Where Reason Doesn't Prevail.
By Editor
A little bit of comment on the part of two newspapers gives us a significant sign of the times in which we live. The Willows (Cal.) Review says: "The knowing ones predict that as soon as the temporary buildings are constructed in San Francisco no new contracts will be accepted until the labor market is more stable. No contractor wishes to figure on labor at $3.50 per man, and when the work is under way to have the men strike for $5.00 a day. . . . Let reason prevail." To which the San Francisco Chronicle replies: "We do not dispute our contemporary's statement of facts, but beg to assure it that its demand that reason should prevail is a vain one. In cases of the kind it is not reason which rules, but the principle of 'all the traffic will bear.' It may be a bad rule, but it is operative in every instance, and so long as contractors or men contemplating improvements will consent to the traffic imposed, just so long will it be levied."