The record-union., 1897-09-03
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

NCAieIA Ills DGlHS lIdl HUGH tess
than the assessment of 1896, when the
assessment fell thirty-five millions be-
low that of 1895. in which year part
OF the board declared that San Fran
cisco was underyalued over sixty mill
ion dollars. Taking these undervalua-
tions by the Assessor, and which the
State Board sustains, together for three
years and we lind San Francisco un-
derFalued to-day by about one hundred
and eleven million dollars. The effect
of this unjust underyaluation is to i'm
pose a larger tax burden for State pur-
poses upon outlying counties than is
their just proportion. Instead of prop
erty values shrinking, as the assess
ments for three, years indicate, there
has been marvellous increase in wealth
and in property value in San Francisco,
exceeding one hundred million dollars.
The true valuation, if placed at figures
comporting with valuations placed
against outside property, would Justly
raise the cily's assessment by two
hundi ed million dollars. These false
and fraudulent valuations will go on
just as long as the balance of the State
will tolerate them. The only remedy
the people have lies in the election of
Board Of Equalization that will deal
justly between San Francisco and the
country.
TILE TRINITY EXCITEMENT.
Redding Free Press: Some are going,
others are returning from Coffee Greek,
and in the meantime the streets of
Reddihg present a lively scene. There
is scarcely q newspaper in the State
that has not had something to say of
the Coffee Greek excitement, and in this
way the extreme northern part of the
State has been we'll advertised. No
doubt the strikes on Coffee Creek and
tributaries have been greatly exagger-
ated, and many who have gone to the
diggings will meet with disappoint
menr. These men will give the dis
trict a "blaek eye" Distance always
lends e.7chantment TO the view, and it
is nos strange that the real conditions
should disappoint those who have given
full play to their imaginations. But
while Coffee Creek is not Klondike,
nor as rich as the placer mines of Cal
ifornia in the days of 1919, yet it is
a good district for the intelligent pros
pector, and even "tenderfoot" may
strike something good if he is lucky.
During this excitement it has not been
the purpose of the Free Press" to
unduly excite the imagination, but we
have held, and still say, that the north
eastern part of Trinity County even
into Siskiyou, is as good a field for ex-
ploratlon, for the miner and prospector
as can be found in any part of the
State, and We firmly believe that a
greatly increased production of gold
will follow the excitement, and that
many miners will make good wages,
and few, small fortunes.
MUGWUMP PRESS.
Alameda Argus: The Mugwump press
is not conspicuously represented in the
some vigor. 1t is now engaged in be-
littling the evidences of prosperity
| that abound in all the land, and main
tains that any prosperity that is due
in large part to famine in another
country is nothing to be elated over
/ The Mugwump press, indeed, takes
such singular ground that it would al
most appear that it has regrets that
the famine does not occur in this coun-
try and the surplus of wheat in some
other. The Mugwump has a high and
| severe virtue, but it is difficult to get
| the hang Of it.
A POINTER.
| Riverside Press: Here is a striking
pointer as to the way the Dingley bill
has laid the magic wand of prosperity
on the wool industry of California An
Orange County paper says: Fifty
sheep -shearers will begin the se<-
sons clip at the Sasinena ranch
Saturday. Mrs. Sansinena, who will
have several carloads of wool, expects
to get 5 or cents pound for the out
put" Last year it was difficult to get
shearers to clip the feeces for them;
there was practically no market for
wool.
CLASS LEGISLATION.
Woodland Democrat: That there
| has been an advance in wheat, hay and
| barley is true but Republicans didn't
make the crops in this country and
| they are not responsible for the fall
ures in others. They can no more
claim credit for the condition of the
wheat market than they can for the
good weather and the comparative
freedom from insects and pests. They
are entitled to credit for all the trust
| prosperity, and we cheerfully concede
it to them. but when they claim credit
for changes in the weather, abundant
| harvestS in one section of the country,
failures in another and other condi-
tions which affect the wheat market,
they are guilty of but little less than
/ blasphemy. A natural advance is un-
Iquestionably sign of prosperity, but
a rise that follows class legislation. in
which one class of people is enabled to
| invoke paternalism in order to make
it's particular business profitable at the
expense of it's neighbors, is an evidence
of just the reverse of prosperity.
A CALL FOR ABOLITION.
Chico Record: When the food pro-
ducers of the country band themselves
together to crush out those who regu-
late markets for food products to suit
their gambling motives, national legis-
lation will be had abolishing the wheat
call board. and the price of this staple
will be regulated by supply and de-
mand.
THE VENEZUELA CASE.
Oakland Times: II it is true. as re-
ported, that the British Government
has announced that the Venezuela ar
/ bitration conference cannot sit for a
year. or not until September of next
year there viii be loud outcry until
some good reason is given for this very
extended delay. If the Government of
Great Britain is acting in good faith,
it ought to be anxious to have this
out of the way as soon as possible.
A YOSEMITE ROAD.
Santa Rosa Republican: The Sacra-
mento Record Union is doing a good
| work in urging that the General Gov
ernment Guild a good and permanent
highway into and through the Yosem-