The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-11
Voice OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
VI the State and the Coast on Sub
iects Of Living and News
Interest.

Riverside Enterprise: The announce
menf is made in some of the northern
newspapers that there is a movement
ON foot among some of the Supervisors
up that way to hold meeting OF Su-
perVisors Immediately for the purpose
OF drafting a bill to increase the mile
age of those officials while engaged in
the work of road viewing. 1t is also
sntended to send a lobby to Sacramento
to work against a bill cutting down the
powers of Supervisors.
BUSINESS LICENSES.
Wheatland Four Corners: A move
ment is on foot to have the Legislature
pass a law relieving persons In incor-
pcrated towns from paying a business
license, thus enabling the Town Trus-
tees to increase the municipal license
to a sum equal to the present county
and town license. We believe the pas
sage of such bill would be desirable.
Under the County Government Act of
1888 the provision for raising money
Is too limited to permit of such progress
as many towns would be justified in
pursuing.
CENTRALIZING AUTHORITY.
Stockton Record: Many of those who
have been loudest in their unreasoning
protests against what they have term
ed the Capitalization of power In the
National Government, are now the
warm advocates of the very measures
that are calculated within State lines
to remove power from the people, as
eXerted locally and concentrate 1t In
various authorities distant from the
point where it is to be exercised.
LEGISLATIVE ATTACHES.
Bakersfield Californian: We regret to
see among the names of these absolute
ly useless employees several newspaper
men, who ought to be in better bust
ness. The whole thing is scandalous,
and no better than open-handed rob-
berry of the taxpayers. Ten good men
could perform all the duties that will
fall 20 the lot of this horde of salary
grabbers. who will stand about doing
nothing during the entire session.
EXEIPTING FROM TAXATION
Chico Chronicle Record: The pet
measure of Senator Androus, he says,
will be a joint resolution exempting
from taxation all property owners as
sessed at $500 or less Why? When
there are plenty of men with much less
than $500 who pay more Federal taxes
than other men with million, and when
the Senator supports a party that has
such principal cornerstone, why make
wTy faces at the small amount collected
by the State from that class Let us not
strain at the gnat and swallow the
camel with SO much ease! Until we
can get a system of Federal taxation
that Will tax property just little bit
such moves do not amount TO decent
clap-trap!
HOME GOODS.
San Jose Herald: A bill Is to be pre-
scented IN the Legislature that all public
institutions shall give preference in
buying goods to those OF home manu-
facture, all things being equal.
That would be good idea properly
carried out. IF our own people Will make
goods of any kind equal in quality and
price TO those from elsewhere they
ought to have the preference. And they
probably would have 1t without any
law to that effect, but for the very COM
mon tendency among people TO go fur
Their and fare worse" 1t is the old idea
that the prophet has honor save in his
own country. 1t is apt to apply to per-
sons as well as goods. Yet when a local
product attains an established reputa-
tion it has no trouble about finding
sale. The main point therefore is for
local producers and manufacturers to
establish a reputation for their goods
by conscientious and Intelligent effort
Then the goods will sell themselves
either to private or public purchasers
and there will be no occasion for leg
1slatlon or popular agreements to sup
port home manufacturers.
GOOD ROADS.
Colusa Sun: Good roads Is the hobby
of a majority of the Solons interviewed
and If some practical results shall only
follow we may excuse this Legislature
for many faults, for there has been more
money wasted, wantonly, on the roads
than on anything else in this State
But 1t is still advisable TO go slow and
drive in the middle of the road"
Change IS not always Improvement.
The very fact that we have always done
so poorly IN the matter of good roads is
proof of the difficulty of the situa ton.
Look at all the money spent in Colusa
County and then look al the roads we
have. And the roads have not always
been in incompetent hands. 1t Is one
thing for legislator TO say he is in ia
wor Of good, and quite another thing to
Evolve d BDDu SCDGiIfe. Inc IOdu cOIn-
mission seems TO have been doing some
good work, and If it has It should be
continued.
THE FUNDING BILL
Marysville Democrat: To force fore
closure now Congress must provide for
the payment Of sec, 100000 to secure
the payment of $53, $50, 500 due to the
United States on the second mortgage
hen. And after the transfer has been
reflected the Government has only the
roads as the assets to show for the eX-
perdtture of 500, $50, 1913. Then having
the property in its possession one Of
two things must be the result, a sale Of
the road or take the management and
opera1e them. Offered to the highest
bidder the property possibly may bring
$40 600 600, which would be no more