The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-06-22

In the present case the answer must be forever in
the negative. ! ShallnOt trouble you with any eN.
cuses or apologies for my long silence for / can
not assume that my letters are of importance
enough TO you or any else to Justify me in Do
ing 50, but / shall proceed at once to give YOU a
few items Of information about Calif,. MIA.
have no desire TO innovate upon the establish
ed manner of beginning talk, and shall, there
fore, after the usual fashion, commence by haZ-
ardng few observations about the weather. IL
must be said this subject does not afford such a
variety Of topics Of yerSatOn III California as
elsewhere. The climate IL an everlasting summer.
The thermometer seldom rises above ~ or sinks
below ca degrees IN any season OF the year.
speak now Of san Francisco, and those parts Of
the State west of the Coast Range. In the san
Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, the weather is
warmer during the day; hut the nights dlirdIS
cool and pleasant. There is no raiu-nOt even a
shower from the beginning Of MAY till the end of
and the countIy-eNcept where there trees
presents am arid and almost dreary aspect But
toward the end Of October the grass begins To al-
pear, summoned into life 10y the first shower; aud
soon the fields and hll-sides are covered with u
close carpet of the richest green. Then die flowers
show themselves, and from New Year till June or
July crop after crop Of them cover >the whole
country Roses and all sorts of garden flowers keep
in bloom throughout the whole year The natural
order Of things that holds elSewherv Gems to Ice
inverted here. Peach trees blossom IN January.
Potatoes and vegetables are planted "bont christ
mas and are for use in the spring. Indeed they
may be planted at any time, and if watered in tle
dry season, yhey will come to maturity in the usu-
al period, So that there are fresh Vegetables of
every kind every day IN the year
For agricultural purposes, this State has many
advantages. and some drawbacks. The soil of
the valleys cannot bc surpassed ia fertility, and
the yield Of wheat is surprising, in Cu orabe sea-
sons. But dry season comes occasionally, and
LllztS at once the crops and the hopes OF the hus
handnan. The present is such a season. Their"
will not he a third Of an average crop. Two crops
of wheat May be had from single sowing. field
sown this year gives not only this years crop, as
usual hut if just left alone will yield sPOntane-
ouSly fair crop neNt year. This is called vol
uutper' crop. Oats grow wild pcrennially with
out any sowing. It's Wild oats N 6y every sense OF
that phrase, are a feature of the State. You can
see i'll mean the literal wild oats, not he tgurl-
tiNe-growing in hundreds of acres together. 1t
hay.
California is the finest fruit-growing country in
the world. It's pears its peaches, its plums, are
the best have ever seen; while for grapes there
il part Of the world that compare with il
by any chance. In the fruit season Won can get
four or five pounds Of the finest pears for quarter
in the stores here In the country they hardly
think Of selling fruit, f.r nobody wants to buy
but believe grapes sell for a cent pound.
The motliest population anywhere on earth Is
that of California They combine every color OF
the rainbow, They are white, black red, yellow,
and of every shade that comes Of the intermiXture
and misccgenatiOn of these CHhe word -misce-
genation IS simply barharous, both IN sound and
sense; and use Il under protestD We have IN
dianS, CreOleS, MeNicans, Negroes, Cinnamon
Americans and Europeans. What field of obser-
walton for the ethnologist; and what chance to
test DlrWin's theory Of the Development of spe'
cieS. The MeXicans, although the first settlers
are now in entire allowance They are good fOI
nothing. They drive mule teams occasionally oI
keep saloons; bnt they never heard Of in pa b.
! iie-exeept in the police reports;
The Chinese are SWarming IN here by the ship
cargo every day. Two days ago l:oO came IN
single vessel They are useful To the rich, fol
whom they work At low wages; but they are rum
Gus to the poor, whom they supplant in many de
partments of industry. They are well calculated
| TO build up a moneyed aristocracy-to make the
| rich man richer and the poor man poorer; anC
| they are doing it every day. They do washing
| make cigars, run sewing machines make shoes
| work in factories, and cook and in almost all 0
! these departments they have the labor exclusive
| ~ to themselves. As YOU pass in the cars, yoI
| can see them in hOrdeS along the track where
they work Slblgt bG and all month. liViQl
| on 81 and saving 30 They very economical
| They can live on offal and garbage, and woulC
| subsist where others would starye. In this re
| spect Califomians with their wasteful and spend
thrift habits, are the worst people in the world {
| compete with them How the labor problem vii
ultimately solve itself know not; but white mel
! are now driven out of every quarter except wher
strength and activity are indispensable, and 1t i
| all but impossible for them 10 get employment a
! present. ] am well aware that most of the argu
| inents against Chinese labor held equally agains
the use of machinery, the object of both being t
| cheaper labor; and that in "A strictly ecOnOmIca
| paint Of view such arguments are invalid. Blu
| W. must not appeal to the principles of pOlitica
! economy in favor of Cinnamon till we allow tn
same principles to operate freely IN behalf OF on
| own working classes. We protect our capitalists
| uur manufacturers, and our wealthy people gen
erally-the classes that need protection least an
We do so TO the extent that the poor man IL mad
TO pay from two to three prices for every articl
he buys Shall nothing be done in favor of $
many working men who literally have not wher
to lay their heads?
