The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-29

Santa Barbara Press: No. Single tax
is not to be an issue of the campaign,
but listen to the following from the
Fresno "Expositor," the leading ex-
ponent of Maguirism in the interior OF
the State: Land and labor are the
two factors in the production of wealth.
There is plenty of land and labor. Idle
hands beg others for employment, says
the Rev. r. f. Coyle, D. D. Then why
is there poverty? Because our laws al
lowing private appropriation OF ground
rent encourage and sustain speculation
in the very basis of mortal existence,
and place the earth, the natural EN-
ployer of labor, out Of the reach OF the
worker The single tax will bring lana
and labor together by destroying the
vacant land industry. and thus obiige
holders to use or give up their holo-
ings"
BLOW HOLES.
Los Angeles Herald: The record
made by RussellaA. Alger as War Sec
rotary is SO full of blow holes it is not
easy to believe there is any real Har-
veyized steel in his composition. lie
has done SO many things he ought not
to have done, and left undone so many
things he ought to have done, II Is
difficult to recognize any good in him.
AS TO PARTY ORGANS.
Los Angeles Times: There are news
papers and newspapers-one sort that
feeds upon party politics 800 days IN
the wear and swallows any nomination
that political bosses, rings or cliques
may succeed in putting upon ticket.
That is the party organ, pure and SIM
crn
thought and of free and manly pollt-
ical action it has about as much inhu-
ence as the bit of brown straWpaper
that comes into family Wrappeo
around the matutinal beefsteak. The
other sort is the newspaper tnat sup
ports a political party from prlnclple'
but refuses to accept the nomination.
of weak men for office merely because
of the fact that through chicane ana
political trickery they are enaoieo "
get on a party ticket.
JAPANESE LABORERS.
Tacoma Ledger: So far as experience
goes this country will gladly welcome
the higher class. educated Japanese VINO
come to this country to embark in bus1-
ness to secure education in our schools
and universities and learn our customs
and business methods, but we nave no
use for the laborers from Japan VINO
work for reduced wages any more than
we have for those from Italy or HUH
gary. Of the same class.
American labor, although 1t may be
paid more wages, is the cheapest ana
best and should be given preference by
every American corporation or business
man.
SPAIN COMPARED.
Tulare Register: Spain discovered
America England peopled it. Spain
threw Montezuma naked upon bed
of Goals to extort from him the secret
hiding places of ornaments Of gold.
England planted the seeds Of liberty
and fruitful industry. Spain shackled
the minds of men as 1t shackled the
limbs of slaves. England struck the
shackles from limbs and minds and
made all her peoples free. Spain wor-
SHIPPED at the shrine of old things. Eng
land searched the heavens and earth
for new things to contribute to the well
fare Of men. Spain is about to vanish
from the map Of the world, almost, and
English speaking peoples are spread
ing all over it and subduing it by the
gentle arts of peace. Spain was great
when England was little and now Eng
land is great when Spain is becoming
nothing. Is it possible that, after a
contemplation of these things, any des-
pot on the earth, whether in Russia or
Turkey, can question the bravery of
liberty or it's benefcence to men? And
yet Russia is dragging the destroying
juggernaut of despotism down. out Of
Siberia into China to lay yet lower
millions of the lowest.
NEEDS ATTENTION.
Oakland Tribune: There is evidently
the necessity for system of fruit in
spection here. judging by the reports
occasionally received regarding Califor-
MIA products. A dispatch from Seattle
yesterday, for example announced that
400 boxes of California apples and
peaches had been condemned because
they were infected with cooling moth
and San Jose scale. There certainly
should be some scheme devised to pre-
vent the shipping Of infected fruit It
gives the State a bad name, and as
those who are conducting legitimate
business have to suffer severely for the
as to grab the almighty dollar, in jusA
tice to them some arrangement should
be made that would prevent dishonest
shippers from taking advantage Of the
States fair name.
WILL BE REPEALED.
Vacaville Reporter: The national
bankruptcy law that has just come into
partial operation supersedes all of the
insolvency laws of the State Of Cali
fornia- In the past, in this State. if q
man found that he was unable to pay
his debts, he could file a petition in
insolvency and secure a discharge. The
ola method was inexpensive and speedy
In Its place we have law which has
been devised in the interests of large
concerns doing business in several
States. From their standpoint it is
a good law. From many other stand
points we regard it as an unmixed evil.
which, like its predecessor, will be in
time repealed.
THE UNUSED SOLDIERS.
Oakland Tribune: The soldiers who
are to be mustered out without hav-
ing seen any active service deserve in a
measure just as much credit as those
who went to the front They surren-
dered the comforts Of their homes and
ordinary lives because their country
wanted them, and the fact that they
were accomplishing when the others
were sent abroad and they were left,
showed them to be Of the right kind
of stuff. 1t certainly is no fault Of
theirs that they didn't do any fighting,
and 1t is just as certain that If the OPP
portunfty had arisen they would have