The record-union., 1898-06-07
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.


They will send to the Trans Mississippi
International Exposition at Omaha
this summer specimens-and of the
finest-of every product known to that
section. And no one need be told that
every jar, case and exhibit will be
plainly marked with the name of the
producer and his town, that no one may
be in doubt, while admiring the fine
fruits, nuts, etc., as to the place where
they grew. They do those things well
down there and we could, with profit
take lesson from them. We don't
talk enough about our good things.
PROHIBITION INSTEAD OF TAXA
TION.
San Jose Herald: If for any reason
the Congress of the United States
should pass the crazy-quilt aggrega'
ton of inconsistencies called the wal
revenue bill in its present form, Il
would &c a thousand times more dam
age to the business Of this country
than the legitimate results of the war
The bill, as amended by the domina-
ton Of Silverite Jones of Nevada, III
the efforts to avoid the issue Of bonds
to pay the expenses Of the war, WoulC
impose untold hardships upon the bust
ness interests Of this country. For in
stance, stamp tax of cents Woulo
be imposed upon every bottle or pack
age of patent medicine which retails
for a dollar. This per cent. taxation
really means s or 10 per cent. to the
manufacturer, who will have to pay
the tax, and instead of taxation would
amount to prohibition. The same in
justice is intended in other directions
The result Of these unjust demands will
no doubt be beneficial, resulting in
making friends for a moderate system
of direct taxation which will be bur-
densome upon no one, with equally
distributed taxation based upon buSi-
ness principles.
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
San Jose Herald: In the Spanish
Cortes Senor Condre, Professor of In
ternational Law at Madrid University
warmly denounced the base pigs Of
the United States for their war meth
DDS in deceiving the Spaniards by hoist
ing the Spanish flag as a decoy, and
got after US with a spirited indictment
AS a Professor of international law
we should expect something better
from Senor Condre, but as a Spaniard
ward Professors had little more of his
patriotic spirit. There are always some
Of what old Jim Croffroth used to cal
"educated-fools" who think it shows
the unbiased, scholarly character to get
on the off side of all public questions
Such scholars usually succeed simply
in advertising their want of common
sense. We have respect for Senor
Condre as a man who stands up fol
his own country, right or wrong, wher
she is in fight, even if his patriotism
does warp his legal acumen a little
and he calls US American pigs"
A LARGE NAVY.
Fresno Republican,: In a well-consid-
cred editorial of an American navy, the
Stockton Record" says:
THE United States ought to have q
navy large enough to make it unnec-
essary, except under extraordinary cir
cumstances. to send vessels from one
ocean to the other"
That is absolutely true under existing
conditions, but the fact should not be
overlooked that with the Nicaragua
Canal, owned and controlled by the
United States, the necessity for main
tanning powerful navy for both
oceans would be in a measure obyiated
There is no lesson of the present war
that should impress itself with more
force upon the. Government than the
necessity for the construction of this
canal at the earliest possible time. The
commercial advantages that would ac-
crue from it are sufficient to warrant
the expenditure; as an adjunct to our
defensive strength it is imperative.
COST OF AMMUNITION.
Oakland Enquirer: The Navy De-
partment has directed commanders OF
vessels to be economical in the use Of
ammunition, and this is one reason
why there is not quite so much bonn
harding going on along the Cuban
coast as there was few weeks ago.
Military men, having in mind the thou
sand-dollar expense of firing one of
the big thirteen-inch guns, say that it
costs as much to destroy fort by bonn
bardment as it costs to build it, and
this may well be believed. The battle
ship Indiana discharges more than
three tons Of iron and steel projectiles
per minute and in fifteen minutes can
fire away quite a fortune.
A FUTILE PROTEST.
Los Angeles Times: From Boston,
where they shrek whenever a strange
ship shows up in the offing, comes a
protest against the use of the slogan,
Remember the Maine" The protest
will be received and placed on file;
meanwhile. we have no doubt the men
who are prosecuting the war will not
forget the Maine, even though this be
not war for revenge. While it is a
fact that we are combating Spain for
the disenthrallment of Cuba, the
Maine incident" if such it may be
termed for the sake of argument, is
something that appeals to the man
with blood in his veins, God bless him.
who is doing the bloody work at the
front Spain is being punished pri-
marily for the treatment of her Cuban
subjects, but she is also being remem-
bered for the slaughter Of 266 Amer
lean sailors in the harbor of Havana
and all the protestations in the world
will not serve to wipe out this paten.
fact 1t will be difficult to keep the
American soldier and sailor from re-
membering the Maine, no matter how
uproarious become the protests from
Beanville. the hub Of the universe and
the home of Mysteries.
WHICH?
Stockton Mail: The bonds will bear
5 per cent. interest.
The greenbacks will bear no interest
Both are promises Of the Government
to pay-mere notes Of hand, in fact.
Now, then, in the name Of common
sense. which is better for the taxpayers
An interest or a non-interest-
bearing debt? Which would you rather
do if you needed money in your owr