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The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-07-11
Saturday, July IL, 1896.
NO 5o1tor.

1t is quite amusing to hear
some of the Democrats accuse us
of Boiling the Democratic ranks"
by putting up Henry M. Teller for
President of the e. S. but we
were not aware h at we
were running a Democratic paper!
neither did we think we were
running a Republican paper; for
we have repeatedly stated that we
were running an independent sheet,
and supposed that all our readers
understood us in that light! Not
withstanding our RAINING an i'll
dependent periodical, it doe=| not
hinder us selling space tn both the
Democratic an d Republican
Parties and allowing each to have
the space purchased edited in favor
of their cause. So, if either or
both parties desire to enter into a
contract and put up the ready
means, we are ready for a deal.
Or, we will sell out our pl mt to
either party and then they can
have full control. What say you9
AS for candidate for Pres
ident we want a Silver
man, whether he be full fedged
Democrat or Republican Bolter."
But we want the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver having it none
tized in the United States so it
will pass, as legal tender with
gold, at ralio of 16 to l, and the
man who is the best able and will
ing to take the obligation in hand
and carry it to a completion, is the
man that will carry the day.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-07-11
SINGLE SILVER STANDARD.

The absurdity Of fearing bad
results from independent free coin
age of silver by the United States
is made plain by the prosperity of
silver Mexico. The charge is often
made that American securities
would flood our markets and capital
be withheld from investment If
the United States went to q silver
basis, contrary to the theory of
gold men, we would then be in a
position somewhat similar to Old
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-07-11

And for the people of the United
States the silver standard would
be grandly superior to our present
system of contraction, low prices
and era of mortgaging, for the day
is coming, il affairs continue as
now, when interest must. be paid,
settlements made and general
bankruptcy ensue.-Ogden Stan
dard.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-07-11

The only line running dining cars and thr ugh
Pullman Seepers TO Chicago and ST. Lonis with
out change.
NEW TIME CAED. in effect April5 1896.
Trains arrive and depart at salt Lake
City, daily, as follows:
ARRIVE.
From CHICAGO, Omau., 1T, Louis Kan
sas City, envtr Pa City and cd n,3:10 p. m.
From He epa, Butte, GRAND. SaI Fran
cisco. Ogden and inte,mrdi tie points. 9:05 d. m.
From San rrancisro. Cache Vail y. Ug-
den and intermedae points, 7::,5 p. N.
From Chicago. maha. st. Louis, Kan
as City Lenver and Osd 3:3 n. m.
*'rom Fr'co. Mil ord, N,phi, Provo
and intermediate points. 9:45 a. m.
Fr m Mercur Tiuuc, Provo, Nelhi,
Manii Al int ediate poin,s. ESQ p m.
tFro', Terminus, o lie aud Garfield
Beech. AGO p. m
DEPART.
For Chicago, Omaha, Denver. Kansas
G ty, -. Louis, Ogden and Park City, 7:C0 a. m.
0cal Express. + San Francisco. ug-
n, Cache Valley and intermediate
points, 500 a. m
Local express for ogden and intermed-
late poin's. 4:DO p. m.
Atlantic Express for Chicago vmah-.
DENY Kansas CITY, It. Ouis, But e.
Portland and ran. isco Z: OPP m
To- al Express for Eur ka. Mprcur, Tn
tic. Provo, Nephi, Msht. and inter-
mediate p' int, 7:40 a. m.
*ma and xpresr for Provo. Nephj.
Milford ri Co AZ dintermediate points g. p m
mixed nan for "trield Beach, foorln
and Tnminus. 7:45 a. IN.
Strains south of Juab run daily except Sunday.
tUaily exc pt I'D ".
CITY TICKET OFFICE. 2Oi MAIN ST.
Telephone NO. $50
n. T.. BURIE
General Agent Passenger Depar ment.
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Burgess Brothers Of

Pine Valley. Utah, desire
your orders for lumber and will
fill the same at bed rock prices,
they now having a permit to go
ahead and cut timber to be manu-
facturel into lumber. Send i'm
your orders Immediately.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-07-11

Who has beeninterested in the ONLY
home paper in Washington Co, to
say to his neighbor "come, friend,
you should subscribe for our home
paper, The Union?
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-07-11

