The record-union., 1898-12-20

ment aid in the start and given the
protection of the United States in the
early years of colonial organization and
experiment. This scheme for the ex-
patriation of over seven millions of
people from the South and their settle
ment in a tropical portion of Africa is
utterly impracticable. There are two
excellent reasons why such scheme
would utterly fail of success. In the
first place, the negro does not want to
leave the South, and in the second
place, the people of the South do not
wish the negro to 60 Ex-Governor
Bullock of Georgia, an ex-slaveholder
and ex-Confederate soldier, has this to
say of the negro at the South IN re-
cent letter to the New York Sun:
Sporadic cases of unjust, unlawful and
barbarous treatment of the negro can
not be denied, nor is it entirely confined
to the South But such instances are
light compared with the total number
of the negroes There is no recorded
history of any race having equaled the
progress of the negro from slavery to
the present day"
THE GROWING CRIME
Stockton Independent: 1t was the
crowning crime of the nineteenth CEN
tury that the concert Of Europe inter-
vened to prevent Japan opening the
whole of the vast empire Of China up to
trade. 1t was an exhibition of Russia's
power, her mastery in European poll
tics. 1t was the crowning shame to
England that she dared not in that
crisis to mobilize her navy in the Japan
sea to sustain the proper determination
Of the Japanese 1t was the hour to
act. The principle Of the 'open door
was at stake A chance to check Rus
sia and make of Japan an enduring
ally was offered She could have saved
Manchuria to the free development Of
civilized agencies and compelled Rus
sia to seek her open port through ter
ritory so thoroughly civilized as to for
bid her usual machinations Great
Britain hesitated in her timidity and
now she has China hostile and a united
Europe against her
PROSPERITY AND ITS PARTY
POLITICS.
Ukiah Republican Press: Nothing
seems to interrupt the progress of good
times Every week since election day
two years ago, but particularly since
the passage of the Dingley Act was as
sured, there has been better showing
in some phase of business activity, and,
reckoning from quarter to quarter, IN
all phases. Meanwhile failures have
not only lessened in number and in the
amounts involved, but in their charac-
ter. Where it was customary three
and four years ago to record from o1O
to 800 failures per week in the United
States it is rarely the case now tnat
they reach the 300 mark, while a point
below 200 Is common. Serious ana
fraudulent ones are becoming infre-
quent. There is no mistaking the
meaning of these figures and facts.
They stand for the soundest and most
abounding prosperity in all the ramih-
cations of trade There is more mon
ey, more credit, more confidence, and,
therefore, more business and fewer as
signments.
THE MERCHANT MARINE.
Tulare Register: The expanding OF
the American merchant marine Is
subject of great interest now Secretary
Gage has outlined three policies, which,
he says our Government may pursue.
These are, to rely as now on foreign
vessels to do our carrying business for
US. or we may permit foreign built and
owned vessels to register as American
vessels and so do the carrying trade as
| American vessels when they are not or,
| and finally, we may subsidize Amerl-
can built and American registered YES
| sells so as to make our carrying trade
American in all regards. This will suit
| Americans best and will doubtless be
| done. Other nations grant subsidies
| to the carrying trade and our nation
must extend aid until a commerce has
been built up or give up being COM