Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-13

they were much ahead of us. The reason, OF
course, was that they had no labor, and there,
fore all their inyentivencss-al their mental
resources-wcre applied to save human labor
by ;he application of mechanical power.
A New York mercantile firm has been
mulcted in the sum Of $4,000 by the YER
dict of jury in favor Of lady who was
charged with petty theft from the coun-
tiers of the store OF course, merchants
suffer TO some extent by the picking and
stealing of dishonest customers, and they
must needs keep very close watch. But
| they are now taught to be exceedingly GER
tain Of their facts before they humiliate
and disgrace innocent people by charging
them openly and in a crowded store-room
with thicvery. 1t would appear to be Il
safer policy to keep Il sharp watch upon
the counters and to suffer small losses,
rather than make mistakes such as was
made IN the case OF Mrs. Burnham by Il.
H. Macy & Co. The lady was charged by
Macy x Co. with "niPping' from their
counters six pairs Of wool stockings, 4 six
cent brush, some wire soap racks and few
knife rests. She proved that she had pur-
chased such articles at another store Just
before coming to Macy & Cos counters.
The firm seized her upon the charge that
she had stolen the goods from it. The
jury yindicated the lady, and made Macy
&, 20 Sweat" in some thousands of dol
lars.
| \ GENTLEMAN recently returned from a
visit to the Worlds Fair al New Orleans,
and he is man of cool judgnleni-declarc5
that the Exposition is grand success as
an exposition Of the products and in
veGtiye and mechanical genit, Of the
country. But 1t is located too far to one
side Of the contiaent-too distant from tho
ccnters Of population, lie Is of the opin-
ION that California Will profit largely b,
the Exposition, by the advertisement hei
exhibit give, Of her products and capacity
to sustain 4 large population But il
struck him very forcihly that California:
exhibit would have ammOuutod to very
little-would have made 4 bcggarly show.
ing, but for the efforts made by the two
leading railroad corporations in this State
His conclusion was justified. California
woefully neglected to provide for repre-
sentation; the last Legislature neglected
to provide for the matter. and had not the
railroad companies sent out collectors d
exhibits, canyasscd the matter from one enc
Of the State TO the othcr, collected nnC
forwarded goods, and generally have
"worl,ed off" the scheme, California couit
not have been represented 10 her credit.
TnE Louisville C6aTirr-Ioprnd is loya
to its State Matters must be very bad
indeed when Mr. Watterson feels it
necessity to condemn his own people |
any of the evils visiting Kentucky were
due or chaseeable TO Republicans, or t
50 carpct-haggcrs, bc sure Nj Wattcrsol
! Nott' moo IAN ~ h''h' Wv INV hHo"H
But Kentucky is in trouble, and Demo
cratic administration is al the bottom of i
all, According TO the Journal the Stat
debt !, getting beyond control, and is grow
ing at such rate as to create grave alarm
y great deal of corruption in the Stat
and county affairs is being disclosed. Th'
criminal laws are not enforced, and Grim
NAL trial, are pronounced as farcical anc
trayesties upon justice. All this is Yer!
bad, and Il the bluegrass, Democracy i
not equal to the correction Of these evil
Kentucky mus. needs appeal to the Repub
lican party, which !, always equal to tn,
ta,J, Of straigh'cning out Democratic crook
ednsss.