Entered at the Post Office at st. George.
Washington Co., Utah, as second class
matter, March ~, 1896
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-07-11

!
of It's prosperity and the eageruess
of foreign capitalists to invest in
it's resources. The Bank of Lon
don and Mexico, in tile City of
Mexico, has just declared a diyi-
dend OF Ia per cent, and is to in
crease its capital $4,000 600. The
National Bank of Berlin has de-
cided to open branch in that city
on the lst of July, with millions of
foreign money behind it. Cotton
mills are being established by for
eigners and large manufacturing
plants Of iron and wood work ire
in process of con S truct n.
Strange to say, Mexico is purely
a silver standard country, with
debused currency, and the Mexicans
profit by it's debasement. That is
to say, a Mexican can handle a
Mexican dollar and never in all his
dealings in his native country, real
ize that his dollar is worth less in
the commodities Of that land than
it was in 1873. The fact of the
matter is, his dollar is just what
he believes it to bean honest
measure of value and has not
fuctuated. But foreigner, who
has earned his money in Mexico,
and is DESTROYS of spending his
wealth in other lands, thinks long
and seriously, before paying two
dollars for one gold dollar. 1t is
an automatic deterrent and serves
Mexico well and faithfully. Her
silver dollar is the watchdog of
her treasury, which guards the
accumul ted resources Of the Re-
public with al all-encompassing
eye. Furthermore, it is protective
tarlf which does not give offense
to other nations, imposes no dis
ordinations, arouses no sectional
prejudices, while discouraging the
Importation Of foreign Injuries.
Foreign countries demand a gold
dollar, or it's equivalent for dol
lars worth of their goods, and the
Mexican rejoices in the knowledge
of the fact. So we repeat, that if
the United States should so to
single silver standard by virtue of
free coinage, there would be no
panics following in it's wake, but
to the contrary, Americans would
labor for Americans, and instead
of hiring Pierpont Morgans and
Perry Belmonts, at robbers price,
to guard our treasury, the American
silver dollar, without cost or in
convenience to the public, would
perform that duty. The effort
would then be to discharge our
foreign obligations, with the pride
of an honest debtor, by giving
value received. Possibly our Wall
street friends see nothing honest
to admire in those who pay their
debts, while still they have credit
on which to borrow and mortgage;
in fact we have been told that the
height Of national prosperity is
measured by the ability of a
nation to borrow, and the
frequent use of that prerog-
alive. The reversal Of this
gauge Of prosperity might give the
tinanciers terrible shock, and
make obsolete their vocabulary,
with its peculiar use of the word
"honest," but shock or two, we
surmise, would do them some good
and the country, in general, great
deal of good.
In the worst possible light in
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-07-11

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The only line running dining cars and thr uqt
Pullman Sleepers TO Chicago and ST. Lonis with
out change.
NEW TIME GARD. in effect April 3. 1896
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
Dried Fruits in the East.

The lack of interest in California
dried fruits is attributed partly to the
unsettled condition of politics and
finances, which induces buyers to go
slow in making obligations which they
think it may be difficult to meet later
on, says the n. Y. Commercial Bulle-
tin; but the chief reason for the hest
fancy in placing orders for California
goods is said To be based on the unsatis-
factory results to Eastern buyers n
consuming markets with stocks at
comparatively high figures; and then
consigning the balance of the crop at
comparatively low limits, any buyer
of good credit who would accept con-
signments; is said to have had most
dem oraliZing effect upon the trade.
And in spite of the fact that the ship
pers on the Coast are reported to have
determined this year to do away; with
what they as we'll as the Eastern
handlers of California fruits consider
to be an evil that threatens to irrepara-
bly, injure the interests of shippers and
Eastern commission men alike; some
of the growers, it is claimed, have put
personal interests before those for the
general good of the trade, ard have
again resorted to the practices which
have demoralized the Pacific coast
dried fruit business in past seasons.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22

