The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-04-06
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

lam Sproule, predicts that California
will ship this year fully 10000 car
loads Of fresh deciduous fruit to the
East That would be about 1900 car
loads more than has ever been shipped
from California in a single season, but
the prospects at this time warrant the
| estimate
! CONSERVATION OF WATER.
/ Stockton Mail: Among the stories OF
rain incidents is a suggestive one from
the south. One of the local papers tells
how farmer, toward the end of the
| dry spell, was about to put in an lrrl-
| cation plant. Then the rain came, and
| all idea of irrigation was abandoned
the farmer rejoicing at the amount OF
money he had saved 1t never occurred
to him that next season he might need
an irrigation system, and that 1t might
not be financially convenient then for
him to put one in. We do not hear
anything of conservation of water
now or of conservation of forests,
either. That was good enough talk Tor
a dry season, but now that the ground
is soaked and the streams are full IL
| does not excite interest. The idea OF
preparing in wet seasons for dry ones
| does not charm.
FRUIT NOMENCLATURE.
Fresno Republican: German import
ers of California fruits complain OF
| laxity of nomenclature in our labels
and grade names. Prime" choice,
and fancy are used indiscriminately,
and everything is labeled as if it We're
the best. Exporters should remember
| that these matters are more carefully
regulated by law and custom in older
countries than with us. In this country
every petty clearinghouse keeper claims
to run a first-class restaurant. A Ger
man who advertises Restaurant
Ersten Ranges" first-class restau-
rant, expects it to be understood that
he charges the highest prices and APP
peals only to the most expensive Gus
| tom. The people of other countries
do not know how to allow for our
| American exaggerations; therefore we
| should not make them, except among
ourselves.
A CLUB.
Oakland Enquirer: From party
point of view the greatest folly OF the
Richard law is the tremendous club
which it puts into the hands OF the
Democrats for the next election They
can now come forward with a plat
form calling for the restoration to Its
| original form of the California Aus
tralian ballot law, and can make them
selves the champions of principle, with
a good prospect of gathering together
the votes of labor unions and large
number of Independents of all classes
who worked so enthusiastically to get
the law enacted A few of the Re-
publican Senators, realizing that the
Richard law is detestable in principe
and stupid in policy, voted against IT,
and among them was Senator Stratton
of this county.
ASPHALT PAVEMENTS.
Fresno Democrat: According to Com
missioner of Highways Marsden Man
lson. who has made a careful study OF
1.-THE roads and streets Of Europe, asphalt
lpavements an inch and d quarter thick
lin London, properly made, were intact
latter five years of heaviest traffic, while
in San Francisco better native ma
terial laid three inches thick was en-
tirely gone under the lightest traffic IT
a short time. The difference was main
lly due to the fact that the principle
known even to the ancient Greeks. thai
all matter volatile below 800 Fahr
must be driven off, was thoroughly ap
lplied in the one instance and as thor
loughly ignored in the other. Also. tins
IIondon asphalt was laid on hard
well-foated concrete surface. In the
San Francisco instance the concrete
was hardly worthy the name, and the
ignorant city authorities were per-
Isuaded into the idea that the concrete
surface should be rough in order tha
the asphaltuna could take hold" This
permitted of poor workmanship and
deficiency of mortar in the concrete
There are some pointers in this Iol
Fresno. We are undertaking asphal'
having. Just now. on wholesale scale
land if it is possible to have a better
pavement from a third of the materla
NV properly roasting instead of I'M
properly s'stewing" it, we ought &c
know it. In fact. come to think OF IT
there are several things about THESE
asphalt pavements that we would ike
to know.
MELLOW LITERATURE AND JUVE-
NILE DEPRAVITY.
Eureka Republican: 1t seems just
lnov to be the fashion to morallze on
the deprayity of some small boys ano
1.-The capacity for mischief and the all
round cussedness of cheap illustrated
lstory ral;ers and yellow back literature
lin general. To observe in boys OF ten
der wears uomistakable criminal ten
denotes is to be sure, sad; for, while to
prevent spread of the contagion there
lrny be dent much, nevertheless 10 IN
lGicate the pal ticular potion bheiS u
impart to such youthful transgressors
the desired neral tone may be extreme
lly difficult, if not wholly impossible.
| The rarent who would preserve MS
BOYS from moral contamination shoulo
keep them OF the streets and take care
that their reading is wholesome. lhr
Influence of evil associates is OF course
pernicious, but equally malefic is the
Influence of books that impart incorfec'
ideas of life and excite admiration 1ol
lmurderes and outlaws. Their tendency
unquestionab.y is to make boy want
to ne a burglar or train robber. Of
course, to keep boys off the streets
home must be something more than
merely place TO eat and to sleep. Ii
home be made more attractive than the
street. at home will the boys spend
most of their leisure; but if, as is too
often so, the atmosphere Of the home
life he InNholesome, dismal, repe'lins,
for the el 10Y ment denied them under
TIE IA. entail roof the youth of tender
years will go elsewhere. And to make
home attractive it's furnishings, While
the best purse can afford, should be
less fer ornament than for use. NO
carpet can be too expensive or immacu-
late for the boy to walk upon and no
chair too elegant for him to sit in.
A DEWEY DAY.