The record-union., 1899-12-14
VOICE or THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jeets Of Living News
Interest

State hospitals in California was GER
tainly a good one Napa and stockton
will shortly be supplied, and the iaoies
selected for these places will visit the
other asylums quarterly. Mrs. w. 4.
Dillingham; received letter to that ef-
feet from Governor Gage Tuesday.
A ROAD MOVEMENT.
Oakland Tribune: Calaveras mining
men and land owners have taken steps
to have good roads in that county. ThlS
is an example that should be followed
by other counties in the State, for the
greater part of the roads OF California
are decidedly bad. 1t Is true that, oW-
ing to the vast distances between
points-distances that one seldom real
ICES, but, when comprehended, thal
help to impress upon us the masnl-
tude Of the area u this Duntry-Call-
fornians have come to rely almost en-
tirely upon. the railways; but the state
is building up rapidly, and as it settles,
the roads between what are now powhs
and villages, but which were meie SID
tons when the railways were bullt, are
becoming Of greater economical liapol.-
ance. A district traverseo by sooo
roads is likely, too, to attract the M
tending settler who would pc repeAeu
by a comparatively trackless waste l.
used to be the idea that all d Town
needed to "boom" it was railway Out
roads for horses and foot passengers
are now recognized as being just as
necessary. and the counties OF greatest
wealth have encouraged the growth OF
this idea as far as possible by putting
it into practice.
OF NEWS PUBLISHING.
Ir,x;ah Republican-Press: We ven
ture the guess that. an alleged news
paper which printed nothing about the
crimes of the day would not nave
name on it's subscription list Beyoho
the history Of current events, winch
necessarily embraces much that Is not
good, not one paper in a hundred caters
in any way TO immortality; or, to put II
stronger, fails to cast It's influence,
great or small, for the upbullolnS Oh
the right and the advancement OF re-
ligion and morality. Editorial comment
and argument upon what news columns
contain is almost Invariably honest,
conscientious and loyal to the truth as
editors see it. and as their pastors
preach it; and it is not to be 1orgotteh
that it is through the medium OF the
secular press that most clergymen anu
other teachers Of reverence, plety ana
purity reach their largest audiences ana
exert their greatest influence. Inc
marvel is that the modern newspaper
is as good as it is. Nothing else that
man has ever devised for sale is sold
for so little in proportion to it's cost.
Nothing else that is put upon the mar
ket is produced under such stress, in
such haste, with SO little opportunity
for examination, verifcation, revision
and correction.
COINAGE.
Pasadena Star: The average citizen
doesn't know much about finance; but
he does know that when coin gets a
little smooth he ought not to lose the
greater part of it on that account. 1t
ought to contain enough intrinsic value
to keep it worth its face, less what
metal had actually been lost. If this
were so a smooth coin would be no
great loss to the holder; but under pres
ent conditions it is, because the wear
ing off of its face destroys Sne nat
part of it, which is ABOUT half its value.
MINERS AND ROADS.
Sonoma Democrat: The Miners AS
ISOLATION of Calaveras County is agitat-
ing the subject of road Improvement.
The Tuolumne branch will prove an
active ally in this important matter. 1t
does seem that there should be some
means of vastly improving the abomin-
able roads prevalent throughout the
mountain counties. Sooner or later a
great reform must be brought about in
methods of road construction, and the
Miners Association will exert greater
influence in the matter than any other
agency.
A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Oroville Register: Coming from out
in the open Sacramento Valley, the
hills and mountains present q beautiful
sight. The tops of the Sierras, since
the recent storms, are snowy white and
the long lines and towering peaks, all
clothed in white, are grand and sublime.
Nearer are the dark ranges of wooded
foothills, clothed with pine and oak,
maple and madrona- Still lower are
the evergreen orchards of oranges,
lemons and olives; and still lower are
the green fields now as vivid and bril-
liant as they would be on the Atlantic
slope in May or early June.
THE RIGHT KIND OF PROSPERITY.
Anaador Ledger: The telegraph tells
US that the prosperity of the year has
struck the manufacturing centers of
the East SO hard that an increase of
wages of mill operatives has been de-
cided upon. Among the mills to make
the increase is the Amoskeag corpor-
alton of Manchester, the largest cotton
manufacturing concern in the country,
which Will advance the wages of it's
1900 operatives 10 per cent. December
18th. A similar advance will be made
in the cotton mills of the Annoy and
Stark Manufacturing Companies of
Manchester Saturday The Stark mills
employ nearly 1000 hands and the
Annoy about 500. The China. Wassito
and Pembroke mills of Suncook, n. H.,
will also raise wages 10 per cent. The
Suncook mills employ about 1900.
Some other places where notices of an
advance were posted were Taunton.
Mass, at the Corr Manufacturing Com
pany mills, Pawtucket, r. l.; Lawrence.
Mass; Atlantic, Pa, and Pemberton
mills The new rate at these points eff
fects about 1900 hands.
MEAT EATING.
Visalia Delta: In suggesting that the
growing appetite for meat in this coun-
try may cause desire for strong drink,
Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese minister, re-
wives an old question which once pro-
voked considerable discussion. 1t was
held in one quarter that the Japanese
| owed their gentle natures their artistic
temperament and their delicate habits