we think within fortnight hence quo
tations will come to a settlement such
as to allow firm offers on G & f terms.
So far only ridiculous trifies have
changed hands although at prices over
paid in order to defend old remnants of
'94 fruits.
If we were to speak about opening
prices, we must say that our packers
are pretending the basis to more or less
the parity of:
% frs. G & F New York for the 4
sorts 70-l05 in = cases.
30 SO frs. c & f New York for the 3
sorts 5O5 in 4 cases, September ship
ment.
The above are, of course, not posi-
tive figures, and we, for business sake,
should like TO see them lower in price.
As matter of fact we must mention
yet that small sizes, viz, 1909 fruits,
are scarce, and that likewise the 300
fruit are not abundant. and for this
reason it easily might happen that bus
mess in the 4 sorts 70-105 will not
take the development we should de-
sire, and that the principal transac-
tions will be in 50-75 fruits.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
Good Drying Temperature.

Another thing in curing fruit, says
the California Fruit Grower: 1t is
wrong to search the hottest suns rays;
in partial shade alone will the best
prunes be cured. So with raisins and
other fruits. in Spain boughs being
spread over the grapes in hot weather.
Not that expect to convert the large
prune growers, but in the interest of
the smaller ones. and those who may
be going to dry their fruit this year
for the first time would say. prepare
the ground under the trees so that it
is quite smooth. let the prunes drop
of their own accord, and unless an I'M
timely rain should set in, they will
come to no harm lying on the ground
short time. Keep going over the
ground picking up those that have
fallen. Analysis has shown that the
saccharine has increased in few days
from Z per cent co SS per cent. Even
if it should be necessary to hurry mat
tiers at pinch, the prunes that are not
fully ripe should not be at once spread
out to dry. but kept for time in cool
place, when they will hourly be in
creasing- in saccharine. Really ripe
purnes require much less strength of
| lye to tout" the skin than those shaken
from the tree; if perforated instead of
dipped, ripe prune loses nothing.
being nearly all sugar, but one partly
ripe loses much.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
NEWS NOTES.

A watch lost from San Diego wharf
in forty feet of water was successfully
searched for by diver.
The Oceanside board of trustees are
about to take steps to collect bond for
$4,000, given by Curran & Hussey,
given to guarantee the construction of
water works, which it is claimed is
forfeited.
A society of Americanized Chinese
was formed in New York to encourage
the introduction of modern methods
into China. But the Chinese Consul
told them that they We're guilty of
treason and that their relatives in
China would be punished with death if
they persisted. SO they disbanded.
The schooner Minna is fitting out for
trip to Guadalupe island, where five
goat-killers have been at work for
some months. The men have killed
800 goats and have the hides besides
~ tons of tallow. The Minna will
dispose of the tallow at Ensenada, and
will bring the skins to San Diego.
Captain Newton II. Chittenden,
whose historical collections have en-.
riched public institutions all along this
coast to Victoria has presented the Red.
lands library with three very interest.
ing articles. viz, a fighting hand.
shield and finely-braided grass mat
from natives of South Sea Islands, and
bow and arrow from wild tribe il
the interior of Africa.
The United States steamship Thetis
now in San Diego Harbor, will make q
very thorough survey of the coast Of
Lower California. securing sounding'
Mt half-mile and mile intervals from
the shore out to the depth of l0(
fathoms. These records will b,
charted and the charts issued by th'
government as soon as possible
Where. soundings are made, the charac
ter of the soil or mud on the oceai
bottom will be indicated. The varia
tions of the magnetic needle at various
points will be secured and indicated
on the chart, and also the dip of tn,
needle. By this means mariners cal
know the variation of their compasse
from the true pole, and thus correc
errors arising from differences between
the true pole and the magnetic pole.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
ONE AMBASSADOR FOR ALL.
To Represent Central American Re-
publics.

