The record-union., 1898-12-17
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.


jects Of Living News
| Interest.
| San Jose Mercury: W. H. Mills
makes an excellent suggestion concern
ing the California exhibit at the Paris
Exposition We should have, he says
an exhibit that would show the pro-
cesses, for instance, that are used in
| curing fruit-the natural fruit the
fruit in process Of drying, the fruit
packed, and so on We should have
also, canned fruits and wine, and
| should serve lunch every day at lit
tie less than cost that will enable Wis
itors at the exposition to taste our
fruits and wines.
EUROPE AND OUR FRUITS
San Jose Mercury: President McKin-
ley in his message touches upon the
action of Germany and Switzerland re-
| quir1ng rigid inspection of American
fruits imported into those countries on
the ground Of the danger of dissemin-
ating the so-called San Jose scale The
| original regulations were extended
later to dried fruit of every kind, but,
as the President observes, they were
| subsequently relaxed so as to apply
| only to unpeeled fruit and to fruit
waste. Efforts are being made he
says, to induce the German and Swiss
| Governments to relax the prohibition
| in favor Of dried fruits shown to have
! been cured under circumstances rem
dering the existence of animal life i'm
! possible. 1t is to be hoped that these
efforts will prove successful. The Pres
| ident has at all times displayed a keen
| interest in American Industries, and
the Pacific Coast far re-
moved from the wider and more active
| industrial circles of the East, has not
been permitted by him to detract from
the Importance Of guarding so far as
| possible the industries peculiar to the
| Pacific States. Only recently France
| adopted regulations which will subject
| every pound of California fruit i'm
ported into that country to process
| of inspection upon being landed, and
| although our expectations thence are
| trivial, the principle, as applied to
dried fruits, is wrong, and if adhered
| to, may in the future seriously inter-
fere with the sales of our dried fruits
abroad. The Department of Agricult-
! ure some time ago investigated the
subject of dried fruits such as Califor-
mia prunes that had been subjected
to the usual process employed by the
| growers in curing, and it announced,
what indeed should be patent to all
| who have ever given the matter re-
| Election, that it is impossible for any
scale to survive the process, and that
there is not the slightest danger of
scale being disseminated by such
means The case is different. of course,
with fresh fruits, trees, shrubs and
plants, but our dried fruits are abso-
lutely free from scale or disease of any
kind, a fact which the Administration
will endeavor to impress upon the gov
ernments that stand in so great fear
of the so-called San Jose scale.
PARTY RESPONSIBILITY.
Kern Echo: The election returns from
many places this year indicate that in
local matters partyism cut little or no
figure with the voters. There are two
sides to this question of partyism in
non-political offices, and sometimes We
think that maybe We are carrying the
idea Of -partisanism too far, and
that it would be better if the party
which nominates man for office were
held to account for his conduct in Of
flee. Under the non-partisan idea, no
one but the officer is held responsible
for bad conduct, and if he is thrown
| overheard at the next party conven-
| ton, no one is punished
SPANISH COLONIES.
Portland Oregonian: Professor Moses,
in his book on Spanish rule in Amer
lea, shows that Spain lost her great
colonies in the Western Hemisphere
through abuses that she persistently
maintained, or refused to ameliorate
till too late. When Spain was the lead
ing Power in the world, and owned the
larger and better half of the American
continent, through vicious laws her
population declined, her commerce
ceased to exist, her manufactures were
ruined, her capital was diminished, her
| monopoles were set aside by contra-
| band traders. AS late as 1903 Spain
forbade growing vines, olives, tobacco
and other articles, lest the monopoly
Of Spanish merchants and government
grandees should be lessened During a
very long period the Spanish colonies
We're not allowed to trade with each
other, and when at last the restrictions
were partially removed, the concessions
came too late, and the idea of inde-
pendence had become too deeply rooted
to be shaken.
PAYING FOR NEW TERRITORY.
Ukiah Republican Press: A gener-
osity exceptional in the worlds affairs
| has marked the course of the United
States in its territorial expansion from
time to time. A cash payment has been
| the rule with this country. The law
| of ruthless seizure is not to be found
| in our history. Nor is a defeated ad-
versary treated by us as one who must
give up everything asked without re-
ceiving anything in return That stern
demand has usually been enforced by
other nations, but not by the United
States. Our creditable custom is to-
disarm the foe, but not to drive him
| from his possessions worse than empty
handed. Losers in modern wars usually
pay cash indemnity. France was de-
prived of two entire provinces in the
last war with Germany and paid to the
victor $1,000 100000 in addition. In
the war of 1878 with Russia. Turkey
| lost territory both in Europe and Asia
| and is still deeply in arrears for the
cash indemnity also exacted Prussia
| paid nothing for the annexation In 1See
by military force of the Danish prov
inces. Greece recently escaped from
the grip Of Turkey by a cession of ter
ritory on the frontier and a cash in
demnity. Spain is found to fare ex-
| ceedingly well when a comnarison is
| made.