The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-20
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
Of the State and the Coast on Sub
iects of Living and News
Interest.

Bakersfield Echo: What God-send
"a the civ nress is the Hoffman killing.
The Durrant case had about run ITS
lace and a new crime was needed.
THE TARIFF BILL.
SoIano Courier: While the progress
On the tariff bill in the Senate is not
altogether as Republicans would IKE
It to be, it is, circumstances considered
satisfactory More so, in fact, than
many had expected it to be, just as
the bill is being made the better than
many Republicans expected 1T would
he when the amended bill was reported
to the Senate.
IMPROVEMENT.
San Bernardion Sun: The improve
ment in business conditions is indicated
pv the fact that the last weeks failures
we've the smallest of any week since
the early part of 1879.
WASTE ON BOOM TAXING.
Stockton Independent: Look out Tor
the boom paper whose agents visit IN
terror towns to write them up for a
Considera ton Stockton has had some
experience with these fakes, and now
comes the Modesto Herald" with
complaint about the San Joaquin VAL
ley edition of the Commercial Bulle-
tin of San Francisco, in which on the
Sd instant valley towns were given
boom write ups AS an evidence of
the ignorance of the writer of the boom
matter about Modesto the Herald"
says:
The article names the "Sun"-pub-
LEGATION of which was suspended about
three years ago-aS one of Modesto's
papers, a circumstance demonstrating
that the matter was carelessly compiled
from some old publication in relation
to this city
It also complains that instead of the
matter being devoted to the interests
of the county in general the greater
Part of it consists of interviews with
residents in the nature of puffS of them
and their individual business-paid for
Of course-and of no general interest,
from which it concludes that they
threw away whatever money they paid
for the publication. All the matter in
the edition has perfanctory tone and
is almost as interesting reading as
city directory or speech in the Senate
on the sugar schedule, and is but little
V al leu DIS " 1aClo IlOill NAleAA iiS1o ShP-
reared from time to time in the local
papers. OF course, the people who
threw away good money for the stuff
could not know that the matter except
what they contributed, would be UNI
interesting. They paid out their coin
on faith which experience should have
prevented them indulging, and the pa
pors lie in piles under counters and
slowed away within easy reach, to be
distributed by those who paid for them,
as the paper is not one of general cir
culation and contains nothing to make
it desirable to the general public. The
San Joaquin Valley needs no advertis-
ing at home. What is needed is a
means of placing it's merits and beau
ties, its wealth and it's attractions be-
fore those to whom it will not be an
oft-told tale and these boom papers
never accomplish that object In spite
of experience, however, business men
who are otherwise sagacious bite at the
bat of these fakirs and throw their
money away.
THE HAWAIIAN TREATY.
San Jose Mercury: The question of
the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands
iieto N'sbiVIs ~ a. IISetC~ SOOIItI lIdH WAS
expected. A few days ago the PROPOSE
ton to abrogate the reciprocity treaty
between the United States and Hawaii
was being discussed; to-day a treaty
of annexation exists, duly signed by
Secretary Sherman for the United
States and by the authorized represen-
tatiVes of Hawaii for that country 1t
is true that the treaty will remain in
effective until it is duly ratified by the
respective Governments. But the first
step has been taken, and the world has
been notified that it is the policy of the
President of the United States to an
mex Hawaii.
This country, indeed, could not much
longer delay making a choice between
annexation and the abandonment of all
pretenSions of exercising a virtual pro-
tectorate over the islands, and I'M
doubleday the longing for Hawaii mani
tested by Japan has not been without
influence in determining the action of
the President The general conviction
that Japan had designs upon the ISL
ands is strengthened by the fact that
the japanese Government has promptly
protested against the proposed annex
alton of Hawaii to the United States
Under the provisions of the treaty sign
ed yesterday the islands are to become
Territory of the United States. which
assumes the Hawaiian public debt not
to exceed 81, 600, 900. The further i'm
migration of Chinese is prohibited. nor
shall Chinese enter the United States
from Hawaii
COMPARISONS.
Chico Record: The editor of the Oro-
vile Register was a member of the
editorial excursion that recently went
through Northern California, Oregon
and Washington to Victoria B. C. He
went through the richest sections Of
those States and concludes that the Sac
| ramento Valley has the best of it. He
says: We saw nothing on our long
journey that excels parts of Butte and
Yuba Counties. The farming regions
about Nord, Chico, Durham, Biggs, Live
Oak and Marysville cannot be eoualed
in any portion of British Columbia
Washington or Oregon. The orchards
did not compare for moment with our
own nor were the farm buildings sub
stantial or as handsome They have one
advantage-the small size of their land
holdings-but aside from this the Sac
ramento Valley exceeds in fertility and
productiveness, in beauty and attrac-
| tiveness the most famous valleys that
we visited in either of the other States
named. If the land of the Sacramento
Valley was cut UP into small tracts. it
would be one of the richest and mosi
productive regions of the world