publics.
New York. The Worlds Washing
ton special says: The announcement
from Tegucigalpa that the foreign
affairs of Honduras will hereafter be
conducted through the representative
of the Central American Diet leads
to the belief here that Guatemala and
Costa Rica will join Honduras, Saliva
dor and Nicaragua in the alliance.
This opinion is strengthened by the
fact that Senior Arriaga, the Honduran
Minister, is also the accredited repre-,
sentative of Guatemala.
Salvador was the first Central Amer.
lean republic to withdraw its represen,
tative from the United States, leaving
affairs relating to this country to the
good offices of some sister republican.
Nicaragua followed this example by
abolishing her embassy and recalling
DIR. Guzman, on the ground of econo
my after being compelled to pay Brit
ish claims after the seizure of Corinto
Costa Rica withdrew her Minister
leaving matters in care of Charg,
dAtiaires, and now, that Honduras
withdraws, Guatemala is the only
Central American Republic left witt
Minister at Washington.
This action is accepted as indicating
that Senior Arriago will be- chosen tc
represent the Diet. and will hereafte,
transact all diplomatic business be
tween the Central American countr1e,
and the United States. The chief oh
ject of forming its alliance, it is said
is economy. saving the expense of fou,
delegations in this city.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
OUR PRUNE INDUSTRY.
The French System of Prune
Drying Described.
CALIFORNIA AND OREGON PRUNES.
Injury TO California Fruits in Switzer-
Iand-Ill Effects of Shaking the Trees
Other Interesting Matters.

Consumers of the useful prune-that
simple fruit which takes the place of
richer preseryes-may not know how
the French growers prepare the fruit
for market, and what process of the
most primitive kind it goes through
before being packed for expectation,
SAYS the Fruitman's Guide. As soon
as the prunes are harvested they are
taken to building called the fruitery,
where they remain few days to COM
plete maturity. The fruit is then sub
ject to not less than three, and fire.
quently four, distinct BOOKINGS before
being pronounced fit for the market.
The first two preliminary BOOKINGS
have for object evaporation of water
contained in the fruit; the final cook
ing which dries the fruit imparts GER
cain brilliancy much sought by buyers.
The sun-drled prunes are most deli
cious to the taste, but the exigencies of
the trade do not permit of such long
preparation.
In several districts of France the
most primitive means are practiced in
curing the fruit. In Provence it is
plunged in pots of boiling water, then
placed IN baskets and gently shaken
until cool, when it is put upon long
trays exposed to the suns heat to com.
plete the dessicration. At Digne the
prunes are not gathered until ripe
Women feel the fruit with their nails
to avoid injury to the soft pulp. The
fruit is strung on small twigs in sucl
fashion as not to touch. These stick
of prunes are stuck into straw frames
which is suspended i'll the sun unit
the prune is easily detached from thu
stick, the pit is then removed and tn,
same process of sun-drying is gon
through with, and, when thorough,
dessicated, packed for market.
The trays used in the rural district
are quaint affairs, varying in form
dimensions and construction, according
to locality. The peasants make Their
during the winter months and they ar
clumsy and cumbersome, and the onl
excuse is the peasants cannot afford
, buy and are not skillful enough
make better ones. Perhaps some ola
little Yankee skill may enter int
this primitive constitution, which
now frame made of hoop, to which
fastened a wicket-like bottom, fasf
Toned from rushes and willow twigi
At least this is the method of prepal
, ing prunes III France. The Californi
fruit growers may have better one.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
S24O, 900. They will begin boring for
oil at once ON the West Side.

S24O, 900. They will begin boring for
oil at once ON the West Side.
There was an incipient strike among
the white hands at the Patterson
prune orchard northeast OF Visalla a
few DAYS ago. The cause was the
importation of several Chinese and
their installation in position previous
" occupied by white girls.
At San Jose lineman named Ed
ward SaltZman is suing the Sunset
Telephone & Telegraph company for
$50. 900 damages and $1,000 as fee
for medical attendance. He was
knocked from pole in May by an
electric shock and injured for life.
The months reprieve of the two
condemned Cummings brothers for
numbering Mr.. Narramore, near River.
side, is to allow further investigation
of new testimony. The elder brother
has hope of saving the younger's neck,
bv showing that he had no hand in the
actual murder.
William Strethern' food and water
gave out as he was prospecting on the
Moiaye desert, and i'll his extremitles
after being lost for three days, he
hunted yainly for rattlesnake. that
he might be bitten by it and thereby
meet a speedy death. As his reason
began to weaken he pinned note to
i,is coat saying he was lost and seek
ing Tor water IN the direction of the
st. Elmo. and tied the garment to a
stake. Two Bakersfield men found
it and him, but the yell he gave on
being aroused from a dying lethargy
caused the rescuers to run away.
Finally he was captured, and the man,
babbling of ice drinks and bouquets,
was taken OF Mojave and restored
A. H. Butler, the representative Of
President Soichiro Asano of the Japan
ese Steamship Company, is expected tc
arrive form New York shortly, with q
new proposition from Asano to the
Chamber of Commerce of San Diego
and Los Angeles for running steamers
from Yokohama to San Diego via
! Honolulu. The feature of the former
proposition which blocked negotia
lions was Asano's desire TO make Sar
Francisco port of call. 1t is under.
stood from limitations in letter from
, Butler to President Morse of the Sal
Diego Chamber of Commerce that this
demand will be eliminated from the
new proposition. leaving the steamer
line a purely Southern California
affair.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
Oregon Prunes.

