The record-union., 1899-06-16
VOICE or The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
ExPREssIONs.

State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jects Of Living News
Interest.
Tacoma Ledger: Dom Paul and his
fellow Beers, like Joe in BLEAK
House," only want to be let alone. They
have moved on, in order to be let alone.
but English enterprise and desire for
wealth has followed them, and the re-
/ suit will no doubt be, as it has been
in all similar cases, that they will
| finally submit by force of arms to that
against which they have so stubbornly
protested. English troops are going
forward with ample supplies. and con-
fiict may not be far off, From the his
tory of Majuba Hill, General Butler
will have no easy or bloodless task to
subdue the Beers, who possess courage,
bulldog tenacity and good marksmRn-
ship. In the interests of humanity It
| is to be hoped that the suggestion for
mediation by the United States will
come to something.
TRUSTS.
Oakland Enquirer: Sometimes prices
go up on account of a trust combina-
ton, and sometimes they go up regard
less of the trust. A couple of months
ago the redwood lumber manufacturers
of this coast were feeling discouraged
because prices We're so low as to strip
the business of profit, and as this state
Of affairs had lasted good while, they
welcomed proposition to organize a
trust to make prices better. It was
generally agreed by the redwood men
that If the trust could lift prices to a
certain specified figure, the business
would be profitable and the trust would
be a success. The work Of creating the
trust has been going on slowly and is
still not completed, but meantime other
ca auses-principally an increased de-
mand-have been operating and have
affected the market SO much that prices
have been raised to the figure which
was mentioned as affording a reason
able profit. It is said the trust en-
terprise has not been abandoned and
will still be carried out. But that it
is not needed to raise prices when there
is legitimate demand for the lumber
has been demonstrated by events.
GROWTH OF POPULATION.
the side of the author Of 1.-The Man
With the Hoe" 1t is the fright of
France that the death rate greatly ex-
ceeds the birth rate, that the French
people are passing away. This is true
of the French people in France, but it
is not true Of the French people in
Canada where they multiply with the
fecundfty of cats. The Canadian Gov
md erixy nf
of land to the father of a family Of
twelve children, and already more than
- 900 acres have been given to the
happy fathers Of these old fashioned
! families, which land ought to have been
given to the mothers however. 1t is
the women who need encouragement
The men are seldom derelict. In
Canada there is room and the people
are not pressed down with poverty.
In France the conditions Of life are
hard and new mouths to be fed are
not welcomed with unnixed JOY Is
any sort Of oppression responsible for
this? If so someone is responsible for
| "slanted brows" and fallen jaws Of
| the French peasantry which inspired
Mi1let's picture and Markhams poem
SCHOOL CENSUS.
| the number Of school children in the
State. as shown by the returns Of the
school census recently taken, is a SUBJ
ject worthy Of remark, and is simply
incomprehensible to us, as there is no
reason whatever for supposing there is
| a less number of children in the State
| than there was last year. Nothing
has occurred to reduce the number of
children. There has been no epidemic
nor unusual sickness to increase the
death rate, nor has the emigration
from the State been sufficient to ac-
count for it. If the reported decrease
were not general it might be attributed
to the carelessness of few Assessors.
but it comes from too many quarters
to be accounted for in that way.
| UNFAIR CRITICISM.
| Riverside Press: The San Francisco
| "Call' and Chronicle" papers which
claim to be Republican, devote about a
column Of space daily to criticism and
abuse Of Governor Gage, with an oc-
casional insulting cartoon thrown in.
| Now, it is probably true that the Gov
ernor has made some mistakes in his
appointments and in his vetoes, but in
general he has shown himself an inde-
pendent and fearless Executive, and an
| unusually capable one. We believe the
great majority Of the people Of the
State recognize in him level-headed
hard working Governor, who is giving
the State business-like administra-
tion. The petty carping, unfair and
malicious criticism of the San Fran
cisco dailies may prejudice some few
people who do not understand it's ami
mus, but most people recognize that
it is simply an attempt on the part of
Spreckels and De Young to get even
with the Governor because he will not
allow them to dictate the policy Of his
administration and control his appoint
ments.
TROPICAL CUSTOMERS.
Alameda Argus: The ultimate value
of tropical countries as customers is
very uncertain. The unquestionable
fact is that England, France and Ger
many are worth immensely more to us
than the whole torrid zone. Savages
and barbarians have little money and
few wants. The great manufacturing
countries buy our manufactures as well
as our agricultural products. Twenty
million dollars worth of American BIZ
cycles have been exported the last four
years. France, with all her skilled
xrorlyyr,ln will h,,xy fxvioa y,,apv hi