The record-union., 1897-09-14

increased the bimetallic conference is
practically assured; the nations which
they pointed out as the most prosper
Gus siiEer using countries have since
adopted the gold standard; the tariff
bill is a law, and business is reviving
everywhere. In the face of these facts
it looks as if the silver orator is out
of a job.
THE PRIMARY LAW.
Vacaville Reporter: But little has
been said about the passage of the new
primary law by the last Legislature.
Whatever may be said about the work
OF that body we are of the opinion it
passed a primary law which will stand
the tests of the courts and prove of
great benefit to good government 1t
seems to herald the dawn of a new
era in the history of political prima-
ries in California. We shall watch
its operation with great interest, par
ticularly for the reason that it has been
indorsed by these who do politics, 3"
and are not very particular in the adop-
ton of methods by which they hope to
secure their ends.
TOBACCO CULTURE.
Bakersfield Californian: c. A. Wet
more has been experimenting with to-
bacco culture on Roberts Island in San
Joaquin County and with marked sue
cess It would seem that this industry
is one that will prove profitable
for small farmers in the valley who
care to devote a few acres of land to
it. The Stockton Mali in comment
ing editorially on the subject says:
THE success of G. A. Wetmore in
producing on his land tobacco of
high grade ought to attract the atten-
ton of farmers in San Joaquin Coun-
ty. Mr.. Wetmore has proved that to-
bacco culture can be prefitably carried
on here. On peat land he has grown
leaf which will hold its own in any
| market with the high grades of wrap
per tobacco. There remains no doubt
that tobacco which will so a ton to
the acre and fetch from % cents a
pound upward can be grown on San
Joaquin soil-not on all Of it, of
course, but on thousands of acres.
Tobacco farming can be carried on
by the man of small means. The mark
ct is an open one. The returns de-
pend upon the Skill judgment and in
dustry of the grower. No other indus
try offers such premium for care and
skill. One grower will get ten cents
pound and another a dollar for his
leaf"
A ROAST.
Los Angeles Times: Hoke Smiths
Atlanta journal finds much fault with
President Mckinley for visiting the
grave of John Brown, whom it berates
as "a desperate villain and "a de-
praved law breaker" One might ex-
pect this from Hoke Smith-the man
who stood so stubbornly in the way of
pensions to the men who saved the
Union, but that does not change the
fact that the soul of old John Brown is
marching on" and that his name will
hold place in history as a great and
noble man ages after that of Hole
Smith will have rotted in oblivion.
EXPLODED.
st. Helena Star: Another Populistic
idea has been exploded and soon that
party won't have even a shadow of
leg to stand on. Government owner
ship of railroads has proven a dismal
failure in Brazil and the 1900 miles
in that country are offered for lease for
fifty years for S70000,000.
FOREST DESTRUCTION.
Humboldt Standard: The High
School Reporter has very able arti-
Gle on the protection of our forests
The argument in favor of preserving
our forests cannot be controverted. It
is the present gain and not future con-
sequences, which controls the mill men
ny1 ,I0o,-
for our lumber; hence we cut off tim
Der at little profit for present convent
| ence. What that timber may be worth
for future use or to future generations
is not thought OF, or does not enter into
our calculations. Lumber for the pres
ent use, for present gain and let the fu-
ture look out for itself 1t is true that
future generations will upbraid us for
our profigacy in allowing the destruc-
tion of the finest redwood forests in
the world; but the men who own the
timber and the mills, as we'll as the
men who work in the mills and woods,
want money, and the timber must be
sacrificed. Future generations will
wish it had not been, but we are look
ing out for the present.
BREAD PRICES
Eureka (Nev) Sentinel: In thrifty
France everything is reduced to an ex-
actness not known in the United States.
For instance. the pound loaf of bread
has to weigh the full pound. The
baken cannot there, as in this country
when -four rises in value reduce the
weight of the loaf. Of late because
of the advance in wheat, the price of
| bread in France has been advanced a
trifle loaf The result is that there
is a clamor from the straits of Dover
to the Pyrennes, and the Government
! is importuned to abate the import du-
ties. But a penny a loaf to all the
poor of France means very much Thou
sands and tens of thousands of people
viii cease to eat white bread. So it
! is we'll for our people while exulting
over the advance which is making the
heart of the farmer glad, to rennem-
Der that for every smile caused in our
country by the bountiful crop and gen
erous price, there is a tear shed beyond
the sea.
HAD MORE SENSE.
Tulare Register: The convention of
federated labor which closed a two
days session at st. Louis this week
entertained itself with some very fiery
speeches, but prudently passed some
very reasonable and moderate resolu
f;0pe 0rUr1a Of 7ai1-