The record-union., 1899-08-14
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
STATE and Coast Opinions ON sub
jects Of Living News
Interest.

Interest.
Humboldt Standard; The iron indus
try, more than almost any other, is an
index to the general prosperity of this
country When times are hard the iron
industry languishes. Nearly every bus
mess man knows this to be true. When
times are good and money easy, the
iron industry flourishes. More iron ore
was produced by 1,76O,323 tons last
year than in any previous year in the
United States. The business barometer
stands at the highest mark when condi-
tions call for this vast increase in iron
production.
RENDERED USELESS.
Yreka Journal: All the Democratic
talk about political favors to be be-
slowed by the granting of public fran
chises in Porto Rico, was rendered use
less not to say silly, by the opinion of
Attorney General Griggs, to whom the
question was referred some weeks ago,
by Secretary Alger, that the right to
grant these concessions is vested in
Congress alena This case is another
Indication of the wisdom of waiting I'M
til something has been done to critfcise,
before opening your batteries. The hair
trigger critic misses oftener than he
hits, and every miss makes him more
ridiculous in the eyes Of sensible men.
YAQUIS AND FILIPINOS.
Stockton Independent: The Yaqui
outbreak is likely to cause Mexico any
amount Of trouble. The Yaqui Indians
have been practically an independent
power in Mexico ever since the organi-
zaton of the republic. Their numbers
have been steadily diminished by un-
ceasing war, but their spirit has never
been subdued. Not only are they the
fiercest of the native Mexican tribes,
but apparently the most intelligent
Their advantage is just such an advan-
tage as the natives of Luzon will have
in case they determine to take refuge in
the mountains to wage predatory
warfare against the Americans Hap
PLY, however, Mexico does not seem to
be cursed as is the United States, with
yellow papers and yellow politicians to
take sides with the aborigines against
the Government. So far as reported no
Bryan and Atkinsons have sprung up
to quote the Declaration of Independ-
ence and consent of the governed in
behalf of the Yaquis, or to abuse Diaz
as a tyrant and imperialist The rea-
Is son, probably, is that while there, are
ambitions and inscriptions politicians
/ and editors in Mexico, they do not as
sumo the people to be so ignorant and
short-sighted as is the case with the
Eagitators in this country. The Yaquls
of Mexico are deserving of the same de-
gree of success as Aguinaldo'S savages
They have a far better claim to indie
pendence in fact, for they have MAIN
tanned their independence, while the
F'ilipinos have never gained any dis
tinct advantage.
THE AUTOMOBILE ERA.
San Jose Herald: The era of the auto
mobile seems to be close at hand. That
vehicle in any of it's forms will not
take the. place of either steam or cleo
trio railroads, but it promises to do
away with the horse to very great ex-
tent Already the manufacturers are
turning out all kinds and sizes of ma
chimes, from tri-cycfes in which the
most timid rider can get around in COM
fort and safety, to light road vehicles,
cabs, buses, trucks, etc. Inevitably
improvements in construction and de-
signs and reductions in cost will be
made as the demand increases.
And what difference their common
use will make in the agreeableness of
city life The late Colonel Warning,
Street Commissioner of New York, es-
timated that two thirds of all street
dirt is due to the horse In San Jose
the proportion would probably be
greater than that. The substitution of
the automobile for the horse would do
away with that and at once greatly re-
duce the cost of street cleaning.
But it would also reduce the cost of
street repairing. With rubber tired
automobiles and no horses hoofs to beat
and cut the pavement, the wear ard
tear would be reduced to almost moth
ing Furthermore instead of the :iat-
ter and clang of horse-shoes and iron
shod wheels, there would be only the
noiseIess roll Of rubber tires, and the
street racket which so jars on the
nerves would be a thing of the past.
Yet again every private stable is a
. continual breeder of filth and dies. The
automobile will do away with such
nuisances.s The public stable is less OBJ
jectionable because it is usually away
from the immediate vicinity of resi-
dences.
Cleanliness, noiselessness, convent
ence and cheapness will characterize
the era of the automobile. May it come
soon.
NOT A SUCCESS.
Stockton Record: If the trip of the
automobile across country is to be OF
any value to science it remains to be
seen yet. The machine has not made
the time of an average horse, while
the expense of repairs has been large
The trip can be of no value, and even
should it prove comparatively fast
would not ever be able to compete with
railroads AS far as tests for mountain
work are concerned, they could be made
without ever going out of a county.
FOREST PRESERVATION.
Suffer Farmer: The preservation or
forests must be agitated if this State
expects to retain it's wonderful produc-
tiveness, for denuding the mountains
Of the trees WILL in time, cut off the
continuous. supply of water for our rlv-
ers and diminish the annual rainfall
This matter like the hydraulic mining
problem, has been allowed to drift on
as more of a sectional controversy, the
people as a whole not realizing the
| magnitude of the same to the State,
and they should wake up to the fact
that something must soon be done to
save the forests from the AK. OF the
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