The record-union., 1897-01-03
UNacE From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
VI the State and the Coast on SUBJ
JectS of Living and News
Interest.

cured fruits will greatly aid growers in
the disposal of their produce, and bring
ABOUT a result which has been regarded
aS the surest means of success, viz:
selling the produce at home.
ofchardists have shared with agri-
cuIturists the depression which has
Kept them in straightend circumstances,
put We believe the ordeal is over. We
hope the coming season will revive the
fruit industry and bring about satis-
factory results for those interested in
the same.
CHANGE OF INVESTMENT.
Fresno Republican,: The Selma "Irri-
gator says that a good many farmers
In that locality are selling their residue
in small homes. 1t is a wise course, and
could have been adopted with great
profit a few years ago. A majority Of
people who became hopelessly involved
in debt by over-investment during
boom times, have made the mistake Of
holding on long after every reasonable
hope of carrying though their foolish in
vestments had gone. The sooner they
unload the burdens they cannot carry
and devote their energies to enterprises
will be.
PRIMARY LAW BILL.
Alameda Argus: We sincerely hope
that Assemblyman Norths primary
bill, or some other bill with the same
end in view, will become a law. Pri-
mary elections are now farce They
afford no opportunity to take the ex-
preston of political parties as to their
preference for candidates. There Is
not the least barrier against fraud, and
efforts to elect delegates to conven-
tions result in nothing but acrimony. 1t
ought to be possible to devise and enact
a primary law that would be legal and
would provide method of obtaining an
honest expression of political party 8
wishes.
BOUNTY OR TARIFF.
Oroville Mercury Instead of a spe-
cific tax of one and one-haf cents
pound on raw sugar, which would be
two cents or more on refined sugar, a
tax to be paid by the consumer, the Co
lusa Sun favors a State bounty of
two cents for refined sugar made from
beets for which the factory had paid
four and a half or five dollars a ton, in
the cultivation of which the factory
was neither directly or indirectly inter
ested Then it would be collected os-
tensibly at least-from property. and
not from the laboring classes. The
sun" is opposed to the tariff on sugar,
but ii is in favor of the coming Legis-
lature submitting a proposition to the
1,e.op,e giving a bounty, on the oondi-
4ious above mentioned, on sugar UP 10
four or five millions a year. 1t would
make of California the sugar produc-
ing country Of the world
SUGAR BEETS.
Dixon Tribune: Sugar beets are max
ing the fortunes Of the enterpflslhg
farmers of Salinas and WatsonVhle;
wheat is running the unprogresslVe
farmers of Solano and Yolo. the hrst
class is planting more beets each year
10 increase it's revenue and the other
class is planting more wheat TO IN
crease its mortgage Indebtedness. rms
is putting the matter too strong 10
make palatable reading for some or our
farmers. but 1t is warranted by the
facts. If our farmers cenfine them
selves to raising wheat as single crop
ruin stares them in the face. IL VIII
REQUIRE work and enterprise to estab-
lish the sugar beet industry, but where
there is a will there is way
SAME ANYWHERE.
Woodland Democrat: If Yolo County
people We're only as interchangeable In
promoting the material interests of this
county as are the people of the south
ern part of the State in booming that
section, what a change would soon oc-
cur in existing conditions.
GIVING AND GIVING.
Kern Echo: Fresno is making an en-
viable reputation for the open-handed
charity of her people.-Republcan.
That depends There is a lot of So
called open handed charity" in the
country which is anything but "envi-
able" 1t is pretty well settled now
that mere giving of money or goods Is
not dispensing the best form Of charity
Giving opportunity is much better.
PLAIN WORDS.
Pasadena Star: The Examiner" Is
bowling over the arrest of a San Fran
cisco newsboy for jumping ON a street
car to sell a paper. The howl is a hypo
critical lying one, and is prompted
only by the hatred of the Southern Pa
cific Company. The practice of news
boys jumping on and off street cars
IS a dangerous one, as the Examiner
we'll knows, has cost many a boy his
legs and his life and ought to b
stopped. The writer hereof has seen
boy killed IN the street, mangled to
death in q few seconds by the wheels
of a street car, doing this same thing
II was a pihiful sight. And yet for try
ing to protect him a demagogical press
will raise a howl of oppression. Out
,,ron you. liars and quacks. Tell the
truth once, and see how it seems.
CORRECT.
Los Angeles Times: Some farmers liv
ing ON the east side Of the Sonoma Val
lev have held a meeting and organized
themselves into road Improvement
cl,,b. Their example might be profit
ahlv initiated In ever ycounty in the
state proyided the work of road inn
provernent were carried on in accord
ance with scientific principles.
SALVATION ARMY.
Stoclton Record: Never before In the
history of the land has a strictly re-
ligious organization received SO many
sincere compliments at the hands of the
press as have been given the salvation
Army during the present holiday sea-
SON In every city and town where
corps of the army Is situated the
press have been paying handsome and
deserving tributes to the army. And
1t Is peculiar that no read considers
these notices as merely perfunctory nor
are the papers even suspected of having
received pay for paying Them as Is