The record-union., 1897-10-16
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jeets of Living News
Interest.


seems to be growing in favor all along
the line. This. is a scheme for the ben
eft of the common people, especially,
and it will be hard work to induce Con-
gress to put it in force.
A MEAN TRICK.
Tulare Register: Justice Wells OF
Santa Monica has distinguished him.
self by performing a marriage cere-
mony which united a disreputable wo-
man to a disreputable man that she
might be siIenced as a witness against
him under the laws of the State which
make wife an incompetent witness
against a husband. Justice Wells
knew the object of the marriage. He
knew the officers We're trying to pre-
vent it in ordr to convict a scoundrel,
by the riddance of whom the communi-
ty would gain. The man was under
arrest at the time and was on trial.
the marriage of the criminal to his
mistress being a trick to escape the
penalty of the law, a fact of which
Justice Wells was aware.
NO LIMIT.
Shasta Courier: Notwithstanding the
false statements of the press gang
whose avocation is to misrepre-
sent everything the Mckinney
Administration does or attempts
to do, there is no limit TO the
amount that can be bid for the pur-
chase of the Union Pacific Railroad. Ii
Bryan and his followers can raise the
dough" and put in the highest bid
they can get the road and issue free
passes to every Demopop in the Union.
A HIT
Santa Barbara Press: San Francisco
is noted for her large, handsome Wo-
men and small, ugly men. The city
dailies in printing Photographic cuts OF
newly married1c couples in the metrop-
oils picture the men as about one
quarter as large as the women. We
would suggest that the little men be
left out. If these handsome women
cannot get men of their size they
should not be Inundated by having the
fact illustrated in the public press.
GREAT INCREASE.
Riverside Globe: Retailers in the
manufacturing and agricultural dis
tricts report an enormously increased
business since the enactment of the
new tariff law and the increased en-
ployment which has followed. Between
the growth in earnings of the people
employed in manufacturing districts
and the good prices which farmers are
getting for their grain, business is good
with the retailers, and, in consequence,
with all classes in the mercantile and
manufacturing communities of the
country.
SUBSTANTIAL REVIVAL.
Red Bluff Sentinel: The substantial
character of the revival of prosperity
is found in the present condition of the
iron and steel industry, universally rec
ognized as a faithful barometer OF
trade Rolling mills, steel plants and
furnaces generally are actually rushed
with orders, and what is of great sig
nificance is the fact that the enormous
demand is perfectly legitimate. and
without the slightest tinge of specula-
ton.
FOOD ADULTERATION.
Los Angeles Herald: The Depart
ment of Agriculture, in response to a
popular demand and by direction of
CONGRESS. has commenced a thorough
investigation of the adulteration of
foods and drugs. The cooperation of
the Herald has been asked by the
department in pursuing this work and
any information on the subject sent to
this office will be forwarded to WASH
ington. The department simply asks
for a concise statement of facts, which
can be fully substantiated if necessary,
and not theories. California has had
good reason to complain in the past
of adulteration, imitation and mis-
branding, and in assisting such an in
vestigation her citizens may do much
to prevent such practices.
BETTER TRAINING NEEDED.
Riverside Press: The word which
more fully applies to young men and
young people generally than any other
at the present time is opportunity. Our
public schools afford every child a good
education. if he will attend; yet sta
tistics show that six out of every seven
boys leave school before they are four
teen, and only one in thirty-one of the
remainder continue in school till the
age of eighteen. Fully 90 per cent.
leave school before they are old enough
to choose their life work intelhgently,
and enter the trades, factories and Of
fees in our cities. But one person in
ten finishes the grammar grades, and
only one in twelve completes high
school course. Only one person in 500
finishes a university or technical course
of instruction.
Another interesting fact to note is
that of every 100 grammar school grad
ia
the professions and business, prepared
for their work by college and university
training; the other ninety-two earn
their living by means of their hands.
A STATE PARK.
San Jose Mercury: In the mean
while, let us not forget the Big Basin.
AS the Redwood "Times-Gazette' says.
steps should be taken to reserve it az
a national or state park. IF delayed
the woodman's ak viii have got in its
deadly work Already many giant red
wood trees have been destroyed, and
unless something is done quickly it will
be to- late to save this wonderland to
future generations"
AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH
Los Angeles Times: The tSanitar-
IAN mas a timely word about the dan
ger of using salicylic acid in household
economy. This drug is a powerful an
tiseptfc and prevents fermentation, the
sour;ng or the putrefaction of milk and
arrests the conversion of starch into
grape sugar by disease and pancreatic
extracts But says the "Sanitarian, .
"this action is directly opposed to the
process of digestion, and were there no
other reason the use of salicyIic acid
should be universally condemned" /"
France, Austria, Italy. Spain and all
South American States having pure
food laws, have absolutely forbidden its
sale. Many CT the States Of the Union