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

SOUTH OF San rkANcIsco
the climate 10 generally too dry TO in
sure crops, except in few favored To-
calities on or near the coast, which get
the benefit OF copious sea fogs. The
land must be irrigated at great expense,
but when well watsred must say the
yield 10 enormous and the variety OF
production practically unlimited. In
the northern part OF the state farming
IL more OF certainty, and there is
scarcely ever complete failure OF crops
The climate OF California can hardly
be exaggerated. 1t is almost perfect.
You will probably have noticed the al
most entire absence Of
THE cHIsEsE QUESTION
in looking over your California sx-
chang. We are little sore on that
point here, and don't like to refer TO IL,
except when absolutely necessary. II.
would not do. A vigorous ventilation
Of the Chinese question might scare of
our easterly visitors, and discourage
emigration. 1t wonld bo poor policy
to tell prospective emigrsnts that,
while thousands OF honest white msus
are idle and almost starving in this
glorious ''sunset land" one hundred
Thousand chinamen find no difficulty In
getting work. II would never do 10
acknowledge that Cinnamon are prefer
red by Cslifornians. o mol Or TO say
that they hare monopolized almost
every industry; and that to complete
successfully with thom. the Immigrant
must be prepared 10 work for dollar
n day, and board himself. That is tho
average wages OF Cinnamon, and they
save -fourhs OF il. The common
reply TO all renonstrances with an eai-
ployer is, Wal.
III GET A cHISAMAs
IL ron don't like it," And they do.
The Chinaman is the rod Of terror held
over the head of the disaffected en-
ploye. and either submission or dis
charge results Especially do China.
men monopolize all branches OF light
work which provide employment for SO
many thousands OF women and boys 10
the east; one consequences OF which is
that we have mors social evils" OF the
ssx, aud hoodlums OF the other, than
any city OF the same size in the United
States.
Percaps j may appear too hard on
California, and these remarks lose their
weight through q suspicion oi passion
or spleen on the part OF the writer. i
may even be considered a sors-head On
this point. Well. be il 30; I have no
axe to grind. nor have any interest in
preiudicing any one against California.
] am settled here; am doing reasona-
bly, we'll. and intend TO stay here. But
when / see this misery and destitution
constantly aggravated by the arrival of
poor, unfortunate, and misguided i'm
migrants: when note the hopeIess dis
appointment and despair depicted on
t6eir honest faces; when I compare
their confident anticipstions with the
actual reality that awaits them, ! think
IL but right nay
IT'S A DUTY,
to set the truth, however feebly, before
the intelligent eastern public, and let
them draw their own conclusions. II
any OF your readers who contemplate
emigration have friends here, let them
ask those friends to tell than the whole
truth. Before they venture on such n
lonf and it max bos5tssrtnur iniorma-
ton on both sides Of the question.
But let all assured that the foregoing
account, gloomy and discouraging
though it be, is n faithful representa-
tion OF California ns a field FOR labor
to-day.
Those who have some means when
they get here, say
THOUSAND DsLLARs OR so IN GOLD,
can be assured, il entsrprising and in
dustrious, OF a comfortable competence
in one Of the healthjsst and most de-
lightful countries in the world. Capt.
tai is needed here to develop the coun-
try. True, the bulk OF the agricultural
land is held by few land-grabbers at
exorbitant figures, aud in large tracts.
But there is plenty OF land 20 be had at
from sl0 per acre upward, and there is
little likelihood OF It's ever depreciating.
Business opportunities constantly offer,
and, with average capacity and exer-
tion, can be made 10 pay handsomely.
Manufactures can be carried on at q
small expense by the employment OF
Chinese labor. Business is fair, and
trade with foreign countries on the in
crease. To sum up, this is
RICH nAS's COUNTRY,
and to men OF means / would say, II
you are dissatisfied with your sur
roundings, come along. But TO the
average immigrant. looking for days
work, or seeking 10 invest one or two
hundred dollars, California is "a mock
cry. q delusion, and snare" 800
west. IL you viii. but doh't 60 too far
west RIcocHET.