The record-union., 1898-09-02

woodland Democrat: The present
war has restored confidence to those
who feared that the spirit of our people
and their patriotism had been enervat-
ed by a long and prosperous peace.
That they would support the Govern
ment no one doubted. But it was only
| family hoped that war, not onerous
| when compared with our resources,
would completely fuse all political and
| sectional differences into unanimity of
support to the honor, dignity and safety
| of the nation.
SILLY CRITICISM
San Jose Herald: Certain newspa-
pers have been criticising General Shaf-
ter for his conduct of the Santiago
campaign. 1t is very well understood
that in some cases these criticisms
proceed merely from personal spite and
are entitled to no consideration. AS to
| other and more legitimate criticism, it
is always easy to find how things might
nave been better done after the fact
Most persons have better hindsight
than foresight But the verdict of %x-
perts will be that Shafter had a diff
cult task before him and that he per-
formed it with judgment and energy.
crowned the means. The silliest criti-
clsm is that he was not on the fighting
line during the attack on Ell Caney and
san Juan hill. He had no business to
be there. The commander of an army
belongs where he can supervise opera
| tions as a whole and be reasonably safe.
for upon him depends the general con-
| duct Of affairs.
PATRIOTS NEEDED.
Oakland Tribune: The next Con
gress Will be asked to authorize the
construction of eighteen new ships of
war at cost of S32,O00OOO. AS that
only represents the receipts of the war
tax revenue for a month. the measure
should go. through with easy sailing,
for the people who pay the tax are
certainly willing to have their money
spent in that way. Now that we have
such an Incompatible naval prestige
We should not take any chances about
losing it, and 1t must be remembered
/ that we won't have such an easy
game to whip as Spain all the time.
WEARING VACATIONS.
Pasadena News: The people are
beginning to come back from the
beaches, from the mountains, and from
| everywhere that they have been in
| their summer outings. Instead Of
coming back fresh and ready for work
nearly all come back tired out and
used up. 1t is evident that the great
mass Of people do not understand how
to rest. In the new life they overdo
and use little judgment With most
people the season of recreation has
been one of excesses, and now it will
take weeks Of home life to put them
in as good health as when they went
away for their health
OUR. SHIPPING INTERESTS.
San jose Mercury: One of the les
sons we have been taught by the re-
cent war is that we must give more
attention to developing our merchant
marine. Naval operations have been
| seriously hampered by an inability to
procure seamen to man the vessels
impressed into naval service. Vessels
purchased by the United States have
been, deserted by their foreign crews
and difficulty has been met with in
| supplying their places. It is recog-
niZed that the source of sailors is from
the merchant marine Without a CIV
! il marine we cannot have an effective
military marine. Without commerce
we cannot have an effective navy
1t is a matter of regret that the bulk
| of our foreign commerce is done in
| foreign bottoms. We pay to the citi-
zens Of other nations vast sums an
nually to carry our goods to market.
With an increasing foreign trade we
must likewise provide the means of
| carrying it across the oceans. The
profit of the transportation service
should be ours as we'll as the profit on
the goods transported
| Our tariff policy has resulted in
stimulating our commerce in the line
of producing the goods for export. Our
next is to enlarge upon that policy so
that the shipping industry may be
| likewise stimulated. The best sugges
tions made as to the proper policy to
pursue is to establish discriminating
duties. BY this means goods import
ed in American ships will pay less
duties than those imported in foreign
ships. This would give American
shipowners an advantage over those Of
| other nations and we would at least
have a monopoly Of carrying our own
goods to market.
SHEEP IN THE RESERVES.
coming down from the mountains to
the effect that partiality is being shown
sheepmen who have taken their fiocks
to Yosemite Park. Some, it is alleged,
are driven out, others permitted to re-
main. The reports may be unfounded,
but the matter should be investigated.
The sheep should be excluded from the
park, and all herders treated alike
without fear or favor There should
be no pull recognized in the matter.
It is getting SO that the pull plays
| an important part in every public act,
from the appointing Of an Admiral or
General to the dealing with lot of
trespassing sheep herders. The coun-
try is tired of "the pull
ODD SWINDLERS.
Fresno Republican: The swindle of
Rev. f. F. Jernagan, who induced capi-
| talists to invest in scheme for ex-
tracing gold from sea water by stand
ing in q Divers costume at the bottom
of his pumps and sailing" the quick
silver is very much like the White su-
gar swindle, which was worked in
Michigan few years ago. The ingen-
ious inventor in this case dumped raw
sugar into one end of a mysterious ma
chine. and took out highly refined pow
dered sugar from the other end, a con-
federate in the cellar having abstracted
the raw sugar and substituted fine loaf
sugar, which was merely ground up by
the machine Verify a sucker Is born
every minute, and he is not always a
Jay" either.
WHERE 1T BELONGS.