The late Mr.. Richardson who shot by Mao
| Farland as he most righteously deserved to ht
in an article entitled John and published Shuri
~ Lefura his death IN th, IHdHfic or HGTpeF'
! l00thiy, draws q fine picture Of the said Joh
and informs rs that the Chinainan has yet to lam
| who can not read and write. This may OF ma
| not be true; bnt Mr. Richardson forget to tell II
that the China IrOidGR has yet to land who is no
botn q prostitute aud "a slave. This seems to m
| To point to a standard Of morality among the Chi
| nese which renders them a not very desirable el
ement in our population, an.l which ought to mod
| crate our ardor for amending them into voter
| and citizens-that is, we wish to make our cit
Zeuship thing to he proud of. by the way
Richardson's own notions Of morality seem l.
| have been not inst Of the most exalted character
In his book entitled Beyond the Mississippi h
! describes and gives an engraving Of q dance hOus
| in lie mining regions, where the attractions ar
| bad hquOr and bad women; and he decidedly IN
| cliues to the belief that this association Is hu
nauizing and beneficial 10 the miners who resOI
| tTrra. ON the Chinese qaestiOn you may Httac
10 his opinion what importance Won please.
John is not remarkable Tor nesltness in his eos
tulns a4d PsIsoll. ms ms outer gaTiEent - = bin,
Wo9sa shirt minus the collar and Is worn o'ftsd
the article Or .llllcn' which answers to trouser,
| This latter ycstment has legs Of enorm0ns widtl
| like two wheat Sacks, and combined with III
| shirt which hangs over il, produces an anusin
| aesthetic effect. He wears WOoden-soled shoe,
/ WithGut any heels, and appears 10 walk, or Tathe
| shufile along upon his ancles. When he gets civ
| iliZed into wearing boots, he picks ont the Yer
| biggest pair he can get for what money he has an
| perceive he not unfrequentiy wears these ON TIA
| wrong feet. His eyes appear always half asleep
but by way of compensation he keeps gain
| around with his mouth, which Is always wild
awake, and which he carries good way in "a
vance of the rest Of his person.
/ Inc Cnln0lllll IS no equestrian mt all. / Sal
one attempting 20 manage q team last winter II
IN Stockton but the horses had taken it into thei
heads that II was better to stand still than TO g,
John shook and dangled the reins over them, bu
to no purpose. At last he dismOunted, got bit
string, and and ted it rGlnd the ear of one of tn
| horses. He thentoO his seat with great compl:
cency and shook the rcins again. but in vain. Tn
horses had not been taught to answer the strin,
md might ha-2 s.ood there TIL loY had net
| teamster ieaped mo the wagon and with empha
| ic word of command and sharp smack Of whip 81
! them in notion
Thoy are divided into different tribes whic
speak dialects 30 different that one tribe does nc
! understand the language of another. They hay
faction fights too. Chinaman killed another
a different tribe some time ago near Stockton
and was thereupon seized and SOundy beaten
the friends of the victim. His hands were the
bOu7d behind his back, and his pigtail was tied
| them, being first drawn down so tight that h
head was bent backward and his face held hoT
zontally looking skyEards. In this way theyweI
! marching him to the nearest tree to lynch hi
whom tho policeman took charge of him,
All the t4lk aDouF the eEuelties practieed Apo
| Cinnamon Is quite without foundation. True, II
! boys annoy them sometimes, for they are helple!
| as babies; and there is ridiculous society I,
the protection Of Cinnamon against children.
saw half dozen hOys yesterday of to 10 years
age, each armed with a rope having popse {
the end of it pursuing a Chinaman and attemp
ing to lasso him. Some one passing put them
flight. But grown people never touch the Chimes
% They work along with them travel with then
talk with them, NEE them and pass them by, wit
out even q passing wish for their eternal damn
| tiOn.
! What is my advice to those who eontempla
, those about 70 narFY=-loNT. That is, don't con
{ , mere II you can set anything - do at hGme.
those who haye money to invest this State oife
great advantages, and such persons can obta
every information by addressing their inquiri
| to the California Immigrant Union, San PFancise
Interest, With perfect security Is from Is 10 "a p
| GcIt, Savings Banks allow ~ per cont, Oh d
, pOsts. SchOOlmGsters are well paid. The pFi
1 cipal ofStoclltOn public schools has 500 mont
q | In this city they have from that all the way up
$500 month. But it is very difficult to get e.
= pIOynlent in the schools. Two things are esse
til: first rate education, and first rate intiuenc
, and either Of these is useless without the oth'
y | Farm laborers receive $50 a month, when th
Il cGn get employment al all Bat - tniS TaoIl.el
\ | IN the middle of harvest there are thousands
men running daily Though the country in vain
lenpttO find wGrk. fhes carry blanket on thu
Il back and sleep undera tree or beside hay staC
ifalowed to sleep there, with the sky for a a
tain. / hope 10 write again soon. Meanwhile
remain, yourS aS Of old.
SAN Francisco, CAL, June II, 1870
O CAPTAIN CAENAHAN, of the oce
p steamer Cambria, the anchor Line, paid
/ Twenty four hour visit a few days ago
II n ID n I l. 4.