The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-24

The miners who are not out on strike
ask for an advance in wages of cents
ton-a fraction of a cent over one
fourth the increase of duty on coal i'm
posed by the new tariff. If the coal
operators are to be benefited to the
amount of 40 cents ton, why should not
the miners be given the modest share of
the increase which they demand-one-
fourth? Is the new tariff law intended
for the benefit of the employers of labor
alone?
LONG ON TEA.
Stockton Independent: The importers
who were caught long on tea should
have remembered the experience of
those who strained their credit to import
heavily before the Wilson bill became a
law The tea spectators were even
more unwise than they, for the first spec
ulated on a certainty and the others on
suspicion. They deserved to lose and
the people smile at their woes.
GOLD PRODUCTION.
San Jose Mercury: Gold production
is keeping pace with the increase in
population, and SO long as the present
rate is maintained there will be no dan
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plenty of gold in the country to do bust
ness with, and under the new political
and business conditions it is gradually
being placed in circulation
HIS GOOD QUALITIES.
Santa Rosa Press: The death at San
Mateo of Colonel c. f. Croker removes
from active business a gentleman who
ola much to secure and maintain the eS-
TEEN of the people of California. That
he was blessed with all the advantages
he could desire in the way of wealth,
does not detract from his good qualities
Usually the possession of great wealth
Is a peril to young men, for more have
been ruined than benefited by such an
equipment. 1t is greatly to the credit of
Colonel Croker that, with all his great
wealth, he maintained his integrity as
citizen, and that he did not allow his
seeming good fortune to raise a barrier
between himself and his less favored
fellows. The eulogies which have come
from all classes since his death breathe
the spirit of sincerity and must be of
great consolation to his bereaved rela-
tiVes.
THE CLONDYKE
Tulare Register: Hold easy, broth
err DO not lose your head utterly on
account of the big stories you read in
the papers to the effect that the wat
ers Of the Clondyke River are a thick
mixture of water and gold and that
nuggets lie around like cobblestones in
San Francisco. Remember that every
mining craze that ever seized the peo-
pie was founded on just such golden
yarns, yet few who ran to the mines
made and many hungered Take the
winter to think over it, anyhow
And yet there is gold up there and,
next spring, if you have the money,
and good health and are foot loose it
will not hurt you to join a good party
and go up the Yukon. In summer the
climate is fine and little roughing it
Will not hurt you. You can at any rate
look things over, and it may be that
you Will be one of the few fortunate
ones, but it is now too late to go this
season and from now until May next
you will have a good, long time to
think the project over and plan for it.
1t is good news that there is gold in
the valley of the Yukon. The Regis
ter hopes that the product of that lee
bound region may Surpass anything
that the world has yet known. There
will be use for all that may be found
With gold enough, not only for a stan
dard of value, and for settling inter-
national balances, but for a medium of
exchange for all the people the finan-
cial condition of the world will be hap
Ply, and We will all feel that it is good
to be alive.