The record-union., 1893-05-30
PRESS VOICE.
What Some of the Interior Papers
Say.
Discussing Everything From Politics
to Productions of Cali
fornia.

Bakersfield Californian: The great
| tendency of our lawmakers is to over
| legislate. Every man sent to be Honor
| able by his country constituents is desir-
| GUS of having a batch of laws on the
statute books of his fathering, and as a
result our Statntes are loaded down with
mass of dead letter laws that no one
! ever dreams of enforcing.
Santa Rosa Democrat: The Sacramento
| RECORD UNION has been interesting
itself, which is largely cOmmendable, in
the improvement of country roads. 1t is
vital question, upon which too much
! cannot be said.
San Diego Union: AS more information
has been obtained with respect to the eX-
tradition treaty with Russia, the opinion
has been gaining ground that its ratifica-
tlon would be very Objectionable. 1t
would certainly be contrary to American
| policy to agree to run down political Of
| tenders whose punishment, as has been
well shown by George kennan and other
| travellers in Russia is cruel III the extreme.
Refugees from Russian justice should be
welcomed to the United States and no
treaty would meet with popular APP
proval which obligated this country TO
seize for eXtradition political agitatOrs
who had incurred the enmity of their
home government.
Los Angeles Express: There is reason
in bimetallism, but free coinage Of silver
| cannot be good thing for this country
except on such a basis as will closely con-
form to the market or bullion ratio be-
tween gold and silver, in the absence of
an agreement between the great COM
mercial nations for such free coinage at a
uniform ratio. The idea that the adop-
| ton of free coinage Of silver by the
United States would soon or Immediately
/ 1n Of 1rrTW
value of silver to a parity with gold, on
the existing American coinage ratio of
sixteen to one, is plausibly urged in some
quarters, but has little justification in
| TACT.
Oakland Tribune: The lean and fat type
question has long been a source of con
tention between printer and employer.
Lean or fat type is such as fall below or
above the standard, for setting which the
printer asks extra price. The justiness
of the demand has been generally recog-
nlZed. a uniform standard of measure
ment would undoubtedly be more salts
factory all around.
Pasadena Star: Cooperation among
fruit men is spreading in the central por-
ton of the State. The success of the
Santa Clara growers has inspired manV
others to try the plan. The Willows or
chardists have just organized a drying
and shipping cooperative association
which has resolved to buy twenty acres
of land, at a cost of $500 per acre, for dry
ing ground and site for the necessary
buildings. Already offers of $50 per ton
Tor aprlcots have been made and refused
in that vicinity.
Nisalia Delta: The prospects for the
wheat yield are much better than two
weeks ago. The continued cool weather
has permitted the grain to ill out, and
while the yield will he light it will be
better than was thought possible when
the drying north winds threatened to take
every drop of moisture from the soil.
Los Angeles Times: The triumphs of
barbaric hosts IN the worlds history
were before the days of machine guns.
dynamite and other modern means of
warfare. China could not send her
hordes into America without transport
| ing them across the broad Pacific. and
there is where the rub would be. She
would first have to conquer our navy.
| Then in the attempt to land her armies
on our shores she would be confronted
| by such formidable forces and such
! superior armament as to produce prac-
| tical annihilation of the invaders No
| the forcible invasion OF America from
| the Orient is hardly among the possibili-
/ ties; It is the peaceful invasion that has
! been going on hitherto which is most
I alarming.
| Colusa Su1s: The Oakland Enquare,. de-
clareS that Mr.. Cleveland is not showing
his usual sagacity, else he would use the
small amount of money at his command
IN deporting the highbinders, paupers.
leperS anu other undesirable characters
HOW can our contemporary so misunder-
stand the whole scope of the anti
Chinese movement. 1t was not against
these classes that the movement was
made, but against the laborers the work.
ing Cinnamon, and hence there is no
logic IN the position. If Mr.. Cleveland
could deport but one it ought to be the
one receiving the highest wages; the one
doing the most work. Ii a hundred.
then one hundred skilled workmen
should be selected. This thing Of send
ing out the highbinders is getting clear
round on the other track.
Healdsburg Enterprise: The California
wine trade is in bad condition as COM
pared with what it would be if the wine
growers were united. AS matters stand
trade is at skies and sevens. There is no
head, no united effort. no settled plan.
We advance simply because we can't
help advanclng-despite our work rather
than because of it. Why do not the
grape-growers of Sonoma County band
together, discuss the needs of their in
dustry, ana pursue some rational system
OF placing Sonoma wines before the
Nation in the best possible light? Let US
Iudhe ooloHla name IN the Wine-cOn-
suming world that shall be a SYNONYM
for what is most excellent.
Fresno ErpOSttor: Some erroneous i'm
pressions have gone abroad as to the con-
dItlon OF the vineyards in this county.
| l his has mainly come from the publica-
ton of stories about the ravapes of A
worm that resembles the tobacco worm
OF the Eastern States. Old vineyardists
tell US that this worm is nothing new, but
has appeared here sporadically every year
SINCE the culture of the vines began. They
say it never does any great damage. and
| that 1t only appears on the outskirts of
the vine cultivated area. Its ravages have
not been unusually extensive or damag-
Ing this year. In the heavy vine districts
it has hardly appeared, and has done no
harm whatever On the other hand all
agree that the vines never looked better
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