The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-24
VOICE OF The PRESS.
State and Coast Opinions ON SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Interest.
Alameda Argus: The storm CEN
ter of human life has shifted.
Sociology is now the theme of
supreme interest. A few hundred
years ago it was religion Now there
are no more religious wars or persecu-
lions. The most savage thing this
generation can show in this line is a
heresy trial,$and even this is no longer
Of much interest. The vital questions
are those of production. distribution,
monopoly, of the adjustment of inter-
ests between classes of men and be-
tween the individual and the social
order. Happily the ,vituperative
method of discussion is being supplant-
ed by the scientific and the battle be-
tween conflicting theories is being
fought out in books. magazines and
newspapers. 1t is true that these dis
cussions are often somewhat warm.
But the interests involved are so great
that It is not possible that the discus
sions should be without feelings. The
main issue is whether the extreme in
dividualism Of industrial life shall not
be modified by the principal Of collec-.
tive control and, in many cases. of COL
lective ownership and management.
THE RETURNING VOLUNTEERS
Stockton Mail: 1t appears from the
admission Of one of the San Francisco
newspapers that no preparations have
been made yet by the loud-mouthed but
poor spirited metropolis to receive
properly the returning volunteers. Only
yesterday the newspaper referred to re-
marked: Some arrangements should
be made to receive the Oregon regi-
ment and all other regiments that re-
turn from Manila"
1t would seem SO, wouldn't it? But
we don't think the so-called metropolis
will do anything except make a little
"hooray" over it's own regiment for a
day or so. The people Of San Francis
| co, though they have made more money
out of the war than those CT any city
west of the Missouri, have stood by and
seen transport after transport return
laden with sick and wounded soldiers
and not raised a hand to help the poor
fellows down the gangplank or give
one of them a glass Of water. They
| might have been SO much embalmed
beef for all the San Franeiseans cared
| for them.
After discussing these and other kim
dred things the newspaper from which
| we quote comes to the following char
acteristic conclusions:
Even if each man of the returning
regiments is merely handed a pretty
bouquet of flowers by a pretty girl as
he steps off his ship he will appreciate
the gift. The soldiers will not be look
| ing for food nor financial assistance -
| Just SO. They are all rich They
won't need situations in which to earn
| their board. They are in receipt of
large private incomes, and return in
vigorous health prepared to enjoy them.
Just an orchid for their LAPEL is all they
want.
A DIFFERENCE.
Yreka Journal There was a big diff
ference in the two Jeffersonian Demo-
cratic dinners at New York lately both
| in price and makeup. The straight out
| Tammany dinner at $40 a head, was
attended by New York city Democrats
straight, with no mixture, while the
| dollar dinner Of the Bryanites, was at
tended by Democrats from several
States, and several Populists and Sill
yer Republicans, etc. The fusion bust
ness won't work, and Bryan cannot
| make it go. The Populist and Demo-
cratic rank and file will not sanction it,
no matter who tries to be leader.
FLOATING LABOR
Fresno Republican,: The recent
agitation over the proposal to i'm
port negro laborers to Stockton
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uation that is characteristic of Cali
fornia. Many Of our industries require
large supply Of unslzilled labor dur
ing small part of each year and a
very small supply the rest Of the year.
Fortunately, too, nearly every month
in the year is the busy season in some
part Of the State, and the idle season
in other parts. If the job and the
man, could always be brought together
there would thus be permanent en-
ployment for tbs entire floating popula-
ton, which, as is the case in all warm
countries, is a large one
The Chinese and Japanese have
solved the problem to their own salts
faction. They are organized SO that
the workmen can always know where
there Is work and the employer can
always find labor. Employers who
wish to use Mongolian labor have no
difficulty in finding men and in keep
ing them until the work is done. It
is this fact, more than lower wages,
that gives the Chinaman advantage
in the competition.
The white men, on the other hand,
have not undertaken to solve the prob
lem at ALL except as l1ndireeted wan
dering can solve it. When the season
for grape picking comes, in Fresno, for
instance. we are invaded by a small
army OF more or less domoralized men,
some Of whom are eager for work, some
OF whom will take it If they find just
what they want, and some Of whom
will not work at all. 1t is a danger
Gus invasion. because it is impossible
to separate the good frodb the bad, un-
til the work test has done so, at the
hight of the season, but it is a neces-
sary invasion under the circumstances,
for We need extra labor. The condi-
lions under which the white laborers
come make for an increasing ineff1-
cheney. 1t is not elevating to q white
man to be a tramp among tramps, even
If he happens to be honestly looking
for work.
The condition can not be met by local
treatment; there must be some State
organization or other means Of rfacili-
tating the intelligent movement of la
Dor, and of discriminating between the
floating laborer and the floating Grim
fnal.
CRUSH THE REBELLION.
San Jose Mercury: The develop