The record-union., 1897-11-22
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

quitoes there evidently causes the be-
lief that everything in the bird line
will flourish. 1t will be a feather los
trich) in New Jerseys cap though if the
enterprise succeeds, for as a matter ST
fact failure has attended every similar
experiment in other States. Even i'll
California, where every condition, eli
matte and otherwise, seemed to favor
the birds, ostrich farms could not be
made to pay. 1t must be admitted,
though. that one Of the principal rea-
sons was because it was difficult to
handle the feathers after they were
once obtained, an impediment that will
not confront New Jersey on account of
opportunities Of the description on
every side.
A BAD BEGINNING.
Riverside Enterprise: The laboring
men of Riverside and vicinity who yot-
ed for Mckinley last year on the as
surance that if he was elected they
would get better wages, are just now
entering a vigorous kick against the
selfish actions of some Of the orange
growers and packers of the valley. The
promise made them that If tarlft was
secured on oranges their wages WOULD
be increased accordingly is still fresh
in their minds, but nothing material
has come out of these promises. un
the contrary these same growers and
packers who were so enthusiastic over
the orange tariff and protection to the
American laborer, are beginning to cut
the wages of the fruit pickers and pack
ers. Not satisfied with the increased
demand and prices they are getting for
their product, they are determined 10
crowd out the American packers and
pickers and substitute a gang of Jap
ment have a right to enter a protest
against such disgraceful proceedings
and demand an explanation.
GRAPES AND WINE.
Santa Rosa Republican: Vineyard
lists and wine makers of Sonoma Coun-
ty have the price of 10000 tons of
grapes and 100000 gallons of wine to
worry over the growers of at least that
quantity Of grapes having sold ''for the
raise
No matter what shape the wine mar
ket may take there is this consolation
a unity Of interest between the grape
and wine men will serve to create in
dependence and concentration of effort
to establish a permanent and stable de-
mand for this staple in whose produc-
ton several millions of dollars are in
vested in this country
In times past there were years when
the wine maker fattened with profits
while the vineyardist could hardly pay
his taxes. In 1896 the grape men re-
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wine men suffered loss. Occurrences
such as these tend to pit the one class
against the other They tend to cause
the vineyardists to unite and force the
price of grapes to above what the wine
makers care to pay, and to cause the
wine makers to combine and bring the
grape men TO their own terms.
All this is obviated under the with
the raise" system. 1t brings the two
interests together as they should be- If
there are any profits to be made in viii
culture they should be equally shared
by the men who raise the grapes and the
men who make the wine.
PETROLEUM IN FRESNO.
Fresno Expositor: On the west side
of Fresno, in the Huron and Coaiinga
region, a superior quality of crude Pc
troleun1 is found in flowing wells. Some
thing like thirteen we'll have been sunk
in this region, several being down L.
600 feet and flowing as much as 1875
barrels day. Six to seven carloads
of oil are being shipped weekly, the
product commanding a fair price. These
properties are now mainly in the hands
of local people. Exploration work in
ho-
A SENSELESS PRACTICE.
San Jose Mercury: The senseless
practice of sulphuring nuts and cured
fruits is coming in just at present for
some emphatic scoring by level-headed
fruit-growers and newspapers. and il
is to be hoped that the warfare will be
kept up until the very name of sulphur
will call for an indignant protest by
every grower, dealer and consumer
During the last year or two a complete
change in the views Of growers con-
corning the desirability of sulphuring
has taken place, and if the practice is
still continued 1t is because the con-
sumers, who should be the first to object
10 IT, persist in preparing the light coll
ored fruits or nuts, bleached by the
fumes OF sulphur, to those which have
their natural color and flavor When
the majority of the consumers learn
that the unsulphured fruit is in reality
| the best, the demand for sulphured fruit
Will cease, and the grower will be saved
the useless expense of sulohufing his
fruit.
Leonard Coates asked few weeks ago
if a beefsteak would sell better if
painted blue. 1t would, should the pub
lie take an absurd notion to bug only
blue beefsteaks. So with dried fruit
So LONG as consumers demand the
bleached article the growers, against
their own judgment, will be compelled
to bleach their fruit. But it should be
their aim and that of the fruit dealers
and the newspapers to educate the con-
sumers up to the fact that sulphured
fruit is no better than fruit bearing it's
natural color. and as rule it is inferior
to it. The practice of sulphuring, re-
marks the California Fruit Grower"
under certain conditions either deterior-
ates, or 1t induces deterioration in the
quality of the fruits or nuts treated. 1t
arrests, it is true, possible fermentation,
and it gives the fruit or nut much
lighter and possibly more agreeable
color.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
Tulare Register: Ho. Here, every
body. Quick The Stockton Mali is
right for once. Listen to it. 'The COM
mon prejudice against circumstantial
evidence is proof of how little thinking
many people do. In general circum-
stantial evidence is the best kind of evil
dence and we trust 1T every day in all
the affairs of life" This is all just as
true as though ii had appeared in the