The record-union., 1899-06-04

course OF Gomez and that of Aguin-
aldo Each was the leader of an in
su1rection designed to throw off the
Spanish yoke, Each became header
of his people before and after the over
throw of the Spanish power But from
this point the coMrse of the two men
was diametricaliy opposite. Gomez
proved himself asslle always had been,
a patriot, Aguinal do a rebel Yet the
previous course uf He TIVE men fore
cast their future line Of acHion. Gomez
remained in Cuba and Fought the bat
ties for liberty with an energy born of
despair. Aguinaldo, on the other hand.
betrayed the cause Of his people, and
accepted bride for doing So Thus
the character of the two men is shown
! in strong contrast. The one was ZEAL
Gus and uncompromising in behalf ef
| liberty; the other was a turncoat, a
traitor, who gave up the holy cause
and submitted to repatriation for the
| lust of gold
| The course of the two leaders since
the war has been in as sharp contrast
as before. Gomez joined hands with
the liberaters of Cuba and has labored
to render the success Of the war COM
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BILE. But Aguinafdo' has pursued a
course directly opposite. Instead OF
/ attempting to- cooperate with the lib
orators of his country, and prepare TIE
way for independence, he has taken up
arms against them, and has practically
foreclosed all hopes of independence at
present, to say the least.
| REGULATING TRUSTS.
/ Stockton Independent: The regula-
| ton and restraint of trusts and copper
ate wealth is not entirely a matter of
legislation For twenty years the
Constitution of California has author
lied the taxation of franchises and a
number Of years ago the franchise was
judicfally defined and method suggest
ed by the Supreme Court for esii1na ting
its value. But it has only neen n the
i last few years. that any attempt has
4 been made to list the franchises on the
1 assessment rolls at anything more than
nominal valuations. The Assessors,
whom the people elect and consequent
/ ly the people may be held responsible
for any immunity of corporations and
Inonopolies in this respect.
THE TRUSTS
| Tulare Register: Some Of our best
economic writer's believe that the es-
sential danger in trusts is over-capital-
lzation. That is undoubtedly a very
essential danger, but there Is another
more essential than that II is the
effort to limit production 3yy the ab5l-
rior of competition. That contravenes
the first law of social being Had the
Industrial forces been able to do that
The world would have been starved 10
eeath long ago and the poverty of the
| Loor would have reduced them to ami
mails. This is the process: Over prodpe
I ton, disfninished price, i.lcreaxad cen
SUMPTION, the wage Garner enabled to
fare sumptuously and the human fam
lily in one generation lives on what were
! 'uXur'es in the generations preceding
This is the process by which the ccnSi-
ton of the people is bettersd ana what
ever stands in the way of it is against
sound public policy
IT IS HERE.
! Amador Ledger: Nobody needs te
4 be told that prosperity is here. Every
one knows that, from having actual in
| dlvidual participation in it. It is ST
| universal that it is getting to be ac-
cepted quite as the natural order OF
Things. and interest begins to center il
a comparison between our present
prosperity and that Of other year
when protective tariff policy has
been in effect. The Indications are
that the period of prosperity inaugural.
ed by the Dingfey tariff law is to he 8
record breaker. In many cases it has
been stated that the prosperity now
being enjoyed surpasses that OF an,
other period