The record-union., 1898-11-12

Lille present COuulllOIlS.
INEQUALITY OF ASSESSMENTS.
Nevada City Herald: A difficulty in
our present system Of taxation is the
inequality of assessments. Assessors
are human and subject to all the de-
fects of Judgment and character that
flesh is heir to. Not all taxable prop
erty is found, and not all that is found
is assessed impartially and equally.
These defects are admitted.
AN EXPERIMENT.
Woodland Democrat: Paraguay is to
be the scene Of another attempt to dem
onstrate the solution of social and in
dustrial problems by the establishment
of colony. 1t is to be organized on
altogether different lines from those
Of the New Australian and Cosme COM
munities. One of these enterprises was
remarkable, among other things, for the
number of it's rules and the culpable in
efficiency of its leaders. The new col
ony will represent the reaction both
against rules and rulers. It will start
without regulations Of any kind, and
make them as occasion requires.
MACHINERY AND LABOR.
Oroville Register: Carroll D. Wright,
Commissioner Of Labor, in his report
for 1898 presents very interesting sta
tistics respecting the effects Of machin-
cry on labor in his annual report The
deductions to be drawn from his re-
searches are rather suggestive than
conclusive, but anything which throws
light on this important subject will be
read with Savidity The sta
tistics show three conclusions which
cannot be lodged, if we trust the fig
ures. In the first place, machine pro-
duction has lowered cost of goods in
every line of manufacturing. In the
next place, it has increased the number
OF persons required for the production
OF articles needed to meet the demand.
Thirdly, there has been a. concurrent
tendency OF wages to appreciate in
spite OF fitful depressions What part
the organization of labor in trade un-
IONS and similar protective methods has
mad In the working out Of conditions to
results is not considered. On the whole.
however, Mr.. Wright's evident convic-
ton Is that there has been a notable
advantage to the cause of labor by the
greatly added power which mechanical
devices gives to its productiveness.
& THAT CANAL.
Yreka Journal: President MCKINLEY
is an earnest supporter Of the Mica
ragua Canal, and it is to be hoped that
he will Immediately transfer to that
business some Of the vigor which was
employed to bring Spain to terms, for
the moves which are now being made
with respect to the canal franchises
are of extreme Importance 1t deval-
that the Chico
went down to the isthmus to look over
the route dide not visit that cline for
the benefit Of their health they took
their business habits along, as Chicago
men are apt to do when they travel
They have put up $10O,000 in gold coin,
and the sight of that we nth has So
hypnotized the President and Congress
Of Nicaragua that the contractors are
likely to get whatever they want in
the way of franchises. No one knows
what the contractors, when they come
home with the franchises in their
ernment, but presumably it will not
be anything by which said contractors
are likely to lose money.
SHE ROSE GRANDLY.
Alameda Argus: California rose
grandly to the occasion and put it's
seal upon Maguireism forevermore It
is hoped that no other uprising of this
nature will ever again, or at least for
a very long time, menace the welfare
of California. For several months men
who can figure out results and who
have interests at stake have been un-
easy because of the incendiary cam
paign carried on by Mcguire and his
chief journalistic supporter They re-
allied how it's success would affect the
industries and enterprises and how 1t
would be regarded in other States and
countries. They were only relieved of
their fears when upon arising this
morning they read the satisfactory
news. Now California should have a
season of rest from cranks and agita-
tors, so that the useful undertakings
of men may be followed undistracted
We have cast out Maguireism. Let us
insist that this shall be a practical
notice to all political adventures to
have done and avaunt-
A SINGING REBUKE.
Stockton Record: The election Of
Henry T. Gage as Governor of Califor-
mia and the overwhelming defeat OF
James G. Mcguire and the entire Dem
ocratic ticket is q st1ng1ng rebuke 10
sham and hypocrisy in politics. On
the part of the Democrats 1t was
studied campaign Of evasion and de-
ceit Mcguire and his followers simply
stuck up the railroad as wooden
man to be knocked down. and stoutly
maintained that there was no issue but
the railroad in the campaign. The fact
that James G. Mcguire, a man who
has been in public life for nearly twen-
ty years. and whose name is familiar
one over the entire State. should run
behind his ticket and fall in the rear
of such STRIPPING as Hutchinson, the
fusion nominee for Lieutenant Gov
ernor. is doubIy significant. AS in
Mcguire were wrapped up the fraud
and hypocrisy of the campaign, so on
his head was visited the sin. The retri-
button was just.