The record-union., 1894-12-07
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Murmurs and Other Expressions From
Interior Newspnpers.

Murmurs and Other Expressions From
Interior Newspapers.
[Tulare Register
Tears, idle tears, have been wasted
over the fact that wheat is being fed to
stock, and apostles of calamity the coun-
try over have been throwing up their
hands and crying out against condition
of things which results in feeding bread
stutfs to swine. Well, what would you
feed the poor swine then? Barley?
Barley bread is the staff of Europe.
Would you feed them oats? Oatmeal is
what makes such fine men in Scotland,
as well as fine horses in England. Would
you give corn TO the nogs? The con-
sumption of cornmeal by the people Of
the world is growing rapidly, and corn
bread and hominy has been the staff OF
life in the South for generations. The
thing TO iced hogs in order to make pork
is the stuff that will make the most and
best pork for the least money, and Just
now that stuff appears to be wheat; and
1t Is not only right to feed it to hogs, but
1t would be all wrong not to feed It,
a MYSTERY.
Chico Chronicle-Record.l
One of the great mysteries of the pres
ent day and generation is, Why will col
Iege students persist in acting like hood
lums when they go out for a little tun
Most of them are gentlemen, and they
certainly take no delight in many Of the
acts OF which they are guilty.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
stockton independently
1t cannot be said Of the Presidents
message that one has to search through
a bushel of chaff to find grain OF wheat.
The time -honored' comment never was
more inappropriate than now. The
President is very outspoken on three
subjects, namely, pensions, the tariff and
the currency. His opinions have not
been influenced by the elections for he is
as pronounced in favor of tree sugar and
free ships as could be expected or de-
sired by the most ardent free trader.
His premises on the bond and currency
question are logically stated, and few Will
dispute the correctness of his view that
the device for depicting the treasury of
gold is pernicious, but the President
omitS to notice the practice OF the Treas
ury department to refrain from paying
out silver when it can as well be en-
Administration aids pernicious system.
ENGLISH oRTHOGRAPHY.
stockton Mail
The old cry against the "barbarous'
photography of the English language is
being raised again. a Mrs. Toomy of
San Francisco declared before the Sacra-
mentO County Teachers Institute that to
the outlandlsh manner Of spelling was
greatly due the illiteracy existing in this
country. a contemporary adds that the
arbitrary and unreasonable pronuncia-
ton of many of our words is also respon
sible for the ignorance of so many people,
and recommends that the eccentricitlcs
OF our language be eradicated. Both in
Structor and newspapers appear to forget
that the individual is chiefly to blame Tor
his illiteracy, and not the manner in
which the language is written and
spoken. Many have no opportunity 10
learn; others have the opportunity but
not the desire; while still others have
both the opportunity and desire, but not
the ability to surmount the alleged diff
culties OF English orthography.
COME DOWN.
Oakland Times
With the advent of the new year the
price of bicycles will, it is said, be cons.d-
erably reduced. This is right. The fad
of bicycle riding has been profitable one
tor the manufacturers, who have asked
outrageous prices for the machines. Now
that the bicycle has become firmly ell
trenched in the good graces of the public
the prices should be brought down to
such point as will permit of it's still
wider use.
THE MESSAGE.
TSan Jose Mercury.l
The document would be cOiOrless and
Of little moment were 1t not for the
recommendations in regard to the cur
rency. In this part of the message the
President outlines a definite policy for
obtaining an elastic currency at once and
the eventual retirement of all Govern
ment notes from circulation. Whatever
position the various parties NAV here
after assume in regard to this issue. it is
certain that the proposed policy will
part of it will come from the Presidents
own party. 1t will probably form the chief
subject of Congressional debate during
the coming winter, and Will align on one
side all who are opposed to the banks
and believe that the Government should
issue its own money, and on the other all
who agree with Cleveland that the
Government should issue no notes at all
and that "the absolute divorcement of
Government from the business of bank
ing is the ideal relation of the Govern
rnent to the monetary circulation of the
country"
ORGANIZED VAGABONDAGE.
Oakland Tribune.
The Chief OF Police is ready to move
on the headquarters of organized vaga-
bondage in this city, backed by popular
sentiment; The voice OF the people is ::
The Industrials must gon' Let the
strong arm of the law be first laid upon
the man who is the head center and chief
organizer Of this misnamed industrial
Army" The evidence Of his otfeuses
against the vagrancy laws of the State
seems to be overwhelming. There is My
one way to deal with organized vagrancv,
and that is to break it up, and the easiest
and quickest way to accomplish this is to
administer the penalties OF law to the
head of the movement.
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