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portant articles of diet, and ought to be
sold for not more than one-half of the
prevailing prices. Let US have reform in
Calliornla IN this matter. Here III Los
Angeles, as we are informed, where flour
Is selling 1T from 50 y to s. 50 per barrel
as much as SI2 to SI4 worth of bread is
made out of a single barrel. This is An
inordinate profit. Why should not the
size Of the loaf be regulated by ordi-
nance, and the price OF the loaf cut in
two?
NEVER THOUGHT IT.
IColusa Sun
OF course from beginning to end the
Juror about Governor Budd's election
was all a sham. They, who got
up the idea OF a contest, knew when they
Gld IL That 1t was all bOsh, but for the sake
OF little excitement and sueaking hope
that y might annoy the Democrats they
cried ont for recount. OF course that
did not in the least annoy the think
ing Democracy of California, for it would
De too big scheme for their enemies to
undertake with any hope of success,
Budd, being duly elected for the term,
Will OF course be the chief magistrate
curing the ensuing four years. Some of
the press seemed a little scared and the
disputants, taking courage, raised war
cry That only amounted TO a noise. The
sun has never for a moment thought the
great commonwealth of California would
permit her choice for chief magistrate to
be ruthiessly set aside.
ELEMENTARY TREATMENT.
lSanta Cruz Sentinel
When Sacramentans told the tramps to
break rock or leave the city, they pro-
claimed an elementary law of the uni
verse. And when General " Kelly,
speaking for the tramps, declared that
thew WOull not work TlIpGS rhavr cCrlI
make their own terms, he was defying
that elementary law. Work or starye'5
IS the command and penalty announced
Tor the government of man. We may
not like the sound of this edict, but we
cannot get away from it; it is written in
the constitution of things. 1t applies
alike to savages and civilized people.
Man takes his life encunbered with the
condition of labor. IT he wishes to live
he must work. lie must himself pay for
the food he eats. The universal law
takes hold OF every man as soon as he en-
ters the world, and never lOOsens its
grip, SO that when labor IS offered to
man and he is told to work or
starve," ne has no right to complain
OF those who make the conditional
offer; If he has a grievance founded
on that injunction it lies against the
Creator and. not against his fellow.
A SOUND POLICY.
Stockton independently
Governor Markham's recommendation
concerning roads is that the general high
ways, or trunk lines" as he calls them,
should be made at the general cost OF the
county, leaving to the road districts the
feeder lines" The argument in support
of this policy is sound. 1t is that the
whole county is interested in the high
ways and should be taxed for max
ing them and keeping them in repair,
leaving the byways to be bad or good,
as the people directly interested chose.
Such system would insure good roads
in all important directions, and would
inspire the residents and property-owner
along the lanes and less important roads
10 put them in equally good condition.
OUR WINTER.
Los Angeles Times1
California is having her full share of
rain this year. Especially is the northern
part Of the State being deluged, with the
accompanying result of oyertlowing
streams and numerous washouts. Al
ready in the Sacramento region fifteen
inches of rain have fallen, and III the vi
cinity OF Napa twenty-five inches are
thus early reported for the season. This,
OF course, means abundant later crops
and pIenteOus harvests OF all kinds, for,
uckled by abundant rain, the prolific
soil of California viii yield harvesIs that
burden the earth with their tullness. 1t
Will not be long before the great grain
fields of the State VIII resemble vast bill
lowy seas of emerald, and the SHOWS OF
our lOwlands will be found IN the white
bloom of our great orchards.
AN INJECTION SUGGESTED.
bakersfield Californian.
General" Kelly, the capable printer,
who easily earned $50 per week, but who
prefers to head a misnamed industrial
Army" has, with his crowd Of followers,
been evicted from the army's headquar-
ters in Sacramento. Now ii he could be
put to work breaking rock on diet of
bread and water some little common
sense might be injected into the head OF
him.
ECONOMY.
IChico Chronicle-Record.
There should be prompt, a sudden
stop put to the wild, extravagant unnec-
essary expenditure of the public fandS.
burdened community furnishes
the fluid to meet this extravaganza.
cially called the attention OF the Iegls-
lature To these matters, and it rests with
that body to enact laws To curtaI them.
THE COURT WAS RIGHT.
Jos Angeles Iimcs
The disbarnent Of Lawyer PhlIbrook
of San Francisco for Il period OF three
years is Il severe punishment; but 1t IS
none too severe Il punishment Tor the
wanton and uncalled-for attack which he
made upon the Supreme Court oI the
State. The Supreme Court has performed
duty which it owed to Itself ana to The