The record-union., 1899-11-12

war to an end That may be more
forcible than elegant, but the spirit of
it is patriotic and loyal to our common
country and common flag.
DISPOSITION OF SEWAGE.
s San Jose Mercury: Pasadena is max
ing a success Other sewage farm ex-
pertinent. This year there were taken
from this farm one hundred tons Of
alfalfa hay, two hundred tons of barley,
nearly one thousand dollars, worth OF
walnuts, and about two hundred cords
of wood from the eucalyptus grove,
Last year the cost of operating the
farm was $3.50, and the total receipts
from the crop were 5000. It is ex
pected that the average annual returns
from this year on will be between four
and five thousand dollars. The sys-
tenn, in short, is found to be practical
and profitable. It has Limitations,
however, as may be learned by the re-
cent action of the Los Angeles Board
of Health, which has prescribed the
use of sewage irrigation for the grow
ing of such vegetables and small ber-
ries as may be eaten in a raw state. An
presentation to the City Council for
that body's action makes it the duty
of the fruit inspectors of the health
office to inspect small fruits. and veg
etables offered for sale, and all rad
ishes, lettuce, onions, celery, tomatoes
or strawberries that are found to have
been grown on sewage irrigated lands
are to be condemned and destroyed
and the owner subjected to arrest and
fine. But there is a large range of
products which may be safely grown
on sewage farms, and that system
doubtless is destined to take prece-
dence of all others
COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
Stockton Independent: The report of
the Philippine Commission is a COM
plete vindication of the course of Pres
ident McKinley's administration in the
Philippines. Briefly the report makes
the Flipinos under Aguinaldo RESPONSE
BILE for the war, justifies completely the
-coercive measures, says there was never
"a time after Dewey's victory that we
could have properly withdrawn our
forces; states that the only possible
Philippine independence must be
through American control; that to
abandon the islands would mean tenn
porary anarchy and final absorption py
European Powers and finally that con-
ditions have improved so wonderfully
in Luzon that industry, quiet, security
to life and actual self-government have
been secured under the beneficent man
agement of General Otis.
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Dewey, on whose Judgment the whole
American people rely, and whom many
Democratic leaders have been urging
as candidate for the Presidency; by
President Schurman Of Cornell Univer
sity, who was selected to head the
commission because of his eminence in
the educational field, his standing as
an investigator, and because he was by
training, tradition and expressed opin-
ion opposed to the unnecessary extern
sion of American dominion across the
ocean; by Professor Worcester of Mich
igan University who was selected be-
cause he had been in the Philippines
before and was familiar with the peo-
pie and the conditions of the islands,
because he is an impartial investigator;
lected because he had the most extern
sive experience with Oriental peoples
and conditions of any living American
and whose services as Minister to China
We're so valuable to the Government
that he had been continued there by
both Democratic and Republican Pre-
idents. General Otis, the fifth mem
Der of the commission, did not sign it
because he is at his post of duty in
Luzon. The report has been made after
thorough investigation in the islands
and mature elaboration at home.
Now the question arises what the
copperhead press will do about this re-
port. Will it be contended that the
correspondents of the yellow papers
are more credible than Admiral Dewey
and Dean Worcester? Can they per-
suade the public that Willie Hearst
knows more about the result of Gen
eral Otis work than Colonel DENLY
and President Schurman? The report
covers the whole subject and the en-
tire situation so completely that every
doubt and every criticism have been
answered. 1t relieves the friends of
the American Government of the nee
essity of framing arguments. All that
will hereafter be required is to quote
from this report Of an eminent and I'M,
Improbable commission. Every citizen
of America should read the Commits
sioners' report carefully and thought
fully. If that is done there will be no
doubt Of the verdict of the people.
MARRIAGE NO CRIME.
PetaIuma Argus: The Superior Court
of San Francisco has decided that mar
rage is not crime; that therefore, the
Board of Education flies in the face of
public policy when it forbids a public
school teacher to marry on pain of dis
missal from the service. That is sound
sense, and ought to be good law The
law encourages matrimony; it will not
tolerate any use of authority to induce
men and women to refrain from found
ing home, the basis of all that there
is good and beautiful in State growth.
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