The record-union., 1895-04-26
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Pacific Coast.
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Tacoma LEDGER

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Tacoma Ledger
The vacant lot farm" experiment in
the city of New Y York does not promise to
be much OF a success, although 1t Is not
really vacant lot farming" but suburban
farming on Long Island by which it is
proposed to assist the worthy poor OF that
city. Many to whom the offer of land
for cultivation has been made think, it is
said, that 1t is a scheme to get an adYanI-
age of them in some way. Still, consid-
erahle interest has been aroused in the
subject, and one philanthropist, whose
name Is withheld, has offered TO give
several thousand acres Of land to the poor
OF New ork II they will settle on it and
work it. The land IS in the northern part
OF the State, and the owner says he will
divide 1t up into ten-aCre farms, giving
title IN fee simple for every alternate
farm to every man who will settle on the
land and live there.
4 FIFTY-CENT MAN.
Portland Oregonian.l
A man who calls himself bimetallist,
yet would give free coinage TO the in
feriOr metal upon a ratio that makes il
worth less than 90 cents on the dollar,
and would let out gold comUletely-is it
possible TO have patience with him? He
Is silver monomeIallist and a 50-cenL-
dollar man.
APPLIES TO SOME OTHER TOWNS.
bakersfield Echol
If you see two men in consultation in
Bakersfield beware of them. And if
there be three OF them, it is entirely safe
to conclude that they intend to steal
something. Should the same three he
seen together more than once in the same
week, don't lail to point them out to
strangers as dark and dangerous con-
spIrators. These methods tend 10 pro-
mote harmony and cooperation in the
town and add strength and Duoyancy TO
ali worthy enterprises. Moreover, it en-
COurages capital and enterprising citizens
to come here II they find that everybody
IS thoroughly suspicious OF every body
else.
SENSATIONAL JOURNALISM.
Oakland Times1
The people Of this community and the
State have been naQseated with tie flood
OF demoraIizing sensation sent out
through the columns OF the press since
the tragical event at the Emmanuel
Church OF San Francisco, until every
family is crying out, Enough OF this
vile stuff; give US rest ~
ARMENIANs.
San Jose Herald.
The Armenians evidently take no stock
In Lew Wallace's diCtum that The un-
speakable Turk is a Christian gentle
nIan. They are preparing to do a little
massacring on their own account. and it
is to be hoped that they will make good
job OF it.
THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.
[Wheauand -Four Corners
Is it right to store millions of cubic
feet of slickenS and sand i'm thu
tributaries OF orr streams, producing ar
titicially high grades which in wears to
come, when hydraulic claims have been
exhausted and the impounding works
left to destructive natures care, will in
crease the erosions? Will the provisions
OF the Caminetti Act not allow of a con-
tinuOus food of debris hundreds of years
after mining by this process is aban-
dOned? our Bear River farmers, who
were the first to raise the alarm on this
question, do not recognize the Caminetti
law as a satisfactory ultimatum. How
ever, they have accepted it as a tempo
rary provision, knowing it is much bet
ter than no legislation at all, and the best
that could be secured at the last session
of Congress. This question will never
be settled until our Government saws to
the capitalist, "N ou must be satisfied to
work your claims by the drifting process.
You may take the gold out of mountain.
DuI IhuSI nv tliON bue mountain down
on the valley land or in the navigable
streams and bays OF CaIifornia. Ii YOU
do, we can give you more assistance and
encouragement because your work will
share the profits more equally between
capitalists and State. By the hydraulic
system you seriously impaired the states
resources and gave an mperativeIy small
return in labor, which is the wealth of
our people. True, you took out hun
dreds of pounds of a circulating medium,
but its value has been given by invest
ment in Europe and Asia. What you
term more expensive mode of mining
is the richest for the State"
TIE COMING PAPER.