The record-union., 1897-09-30
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
state and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

AAtCGC5ts
Colusa Sun: The Tulare Register"
always sound except along the lines of
a perverted political education, gives
the farmers some advice on holding
wheat too long, but left one important
feature of the matter out. He should
have told them that if one should in
vest 5000 on the call board and win he
would think that he had soft racket
and would go on until a good farme-
would turn into a very poor speculator,
and If he lost he would keep on trying
to get even until he went broker The
call beard is dangerous thing for all
but the initiated, and even they "go
up IN smoke if they stick to it.
ROAD TO YOSEMITE.
Merced Sun: A free wagon read
from Yosemite Valley down the Mer-
ced River canyon TO Merced Falls is
among the possibilities of the near fu-
ture. And a branch line of railroad
from Merced to Merced Falls, to be
built by either the Southern Pacific or
the Valley road, is by no means an i'm
possibility Will the people of Mer-
ced do little hustling toward secur-
ing these Improvements?
CORPORATIONS.
Modesto News: One of the broadly
economic and social problems now
| coming up for solution is the greater
control of corporations and the rec
tification of their abuses by the State
and it is soon destined to become an
| important issue in our national cleo
tions until properly solved.
/ MASS MEETINGS AND COURTS.
Woodland Democrat: There is Just as
much reason for holding a mass meet
ing to denounce a decision of the court
as there is for holding one to ratify the
action of a Judge. Such delnonstra-
! tlonS are in bad taste and ought not
| 10 be encouraged. Public sentiment is
so erratc that the big audiences that
are now singing the praises of Judge
Wallace in San Francisco, may meet
again next month to denounce him for
a decision that does not coincide With
their views
DEBS HEDGES.
Los Angeles Times: 1t is evident
that Debs' change of tactics is for a
purpose. The rabid utterances of him
self and his followers have disguised
all decent and right thinking men,
Through these utterances the hideous
and dangerous character of the So
called Social Democracy stands revealed
Public opinion has turned upon them
in swift and strong denunciation Even
the more decent and more moderate
members of the Social Democracy have
refused to indorse the doctrine of mur-
1 he hoc y
alarmed. He sees before him, not only
the stern condemnation of an aroused
public opinion, but the disintegration
of the organization for which he stands
sponsor; for only the widest of IA
natics and the most dangerous OF
cranks can seriously entertain such
monstrous views as those enunciated
at recent gatherings of the Social De-
mocraCy. Thus Debs hastens to disa-
vow the extreme and revolutionary sem
timents which are the legitimate out
growth of his own teachings. He seeks
to shift upon other shoulders the bur-
den of responsibility which he himself
should bear.
IT IS NEEDED
Contra Costa Gazette: The Sacra-
mento Record Union is hard at work
in the interest of a Government road
through Yosemite Valley. That such
a road is needed every one concedes
and the Gazette" hopes the Record
Unions" effort to have il constructed
will bear early fruit. The matter is to
be presented to Congress next winter,
backed up by petitions signed by resi-
dents of all parts of the State. If the
desired end is attained the Record
Union" will be entitled to the credit.
BOUNTIFUL HARVESTS.
San Diego Union: 1t is certainly a
mistake to underrate the immense in
fiuence that bountiful harvests and
high prices for almost all agricultural
products, are having in promoting pros
perfty all over the country. 1t is quite
as much a blunder, however, to attri-
butte exclusively to these causes the
good times now prevailing, and tc take
no account Of the benefits which the
| country is deriving from q return to
the principle of protection. A writer
in the September issue of Count s
Magazine" touches on this subject, and
cites some striking instances showing
both revival of manufacture and in-
creases in the wages paid He con-
cludes with the following:
These are visible signs of return
ing prosperity directly attributable to
the policy of the new Administration.
However painful this may be &c the
anti -protectionist doctrinaires and ca
lamity prophets, it brings a comforting
| satisfaction to the average American
| citizen. especially to those who have
suffered the infiiction of reduced wages
and periodic enforced idleness during
the last four years. There may be
great virtue in free trade in some places
and under some conditions, 3ut the
American people can we'll afford TO go
a generation before trying another ex-
pertinent.
BEET SUGAR.
The California Sugar Beet: That the
! production of beet sugar promises to
become one of the leading industries
| in California, is apparent to all who
have kept in touch with the develop
ment of the past three or four years
| While experiments have been made in
other parts of the Union in this direc-
ton. il is in this State that they have
beer. most successful. and already Cali
fornia is in the lead as the principal
beet sugar producing State. Her pc
culiarities of soil and climate are such
that the sugar beet here attains de-
velopment almost unknown elsewhere,
while every condition is favorable for