The record-union., 1895-04-30
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions of Some Of the Newspapers
of the Times.
TCOlUSn SuO.1

[Colusa Sun.
The Half-MilIion Club is swinging
around the circle, and to what purpose?
The reason for going 10 Los Angeles,
San Diego and such distant points is
hard 10 understand. The intention IS
certainly not to Tempt some Of the party
TO settle In the orange groves or the
south. and they certainly do not expect
to preach fraternity and unity OF pur-
pose to those cities they are visiting and
carry Oft a desirable population from
them. The people who. bGHf up South
ern California did not go about 1t IN any
such bungiing way. Ii they vent away
from home on missionary work they
went to whore it was admitted that pop
ulaCiOn was too heavy; TO whore they
were welcomed by every Body. The very
name, Hail-Milliou Club, indicates that
they are after half a million OF people
for some place, and that place, they an
nounce, is san Francisco, and they ask
Los Angeles and San Diego for help.
WHY NOT?
TNacaviile Reporter.
We import annually hundreds of thou
sands OF dollars worth of preserved
fruits. Cannot California at least supply
her own demands in this particular? 1t
is common California falling to prefer
Eastern aud foreign products TO her own.
When the State gets tired OF paying three
prices Tor WINE grown in California vine
yards. exported to France, blended and
labeled, we shall be able to secure pop
ulation. 1t will have something to do.
MONEY STANDARD.
Portland OregOnan.
There can be no double standard of
money. 1t Will be the gold standard or
The silver standard. 1t is gold now, with
large use of silver. Is il To be changed to
silver, with no gold? his is the only
money question before Cho country. What
would be gained by the change? We
should have az inferior standard OF
money: consequently speculations in
money, discounts on money, Iiuctuating
prices, uncertain valuations, exchanges
running heavily against US, wages failing
10 respond 10 advances in other prices
and all the Owls that the experience of
the ages shows must follow the adoption
OF an inferior nonoy standard. Free
coinage OF silver would mean the silver
standard, total disappearance of gold,
aud silver recommendation.
CONCERN ING OUR FRUITS.
Fresno Republican.
Why is it that tailforniaus wakeu so
slo 6riy to au appreciation of tho U0ssibil-
tiles nearest at hand An instance OF
this remarkable and unfortunate sleeDi-
ness is given III the San Francisco CCliE.
in trat case a visitor 10 an Eastern State
saw a tub labeled "Calilornia apricots.n
y
cots, IN dried form, were shipped from
tins State and there manufactured into
inarnIaisde solling at a price four times
;tr great as that of the dried fruit. AS has
been heretofore related III the RepU6tcu7t,
we also ship dried fruit to England,
where it is manufactured into marina
ladies', etc, aEG, III potted iornl, is again
sold in every town in this State.
With these facts staring the people in
the face it would seom that the lesson is
SO obvious that chill. should read il.
Why should we pay Englishiuen for
making inarmalade OF our lruit? Why
should we allow an Fastener to make
three profits OH onr DDits while we make
one? Why must we lack energy and en-
terprise? In brief, wny should we not
manufacture. can and pot tho confects
from our own fruit? Is it to cur discredit
that we do not do it.
Hero III Fresno County demand is
about the only limit on our poss bility OF