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Show of the chaos and the work of restoration will be in full swing..; f- ' - , - -. THE RIGHT SPIRIT. A good many people looking on have said and will say that the worst damage of the earthquake and fire in San Francisco fell upon the men who drew from the wealth of the coast the greatest proportion, pro-portion, but there is a beautiful feature about it. The descendants of those men arp minrr tn wnrV n I dead earnest to repair the disaster. At the same time they are keeping their hearts open as becomes Californians. Mrs. Crocker's plan to cover San Francisco with restaurants where men can get wholesome meals at from 5 to 10 cents is a sample, and by the way, men can get more for 5 or 10 cents in -San Francisco than in any other place in the world. The old Miners'. restaurant in San Francisco thirty years ago had a schedule of prices from 15 cents up to as high as any one wished to go. A man from the mountains stopped there for .two weeks His meals at first cost him 75 cents. After two or three days he said to the proprietor: "How is it that all these people who come here eat 15 cent meals?" The answer was, "Because they can get all they want for that money. You will get down to it in another week." The man said, "I guess not." The proprietor said, "I guess yes, and the reason I sav so is that for 15 cents a first rate breakfast or a first rate dinner can be gotten here, as good as you can get in any other town for 75 cents. It is good enough for anybody." And what he said was true. And now if the workingmen of San Francisco can be supplied meals for 10 cents, they all will be able to get from $1.50 to $6 a day according to their ability, and while the city is being rebuilt they will be doing well and have at the-same time plenty of the best kind of food to eat. Senator Newlands is moving in Congress to get national aid for the city as a loan. We have no doubt but that the wealthy men of the East are combining com-bining and planning to discover how much they can spare. In three i weeks morejhere .will be orde? Dut ! |