The record-union., 1897-08-13


it is just that the desires, which are in
satiable, should always be unsatisfied.
and that those should never have
enough who never know when they have
enough.
SAME SAUCE.
Pasadena News: The Hawaiian
Government is treating the goose
to the same sauce hereto
fore served to. the gander In
short, Chinese, as we'll as Japanese,
immigration to the islands is TO be re-
stricted. Orientalism is a good thing IN
moderate doses, but it has an uncom-
Portable tendency to overwhelm what
ever it lights upon.
SAN DIEGO'S ORCHARDS.
San Diego Union: A splendid showing
of progress in fruit growing in San
Diego County is to be found in the re-
Gently completed assessment rolls, OF
which a very full synopsis was pub
lished yesterday in these columns. The
figures there given are gratifying IN the
extreme, especially as they are known
to be thoroughly conservative. Asses
sors, it will be remembered, may over
look property, no matter how careful
they may be- but they never make re
turns of property that has no existence.
1t is safe to assume then that If the
figures given are not absolutely cor
rect, the error is one of understatement
and not of exaggeratiOn.
1t is possible that there are a few peo-
iple who still cling to the old idea that
San Diego has no productive back
country, to speak of, and that this part
! oF l. n To
| such persons, if there are any, the AS
SCISSORS figures of this county's fruit in
ldustry will be a revelation, and it is
probable that many residents who con-
slider themselves familiar with the
countys growth will be surprised at
the returns.
THE CHAPPIES MUST PAY.
Los Angeles Express: Not the least
| of the manifold benefits of the new tar
/ iff law is conferred through the clause
which says that no more than $500 in
value of articles purchased abroad by
residents of the United States will be
admitted free on their return.
! The privileges conferred under the old
law We're grossly abused Icy the thou
sands of American tourists, many of
whom actually calculated to save
part of their travelling expenses by
bringing home a vast amount of cheap
| ly purchased clothing and furnishing
goods, that under the provisions of the
old law, they were able to get through
/ the custom-house without paying duty.
! While the foreign Shop-keepers and
manufacturers profited by this CUSTOM
the effect on the same class of business
and ventures in this country was eX-
actly the reverse, and there has been
a great deal of justifiable complaining
The aping customs of the Anglomani-
acs have been another factor in depriv-
ing our home manufacturers and mer-
chants of business that should go to
them, and it is a pleasure to reflect that
if these customs are to be maintained
those who indulge in them will have to
pay accordingly. Just as good goods
can be purchased in the United States.
It is proverbial that the American tall
ors are far superior to their English
rivals as regards fit and general work.
manship.
So far as the factor of cheapness is
concerned, the people of this country
have decided that it is better to pay a
little more for homemade goods than
to have cheap goods and no money with
which to buy them The Anglomaniacs
and the chappies generally may con-
slider that economics is something with
which they have nothing to do; but 1T
is a condition and not a theory that con-
fronts them.
ADVERSE TO THE PRESIDENT.
San Diegan Sun: Mr.. Bland has prob
ably analyzed the situation correctly
in regard to President McKinley's cur
rency message. The President must
have known, as everybody else knows,
that the Senate would not adopt his
| recommendation without debate, at
least. and as Congress was about to
adjourn there was no opportunity for
debate. SO its fate was the Senate pig
con hole That being so, why did re
send the message to Congress? On the
face of it. the result is a defeat for Nc
Kinley. such defeat as would in Eng
land or France lead to a Cabinet crisis
and the calling of a new election. But
those rules do not operate here, and the
only conclusion that can be drawn is
that Mckinley was playing to the gal
leries. as they will be filled when the
next Ohio campaign is on. 1t was a
mere political trick.
THE WORDEN CASE.
Stockton Independent: Mrs. Mary
Jones of Chicago has been to Washing
ton to ask President Mckinley to par
don Worden, and went from there to
PENNSYLVANIA to aid the striking min
ers. The infatuated woman does not
seem to know that the President has
no power over Worden, Notwithstanding
the wide publication of the fact that
ex-President Cleveland intercaded in
vain for a commutation of his sentence
Worse still. of the many Eastern pa
pers that published accounts Of hel
interview with the President, none have
vet pointed out that Governor Budd OF
California is the only officer that car
pardon Worden. President Mckinley
did not apprise her of her error. but got
rid of her by promising to investigate
the case.
GIVING IT A BLACK EYE.
Colusa Sun: One reading the daily
papers of the metropolis would never
want to emigrate to California, and
especially to San Francisco. No one
would believe that railroads carried
passengers at 3 cents a mile; no on:
would believe that one could ride al
over the city for > cents; that the ferry
service was the best in the Unitee
States. Notwithstanding the great dis
parity in population. Then the corrup-
ton of all municipal officials is made
patent every day. There are no ordi-
nary men in the city-they are saint:
or devils. The street railroads kill peo-
pie for the mere fun of killing them
Every motoTman wears horns ane
/ t.>f- - n ,,,;forp, opd M man far