The record-union., 1899-04-26
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| to the United states IN a rev months,
it is to be desired that the people, Whlle
showing the. old hero the honor and re-
spect to which he is erninently emitted,
will exercise discretion and common
sense in rendering him their worship,
and that they will keep their enthusl-
asm restrained within the bounds OF
reason. The Admiral can be made to
thoroughly comprehend the pedestal OF
greatness on which the love of a proud
nation has placed him, without being
subjected to an endless strain Of bou-
quets, hand-shaking soirees, kissing
bees, tag and other inventions of evilly
disposed and idle persons. Treat him
with the dignity becoming his station.
He is a man of too much sense not to
know the service he has rendered his
country, and knowing the people, from
being one of them, he does not need to
be hit in the head with an ak to appre-
ciate his standing among U.s.
THE TRUST IN ENGLAND.
Portland Oregonian: The fiction that
there are no trusts in England, SO COM
monty asserted in this country, and so
commonly credited even by persons who
ought to know better, has its basis, no
doubt, in that fine-and truly British
assumption which makes the English
newspapers hold so censorious tone
when "the American syndicates' are
| subject of discussion. Of course, all
who have anything like a close ac-
quaintance with English industry and
/ trade know that England is preemi-
! inently the home of consolidated cap
| ital; and that combination there, as
| here, is a common and a growing meth
| Cd in pursuance of large enterprises
and adventures. Lest there be those
who question the American point of
view in relation to this assertion, we in
vite attention to an article in the Con
temporary Review Gondon) for
March, in which an English writer, H.
| W. Macrosty, discusses at length the
! growth of monopoly" in the British
| Islands.
EFFECT OF EDUCATION.
Fresno Republican: The educated
man has no more dislike for the hum
| bier walks of life" than anybody else,
and in countries where higher educa-
ton is so common that there is no room
at the top, he frequently fills the hum
| bier places, and with eminent success.
| There is poetry and science in the
| commonest work, and to the man who
can read its poetry and science, 1T
| ceases to be common work The mod
ern college man no longer suffers from
broken health" to judge from his
athletic achievements, but he doubtless
| does suffer from a high degree of
bumptiousness and irrepressible egot-
ism. 1t is this that makes him un-
popular with practical men, who per-
nit no one to be proud except of the
things of which they are proud But
the practical men are in the ma
jority, and they can be trusted to kick
the young college man into a due hu-
mility The chief danger is that they
will kick out his ideals and enthusiasms
along with his egotism. and make him
as barren a cynic as themselves Edu-
cation will not make wise men out of
fools, or otherwise reverse the DEGREES
Of nature. But it will make men who
| can see below the surface and beyond
the horizon, and found and preserve
civilization.
OUR ISLAND TRADE.
San Jose Mercury: A marked in
crease is seen of late in the trade OF
the United States with Hawaii. Cuba
Porto. Rico and the Philippines. indi-
future with our island possessions after
order and quiet have been restored The
failure of Congress to provide a definite
and permanent government for Hawaii
undoubtedly has been a drawback to
our commerce with those islands, yet
cur imports in February last were ST.
Dds. 723, against 1912, ,554 in February,
1893, and our exports to Hawaii for
E,e11 o,~x-x
512 in the corresponding month of the
preceding year. During the past eight
months our imports have been about
the same as in the corresponding period
of last year, while our exports were
nearly S2000,000 more
The commerce of this country with
Cuba during the same eight months
shows a still greater increase the i'm
ports having been S9,17S,777, against
S6,413,O27 in the eight months of 1898,
and our exports to Cuba SO, 142, 949
against 81, ,6S9, 1923 in the similar period
last year. From Porto Rico our i'm
ports in February were S124, ,61S,
against $50, 166 in the corresponding
month of the preceding fiscal year,
while our exports to Porto Rico were
S257 ,619, against $97,074 in February,
in our imports from that island was
100000 and in our exports S126,O90
For the same period a gain of about
$54O,C00 was made in our imports from
the Philippines and of $4,000 in our
exports. The totalstr with all these
islands is small compared with what it
will be a few years hence, when their
real development is made possible by
A American canjta1 and ppferorico aDd
to this prospective vast and profitable
trade will be added that of a large sec
ton of China and Japan, the direct re-
suit of our acquisition of the Philip
pines.
A CASE IN POINT
Bakersfield Independent: Last Wed
| nesday one of our local newspapers
published an account of the arrest of
two persons in the act of stealing by the
wagon load. Although it was a simple
relation of fact. it reflected most dis
paragingly upon the characters of the
arrested parties. Now if this publica-
tion should have been next Wednesday
without the signature of the reporter,
the fat treasury of the Echo Publishing
Company would have been laid open
to the raid of any hobo, blk, or tramp
who chose to make complaint to the
extent of one, thousand dollars. The
law was not devised for any good pur-
pose. Its purpose is to protect rascally
politicians and thieves in office, and
more especially our legislators from
criticism.
LIBERATION OF IRELAND
| Los Angeles Times: Not the least
among the many good results of our