The record-union., 1897-09-27

| rate war power Well, so she is, but
she would not remain 50 long if neces-
! sity We're developed for becoming a
/ first rate power. We have very small
army and our navy does not compare
with that of several other powers, but
all things are possible to Uncle Sam
and What he has not got he can speed
| lily set il he has to.
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.
| Riverside Enterprise: The Antelope
| Valley Gazette" emphasizes a point
which has been made several times
! before when it says:
The exhibits of California fruit at
| Hamburg will be of great, lasting BEN
eft to this country, if our people will
take more pains in packing the frult
and in making the packages more uni
form and the quality more even. BY
packing fruit attractively and dealing
| honestly with foreign buyers, Callfor-
mia shippers will be able to compete
with all comers in the market of Eu-
rope and succeed in building up a very
valuable trade in dried fruits"
The Gazette is exactly right. What
is the use of making exhibits of good
| fruit only top soil the effect by shipping
inferior fruit afterwards. Fruit grow
ers stand in their own light when they
do so; spoil their business and pros
poets for success. The Enterprise" be-
lieves that much Of the poor returns
from fruit growing is the direct effect
of the penny wise and pound foolish
idea that some men entertain that they
can fool consumers and force upon
them inferior fruit. The buying public
are not FOOLS and when once they buy
goods of any kind, fruit included, un-
der any particular brand that is found
| to be not up to the standard, they
don't and won't buy that brand again.
On the other hand, when people find
from experience that fruit is what 1t is
represented to be, they forthwith find
out the brand of goods and always
| seek that brand when making future
! purchases.
THE BROAD-TIRE LAW.
San Diego Union: 1t would be well
| for farmers and others not to forget
the broad-tire law that was passed at
the last session of the Legislature. 1t
is true that the Act does not go into
| effect Until January l, 190O-over two
wears hence. But the purpose of the
| Legislature in thus deferring the time
when the law should go into effect, was
| to give everybody ample opportunity
| to prepare for the change, and thus to
prevent the loss of money and actual
| hardsnips that would result from the
sudden adoption of so sweeping an in
novation But if the people who Will
| be primarily affected by the new law,
| ignore it during the time that will IN
| tervene before it goes into effect, there
will be not a little grumbling when the
Act becomes operative.
The change to the broad tires which
the new law prescribes, should begin
now. Some farmers, in fact, when
purchasing new wagons, carts, etc,
have already taken the precaution to
see that these vehicles have the stand
ard tires. If all persons who are
likely to be affected by the change
would display equal prudence, the
transition from narrow to broad tires
would be attended with little inconven-
ience. 1t is to be hoped that this VIII
be the case. But if any persons fancy
that the law was simply enacted to
| Dlease q certain class Of people with
! fad and that the Act is to be dead
letter. the mistake thus made is likely
to Grove costly The broad-tire Act
was distinctively good roads meas
,1re and its advocates include almost
! eva,.vbodv who is interested in the
movement for improved highways. Un-
dor these circumstances the law is
hound to be enforced, and people who
fonc, that they need not prepare for
u hecause it will be a dead letter, are
1aving I'D a. large amount of trouble
for themselves in the year 1900.
CAPTAIN JENKS.
Can lose Mercury: The press of Cali
fornia should not fail to note III ols
type that Judge Conlan OF san iran
cisco has fined Captain jerks OF the
National Guard $500, with the aiterna-
tive of six months Imprisonment, Tor
starving a number Of horses. Could the
sentence have been made heavier II
would have been better, but the Judge
has done his duty and jerks has re-
ceived at least a portion of his dessert.
! A co11rt-martial and further disgrace
will follow.
RIGHTEOUS PUNISHMENT.
Oakland Times The punishment
which Judge Conlan of San Francisco
inflicted on Captain Charles A. jerks,
who commands a cavalry troop in the
National Guard, for starving the horses
of his troop was $500 fine, with an al
| tentative of six months in the County
Jail. This was righteous punishment,
and no one will question either the pun
ishment imposed or the severe language
which the Judge used in explaining the
/ decision. He told jerks that he had ig-
nored the dictates of duty and humanity
and that the excuse of forgetfulness and
| in1portant business was no defense at
all.
SALVATION ARMY COLONIZATION.
Los Angeles Times: The plans of the
Salvation Army managers for the col
onization of deserving families on tracts
of land in Colorado, California and other
States are highly creditable to that or
ganization, and give promise Of excel
lent results. These plans seem to have
been carefully matured, along practica-
BILE lines. and back of them appears to
be an earnest desire to benefit suffering
humanity. to uplift the fallen, to
strengthen the weak, to encourage the
despondent, and to make men and
women better. These are noble aims,
worthy of all encouragement and as
sistance.
A few years ago the Salvation Army
was ridiculed and despised. It was
looked upon as an assemblage of
cranks and Drained fanatics, who
posed before the public chiefly for the
sake of notoriety, and who made a
| travesty of religion by their peculiar
methods All this is past. The Saliva
ton Army has outlived its traducers.
and has converted most of its enemies
into friends and well-wishers. In it's