New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-14
INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF CALIFORNIA.

from 0' 'P''''' SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 1863
The emigration from the East to this country
"a now immense and is very likely continue large as
1 "a the prce Of passage is as low as is, and perhaps
much longer have not the least wish to discountenance
H. for room and occupation abundant for yet count
less numbers, but those coming should IemetoeI ts ~
the occupation that independence Is to be Obtained
Great fortunes not just at present wing arOuha
loose in this country many OF them nave oGe se
in all the last 20 years-rom nothing TON the g , TT
ritOry comprising the City OF New 0tK as az enc
golden country OF the Paclhc SLOPE bui suIs
dence is far more attanabe here than there si there
Waes are higher here than there more especially for
skilled workmen but expenses also higher ana temp
without any definite notions OF now the thlng Is 70 Do
done without the idea that hard work ana strong
scfienal are indispensable requisites TO beginners VIII
find quite as great scope for their talents ana eXertioh
they until they have spare cash TO BUY Wlth can
make themselves surely independent here than any
soil Those who choose to do without many OF the com,
forts and convenences that they have been accustomed
10 at the East for very few years and keep out OF deD
as much possible, will soon be ape 70 heeome nue
ag2 they ga 5 M cd 5na' to them is fS
reasonable rate they are able 10 puy them
safely. ,,.,.. .,,,.,...o % ,,,o ,,rr,or
here as well as elsewhere Poverty Is one OF the most
expensive articles know OF either here OF at ne last
bur those who manage get along In despite OF IT, have
learned the great lesson 10 do without what they cannot
safely buy the first great step to independence
MIA and that is tho n ht against long credits The
chant here gives credit to his customers and gives long
credit too often for six months Now he has TO give
high Of interest for money, and must meet some
losses his profits must OF course De large what would be
thought exhorbant at the East The most industrious
nre those To whom the merchant Is most anxious
to sell and il Is difficult the temptation to take
what Won want and even what YOU don't want when
offered at long credit But he who works haru 20 Keep
The man who determines to achieve an Independence
here can do IL. Skill In agricultural affairs Is really
wanted The dairy, the poultryyard, the culture OF
grain Of fruit indeed OF all farm products and more es
pecay the breeding OF horses and cattle may be SAID TO
omen very great inducements 10 those that understand
them or course there some men skilled In each OF
these branches and OF course they make money! but the
most are content make living without extra care OF
herds crops, daires and 1t evident that IN such
state OF things the intelligent farmer who has only
such opposition in the market must make more than at
where and Intelligence Is the rule that gov
market prices, ana the WellenOughas-WealWays
were the exception.
though there not 1.-THE OF the fortunes made that
most people suppose, yet money was most abundant.
Every could get considerable sum In snort time,
and almost every did spend that considerable sum
In much shorter time All meant 10 the next pile
obtained, but each succeeding pile was more difficult TO
obtain ana more easy TO spend, until now there are
thousands Of those men who won't work hard many
months for small wages, because they had such
prices for their labor and viii Just earn enough TO
live ON, selling the claims that might yet make them in
dependent TO the more industrious corners, and
pushing of TO thy their luck laziness somewhere else
II would be well II there n trustworthy office in
New,York where men could get information as 10 the
localities Tor the different Kinds OF farming and labor TO
he made available TO the emgrant that the stay in San
Francisco might he made BRIEF possible; but the
difficulty in the way OF such an Office Is that there are
none here yet who know what the various capabilities
Of the country The fruit market OF San Francisco
OF the wonders OF the world In country where
frultgrowng is scarcely IS years old, there variety
and excellence that other country surpass. But
this Is due, not TO the SOIL but TO blind planting None
OF those perseyerg efforts have been made to introduce
new California varieties by patient skill and labor and
yet there is no country where that labor and
skill would meet so early reward. The vine
is grown where abundance is sure TO crown the
vineyards but the localities where the more delicate
and highpced wines that will at some future day add
greatly to the riches Of the State, have yet been
found though most assuredly they will be- for many
climates the various Soils the different exposures all
within few miles OF each other, offer choice Of loca-
tons unexampled In the old world or on the Atlantic
slope OF America There is many another branch OF bus
mess that wants OF industry economy and enter
prsei but TO me II that want the tilers
OF the soil to open the country for other enterprises that
VIII add to their own wealth. well TO that OF those
who embark IN them There unpleasant things 10 be
encountered in this In all countries but there IL
no country that offers to the determined more certain
and early independence.