The record-union., 1897-05-03

of the past twelve months, and very
few of them will notice any marked
increase in gate receipts directly from
La Fiesta
This getting together business is all
wei enough, but it costs too much.
Probably not less than 100 large con-
tributors have vowed not to contribute
again next year. But probably every
last one of them would gladly repeat
and increase their subscriptions two
years hence.
Think it over, gentlemen of La Fiesta
Executive Committee; think it over.
Better skip a year.
McLAREN AND HERESY.
Fresno Republican: 1t may be that
the church is compelled to try men like
Ian McLaren for .heresy in order to pro-
tect it's dogmas, but it is by no means
certain that more damage is not done
to the plaintiff than to the defendant in
| these cases. This great writer of fic-
| ton of the higher class is doubtless
not orthodox in the strict meaning OF
| the term, but his work is not the less
| calculated to elevate the character and
aspirations of his readers and make
| the world better. If the church is alb
sOlutely certain of all the ground upon
which it stands, perhaps its duty is
clear but one thing is very certain,
and that is with public sentiment run
ming as strongly as it does in liberal
channels it is practically incapable of
inf1icting any serious punishment upon
such men as McLaren. 1t cannot in the
slightest degree diminish the popularity
or success of their works
DON'T BE IMPATIENT.
| Nevada City Herald The people
who waited four years for prosperity
under Cleveland and his free-trade
theory should not be impatient if it
takes Mckinley and protection four
months to accomplish what the other
people failed to bring about in four
years 1t goes without saying that
business activity cannot grow while all
business undertakings are held in check
| by the uncertainty which must exist
until the new rates on importations are
determined.
THE DUTY ON PULP.
| Los Angeles Herald: Among the in
! EQUITIES that the Dingley bill proposes
| to foster none should arouse the an
| tipathy of the people more than the in
creased duty on paper pulp, when its
significance is realized. The bill in
creases the duty on pulp from an ad
valorem basis of 10 per cent. or about
81 per ton, to a specific duty of lip
of cent per pound, or 81 66 per ton.
This change in duty is equivalent to
about 90 cents per ton in the cost of
paper, or ~ cents per 100 pounds.
The Canadian Government threatens
20 retaliate by placing an export duty
of So per cord on logs, thereby adding
about 10 cents per 100 pounds to the
cost of white paper
The tax, besides checking the impor-
tation OF raw material for American
manufactures, will prove a serious
drag on popular education. To consid-
erably increase the cost of white paper
means to considerably decrease the cir
culation of cheap literature. Cheap
books and cheap newspapers will no
longer reach every home in the land.
The simple advantage Of the proposed
duty will be, like SO many of it's fell
! lows, to make provision for trust
The mill owners in New York and New
England who for two years have been
scheming to form one gigantic combin-
alton or paper trust, will doubtless find
this new tariff a convenient aid
OF A BLACK LIST.
! Oakland Telegram: The pure Food
Congress could not do a more practical
service in the interest of pure food than
| by issuing a black list" of brands
proven to be adulterated, and adding
thereto as occasion requires. By this
method adulteration can be made I'M
| rrC taI nd L.,
honest or go out of business-Fresno
Republican.
The Pure Food Congress has no bust
ness to issue a black list" We have
State Board of Health, county physi-
clans, city health officers, municipal
boards of health and sanitary inspec-
tors, meat, food and fish inspectors,
and if some of these duly appointed au-
| thorities cannot guard the public from
the dangers of adulterated canned
goods it is about time a general reno
walton of the health department sys-
TEN be inaugurated Beside unscrupu-
lOus dealers under the guise of an Off
cial black list" could and would du-
plicate wholesome brands of food goods
insert their own adulterated products
and bring into disrepute legitimate en-
terprises.
WILL INCREASE THE EGG DE-
MAND.
Vallejo Record The demand for
| eggs in the San Francisco market prom
| Uses to be materially increased by an
order just issued from Washington
| putting a stop to the traffic in wild
! birds eggs from the Farallone Island
| just off the Golden Gate. The eggs of
the sea gull and the murre, or guile
mot, have been shipped to the mar
kets of San Francisco in great quanti-
ties since 1S49. The birds were present
in the breeding season, from May until
August, on the islands in such count
| less thousands that, although persist
emily robbed, their numbers seemed to
show no appreciate diminution. OF re-
| cent years, however, naturalists have
noticed the effect of the annual perse-
cution Of the vast colonies adm have
had fears that they might in time be-
come extinct AS a result of the inves-
| tigation, the prohibitive measure has
| been enacted. About 10000 dozen
! birds eggs have been sold each year at
prices ranging from 10 to - cents per
dozen.
LOCAL HOME GOVERNMENT.
| Marysville Democrat: One of the
most important proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State, and
one that quite likely will receive suffi-
cient votes in the affirmative, is that
which provides for local government
in counties. The people must elect
fifteen freeholders to frame the laws,
which must be submitted to the people,
and if adopted by the electors of the