The record-union., 1898-01-17

every citizen Is in sympathy with home
industries; where every article that can
be Is bought of the local dealer and
manufacturer This is the spirit of
reciprocity between business men, mer-
chants, tradesmen. printers. laborers,
and it makes things lively, too. The
town prospers and grows, and above
all 1t is pleasant place to live in.
WILL NEED HAWAII
Ukiah Press: Senator Frye touches
the sore spot with a needle when he
says that the state of affairs in China
makes the annexation of Hawaii to the
United states necessity. Hawaii is
the halfway house between our Pacific
ports and the trading ports of the vast
Empire of China. We now have large
interests in the Eastern Empire, and,
unless our foreign commerce be checked
by vicious legislation, or by grossly in
competent management, our interests
must become greater as time rolls on.
1t is all very Well to say that our rights
in China are protected by treaties. The
fact is that the powers of Europe are
not letting the paper walls. of treaties
bar their eastward course Treaties are
respected in Europe when the party
benefited by them has strength to battle
for his rights. What is the treaty of
Paris, afterward confirmed by that of
Berlin, by terms of which Russia was
bound to keep no warships in the Black
Sea. worth to-day?
A HORSE FAMINE.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Saga
cious horsemen see not very far distant
a scarcity of horses that will bring
prices up to high notch. Some of them
even go SO far as to predict a horse fam
inc. At the convention of the American
Live Stock Feeders and Breeders held in
st. Paul this week F. J. Berry, one of
delivered an address on THE Export
Horse and How to Breed Him"
Mr.. Berry declared that the ruinous
prices of the past few years had driven
farmers and breeders out of business. In
the States which had been famous for
their fine horses the number of first
class animals was not one-tenth what it
was before the fall in price. 1t is now
difficult to pick up the best class of
horses. In the meantime the foreign
demand for American horses was grow
ing. All the markets were crowded with
foreigners looking for first-class ami
mails. The American horse industry
would soon be foremost among the
branches of agriculture if the farmers
would give it attention.
In conclusion, Mr.. Berry said that it
is within the power of horse breeders in
this country to cultivate the foreign de-
mand for the American horse until it
builds up a trade which could never be
taken away from them, and in which
millions of money might be made. He
did not advise every farmer to go into
horse raising, but for those who had the
necessary education and a fancy for
that branch of stock raising, it was a
most promising field. Five classes Of
horses were demanded for export. They
are: Well-bred coach horse, the cab
horse, the omnibus horse, the draft
horse. the American trotter.
THE WEEKLY PAPER.
Alameda Argus: We see signs in sew
eral places of late of the regeneration
and reassertion of the country weekly
newspaper. We have recorded a num-
Der of transfers of ownership, and no.
tice in every case that a change has re-
suited that emphasizes the old fash
loISQ press tildI ISSUES ONCE d week.
The reason for this may be that some
newspaper men have satisfied their am
bition to publish daily papers, and are
content to get back in the weekly class,
but feel an inspiration to do a little bet
ter than formerly. The country week.
ly, and the minor press generally, Is
surely moderated. And if we are not
mistaken, there is a reaction, slight
though it may be, to the weekly. A
good, well-written and well-nourished
weekly is preferable any day to a half
starved and sloppedup daily. Com
munities which have experienced both
kinds are ready to acknowledge that
fact, too.
FLETCHER LIFE"
Los Angeles Times: Mr. Bryan has
had his picture taken in the midst of
wearing one of those Mexican sombre-
ros of wide dimensions and weighing
something like eight pounds. A sight Of
this portrait is enough to convince the
most hardened Republican that there is
the man for President, You betcher
life!"