The record-union., 1895-10-11
WHAT WILL CONGRESS DO?
Oakland Times.


Petitions are being circulated through
out the Eastern states calling upon Con-
gress TO at once take action in the matter
OF recog MIXING the belligerency of Cuba
in its struggle for liberty, and it is ex-
peCted that as soon as the session opens
both houses will be flooded with these
petitions and it is further e1p ected that
Congress will take early action in the
matter.
Failure on the part of Congress to take
action Will carry the question into the
Presidential campaign of next year. and
warm night will be made for Cuban
patriots. and candidates for Congress Will
be obliged TO lake definite stand on the
question; and the Presidential candidate
must be known to be in sympathy with
the Cuban cause and for the recognition
Of the belligerent rights OF the CuDans.
The press OF both the great parties are
unanimous for recognition, and in all
probability, If Congress fails TO act, the
platforms of both parties will contain
positive instructions upon that imp port
ant question.
HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
lColusa SUM-
When improvements are under discus
sion the San Francisco great dailies all
howl Tor them no matter what the cost
but when The day comes around they all
cry out against the least increase of taxa
ton; they all demand rapid transit along
the streets until somebody gets hurt and
then they cry out against 1t and denounce
the com pany that has tried to do as de-
manded of it. If laboriug man in the
employment of the street railroad COM
pany happens TO run ov0r q child the in
ference from the comment is that he had
to DO it to please his employer, and that
nothing so. pleases that corporation as a
dead and mangled child; that same en-
ploye on strike, tearing up the prop
erty of his employer and numbering the
remaining faithful ones, is a patriot who
should be toasted on all occasions. Next
to metropolitan policies, metropolitan
journalism Is the hardest thing under the
sun 10 understand.
CHEESE.
LTulare Register
Up in Canada where cows have to be-
housed and ted fully six months in the
year the dairy business pays very well,
but here, where cows can be pastured the
year round and do not have To be housed
at all little attention is paid TO dairying.
W e could ship cheeses 20 tina ends of the
earth ii we had u mind TO, but as it is CAL
ifornia imports cheese from the ends OF
the earth. by the way, why cannot Cali
fornia make Swiss Dutch cheese? Is
there any kink in the business OF cheese
making that our people cannot learn?
DOMESTIC SERVICE.
bakersfield CaIifornianl
There are hundreds of families in the
country who would be glad to give COM
Portable positions TO capable women at
fair salaries. The high wages prevalent
in the city are beyond The ability of those
III the country to pay. yet when an effort
Is made TO persuade u house servant to go
into the country she always demands
q m IL cd
to go to the country.
ROADS SOUTH.
Los Angeles Expressl
An attempt is being made to stir up an
interest in the matter of good roads in
and about the city. There is great deal
of apathy in the matter, as many consider
that it is inaugurated solely for the benefit
OF those who ride bicycles. There is no
improvement OF so great Importance TO a
city as good roads. One OF the very iirst
of the many improvements undertaken
by Chicago was the construction OF stable
turnpikes and beautiful bouievards. it
was au important factor in the growth OF
that city and is as important Tor Los An
geles. The imnitlgabIe nonsense of con-
structing house and improving the road
in front of it, relying on the man who
builds next door TO do the same, still
clings to many people in this city. In
roads are constructed as al inducement
to building, ana this in every Instance
has proven gratiiyingly successful. No
great city has poor roads leading into it.
KILLING THE GOOSE.
Los Angeles Herald.
"Killing the goose that lays the golden
egg is something that can be done and
is done in a variety OF ways. One OF the
most effective methods Is putting up the
prices of land so high as 10 practically
prohibit the sale of them, al least pre-
won't them from being bought and i'm
proved extensively by people desiring 10
possess and make tho best use OF natural
resources There is strong tendency
toward this style of goose-killing in
California especially in certain southern
portions OF the State where natural adj
vantages arc marked and so important
g factor in attracting settlers and home
builders from less favored regions
Every man who offers land for salo has
ut least u legal right to ask ana take all
he can get Tor it. But the question is
whether the policy of running up prices
OF land TO the highest figures obtainable
is in the long run best for even land
sellers themselves. Would it not be wiser
for them To offer their property at prices
which home-seekers could afford to pay,
and would pay, without risk OF being
discouraged over results and swamped
finally in their efforts to establish COM |
Portable homes on California soil? Ii GER
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