The record-union., 1893-08-04
PRESS VOICE.
Expressions From Editorials of In
terror Papers.
Debate of Current Topics and Thought:
Upon Matters OF Everyday and
Common Interest.

Tulare Register: Suppose that our
Government, seeing that the price of
wheat ruled low in the market, had, for
ten years past, purchased all the surplus
wheat and stored it up in order to raise
the price to living point, what would
have been the resnlt2 What effect upon
the production of wheat would this policy
have had? Would it not have stimulated
production tremendously for time :?
But what effect would governmental
warehouses all over the country, filed to
bursting, eventually have on the mark ct
price? Would not this visible supply"
as ii i called, with the certainty that it
must be thrown upon the markets sooner
or later, depress the market as nothing
else could? Would body dare to buy
wheat for next years consumption with
that mountain of wheat toppling above
his head? And would not the last con-
dition Of wheat-growers be worse than the
first? Now, this is just what has hap
pened to silver. The Government has
bought and stored hundreds of millions
OF dollars worth of silver, and any day
in the year Congress may order it thrown
upon the markets and sold. 1t is this
visible supply" which induced India to
stand from under and which has de-
pressed the price of silver more than any
thing else. But for this business OF stor-
ing much of this silver would have found
its way into the arts and been consumed
IL Is time that silver miners and silver
0dvocutes stopped to think before they
make day hideOus with their howls.
Pasadena star: 1t is no longer necessary
to call your enemy "a parallelogram or an
1cihyosaurus when you want TO black
guard him. Gou can do it more neatly
and with less back number flavor by
saying that he Is a hOUeHkukidgjO, which
means a boneless fish, or fellow without
amy back bone. This is the latest approved
japanese method and always brings a
duel or libel suit.
Los Angeles EgpresS The decision in
the Wong Dip Ken case yesterday will
probably be a surprise to the ardent
friends OF the Chinese in the East. The
general impression among these good peo-
pie has been that a Chinaman could not
obtain justice in the California courts. IN
View of the fact that Judge Billings of the
louisiana District Court had previously
decided that the Imprisonment at hard
4aDOI' clause in the Geary Act was
merely an act OF detention, coupled with
4 sanitary measure. it will probably be a
surprise 10 Eastern people when they
read that California Judge had the nerve
and good sense to look at the matter in Il
more humane light. Judge Ross takes
the proper view that every human being
III N-lb 4 ulLtu 1ldtSS, WITHOUT rGgarU 10
nationality, has inherent rights which
even the lawmaking power is bound to
respect. No person, i'll his opinion, should
suffer Infamous punishment, such as i'm
lrisonment at hard labor, unless after
having Eeen convicted by due process of
law.
Colusa Sun: Politeness brings in the
heaviest dividends. For the amount of
capital invested the proceeds are over
HtnalNF FFnH ~ N'H-r-
tleman OF the most ordinary "turnip-
blood" and want of it Will bankrupt
ali the hlue-bloOd iuheritances in the
world. The man who will swagger down
the street and neglect to stop aside and
allow lady to pass then feel like he be-
longs 10 good family, DON'T know how
many clock -peddlers may have travelled
III his country about the time Of his adj
Vent. The man who addresses a lady by
her given name in company, as though
she were no better than himself misses
ms mark and takes a rank far beneath
her and her associates, under the old
rule that familiarity breeds contempt
Chino Champion: Some may wonder
Why we have our harp tuned so con-
stantly 10 the beet sugar industry. 1t is
simply because we stand almost alone
among the newspapers of the State in
giving tull recognition to this new indus
try. We hrmly believe that sugar beets
and beet sugar give promise of the very
greatest helptulness TO our farmers and
The State in general. Our fruit indus
tries are ably championed by nearly
every newspaper in the State. and we are
proud 10 be the champion Of an industry
standing shoulder TO shoulder with it.
When the sugar problems are better un-
derstood we viii not be so nearly alone.
Oakland Enquirer: Mohammed Alex
ander Russell Webb is discovering that
1t is not altogether sport to publish
paper devoted TO the American Islamic
propaganda" lie complains that he is
misunderstood, misrepresented and
'wickedly lied about.' The truths of
Islamism are not understood. He finds
it necessary TO tell one American editor
that Mohammedans are not Hindus. and
he flies into passion over the assertion
that strong drink, the sword and polyg-
amy are the corner-stones of Islam. We
should not be surprised if Mohammed
Alexander RusselhW ebb would get dis
couraged and go back to India, leaving
this Christian country to its fate.
Fresno HepubttcuH: Santa Clara County
makes good roads by sprlnkling them.
and il is claimed that their cost is not
greater and the result tar more satisfac-
tory than by the old methods. In the ir-
rlgated districts of Fresno County the
roads can be sprinkled at one-half the
q
small ditch constructed along the side OF
the highway, thus saving the cost of
pumping as it is done by Santa Clara and
other unirrigated sections.
Alameda E'aciRaL. For the first time
in our recollection petition has been
forwarded TO the Governor OF this Stale to
not delay the hanging OF culprit con
victed of murder. This petition comes
from Fresno. The party whom its citi-
zens want TO see hung is DR.. Vincent.
who two years ago murdered hIs wife, of.
which crime he was convicted by iurv
in the Superior Court. The case was then
appealed to the Supreme Court, which
honorable body denied the appeal for
new trial. The case was then carried to
the United States Circuit court, from
which decision is daily expected. The
people OF Fresno are tired OF the laws de
lays. Hence their petition to the Gov
ernor.
THE INDUSTRIAL MOVEMENT