The record-union., 1897-06-22

man We n1ean-and no man has ever
died, no good man who had not peeh
bent and bowed and prepared Tor the
harvester, Death, by the load OF caiuiil-
ny and falsehood and ingratitute neap-
ed upon him by the people Tor "hooe
benefit he had toiled and to whose ser
vices he gave the work of lie OF IN
spiration. OF Washington it was salu
that he struggled for an uncast crown
Of Jefferson that he sowed dissension
Webster, Clay and even our own Blame
were defeated for the Presidency by
men vastly their interiors, men whose
chief recommendation to the suHrase
of the people was their comparative op-
scurity and the littleness of the ser
vices they had rendered. From the
earliest times, to the present day, from
the mightiest nation to the smailest
hamlet. distrust, suspicion and jealousy
have prevailed and in their wake many
a good deed calculated to bless ana ere
vate have been lost to a needy though
undeserving world. Our own country
and even our own town is not above the
spirit of distrust nor realm of often mis-
placed and unfounded suspicion. 50
the world has been, so it is and so IL
will continue to be till evolution Tops
off the frailties of man and brings forth
from experience the long promised mil
lenium.
HERE'S JOY.
Los Angeles Times: California haV-
ing won her fight for an adequate tar
iff on oranges and other things that
come whooping themselves out or the
soil of this golden and glorious land OF
poesy and sunshine will, from now on,
grow and flourish like green-bay tree,
not to say a drove of bay horses. The
rate on citrus fruits fixes the orange
belt so that its buckle glistens in the
sun as if set with rarest jewels, and the
men who own the bounteouS orchards
that fleck the land with their emerald
and gold garniture ought to be the hap
piest and most prosperous of any under
the sun. They are the people. Sure!
IN TULARE.
Tuare Register: Tulare County is
fortunate in having a fairly good wheat
crop this year, and the crop will turn
many a dollar into the channels of
trade, and yet not the dollars that used
to be turned before the combined har-
NSSlci plu away with 81 lliSNh AeNSN'
Five men running fifty days will har-
vest and sack the grain off 1000 acres,
whereas in former days it would have
required a good number of men to
have done this work. and it is labor
that helps retail trade. For this reason
our fruit interests are more directly i'm
portant to local trade than grain crops.
1t furnishes work to the people and the
earnings Of the workers go right into
the channels of trade. Therefore we
of Tulare County should do all in our
power to establish fruit handling indus
tries in our midst. CannerieS and pre-
serve factories ought to be established
in our several fruit growing centers
and must be if we are to have some
thing for our people to do.
THEY NEEDED LIGHT.
Oakland Enquirer: In California, as
is most other States, the first opposi-
ton to systematic plans for building
good roads has come from the farmers,
but we attribute this to lack of knowl-
edge of what is intended. The farmer
knows he is heavily taxed, and believ-
ing that good roads cost money, he is
alarmed by the proposal to make them,
often forgetting how much bad sys-
tenn is already costing him. A fine il
lustration of this comes from Pennsyl-
yania, where a good roads bill, known
as the Hamilton bill, is now before the
Legislature and is being opposed by
some of the farmer element The
ground of opposition was expense, and
that provoked an inquiry which
brought out the following facts: I'm
der the present system the roads of
Pennsylvania in 1895 cost So, ,622, 70S.
There was that year 3, 3,230 Supervisors
and each, on an average, received a
salary approximating $3.50, making the
total cost for supervision for the year
$4S4 500. Under the Hamilton road law
the cost for supervision would be S34
for each township, making the total
cost for the salaries of the Supervisors
for the ,53S townships of the State
$3052. Other necessary expenses would
bring the cost of the new system of
supervision up to $15S,619 leaving the
net saving at 1926, ,SS1. THE old sys-
tenn cost for supervision 1875 per cent.
of the entire sum collected, while the
Hamilton law costs only 43 per cent
WHAT 1T MEANS.
Bakersfield Californian: The annexa-
ton of Hawaii means, not a conquest of
a weak nation by a strong one through
force or threat of force, or a weak
country seeking the protection of a
strong one in time of danger, but it
does mean in a general sense that two
independent peoples have decided to
amalgamate their interests for their
mutual good, each returning advantage
for advantage received.
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