The record-union., 1899-07-13
VOICE OF The PRESS.
EXTRACTS FROM EDITORIAL
= EXPRESSIONS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects OF Living News
Interest.

accepting the Presidency of our State
University is 'the lack of harmony
that exists among the faculty" he is
4 as good as here already. The contest
that was on over his appointment end
/ ed ass soon as the vote was east by
which he was elected, for our Profess
| sors at Berkeley are not the kind OF
men to cherish a petty spirit of re-
venge simply because some other par
/ ticular candidate was not chosen. 1t
was case of Let the best pan win,
and every one is satisfied.
| BRYAN.
| San Diego Sun: A Nebraska admirer
of Bryan extols the metaphysical sub
tlety as well as the political wisdom
Of his speeches, remarks an exchange.
Metaphysics has been defined as hole
in a sandbank; a storm comes and
washes the bank away, leaving the hole
sticking out. If that be the Bryan
kind the euiogy of his admirer is not to
be wondered at, and Nebraska is the
best possible field for it's purveyance.
ACTUAL PATRIOTISM.
| Stockton Independent: Why is it that
Independence Day was so generally and
successfully celebrated this year in
every city and town? Can it be ex-
| planned in any other way than by the
| admission that the events of the last
year have developed an active form of
patriotism; that the people have taken
a deeper interest in their Government
because the Government deserves it,;
that respect for country and it's flag has
grown in proportion to the achieve
ments on land and sea under the flag?
| The Fourth was gauge of the temper
| of the people and it is gratifying to
note that the public disposition is kindly
| toward the Government, which their
attitude can so easily strengthen or i'm
pair.
SCARCITY OF WORKERS.
Fresno Democrat: Complaints come
from all over the State of the scarcity
of laboring men. The compliments ara
the farmers, the fruit growers, the hop
| raisers, the contractors and manufac-
turers. This scarcity of laboring men is
attributed to the prevalence of better
times. The time was, not so many
years ago, that men in the cities were
loafing about the streets begging for
money to buy meals. because, in many
instances, they could not go into the
country and work for the small wages
the farmers and fruit growers offered
them. Japanese and Chinese were then
hired to go into the orchards, grain
| fields and hop fields. The wages are
now so good that all the white laborera
as well as the Japanese and Chinese
are at work. and still there is complaint
! that there are not enough men to fill
| the demands. The scarcity of labor is
as much in evidence in Fresno as else
where. Labor is in great demand here
for the harvests. A carpenter cannot
be had for love or money, as all are
employed. For harvesters in the hay
field last year 10 cents to S1.25 a day
and board was paid. The ruling rate
to-day is from 81. 80 to So day. House
| wives, are also in trouble because SER
want girls are not to, be had. Efforts
have been made to secure workmen
from San Francisco, but the field there
is overrun. &.
THE SOUTHERN BLACKS.
Tulare Register: According to DR..
| Curry, a man whose life has been
spent working with and for the negroes
in the South, their condition is anything
but hopeful. The Vigilance Commit
tee work is fast driving them from the
country where there is some hope for
| them to the cities and towns where
| there is no hope for them morally or
otherwise and, as a whole, they are not
only not making moral and industrial
progress, in many States, but are retro
| grading seriously. But if they are not
progressing industrially and morally
they are numerically. 1t is estimated
that there are eight millions of negroes
! in the South now, not more than ~
per cent. of whom ever knew slavery.
Therefore, the hope that the negro
race, like the Indians. would die out in
process of time seems to be without
any sort. of justification. They are
multiplying faster than the whites.
SAMOAN AFFAIRS.
Oakland Enquirer: The Samoan
Commission, though it has abolished
Kings in the islands, proposes to rec
ognize the supremacy of tribal chiefs
in their respective districts. This will
make the task of governing the ISL
ands easier, because one chief can al
ways be played off against another.
and in his own sphere each Chief will
be required to preserve order. The
Samoan Commissioners know that an
ideal government of the islands is not
possible, and wisely choose plan
which will make things go along as
smoothly as possible. =.
SATURDAY. aHALF-HOLIDAY CUES
TION
Los Angeles Herald: The question
relative to Saturday half-holidays in
midsummer is one that seriously con-
Germs large number of patient toilers.
Only those who endure exhausting toll,
in an atmosphere often Sitting, can
appreciate the mental and physical re-
lief afforded by the halliday outing.
Customers in stores and shops are Of