The record-union., 1895-07-10
NOTE AND COMMENT.

NOTE AND COMMENT.
We are strongly inclined to offer prize of
some sort for whoever will guess the conun-
drum we are about to propose, why Is 1t
that it took two weeks OF constant proddlng
III the columns OF the press of the city ana
finally personal complaint to officials OF the
city by newspaper men concerning the oo-
struction of the streets by the men who
haul cobbles and broken stone, before
single one of the two score city officers were
moved upon to act and put an end 10 the
nuisance?" Yet such is the tact. Cobbles and
broken stone were scattered daily on the best
residence streets: horses, men, women and
children stumbled over them: buggies and
bicycles were wrecked upon them; strangers
asked why our highways were thus Uttered
with powders and jagged bits of rock, and
yet no one moved to correct the evil until
reporter went before the Trustees and asked
for official action to be taken on his complaint.
Then inside OF twelve hours corrective was
applied, and Contractor Labs, who had
laughed at the efforts to call attention to his
wrong doing, was compelled to harvest his
cobble crop. However, he still continues
to dribble broken stone or road metal through
the streets and when warned yesterday by
representative of the RECoRD-UNIoN that he
would be proceeded against crlminally II he
did lot cease his reply was "How are you
going 10 prove it?" We leave the reply to be
made by whatever city official there may be
whose duty it is to see that the laws are en-
forced. provided always, that after another
two weeks campaign such an officer can be
unearthed Imagine any other city with
claims like ours where it would be tolerated
for an hour that rubbish hauers might scatter
l, oil ha oh yyQV
upon the authorities TO use public funds to
pay for men and teams to gather the obstruc-
tions and cart them of. Yet that is precisely
what is done in the Capital City of California.
Some English women in China not long ago
formed an association to promote the move
ment to have foot binding among Chinese
women abandoned. At this Chinaman is
sues his manifesto and asks the women why
they do not attend TO their own affairs? He
suggests that there is a broader field Tor their
good works at home than in China. He de-
clares that foot binding does not kill, superin-
duce disease, or effect the vital organs; but
that waist-tightening among American, Eng
lish and French women do all these things,
affects the race, reduces vitality, distOrts the
frame cripples the vital organs, congresses
| the lungs and displaces them. And who shall
| say that the Chinaman has not the best of the
argument?
The women of Sacramento cannot serve
| their city better than by organizing a pro-
motive street-cleaning association. They can
accomplish all the title implies if once they
| set about it. With our beautiful shaded
streets of lovely homes cleared OF rubbish
| and kept clear, as may be done easily and
without one dollar of cost, If each owner and
| occupier of home is induced to become
member of the proposed league, sacramento
will have new and sustained boast to add
| to the many she is justified i'll making.
The Hovas of Madagascar have a saying
that their country is projected by two great
Generals, General fever and General forest.
This is true But unhappily for the Hovas
the French expeditionary force has already
passed both the first general and the second,
and is preparing now to advance along the
table lands and take the Hova Capital, which
they viii do about the middle of this month.
! II is probable that the preliminary meeting
| for the organization of the Chamber of Com
merce Will be held Friday evening of this
week All who have signed the petition for
| the call are bound in good conscience to at
| tend. They should make all their engage
| ments this week with that meeting in view
! and not permit any business or social de-
mands to keep them away. Very much de-
| pends upon the beginning in this matter.
| AS an evidence of the darkness of ignorance
| that prevails among the laboring Chinese in
| this country relative to the conditions exist
| ing between their native land and Japan, it
| may be stated that Chinese in this city have
| advices that the war is to be reopened liz
about eight days from this time. They have
| papers from China that are nightly read
| aloud in Chinatown, in which 1t is stated that
China has purchased 500 ships of war and is
preparing to wipe the japanese off of the face
! OF the earth. The local Chinese Will not
| listen for moment to any statement that the
war is over that peace has been concluded
and the treaty signed and exchanged. One of
| the more intelligent of these men stated to US
| that all the American advices are false, and
| that the next few weeks will see the resump-
! tiou of the conflict between the two Powers.
| Before approaching prosperity anarchy
hides its head and sneaks into the under
| brush of cankered hate.