The record-union., 1895-04-02
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
of Some of the Newspa
perS of Interior California;.

Expressions of Some of the Newspa-
pers of Interior Calitorniu.
Merced Star.
The Board of Supervisors of Amador
County last week passed q resolution
'lnstructing the District Attorney 10
allow man named Colburn, charged
with felony, to plead guilty, as it would
save the county expense" That the
District Attorney or any one else could
prevent prisoner from pleading guilty
is new idea, and tho instructions" by
the Supervisors to the District Attorney
are new as well.
EFFECT OF RIDICULE.
alameda Telegram.
The ridicule OF the high hat bill has had
the effect OF bringing into greater prom
lnence the nuisance itself, with which a
long-sutfering public had patiently borne
because it could not bring itself to the
point of wounding the sensi bilities of the
ladies.
WHEAT AND HOGS.
Riverside Press
There is hope that the farmers may
find lines of work that may restore the
profit in cereals. Experiments in differ
ent parts of the country appear to have
settled the fact that wheat fed to hogs is
thus made to bring about seventy cents
per bushel. Ii still pays to raise that
| crop, therefore, even if the world is not
willing to pay over forty cents per bushel
for it as an article of human diet.
TWO SIDES TO THE QUESTION.
[Oroville Register.J
The press, the Legislature and the peo-
pie OF this State all united in fayorlnp a
new railroad through the San Joaquin
| Valley. In their assertions concerning
the necessity for a new road many papers
have been severe in their structures upon
the Southern Pacific Company. We
venture to remind them that within two
years after the valley railroad is COM
pleted the patrons OF that road will con-
demn the owners and managers just as
severely as they now do the members of
| the Southern Pacific Company. Rail-
roads are ran to produce their owners
| profit, and this profit must come from the
| fares and freight of the pu bic. Hence it
| is that the patrons of any road always
seem to have grievance against it. Fault
is found with the management, fares are
said to be too high, discrimination is
made between different points about the
rates of freight, and there are many com
plants continually made about irregular
train service and a lack of affability upon
the part OF agents and conductors. These
things must be expected, and by the time
the people of the San Joaquin Valley have
patronized the new road tor two or three
years they will think the Southern Pa
to the public.
WAS 1T WISE.
[Stockton independently
The State Board of Examiners an
nounced sometime ago that it would not
allow bills incurred by State officers.
commissions or institutions where the
expense did not seem to be wise, eco
nomical or necessary. Following out
that principle it has resolved that after
April lst it will not allow payment for
telephones or permit the contingent
funds OF institutions to be used for the
purpose. While the first announcement
was wise and was widely approved, the
second shows that the power of the
board can be abused. The board has not
given the public its reason for its deci-
sion, but the occasion of it is said TO be
the placing OF nine telephones in the Asy-
lum for the Deaf, Dumb anu Blind
While the asylum may have gone TO the
extreme OF extravagances the board ap-
parsimony in resolving that it will dis
continue the allowance OF bills for such
service. The telephone is not luxury
or mere convenience. 1t Is great saver
oftime ana labor, and reasonable amounts
paid for the service are we'll spent. The
board will probably reconsider the reso-
luton because IL is not economical or
wise, and the mem bers will probably see
that they have acted hastily.
ANALYSIS by the chief chemist of the
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