The record-union., 1897-12-11
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

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Interest.
| Iacoma Ledger: John Fiske has been
| oe1endlng Shakespeare. That is to say,
ne mas cited few of the many rea-
sons showing how preposterous it is to
suppose that he was not Shakespeare at
all. put somebody else. Argument on
TINS subject is not at all necessary ex-
cept Tor purposes of mental gymnastics.
There are only few people in the world
possessed with the desire or the inclina-
ton to make Francis Bacon greater than
he was. or could be, and Shakespeare
less than nothing. Why they should
have this strange fancy it is hardly
worth while to inquire. The only really
: interesting thing about the controversy
so far as there is controversy is found
i'll observing how little all that has been
or can be adversely written affects the
fame of the great poet. His fame was
SO secure that it shines undimmed, and
those who attack it only exhibit their
own lfttleness by Comparison. 1t is
worth much to know that a. man may
achieve SO much in this life that nothing
after death can harm it; that like the
f1inty sphinx the storms and buffets of
time can in no way mar or corrode it.
OUR FOOD EXPORTS.
Reno Gazette: 1t is a we'll under
stood fact that exports of food products
from the United States are much lar
ger this year than they were last year.
But it will surprise some people to learn
that the exports of manufactured goods
are also increasing
In the nine months ending September
1897, the exports of manufacturers were
20 per cent. of all exports. In 1896 the
percentage was 2S.39. This is not much
difference as viewed in. this way. But
when we come to think that the eX-
ports of produce are so much increase it
becomes significant that exports of mer-
chandise have increased still more.
The total figures showing the value of
manufactures sent abroad in said
month for each year are $21 ,699,3 ,345 and
So, S54, GAS, respectively, or more than
81 100000 in favor of this year. For the
nine months the gain was $27,671, S12.
Out of twenty-five lines of manufac-
tured goods, including all the most i'm
portant products of our mills, there are
Only four which show decrease in the
nine months of 1897, as compared with
the like period of 1896 One is uncolored
an increase. Another is locomotive en-
gnes. The third is rubber goods. And
! the last is mineral oils. In most lines
| the increases are substantial.
MUST ACT.
| The Mail of Woodland: 1t begins to
| look as though the Trustees of the
| lone School will be forced to investi-
gate the charges preferred against Su-
| perintendent OBrien. 1t has reached
| that stage that they cannot ignore the
| grave charges much longer. Public
| sentiment will force them to take ac-
| ton.
THE TARIFF LAW.
| Yreka Journal: An examination of
the work of the new tariff law shows
that the so-called protests of foreign
countries do not seem to have availed
anything more in their effect upon our
commerce with those countries than
| they did in their effect upon Congress.
No attention was paid to them by Con-
| gress, and it seems that commerce is
now paying no attention to them The
thirteen countries which made formal
protest against certain features of the
tariff law of 1897, in the two months
in which the details of our export can
be obtained, have purchased S131, ,446,-
SOP in value of our products and mer-
chandise, against only S107, or ,5S5 in
| the corresponding months of last year
under the Wilson law. That doesn't look
much as though foreign doors were
being closed against us on account of
the new tariff.
| NOT ALWAYS RIGHT.
| Spokane Review: sixty years ago a
mob invaded the printing office of Elijah
Parish Lovejoy, in Illinois, and killed the
editor and wrecked the press. Now
Lovejoy has monument, and the mob
| leaders are forgotten. The majority is
not always right. One brave soul and
Gods truth will outlive legion when
/ that legion is in the wrong. No, the
majority is not always right, but ma
iority in the wrong soon becomes a mi
nority. In that fact lies the safety of
free government The views held by the
martyred Lovejoy We're many years ago
indorsed and maintained by vast ma
jority of his fellow countrymen.
RUSTING OUT.
Red Bluff Peoples Cause: Physicians
| =
from business, as it is called, is a criti-
cal rlatter. Late in life many habits
have become automatic, and to cast
aside accustomed daily tasks, often
! mistaken for burdens, is not unattend-
ed with physical risks. If a man quit
ting business for good has resources
| to fill up his time congenially then all
may go well; but to drop suddenly
from scene of action to one OF con-
| temptation is a more serious step than
might be supposed. The hours looked
| forward to for restfulness from care
may drag from vacancy, and the mind
prey upon itself for lack of healthful
outward exercise. Therefore the wise
| old physician recommends caution in
abandoning useful routine which in the
course of years has become second ma
/ ture.
ADVANCED IDEAS.
] Mountain Democrat (Placerville):
! We are about to paint the Democrat
| Indian red, and with reform for our
motto, go screaming for all there is out.
Like all reformers, we want the earth,
but mean as We are, We propose to take
| it without any shamming, lying or far
away look. No off-colors nor yellow
nickel-in-t the slot DISCUSSES for U.S. Be-
| ginning with those who owe and don't t
try to pay us, we will go red-eyed for
/ the rest of mankind When the divis-
ors of the earth and the fullness thereof
are reduced TO one anti-monopoiist, it
will be ourSelf.
INVESTIGATE.
/ Fresno Republican,. Governor Budd
is making another serious mistake in
/ ia ilinr TO irlypSfica To- the Prosstnn