The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1876-03-07

THE CANDID CONFESSIONS
OF A CONFINED CALL
FORNIAN. 2
And 1kelr work shines in the
'Erisro Newspapsrs--Hung
Crowds OF Victims OF
Delusion.

And 1kclT Werk shines Am the
| 'Eriseo Newspapsrs-Hung
| Crowds OF Victims OF
Delusion.
From the Chicago Times Jan. -
SAN FRANcIsoo, Jan. lI.-California
con boast OF the biggest trees. the big
gest pumpkins. the richest mines, and
tho biggest frauds in the world; aud
now We can claim the biggest immigra-
tion that ever came to any state out
side OF Now York. They pour in at
the rate Of 10000 month. and they
pour out as yast ns they can. This city
IN literally packed with disappointed
and disgusted immigrants. They are
easily recognized around employment
offices by their hungry looks and pitia-
bly, hopeless expression. Tho benevo-
lent and relief societies know them--
aud stand appalled, at the task OF re-
lieving their sufferings. They are 10
be iound In dozens, walking the streets
at night, or sitting up in the offices OF
such hotels and lodging houses as will
permit them. They are huddled to-
gether in droyes at the police station,
where they ore glad 10 got leave 10
stretch thor weary limbs for the night.
They tramp terough the country in the
vain search for work, and infest (that
is the word used by tho papers) conn
try towns and village as they do San
Francisco. They are
FRESpLRss, HoMELEn, AND rgYYrLrss.
They must starve or be supported by
charity, as there 10 positively no work
for them now, and il is q question il
thero will be Tor months. Such is the
wretched condition OF thousands of
honest. well-meaning men who have
been enticsd from home and friends by
tho representations OF a lying Califor.
MIA press, and the most Tecktessly
fraudulent system of advertising ever
devised by man or permitted in a re-
spectacle community. The assurance
81 theso publications is well nigh in
credible. How do these statements Of
the press comparef
We know of no state ia the union.
and of no territory in the world, whero
there Is n better prospect for remuncra-
tive employment.--tSsn Francisco
Chronicle.
myself have, for the past two weeks
been from door to door asking, yes
begging, for work; and have not
slept in bed for Ave nights, and have
not tasted food since day before yester-
day. Letter TO same paper.
A gentleman prominently connected
with the Immigrant Aid Society says
there 10 no distress among the newly
arrived. II Chronicle.
The officers OF the San Francisco
Benevolent society report that there is
more destitution in this city than has
existed az any former period. .-fCali.
We have room and labor for millions.
Alta.
Numbers Of men without any means
Of support are constantly applying to
Marshal Perry for food aud lodging.
San Bsnito Advance.
Practical farmers are always in de-
mand in the interior. Il Resources Of
California.
AZ HYse7ySs destitute in the cities, and
hopeless OF employment. Judg.
ing from the accounts Of the interior
papers, the tramp has suddenly de-
scended upon the state as numerous as
the host OF Pharaoh. .-[Ssn francisco
Bulletin.
Slouchy, filthy, and hungry, they
prowl the streets and dark alleys, as IL
in search OF garbage - Modssto News.
But COULD PILL A VOLUME
with such extracts. And yet tho same
| cordial invitation is extended to all to
come to this Eldorado Qt is something
| new in the way of an Eldorado), this
| happy land where want and misery are
| unknown. The same higuly perfumed
| literature is being scattered broadcast
| through the east, regardless OF expense
and OF consequences.
The hitherto contented farmer tires
OF his cheerless winter life on the old
homestead when he reads such glowing
descriptions. A lecture on "Oalifor-
MIA, the Ideal Italy OF the World, ["
"The New Italy, Utopia, or some
sueh high-sounding subject, is perhaps
delivered in his neighborhood by some
irresponsible young blowhard. who.
perhaps, has done nseful days work
in mis- life. and is well paid for his in
sane prattle. The farmers discomfort
is intensified by these bold and conf
dent, statements, and his wavering
mind made up. He pulls stakes and
sets out for the new land OF promise.
His means are probably exhausted, or
nearly so, by the transportation OF
himself and family, but, buoyed up by
the recollection OF the encouraging in.
yitation he has received, he looks hope
lessly around for work, refusing to ac-
knowledge that he is ths dupe
| CALIFORNIA sHARPERs,
till he becames entirely destituts and
joins the dishonored ranks OF his com.
rades ia misfortune. His wife and
children will probable be referred "a
after this fashion. as may be seen every
day in the San francisco papers:
A widow, with three small children
s in n starving condition in the tene
ment No. 469 Clementina street
Tue truth Is We are overwhelmed
with immigration. IL is not all tn,
fault OF California that there is so mucl
distress. Many immigrants are almost
destitute on their arrival, and indoed
the majority OF them show a deplora
ble lack Of preparation for assuming
their responsibilities in a new country
Again. as / said before, work for thu
majority is out of the question. w,
have help enough now to run every in
dustry in the state 10 double the pres
ent capacity. and would suffer no seri
Gus inconvenience in that respect wer'
immigration entirely discontinued 70
ten years. Even in the summer time
when there IL at least double the de
mand for help. have never notice,
any great scarcity of labor, except in
few isolated localities, and these wer
invariably crowded as soon MS il be
came known that there were any oppol
tunities for work. speak from exper
fence. have been four years in Cali
fornis, and have traueled pretty mucl
all over the state at ell seasons, an,
. have had fair opportunity Of seeinI
things just az they are have no hes
J. itation in saying that know more o.
this point than nine-tenths Of thos
> editors who write so exultinply OF zen
resources and Inducements. Strang
as IL may appear, IL is mono the les
true tha, those localities which advel
. tise the most libersily offer positivel
the least bona .Jiis inducements. SAINT
Barbara, for instance. is situated on
narrow bench OF comparatively lev'
land, about 20 miles long and from on
10 three wide. That, with the excel