The record-union., 1899-06-11
VOICE or The PRESS.
8tats and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jectsF Of Living News
Interest.

San lose Mercury: The Democratic
press is saying great deal ABOUT trusts
being the natural outgrowth OF the he
publican policy of protection, put =
writer in the Contemporary REVIEW
gives facts and figures which prove lhat
in free trade England there IS "a STEADY
movement toward combination and mo-
nopoly. movement which is the nat
ural outcome Of competition, and there
fore not capable of being prevented OF
undone by law"
ACCEPTED QUIETLY.
Oakland Tribune: The civil service
changes have been accepted throughout
the country without any forcible pro-
tests on the part of the Democrats,
which, by the way, is display or gooa
sense, for they get considerably more
than half a loaf out of the proposltlon.
There certainly could be no logical de-
Tense of system that makes 1t lmpos-
sible for Presidential appointees to pro-
tect their bondsmen and carry out the
policy of the National Administration
by giving the places involving those
issues to members of their own party
and those in whom they can place indi-
vidual reliance.
TAKING LIFE SERIOUSLY.
Los Angeles Times: Admiral Dewey
says Of Lieutenant Hobson that the
young hero of the Merrinac takes life
too seriously" Sure. The way to take
life is to look upon it all as very much
of picnic, and the man who makes it
the greater picnic with the sunshine of
his presence, his good humor, his gen.
crosby to his fellows his cheerful OPP
timism, his unselfish patriotism and al.
universal and all-compelling buoyancy
of spirits, is not only the wiser man but
the better man. He is the man whose
coming gladdens and whose going is re-
GREETED. He brings sunshine into the
home, the camp, the ship, or the count
ing-room, and when he goes over to the
great majority the light of a star is
quenched. Life has all too much of sad
ness and seriousness in it at the very
best, hence the cultivation of a cheer
full demeanor and of the spirit of SAVIOR
faire, is to be commended, to young and
old alike. Laugh, and the world
laughs with you; weep, and you weep
alone
A RETURN OF REASON.
Vacaville Reporter: The action by
in refusing to accept the money for
which they have been bowling SO loud
~, is the first sign of return of reason
to lot Of grandiose and chest-inflat
ing loafers. Just why there should be
so much bowling about small matter
it is hard to see; but the Cuban patriot
has howled and money has been secured
by reason of his bowling, which now in
pique he refuses. 1t is well. Since the
Cuban soldier lolled in the shade and
smoked cigarettes while the boys in
blue toiled to bring the gun to the front,
we have had very little use for the
Cuban as citizen of an independent
government If he would only go to
work for change, everyone would be
pleased.
THE CRACKER TRUST.
Alameda Argus: The failure Of the
Pacific Coast cracker trust to. complete
its organization is the first practical
sign of the Stacking of the tide toward
the Capitalization of the industries. The
people of California would not put their
money in the scheme. And yet it locke d
fair on it's face. 1t probably was just as
fair as most of the trust enterprises.
But the people are calling a halt in the
headlong rush. It is not at all improb-
able that the trust craze will cure itself.
One after another of the unwieldy, top
heavy projects will topple over, or at
least fail of returns promised, and dis
Indignation will follow
A POOR FIELD.
Oakland Enquirer: The Pacific Coast
is not good field in which to exploit
trusts. The combination which was
fixed up to take in the cracker baking
companies and to float a capitalization
of SS,500.00O, has been a flat failure,
because people with money could not
be persuaded that the cracker concerns
We're worth that amount of money or
would pay interest on such a capitali-
cation. The great redwood trust, which
was to have been organized by the
help OF Chicago capital, appears to
have weakened, and even the English
brewery syndicate which bought up the
California breweries, has recently been
through a kind of reorganization made
necessary by it's financial difficulties
hunting grounds for the trusts, and
there is no sign that they will prosper
on this coast.
Tulare Register: Rich men are often
found to be greatly in debt. 1t is going
to take round million to clear off the
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