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Placerville Nugget: It is true that
the danger and loss occurring to the
American ship in time of war will be
brought home freshly to the minds Of
all shipping men, but we look Tor great
er security from foreign wars in the
future, and it may be hoped, for the
sake of the mercantile marine of this
country, that the American navy will
be gradually strengthened so that ship
ping under the American flag can go on
even while war is in progress. There
lis a chance, too. that international law
will some time be amended so that each
belligerent- will not consider it his
bounden duty to prey on the commerce
of the enemy.
TERRITORIAL EXPANSION.
San Diegan-Sun: Senator Elkins has
revised his views in a most remarka bic
manner In the past thirty days. He
now believes In territorial expansion,
and says we must acquire even more
territory than may come through the
fortunes Of war;" He then mentions
the Hawaiian Islands and the Mic
aragua Canal as being manifest des-
tiny He is right about it, and his
change of mind, although remarkable,
is rational. In fact the same change
Of mind will be experienced by thou
sands Of other American citizens,
whose loyalty and integrity cannot be
questioned. This war has forced upon
this country a new policy, the propriety
of which would have been impossible
a few weeks ago. Ample demonstra-
tion Of the fact that America could not
now release the Philippines is found
when an answer is. asked to the ques-
tion-to what Power should they be
released? This country would revolt
at the suggestion that they be re-
turned to- Spain. Humanity forbids It,
No other Power has a right to claim
them. America must keep them. Such
condition must cause a reversal OF
the colonial policy.
CALIFORNIA BRANDY INTEREST.
Los Angeles Herald: The California
brandy industry, it is feared, has re-
ceived a solar plexus blow in the new
reciprocity treaty with France, and the
delegation in Congress from this State
has been appealed to for a suspension
Of further proceedings until the facts
can: be placed before the President. The
episode illustrates the beauties oe rec
iprocity Chicago and Kansas City
meat packers are delighted with = it.
They are given special privileges in the
French market-at the expense of other
people elsewhere That is reciprocity.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE BALANCE.
Los Angeles Times: There is every
reason to believe that the existing war
will be fought out without disturbance
to our, currency system, even though
it should be prolonged for one, two or
three years That it will be prolonged
rbeyen9u uone year, at the most. IS i'm
probable. But so great are our ma
tionaI resources. so Arm is our credit.
so well established. is the integrity Of
our currency, that we could continue
the war, against, Spain indefinitely
without serious disturbance Of busi-
ness or Inconvenience to the national
treasury
|, Even in the improbable and unnec-
essary contingency of an increase in
the volume Of greenbacks by $3.50, ,OOO,-
600, as proposed by fiatist statesmen,
the parity OF our. money could doubt
less be maintained, though it would
put a needless strain upon our cur
rency system, and tend distinctly
toward the. weakening OF our credit.
CRITICS OF THE ARMY
- Wfllsws journal: srrhe foreign critics
are handling our soldiers most unme.-
cifully; one refers to the camp at
Chickamauga as a mob. We have a
faint recollection that the same was
said of our navy by the same gang
about three months ago. All the
American soldier boy wants is a gun
with ammunition and brave officers; !;
he will turn out exactly as the mob on
our ships did at Cavite.
N~@a -+ A DIRECT TAX.
Stockton independents: The Su-
prene Court of the United States null
lifted that provision of the Wilson bill
witch levied a tax on incomes. 1t
declared such tax unconstitutional be-
cause it was direct tax. That is the
latest authority on that subject. Now
the Democrats propose tax on the
earnings of corporations. That means
an income tax on part Of the people,
on part Of the earning capacity OF the
private wealth Of the country. 1t .s
still worse than a general income tax.
It is a direct tax and therefore uncon-
stitutional as expressly declared by the
Supreme Court.
The decision Of the Supreme Court In
the Springer case was fully argued be-
fore the Supreme Court in the more re-
cent decision and has been argued in
Congress time after time. The later
decision Of the court completely re-
versed it. The law of the land now AS
laid down by the Supreme Court Is
that an income tax is a direct tax and
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i AFOOL PROPOSITION
Riverside Enterprise: The present
cost of the war is about 81 10000 per
day, and some Of the papers that are
laying stress upon the fact go on to
state that IL the further loss attending
the withdrawal Of 100000 men from
productive labor could be accurately
computed, the total would reach ap-
palling figures.
or all the rot that was even writ
ten this is about the worst. In times
of peace more than ten times the num-
Der OF men now serving under Old
Glory are unable to find steady employ
ment: at the most conservative esti-
mate, more than half q million can
find no work at ALL We assert that at
this hour there are more people at work
in the United States than at any time
for Ave years back: that more mer-
chandise is being produced and con-.