The record-union., 1896-03-03
SACRAMENTO RECORD UNION, 3,

a world in which the strong every in
stant subsist on the weak. Every man,
every animal, with every breath, with
every drink of water, with every mouth
full of food, must destroy some form of
life; the big fish will eat the little ones.
the hawk will eat the sparrow, the man
and the wolf the lamb, and, until man
has an entirely different nature from
what he has at present, the strong man,
in intellect or in muscle, will take ad-
vantage of the weaker ones-will live
at his ease while his less fortunate fell
lows labor If any of US could become
independent by merely saying we intend
to do so, there would not be a dependent
man on earth. but the individual cannot
make conditions by a say SO, nor can
an aggregation of men do it, The reso-
lutions read very prettily and the
dreamer who wrote them felt better
when the ink got dry.
THE KENWOOD SWINDLE.
Tulare Register: The Kenwood land
sWindle in Sonoma County is pathetic
affair A boomer got hold of valuable
tract of land by paying a small sum
down and mortgaging it for the ball
ance, sold a considerable number of
tracts, giving a contract for deed but
himself failed to meet his own con-
tracts, and a foreclosure of the mort
gage he gave is depriving the settlers
to whom he sold of all that they have
worked for and paid for. There have
been thousand such outrages as this
perpetrated in California, and a pity
it is that the men who inflicted such
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people should not be forced to do penal
service for the State they have thus
wronged. Yet the forms of law have
been preserved. The inscription of the
on the records at the county
seat was due notice of such claim, and
the people were unwise to put their faith
in the boomer, but il people were not
unwise there would be no Kenwood
swindles. The law cannot reach this
man Carmen, who colonized Kenwood
II may even be that he never intended
to swindle anyone, but failed in his
plans for want of proper business quail
itications, yet that does not afford a
proper extenuation for leaving confiding
eolonists in the lurch. The system Of
giving bonds for deeds of mortgaged
is all wrong and ought some
how to be prevented. Public policy de-
mands it, for every such failure as
that at Kenwood hurts the entire State
and is hindrance to legitimate en-
terprises.
GROVE JOHNSON.
Petaluma Argus: California may
well feel proud of her Representative
in Congress. They are all taking a
iuoIu iptar in 70 xrO,- ~ +Io
ion of the Nicaragua Canal by the Gov
ernment, and for free coinage of gold
and silver, and increasing the volume of
he circulating medium, and increasing
he revenue of the Government without
ssuing interest bearing bonds.
Johnson has won distinc-
ton already by his able and eloquent
Plea for the restoration of silver as a
money metal. In a recent speech he
gave the Republican party some excel
ent advice.
RURAL DRIFT.
Los Angeles Times: We should like
to see this desire for country life grow;
to see our young men as they graduate
from our colleges and universities turn
ing their attention to the soil, seeking
the farm and the orchard and becoming
familiar with the life of the country and
the vast opportunities which it offers
them for the acquisition of home COM
forts and wealth such as they can never
find in the city. The professional walks
OF life are crowded, and our young peo-
pie should be educated to accept the
fact that farming is as honorable as
any of the professions, and that there is
just as much room on the farm for the
of ones attainments as in any
OF the so-called learned professions.
The educated farmer is not compelled
to wrap up his knowledge in a napkin,
but he can put it to practical use in the
of his fields and the growing
of his crops, and reap far better results
than his neighbor who knows nothing
OF the woodworking forces of chem
istry and agricultural science
THE GOEBEL BILL.
Bakersfield Echo: 1t would be inter-
esting to know if the Examiner"
CALI or Mayor Sutro heard anything
drop about the time the Kentucky Sen
ate took a vote on the repeal of the S. p.
charter2 One man in five, for a pur-
pose that will never be known. voted
to take away the companys charter,
and that, we dare say, is a larger vote
than could be secured if the same
question We're submitted to the people
of California. During the somewhat
heated discussion that preceded the
vote neither of the papers above men
toned pointed out a single benefit that
would result to the people of this State
from the repeal of the charter Not
one. 1t was conceded on all sides that
such a step would put the company to
some trouble and annoyance, but where
or how 1t would reduce rates or make
the road more accommodating to its
patrons was not and could not be
shown.
HUNTINGTON'S STATEMENT.
Stockton Mail: The remarks of c. p
before the Pacific Rail
roads Committee forms an interesting
and instructive contribution to the his
tory of the Central Pacific Railroad,
and if they were carefully studied by
the people who are demanding that the
Government take extreme measures
against the company, many of them
would undoubtedly moderate their zeal.
if, indeed, they might not even join
those who ask that II railroad be dealt
with fairly and according to sound
business principles. The accounts of Mr..
statement that were tele-
graphed to this coast gave but an in
adequate idea of what he had said, and
evidences were not lacking of their
having been garbled. The impression
one gains from reading the complete
statement is entirely different from the
perusal of the incorrect synopsis which
in a few coast papers.
HIS BEST SPEECH.
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