The record-union., 1895-11-29
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presumed innocent, for it has been
mercifulJy held that ten guilty should
escape than that one innocent should
perish It is not so on the continent OF
Europe where every device known TO
human cunning is employed to extort
confession or duplicating admissions
from the accused, and is Europe better
governed than England and America
Our system does miscarry at times,
but it is the outgrowth of eight centur-
les of enlightened experience and
should not be lightly cast away.
SOLD OUT.
Oakland Times: F. X Krauth has
sold the Alameda Encinal to James w.
Travers of West Oakland. Mr.. Krauth
continued in the newspaper business q
longer number of years than before re-
corded and throughout his service bore
a reputation of which any man may
well feel proud. Mr.. TraVers, his sue
cessOr, is well spoken of by those with
whom he is acquainted.
EARLY SEASON.
Riverside Enterprise: From all sides
we hear most encouraging reports OF
our orange crop. The first carload of
Riverside oranges viii be in the East
ern markets one month earlier this year
than last, and by December 10Th we
carS,s and should nave our fruit on the
New York markets. Last year River
side FRUITS growers and shippers, pre-
Stunning on the freeze in Florida made
the mistake Of booming the prices to
such an extent that it gave an OppOr-
tUnitY for the importers of foreign
fruits to food the markets with their
goods and thus practically destroy all
chances for the advantageous disposal
Of % H.
which should not be allowed to occur
&eiGn. The prospects this year are ia
vorable for fine season.; the fruit is
cOlOring well.
FREE MARKETS.
San Jose Mercury: Free markets are
not an experiment. They are in opera
ton in a number of cities and, in all,
we understand, successfully They are
the only remedy for an evil that has
come to be recognized as so serious
that to permit it longer to exist would
be little short of criminal
Valuable information in connection
with the subject of the proposed public
market in San Francisco has been sub
mitted to the Merchants Association
by ". II. Mills, who states that recent
observations in the Sacramento Valley
convince him that San Francisco
should have a free market; that pro-
ducers of garden stuffs poultry and
dairy products would get a reasonable
price for their products if there were
one place in San Francisco where they
could sell by their own agents; and that
it would be easy for a number of pro-
dUcers to join together and employ
agents to dispose of their products.
These suggestions, of course, will ap-
ply equally well to the producers in
similar lines of business in Santa Clara
Valley and elsewhere. Mr.. Mills adds
that he has taken pains to ascertain
what the people of San Francisco pay
for vegetables, dairy products, bread
stuffs, etc, and he has discovered that,
while the producer is producing these
things at a loss, so far as the prices
paid for them by the commission men
go, the consumers of San Francisco and
the rest of the State are paying a very
large price"
The proposed reform is one that San
Francisco should persistenty agitate
until it is accomplished. It is unneces-
sary to say that the commission men
will bitterly oppose it, and that they
will bring every influence possible to
bear upon the Board of Supervisors to
| induce them to refuse to adopt it. But
we cannot believe that the public good
viii thus be trampled upon in order that
Ia few middlemen may continue their
practice of extOrtion.
WHEAT TO AUSTRALIA
Stockton Mail: 1t would not be wise to
base any hopes OF a large or permanent
demand for California wheat from Aus
tralia. The significance of the present
movement is due to a failure in part of
the wheat crop in that region. Australia
can generally count upon raising an adj
eQuate crop for home consumption.
Since 1860 there have not been over two
really bad years over there. The crop
natures in December and January.
There were grave apprehensions at the
date of the last mail advices from Sgd
ney that there would be a shortage.
fears that have since been confirmed by
cable AS a result orders have been
sent to California for supplies. If the
Australian crop failure should turn out
as bad as expected. the belief is enter
! tanned that there viii be a market for
! considerable foreign wheat.