Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-04
A SPECIMEN BRICK.
Tho Way We Are Misrsprssert,d - OIs
Brown on the Situation.

There are few regions In the
Uuited States which have received
more pleasant and unpleasant com.
ment than Los Angeles. Many pc .
sous come here, are delighted with
the place and setlle down for life,
glad that they have been able to
cast their lines In such a pleasant
spot. On the other hand, many
persons without means, energy or
self.relance come here, fail aud
leave cirsiug the place Instead OF
their own lack of tact and jddg-
ment.
General Button yesterday re.
ceived from his niece, the wife OF
Mr.. Allgre 5. Hale, Of the edito-
rial staff Of the Public. the leading
financial and commercial paper of
New York city, the following
choice epislle which was written by
one H. b. Brown to the New York
Tribune. Browns letter Is dated
at 10, Angeles, April 10Th, aud Is
AS follows: =,
AS many of your readers would
like to know some facts from thl,
country bef1re they break up and
leave their homes, where they AT
making living, TO come here, II
you will give mo u place III YOU
columns will give them. Tner-
are many good reasons why they
shuu d not come here, aud one rea
sou l., that the lands are owned
mostly in large bodies hy non resi-
dent capit alists, who obtaiued them
many years ago from the native
hy purchasing grants. then onnsi
cred almost worthless, aud who
manage to avoid the high taxation
impnsrd upon men Of sm I'll meals,
AMI are enabled t. hold tht Sc lands
from the market at prices that can
iu.lify sales to farmers.
Lands that can he had at from
$50 and $50 To $lU0 per acre, OH :
third oa-h, bala"ce IN one and two
Year, time, at per cent. Interest
ON deferred payments, are so nigh
tl,nt none can make anything On
them; and man that makes such
puicllase, to pay the interest. finds,
when the fist payment falls due,
that the dry year aud interest has
eaten him out If house and home,
aud left his wife and helpless emil
dren t. depend upon his daily
labor for their support, when there
but little show In this cnuu'ry for
"A man TO get work Of any k,nd
And II you have not got plenty Of
money tn live on when you get
here, without having to make It
here, dnn'G come; don't We up
your little homes, where you are
making a support for your family,
10 cnlne here IN this fine 81 10 st-
for them to siarve. There Is IN IRE
suffering ia L's Angel = county u.
day than IN your whu.e farming
| State
There is great dissa i,f ,ction here,
and many are leaving aud going tn
where they CT" slppnrt their lam.
lies, and hundreds would leave II
they cuuii. The inmi.raiiUn IA
this county has entirely subs'de'ii
they have fund that the drought
Iof last year aud the high price o.
lands will not justify them to come
here, and ,stiy 80, too.
Aud all newspapers favorable tc
the welfare of their people vii
pirnse copy this, that thuse oomiap
mere may know what ~ IN store f0I
then, before they sell ont and o,mt
here. Tnerr are many other ress
on why they should not come here
some II winch I will give you II
my next. came here from nea
d. xom, III, bought forty acres o,
the one lhird.cssl principle, an,
lost all, and know of what speak
| Plenty Of this man Browns strip
have come TO LIS Angeles witiou
means or energy and eventuated ~
he has. We have always held, an'
proclaim it now, that Los A. g-le
county Is not u poor man's coun
try. The settlers needed here ar,
those with means u Improve thei
farms; and. If they buy them viii
judgment there Is no place on tn
American continent where u profit
able return on u farming invest
ment Is more certain than here
rne farmer who can raise from trl
O IT. cen tons year Of alfalfa
rich clover--on u .iugle acre of iirl
gated ground, is simply hopeles
case II he don't make large money
1t 10 true, as Brown says, thn
/ many of our farming lands are hel
, vt too high q rate, but u udiciou