The record-union., 1897-08-31

law over her married daughter is under
way in Los Angeles. 1t is highly salts
factory TO know that this interesting
issue is to be removed from the realm
of jocularity and invested with that
seriousness that its Importance de-
serves. Joseph r. Rogers has sued
his mother-in-law for $40 900 damages
because she coaxed his wife to aban-
don him two hours after the marriage
ceremony.
AMUSEMENT"
Stockton Record: The English church
reviews are discussing religion as an
innocent amusement" This is quite
a happy term to apply to numerous
types of religion in this country as
we'll as Britain but it is safer TO per-
nit the reader to develop the text and
make the application. The term has
grown out of an alleged letter written
by one young lady in England to an
other satirizing certain church goers.
The Record" ventures the opinion
that most religions are innocent,
whether amusing or otherwise.
WHEAT.
Kern Echo: The wheat crop or the
United States for the past six years
the crop this year be only an average
one, a very large amount of money
will fall into the hands of the produc-
ers Of this one crop. Again the ad-
vance in wheat has been about 40
cents a bushel during the past four
months. That equals $210, 600 900 of
well earned Increment" or words to
that effect, which have been added to
= I,s- 1J1c of nr7f~
lation.
WOOL AND WAGES.
Dixon Tribune: The plea for a heavy
tariff on wool was reinforced by the
statement that it would increase the
wages of the wooden mill operatives.
The manner in which this is being done
| is exemplifed at the Napa Woolen Mill,
where the weavers walked out after
being refused a restoration of the III
per cent that was cut from their
wages a couple of months ago, and
were told that their places would be
filled by operatives who would work
for the lower wages, averaging about
80 cents per day of fourteen hours.
The increase in the tariff has already
added to the cost of woolen goods, and
if the laborers are not to receive a
/
that the whole scheme was contrived
for the benefit of few manufacturers
and sheep owners, to the exclusion OF
| thousands of consumers and mill
hands.
BLURTED THE TRUTH.
TuIare Register: After mature de-
liberation. the fusionists in Kansas
have concluded to drop the fight which
| the straight-out Populists had deter
mined to wage against the United
States court. but they will find that
| the mischief is done. Fools and chill
dren tell the truth and the fools in the
PEOPLES party in Kansas blurted out
the real intent of the party. The peo-
| pla of Kansas are not ready TO under
! take to overthrow this Government and
! TO overthrow and abolish the United
States court is to overthrow and aDol-
ish the United States Government, for
| that Government could not endure
wear without the strong arm OF the Ju-
dietary. and besides, Kansas was on
the other side of the controversy which
was fought for notification. There
runs no drop of that sort of blood In
the veins of any true-hearted Kansan
or son of any Kansan pioneer.
THE OLD FARMER A NEW MAN.
! Modesto Herald: Already number
of our farmers have paid off that
mortgage" and are free men once more,
and others are to follow. Still others
have come into the light out of the
darkness and will see their financial
REDEMPTION in another year. In not
q few of these cases, absolute bank
ruptcy had Of late years seemed in
evitable-had been averted, in fact, only
| because the mortgage creditors pre-
ferred to trust to seemingly remote
chance to obtain their money, rather
than foreclose. Land was drug IN
| the market.
It's a pretty safe conclusion that
nine-tenths of the farmers who will be
emancipated from mortgage slavery
this year, or placed in position to
free themselves another year, will
never again place a plaster" on their
property. The lesson of the last three
or four years has been a drastic one
but it has been valuable, very valuable.
Unlimited credit and the waste it en-
genders have given place to cash deal
ings and the economy naturally attend
ing transactions on cash basis. The
spirit of speculation that prompted
men to buy more land and mortgage
the acquisition and their original hold
ings as well to guarantee payment,
has been effectually checked. Greed
for riches will not again be permitted
to overreach prudence. A few thou
sand dollars in bank or well invest
ed will be considered more advanta-
geous than town houses and high
living In brief. the economy compati-
bic with comfort succeeds in this new
day of prosperity the lavishness, waste
and speculation of the old days The
old farmer has become a new man.
NO. ONLY THE TRUTH.
/ Los Angeles Herald: It is anything
| but pleasant 10 note the delight CT
some people over the decline in the price
of silver. How Americans can derivs
happiness from the destruction or en-
barrassment of an important industry
of their country is inexplicible on any
rational theory. If one should rejoice
over a decline in the price of wheat he
would be denounced as unpatriotic and
as a barbarian. A true American Will
| strive to promote the welfare of the
country in regard to all its industries
and interests, and will rejoice over
every manifestation of prosperity.
DEPORT THEM
San Jose Mercury: The best sugges-
ton that has been made for the sup
preston of anarchy is that which would
provide for the deportation of them all
| to an island where they would be
granted absolute sovereignty ard there
permit them to revel in their pet the
ories Of Government 1t is reported