maintain the political principles of the Republican to arouse and maintain the Interest of jail electors in the maintenance and i enforcement of the 'primary, election and of all laws relating- to elections. assist. maintain establish district orjanlzatlons of the Republican party 'in each Assembly district In the city and county of San Thomas P.

Woodward Is Elected The Organisation to Be Extended to Assembly Districts. Good Citizens of the Party vited to Join for Clean Primary League Organizes Under Law to Abolish Bosses. REPUBLICANS INCORPORATE FOR CAMPAIGN BLYTHE BLOCK, MADE FAMOUS BY LITIGATION, PASSES INTO THE HANDS OF A NEW SYNDICATE OF CAPITALISTS OF WHICH ISAIA5 W. HELLMAN IS THE LEADING SPIRIT Most Colossal Real Estate Deal Ever Gbhsummated in Califo rounded With Much Secrecy Price Not Disclosed; -hut It Be in fered.".