The record-union., 1897-10-27
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

San Diego Union: The story that
Spain will now try to buy OF the repel
leaders in Cuba, is the more eredlpie
because to some extent at least thls
method has been employed IN former
wears TO overcome stubborn insurgent
chiefs. 1t may be doubted, however,
that this plan can now succeed. The
rebellion has gone too far, and the reb-
els are too confident of ultimate sue
cess. Even should Spanish gold buy
off q few of the leaders there are 9TH
ers TO take their places. General
Blanco is likely to find his task of
pacifying the island by bribery even
harder than WeyIer's plan of crushing
the rebellion by bullets and starva-
tion.
REASONS WHY.
Stockton Independent: Leaving
aside wheat. what has caused the ad-
vance in price of all other farm prod
ucts-ccrn, rye, beef, pork, wool, cat
tie, horses, sheep, hops, tobacco, pota-
toes?"
The San Jose Mercury" asks this
question and answers it satisfactorily.
but it is susceptible of still another
answer. 1t is the increased purchas-
ing power of the American consumer.
Mr.. Bryan in one of his speeches al
legged that the sound money people ig-
nored the matter of the relative pur
chasing power of the money metals,
but he and his party have steadily ig
nored the subject of the purchasing
power of American working people, to
which the Mercury" truthfully as
cribes the advanced prices of agricul-
tural products. When laboring people
are driven to the Pingree expedient of
raising the potatoes they eat instead
of buying them the farmer loses GUS
toners, but when they are too busy at
more profitable work than utilizing va
cant lots, they buy their food. They
also buy new clothing instead of patch
ing the old and the farmer has more
purchasers for his wool. So it goes
throughout the line. A low tariff de-
prives the farmer of home customers
and compels him to seek the markets
of the world and pay heavily for reach
ing them. protective tariff gives-him
a MAJ ket at home.
ADULTERATED FOODS.
Seattle Post -Intelligencer: The adul-
teration of foods appears to be a very
serious matter to Secretary Wilson of
the Department of Agriculture. He has
set out with determination to investi-
gate the character of, and extent to
which, the deleterious deterioration of
foods and drugs is carried on. The aid
of the public is asked in this work and
there are some points to which atten-
ton may be specially directed.
1t is useless to send theories to the
department What is needed is a con-
else statement of facts which can be
verified by the officials. if necessary.
1t is generally believed that adultera-
ton, sophistication, imitation and mis-
branding of foods, liquors and drugs
are prevalent. Many States have pass
ed laws with view to preventing such
practices, and it would help the work
if State and other officials would re-
port their experience with such laws,
how they have been enforced and with
what results. The chemical division of
the department has been entrusted
with this important task and if it re-
ceives the right kind of aid, laws
against adulteration will not be dead
letter.
If we care nothing for our own health
and the injury to ourselves that comes
from the home consumption of adul-
terated goods, it is good policy to help
in exposing them and saving our repu-
tation in the foreign markets. Our
Consuls have frequently directed atten-
ton to the mischief wrought by the
exporting of inferior goods. Frank H.
Mason. Consul General at Frankfort, in
his last report, published in the Con-
sular Reports for October Of this year,
gives a most encouraging account of
the favor with which American goods
of a superior quality are received in
Germany, but he is most emphatic in
his warning that anything else will
spoil our markets abroad.
WAKE UP. GENTLEMEN.
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