The record-union., 1899-10-27
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions ON Sub
iects Of Living News
Interest.

sect who have immlgrated 10 the Cdn-
adian northwest in large numbers, nave
| the unpleasant habit of yoklng up theH
women with their oxen and ploWlng the
| land in this barbarous fashion. Ine
Dominion Government is reported TO De
preparing to put a stop to the prac-
tice. But Governments are often SLOW,
and it may turn out that official acton
will not be able to- cope with the s1tua-
ton The matter is serious because
| it is the intention of those who are
interested in the Doukhobors to bring
| 10000 of them to this side of the At
lantic The spectacle of 10000 people
with their women hitched to plows is
not to be tolerated on the North Amer
lean continent Women cannot here be
made sisters to the OK.
BEWARE OF WORTHLESS STOCK.
Stockton Independent: The much
talked of oil exchange has opened in
San Francisco and the stocks Of many
companies have been listed. Oil COM
panies have been organized by whole
sale in many counties. The "Independ-
ent" noticed one that was launched re-
| Gently with a capital stock of $780, ,0OO
of which $50 had been subscribed. 1t
| is presumed that one function of an
oil exchange is to sell the other S499.-
80 worth Of stock of this company
to credulous public.
The news of organization of oil COM
panies is much more frequent, complete
and impressive than oil production. The
yielding oil ventures are in hands gen.
orally that can secure backing from
capitalists Where the stocks have to
be forced it may be assumed that the
flow of oil is not thoroughly inspiring.
Therefore, in the judgment of the I'm
dependent" the public should be eau
toned against miscellaneous invest
ment in oil stocks. The poor man
should shun temptation in this direc-
ton. The average man who has no
money he wants to throw away should
investigate most carefully before in
vesting or speculating in oil stocks. The
capitalist needs no advice, as he can
afford to lose if he wishes to take
chances. But the promoters of the oil
exchange do not expect to unload stocks
on shrewd capitalists. If capitalists
were the only patrons there would be
no oil exchange. The patrons that are
expected are the unsophisticated people
with scant means, who are easily daz-
zled with prospect of suddenly ac-
quired wealth. 1t is these that should
be warned against the oil craze.
SCORING FALSEHOOD.
Tulare Register: If the people of the
State have a right to hate the State
Liar" because of its mendacity they
ought to despise the Cali for its i'm
becility. 1t seems to have an ambition
to be a great fake but lacks both the
intelligence and the cunning. Ever since
it started out on it's air-ship bugaboo
it has striven after the false and the
alarming. The latest is it's publication
Of letter Of the Rev. Peter MacQueen
Of Boston, which it alleged, with much
mystery, to have been surreptitiously
obtained from the piAeonholes of the
War Department and to have been a
report to the Government by a special
agent of the Government, whereas the
same letter was published in the State
Liar and fully exploited last August
The will to be a fakir is there but the
ability is wanting. 1t is pitiful.
OUR MERCHANT MARINE.
Humboldt Standard: Yesterday we
spoke at some length on the necessity
of building up our merchant marine.
Our ships should be earning the mil
lions we pay in freights to foreign
} ships. A great industry, that Of Amer
lean ship building, must be revived.
A comparison Of official reports show
ing the amount of subsidies paid to
ships and steamship lines in aid of the
merchant marine by the different mari
time countries of the world, proves that
the United States stands one Of the
lowest on the list. Even Japan pays
three times as much in subsidies to
ships and steamship lines as this coun-
try pays. Great Britain pays five times
as much and France seven times as
much as the United States.
, The priciple of protection which we
. apply to home industries and which
has made the United States one of the
foremost manufacturing countries. on
earth, should be applied to our ship
building and ship-owning interests. A
nation SO great in all the elements OF
wealth and strength should own ships
enough to carry it's own commerce. This
merchant marine of this country must
be rehabilitated and the sails of oul
commerce should whiten every sea
There is no good reason why we should
not, at the coming session of Con
gress, have such laws enacted as vii
revive and build up the American mer-
chant marine. All our internal indus
tries are fiourishing. Agriculture min
ing, manufactures and commerce are
doing grandly the past two years The
nation has recovered from the long and
7 serious depression. We are ready for q
new departure that will give an i'm.
petus to ship p-building and free oul
commerce from the tribute now PAID
to foreign ship-owners, variously esti-
mated at from one hundred and fifty
| to three hundred millions a year.
Congress should act and act wisely
Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy and
even Spain, each pays more to sustain
its merchant marine than the United
States. The time is ripe for a change
Congress should give US the Nicaragua
Canal and a law that will put new life
, and vigor into ship-building and ou
merchant marine at the coming ses
sion.
AMERICAN FRUITS IN CHINA.
Los Angeles Times: A. Burlingamt
Johnson, American Consul at Annoy
China, in report to the Government
under date of June 20, 1899, gives some
interesting information about thu
market for American fruits in China
and the conditions which should he OBJ
served by our dealers in this class Of