Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-15
SAN FRANCISCO.

The CITY by the sea has its marked
peculiarities; more marked, perhaps,
than those of any other place on the
face of the globe. The people, too, are
a strange, inconsistent set. Public
opinion is likewise badly moulded and
directed. The city, by reason OF its
superior advantages as to location, Is
the natural drag-net of the entire scope
of territory west of the Rocky mount
aims. The mines, manufactures and
products of the soil all must pay tribute
to this toll.gatherer. The prosperity
and we'll being of the interior is San
Francisco's gain. Our bullion, grain,
lumber and a thousand other com mod
tiles go to enrich her middle men.
Strictly a non-producer. inthe broadcast
and most comprehensive application
OF the term, she has grown great and
rich from her barter with the
interior. When the interior Ian
cuisines, SO does San Francisco. When
the mountains and valleys of the coast
are prosperous, in like does
the BAY City flourish. Is it not strange
then, that a people so situated, Will be
so blinded to their own interests as to
range themselves with reference TO q
line of policy in direct and damaging
antagonism to the demands of that vast
area of territory from which is drawn
their support? But strange orno such
is the case. Everybody must admit
that a competing transcontlnental rail-
wav would benefit the whole coast.
San Francisco thereby would get
cheaper goods from the East, and
could thus be enabled to supply her
interior customers more cheaply.
Dealer and consumer would alike be
benefited. There can be nothing prob
lematical about the wisdom of this
policy. And yet we find, not only the
press, but every man, woman and
child in San Francisco against the Tom
Scott railroad. Why, no one can eN-
plain, unless it be pure and unadulter-
ated cussedness towards the people
who feed them. But the most striking
manifestation of the short-sightedness
of their u~nvarying policy is to be found
in their p%roneness to discount the great
mineral wealth of Nevada. The agri-
cultural products OF the coast are a
mere incident and drop in the bucket.
Let the crops fail continuously for
five wears, and San Francisco would
not feel it as seriously as she
would the effect of one dull
season in the mines. 1t is bull
ion that gives value to San francisco
real estate. 1t is bullion that has erect
ed nineteen-twentieths of the promi-
nent edifices of the city. 1t is bullion
that runs the foundries, refineries,
acid manufactures, banks, wholesale
men and hotels. Nevada to-day gives
employment directly and indirectly to
thirty thousand people in San Fran
cisco. Cut off the demands Of our
mines, and the metropolis would go
into indiscrimiuate bankruptcy in
ninety days. And here we come to
the pith of the business. The stock
boards in an eminent degree refectthe
status of the mines. II the mines
are productive and generally prosper
GUS, the stock market shows it and all
other branches of business flourish in
direct ratio. Low stocks means stag
nation and ruin. High stocks means
lively times. The experience Of IF
teen years proves this to a certainty.
And yet there are men and newspa-
pers at the Bay who take special de
light in Understanding the impor-
lance of mining on this coast. There
are shallow-pated nincOmpoops, too, in
our own State who do the same thing.
That all such people, whether located
in the sagebrush or by the sea, on the
mountains or in the valleys, are ene-
mics to the material progress and pros
perity of the entire coast does not, and
can not, admit of a doubt. The San
Francisco Chronicle has our permits
sion to consider these reflections per-
sonal, if it wants TO.