The record-union., 1895-12-14
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From the Newspapers of
Interior California

| Expressions From the Newspapers OF
Interior California.
Los Angeles Express: The foreign
dispatches bring the news that the
Journal des Debats and the London
| Times are of the opinion that this
country has not the military or naval
| strength to cope with European ma
TONS and that therefore we had better
let the Monroe doctrine drop and not
waste our money building men-of-war
This is certainly very kind on the part
of both the French and English news
papers, but unfortunately their editors
seem to have very short memories. 1t is
not yet thirty years since we enforced
| the Monroe doctrine against France
| when she was much stronger than she
| is to-day, and drove her not only in dis
grace from this continent, but practi-
cally struck the first blow which caused
| the downfall of the empire.
THE OTHER CONVENTION.
Woodland Reporter: Now that the
Republicans Of California have made so
| gallant a fight for their National Con-
vention to come to California, would it
not be the proper thing for the Demo-
Gratis to make an effort equally as bold
and aggressive to bring the Democratic
| National Convention to San Francisco?
| The efforts of the Republicans would
give some strength to an effort on the
part of the Democrats.
THE CHANGERS BANK.
Oakland Enquirer: The voluntary
| liquidation of the Changers Bank will
cause no financial disturbance but it is
a melancholy evidence of the heavy
blows which have been falling upon the
wheat industry of California. Some
| time ago Cashier Montpelier of this
bank made the estimate that the losses
of the California farmers through short
crops and low prices in three years had
amounted to S30000,Q00, and the bank
which made a business of lending
money to farmers upon the security of
growing crops, has had to stand it's
share of the general loss. In many cases
the security proved inadequate. 1t has
had to take not only crops but no less
than sixteen warehouses and all prop
erty of that kind has of course depre-
ciated in value
GOLD MINING.
San Jose Mercury: In California, al
though no great stir is being made,
legitimate gold mining has never been
pursued with more ardor than to-day,
nor ever with more encouraging pros
poets. During the past year millions
of new capital have been invested
in California mines, both new and old;
the output is steadily increasing and
there is every prospect that the mining
| industry in this State will soon assume
its old-time proportions. Arizona is
also booming up as gold-producing
State and wherever in the United
States there exists a gold belt mines are
| being exploited and developed.
TOLLS AND COMMISSIONS.
| Marysville Democrat: While farmers
are complaining of high rates of trans
portation and low prices for farm pro-
ducts they seem to forget that the
consumer in almost all instances pay
| fairly remunerative price for the ar
ticles consumed. The commission mer-
chants and the wharf tolls necessary
to pay under the existing conditions in
San Francisco is the principal cause
| of the present low returns for the pro-
! ducts sent to that market. And this
applies to nearly everything offered for
| sale through the medium of the commits
sion men, as they manage to get the
best of it always. An acquaintance re-
Gently sent to San Francisco four sacks
of wild ducks in care of a commission
merchant with instructions to sell them
| and return the money TO him. When
| the remittance came there was 81 so,
| a little more than 81 a sack, only a
! trifie more than the cost of the ammu
] milton used. The excuse was offered
that the market was overStocked with
game and they were obliged to sell at
| a low price or not at all, yet the market
reports of that day said that ducks of
the kind sent to the commission mer-
chant sold for three times the amount
claimed to have been received for them.
In other instances the result has been
similar, the shipper being at the mercy
of the commission men, who invariably
get the best of it.