The last report of the California Ex-
pertinent Station gives report of the
analyses of two samples of prunes from
Oregon which are not at all creditable
to the State, says the Rural North
west. The samples, were, unfortu-
nately, far below the average in
quality. Especially was this the case
with the French prunes of which it
required 1874 of the fresh fruit to
make pound. The lack of sugar in
these French prunes was also phenome-
nal. The percentage of sugar in the
fresh fruit is given at only $50, while
that of French prunes grown in Cali
fornia is given at 1880 and 1880.
Prunes grown in Oregon are larger and
contain more water than those grown
in California and do not contain so large
a percentage of sugar but there is no
such difference as indicated above.
Analyses which have been made at the
Oregon Experiment Station, but which
have not yet been publicly reported
show that French prunes grown in
Oregon contain from . to 16 per cent
of sugar. French prunes grown il
Southern Oregon and in some portions
of Eastern Oregon are probably al
sweet as those grown in California.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
Trouble in Switzerland.

The producers of California have
long been sufferers by reason of having
the best of their productions sold under
foreign names, says the San Jose Mer-
curry. AS an example, our best wines
are shipped to France and returned to
us bearing French label. Now
comes the news of our dried fruits be-
ing subjected to the same treatment.
United States Consul German at
Zurich, in report ON the subject of
American dried fruits in Switzerland,
speaks of the success that has attended
the introduction in France last season
of California prunes, and says that
French receivers are arranging to have
all such fruit packed in cases similar
to those used in France, using French
marks so that the goods may be sold
to the retailer as French fruit.
This may be considered legitimate,
but it isn't honest. 1t is serious in
jury to California fruit-growers who
are striving to build up a worldwide
reputation for excellent fruit. 1t
makes it more difficult for them to
establish market. especially foreign
market, the necessity for which is be-
coming more and more apparent. II
may be that we will have to suffer the
misfortune in silence, but wo should
not. There should be vigorous pro-
test made against the methods which
are working injuriouly against us.
We might do even more and press 8
sort of retaliative measure. Our wines
and fruit producer might take Iextrs
pains and see that our poorest product
which go into the market bear the
French label. Our very poorest win'
should be sent to market as the French
product. Our smallest sizes of pruneI
ought invariably to be marked "Frencl
Prunes." In that way we could mattel
our poorest goods against the foreign
er's best. At the same time we SHOULD
endeavor to see that our best produc
is duly credited with being of Cali
fornia production.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-22
Northwest Crop.

Although the yield of prunes will be
extremely small west of the Cascade
mountains, the acreage of that fruit
which is coming into bearing in all
parts of the Pacific Northwest is SO
large that the aggregate yield is pretty
certain to be larger than ever before.
In Idaho there are about 1000 acres of
prune orchards which were planted in
1890 and over 500 which were planted
in 1891, while it is not probable that
the total acreage planted prior to 1890
exceeds 100. In the Walla Walla val
ley in the vicinity of Milton, Oregon,
there are 255 acres of prune orchards
which were planted six years ago, as
against 81 acres planted prior thereto.
In fact pune-planting was at its height
in the Pacific Northwest in 1890 and
1891. OF the 1000 acres of prune
orchards in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho, nearly one-third are of bearing
age and full crop this year would
have meant 10000. 900 pounds of cured
prunes, besides those shipped fresh.