The record-union., 1897-08-02
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

| INDICATOR Of returning prosperity We see
| the following item from Louisville, un-
der date of July 26th: The Avery plow
factory resumed operations yesterday,
after three years shut down, Civ
ing work to LOCO men, and l, 900 addi-
tional Workmen will be given employ
ment in the near future" The three
years mentioned is about the measure
of life of the Gornlan- Wilson tariff, in
cluding some months of decentralization
that preceded its enactment. The above
is only one of numberless instances
where the wheels of manufactures are
starting under the impulse of a re-
sumption of the protective system The
Democracy may continue its cry OF
/ hard times, and charge it to the cur
rency question, but the industries OF
the country will now be resumed, and
nothing can prevent the steady return
of financial prosperity.
IMPROVING.
San Bernardino Sun: The Los An
geles Record whose Republican
tendencies are we'll known, has been in
| terviewing Los Angeles business men
on the business situation and finds evi-
! dences of the Improvement, and its
| headline over the interviews is the
Improvement of Business Seems TO Be
| General"
PROSPERITY'S WAVE.
Stockton Independent: According to
the trade papers published by the COM
mercial agencies, the wave of pros
perity is rising and bowling in. These
papers are not protectionist organs.
They deal but little in politics, but they
| necessarily show that business is i'm
proving at an unusual season and the
| facts they give show why it improves.
| Among these facts are confidence in
stability of values or rather in the
! increase of value of most merchandise;
increased demand for grain abroad and
abundant harvests in America. That
the increase in values of merchandise
is due to the new tariff law the fiercest
and most unreasoning of Democrats
| admit in the form of accusations
against the Republican party The
| eagerness to buy comes from the de-
sire to share in the profits of the ad-
/ vance and the increased buying puts
| confidence into manufacturers who
| must soon resume operations where
| they have suspended and make more
| employment for labor. The advance
! in grain comes at a peculiarly fortu-
nate time when the increased home
demand, consequent upon revived in
dustries is added to that from abroad
! The 1aborer will soon be able to cheer
| fully pay for dearer food because his
! labor will advance in price in proper
tion. 1t is evident that the secondary
| stage of the wave of prosperity has
been reached and as fast as excessive
| imports are consumed it will rise until
it will be at floodtide before the year
| 1897 has passed its third quarter.
WE ARE TOO MERCIFUL.
Oroville Mercury: The case of Mrs
Maybrick is a fitting example of how
hard-we might add impossible-it is
to secure clemency in England, where
the authorities are satisfied of the
guilt of the prisoner, and while it seems
perhaps cold and cruel to some it is
the only right way. The leniency with
which crimaa and prisoners are dealt
with in America is a disgrace to civili-
zation and has a tendency to increase
rather than diminish crime.
THE SLUMP.
Los Angeles Times: The slump in
silver has struck our Mexican neigh
bors a particularly hard blow. There
may be an opportunity for Mr.. Bryan
to go there and acquaint the sufferers
with full details of the monstrous crime
of '73.
A SUGGESTION ABOUT KLONDYKE.
! Kern Standard: If those northern gold
fields are not a delusion, the farmers OF
this country ought to be among the prin-
cipal benefciaries from them. This they
may become if, instead of joining the
mad crowd they allure they stay at
home and devote themselves strictly at
the task of furnishing as large share of
the food supply as they can, particularly
in the direction of those fatty, substan-
tial products indicated, so essential to
those who take upon themselves to re-
sist the rigors of northern cold. The
remark is often made by men of COM
mercial instincts, who grow rich by the
gentle operation Of their brains and
leave toll. sweat and physical strain ag
gravated by exposure to the inclemen-
cies of the seasons, to others, that farm
ers would do better if they devoted more
time to considering the circumstances,
distant as well as near, which rule the
markets, and that the failure or neglect
to do so, is why their industry, energy
and frugality so often fails of adequate
reward. Now here is a circumstance,
condition or movement appearing in the
far north, likely to develop into some
thing immense before the last crops of
the coming season are secured, which
we commend to the attention of the far
mers of this county, believing that their
careful consideration of it concerns them
deeply.
THE SMITH PARDON.
Santa Rosa Republican: A number
of California papers are having a good
deal to say about Governor Budd par
doning Dave Smith, the burglar, who
robbed the home of NJ. NJ. Estee some
three years ago. 1t is claimed to be a
piece of petty spite work on the part
of the States chief executive-an ef-
fort on his part to exhibit contempt for
the man believed by many to have been
elected when Budd was counted into the
highest office in the gift of the people OF
California But we think a more reason
able explanation than this has been
given for the Governors action. 1t is
announced that Smith is a nephew OF
Sam Rainey. Our erratic Governor
probably took this action at Rainey' S
request as a pure matter of politics.
THE NEW REGENT.
San Jose Herald: Mrs Phoebe A
Hearst has been appointed a Regent OF
$ the State University vice C. F. Croker
deceased. Mrs. Hearst is a many sided
woman who has displayed much hber-
atty tact and ability under many cir
cumstances. Women have in numerous