The record-union., 1896-08-06
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
From Coast Papers ON Both Sides of
Political and Other Questions.


Political and Other Questions.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: But sup
pose the nations had by International
agreement consented that for purposes
of commerce a Mexican dollar should
be legal tender in all those countries
not only in Mexico, but in the United
States, in Grenat Britain, Russia, Ger
many and France-and it should every
where be counted as being equal to 100
cents, or one-fifth of a five-dollar gold
piece, or one-fifth of an English SOW
ereign, or the same as five francs, the
American farmer would be able to buy
just as much with one thousand Mexi-
can dollars as he would with one thou
sand American dollars, or two hundred
five-dollar gold pieces. This would be
International bimetallism; and if this
result cannot be accomplished by all
the great commercial nations acting in
concert, it certainly could not be ac-
complished by one nation alone.
ABOUT SILVER.
Oroville Mercury: This is to be a
campaign of education, according to the
Republican papers, and the first thing
they attempt to teach the laborer is
that if he does not vote for a gold
standard he will be compelled to take
his pay in silver dollar, worth but 90
cents. 1t may not be generally known,
but it is, nevertheless, a fact that
two half-dollars and the other sub
sdiary coins now in use are less in
weight than the standard silver dollar
by nearly eight grains, and, yet, being
at least 80 per cent. of the coin actually
paid for labor and for the daily food
of the people, it is money debased by
law as to its weight. When the Repub-
licanS insist so earnestly on giving to
the common masses of the common
people" gold dollars (of which none can
be coined under existing law), what
have they to say about giving them
silver half-dollars that are eight grains
under the standard weight? Is that
honest money? They are also deaf and
dumb to the demand of the people for
full legal tender power in favor of silver
money. These debased and degraded
coins, with nickels and coppers, are the
only specie money that the worlds toll
ers ever use or see.
IN THE EAST.
Santa Rosa Democrat: y farmer in
New Hampshire writes to the st. Louis
Republic" that he and hundreds more
In the neighborhood have been Repub-
licans for many years, but intend to
vote for free silver.
A Maryland farmer writes that all
his friends are beginning to believe
that the gold standard is the cause of
q great deal of the depression which
has forced the agricultural classes
further and further into debt.
ABOUT WOOL.
Visalia Delta: During the last Presi-
dental campaign our evening contem-
porary told us that free wool would in
crease the wool product of the United
States, increase the value of American
wool, and likewise the amount OF
woolen goods produced here. He was
not a successful prophet. Sheep are
fewer in number, the product of Amer
lean wool has grown smaller each year,
the price has droped in proportion and
at times it has hardly paid to shear
the sheep. And strangely enough, with
all the wool that has come to us from
Australia and elsewhere, woolen mills
have closed or run on short time. We
were told how free wool would benefit
California in particular. And will our
contemporary now explain how all its
iTOpiltCItS 11ZZISQs anu why II W c1o iiCN-
essary a few days ago to sell the ma
cbinery of the idle woolen mills in San
Francisco, which is to be shipped to ia
pan?
A SNARLEYOW GONE
Napa Register: 1T is easily the lead
ing paper in Santa Cruz" So spoke
long distance critic of the Penny
Press" a few months ago. But the pa
per was not destined to lead any great
length of time. It was born a little
over a year ago and with a chip on It's
shoulder and ended a hammer-and-
tongs existence Tuesday of this week.
An editor without fear or favor" may
smash things and keep his own town
rocking for while, but the sensation
in time grows monotonous, bOres its
readers where it does not offend them,
and blasts the business it has built up
on smoke.
WOOL-IF
Napa Register: Kern County wool
growers, who used to get Is cents a
pound or wool and 10 cents each for
pelts, under protection, and who are for
tunate to get or > cents a pound for
wool and % cents piece for pelts un-
der free trade, Will of course vote for
continuation of free trade. They will
support no protection plutocrats," but
will keep right on voting for the policy