The record-union., 1897-10-14

about 100000 pounds. In two months
about 100000 pounds of wool have
been sold in Southern California. To-
day there is hardly bale of wool in
the growers hands. Both the spring
and fall clips are cleaned up.
Then, there is another story, or rath-
er a sequel to this one. Last year grow
ers tried, mostly in vain, to sell their
clips at 21b to cents per pound AT
that very low price buyers were indif-
ferent enough to keep their hands off.
This year good woods have sold readily
at 8 cents and choice to fancy has sold
up to cents.
The sheep men are all very staunch
friends Of Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine
The next Populist who goes among
them to talk free trade in raw material
had better get a steel shirt round his
lungs and a helmet over his brains.
WANT SACRAMENTO TO WIN.
Winters Express: We sincerely hope
Sacramento County will succeed in the
effort now being made to secure a beet
} ,
in Yolo this at Sacramento will be q
tremendous benefit to our farmers. Beet
raising will supply us another profitable
industry and afford diversion of farm
products that is needed.
THE TREND OF POLITICS.
Humboldt Standard: Kansas has been
holding prosperity festival at Topeka
which is a pronounced success. The
prosperity of that prairie State is also
a pronounced success, contrary to the
predictions of Bryan, Simpson & Co.
The prosperity of the country is grow
ing every day and the occupation of the
calamity -howler will soon be gone. The
prospects in Eastern States seem to be
good for q retirement of the 16 TO 1
silver issue, since Henry George, the
Bryan nominee for Mayor of Greater
New York, repudiates the silver issue,
saying that he cares nothing about sill
yer or gold He favors paper money
to the exclusion of both In other words,
he is a ''greenbacker" In none of the
Eastern States are the Democrats Civ
ing more than a half-hearted support
to the Chicago platform, and it is plain
TO be seen that, unless a change comes
over the party, silver will be left to
shift for itself and Bryan will cut but
little figure in the next campaign.
SMALL BUSINESS.
Tulare Register: The Stockton Mali
very properly condemns the small work
of the Merchants and Producers Asso-
citation in offering free transportation
j to San Francisco to any one from the
interior who will purchase goods to a
certain amount This, of course, is de-
/ signed to attract the trade which nat
urally belongs to the merchants of in
terror towns, and is, as the Mall says,
"a small piece of business"
This Merchants and Producers As
sociation was organized with the al
I legged purpose of encouraging the use
of and demand for California produc-
tions, thus fostering cur own indus
tries, instead of buying SO largely of
Eastern manufacturers. With this idea
in mind the papers Of the State, with
out exception so far as we know spoke
favorably of the movement and gave
it full encouragement Its purpose was
not to foster the retail trade of a single
city, and no interior newspaper so un-
derstood it. 1t is not adding materially
to the prosperity of California for con-
sumers to run down to San Francisco
to purchase supplies, even if their fare
is paid Nor would such a plan help
| San Francisco in the long run, as in
terror merchants would soon cease to
/ look there for stocks.
If this Merchants and Producers As
sociation has any legitimate purpose
!, in life it is to build up factories and
business for the whole State, not to
attract a crowd to somebody's tenement
counter. Even one mammoth city, if
such could thus be built up, would not
be desirable for the State if all the rest
were reduced to struggling hamlets and
COW countries. They want a uniform
and healthy growth, not a sales day
squirt for one town.
If this association has undertaken to
manage the retail trade or one town
it viii be we'll for interior merchants
to make a note of the fact, as it is not
what it pretended to be.
A TEHAMA LESSON.
Chico Record: The making of better
! roads is always a timely subject and
/ one to which all progressive committee
! should tend. The discussion of bet
/ ter thoroughfare from Chico to her ad
/ Jacent mountain territory makes the
4 following from the Red Bluff "Senti-
/ mel" of valuable interest:
/ Few counties in the State have taken
! the advanced step in permanent road
work that is being accomplished by
/ Tehama County. On the Red Bluff
/ and Susanville road there is a lava
plain seven miles from town and about
six miles across. 1t is a succession of
big rocks and boulders and thousands
! of dollars were spent each few years
to improve it, but no permanent work
was accomplished till the county pur-
| chased a rock-crusher.
/ With an endless amount of material
at hand the good work has continued
at intervals when money was available
/ from the county funds, though a large
amount of work was donated by citi-
zens to start the enterprise. Three
/ miles had been constructed when work
was begun this fall under the direction
/ of Supervisor Lyman. The Board of
! Supervisors inspected the work Thurs