The record-union., 1896-03-29
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions of Interior California
Newspapers.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov
ernmental, Practical, Theoret-
fca1 and Current.

| not if the cat would eat up the tell-tale
contracts and letters like unto another
cat of journalistic fame.
GERMAN SOCIALISTS.
Los Angeles Herald: The German
| Royalist statesmen seem intensely an
gered at the Socialistic leaders, but as
the latter heartily reciprocate the feel
| ing, things should be even up between
them. The Socialists are charged with
having mixed truth with lies. Well,
that is certainly better than furnishing
| the lies undiluted. And it is only fair to
say that the autocracy that rules Ger
many has mixed truth not only with
| lies but with tyranny, injustice and
spoliation of the masses in the name of
the fatherland. The Socialists are only
prentice hands at deception and du-
plicity, and they are embarrassed in
their course by disposition to adhere
to principle. The autocrats are not
bothered that way.
SILVER.
Redding Free Press: Republican
newspapers and leaders generally con-
cede that the fight for free coinage of
silver should be within party lines.
There is nothing to be gained by leav-
ing the Republican party, which con-
tains the brains necessary to settle all
public issues. There may be an honest
difference of opinion on the silver ques-
ton, but we belive that a conservative
course will be found to be the best.
SAN JOAQUIN OUTLOOK.
Tulare Register: The crop outlook
for the upper San Joaquin Valley is cer-
tainly very discouraging. 1t would re-
quire almost a deluge followed by cool
weather to make any crop at all on the
plain lands, and nothing in this world
now seems more unlikely than such a
deluge this season. On the moist lands
there is yet time for rain to make a
crop, but the moist lands are but an in
considerable portion of the land seeded
to grain throughout the upper part of
the valley.
Nor is the promise of a late flow of
water particularly good. 1t is the early
snow which gives US late water, and the
early SHOWS were light. There may be
plenty of snow yet to give US a large
flow of early water, but it will soon be
gone and those who wait until they get
ready before they irrigate may not irri-
gate at ALL
FAIR TREATMENTS.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Fair treat
ment" is what every newspaper should
accord its patrons, even if the paper is
as powerful and rich as the Exam
iner'' and the patron as unpopular as
a giant railroad corporation, but to en-
ter into contract for such treatment
and certain advertising space, the con-
sideration being $4,000, is another
proposition and then to break the con-
tract after getting the nice sum of SO, =
600, is still another consideration. The
Examiner must have considered that
| it could collect it's 81 900 month and at
the same time play into the anti-mo-
| nopoly gallery by abusing the railroad
people, like the little boy who thought
he could eat his cake and save it at the
same time. For once a powerful news
paper, owned by millionaire, seems to
be caught out by Uncle Coils, who is
rated as being familiar with ways that
are dark and tricks that are peculiar.
ORANGE PROFITS.
| San Bernardino Sun: There has been
altogether too much romancing in the
past concerning the profits to be made
| in orange growing. 1t has hurt not
alone the orange business, but all other
| branches of horticulture. 1t is a hope
| full augury for more honesty in this re-
spect in future, however, when SO in
| f1uential a journal as the Los Angeles
| Times condemns this habit of the
real-estate Munchausens. The Times
very aptly says: "The necessity of get
| ting down to facts and introducing a
| little common sense is perhaps greater
| in the orange growing industry than in
| any other branch of agriculture or hor-
| ticulture. There has been altogether
| too much romance thrown about the
| business of raising oranges for the mar
ket One could afford to mix little
| romance with the industry twenty
years ago, when we scarcely raised
enough for local consumption, and it
was not uncommon for an orchard to
| return it's owner profit of thousand
dollars an acre. To-day, however, the
situation is changed. With a produc-
| ton of nearly 10000 carloads every
year and the urgent necessity of ex-
tending the markets, orange growing
| has come to take its place on a level
with other agricultural industries,
such as the raising of peaches and
tobacco and peanuts. 1t is true
that the profits of orange culture
are still in favorable seasons greater
| than in a majority of ether branches of
the horticultural industry, but, on the
other hand, the expense of starting an
| orange grove, the interest account while
waiting for a crop, and the expense of
cultivating and irrigating are also
| greater, so that things are balanced,
| and it becomes necessary for the grower
| to keep careful track of his expenses
| and receipts"
TOBACCO.
San Diego Union: The experiments
which have been made in raising to-
| bacco in this county have been so
satisfactory that there is every reason
to anticipate a large acreage during the
coming year. Interest in the subject of
tobacco-culture is steadily increasing.
and should the coming season prove a
profitable one to those who are prepar-
| ing to raise this crop, there will be an
increased acreage next year, and the
result will probably be a large cigar fac
| tory to work up the home product.
WILL TALK.
San Jose Mercury: Spain will not
be permitted to trample upon the sacred
prerogative of Congress by demanding
that it quit talking or fight Congress
will keep right on talking. That is
what it is there for.
FREE TRADE.
Los Angeles Herald: The appeal of
the American National Association of
Farmers for the re-enactment of the re-
ciprocity treaties between the United
States and Cuba and certain of the
South American countries, is significant
of the growth of antagonism to taxation