The record-union., 1898-04-16
DISHONESTY AND DISASTER.

Los Angeles Express: The shipping
| OF inferior and damaged fruit from Cal
| ifornia to the Eastern markets is one
| OF the most serious drawbacks with
which the industry has to contend at the
| present time. This is especially true Of
oranges and raisins, regarding which
! there is much and we'll founded COM
plant from both dealers and consumers.
The frosted oranges and rain-damaged
falslns or the past season have created
prejudice against these California pro-
ducts that will require some years to
overcome, even if honest methods pre-
, vail in the future.
A CENSORSHIP.
Oakland Tribune: In the event of war
IL will be we'll for the Government to
nave press censor suppress those dis
patches announcing the departure from
Melbourne or London of ships carrying
SO many millions of dollars for America.
1t would be too good a pointer for the
bold Spanish buccaneers who will Of
course be riding the water blue" as
soon as hostilities are announced BY
the way, what nice haul they would
make if they could intercept those Klon-
dixie treasure-ships coming down with
the spring cleanup.
OVER CAPITALIZATION.
Oakland Enquirer: Another of those
badly inflated English syndcates is in
trouble. Several years ago some pro-
motors bought up the principal brew
cries in San Francisco, organized a
company with English capital and is
sued a lot of stock and debenture
bonds. The total capitalization was
over S4,O0O,000, and ever since the cor
porat1on has been staggering along i'll a
vain attempt to make interest on this
amount. 1t has not succeeded in doing
so, and the last interest payment
amounting to $4,000, is now in default
IF IT COMES.
Stockton Independent: The situation
looks most warlike now, and, While the
American Government is receiving Sc
we're censure from a large portion of it's
own people for what they term undue
tolerance, it has won and is still win
ming the approval of all impartial
judges of the case for going to the ut
most limit of peaceful means to avoid
war. Close after SPANS apparent re-
pudlation of the Queens professions
comes the threat to resort to piratical
warfare and this threat must tend TO
deprive Spain of what little sympathy
or respect was entertained for her by
European governments or peoples.
While impatient Americans disclaim
against delays, it is plain to minds not
int1amed by passion that the United
States Government has gained greatly
by the delay and events that must &C.
cur soon after hostilities begin will
show material gain that would be i'm
polite for the Government to disclose
until that gain had been secured.
SHAMEFUL ACTION.
Stockton Record: In defiance Of
morality and God-given truth; in def
ance of all the virtues, ennobling quail
tiles and laudable desires that contrib
ute to make just government possible
in an age supposed to be civilized and
country supposed to be enlightened; re-
CARELESS and defiant of all these. a set
OF irresponsible agitators have taken
occasion, at the very hour of the coun-
try's peril, to lie about the President,
to insult the administration, to deride
me country and disgrace themselves
They are graver peril to the State to-
day than all the armies and navies of
Europe. Their tactics are more
threatening and dangerous to civil gov
eminent in America than the obsti-
macy of Spain or the treachery of the
Spaniards. They are of the same ma
terial as the mad mob. Their law of
action is unrestrained license; their
most ardent wish a state of anarchy;
their constant ambition to tear down,
to embroil, destroy.
DEPEND ON THE PEOPLE.
Vacaville Reporter: In the event of
there being a war, some of our con-
temporaries seem to think this country
will be at the absolute mercy of Wall
street, and that it will have TO accept
such terms as it can secure. Wall
street is rich, but not entirely in its
own right. The phrase stands for the
aggregated wealth of the country,
which unused at home and undesired by
banks, finds use in the operations of
the metropolis of America. AS a mat
ter of fact, if all of the money i'll New
York was at the place of residence of
its real owners, the balances at the
banks would see a wonderful diminu
ton. If the Government should need
money and offer a popular loan, we
think any amount it might need would
be subscribed several times over If
the issue was partly in denominations
of ten or even five dollars, and the
Postmasters were permitted to take
subscriptions, we think money enough
to fight Spain for a hundred years
would be secured. Wall street is pow
erful but the people are still more pow
n
Uncle Sam than Wall street ever
dreamed of possessing. In every need
of the nation the people have respond
ed. When Wall street was timid, the
people had faith in their own creation
and loaned it their money freely. SO
it will be again in every case Of ma