The record-union., 1896-06-08
VOICE OF TIE PRESS.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTERIOR CALL
FORNIA NEWSPAPERS.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov
ernmental, Practical, TheOret-
icaI and Current.

1ulare register. Inere Is one TACT
that farmers should take to heart and
not be slow about it, either. 1t is that
home butter making is going out OF
date. A home cannot compete with
well-equipped creamery in making but
ter, and homemade butter is not OF
uniform quality. Dealers cannot han
ole it without an expert to test every
roll, and much of the homemade but
ter has to be sold as grease, or for cook
ing purposes or not sold at all, for the
reason that customer has got to know
who makes domestic butter or he will
not touch it. Therefore, unless farm
ers propose to lose the aid of their COWS
altogether they must have creameries
at convenient distances so that all the
milk can be utilized under the same
system and ALL the product be sent TO
market under the same brand. 1t is a
question of establishing creameries or
making no butter and selling no milk.
The dash churn is already relic.
THE MORTGAGE TAX.
Kern Echo: 1t is none too early Tor
the voters of this State to begin TO
consider the constitutional amend
ments that are to be voted upon next
fall Doubtless the most important one
of these is the one repeating the mort
gage tax The wisdom of assessing
the mortgage interest in real estate 10
the MORTGAGE has been debated III
many States for years, and the argu-
ments pro and con are familiar 10 the
ordinary mind. 1t seems clear enough
in theory that if A owns thousahd
dollar mortgage interest IN Bs rafch
that the former should pay taxes on
the amount Of his interest, but expert
ence proves that A has a habit OF tack
ing the amount Of his tax with little
excess to make himself Safe) onto the
rate of interest charged B, and so after
all the burden falls just where 1t would
If the mortgage was not taxed How
ever, the question is a debatable one'
and it should be receiving the atten-
ton of the voters.
PRESS INFLUENCE
Stockton Independent: In the June
Forum Professor Blackman eX-
presses the fear that the press is losing
its influence. Some of it is, some OF 1t
has none, and such of the press as de-
serves influence retains it. The boast
full, taking, bull-dozing, dictatoria1 and
dogmatic papers have little influence
to lose, and that little is for evil. They
are widely read among those who have
little power, little sense, and enjoy little
respect. The steady going papers that
appeal to the judgment of their readers
and not to their prejudices, retain their
influence because they deserve it, and
exercise it for the best interests of the
communities where they are published.
The loss of influence by others is a gain
to the world.
THAT GLORIOUS CLIMATE.
Riverside Press: There is probably no
spot on earth where the conditions are
such that one disposed to grumble can
ont find something to justify his habit
of unreasonable fault-finding. They
certainly exist even in Southern Cali
fornia- But it is wonder that even
such people, as they read the terrible
story of the cyclones work over large
and populous section of our land, do not
thank their stars for the good fortune
that has located them where SO few
disa greeable features exist. There is
good deal in the remark of the Fresno
Republican" which says, with truth,
that we say far too little Of the de-
lights Of our climate. We of Califor-
MIA may vaunt the glorieS of our
''matchless climate" interminably, but
we may be very sure that we cannot
do so once too often to tickle the ears
of the persons who sit with a tornado
or a blizzard on each hand. So far
as they are concerned, it is impoSsi-
BILE for US to overdo the business. In
deed, it is not the infrequent cause of
complaint against California papers, by
their Eastern readers, that they don't
say enough about the climate and the
country" We are so used to an all
the-year-round climate that we do not
realize that to a multitude of people
the thought of a land where flowers
grow through all the seasons seems
Ike dream Of Paradise.
IN DUE TINE.
Merced Star: The Democratic papers
are making a great hullabaloo over the
fact that Major Mckinley declines to
be interviewed by them upon his views
of public policy, especially upon the
currency question. They profess to be
working in the cause of business. y
which is decidedly rich, considering the
fact that their free trade heresy de-
stroyed about all the business the coun-
try possessed. Mr.. Mckinley is right
in refusing to talk for publication. He
is not a candidate yet. Anything ne
might say upon this question would be
premature and presumptuous. He shows
a proper regard for the fitness of things
by remaining silent amid the clamor
OF impudent inquiries. IF he becomes
the candidate of the Republican party
for the exalted office of Chief Magis-
trate of the Republic, the country will
not have to wait to know his opinions.
PUT ON THE ARMOP
Redding Free Press: Republicans
must begin to put on their armor for
the fray. 1t is the duty of every MEM
Der of this grand old party to wage in
cessant war against the anarchistic
and socialistic ideas that seem to be
running riot through the country, and
work for that peace and confidence
which only can bring prosperity. Fight
for protection and a return to those
happy days when the question of sill
Yer, free coinage or otherwise, was not
a mooted one. With Republican Pres
ident, capital and labor will once more
become united, to the upbuilding of
our fair land and the prosperity of
every honest toiler.
GROWING OF THE CZAR.
Vallejo Chronicle: The crogvning of
the Car of Russia was but a spectacle
and show, but it betokens the awaken
ing of the most powerful nation of the
Old World. With the progress of edu-
cation, Russia is emerging from dark
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