The record-union., 1897-08-15

SAChAM
cannot have some advantage in trad
ing with them? So long as the colonies
do not complain the\ rest Of the world
has no right to.
A HEALTHY ORDINANCE.
Stockton Independent: The Sacra-
mento Supervisors have passed an or
dfnance forbidding the cutting down or
trimming Of trees on the highways of
that county without obtaining permits
from the board This is a healthy or
dinance that should be enacted by ev-
cry county in the State. Those roads
in San Joaquin county that are shaded
by trees beautify the country; make
the land more valuable. There is not
one tree by the roadsides in the valley
| where there should be a hundred and
in some cases the few are far inferior
to what should be grown. In coun-
try like this where it is easy to grow
good trees, it is folly to plant those
that merely afford shade and fuel when
trees valuable for their timber can be
as easily raised. Walnut trees with
| fair treatment afford good shade in five
or six years and grow large enough TO
| be valuable for lumber in fifteen years.
The soft maple grows we'll is a beauti-
| full tree and is also valuable for it's
| timber, and if no others are grown
they would be far better than the To-
Gust, cork elm, Usage orange and other
rubbish that are too common.
AN ENDLESS CHAIN.
Santa Rosa Republican: German labor
| is producing the beet sugar that causes
| idleness in the United States. The busi-
ness is enriching that country at the ex-
pense of ours. 1t is continually draw
| ing out of America several times as
much gold as is produced here, but is
not calling for great quantities Of our
agricultural products. So far as this
country is concerned, it is losing busi-
ness all the time.
Now there is no good reason for the
continuance of this state of affairs. Our
conditions of soil and climate are better
for the production of sugar than those
of Germany. California can easily pro-
duce all the sugar consumed in the
United States and thus become perma-
nently the richest State in the Union.
| But the industry must have stimula-
| ton and intelligent handling to give
good results. The new tariff bill gives it
| encouragement in this as it does other
States. If less capital We're required in
the business many sugar plants would
soon be under construction. But capi-
tai is timid and the instability of the
people is proverbial. Hence the coun-
| try and it's residents suffer and are
likely to continue to suffer.
| But Californians should act with more
intelligence than is expected of the peo-
pie generally. They should find way
to make the endless chain that now
carries American wealth to Germany
bring it back to the Pacific Coast. If a
State bonus be required to give this re-
suit, such bonus should be provided.
Whatever is necessary should be done.
There is not a line along which Cali
fornia cannot be made great and this
sugar business affords an exceptional
opportunity for immense results.
THE SAME OLD BLUFF.
Stockton Mail: The English news
papers are in a state of mind. The Lon
don Globe says:
Secretary Sherman had better rid
himself of the idea that Uncle Sam is
going to boss this country, either in the
gold fields or in the fisheries. When we
strike we strike hard.
f! We do, do we? Let US see.
We struck at the Thirteen Colonies in
1776, didn't we? And how hard we did
strike! And what beautiful licking we
got!
We struck at the United States in
1912, didn't We? We struck hard, too,
And we lost ship after ship, and got
thrashed on Lake Erie and whipped out
of our boots by the American rifiemen
at New Orleans.
We struck at the Beers because they
objected to US stealing their land. How
hard we did strike And what gor-
geous licking we got! And we didn't
get the Beers land either.
You haven't fought another nation
Isingle-handed in more than a hundred
years. Your troops have not met the
troops of another civilized nation on a
field of battle in the memory of the
oldest man living. Your most glorious
exploits in a whole century have been
to help Russia, Austria, Prussia and a
half dozen smaller nations beat France,
to help France and Turkey capture Sc
bastopol, and to butcher half-naked ne
groes and Arabs, armed with no peter
weapons than spears and bows.
You to strike hard! You to threaten
the great nationl Get out, you buffer!
You make US weary!