The record-union., 1898-03-18
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EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.


wrangle over domestic affairs, but
when it comes to dealing with foreign
nations there is no division.
TRINITY CENTER.
Shasta Courier: When on forty
acres of the several hundred now con-
stituting the old Bloss and McClary
mines at Trinity Center SS00,0 600 have
been take out in gold, and the fact
that the country from Coffee Greek TO
Swift Greek has proved vastly rich in
minerals, indicates the generous man
ner in which nature has endowed with
wealth the territory Of which properly
named Trinity Center is a center.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
San Leandro Reporter: The State
Board of Trade has taken the initiative
in the proposition to make a California
exhibit at the worlds fair in Paris in
1900. Under this direction California
will ne We'll represented, but it remains
with the people to insure pre-eminence
in competition with the best product
of every section of the earth. More
over, there is no time to be lost in ar
ranging the details of the proposed
exhibit. The live men of each county
of the State must undertake the task
of forwarding the interest of this eXhi-
bitiOn They must first themselves thor
oughly appreciate the Importance of the
work to be accomplished, and then
they must impress their neighbors With
the necessity of individual effort To
achieve success in this enterprise com
mensurate with the profit which we
hope to derive it will be incumbent
upon the citizens of California, individ-
ually and collectively to devote their
best energies to the work.
BECOMING A CREDITOR NATION.
Contra Costa Gazette: The war scare
does not seem to interfere in the least
with the business of the country, and
almost all branches of industry show
increasing prosperity. The percentage
of bank clearings has greatly increased
while business failures are on the de-
crease. During the past week there
We're 1873 failures against 269 the pre-
vious week, 25S the corresponding week
in 1897, 271 in 1896, 294 ir 1895 and
2T2 in 1894. A significant fact in re-
gard to American finances is the re-
ported loaning of $4,000, 900 to Eu-
rope, and nearly perfected loan of
S100, 100000 to Mexico, and the prob
ability that a like sum will be loaned
to japan. From a borrowing nation
we have become a creditor.
FOREIGN FRIENDSHIP.
Petaluma Argus: The expressions of
friendship by the rulers of the Did
world for the United States, at any
time, and especially just now, are very
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the Atlantic. Nobody expects inter
vention in our behalf, or supposes that
this good feeling would be of any di-
rect assistance to us in a war with
Spain, but it is very pleasing to our
people to be assured that in such a
contingency all Europe would stand off
and see fair play. There is not the
faintest probability that England or
Germany would help Spain in any case
The one country of Europe which would
be the most strongly tempted to aid
Spain is France, and France has 50
much work cut out for her at home
that she has no time for any more
doubtful experiments on this continent
Her experience in Mexico in the Maxi
milan affair gave her a lesson which
will not have to be administered to
her again very soon.
CONSISTENCY.
Ukiah Republican-Press: During the
campaign of 1896 the Popocrats de-
clared that supply and demand had alb
solutely nothing to do with the price
of agricultural products. They were
forced to this assertion by the exigen-
cies of the political situation; for to
admit that anything other than silver
had ought to do with with prices was
to destroy the entire fabric of their
platform. Now, however, these same
gentlemen claim that the advanced
price Of farm products is due solely to
supply and demand, and that no other
cause can or should be considered
There you have consistency with ven
geance.
SAD PUZZLES
Winters Express: The daily newspa-
pers of San Francisco are the most out
rageous inf1iction on the people that
they have to thank a lenient Provi-
dence for. There is no avoiding it,
for the news is absolutely essential. but
to have to put up with the abominable
twaddle that is foisted on us for news
to have to wade through the labyrinth
of picture puzzles and poster type and
blotches on white paper that are as
meaningless as the markings on the
moon, to digest columns of absurd inn
aginings of men as ignorant of what
they write about as a hog is of a
holiday. and whose livelihood depends
upon the rapidity with which they con-
ceive and promulgate Sensation" is
almost enough to drive sane men mad
and lay curse upon the whole fra
ternity. f.
HOW IS THIS?
Alameda Argus: What is this we
read? A commercial drummer man
from Chicago of the name Of Hale
has just returned from England, where
in ten weeks he took orders to the
amount of one million of dollars for
American goods. That is of course
an unfair advantage that is being
taken by plutocrats to deceive the peo-
pie. OF course there is no CONNER
cial activity or prosperity There can
be none until the crime of '73 is
avenged. Wheat seems to be up in
price, but it isn't. Wheat can't go up
unless silver goes up with it. The talk
about revival of the industries is a
pack Of lies. Things are not what they
seem. There is nothing anywhere but
gloom. Gloom will continue to prevail
until Bryan is elected and Organism
triumphs
NOT A SETTLED QUESTION.
Colusa Sun: The Tulare Register
observes that the tariff question may
be considered as settled. and that the
policy OF protection will be adopted by
the Democracy. No question can be
settled until it is settled right and il
is not right that the common people
shall forever pay a subsidy TO the great