The record-union., 1893-11-10
PRESS VOICE.
Some Ideas From Interior California
Journals.


Pasadena Star The era of road build
ing has not yet been ushered in. The
public moneys devoted to the purpose are
scattered in scratching little here, patch
ing little there and accomplishing noe
much that is desirable any place, except,
it should be added, in the way OF building
bridges.
San Jose Herald; Let us hope that the
ladies who are trying to reform the press
will begin at the right end. The only
really effective way OF reforming the
press is to cease to support corruptAand
sensational newspapers, and support
those papers only who maintain and de-
fend the right and condemn tho wrong.
When this is done, there will be no need
to talk about reforming the press-the
press will reform itself.
Oakland Tribune: 1t will not take long
to settle that Honduras incident" 1t is
a pity, however, that the Captain of the
Costa Kica didn't land boat load of deck
hands and clean out the republic. lis
reasons for not doing so was probably
urged by fear of discharge for delaying
the sailing of the steamer. On his return
trip he can resent the insult" by turn
ing the hose" on the pigmy nation. AS
for demanding satisfaction ~ that would
be altogether too absurd.
Truckee Republican: "Why don't you
throwing down blanket sheet daily.
why don't you run a store like that?'
said the publisher of the country sheet,
as he turned to full-page advertisement
that brought the city publisher $3.50 an
issue. Just then the country publish er
presented monthly bill for So. and the
merchant began to talk of economiZing
by cutting down his advertising for him.
Los Angesles Tribune: The awful
catastrophe at Santander, in Spain, re-
minds one forcibly that modern inventive
ingenuity has added greatly to the dam
gers which beset the lives and limbs of
mankind in this nineteenth century. 1t
is true that civilization has given US com
paratiye immunity from wild beasts.
savage tribes and eebooters-although
the train robbers aae always with us--but
in place of these we have the dangers TO
life which attend the use of high ex-
plosiyes.
Los Angeles Herald: Pugilism is quite
evidently on the decline, and it is high
time that the authorities should give it its
death blow. 1t is queer commentary
on American civilization that a bruiser
can earn in year, if successful, more
than Professor Agassiz received in the
best ten years of his life. There is some
thing radically wrong in a people of
whom that can be truthfully said
San Jose Mercury: There are no longer
any doubts in the minds OF intelligent
men that the coming winter will bring
large crowds of Eastern people to Cali
fornia, and that the counties which make
a good showing OF their resources will
reap benefits that will be felt for all time
to come.
Colusa Sun: When farmer has va
riety of products for sale something is
always good price. Fat hogs are worth
now six cents a pound on foot, and they
can be profitably grown and fattened at
half that price. Eggs have been beyond
the reach of consumers. In fact the Cali
fornia eggs cannot be had. and merchants
have had to send East for them. With
these two common products high and in
demand, no farmer ought to be hard-up.
1t has been impossible to get eggs Tor tie
last month. OF course eggs and po k
may go down, but something else will be
high. 4 man on small, irrigated farm
can always have something that is good
price: and, hard as the times have been.
neighborhoods where irrigation is the
rule have not felt the depression.