The record-union., 1898-02-17
American merchant marine is prepar-
ing to regain its lost prestige.
GENTLE READER DON'T FOR



Tulare Register. Gentle reader
while you are remembering things re-
member a little American history also
| remember that the ratio between sill
Yer and gold lesta blished in 1892 made
10 ounces of silver worth as much as
one>of gold So that the silver of SPAN
and Mexico was brought to New York
and exchanged for gold which Wen. to
Europe. leaving America on the silver
standard until 1884 when Congress
| adopted the ratio OF If to 1 which
caused gold to be brought to America
and exchanged for silver. which was
undervalued as badly as gold had been
SO that all the silver left as fast as
coined, leaving the United States on a
gold basis from 1910 to 1898 and this
country has not had theoretical bimet-
allism for a single year, in all its his
| tory, never had gold and silver circuiat-
Ing freely and constantly side by side
except when gold was the standard
and silver was a subsidiary coinage
and overvalued. This is history.
ALASKAN LAW
! Fresno Republican: The administra-
! ton is taking wise step in prepar-
! ing to preserve law and order in Alas
| Nd lie HuIIdA WAVE WHICH Is SH SSD-
ing in upon that territory viii undoubt-
eddy carry with il u very large NUM-
Der of criminal and desperate charac-
tiers, and it is quite apparent that none
other than military protection viii be
sufficient to preserve life and property
That a force of considerable size will
! be required to accomplish this purpose
is also apparent, and it cannot be too
soon placed in position where its ser
vices are most likely to be needed
| THE REVENUE INCREASING.
| Humboldt Standard: The receipts
of the Government under the Dingley
law continue 10 steadily and rapidly
| increase. The January receipts will
be about $30,000,00 in the thirty one
days of the month. AS the expenses
of the Government aside from the
! PoStoffice Department, which is prac-
tically self-sustaining), amount to
about $500, 600, 600 a year, or an aver
age of a million dollars a day, it is
thus quite apparent that the new law
has almost reached the line of provd-
| ing sufficient funds to meet current ex-
penses. Treasury officials express con-
fidence that February and March re
ceipts will exceed the expenditures of
| those months, and that the year 1898
will show a handsome balance on The
right side of the ledger.
ONLY FOOD TO EAT.
Alameda Argus: There is nothing
to eat upon the Klondike but food The
relief expedition has been lost in the
shuttle. Everybody who has come out
from the frozen region says there is
no danger, and yet the United States
authorities go on fetching over rein
| deer with their horns sawed off, and
unwinding endless lengths of red tape
| preparatory to starting its expedition
with food for the relief of the Klon-
| dikers at Dawson City. who do not
need relief. If the expedition ever
gets started it cannot begin to ovel
| take the hordes that are now push
| ing their way into the country. The
Dawsonites are sure to get fresh sup
| plies from gold rushers. long before they
| do from those specially sent to their
succor
EASY ENOUGH.
| San Diego Tribune: A Grand Rap
ids, Mich, paper prints a howl from
the people of that city because they
are being cheated with frosted oranges
from Southern California. The fruit
is fair in appearance, on the outside,
but attempts to eat it cause disgust.
And now the question is, how can hon
est shippers in the orange belt protect
| themselves against the unscrupulouS
fruitmen who are thus injuring the
Eastern market?
THE LOUD BILL.
Chico Record: If the weekly press
desires to be utterly destroyed and
their means Of usefulness blotted out.
they should urge their. members Of
Congress to vote for the Loud bill now
pending for passage. The effects of
the bill if passed into law, will simply
destroy the weekly press. 1t prohib-
its the sending out of sample copies;
gives any, Postmaster where any paper
is published the right to investigate
the books of the newspaper, and pend
ing this investigation to hold up the
issue and prevent it from going into
mail and many other similar features,
which absolutely destroy the indepen-
dence and liberty and benefits of the
weekly press, and denying their rights
under the postal laws of the United
States.
THE LOUD BILL.
poses to make the book publishers and
country newspapers make good the de-
fciency in the Postoffice Department.
In his speech he said he would nave
every pound of mail matter pay post
age" Then why does he not propose
that all departments pay the same
postage as private citizens? Why not
have the Postoffice Department issue
stamps for the use of the various de-
part ments and Congressman, to be PAID
for by the heads of each department
and distributed upon requisition OF
those having the franking right? Wa
believe that with no other change in
the present law, the letter rate might
be reduced to a 1-cent rate and still
show a surplus The bill now is pre-
MUM on illiteracy.
THE FRENCH FARCE.
Los Angeles Times: They do things
queerly in la belle France, judging by
the cabled report of the lola trial Here
is a sample: More than 200 barristers
in their robes gathered at the public
entrance and INDUCED in horse play.
When the presiding Judge ordered
them not to obstruct the passage the
barristers made demonstration
against the Judge" Fancy a lot of
American lawyers making a demon
stration against the Judge" without
getting a chance to spend term in
Jail The dispatch referred to, after
reciting the fact that the military
was called in, resulting in violent
ARRAY" says: THE barristers rushed
upon the guards and struck them. One