The record-union., 1899-04-07
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on SUBJ
jeots Of Living News
Interest.

Willows Journal: There IS no ques-
tion but that any honest man VIII nave
a certain amount of sympathy Iof the
land Of his BIRTH but when any hdtlon-
ality become so numerous IN COM
munity that they begin to talk OF Ger
man, Italian, or other influence IN poi-
itics, it is about time for the Amerl-
cans to look around and take the nee
essary steps to prevent any sucn tnreats
by simply ignoring that or any cIhef
foreign born organization that persist
in calling themselves anything save
Americans There can be no such thlng
as an-Americans-it must be either
German or American-one God, one
country.
THE F'INNS.
San Jose Herald: 1t is proposed to
tuln the large expected emigration OF
Firms from their native country TO tnas
coast. They are hardy, Industrious, m
te!ligent people who make good citizens.
1t is a mistake, however, to contound
them racially with the Swedes. They
were once under Swedish domination,
before Russia began her career OF eX-
pansion and conquest, and the use OF
the Swedish language is quite common
among them. but ethnolog1cally tney
belong to the Mongoloid family OF peo-
PIES. They are among the compara-
lively few survivors in Europe of
race which in prehistoric times covered
that continent. The Basques of Spain
are believed to be a similar survival.
Elk OLNEY.
Red Bluff News: An effort is un-
doubtedly being made in the East to
make ex-Secretary of State Olney OF
Massachusetts, the Democratic cand1-
date for President in 1900. 1t is claimed
that, while he is a gold Democrat, he
has not made himself offensive to the
silver element and another of strength
for him is supposed to be the fact thai
lie Is an expansionist without being an
annexaticnist. We fail to see wherein
the difference between him and McKin-
ley lles except the claim that, although
Being against the silver men, he has
kept on speaking terms with them. Mr..
Clney might be made the leader of the
gold wing of the Democrats if they
should put ticket up, but We doubt
his being am acceptable candidate for a
united party.
NEED OF A MERCHANT MARINE.
Monterey New Era: The United
d
chant marine in order that there will be
both an abundance of ships and of men
at the command Of the Government
whenever an emergency arises that
they are needed There are no patriots
in the United States who are willing
to come forward and have ships built
and then run them with American sea-
men and f1remen unprofitably, in order
Ill AZ.
of the Government should need for
them arise. Nothing but a profit in the
running of the ship will induce our peo-
pie to put their money into them.
What are We going to do, then, to
make shipowning profitable to- our peo-
pie? That is the burning question. Let
us talk as much as we like, in the alb
stract, about the desirabilfty and about
the need of merchant ships of our own
but we must recognize in the end that
We can't have them unless there is a
profit to their owners in running them
Some people, carried away with the
logic Of a theory, and assuming that all
mankind is upon the same level of in
telligence, say let's have universal free
trade; then we shall be able to get ev-
erything that is produced at the lowest
this labor strenuously objects, and as a
consequence the United States is a pro-
tective instead of a free trade nation
The only thing to do. then, to make
shipowning attractive to our people, is
TO protect our ships sufficiently in their
competition with foreign ships to give
them advantage enough to be able to
earn profit in running their ships. The
nation needs ships and seamen They
will not materialize upon demand. If
the nation wants them. it must pay for
them, just as individuals pay for what
they need.
LET US INVITE IMMIGRATION.
Merced Sun: In another column Of
fo-day's Sun" will be fo,,-ld an article
published the other day as an editorial
in the San Francisco Post" calling at
tention to an organized movement on
the part of large body of Finlanders
TO colonize in some portion of the
Western Hemisphere. We trust the
article will be read carefully by the
numerous large land holders of Merced
County, for in 1t there appears an op-
portunity that should by no means be
neglected
AS the Sun has already said, times
without number our chief need at the
present time is more people. We have