The record-union., 1898-03-28
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSION.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects of Living News
Interest.

ures law as a cinch' on merchants and
measure which will result in levyins
biackmail on them. We are at loss
to. see the logic of this comment. There
are similar laws in New Jersey and
other States and they work admirably
in practice. They are the means of
protecting the great consuming class,
who buy in small quantities, from be-
ing cheated. 1t is notorious that there
| is great amount of imposition in
these matters, and that petty swindling
is the rule. No man with honest weights
and measures in his store can object
to the test. OF course the one with dis
I honest measures will howl blacl1lnail.
In our opinion the law is a good one
and should be enforced
THE WAR SPIRIT.
t Oakland Tribune: The war spirit
that has been stirred up all over the
country as a result of the Spanish i'm
broglio is very marked in the places of
public entertainment Any of the ma
tional melodies or a glimpse of the
Stars and Stripes is always sufficient
to set the audience in an uproar, and
1t is very evident that despite all the
4, descriptions of the horrors of war and
! the many sermons for peace, the an
! nOuncement of hOstilities would be fol-
lowed by great wave of popular ap-
proval all over the country. Uncle Sam
is rusty for fight, as it were.
WATER AND LAND.
Colusa Sun: Frank Boggs, so a
| Stockton dispatch informs us, has turn
ed the water of the San Joaquin River
on to the large Boggs tract near that
a a
big lot of wheat when others wish they
had the water to make a like amount
The same dispatch detailed the opera
tions of a large pumping plant on a
| steamer. This comes near the barge
idea so long advocated by the Sun, ="
and which the editor spent considerable
| time and money trying to put into
practical shape. The cost of water
compared to it's benefits is SO infnites-
imal that's is not worth taking into
the account. A pumping plant company
can grow rich putting water on land
along the river ten inches deep at a
dollar and a half an acre. If every
man in Central district had worked
as hard for water as some worked
against it, the average cost of water
for all time would not have exceeded
would have been AZ cents an acre. The
poorest land in the district could afford
to pay 81 an acre a year to have the
water whether it used it or not. But
a sad reflection over lost opportunity
is all there is in the discussion of that.
With the record of the last fifty years,
no man is justified in attempting to
farm without water, and then if we go
oil pf hot
WEATHER SHRIEKERS.
| Clear Lake Press: 1t is in order now
| for the woe shriekers to set up wall
over the freaks of the frost and howl
! that the peaches, almonds and other
tender fruits are killed. Don't believe
| it or cry until you are sure of an in
| jury A wise old gentleman-he bore
| the appropriate ssoubriquet of Provi-
dence Charles-whose diary kept for
| forty years was his evidence, used to
say: Fruit in blossom is rarely if ever
| killed. I have seen the water frozen
| in the fruit cups and a good crop fol-
| low" When the young fruit has thrown
off it's winter wraps it is then very SEN
sitive to the touch of Jack Frost Ac-
| cording to this theory, we are in
much better condition than those living
! still further south, where the blossoms
| have dropped.
NEBRASKA ALL RIGHT.
! Nevada City Transcript: The people
! of Mr.. Bryan's State have reduced their
mortgage Indebtedness about $I,UO,-
600 in the past year. despite the fact
| that free coinage of silver was not
tadopted in 1896 The farm mortgages
released during the year amounted to
$14, 167 900, and the new mortgages
filed, $11, ,S44, ,O0O while in the cities
the mortgages filed during the last six
months of 1897 were 81 $4,000, and
those released 81 4245,OOO. Assuming
! that the work of the first six months
of 1897 in the cities was as satisfac-
tory as that of the last half of the
year the reduction in mortgages in
/ Nebraska would amount to between
ST 100000 and $S,OOO0OO.
TAXATION.
/ Merced Sun: Our friend of the Tu-
lare Register" thinks the subject Of
! taxation will before long engross pull
lie attention, and "hopes the Republi-
can party will grapple with the prop
osition.'' The Republican party has al
ready grappled with it, neighbor, and
has formulated a system that exacts
as much tariff taxes from the man worth
$4,000, as from the man worth 5000 900.
And il true. is it just? And do you
think the people of this Nation want
party that has formulated such system
to go on and perfect a permanent sys-
tenn Of taxation for the country?
FOREST RESERVES.
| Placer Herald: The people of Ell Dor
! ar Dir Ia tin0 q
Congress protesting against the setting
aside of great portion Of their territory
for a timber reservation. Timber res
ervations are all right when under
proper control. and no doubt exert
beneficial influence on the water supply
of the valleys by preventing the 100
rapid melting of the snow. The pro-
posed reservation takes in most of the
summer pasture of Ell Dorado County
and when it is known that the propo-
sition is being pushed by the Sierra
Club. sporting organization of San
Francisco, it is not to be wondered at
that our neighbors in Ell Dorado. are
entering protest. The members or
this club have no interest in the county
and simply desire to have this vast
body of land set aside as a game pre-
serve for hunting and recreative pur-
poses. These reservations for the use
of gentlemen sportsmen" are not In
accord with our views Of a republican
form Of government The grasses and
game of our mountains should be open,
with proper restrictions, to the use OF
all our citizens.
CALIFORNIA AT THE PARIS EXPO
SITION IN 1900.
Los Angeles Times: The State Board