The record-union., 1897-10-08


thought him a crank. The good he has
done viii extend to the end of time. In
fact there are few men whose work
will last so long.
COLLEGE BRUTALISM.
Los Angeles Herald: 1t is clearly evil
dent that there has got to be estab-
lished new educational standard at
our colleges. The purely intellectual
must go. 1t has outlived it's useful
ness.
The other day there was a 'mix-up"
Of some sort or other at the State Uni
yersity at Berkeley. When it was over
one student was nursing a broken jaw
another a broken leg, while mere con-
tusions were as numerous as demerit
marks against a college derelict. This
week the students of the University of
Southern California, desirous. doubt
less, of maintaining the high standard
set by Berkeley, indulged in a little
fracas of their own. They fell short
of their ambition, however, as they
broke only one jaw, and possibly one
weak nose.
Advices from other educational cen
ters discloses a peculiar physical state
of affairs. Captain Jim" Rodgers, who
has been sick, is too weak, not to pur-
sue his studies, but to get into line as
the Captain of the Yale football eleven.
Acting Captain Benjamin is so nervous
that it greatly impairs his playing.
What effect it has on his studies the
newsgatherers do not think of sutflcient
importance to telegraph
Will the future college be a great
gymnasium, with & football field for
campus? Why should not a new de-
partment of physical science be start
ed, headed by such eminent professors
as Bob" Fitzsimmons. Jim Corbett
and Tom" Sharkey? Instead of the
present examination, let a broken jaw
or twisted nose stand for admission
to the freshman class. Let the grad
uation diploma come from the football
department.
A SUICIDAL PRACTICE.
Humboldt Standard; Some of our
shingle men aver that the redwood
shingle industry is being irreparably
injured BY some dealer or dealers on
this coast shipping to Eastern markets
second class redwood shingles as first
class stock Whether these shingles
are shipped from Humboldt Del Norte
or Mendocino we do not know, but one
man who has recently visited the great
lumber yards in the East says he saw
second quality redwood shingles in two
different yards marked first class, and
selling to consumers as our best
shingles.
1t should need no argument to dem
onstrate to shingle manufacturers and
dealers that this practice, besides be-
ing essentially dishonest. is suicidal.
The Eastern dealers who handle these
singles say they are far inferior to
the cedar shingles of Puget Sound,
and so they are. But our first-class
redwood shingles are not; and, as we
are just making a beginning in the
Eastern markets, while the cedar shin
giles are we'll established there, the fol-
ly and crime against an industry that
may prove most remunerative to all
our shingle producers are all the more
to be condemned
One carload of second quality shin
giles shipped East and sold as our best
brand will cause more injury than ten
times their value The greed and GU
pidity of a dealer who will do this sort
of business will be punished by loss of
profits and loss of confidence in due
time, but he is Furnishing hosts Of in
nocent men along with himself
If our shingles had been in general
use east of the Rockies. this would in
jure no one but the person who prac
ticed the cheat but the deception in
the present state of our trade with the
East will give our shingles a black eye
from which they will not recover in
years.
We should make it point to send
none but the very best redwood shin
giles to the East, that they may have
a fair chance to compete with the ce
dar shingles from Puget Sound, which
is now sending an average of forty-fve
carloads of shingles East for every day
of the year Thinktof that industry in
Washington, Four trainloads, of eleven
cars each, shipped East every day of
the year, including Sundays!