Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-16
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Whenever good thing Is put in
the hands of the public there has
to be q struggle to secure its ac-
ceptance. This arises in the main
from what may be called inveterate
prejudice. Many are now so ac-
customed to coffee with chicory
that pure Java or Mocha cannot be
forced upon them. There Is, be-
sides, always q strong interest in
upholdIng the consumption of the
spurious article. In the matter of
wines our experience has been quite
full. For many years people at the
East have objected to the pure
brands from California, because
they have not the same flavor as
the doctored articles to which they
have been accustomed. But they
are buying our wines largely now.
The shipments prove that fact.
Probably many are quaffing them
with great gusto because of the
foreign labels with which they are
sometimes ornamented.
Another and more remarkable IL
lustration of the tenacity of old
tastes and habits is furnished by
the reception which has been ac-
corded to California honey in Eng.
land. John Bull, the world knows,
is the most unreasoning stickier
for old things. For large num-
Der of queer customs he can allege
no higher reason than that things
were always managed in that way.
As general rule he finds fault
with everything that is new or out
of the ordinary run. He stoutly
objected to California wheat when
it was first offered to him. 1t was
. too hard and too white, you know,
and all that sort of thing. But
now he cannot get enough of it.
He prefers it to all other wheat,
for 1t mixes better with his own
pulpy grain. 1t was the same way
with California hops-tOo strong,
yeu know, for British beer. But
this objection was abardoned when
1t was suggested that it could be
got over by putting less of them In
the beverage.
Our honey is now going through
the same ordeal. There are 20(
tons of it in Liverpool at the pres.
ent time, but we are informed there
are no takers. This is probably
more honey than was ever before
held at any one time in the British
Isles. It's enormous bulk has cast
suspicion upon it. Its superiority
and crystal whiteness are against
1t. III this case there is probably
some ground for the backwardness
that is manifested. The first cargo
sent out was badly handled. The
agent in New York to whom il
was consigned used u preparation tt
prevent q too rapid capitalization
The cargo was seized by the Eng
lish Custom house authorities ant
was condemned as an adulteration
against which English laws are
very stringent. But when expla
nations were made the honey was
released on the payment of small
fine. The cargo which Is now in
the market Is in the comb. 1t il
accompanied by affidavits of the
honey raisers of its absolute purity
and genuineness.
There is but little doubt thai
when John Bull gets over the frs
shock which new article always
klvCo hO Will 6O Iot I'LL
honey as he is now going for ou
wheat and barley and hops anC
other articles. If the Queen in tht
imme iIate future should appear a
any time in the gafaen "eatiDl
e-ead and honey" we may be Ger
tain that it will be the Californi'
variety that will he tickling he
palate. There never was such pur'
and unadulterated honey offered tt
the English as that which is now
being raised in this State. Adul
teration would be more expensive
than the genuine thing with us
We can produce it, too, in bull
that at first sight must be regarded
as somewhat staggering. We Cal
load respectable fleet with it, j
we find q remunerative market.