The record-union., 1893-08-18
PRESS VOICE.
Expressions Of Several Interior
Papers
On Topics of General Interest and
Daily Concern to All the Peo-
pie In the State.

Santa Rosa Republican: There has been
good deal of scolding here for long
time about bad roads, and considerable
annual expenditure for road patching
ana yet here is not mile of tirst-class
road III the county outside of the towns.
Inc people continue to drag to town
through mud in winter and dust in sum
mer, hauling less than half loads, killing
their teams and breaking down their
wagons in so doing. and all the while
grumbling or swearing about the condi-
tions which they make small effort to i'm
prove. 1t is fact that in the grange are
many OF the most enterprising farmers Of
the county, Such men come to us every
lew days 10 declare that they would like
To see million dollars OF the bonds OF
this county put into highways that will
last century. These are the stirring
farmers who drive distance Of six ten
or twelve miles to town with their pro-
ducts mornings before their less enter
prlsIng nelghDors get out OF bed. one
such man Is worth more to tie county
generally than Il dozen of the whining
complaining, unprOgrossiVe KIND. These
men have 10 fear OF bonds. They give
notes and pay them. They plan and
they perform. They are very tired OF
travelling over poor roaGs ana are about
ones. 10 do this they will vOie and issue
the Jouds Of this county, unless these
people who are afraid OF DoudS VIII devise
better way To raise Tie necessary money.
Inc roads must he Euilt. Iney are a
necessity ior our comfort, convenience
and profit, and their construction viii
give our great county prominence that
can be secured III no olher way.
COlusa Sun: / here should be Il United
hsltt
sand inhabitants. These baHISs should
he furnished Wlh currency redeauIaDle
M the money or commerce NJ hether gold
ana silver or gold or silver. Inis should
be hired out unier regulations OF the
reaSury department. The rate oi inter-
eat should DC liked accUIdlu., to the de-
mand. II should not UG Il charity in,tilu-
ton, loaning none for the benefit OF
amy class or anybauy, Out only ou such
security as i bank IN New J Ota would
take OF a citizen in California. EuleS
would have 10 be rigid ana strict. IIe~e
banks could draw bills OF exchange on
each other or on foreign countries. Tins
shouid not be mixed up with the PoDu-
lists scheme OF making, money Tor Glasses
to gel ior sweet chariLy's sake. IL would
he business, pure and simple. VITA
such u system there could be no panlcs.
no hiding away oi money; and tie !.ter-
est the people would pay would run The
who.e Government.
Bakerstield "a tJoiAiujt: The CUTTER
HfoH anticipated that somebody wouid
say something mean about the reduction
IN IrGIGAt RAGS on urIcd fruits ana raisinS
10y the ooutAern PacilIc, but it did not
suppose that anybody would be quite so
luIutlc as 10 believe That tuat road would
haul such comm 3dities TO san Francisco
and turn them over to Il rival concern to
be carried to New York for less than il
Won Il Itself perform such service. The
r&IirOSd has been charged with d0ing a
great many foolish things, but it is going
a little TOO far TO affect To believe that it
wouih indulge III tLrOat-cutting business
OF thi KIND. And ny the way, If those
editors VINO fancy that died lrjliis can lie
c'rrlt successfully and cHeapiy rom,
81, bakers !. eIu 10 New urN by r.il aud
water, would try an experimental snip
ment, they would he Il great deaf wiser
than they are now. Trey would like
wise be considerably poorer.
Tulare RegjsteF: In Tulare County
there are acres OF nOXious weeds growing
by the roadside and along ditches getting
ready to spread their seeds tar and wide
In and about lulare are great stretches of
sunh0wers, cockleburs, ETC., that promise
additional work to come for those who
take pride in having their trees and
alfalfa show above the weeds. The hirh-
way is public property and is glaring
example of shiitieSsuesS and neglect
upon the part of the public, which is al
ways going to do something better and
cheaper than individuals possibly eau.
If the public was to manage a railroad as
II does an ordinary country highway, we
would be again crossing the plains with
bull teams within two years after the ex-
pertinent commenced.
Colusa Sun. Senator PETER proposes
to issue $500, 600 900 in fiat money reqeem-
able in Government bonds at par, If the
bonds should be i'll demand the money
would go out of circulation and into the
bonds; if the bonds were drag the
money would be discontinued. We want
stable money-money with as few out
side things TO affect it as possible. When
man taxes his money to-day he don t
want to feel like it was possible for some
specializing bonds to make it worth less
Tomorrow.
Santa Cruz Surf. The Voorhees, cur
rency bill, introduced by Senator Voor-
hees on Monday and indorsed by letter
from Secretary Carlisle, is very petty
and puerile remedy for the financial ills
which now distress our country. The
assumed increase of SO, ,000, 0OO in the vol
ume OF currency will lie an impercept-
ibIe relief to the money market. and the
measure is in the line of aiding and per-
petuating the class favoritisIn which the
country expects the democratic party to
abolish rather than foster.
Oakland Tribune: The way to over
come so-called hard times is for every
man VINO owns piece OF property to
make such improvements az may be
needed thereon-carpentering plum bling
painting, whitewashing and whatever IL
may be that is needed. In this way the
idle will be employed and money will be
put in circulation.
Oroville Ne3U Era: The present stag
nation in business. circles cannot last
very long, as there is a certain amount of
trade that must be attended to, sooner or
later. The entire new control OF Ma
tional affairs renders producers and man
uiacturers indifferent about doing any
thing more than needed until some de-
cision is reached in regard to tariff regu-
lations. If satisfactory schedules are
adopted to hire labor at present rates or
somewhere near them in this country,
operations may be resumed ON an extern
sive scale. otherwise the trade will be left
to foreign operatives, who work for wages
far below the American standard.
Los Angeles Times The remark is
frequently heard from people who oppose
legislation in the interest of silver that
Great Britain holds mortgage on this
country in the shape OF bonds to the value
of several hundreds OF millions of dol
lars, which mortgage she might forecIose
III case we make her real mad" 1t
should be remembered, however, that the
only way in which England could obtain
gold FROM these bonds, before they reach
maturity, would be by Offering them on
the open market. IN such case Americans
would have chance to make big profit
by selling bonds back to John Bull after
he had cooled down little
Woodland Democrats There is not one
word in President Cleyeiand's message
which indicates that he is opposed to bi-
IDatafiiSfu or that % vUn11IJ not r,i,-o ,