Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-07-11
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nor even how many they have received from the
General Government for carrying back and forth
the letters written by parties resident here and
on the Atlantic border who were more or loss
remotely interested in the welfare of the Pacific
coast Of the Union. 1t is enough TO know that
that the sums paid out for passage money count
hv tens of millions. and that the residents of Cal
ifornia are taxed two hundred per cent. more on
their letters than those residing in any State from
Maine to TeXas--a blessing which we owe in
great measure TO the Company named above
With the past We care not to deal, but with the
present We have few words to say. and to them
we call the earnest and immediate attention Of
every person who feels the slightest interest in
the future welfare and prosperity OF our State.
As heading for this short article we have
placed the figures representing the rates charged
for passage to this country from New York by
the Mail Company at the present time. and we
ask our readers not merely in this city but
throughout the country--merchants. traders,
miners, farmers-to say what they think of them
The price demanded for bringing person out in
the first cabin is $500 in the sacond cabin $3.50
in the steerage $3.50. with the chances decidedly
greater for a still further advance than for any
reduction We ask. what do they think Of them?
For our own part we think them exorbiant.-
We look upon them as an advantage taken of
whole people, 10y Company who have been
brought into existence and foStered into activity
by most generous public, and who are now
taking advantage Of peculiar state Of affairs to
fill their own pockets at the expense of those who
have made them what they are. We think the
present rates charged violence done the people
of this State, and disgrace to the directors who
impose them.
For years past we have been endeavoring to
develop the resources Of the Pacific slope of the
continent, and more particularly of California,
bv inducing a stream Of immigration towards our
borders. We have formed societies, called public
meetings, constituted committees, and gone
through all the formulas. even to subscribing
liberal sums OF money, which ought to have been
successful in inducing persons to visit our shores
and settle in our fertile valleys, and work our
inexhaustible fields Of gold. We have written,
one and another and talked and worked and
still We have not with all our advantages added
TO our population in a ratio corresponding TO the
Oldest and most worn out city Of the East. And
why? Because, simply, despite the advantages
offered to parties abroad to immigrate to Califor-
MIA, the expenses Of getting here have been 50
heavy that the journey was put out of the power
Of the very classes who were desrous to take up
their abode among US, and whose presence was
not only most desired. but was absolutely neces-
sary TO the advancement if not the existence Of
the State.
We do not so much feel disposed TO quarrel
with the Mail Company regarding their cabin
fare Of $500, as we do for their rate of steerage
passage at $3.50. We can very well Get along
without the $500 assengers-merchants clerks,
professional men, &c.--but we do want the Farm
luDOrpTS,
servant girls, who have to come in the second
cabin and steerage, and who are prevented from
immigratng now by the rate demanded for pas
sage. Take the case Of a simple field hand who
is able to save by extraordinary exertion IS per
month in the Eastern States. To enable him to
come TO California be must have at least Sl7j-
say Sl50 for passage money, SO for incidental
expenses. baggage charges Isthmus money &c
and 10 Wherewth to arrive here so as not to be
thrown absolutely destitute on our shores To
obtain this sum he must work twenty-five months
or nearly ftc0 entire gears, saving every cent
meantime! What encourage does this pre-
sent to him, when for S35 or $40 he can inmi-
CRATE to Iowa, Minnesota. Nebraska or Kansas
None whatever and the consequence is that
while every steamer brings us accounts Of a cease
less tide pouring into the new States and Terrific
res Of the West, we in California are merely
holding our own, or at best adding but a few
hundred moGthly to our population. Were the
option given to every able bodied cmigrant in
the United States to 90 to Kansas for $50 or to
California for SI5, we believe twO-thirds at least
of all would choose Cafornia-and the same
with the other new States and Territories but
the present rates demanded for reaching the Pa
clfc put the journey completely out Of the reach
OF the general laboring population. We may os
tablish as many Immigrant Ala Associations as
we like we may eXpatiatc 70 the fullest extent
upon the value of our gold deposits and the pro
ductiveness of our soil ;fhe beauty of our cOun-
try and the salubrity of our climate may all be
dilated upon, but as long those ominous fig
ures-$30O-$25O- $3.50 stare us in the
face, we need expect no extended immigration
TO California. We have instaacod merely the
case Of the field laborer, but the general appca-
ton pertains to all classes ; the miner who wishes
to send for his wife and children, and who will
not have them in the steerage and the enter
prlslng clerk, whose pride will not suffer him to
emigrate except as q first class passenger. This
rule, inexorable as it is, applies to all alike.
We might suggest remedies for this state Of
Affairs, and might offer advice to the mail Com
pany regarding their present conduct were it
likely that the one would produce any combined
action OF the other meet with the least attention
" e have not, we confess the slightest confidence
that either result would b, produced but we
nevertheless feel it our duty to call public atten-
tion to the subject, and for the rest the public
mast act for themselves. There has been talk of
the establishment Of a new steamship line but
the directors, as far as we can judge, have proved
themselves incompetent to take advantage of the
present state of affairs. We look to the building
of the wagon roads across the continent as the
main source of relief from the $3.50 nightmare
which is crushing us. We know the men who are
engaged on some Of these, and have confidence
in them to do their work properly. Immigrant
Aid Societies may after that accomplish some
good-SGA Francisco Prices Ci0r0t
Ton
Trick. Ny son, take that jug aud fetch me
some beer;
Give me the money, then father
My son, TO get beer with money, anybody can
do that but to get beer without money that's
trick
So the boy took the jug and out he goes, shortly
he returns and places the jug before his father.
Drink.' said the son.
How can | drink said the father, when
there's no beer in the jugY
To drink out Of Jug said the b0y,-when
there is beer in it, anybody do that but to
drink beer out ola jug when there is no beer in
it, that's trick.
HOLLOWAY ) OINTMENT AND PHIs.-The worst
cases Of ulcer in the leg, for which salves, poul-
tees lunar caustic aHd all the socalled estab-
ished remedies have been tried in vain, are
readily cured by HolioHay's Ointment in an in
credibly short space Of time. The remedial effect
OF this powerful ungent in eruptive disorders is a
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