The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-07-15

ET0nk A. 11fIeyS VtsWS on Ms RIse. Pr0JresS ana
TAxasesed Decay Of SaA Fraaeisco-TAe Bsal
and khe -Greesboeks to b Ssosiisxesd 70,
Ct1a-CAisese Immigration to b. Prevented - 7A<
CAiaess QSsstioa Fully Disessssd- -Iatevesfiag ~
taiIs-Whtts Labor TO Be Eneoarogsd- Character
tstic Letter.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
EDrroRs CHRONICLE: ask you to publish this com.
muntcaton hecause believe It will thus reach intei
gent and thinking in all casees Of society. and
will, hope, do something toward formip:: public
opinion and help to frame issues which. trust WILL
become questions in the politics of this State Tha,
WE ARE PASSING rRnOUoH DARK DAYS
All Intelligent pesous will admit; that there 10 great
dependency In business circlee think s recognize
OF the fact VI dul hard times there 10 NO dspue fol
the re.dy to the existing state Of things there must
of necessity bs great diAersnoe Of opinion.
state - facts the following propositions: There
10 NO State in the American Union whose SOIL climate
location, character and variety of resources presept
greater Inducements for residence than California.
No other State whose opening career hsd ~ marve-
lOas beginning, and to whose shores more enter.
pais'ng people hastened. There are very few Of the
States Ut the Union whose condition to-day 10 70 help
less aud uncertain. . ,.es ....a
THE REPRESENTATIONS or TIE PAST.
have read for twenty years In our daily journals,
and for twenty years have heard our orators
the brilliant prospects OF coming fusure-that good
time coming when the railroad should climb over
lnonntains and rpan oyer vallcys"-.whsu the cum
mercs Of the Orient should pour itself into our lap.
when ''our guild and wine and wool should enrich ~"
.-when our 'graiu should feed the wo,ld"-.iand Of
the orange. the poegrsnate the olive aud the vinc
--'"ok and romance and poetry, with which We have
tcI'etl each other And yet IL true ours II wo,-
deful stste---a beautiful spot Of Gods es,,h-.aud
should be the place to enjoy lifs and make money.
Now look sbrUad over the State. .!u
MINES ExaAUsrED.
Or 20 nearly that the cost of mining a. whole ex
cecds the profit our farming interest despond,nt and
Improbable; manufactures few. weak and uncertain;
tr':de OveidOne and uDrrmunerative: San Francisco
overgo~n aud languishng: our mining towns de-crt-
cd, dull and actually sbandoned ditch aud dume prop.
ety costing millions. almost valueless trans CON.
t'nentaI '"hoad bleeding rs aud carrying our p'ole
away rather than bringing us population; our subsi-
dz Chins linc sapping the foundations Of labor and
giving the balance Of t'ade profits n:ainst us--snd
finally. after having been visited by hundreds of tk0us
a"d' of industrious white people during tn. last
twenty years. tA<ve are isspernan<nt cAse rtside1ss
THE B0TrUx u FALLING OUT
O our State and there IL usc for 10 to whistle up
the courage of our nciyhbors There 10 not real
estate holder In San Francisco who would not sell his
property to-day for twenty per cent. less than he
thought is value last gear. The thirty million dol
lars represented BY our savings banks would. from
their securities II forced to SELL not realize twenty
millions. IL 10 my opinion II hsd not been for the
national bankrupt law our whole commercial cla.-
would be IN chaos. 1t may be "@. ."
PROFITABLE TO CONSIDER cAUsEs
II We cannot suggest remedies. shall attempt both
me nrst cause Of our ruin 10 universal disposition
10 n'onopolixe. Nearly all of our beet iands-thoee
wooded and watercd valIeys-are gleat bodies owned
BY the few; for example, Miller and Lux own four
hundred thousand scres: Gen Beale two hundred and
fty thousand, Aoister, Flint and Bixley, A. St.arns,
Murphy. Juan Foster, Dominyucr, Chico, Temple,
Reese, Bdwell. Brsnnau, Fiedlandcr and Others own
from twenty thousand t. one hundred Thousand
Of the best iandr, and they will MT sell.
nONEs IN wEsTERS NEW YORK-A CONTRAST.
Suppose, ~ In Wertcrn New York, each hundred
hsd s family home, barn. orchard aud vineyard
its domestic animals, tools, implements, carriagcs
furniture, its fenc.s. shrubbcry and ornamental tres
oar State would become paradise of refined aud clc
gaut people. Schools and churches would adorn the
Angeles county might b. gaidca spot: It 10 almost
dcsolation; dry, unsigLtiy aud uu0ccupicd. On the
ranch Of Juan Foster you ride q mics and see but one
house. '"+.
TnE REMEDY .
For this state Of things IL simple one. Tax unpro
ductive and unimprOved lands till landed property
Lux and Miller for nad through every part OF their
domsu tax Juan Foster for stone bridges aud school
houses on every mile of his estate; tax every unm-
proved acre Ut John Bdwels land for the full prics
that farmer would be willing to pay for It and remit
taxes on improved lands ~ q reward tO industry.
x0xoroLIEs EVERYWHERE.
Not only IL land n,onopolixcd but everything else
Water In cities and water coures In the country coa
gas. railroads. the navigation Of our inland waters,
stcsnsss on our coast, monopoly TO Panansa and the
East for twenty years By steame telcsraphA forcyn
and domestic news, express companies, ssocke mipss
mills. corners, close coroporatiOus, trade leagues L.
bur leagues strikes aud combinseioss OF every kind
and chaiacter-a grand and am6st universal system
of conspiracy to rob.
RATES OF IxTRnEsr KEPT Or.
The money Of the state b m0pop0lixed and IN the
hands OF the few. IT, Ut course to their interest to
keep mp rates Ut interest The savings bsnks by ~.
gregating the small savings. work In coopation with
the wealthy bankers and pswnbsokcss and money
which should b held 1t seven per ceaG per snnu,h
interest is only unlocked ~ twelve per upon un-
doubted real cstate securty' eighteen per ceu upoa
commercial paper. and not atisinable ut al for an
bonsst manufacturing experiment. o. to fencc and till
farm In the country. ... a. ,u
ruE CURRENCY.
TO enable the gold monopolist to continue his q.
tolti0n the laws ars made and public opinion manu.
fsctured to exclude the six hundred thousand iloos
os pavoe ssey h In The United Seaees from cir
cslatiSa IN this Stsee; wal, now twelve per cent
high. has been built up around cur State to keep
money out of It. TIC existsncs and cuasinuance Of
thds luascaal policy . nadssss aad rain. eenplAity
and bisdssss bsgas tAis coaditiea oe sAines sssf.
intsssst and knavssy cestissss Il. Ths baskep and
pawubsUken Win howl aboat any change. Dswypapsss
cry ont 1t taking srsenbackA inpestrs givs In esr-
ssney and take h coin, tradess ard neseAaaes Win
tssmbls q ths pssssssd eanxs ssa evss ths nechsn
X and hbosin& man, Who . eaass. ~ moro jntsl
gent tAaa my Other: win rioe reduction q w1e
to ssapid md ienont not - know that their ints
ese lies in the drectioa & chsap noaey-fos cAsap
nossy gives high prices . lnbos bv interest," gissa
bigh wagsA -, -.
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