The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-03-14

year get I'D Some fool exhibition TO en-
tice Us down there where we drop
chee-fu,,y our sheckels into their cof
fers. The Mixing Fair was gotten up
ostensibiy to attract the attention OF
the world to our mining centers; to
| advertise our resources and to attract
immigration Instead of q Mining
Fair it was turned into a place of cheap
amusement in which the San Fran
cisco people have taken no interest.
and the thing has turned out a fail
ure financially as wen as otherwise.
The day is not far distant when the
people of the State will get their eyes
open. when they will quit playing into
the hands of their city cousins
LOOK SHARP
stockton independents: There is talk
in Washington of buying several wal
ships that are being built or about to
be finished IN European shipyards for
other Governments. The AdministIa-
ton would do well to review the expe-
Renee Of the Lincoln administration
with the German gunmakers in 1851
! G3 before closing any bargains Those
who sold gaspipe on musket stocks as
arms for infantry might vary their
ounce game TO suit cruisers
ADMINISTRATIONS BIRTHDAY.
San Diego Tribune: To-day ends the
first year of the Mckinley administra-
ton. IT has been year in which the
governmental affairs of the nation
have been conducted in a manner high
~ pleasing to patriotic citizens. Presi-
dent Mckinley has lived up to the
platform of the Republican party in a
way that increases the confidence of
the voters who placed him in office
True to the platform promises. one
of the great questions confronting the
/ nation a year ago has been grappled
| fearlessly with results that have helped
to a speedy return Of prosperity. The
question OF providing sufficient revenue
to meet the expenditures OF the Gov
eminent has been answered by the en-
actment of a tariff law which, during
February, yielded q daily income of
$4,000 in excess of the nations need.
Not only has this law made bond is
sues Tor current Government expenses
improbable. but it has the salutary ef-
feet ct restoring confidence and of re-
opening our mills, stimulating COM
mere IN all channels. and ending the
era Of depression which was so large
ly the outcome CT legislation based upon
. untried theories and not upon expert
ence.
THE FIRST YEAR ENDED.
San Bernardino Sun: Yesterday
marked the beginning of the second
year Of President McKinleys admin
istrltion. and it is doubtful if any year
in the history OF the country has seen
more activity, more business among
, the great financial concerns of me
country. Even if the strictly specula-
tive enterprises. which would include
all of the~Alaska companies, are eX-
cluded. there still remains the sale OF
the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific
Railroads, and the offering of millions
of dollars for investment that two years
ago would not have been thought of
And here in San Eernardino in a
small way. there is a reflection of the
confident feeling which is abroad, not
only among millionaires, but among
people of small means. There has been
more building and loan stock sold in
san BeInardino in the past year than
in five years before, and perhaps the
same might be said of investment life
| Insurance People do not invest, even
in these small ways, nearly so extern
sively when times are "shaky."
CONTRABAND OF WAR
Los Angeles Express: There is moth
ing more certain than that in the event
of war between the United States and
Spain, our Government would require
England to abide by its own doctrine
of contra band, as applied to coal, which
pride and interest would incline her to
do Whence, then, can Spain derive
supplies of coal for her warships? Eng
land Is supreme in rhe West Indies and
at Quebec and Halifax, all of which
places would be forbidden to the Span
ish. States of the isthmus are left, and
South America, but the United States
may be entrusted to enforce for itself
the doctrine of contraband in the wa
ters of those quarters. SPANS navy.
therefore, would be nearly useless on
the Atlantic Coast, and the Pacific
Coast if it is ever endangered, may be
relied on to protect itself