Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-17
SENATOR STAMFORD.
He GIVES HIS VIEWS ON SOME OF
TIE QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR-
y Suggestion With Regard to the
Irrigation Probiem-Labor in
America and Europe.
IS. F. cali, August 16th.I

city yesterday from Washington, and was
seen last evening by CAL reporter SEN
ator Stanford said ~ regret very much
was unable to be here during the encsmp-
mont Of the Grand Army of the Republic.
as I would have liked very much TO have
been with our people on that occasion. I
met = great many persons East who had
just returned from visit to California, and
the impression they had all formed regard
ing the great resources of our State were
extremely favorable, especially regarding
the great wheat crop OF this year, and our
| other agricultural products.
with regard to The wine Bill, lately be-
fore Congress at Washington, 1 did the
best in my power 10 aid in procuring bill
that would be favorable to the home in
dustry of our State The Senate cannot
| originate bill dealing with questions of
| revenue, and unfortunately this bill did so.
| consequently I had to wait until bill
| came in from the House of Representa-
| tives to which | could attach an amend
ment. l watched every opportunity to
push it as fast as | could. 1t passed the
Senate but failed to pass the House. / ex-
pGCl IL WILL pass iLllO a law tdIiy ueAl
session"
Referring to the subject of irrigation,
| Senator Stanford said Water for irriga-
ton is one of the most important questions
| to the people of this State, and will become
| more and more so IS our population i'll
creases. None will be satisfied with n
| settlement that viii not permit complete
| utilization OF all water of the State so far as
it can be usefully applied. The rights OF
! must be fairly protected. Through the
| right of eminent domain the State is in a
| condition TO control the waters as its in
| terests may require / depreeate nasty ac-
| ton, yet believe in prompt and vigorous
| consideration OF the subject rs the best wis
| dom of the people may determine. | doubt
| whether we are prepared at present to fully
| determine the wisest policy 10 pursue. and
! ! would be glad if the present LEGISLATURE.
now in session-unless they are very clever
| themselves Is to what ought 10 be done
/ il they were TO appoint q committee OF
| their number TO report on the entire matter
! at the next regular session of their body.
| We want more information on the subject.
| The water required in a district depends
very much on the natural rainfall. IN the
northern districts, where the rainfall is
great, the amount of water required is na-
| turallv less than in the lower parts of the
NlltIG lLS lEStt4SSAl- Is sAildli it4l
proper system of rain gauges established in
the different districts we could determine
/ what quantity of water would be needed
| for each district and the streams could be
| distributed accordingly"
! Co1versing on the subject of recent ast-
| tationS and methods of expressing public
sentiment, Senator Stanford remarked: II
| think that newspapers do vast amount of
/ good in the country. When the public
l. u.
| the country Of false education or errone-
Gus opinion it can easily make public
| sentiment to correct it, | regard boycott
/ ting as only a temporary evil, as / see that
| the entire press is entirely against it. Our
| people will find that they must always re-
! gard the Just rights Of Others. II labor does
| anything TO jeopardize its legitimate infu-
| ence il will iDjure itself. The labor of
woTkincman is his capital, and lis value de
! pendS on lis power OF production. ] haYe
| no special objection to the eight-Lour law,
| but do think ii unwise to restrict the
| hours i'll calling where more than eight
| hours can be employed without any phvsi-
| cal injury TO the laboreT, because The Ia
! borer is most interested in the productive
power of his toll impair his power of
labor and you impair lis principal capital
/ know no stronger illustration of labor be-
ing compensated according to its power of
liOAutlDn iutti l6 ~ tc lDuilN III tHe lGCN
| thar Q laboTer on the banks of the Nile Ie-
ceiyes AS his daily pay for raising wheat
red radish. In India for similar work the
lahorer obtains five cents q day, while here
iii California he gets 81 They all send
their wheat 10 common market-Eng-
lGnd-and q kernel of wheat raised in Cali
fornia viii sell for the same price there as
q kernel grown in India or on the banks Of
the Nile, and the reason why farmer in
G.f oYv1Ta 1s-1. g
which he does is because the labOrer here
produces SO much more t3an does the la
bOrer in India or on the banks Of the Nile.
/ We see here in this State wheat cut,
| thrashed and put in the sack for cent
and half the 100 pounds. Here in this
State the laborer calls to his aid labor
saving machines iii the other countries
mentioned there is scarcely anything used
beyond physical power. In our country
more than any other country in the world
labor saving machines are used, and our
great prosperity is owing very largely to
, the proper application and direction of la
Dor with all the aid that an intelligent
people can supply. Ny idea is that what
/ we want is to improve the intelligence of
all classes in the country, and particularly
the intelligence OF the lab0rer. The pecu-
| liarity of our situation and our comparative
freedom from war gives TO us the opportu-
Hliy IL COIlSlufI illpfS CbTtlullI the efSfA-
| ton of the masses than has been possible
| in other countries. Our government rests
on the theory of the inelienable rights of
| man. All other governments, whether re-
publican or monarchical, have been found
ed bv force and exist on force. During this
period of universal peace we behold an
army in Europe of 1000 600 soldiers, which
is maintained solely but for one or two
purposes-either to resist aggression or to
A. hoo
been founded on force, and are maintained
by force, the first consideration Of their
statesmen is how TO strengthen tbe mower
of the Government that has been and is
still the object they have in view. The la
boring man is above all Others the most in
terested in preserving the rights OF prop
erty. for all property is the fruit of labor,
and as the value OF labor will depend on
its greater ability to supply the warls OF
mankind the great consideration of the
statesman should be to educate and increase
the power of the lahorer.
When ! was in Europe one thing which
struck me as surprising was the great ex-
penditure in the maintenance of soldiers
but what TO me was much more surprising
still was the great waste Of labor which l
noticed The wheat crop of California this
year will, ii is estimated, yield breadstnfis
for twenty millions of people, and to pro-
men, women and children are engaged in
agricultural pursuits. All our other ayri-
cultural industries are also in l0urishing
condition. This is entirely attributable 10
the fact that labor is SO intelligently di-
rected and applied In Bavaria, which has
a population of seven millions and is
neither commercial nor manufacturing.
but purely agricultural country, the peo-
pie, who are the most industrious in The
world, find themselves at the end Of each
year as poor ss when it began, and all
owing to tie fact that their labor is not INTEL
lectually directed or applied. They dig the
ground with the spade to SOW the wheat,
and when ii ripens they cut it with the
sickle, and the men and -women-for the
women are as industrious there as the men
carry the sheaves to the village. where it
is thrashed out with the fail. These peo-
pie export not grain, and sptly illustrate
the great loss arising from the waste OF
labor by It's not being Intellectually directed
and applied"
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Barthoidis Statue of ..LiheTty Eniieht-
ening the World"