The record-union., 1897-05-26

POINTERS FOR HEALTH.
Oakland Tribune: Here are some
pointers worth remembering now that
the fruit season has started: Raspber-
ries and strawberries have been espec-
tally recommended for gout and bill
iousness: plums for gout and articu'ar
rheumatism. Dyspeptics should avoid
eating hard skin, seeds and hard-fib-
cred fruits. The best fruits for con-
stipation are fresh apples, figs, prunes.
oranges, peaches and berries. OF all
fruits the most nutritious are bananas,
dates, figs, prunes and grapes.
THE TRUE WEAPON
Redding Free Press: Under the advice
Of such men as Eugene Debs, we hear
good deal about arming the working
men with rifles. What for? Presuma-
bly, SO that they can maintain their
rights against organized capital Debs
was the promoter of the great strike
which caused millions of dollars of loss
to the people, destitution to the strikers,
and which ended as all strikes generally
do, in disastrous failure. Strikes are
| always foolish, because when times are
good they are not necessary, and when
times are hard there is so much idle la
Dor that the strikers cannot prevent
others from taking their places. If there
are q thousand men at work at low
wages, there is generally 2,000 receiving
! no wages at all, and who are waiting for
a chance to take the places OF the l,0UC
employed. But foolish, or otherwise,
| there will always be strikes and strik-
ers; however, few honest men strike
more than once in their lifetime. But
| in an American form of government.
why is it necessary FOR laborinS men or
any other class outside OF bandits and
professional robbers to arm? Have
they not the ballot with which to right
their wrongs? And if they are il the
| minority on election day they should be
willing to take their medicine. The
trouble with Debs and his llowagita-
tors is that they are not willing that the
majority should rule, and further Will
not recognize the fact that they can
never accomplish by force of arms what
they cannot accomplish by force of
votes. The majority of the people op-
posed slavery; the minority fought for
it. The result is we'll known.
FUTURE OF MEMORIAL DAY.
| San Diego Union: The near APP
preach of Memorial day suggests anew
a question that has been frequently dis
| cussed Of late years. This is, who shall
conduct the beautiful and patriotic GER
! emonies Of the day, when the surviv-
| ing veterans of the civil war shall have
| become too feeble or too few to perform
the duties which they now annually
| assume on the Both Of May? 1t need
| not be said that the thought of per-
hitting the observance of memorial
day to lapse has never for an instant
been entertained It's ceremonies have
been conducted in way to have be-
come most valuable in their patriotic
lessons, not equaled in this respect by
any other observance. In one way and
another they have developed until they
| have become most impressive. The
Fourth of July Grafton has as a rule
become a thing of the past, but nearly
/ every town has its Memorial day ad-
dress and for the purpose the best pub
lie speakers obtainable are engaged
The exercises in the public schools have
/ become systematic and the arrange
ment Of music and responses is most
entertaining and instructive. In fact
the lessons of the day all tend to fos-
ter patriotism and the anniversary will
be observed while the republic lasts.
But advancing years are thinning the
ranks of the Grand Army. Who shall
take up the work, when the veterans
can no longer perform it? Two an
swers have been made to this ques-
ton. One is that the Sons of Veter-
ans organizations will take up this pa
triotic task. This suggestion is deemed
admirable by many. The other is
| thaf he of -;o1 do haI
ultimately be turned over to the Ma
| tiOnal Guard and that the pupils of the
public schools should be called upon to
aid them to the largest extent possible
| These are bodies that will surely be
continued for all time, for the nation
will have fallen when the public
schools and the National Guard shall
| have disappeared.
OF course there is no occasion for
Immediately deciding this question as
| to Memorial day. The Grand Army
veterans will not be compelled to re-
| linquish their task for some years to
come. But it is a Source of satisfac-
| ton to know that when they give up
the work it will continue in one way
or another to be carried on for all time.
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
| AfS u.s. lHe report or the
| State Controller of New York has set
the people to debating the proposition
| of abolishing all taxes on personal
! property and substituting an inheri-
| tance tax in lieu thereof. The Controller
asserts the the present system of tax
| ing personal property is unfair, unjust,
unequal, inquisitorial and expensive.
! The greater part of personal property
escapes taxation entirely, and the Con-
| troller cites as proof that the aggre-
gate value of personal property in 107
estates was $215. 1872, 300 This was
assessed for S3,S19,412 The vast bulk
was hidden from sight, sent out of the
State, false returns were made and the
| burdens of taxation were shifted on to
| those who were honest or who could
not fix things with the Assessor. The
Controller, as a remedy, would exempt
all personal property during the life of
the owner. When he dies and his estate
gets into probate and its value becomes
known, then impose a sufficient tax to
recompense the State for the amount
lost by the exemption. This evil and
injustice is not confined to any one To-
cality Almost everybody-except the
newspaper people who have no money
| to conceal-manage to put their "house
in order" for the visit of the Assessor
This is one Of the principal reasons Civ
en- by the "single tax advocates for
exempting everything from taxation
except the land. This will always be a
'veXed question''-unless the people
conclude to become more Conscientious
|