The record-union., 1897-05-09

in the way of resolutions or other ex-
preston" of the convention should be
permitted. 1t is not very difficult to
guess whence this advice came. The
convention was called for the purpose
of devising means TO put a stop to the
manufacture and sale of adulterated
food products-an evil that has of late
years assumed great proportions in Cal
ifornia. But whenever nowadays any
reform is proposed there are always
people who are ready with objections
that are as hypocritical as they are
plausible. If it is a municipal evil that
is sought to be remedied. there are
always men to say: Hush. You want
to keep still about that. 1t will hurt
the town" These hypocrites pose as
the friends of their community. They
are always afraid something may hap
pen to injure it. They are righteously
indignant at the bare mention of any
evil that should be corrected. 1t does
not matter whether it be a question
of unwholesome water, an inadequate
sewer system or any other municipal
defect; the first step to correct it must
never be taken, because bare mention
of il would hurt the town"
It seems that up in San Francisco,
and perhaps elsewhere, there are peO-
pie who are such good friends of Cali
fornia that they think it wrong to say
a word about the rascally doings of
some manufacturers. The idea ap-
parently is that it would hurt the
State" to expose an iniquity and sup
press it. Precisely who those people
were who thought it their duty to warn
the Pure Food Congress does not ap-
pear. But they have certainly adopted
the identical tactics that are common
" employed in cities and towns by men
who have a direct pecuniary interest in
thwarting plans for needed municipal
improvements or reforms. And so 1t
would not be at all surprising if these
fellows who were so afraid that the
Pure Food Congress might injure the
good name of California should prove
to be the very men who produce the
table delicacies that chemists say are
composed of glucose and colored with
aniline dye. No wonder they talk
about hurting the State" and depre-
cate any sensational action by peo-
pie who desire reforms
LEMONS AND THE TARIFF.
Santa Barbara Press: The vigorous
efforts made by the lemon growers of
Southern California for a tariff of a
cent a pound on imported fruit may
/ have its effect in spite of the deternin-
| ed opposition of the importers of the
! East. Although the fight was made
/ late in the day and entirely in the
/ Senate, it is said to have had the de-
sired effect. and the best informed are
now feeling that justice will be done
our groves and the men who work
! therein. This change in the general
situation has been brought about large
! ly by the methods employed. To meet
an organized and determined lobby
maintained by the importers, the united
1 lemon growers sent their very best men
/ to Washington. Without a lobbyist
pure and simple" in their employ, they
| have made progress by the character of
/ their representation, the energy of
/ their methods and the justice Of their
| cause. OF course the end cannot yet
| be predicted: but the prospects. at
/ least, are much brighter than ever be-
! fore.
HOPEFUL.
TuIare Register: Blessed is he who
| can always see a glimmer of hope.
no matter how dark the clouds or how
they lower. Days of hot winds blast
! ed a good portion of the cherry crop in
! Alameda County, out the people take
| courage because, forsooth, the fewer
| the cherries the better the price And
so with US: our wheat crop will not be