The record-union., 1896-12-02
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
Of the State and the Coast on SUBJ
jects Of Living and News
Interest.


has to face one of the most trying tasks
that ever presented itself to an incom-
ing President. He stands pledged TO
q renewal of prosperity to a country
which has sounded the very bass
strings of depression in all but the
money changing branches of business.
The change of Administration will
doubtless temporarily open up and
stimulate the channels of trade; but
In order to secure wholesome and
lasting renewal of prosperity, the basic
conditions that have produced hard
times and almost universal distress
must be partially or wholly removed.
Legislation must direct itself to the
decomposition of trusts and monopo-
lies, must become the master instead of
the servant of injurious combinations
of capital.
CIVILIZATION.
Los Angeles Herald: AS compared
with former periods of the worlds his
tory the nineteenth century may we'll
boast that it's civilization is the highest
and best that humanity has ever
reached, for certainly strides onward
and upward have been taken in the last
hundred years that were not equally
In dozen centuries by our ancestors
But, nevertheless and Notwithstanding,
We of to-day are standing in the out
reaching light of the twentieth CEN
tury, the inmost leaves of the bud of
human progress have not yet started to
unfold. Even the people of free and
independent America, with all their
Roasted intellectual advancement, re-
tain preponderance of the methods,
customs, superstitions, suspicious and
intolerant spirit Of the earlier civilza
tions. Greed and selfishness, and dis
regard for the feelings of others We're
the leading characteristics Of humanity
when it lived on roots and berries and
raw meat, and they are the leading
characteristics of this age, only that
we have acquired many virtues which
our ancestors did not possess; hence
the human family is, as a whole. bet
ter every way to-day than in any for
mer period.
CHARITY.
Santa Barbara News: Giving-the
mere act and without considering the
results-by a person with a full purse,
IS not necessarily charity, and, indeed,
often proves the reverse. Meeting the
small sums of money is not charity. and
it is questionable If it is not wanton
waste. We never yet saw a man de-
serving of help who was reluctant to
give some return. How many of the
big, burly, tramps are there who will
offer work as return or actually rem
der the work even when promised?
GOOD ROADS.
Placerville Nugget: The good roads
question is going to cut a great figure
in the next session of the State Legis-
lature. There should be a special COM
mittee on good roads, separate and dis
tinct from the Committee on Roads
and Highways. 1t would be good,
practical committee that ought to do
much toward the betterment of our
public highways.
THE WORD WE.
Los Angeles Times: The Santa Cruz
Surf" asks: Haven't we raised h-ll
about long enough? Isn't it pretty near
time for a rotation of crops?" That de-
pends very largely upon how many peo-
pie are included in the pronoun 1--WE"
Roscoe Conkling once said there were
ploy three classes of people who were
entitled to use the word I'VE" as ap
Piled to g. single person-edftors, kings
and men who are afflicted with a tape
worm.
OF BUTTER.
Redlands Citrograph: The State
Dairy Bureau has made its first report.
In fourteen months there We're sold in
this State over 450,0 pounds of oleo-
margarine, 100000 pounds of which was
manufactured in this State, and 150, 600
pounds imported. 1t really seems as
though this State ought to be making
butter for export instead of importing
butter and eking out even that supply
by making oleomargarine. Our natural
pastures may not be as good as those of
some other States, but we raise more
alfalfa to the acre than anybody else,
and our stock does not need as much
expensive shelter as is necessary in
other places. And yet We import hun
oreds Of thousands of pounds of butter,
genuine and built" 1t is a practice
that should be stopped.
A NICE MESS.
Fresno Republican,: Weare in favor of
a high duty on everything produced in
this State. All articles not produced In
this State we would like to see put on
the free list immediately.-Mer Sun.
That is the broad and statesmanlike
sentiment which actuated nearly all of
the tariff "reforfners" three years ago.