The record-union., 1896-10-03
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions Of Coast Newspapers In
Brief,
On ALI Shades of Political Belief and
Upon Leading Topics OF
the Day.

Tulare Register: If the theory OF
the Bryanites is correct, popular Gov
ernment is dead failure and ought
to be wiped out of existence. Ihey De-
heve, If they believe what they talk,
that election in this country depends
upon a sack and threats. They do not
appear willing to admit that voters are
1alrly honest and manly.
POSTPONED.
Riverside Press: 1t is estimated that
the free silver agitation has caused
the postponement or abandonment Of
building enterprises in Los Angeles
alone amounting to S40O,OOO or S5OO,-
900. More than half of this money
would have been paid out for labor.
AGREED.
Santa Barbara Press: A majority of
the voters Of the United States agree
with Mckinley that what this country
needs to-day is more employment for
American workingmen. This was taken
away by the Democratic tariff, which
is advocated by Orator Bryan.
WHERE, OH, WHERE.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: The words
Tree LrdUe anu Tree silver, ike the
words free show" are catchy, but they
are delusive. Four years ago the peo-
pie voted for free trade and where are
we at? Vote for free silver and where
will we be at? Let experience answer.
OLD TIMES.
Stockton Independent: In the good
old days" Of Democratic rule "a dollar
a day Is a good mans pay" was truth
Crystallized in a proverb as applied
to labor in the busiest harvest time. In
ordinary modern times wages of har-
vest hands are just double that amount.
but the number Of men competing for
the employment since the Wilson bill
threw thousands out of employment in
every State have brought harvest
wages down to the old standard of
nearly century ago. in the East.
ANOTHER FREE"
san Jose Mercury: Bryan denounces
the gold standard because it is the Eng
lish standard, but he Is an ardent ad-
1nirer of the English policy Of free trade,
which he was instrumental in fastening
upon this country. But consistency can
not be expected from Bryan, for is he
not Popocrat. which is a synonym for
Inconsistency?
The TRADE DOLLAR.
Los Angeles Herald: Anti-silver ora
tors who cite the coinage of the trade
dollar as an evidence of friendliness to
silver, should remember that the true
trade dollar was never made a legal
tender for more than five dollars, and
that its legal tender quality was taken
from 1t by the joint resolution of July
20, 1876
THE WOOL QUESTION.
Los Angeles Times: The Bryan men
dodge every reference made to wool,
and some of the more pronounced as
sert openly that the cry of free wool is
a fraud" "a Republican dodge to catch
the Spanish and French VOTE" and that
while wool is low in price the demand
has increased in proportion In this
connection the following facts collected
by the Times" representative from
the principals named, will prove Of in
terest:
Julio Ferraud, one Of the representa-
tive general storekeepers and wool
farmers Of Ventura County, and well
known as such throughout the wool
growing district of Kern, San Luis
Obispo, Santa Barbara and Los Ange-
les Counties, has in storage In this city
wool to the amount of thirty tons,
which he cannot sell, and on which 1t
will not pay him to pay the freight to
San Francisco. Yesterday he stated
that he knew Of one sheep farmer in
Kern County who had just offered his
wool to any speculator who would pay
the cost Of shearing, and no one would
accept the wool at that price.
THEN AND NOW.
Alameda Telegram: Four years ago
the orators of free trade, and which is
now also the party Of free silver, were
telling the people what excellent results
would follow the election of their candi-
dates and the free trade, open markets
dollar wheat, higher wages and better
ties they would inaugurate Their
pleading was needed and they were
given just what they asked full control
Of all branches of the Government. But
before they even made the endeavoP to
introduce this great panacea Of free
trade they announced that something
else was wrong; the country had toe
much silver; it could not prosper and
continue the silver purchase and silver
coinage required by the Bland law and
as amended by the Sherman law. There
was an extraordinary session of Con-
gress and the Sherman bill was re-
pealed. Now what are they trying to do:
Double the dose by adding free silver to
free trade.
PURCHASING POWER OF THE
GOLD DOLLAR DOUBLED
Yreka Journal: In his speech on las;
Saturday night Mr.. Dittmar said: '"The
purchasing power Of the gold dollar has