The record-union., 1897-10-04


the>~best possible government.
1T DID NOT DO 1T.
Red Bluff Sentinel: The people who
asserted that the defeat of free silver
would close the mines of Colorado were
misinforned. This year Colorado will
produce eleven million dollars in gold
The product for the past nine months
has been over eight millions, and for
the corresponding time last year was a
little over three millions. This looks
like the gold standard had brought
prosperity even to Colorado.
FUTURE OF WHEAT.
Los Angeles Express: Preparations
for next years wheat crop will soon be
in order. The comparatively high
prices now prevailing for wheat may
not be fully maintained, but there is
every likelihood that fer another year
at least the wheat market will be good.
The influences that will have weak
ening effect six months to year from
now are the good crops likely TO be har-
vested in the Southern Hemisphere.
The failure of the wheat crops In Aus
tralia, Argentine and India was the
cause of the high prices now prevailing.
now growing and the outlook is good.
This fact has already checked the ad-
vance in prices, and if the present
promise holds good it will continue to
prevent wheat from going to extreme
prices.
The influences that viii strengthen
the market for at least another year
are the depletion of stocks of wheat in
all parts of the world, and the sowing
of a greater acreage for the next har-
vest, which will still further run down
the reserves. In any conceivable event
the normal demand for consumptive
purposes will clean UP the crops just
harvested SO that the reserves, which
were very low when the new crop year
began, will be lower than In many
years at the end of this crop season,
next June. The high prices will stimu-
late large sowings in all wheat produc-
ing countries and this will tend to re-
duce stocks to an extremely low point
before the new crop season opens. Mer-
chants will try to replenish their re-
serves. and this putting away of stocks,
added to the natural demand for daily
use, will create lively demand.
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Oakland Enquirer: Some of the sail
ors who accompanied Explorer Peary
in his last trip to the North, during
which he visited the old camp in which
the Greely party suffered such hard
ships, are ching interviewed by the
newspapers and are giving currency
again to the old story Of cannibalism,
of which they reported that they saw
evidences. Lieutenant Peary declares
that he detected no traces of cannibal-
ism, but that does not satisfy the
ghouls who want to manufacture a
sensation. and therefore. rather than
accept the testimony of Peary, they
prefer the idle talk of ignorant sea-
men. Greedy and his companions, 1iv-
ing and dead, are entitled to better
treatment than there is a disposition
to give them.
INTIMIDATING COURTS.
Alameda Argus: No more indecent
proceedings have lately been known
than the action of splenetic newspa-
per and a small cabal of malignants
in trying to intimidate the Supreme
Court into confirming the high-handed
decision of Judge Wallace. A ratifica-
list of Vice-Presidents published with
out their consent or knowledge, and an
other list of eminent speakers an
nounced who did not appear One of
the speakers who did appear uttered
direct threats aimed at the highest
State Court. The splenetic newspaper
has been at it every day, bullying and
threatening. menacfng and covertly
giving notice Rof future burnings-up, to
induce in one way or another the
Supreme Court to look at it right. "
What is needed is. not better courts 50
much as a public environment that will
enable and prompt those We already
have to be honest and do their best.
Having such opportunity and failing
they can then we'll be taken in hand.
BUSINESS IS BETTER.
Santa Rosa Press: 1t is not difficult
to see that times are pretty lively in