The record-union., 1897-06-17

tract. If the Government officials
would make a quiet visit to this valley
they might learn something to their
advantage.
IRRIGATING WHEAT.
Modesto Herald: The average ranch
er SCOTS at the idea of irrigating wheat
profitably, yet there are farmers in
more than one irrigated section of this
State who are getting rich that way
while sky farmers are only holding
their own or yearly growing poorer
The Herald called attention several
weeks ago by means of excerpts from
other papers to the fact that some
farmers south Of us were irrigaung
wheat, and thereby saving their crops
and a year ago We called attention TO
like instances.
Now that the crop has matured, the
benefits derived from irrigating wheat
are apparent Listen to this from the
Fresno Republican:
THE crop lin the Fish Slough coun-
ty, soWed in the latter part Of Feb
ruary) viii go twelve sacks to the acre
anywhere in the irrigated district, and
insurance men are freely taking risks
on a basis of ten sacks TO the acre.
r. B. Harlan has 500 acres that will
easily average seventeen sacks to the
acre. Frank Harris, west of the Elk
horn ranch, has 1000 acres that will
go fifteen sacks"
And listen to this from the Fresno
''Expositor':
THE country between Summit Lake
and Whites bridge, in the Wheatville
locality, will yield ten sacks to the
acre. Tt is one vast grain field and
a sight for sore eyes. The land in that
locality is irrigated"
And now give ear to the Delano
Courier:
THE estimated yield per acre on the
dry land is five sacks, where it is
worth cutting at all, but on the irri-
gated land fifteen to twenty sacks is
the estimate"
The difference between five sacks per
acre and fifteen to twenty sacks per
acre will pay heap of irrigation taxes,
John Henry, and leave a handsome sur
plus in the bank, likewise establishing
that there's big money in irrigating
wheat.
TELL A DIFFERENT STORY"
Santa Cruz Sentinel: A Nashville
paper says the Republican party has
no principles that appeal to the South
The gain of 100000 votes last year and
the growing sentiment for protection
and sound money in that section tell a
different story.
BE TOLERANT
Cloverdale Reveille: People ought to
be more tolerant of each others ideas.
Too many persons that ought to know
better, profess to dislike those who
do not agree with them and make
their scOrn so manifest as to be
positively insulting. It's wrong, all
wrong. No one has a monopoly of
brains. While one may have much
more book learning than another the
latter may be much stronger in judg-
ment, and his opinion may be the
weightier of the two. Every person has
their strong point. There are very
few from whom nothing profitable can
be learned. The wise man treats with
respect the opinions of all with whom
he comes in contact; profits where
there is anything to profit from and is
never intolerant.
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
Petaluma Argus: The Argus is
not party paper. 1t believes that
some good can come out of Nazareth
and will, therefore, stand up for what
it believes to be best for the greatest
number of people, no matter where it
may originate. If all important laws
are initiated, discussed, referred to and |
approved by the people before being
put in operation we may expect some
permanency to our statutes. Under
the present system, in national affairs |
it takes four years to accomplish any
thing-the Government overturned and |
complete change in the administra-
tion-and if the laws do not produce
the desired result right away, another
effort is forthwith inaugurated to hurl
the party from power. The new party
placed in charge of the Government
tries to do away with the work of it's
predecessors as quickly as possible,
whether it be good or bad. Nice things
are put in the platform to tickle the
voters-some of which are not intended
to be carried out-baneful influences
operate on the representative and the
people do not get just what they want
ed-then another change
We will soon have a new tariff law
1t will not be perfect-;nau would be
too much to expect of human nature
but it should stand until another has
been submitted to, and approved by,
the people. Otherwise the tariff war
will be on for another thousand years.
The country needs a rest on the tariff
question.
LET 1T REMAIN.
Alameda Argus: The reciprocity
treaty with Hawaii ought to remain