The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-02-09
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

| Fresno Expositor: Silver is the money
for the ordinary affairs of life. 1t is
| the money which the average mechanic
| and labOrer handles. 1t is the money
| for the bone and sinew of the land. 1t
| is good enough for them, but the mon
ey-lenders of New York and of Europe
demand something else, something that
President Mckinley calls the best
money 1t doesn't look as though
! Congress would permit him to specially
create any money for the Shylocks. No
discrimination will be tolerated between
| our dollars. One will continue to be
as good as the other. If Mr. Gage will
permit the bankers TO work 1.-The end
| less chain again the responsibility be
| on him.
BLOODHOUNDS.
| San Jose Mercury: Bloodhounds have
again been used in this State for the
purpose Of running down a criminal.
| and again they have maintained their
reputation for keeping the peace by
refusing even to sniff at the trail. II
is possible that bloodhounds may have
some use in the world, but tracking
criminals is obviously not their strong
point.
OUTLOOK IN NEVADA.
| Reno Gazette: Who can doubt that
the farmers and stock-raisers of Nevd-
da are entering upon an era of prosper
ity such as they have not enjoyed be-
| fore in eight years? Hay is higher
now than it has been in ten years.
| Wheat commands a better price to-
| day than it has brought in many a
| long year, beef and mutton are in sharp
demand at good prices, potatoes and
onions are high enough to be raised at
profit, and in fact everything that
the farmer produces can be disposed of
at profit by him. While the middle
man may be a little short when he comes
| to bring down his red ink" but the
| farmer is all right, and as the wealth
| of the world comes from the soil, Ne
| vada farmers are to be congratulated
on the bright outlook for the next year
| or two.
| A DRAG ANYWHERE.
Petaluma Argus: Favorable results
are reported from all the States that
have Systematically taken up the work
of road Improvement. The subject is
one that Will make it's way if earnestly
| considered. No one can say exactly
what a good road is worth, but all who
use reads know that bad one is a
heavy continuous tax. A serviceable
| highway to the Klondike could easily
be capitalized for millions, and its lack
is the one great element of danger and
difficulty in that region. This is an ex-
| ceptional case, yet poor road in any
neighborhood is drag and a source of
wasteful expense.
THE REVENUE INCREASES.
/ Riverside Press: The developments
of the past month in regard to revenues
have been extremely gratifying to the
| friends of the Dingley law The re-
ceipts of the Treasury Department
aside from postal revenues have aver
aged nearly one million dollars during
the month. and, as the expenditures of
| the Government seldom exceed $3.50, :
100000 per annum, the friends of the
| Dingley law naturally feel that their
measure is nearing the time at which
it will supply all funds needed for cur
rent expenses. While the January re-
ceipts will probably not equal the Janu-
| airy expenditures, because of the very
| heavy interest payments made in that
a surplus in February and another in
| March, and that the receipts of the
Government during the year just begin
! ming will be several million dollars in
| excess Of its expenditures.
LET Us STRIKE BACK.
Fresno Republican: Germany has just
| given further evidence Of its unfriend-
| illness for the United States, and it is
! to be hoped that its action Will have the
| proper effect. According to Berlin
| cablegram, DIR. Miguel, the Prussian
Minister Of Finance. issued a decree on
Tuesday prohibiting the importation OF
every kind Of fresh fruit from this coun-
| try In pursuance of this decree lo,o0O
| barrels of apples that had arrived from
Hamburg were forbidden to be unload
| ed. and shipments that had arrived at
| other places were also held up. The
| German Government has given it out
that the reason for the exclusion OF our
| fruits is sanitary one, claiming that
| California and other pests threaten
German trees and fruits.
In our opinion, this is mere preteXt.
| Germany has for some time past been
| threatening US with retaliation because
| of the differential duty on sugar from
bounty paying countries imposed by the
Dingley law, and the prohibitory decree
directed at our fruits is the first step in
the direction of carrying out its
| threats. We believe that the time has
| come when we should no longer put up
with Teuton arrogance, and since tbs
Germans have plainly given US to un-
derstand that they intend to pursue a
policy of commercial discrimination
against u.s. let us boldly take up the
gage they have thrown down. tariff
| war is an unpleasant thing, but cir
| cumstances sometimes shape them
/ selves in a manner as to make it impos-
! sible TO avoid such test of strength.
CRITICISING LIMOGES.
Tulare Register: Between the jingoes
on one side who wish to plunge this
country into a war with Spain before it
can get together ammunition enough to
supply the guns of our ships and forts
for ten hours fighting, and the silver
ties (who are mostly jingoes, too who
are striving TO ruin the credit of the
nation on the verge of possible war, the
country win be fortunate indeed If it
makes shift to escape some very hard
shedding and it will owe that escape
| TO the cool head and common sense Of
President Mckinley.
NOT THE FARMERS THIS TIME.
San Bernardino Times-Index: The
able politicians of the Democratic party
who put their heads together in Wash
ington the other day and determined
| to make the Congressional campaign
of 1898 upon the Chicago platform OF
1896 vii scarcely expect to be as sue
cessful in capturing the farm vote this