The record-union., 1898-01-11

goods rather than to sell them abroad
and then buy the finished products. The
practical application of this knowledge
is interfering somewhat With the cot
ton mills in the East, but that is a mat
ter of home competition, and, whether
the raw cotton be put through the mill
in New England or in the South, the in
dustry gives employment to American
labor and the profits go to American
manufacturers. Under free trade all
this labor and profit went TO England
and other foreign countries and all that
the South and the United States received
was the bare price paid for the products
raw from the field.
Every community should make the
best Of its local resources, and that will
be best for the country at large. Every
community should aim to utilize its raw
materials so far as possible, turning
them into the finished product at home,
thus giving employment to its home peo
pie and keeping the profits of the bust
ness at home.
NATIONAL FISH COMMISSION.
Oakland Times: There is no work
done in this country by the Government
or by private enterprise, which is more
beneicent than that of the National
Fish Commission. Its operations are
on huge scale During the past year
10000 Goldfish were turned loose on
the coast of Massachusetts. There were
also planted 115, 600, 900 young Holsters.
OF eggs of the shad there We're coll
lected more than 200000,000 The
amount of food which this work, if
Systematically continued, will provide
"a the few
years is incalculable. 1t is known that
a great deal has been accomplished
already. For the first time in years
salmon are now running in the Della
ware River and other streams on the
Atlantic coast, and the rainbow trout
which were taken from California have
been acclimated in nearly every State
in the Union.
FROST AND ORANGES.
Los Angeles Times: The orange
growers of California, while they will
profit by the great calamity which has
overtaken those of Florida, where the
orchards have been subjected to such
a drop in the temperature as the State
has not before known perhaps since
the growing of semi-tropical fruits be-
came an established industry, will feel
a deep sympathy for their Southern
petitors, for frost at times does
such havoc in exceptional years, even
in favored California, that we know
what tremendous loss results from such
conditions as prevail in the South.
Florida has been stricken within the
last three years by an intensely cold
spell, which leads one to fear that there
is something going on in nature which
may mean a radical change in the eli
mate Of various localities; that the time
is coming when the citrus fruit growers
occupation will be gone in districts
where 1t has been great industry, and
that the sites of orange groves may be
turned into grain fields or apple and
peach orchards.
ROBBER NATIONS.
Stockton independent: The talk of
the European press about honesty and
justice in relation to the Chinese uues-
ton would be very edifying if the de-
bators did not each represent a nation
whose hands are clutched on the
threats of weak people. 1t is too much
like bandits invading pulpits and
preaching peace and virtue
RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
Stockton Record: The improvement
of the San Joaquin River is the most
important matter for consideration to
the people of Stockton. and their eff
forts should be unremitting to secure
such Improvement until a deep water
channel is constructed and maintained
from this city TO San Francisco Bay. It
is useless to expect a Congressman to
effect anything In this direction unless
supported by the people here, and 1t is
nearly as useless to ask for increased
appropriations without strong pub
lie sentiment made potent by many
voices demanding it. 1t is a great pity
that no commercial organization with a
sufficiently large membership to COM
mand influence and public respect is in
existence here to take the lead in such
matters and assist in making river i'm
provement a constant vital issue 1t
would be easy for San Joaquin to en-
list the cooperation of al lher neigh
boring counties and bring arguments
and pressure to bear that would keen
the matter to the front in every politi-
cal and industrial move, if the people
here We're properly organized
COOKS AND CORSET MAKERS.
Alameda Argus: David Starr Jordan
has been saying that the Constitution
Of the State of California is one of the
worst fundamental laws in the world.
repeating and referring to the declara-
ton of the publicist, James Bryce, to
that effect Mr.. Jordan's criticism is
based on the provision taxing colleges
and institutions of learning. There are
many people who agree with Mr. Jor-
dan as to CALIFORNIA; organic law, but
not from the same premises. The pres
emit Constitution was adopted nearly
twenty years ago, and was the out
growth of Kearneyism. Cooks, corset
makers, ailing lawyers and culled poll
ticians had hand in it, and the pre-
dominating idea was to cinch the fell
low who has something. 1t was made
plain by these men, at least one to the
other, that if the fellow who has some
thing should be destroyed, or driven out
of the country, the fellow who has
nothing might get something. Well,
we have had twenty years of that law,
and it is more than possible that Cali
fornia's fit of doldrums is directly due
to it. This State is blessed with more
natural wealth than any other section
of the earth, and yet it seems to be at
times the hardest up. The anarchistic
Constitution and the distrust it en-
gendered may have much to answer for
in this connection
LAUNDERING ARBITRATION.
Alameda Encinal: Arbitration of the
jug-handled kind has just received
another severe blow, and incidentally
the eminent perspicacity of the late
Secretary Olney has received an expo
sition. Two American citizens resident
in San Diego County had claims against