The record-union., 1898-05-19
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects of Living News
Interest.

| interest
San Diegan-Sun: The expected has
happened in Spain. A revolution is al
ready fairly on. The cause is the de-
feat at the Philippines and the certain
| prospects Of defeat at Cuba. Spain has
lost the Philippines and will lose Cuba
and Porto Rico. There will be less of
Spain as a territory, and the prospects
are that there will be nothing left Of
/ the Spanish crown.
| HOW IT AFFECTS BUSINESS.
! San Jose Mercury: War costs money
and it interferes to a considerable extent
with exDortations and importations,
! but, in the case of a wealthy nation like
/ the United States, engaged in a war
! the success of which is certain. the
natural tendency is to increase business
/ Food and supplies must be provided
/ for the navy, for the regular troops and
/ for the Ia, 900 volunteers mustered into
/ the service of the Government. This
means an exceptional demand for many
/ lines Of manufactures and for nearly
| all the staple products of the farm. The
! textile industries have been benefited
| by Government orders for wooden and
cotton goods, and an Eastern exchange
states that provisions, -four coffee, sd
/ gar, canned goods and various other
supplies Cor the army and navy have
! also felt the stimulating influence OF
! Government purchases Grain has made
! a decided advance. The exports for the
! last week in April were !, 1906 BUSH
! els, against ,255, coo bushels last year.
| There were not a sufficient number of
ships available to carry the grain sold.
! The shipments of corn were 4,216,VO
/ bushels, as against 1861 900 bushels in
1897, and there was a corresponding in
crease in the shipments of oats.
! Other commodities have been similar
! ly affected. Cotton has risen in price.
| There is a better demand for leather,
and the boot and shoe factories have
increased their activities. The improve
ment in business is not so noticeable on
/ this coast because the principal sup
plies are drawn from the East. In the
iron and steel industry the activity
continues. War contracts cut promi-
nent figure in the operations of the var
iOus mills, and the urgent orders of the
| Government account largely for the in
creased output and higher prices.
THE STAGE.
San Jose Herald: 1t will probably be
claimed by theatrical managers that
they give what the public taste de-
mands, and that if they do not they
may as we'll close their doors 1t is TO
/ be regretted that there is truth enough
/ in the contention to make it a serious
/ question Bring really fine player to
/ San Jose, one known to fame, with a
! play worthy of his ability. and the
| chances are for a big house. But any
thing less than the first class will hard
! ly draw a crowd except by appealing to
the love of fun or to sensation or some
| thing worse.
| THE NATION MUST HAVE MONEY.
| The County Paper: The fact that,
/ Independent of the war, there IS an i'm
mense deficit in the national treasury
/ staring the people in the face, and that
money will not only have to be raised
to meet this deficit but to carry on an
| expensive war. should set the finan
| ciers of the country to thinking. AS
! a present necessity bonds will probably
have to be issued. Money must be raised
| on the instant, and we see no other way
! to do so. We confess a prejudice against
/ bond issues, but a crisis confronts-We
must have money-and We are prepared
/ to waive our prejudice. To resort To
any known method of taxation would
! be too slow a process to raise money.
Our country is in jeopardy-we must
have money on the instant-and much
as We hate bonds, we say amen. But
! as to how these bonds shall be paid OF,
and how the present deficit in the treas
ury is to be overcome we believe to be
! a proper matter for discussion. There
is no room or time for the discussion Of
means to save the country. but it does
not discredit ones patriotism to discuss
methods by which the money is to be
raised hereafter to pay off these bonds
the immense war debt-and to raise
sufficient money to meet the present de-
| ficiency, which exists independent of
the war condition.
YOUNG MEN IN ARMS.
! Pasadena News: The young men are
| in evidence these days, as they were
/ from 1861 to 1860. The average of age
of the National Guardsmen is below 30
years. The old fellows of to-day see
| themselves duplicated, and can look
| back with honest pride to the days
| OF their youth and feel that the ex-
! ample they set in the troublous days of
the rebellion has not been lost on the
youth of the land.
MAKING HISTORY.
Los Angeles Express: The United
/ States is making history these days,
and making it on new principles and
in a new way.
In all the history of the world this
war with Spain is the first ever UNI
! dertaken on unselfish grounds. Not
| only are the grounds we stand on hu-
manitarian, but we have deliberately
| given up palpab1e grounds of self in
terest on which we could have stood.
1t would have been perfectly compe-
tent for us to have declared war
against Spain because by the insurrec-
ton in Cuba which the mother country
was powerless to bring to an end, we
are losing S100,00000O a year in trade,
because American citizens have lost a
large amount in property destroyed on
the island, because it was costing US
large sums Of money monthly to patrol
our coasts against expeditions being
fitted out by Cubans in this country,
and last and most, because the Maine
had been blown up in Spanish port
by Spanish officials and 266 of her crew
| cruelty murdered.
All these grounds for war particular
| to ourselves have been passed over and
we have put our ships, our men and
our treasure in jeopardy in order to
step between a cruel government and
the subjects it is so heartlessly Cypress
ing.
It is the first unselfish war ever en-
gagged in on earth.