Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-14
CALIFORNIA EXTltAyA.
CANOE.
How sudden Riches Induce
Prodigaiity.

San Francisco Alta, Oct n.
OF all peoples the mos, cstIayaFant
arc the Ualifotnians, They not only
spend moru absolutely because they
earn moro, hut they spend more rela'
lively. The great motive ot economy,
.ioar III the future II much weaker hore
than elsewhere. A larpo part OF the
population are solitary men, who think
iha, no na,lcr what prcuniary ioss may
oyortako them they can always earn
living and soon accumulate q littlo monay
again, Poverty IN not accompanied 10y
the same priyalions or the saiue social
discredit here IN IN older commu'
nittcs The Californian who has con
Quoted himself as u gentleman knows that
many OF. his old acquaintance, even II
they wrro not his friends when he MAS
prosperous, viii give him aid IN his
need. 1, Is not IN them To- turn their
hacks; sentiment aud custom require
,hcm ~ bc generous. Tho frequency
al tho great and sudden, changes from
poverty ~ wealth aud from wealth 'o
po,pfty, breeds u feeling II obligation 10
Quo another. Many unfartunatas do
not Rrt the benefit al this mutual help
iullnrns, but others do, aud II influences
tho grnctal mode 1T life,
Tho tendency oi the business ri Calf
inrnie toward speculation has the ollrc,
al stimulating people To Immediate on
ioyment before the completion ct the
telegraph across tho continent nerchan.
lising was iull oi large risks aud sudden
turns. 4 lew weeks might sro change
from starrity a. glut, or from u lut
Ia a SCARCITY, There was no regularity
in prices or supplies, After the open
Ing al the Coinlistock Lode. the shares
were chrnwn into the san Francisco
market, and hy their remarkable i'uctua.
ttous, hp,nmC It's most remarkable feature.
The rapid rise IN city lots aud agriCul'
tual lands, under the Influence vi great
additions 10 the population, added Ia
the londnrzS lor hnld pccuniary ven
lures Never did any country niicr
hatis Eu numerous az ~ seductive Ia the
gambling appetite, which II strong IN
human nature, aud usually breaks out
strongly wherever Il had chance \
government TINT dors not prohibit lot
trrics and gambling games even those
conducted huncStly, ~ many have been
on the principle III giving only ATTY or
Hcyrniy.tiyp cents IN return tor ~ u
Justly considered mn ncromplicu ~
The impoNcrishmrnt ol the people.
The spirit oi ~ has died out. Many
ol those who were here IN the Hush nra
at the early placer uinins have not
freed themselves from ijs ini'nonco,
Our local experience has proved that
nothing duua ao ruin men generally ~
sudden change Ia high wages. Their,
never WIS a more cStraN agant, wastclul
and dissipatcd set ol men than the old
paccrmincrs They who had been Sobei
and industrious, and had saved money
when they earned Sl'I month, before
coming lu California, became idl'
aud drunken, aud saved nothing when
they earned 500. They spent ~ last ~
they made their money This Nns not
the universal rule, bat the custom War
murr common than clsrW herr, Poverty
~ the mother al economy. The larrri
soil III Scotland aud New England, and
the p!liml little larms al France arr tn,
hrN breeding places for Thrift, Yelling
ton aaid that u French army could sub
aist Ia comfort and u Spanish army ir
luxury, with supplies on which ~ Eng
lish army would StarNr,
The evidences II Californian CNtrRNa
panCC Rrr a. hr Errn nn every side, ih'
dwellings, furniture tables. aud drua'
/ III the people Indicate very liberal H
pcndilurr. SAN Francisco has the rpu
I mltun al buying the most costly Wines
cigars aud SILKS \ saying not iractS
ing h. lc dignihrd ~ prNcrh, drrlar'
that New Work dresses better thar
/ Paris, aud san Francisco better than
| New York" The magnificent hotels
aud the palaces of u du1ru millionarcH
arr unsurpassed, II rqualcd 10y anything
! shuit ul royalty III the luxury %
/ their appointments, There Is larry,
/ dcmnud ior the hest that can he hal
| California consumes 10000 dozen q
genuine sparkling vine annually, an,
| the Atlantic slope, with iilty times NJ
many people, does not consume scNcr
| tunes IN much champagne, taliiorniI
uses sixty pounds at sugar 10 the pcrHol
| in u wear, the Atlantic SLOPE twenty i've
/ urral Britain luriy, France and Holland
each twenty, aud Italy seven. Coffee h
sold IT, thc cNlrul al one pnun,
zach lrr the inhabitants Ia ,rra
/ britain aud Italy, three In fmnrr
seven Ia Holland, ten IN this state
and seven IN the other StntCs, ~ tea
the average Californian drinks NJ,
pounds IN II twclycmonth. the otho
I American two, the Rritun four, III,
frcnchman aud Italian less than
quarter 81 u pound, The figures iur ia,
consumption of many other articles q
comfort aud luxury are incomplete,
largr proportion of orr imports coming
through New York and paying dat
there. and being forwarded jO taliinrni,
under circumstances that lcav,
no opportunity lo asccr
tain their value or amount
Though Il consume. largely oi lorcigI
goods imported NJ Ncw York, with one
iihicth ~ the population, Il pays one
thiriicth 81 the customs NJ ran Fran
CISCO, and the average consumption q
lnrrign products h VI least twice ~ grca
/ here ~ un the Atlantic slope. The CA
tr,NapRnrc II which We have spoken h
not confined IN n few; Il II characteristic
ul the community generally, aud u i
worse, relatively. among the poor thar
the rich. Many III the wealthy inmilici
owe their wealth To- simplicity III lil'
moro than H. largr gains