The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-13

and respect of the world, but their work
is nearly completed-let US hope-in
both the West Indies and the Philip
pines.
Other impressive spectacles should be
shown the people in the islands just
acquired. Spectacles of railroad build
ing; schoolhouse building; how forests
are felled and fields cultivated. That
makes a picture quite as impressive
and far more lasting than military or
naval array.
1t would be good to take leading Gu
bans and Filipinos on a tour through
our country; show them how the har-
vests are gathered how the sullen
ores are hoisted and smelted; how ships
are built; how fortresses are run; how
trains start on their 3,OO0-mile trips
across this country and go and come
with the precision of the stars, and
the work generally that keeps all the
millions of this country employed
Could they go to the iron mines on
Lake Superior; see how the ore is mined
and loaded into S,0O0-ton ships; follow
those ships; see them unloaded; see
the ore reduced; see the pig-iron con-
verified into steel, and see the steel
transformed into locomotives and bat
tleships; that one object lesson would
cause them to exclaim, mo wonder
Spain's ships melted in flames before
race like this; no wonder Spains
armies went down to defeat
WISE WORDS.
Napa Register: The newspapers of
San Francisco are INDUCING in wild sa
turnalias of interviews with returning
soldiers. The soldiers always seem to
talk just as the papers feel. They run
an officer up or down, according as the
paper is for or against him.-Alameda
Argus.
Too true, alas! How much better
for all concerned if the soldier would
frankly say when questioned: II know
nothing worth the telling about mill
tary affairs in the Philippines; my
place has been in the ranks, whence 1
could see little beyond the bounds of
my regiment or brigade: ask special
representatives of the Government in
Manila, or officers on the staff of any
of our Generals, or the Generals them
selves, if you wish to know the real
situation on the island of Luzon."
From these last named sources the
authorities in Washington get their
information. Is it surprising that they
prefer to act upon such information
rather than the hearsay talk of glad
to-get home soldiers?
THE YAQUIS.
San Jose Mercury: The Yaqui Indians
of Mexico have never been conquered
by the MeXicans and will not be for
years to come, but the present uprising
will be put down after a few fierce
fights. The chief interest of this coun-
try in the instruction. or whatever IL
may be called, lies in the fact that sons
thousands of Americans are scattered
through the Yaqui country and that
many of them are virtually unprotected
The Yaquis have no grudge against the
Americans, but the war fever once
started they are not likely to be dis,
eliminating while seekings victims.
LAWLESSSNESS
Portland Oregonian: There is no
room for lawless strikers in the United
States. The forces which make for
law and order are too strong for out
laws who openly advocate a resort to
force to terrorize non-union labor and
to wreck the property of employers
The Cleveland strikers are so stupid
that they not only believe in force, but
seek to justify it by the following alb
surd statement:
1--WE believe that force can be APP
piled in many instances, and that it is
absolutely essential in the present case.
The Government protects life and prop