The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-23
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From Newspapers of
Interior California.

VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From Newspapers of
| Interior California.
| Alameda Telegram: What a piece of
| lunacy for you and me to belong to diff
| ferent nations just because we live on
! opposite shores of a bit of a pondi May
the good Lord teach US better and show
us that one touch of nature makes the
whole world kin.
| AMERICAN SPIRIT.
| Tulare Register: The San Bernardino
| Times Index is of the opinion that we
need revival of American spirit, and
so we do, but there is one thing we do
not want and that is cheap jingOism,
whereby a pretended patriotism is
| made the sport of demagogueS. We
should not wave the red flag of war
every time an international question
arises and before the points at issue
are understood by the people. A great
nation like the United States wants to
be firm and dignified, not spasmodic
and blustery. Uncle Sam must look
well into every controversy, take his
| position with justice and maintain it
with power, but much of the so-called
| \ mericaniSm one sees and hears is very
| cheap and taWdry.
| COUNTRY VERSUS CITY.
| Los Angeles Times: The more rapid
growth of cities than the rural portions
OF our country show is matter that IS
attracting public attention, and grave
Iears are entertained by many as to the
| effect of this upon our national life.
| Perhaps in no State in the Union is
| the drift of population cityWard great
er than in Massachusetts. AS we learn
| from recent census report, published
| by the Massachusetts Labor Commits
| sioner, the State has increased her to-
| tai population over - per cent. since
1885, but the gain is entirely confined to
! the manufacturing towns and cities.
The pretty villages that used to hold
so much of the charm of life, and the
| smaller country towns as well, are
| generally stationary or else have lost
population.
This drift of population from the
| country increases the hardshipS of
those who cling to it, and their bur
denS are propOrtionately greater Upon
the few rest the responsibility of max
ing the country attractive. Abandoned
farms are not inviting and vacant
homes have dispiriting effect upon
| the imagination. Improvements must
necessarily be fewer and the social life
| less attractive. Yet the agricultural
population is that upon which the
whole country depends for its prosper
] L,
| Vancement of the whole.
STREET REPAIRS.
Oakland Times: The principle of re-
Pairing the streets adopted by the
Street Superintendent will be product
i've of good, and by perseVering in it the
condition of the streets generally will
| be vastly improved but repairs should
be made before the streets become al
most impossible Heretofore nothing
| was done to street until it was COM
pletely worn out, and then, of course,
there was nothing for it but to replace
the pavement. A macadamized street
that is neglected soon goes to pieces,
its first requirement is that it be kept
moist and if this is not done it will blow
| away in two or three seasons. Until
| LET ely the method adopted for repair
ing was to throw into a hole in the
street a lot of loose rock, of course it
stayed there only so long as vehicles
were not driven through it, as soon as
| they were. ii was scattered over the
surface of the street to the confusion
of hOrseflesh and the destruction of
good temperS; the repairs merely ag-
| graVated the original difficulty. The
present plan is a decided Improvement
though it is of necessity temporary in
it's character. especially on bitumin-
| lied streets, it is to put concrete COM
| posed OF broken rock and cement into
the hole.
FORCING THE NEW EDUCATION.
Stockton Independent: Stockton is
not the only place where complaints
are made against the practice of over
burdening children with homeless
sons" From all parts of the United
States and even from Britain come
similar complaints and some of those
who have examined into the subject
attribute the evil to defective teaching
lof pedagOgues in the training schools
for teachers. If the science of peda-
gCgy is taught and pursued on the pre-
sumption that all children are endowed
with equal capacity for learning, re-
gardless Of the difference in age, ply
steal development or the maturity or
immaturity Of the understanding, then
the teaching of it must be faulty As
all that the average parent has to
Judge by are the reports brought home
Nv their children, as to the tasks re-
ouired Of them, the evidence is that a
vital element Of that science is neg
lected in the training schools. If the
reports of the children are not correct
then many teachers are imperfectly
trained or they would be able to make
il clear to the pupils that mastering
these home lessons is not obligatory.
FLORIDA ORANGE CROP.
San Diego Union: Again comes the
story that Florida, instead or market
| ing $500 600 boxes of oranges this
winter. as usual, will be able to ship
only 100000 boxes. There seems no
doubt that the report is true, and the
prospects for prices for the California
crop are improved accordingly. This
immense shortage of Florida oranges
means something more however, than
that they will be out of market for one
season. 1t indicates that the an
! nrpViONGlV m
the permanent injury to the orange
trees in that State were substantially
true. Florida will not be a factor in
the orange market for several years.
New trees must come into bearing be-
fore her output will amount to much.
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