The record-union., 1897-12-09

With other countries, and, with possibly
one or two exceptions, the recommen-
dations which it contains will be We'll
received by the great majority of the
American people.
A RETRACTION
| Oakland Times: A singular example
of International interference is fur
| nished by the demand of the Imperial
| Government of Germany for an arol-
| ogy from the "Osservatore Romano" :"
| the official organ of the Papacy. in
i Rome, for an article recently printed
assailing Martin Luther. The strang
est part of the whole affair is that a re-
traction and an apology were really
printed. The case promises to become
a nine days wonder to the theologia1s
and politicians in Europe.
| OUR ROAD ELECTION.
Santa Rosa Republican: The good
road issue has had a fair test before
the people of Sacramento County.
Bonds have been voted there to build
| boulevard from Sacramento City TO
| Folsom. They were carried by an
overwhelming majority-a 8 to /.
This road will be really the first great
permanent highway 70 be built in the
otsAtC. IL Will Dc IOiiS II tetCO OiA SIlcAi-
| tific principles and crushed stone will be
the material used. Such a road will
| last for centuries and Will be an object
lesson to the people of the State. 1t
will be the forerunner of other similar
enterprises that will furnish employ
ment for idle people and result in the
permanent development of the entire
commonwealth.
THE MESSAGE.
Fresno Expositor: The first impress
sion is that the message is a weak one.
This is notably true of the financial
and Cuban features, while it is strong
on Hawaiian annexation. On all the
live political issues the President seems
inclined to straddle the fence, but on
other matters he seems fair and in
clined to a liberal and fostering policy.
BUSINESS REVIVAL
Los Angeles Times: The reports of
general revival of business at Chi
cago afford some substantial evidence
of the rising tide of prosperity which IS
| sweeping over the country. No city
was affected more strongly than Chi
| cago by the widespread depression
which followed the panic of 1893. For
| three years business was at a stand
! still in almost every line of trade and
real estate was almost unstable. For
| several months past evidences Of well
| come change have been apparent. The
bank clearings in Chicago for Novem
ber reached the remarkable total Ct
| S45S. 600. 900, the high-water mark for
| four years and a half. Money is plen-
tiful in the Windy City, and bankers
| find it difficult to loan the funds which
are crowding their vaults.
A DRASTIC REMEDY.
| Sutter Independent: The large num-
| Der of recent bank failures, in several
| instances for enormous amounts, vary
ing from 100000 to $2,0Oo,0OO, a great
| portion of which consisted of the hard
earnings of what is known as the poor
er classes Of our people, suggests, as
perhaps the most practical way of pre-
| venting the recurrence of future dis
| aSters of like character, the applica-
| ton of the Chinese remedy inflicted up
| on the occasion of the first bank fail
ure in the Celestial Empire, when, the
| following morning, the bodies of the
officers were found swinging from the
| lamp posts in front of the building.
That happened over 1000 years ago,
and there has never been a bank fall
ure in China since. The remedy is
severe, but the medicine need only be
taken voluntarily when the patient
willingly takes the consequences. Some
thing must and will be done to put
stop to this high-handed thievery Of
| robbing the honest, confiding and un
suspecting public.
DEADLY COMPETITION.
Sutter Farmer: That deadly COM
petition" which the sdlver-using coun-
tries We're supposed to be making
against the United States in interna-
tional commerce will now disappear in
the case of Russia, Japan and several
(! of the South and Central American
States, which have all gone from the
| silver to the gold standard since Mr.
Teller started that argument into the
/ field Word now comes that China is
! about to follow in the same wake thus
| leaving Mexico and a few South Amer
! lean countries our only deadly COM
| petitors," and reducing still further
| the ammunition of the silver mine own
erS.
! ORGANIZE
Placer Republican: We would like to
see some definite steps taken by the
! farmers in regard to organizing a
Farmers Club. There is such a vast
field for labor so much may and should
be done that can properly be done only
| by the farmers
! The world to-day calls for intelli-
! gent, organized effort on the part of
any class that occupies an important
place in it. This is a generally accept
ed fact, and labor and trade unions,
merchants exchanges, etc, have been
| formed in compliance with this de-
mand. AS a class farmers have not
recognized the necessity, but the time
is near at hand when the successful
farmer must be associated with his
fellows, must subscribe for and read
| journals devoted to agriculture and
horticulture, must in fact keep in touch
with progressive thought in his line of
work. We frequently hear farmers be-
wailfng adverse circumstances and un-
certain returns-sometimes no returns
at all. In this wonderfully endowed
State, where almost everything may
be successfully grown, with good ship
ping facilities, and markets at home
and abroad awaiting our products. con-
ditions should be favorable to the pro-
ducer if they they could be favorable
anywhere
THE LOS ANGELES SCANDAL.
Stockton Independent: If there is one
department of the Government that.
more than anx other, should be tree
from scandal, it should be that of edu-
cation. Happily for the country in gem
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