The record-union., 1896-07-26
SACRAMENTO RECoRDUN1oN, SUNDAY. JULY 2e 1896

commenced discussing silver. First it
was free trade and now 1t is free silver.
They have petered out on the first prop
osition, and 1t will not be long before
they will peter out on the second.
QUESTION ASKED.
Santa Barbara Press: If a greater
supply of money is needed, as the sill
vertes claim. how is it that, since the So
called ''crime of 1879 was perpetrated,
interest has fallen from and 10 per
cent. to from 49, to 6 per cent?
EVERYBODY.
Oroville Mercury: The Examiner
asserts that protective tariff would be
bad thing for California, as it would
enable the railroad company to make
more money than it does now. Every
body else would be making money, too
WHERE THE BOUNDARY CUTS
THE TOWN IN TWO.
NOgaleS Oasis: When Mexican dollars
were at par a Mexican carpenter at
Nogales was paid three Mexican dol
lars for days wages, and an Ameri
can carpenter was paid three American
dollars. The same rate of wages pre-
vail here to-day-three Mexican dollars
for the Mexican, three American dollars
for the American mechanic. But the
three American dollars will buy twice
as much provisions, shoes, hats and
clothing as will the three Mexican dol
lars. Now, if free coinage of silver be-
comes the monetary policy of the United
States, will the three American dollars
continue to buy as much as they do now,
or will they decrease in purchasing
power to the level of the Mexican dol
lar?
JOHNSON FOR CONGRESS.
Oroville Register: In the past quarter
Of century no Congressman has ac-
complished for our people one-half that
Grove L. Johnson did during his pres
ent term.
New men have but little weight in
Congress, but Johnson commanded at
tention and respect. If the House was
half-empty when he arose to speak it
rapidly filled to hear his utterances. He
has been an intense and untiring worker
for the people of our commonwealth
He has secured the passage of such bills
as the people were most in need Of He
cid more than any other member from
this district ever accomplished in the
same length of time.
If returned to Congress he will have
many advantages that he did not enjoy
during the past year, for he now has an
extensive acquaintance in Washington
He is known to the older members of the
House as an able, earnest, Jealous and
devoted member, who is always work
ing for the best interests of the State
and district he represents. He has
broad opinions which he expresses in a
manner that commands attention, and
these opinions carry weight with all
classes. His nomination and election
this fall means much for this part of
the State, and all citizens, irrespective
of party, should labor to send him back
interests of California.
PROSPERITY AT HOME.
Oakland Enquirer: A low American
tariff helps the English mechanic and
factory operative at the expense of the
American laborer and farmer The
men who believe in cultivating prosper
ity at home and leaving other countries
to take care of themselves will vote
against the continuance of the present
low tariff which makes the English
workmen busy and the American idle
WHEN RESTORED.
Stockton Independent: When the Re-
publican tariff shall be restored work
and wages will come again; the laborer
will begin again to buy lots and build
homes instead Of selling them at a sac
rifice to buy bread for his children The
who is now raising chickens
in the country will return to town to
raise buildings; the plumber who is
working on railroad or street grades
will follow the carpenter into new
buildings; the brick yard will be run
ming full force on full time and mechan-
les generally will not be competing with
stevedores and ranch hands for the lit
tie there is to do and cheapening labor
in all lines. The unavoidable is bad
enough, but the Democrats persist in
the policy Of aiding avoidable evils, and
the laboringman who depends on his
earnings for his eating should set his
brains to consulting his appetite, and
he will not be fooled by the false cry
of free silver which is only made to
make him lose sight of the policy of
free trade, from which he suffers
THE SUNS POSITION.
Colusa Sun: The war struck dumb. if
not down, local self-government and the
rule and aggrandiZement of the classes
began and the consequence has been
the concentration of more than half the
Of the nation into the hands
of some 10000 men and a system estab-
lished by which the rest of the people
are taxed for the further enrichment of
these few men. This is done under pre-
text that If we make them richer they
can pay the rest more wages From
this state of affairs there has come a
revolt but the people have made a
fearful mistake as to the remedy At
the wrong time few silver miners got
the ear of some Of the Western States
and by hired advocates have turned
attention from the true cause of distress
"a system OF taxation that makes hun
dreds of millions annually out of those
who have comparatively no property
and practically exempts those who have
the bulk of the property-and again it
Is the few, and the few only, who must
be the gamers. On the one hand we
have the policy Of making the compare
lively poor pay, not only all the bur-
dens of government, but an immense
taX-much more than the Government
tax-for the further enrichment of the
rich, and on the other hand the
enrichment of few silver mine own
ers at the expense of the prosperity of