The record-union., 1896-04-16
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions of Interior California
Newspapers.
Comments Upon Things Local. Gov
ernmental, Practical, Theoret-
ical and Current.

Alameda Encinal: Now that it is be-
coming apparent that there is real
movement on foot to make Secretary
Carlisle the Democratic candidate for
President the silver Democrats in Con-
gress from the South are making their
opposition to him known. They do not
hesitate to say they will not support
him and if they represent the senti-
ments of their constituents, as they
claim to do, it is difficult to understand
where Mr.. Carlisle can get the support
necessary to nominate him. The gold
Democrats of the East have never fully
trusted Mr.. Carlisle, but would proba-
bly, be willing to support his candidacy
if he could show them that he had the
Southern Democrats behind him.
REPRODUCTION.
Healdsburg Enterprise: The acreage
being planted to vineyards in Califor-
mia this year is sufficiently large to
make the prediction that unless a halt
is called the industry will again be in
jured by over-production. Farmers
better be careful about planting too
many vines. There is danger of over
doing even really good thing.
EQUALITY.
Redwood City @Times-Gazette: A Los
Angeles paper says that one Of the
effects of Miss Shaw's propaganda in
favor of strict equality between the two
sexes is noticeable in the frequency
with which men permit women to
stand up in the street-cars. We do not
believe a little thing like that is going
to frighten the women out of demand
ing the suffrage. No more will the pros
pect of having to pay the obnoxious
poII-tax or having to do military
service in time of war. There are few
women who can't wheedle the amount
of the poll-tax out of their husbands or
some male relative; as for fighting, we
have no doubt that the American
women can do as well as the Greek or
Cuban women in that line. 1t should be
remembered that the darlings are be-
ginning to learn to play basket ball,
which is cousin german to football.
FARMERS AND TARIFF.
Selma Irrigator: Farmers are paying
an oppressive tax on their cotton and
wooden clothing and almost every ar
ticle they use, and are receiving no
benefit in return from it. 1t would be
difficult to show where the farmer gets
a dollars worth of benefit from the
protective tariff, but he can see for
himself where it costs him hundreds of
dollars every year to pay this tariff,
which all goes into the pockets of
the manufacturers. Ours is an agri-
cultural country, and our exports are
principally from the farm. So long as
farming was profitable, we sent our
farm products to all parts of the world
where they are in demand, but they had
to be sold at the worlds international
free trade prices. The export price
governs the market, and the farmers
are compelled to pay for protection and
sell what they raise at free trade prices.
The manufacturer pays for protection
and sells In a protected market, reap
ing an immense profit thereby.
PEACEMAKERS
Colusa Herald The people Of this
country desire peace with all nations
of course, and therefore they are in
favor of the construction of more bat
tIe-ships and torpedo-b boats, as such
things are wonderfully effective in the
prevention of war.
PROTECTION AND BIMETALLISM
Stockton Independent: True protec-
ton will not neglect any class. 1t will
protect alike the farmer, the wage
worker and the manufacturer. 1t is not
wise to protect the manufacturer and
leave the wage-worker to compete with
the thousands who rush from abroad to
share prosperity and rush away when
adyersity comes. When the working
men see that they are protected they
will gladly support protection to their
EMPLOYERS, and when the farmers are
nrotacted by bountes they will warmly
support protection to other classes
Protection OF this kind will prepare the
country for bimetallism, for when the