The record-union., 1897-05-10
Voice OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
OF the State and the Coast on SUD-
iects of Living and News
Interest.

Gilroy Advocate: The "Pajaronian
wisely remarks that there would pe
more trade and more life in San FRAN
cisco if it's merchants and wealthy men
did more to develop home trade ana en-
courage labor employing industries III
California. There are more trade possl-
bilities to San Francisco in successful
beet cultivation than the Sandwich Is
lands can ever offer.
VOTING MACHINES.
Alameda Argus: The voting ma
chine is to have a chance in this state
a commission being charged with the
duty of approving and recommending
it when it comes along. Wherefore may
be deduced the idea that it has not yet
been invented, or at least, perfected. All
that seems to be true. Several voting
machines have been offered by thelr
inventors, in great confidence that each
is just the contrivance that has long
been sought. But merclless ana
carking inquisitor has generally man
aged to pick flaw, so that, to date, no
one has been acknowledged to be just
the thing 1t cannot be long, however
before perfection is attained.
BEET SUGAR.
San Leandro Reporter: The Alyarado
factory now has contracted with 42O
farmers in Alameda and other counties
for their beets. Some grow few acres
of beets and some many, but the average
is 10 acres per farmer. The average
crop of beets per acre is from twelve to
fourteen tons, and the farmer gets 81
per ton. Thus his income is likely to
be over $50 per acre, which is pretty
good these dull times. Estimating the
Receipts at $50 per acre, each of the
420 farmers would receive 500 for his
beets grown on fifteen acres The total
amount spent for beets would be S3lo,-
600, which is another way of proving
that beet sugar is a great thing for the
farmer In 1899, the first year the re-
organization of the Alvarado company,
it contracted for 9S4 acres of beets, and
this year it's contracts are for O,OOU
acres. In 1889 the best product was
about 5000 tons and this year, II the
crop turns out as we'll as the last one
did. there will be 80, 600 tons. This shows
not only an immense gain in the acreage
planted, but also a large increase IN
the yield per acre due to better farming.
CROP OUTLOOK.
Placer Representative: From all the
reports we receive it looks as though the
hot winds had been more injurious to
the fruit in the foothills than in the val
leys. which seems strange. Taking the
State at large the prospect is that the
crop will far surpass that of last year.
TOBACCO.
Antioch Ledger: Tobacco can be
grown in almost every county in Cali
fornia The wonder is that heretofore
the efforts to grow tobacco in this State
have been mainly experimental. j. ID.
Culp, in San Felipe, Santa Clara Coun-
ty, has persevered for years, and just
now seems to have achieved success.
He found no trouble in prOpagating the
plant-the trouble was to properly cure
the tobacco. He has experimental for
years, but at last seems to have been
successful, for he is placing on the
market cigars that challenge the COM
mendation of connOisseurs. Inability
to cure the tobacco properly has hereto
fore been the trouble everywhere in
California. There was no trouble to