The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-06-06
PRESS VOICE.
Expressions by Prominent Interior
Papers.
Subjects of Living Importance-What
the California Press
Thinks,

Los Angeles Herald: The question of
issuing bonds is again coming to the fore
III Washington Treasury circles. The
stock OF gold i'll the Government vaults
has fallen to SIS, 900, 000 and the end is not
yet, from all indications. OF course, if
the treasury officials continue to pay out
gold and receive silver the result may be
easily foretold. Why not try the sur
prlslngly easy experiment OF paying out
sllVerY We should thus give that much
disprized metal a splendid boost" and
hold on to our present stock of gold, at
least. Even silver standard, with indie
pendence, would be far preferable to
gold standard with slavish dependence on
Wall street in New York, aud Change in
London.
The Orange Belt: One of the most neg
lected duties of county government is
building good roads. Butte County is
setting an example that should be fol-
lowed by every county in the State, in
raising $500, 900 by bonds to expend upon
her roads i'll the next three years.
Santa Barbara Press: II this republic
can form OF government is to be perpetu-
ated and our free institutions are TO be
preserved, it must be done upon the
groundwork Of the intelligence ofthe peo-
pie. Ignorance cannot form the super
structure, nor is it able to operate the ma
chinery of social and political organize
ton. 1t can attain no results that are es-
sential to the maintenance Of our system
OF government.
Riverside Enterprise Under its pres
ent system of high license Riverside may
be called a model temperance city. 1t
Will compare tavorably in this respect
with any town in the Union. Why make
change? License the traffic in liquor,
since 1t cannoL-or never has been-sup-
pressed. Issue no license to disreputable
persons; in fact, surround the business
with every wholesome regulation, but do
not handicap this ambitious and prosper
GUS county with that moral ''Old man of
the sea" prohibition.
Oroville MercaTY The RECORD UNION
is agitating the holding of a good road
convention for the purpose Of discussing
the problem of better roads. such would
be OF inestimable value as a means of
distributing Information regarding the
construction OF better highways.
Santa Rosa Democrat: Last year w. II.
Mills made good suggestion before the
Board of Trade and had it been adopted
we would now be reaping the benefits.
Mr.. Mills pointed out that there are
thousands of communities east OF the
Mississippi River able and willing to buy
our fresh fruits but unable to do so be-
cause we have no arrangements by which
anything less than carload can be
supplied. Our fruit, he said, was often
sent in a glut to be sold cheap in Chicago,
when towns all around would gladly take
it at full prices if they could get it in
such quantities as they could handle.
oysters are supplied fresh to all these
little places by an easy system of ship
ment. and there seems to be no reason
why California fruit could not be sup
piled in the same way. Our fruit-grow-
ers ought to find way to apply this sys-
tenn to fruit shipping from this State, or
devise better system.
Oroville NeW Era: People are talking
about hard times, and are to some extent
beginning to practice economy. But does
the State economic? Not much. The
State piles on the taxes and squanders
the peoples money. There are more tax
eaters, and voracious ones, in California
than in any State in the Union according
to the population. We invite immigra-
ton and boom for an increase of popula-
ton while we are taxing the people
already here to death. The State tax is
80 per cent. above what it ought to be.
The State tax is so high that counties
cannot impose an adequate tax for nee
essary public improvements. If the peo-
pie OF California want return of pros
perity, they must choke off the tax
eaters. [Capital removal would make
the above grievance still stronger