The record-union., 1896-04-07
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From the Newspapers o
Interior California.


Interior California.
Oakland Times: Mexico wants an
alliance of American nations to resist
the aggression of European powers.
The United States is strong enough in
itself to prevent any European nation
from depressing it and if it went into
an alliance it might become entangled
in some other country's quarrel. Our
Government ought to be able to en-
ploy smart enough diplomats not to
get into any troubles which were not
willfully thrust upon u.s.
HERE AND THERE.
Stockton Independent: If DR.. De-
pew will only talk in the East as he
has talked in California, people in that
region will have better idea of Cali
fornia and it's resources. People here
would do well to heed the visitors
words and they will not leave this
genial climate and these wealth-pro-
ducing hills and fertile valleys to chase
rainbows under the almost eternal
SHOWS of Alaska.
BIMETALLISM.
Tulare Register: AS to the financial
issue, the Republican party is and ever
has been in favor of bimetallism.
There are not enough gold monometal-
lists in all California to constitute a
respectable spiritualistic seance, and
not enough silver monometallists to
hold a caucus. No Republican wants
gold to be the only money of ultimate
redemption and no Republican wants
silver to be the only money of ultimate
redemption, though that is what inde-
pendent free coinage would result in
if it were attempted, and is a fit sub
ject for Populists, but not for Repub-
licans, to howl for.
TRUE EVERYWHERE
Stockton Record: Stated broadly. If
a man owned all the realty in this city
and all the rest of the inhabitants
were tenants, he could better afford
to surrender two-thirds of his frontage
in order to have all the streets ma
cadamized than to hold it all and have
the streets remain as they are. This
is true as applied to every property
holder on an unimproved street. There
should be a recognition of the principle
that neither frontage nor acreag ge
makes values in realty 1t is loca-
ton as to improvements that gives
wealth. The more improvements the
more wealth. This is especially true
OF street improvements. Property on
an unimproved street represents moth
ing more than speculative value-a
value in prospect
A COMMISSION.
LompOc Record: A bill is now pend
ing before Congress to authorize the
selection or non-partisan commits
sion to gather information and con-
slder and recommend legislation to
meet the problem presented by labor.
agriculture and capital. If such
commission should be selected as will
present these questions in a. manner
to benefit the masses and not the
classes, good will result
SANTA MONICA HARBOR.
Redlands Citrograph: Because there
Is an appropriation bill before the
House for the improvement of both
Santa Monica and San Pedro harbors
some papers that ought to have a
little bit OF sense are bowling. Why?
Give 1t up. We want all the appro-
prlatlons we can get and all the har-
pors that can be made The talk that
is being made against Santa Monica
is lnenably silly. When the old Jones
wharf was built, we landed there
many times and always in safety. A
good harbor can be made there and
Los Angeles needs all the harbors she
can get. TO oppose an augmentation
looks extremely silly