The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-22

under California brands is surprising TO
one not familiar with the subject. Cal
ifornia is a great producer of food prod
ucts, and the market for these goods
depends largely on the reputation which
she shall gain abroad for the purity ana
excellence of her output.
GOOD TIMES AND LEGISLATION.
Calaveras Prospect: The Democrats
are beginning to cry out that the he
publican Administration is failure be-
cause the times are still hard, ana 40
not improve so fast as was promised.
Let it remembered that we are still Nv
ing under the pernicious laws that the
Democrats have fastened upon the
country, and that Democratic obstruc-
tionists in the Senate are still sitting
back in the breeding to prevent any
change. Despits all this, the revenues
of the first month of the new Admins
tration have exceeded the expenditures
by several millions, for the first time in
three years, and more men are employed
and at better wages than at any time
since Cleveland went into office. The
good times will come, if once the Repub-
lican laws get into effect.
CUBA
San Jose Herald: The settlement of
the Cuban struggle by the purchase of
the independence of the island would be
satisfactory all around except to the
more conservative element of Spain. At
any rate, the Cubans profess to be will
ing to undertake the payment of the
amount mentioned, S100000,00O 1t
/ IA i
about $40 per capita. Such a proper
tionate debt owed by the United States
would amount to over $1,000 ,O0O,O 600.
Yet it would be but little heavier than
that which we carried at the close of
the civil war in proportion to popula-
ton.
Cuba has great undeveloped re-
sources. American capital would be
applied to them under independence,
and very likely the debt would soon be-
come comparatively easy to carry. AT
any rate, the debt would cost less than
an indefinite continuation of the war.
CYCLING RACING.
Riverside Enterprise: Some South
ern California bicycle racing men have
become impressed with the idea that
the Associated Cycling Clubs of San
Francisco have control of cycle racing
in California. In this connection it
would be we'll for every racing man to
remember that the League of American
Wheelmen officially declares that it is
in absolute control of racing in the
United States, including California, and
all competitors in race meets INSANE
toned by the l.. A w. will be in dan
ger of permanent suspension. Suspen-
sion from track racing carries with it
suspension from road racing.
POPULISM.
Kern Echo: Whatever Populists
there may be who are not ready for
socialism will join the Bryanite dem
ocraey. The others will join the So
cialist Labor party and populism will
die the death.-Register
We are Of the opinion that they will
still call it Populism and not Socialism,
though there never has been any diff
written Looking Backward there
never would have been Populist
party.
AN EXPERIMENT
Sausalito News: If the dispatches
are to be believed the new Secretary OF
Agriculture is about to engage in an
experiment which would have sent the
Chills down the spine of Secretary Nor
ton, his predecessor He is going to
buy lot of butter on Government &C
count, put it up in packages of diff
ferent size and shape and sell it on the
English market. He does this, OF
course, to introduce the product and to
test the market.
BEET SUGAR.
The Calistogan: An Eastern syn
dictate has purchased a large tract OF
land in Nebraska for the purpose OF
establishing a sugar-beet industry, and
notice is thereby given to California
that if she wishes to secure her share
of the sugar production of the country
| she must begin work at once We car
produce all the sugar needed in the
! United States, but the East is not GO
ing to sit down and wait for us to do it
TRUSTS.
| Benicia New Era: Does anybody
| know whether the trusts are Demo
Gratis, Republicans or Populists? Yet
| they are emphatically lin politics." Ir
| fact, they are about the most active
and powerful politicians we have. Ir
election campaigns they are all on the
| side they think will win; after cleo
| ton they are with the party that won
| Those that have been in existence lone
enough have been both Democrats anC
| Republicans, and it is not overesti-
mating their versatility to assume thai
| they could be equally as good Popu-
| lists or ANYTHING else
A CHANCE.
! San Jose Herald: Now an amend.
ment to the tariff has been offered IL
| the Senate admitting free of duty
articles on the dutiable list when such
articles of domestic manufacture are
| controlled by trusts. That amend.
ment had no chance in the House
fresh from the November election will
the bulk of the members owing theil
seats to the money and influence of tn,
trusts. And when we remember how
| the Sugar Trust manipulated the las
| Senate there is little room for hop.
that the present one will do much bet
ter. Still there is a faint chance.