The record-union., 1899-04-26

liberation of the Pearl of the An
TILES" and the mighty stride in favor
of popular government, will react IN
favor of the poor, struggling irish.
The sentiment which Great Britain
has exhibited toward Cuba cannot fail
to produce a more kindly feeling
toward the Irish. Charity begins at
home"
BAD NIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY.
| Los Angeles Express; If Thomas JEFF
ferson could have arisen from the grave
and gazed upon the disgraceful scenes
at the banquet given ostensibiy IN ms
honor by Perry Belmont, Richard
Croker and Tammany Hall last night,
he would have prayed that he might
have been spared the sight. Probably
the actual scenes will never be de-
scribed in the public prints, but even
the mildest, most conservative ac-
counts indicate plainly that the widely
heralded $40 banquet had degenerated
into a. drunken orgy, even before the
speaking began. The presence OF
large number of policemen in and out
side the building was necessary.
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.
San Diego Tribune: Not often in the
nations history have English and
American sailors fought shoulder to
shoulder against a common enemy
! They did so once in China and else
where in skirmjshes, but the action
near Apia on April 1st draws the fight
ers Of the two nations closer together
than ever before as well as the great
peoples whom they serve.
WALNUT SCALE.
Sonoma Farmer: The walnut scale
| (Aspidiotus jugIans regiae) is close
relative of the red, yellow and San Jose
scale and may be considered a serious
pest, says the California Cultivator." :"
San Jose scale may be destroyed by
lime, sulphur and salt and it is natural
to suppose that this pest will yield to
the same treatment.
A FINE SCHEME.
| Stockton Record: Notwithstanding
the ap1iable mood into which the
Fashoda affair threw France a con-
spicuouS writer in Lee Revue des DeuX
Mondes" has startled Paris with an
elaborate article showing how England
can be invaded by three divisions, each
consisting of 1850 French soldiers,
landed iii Ireland, where they would
proceed at once to arm the Irish. This
invasion is to be effected by 1,500 steam
pinnaces, armed with quick firing guns.
England laughs sullenly at the scheme,
but lie Petit Journal praises the plan,
declares that its chief merit is in it's
simplicity and unity and points to the
success OF the Romans4 Danes and Nor 4
mans in invading the tight little isle.
AFTER PLACES.
Fresno Republican,: The city of
| Washington is reported to be full of ap-
| plicants for positions in the new Pen
sion Bureau, attracted by the report
that Director Merriam had $4,000 ap-
| po1ntments to make. AS a matter of
fact there are only fifteen persons now
in the Pension Bureau, and most of
these are employed in making lists of
applicants for positions. There will be
1000 or 1900 clerical positions to fill
| IN about year, but not one in ten of
those who go to Washington can hope
for position even then, and practically
all of the applicants, even the success
ful ones, would be better off at home
These facts should be given the widest
possible publicity, in order to check the
rush Of useless office seeking.
ELIMINATION OF THE JOBBER.
| Portland Oregonian: The elimina- /
ton of the jobber is one of the recent
marked features of English trade. The
sewing machine companies and the
cycle companies and many other forms
Of manufacture decline to sell to deal
ers, preferring' to deal directly with
their customers. The breweries have
almost wiped out the publican by con-
verting public houses into tiled
houses" owned by some brewing COM
pany, and bound to sell only the prod
uct OF that company. Some of the large
millers are employing the same method
in connection with the baking trade.
The aggregation of subordinate indus
tries is another method now in general
use by manufacturers. A ship building
firm. for example, now engages men of
several hundred different trades, from
upholstering to engineering. These
are collective methods of unifying busi-
ness by eliminating unnecessary classes
of m.ddlemen. In another way the
British manufacturer, by making his
goods proprietary articles is dong
away with the shopkeeping arts He
has proceeded so far that in the gro
Gerry trade the shopman is no longer
an expert tradesnan, but an unskilled
laDorer who hands across the counter
So and-so's tea, or such-and-such a
brand of soap, as requested by the Gus
| toner.
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE
UNITED STATES.
! Modesto News: The New York
Times prints a careful resume of the
European plot to Illustrate and humil
late the United States early in the
Spanish trouble, and it leaves no doubt
upon the mind that France was at the
bottom of the conspiracy, which in
cluded Russia, Austria and Germany.
| The scheme was big one, and had
every feature of diplomatic plausibility.
An understanding was entered into that
| these Powers should throw their SYM