The record-union., 1896-07-14
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTERIOR CALI
FORNIA NEWSPAPERS.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov
ernmental, Practical, The0ret-
ical and Current.


Marysville Appeal: Under the Demo-
cratic tariff this country is sending
money abroad to buy what it should
buy at home. That money, instead of
circulating here, where it should repre-
sent American products and American
labor and American comfort, goes to
swell the circulating current In Eng
land or some other country. And yet
some people wonder that our gold con-
tinues to go to Europe and that money
is so scarce in this country.
CHEAP LABOR.
Santa Rosa Republican: If the Amer
lean wage earners are compelled to
compete with the cheap labor Of Eu-
rope and the still cheaper labor of the
Orient, they will also be compelled to
reduce their standard of living to the
low levels Of Europe, of China and of
Japan.
THE SUN LINES UP.
Colusa Sun: The gold men are cool
and collected at Chicago. Brave, but
reasonable, they know they are but
part of the Government and have no
right to be angered because the ma ajor-
ity does not pull with them. The fact
that majoritieS must govern and that
ninorithes are nearly always right is
before the nation There is more than
ordinary meaning in the old aphoTism
that discretion is the better part of
yalor.' We should adj be good sailors
now. No mutiny is necessary. Let
every man pull for the shore to the best
harbOr obtainable, for the ship of State
is in tempest. A strong, sensible unity
may bear us safely onward and we may
anchor without being wrecked. Too
many winds in opposite directions may
seriously endanger us. Go with the ma
jority, but watch your leaders.
A NEW ERA.
Alameda Telegram: This country is
upon the eve of an era of improvement
Of its wagon roads. The people are be-
ginning to realize the fact that the pres
ent bad roads are a burden too heavy
to be longer borne. AS a result of this
popular awakening both the great polit-
fcal parties of this State have inserted
a good roads plank in their platform.
The press no longer ignores this impor-
tant subject. The humble wagon road
is coming to the front as an essential and
important factor of the transportation
question and in the material progress of
our State and country. 1t represents
one-half of the transportation battle
AS has been well remarked, good wag-
on roads are to agriculture what rivers
are to the commerce of a country"
HOW 1T WORKED.
Watsonville Pajaronian: Democratic
r
the Pajaro and Salinas Valleys and
touched the interest of every property
owner and merchant thereof when it
took away the protection given the
home sugar manufactures by the Nc
Kinley Act. The price of beets went
down q dollar a ton owing to the change
in the tariff, the price of labor went
down, and the profits of the farmer
were decreased. The Republican party
favors legislation that will foster the
beet sugar and every producing interest
of the country. The fostering care which
California's s interests need can be Sc
cured by the return Of the Republican
party to power.
WILL BE PROTECTED.
Contra Costa News: Mckinley is a
public and private life is above reproach.
He will make an ideal President of this
great republic, and will see that Ameri-
can Industries are protected against for
eign cheap labor.
A GOOD RULE
Alameda Encinal: The lead of Ala
media has been followed by New York.
where the Board of Health has caused
the adoption of an ordinance or law
which prohibits splitting upon the floors
of public buildings, railroad cars and
ferry boats, and it's action will also be
initiated by the Indianapolis City
Council.
A DILEMMA.
Los Angeles Express: The Eastern
press that favors free trade and mo-
nometallism must find it's position rath-
er awkward. Either horn Of the dilem-
ma will bring it in conflict with it's
English masters.
THE RESULT.
Stockton Independent: If the protec-
tive tariff is restored the idle millions
will resume work and the idle dollars
will resume circulation. and circulate
SO rapidly that people will see that
there is plenty Of money in existence.
The only trouble is that it is not in
circulation, and will not be until protec-
tion makes circulat ton safe for it.
DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.
Dixon Tribune: How utterly foolish is
all talk about the debtor class and the
class in a country like this. Nearly all
are debtors, and at the same time
debts are owing to him. One would
think to read certain newspapers that
the American people were divided into
two distinct classes, one of which owed
all the debts and the other to which
all debts are owing. The truth is, they
are all mixed up and you cannot tell
one from the other. The working peo-
pie of the United States constitute the
largest body of creditors. If a man is
at work by the day, week or month,
he trusts his employer TO the end of
that day, week or month. When he is
paid he wants good money-a 100-cent
dollar If he succeeds in saving some
Of his wages and putting those saved
! dollars in the bank. he wants to be
sure that he can check out just as good
dollars as he put in. The workingman
has most vital interest in the money
question.
WHAT 1T WILL DO.
Kern Echo: An exchange argues that
as we are now coming all our gold and
still have insufficient money, the only
recourse rs to make some more money
either issue more paper money or more
silver This is error A return to the
Republican policy of conducting our in
ternational trade-a return to protec-
tion and reciprocity-to the plan of buy