Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-08-13
u.,vsrs., Interest.

UnlvsrsAl Interest.
No man who has kept himself
eonvefsant with the commercial
developments Of the world at large
hAs been ignorant of the fact that,
over since the financial troubles in
Visnna which preceded our own
panic Of 1878, business has been
greatly depressed everywhere. CAL
ifornIa was years catching the epi-
demic. but it got here at last; and,
IN time, 1t reached Los Angeles.
Immersed in our own troubles and
deferred hopes wa have committed
the mistake of supposlng that our
ease was an exceptional ono, and
that languor in business and dsvel.
opment was an incident peculiar to
ourselves. The fact is, however,
that Los Angeles has borne the
pressure OF hard times-and old
Hard Times for this coast is now in
his dying throes-bettcr than any
other to Sn In California, not even
excepting the wealthy, expansive
and expanding metropolis itself.
During our recent visit to San
Francisco we encountered Mr.. w.
81. Martin, of the California Immi-
grant Union and visited the head
qnartsrs of the association by re-
quest. Mr.. Martin took down two
patent self-indexipg files and began
to turn over his correspondence
from the East. The mass probably
ombraced six or seven hundred let
ters. To our extreme surprise fully
two-thirds OF them were letters of
Inquiry as to the various points in
Southern California, and fully one.
half related particularly to Los An
gales city and coanty. 1t was q
new light to us. Il demonstrated
the fact of the existence Of wide-
spread, inte. .ligent and practical in
forest by Eastern peopls in this
section, which will take effect on
the frat return of the good times
whose advent has been 40 often
hsralded aud which now seem to
be 81 hand.
We confess that w9 were glad to
learn that the interest Of the outside
world In lbs Angeles Is still
undated. The fact is a signifi-
can't com mentafy upon our lack of
iaterest In ourselves. During our
say In San Fraucisco two steamers
left for Oregon in one day, one Of
them taking over eight hundred
passengers. Ths cheap fares to
Oregon explain some of the heavy
Immigration to that State. The
cheap lands to be had there are
another inducement. But, waiv-
Ing both these reasons, the prime
cause for the rapid settlement of
Oregon is the interest the peo-
pie OF that State take in attracting
imnlgration. They issue circu-
lars by the million. They have
agents at Omaha and Ogden. A
man who has not made up his
mind where he intends to locate
on arriving Oh the Pacific Coast
f1nis himself With II ticket to Ore
gon in his pocket almost before he
knows what ho is about. We con.
f,ss TO an uuboundsd adm iration
osthe enterprise of the people CT
the We5foot State. We should
emulate them If we desire the pop.
ulation, new blool, industry and
capital nee led 10 develop the most
p.omisin5 sec'ioa OF the Pacific
Coast.
There is 10 resisting the force of
such eyidsuca as that shown US by
Mr.. Martin. OF course, low taros
to Los Angeles are consum ma
tion devoltly to bs wished; but
there Ia an immense elemsn. from
which the population Of this coun-
ty can be recruited If we will only
pat forward the proper efforts.
Times are improving In both the
East and Californis. There are
abundant signs that we shall have
In this State, beginning with the
later Fall, a revival of the pros
perity of 1874 and 1875. The Com
stock lode IL about to show itself
endowed with new life and enor-
m ,us capabilities of treasure pro-
duction, or ali the most reliable
miaing opinion is at fault. We
should take measures to sea that
Los Angeles shall share, in the
largest practicable measure, in this
reviving prosperity, and We should
$50 to 1t that tho Eastern settlers
wlo long for homo in semi
tropical land have that encourage
msnt from, and those sources of
Information about Los Angeles
city and county, which are ex-
tsnded to them go lavishly by
other communities which invite
Immigration.