The record-union., 1897-11-28
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.

San Diego Union: Postal savings
banks have long been desired in this
country They are conceded to be a
popular boon wherever they have been
established. If Congress is not deaf to
the wishes of the people law provid-
ing for these useful repositories will be
enacted at the coming session.
wATTERSON.
Inyo independent: Henry Waiter
son has been making a hard fight to
establish the gold Democratic party,
but when he saw the men he was work
ing with vote the Republican ticket he
quit and henceforth will accept the
verdict as settled that the Democratic
party is to champion and finally restore
bfmetallism to this country by the free
and Independent coinage of silver at
the ratio of 16 10 l.
OLIVE OIL.
Oroville Mercury: The question Of
the profits to arise in future from the
manufacture of olive oil, is admitted
to rest wholly upon the question as 10
whether or not cotton seed oil is 10
be used to adulterate the pure article,
and as a competitor of olive oil. The
growing sentiment against adulteration
of foods will undoubtedly result in de-
creasing the evil, and may eventually
practically suppress it. Cotton seed
oil is said to be as injurious to the Eu-
man system, as olive oil is beneficial,
and if this be true it will not be able
to compete with the better oil among
enlightened people. In proportion to
our population, the consumption of oil
is extremely limited in America, and is
capable of almost indefinite increase.
In view of these facts, there seems to
be no reason to fear for the future of
the olive oil industry, if the producers
make an organized effort to protect the
purity of their product and expand their
markets.
THEY HOLD TRUMPS.
Marysville Appeal: There is hardly
producer Of any commodity on earth
that would allow products to be taken
from his door by middleman with no
interest in their sale further than his
commission, and from thence be con-
veyed to point designated by the mid
dleman with the intention possibly of
gluttfng the market at such point in
order to ''do up some little shipper
more Independent than the rest who
has ventured to ship his own fruit, the
destination of which had become known
to the middleman.
There is no gain to be made py
standing off at long range and decrying
the middleman. He is not so much t.
blame-the whole system is wrong. The
middleman's commission on the item
of freight alone means large "divvy''
out of each car shipped. The middle
man is all right. He is simply lux
uriating in dead thing; hit or miss
the band plays on for him. The fact
Of the whole matter is that the horti-
culturists of the country are pursuing a
game in which they hold the trumps il
they but knew it. but failing to realize
the power of intelligent cooperation
they are constantly undone by the joker
in the hands Of the middleman
The quicker the fruit shipping busi-
ness of the State is reduced to business
principles the better for the growers. II
such action is impossible the sooner
bankruptcy papers are filed by the ma
1orfty of the growers the earlier they
will get started in some other line
wherein living if not profit may ex-
iSt for them