Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-11

among her press the bitterest and most
narrow. minded opponents Of the measures
by which alone the mining interest above,
and the agricultural interest below, can be
preserved. 1t is buta few weeks ago that
San Francisco journal, supposed to repre-
sent commercial interests particularly, ex-
pressed the deliberate opinion that it would
be better to allow tire Sacramento valley
70 be destroyed than to continue TO con
tribute anything to its preservation. The
same journal alleged further that San
Francisco did not require the help of north
eri California, and that it would be of
very little consequence if the whole of
that region were expunged from the map.
Now if this is the spirit which is to ami
mate and control San Francisco. it Will
in our Judgment become both polite and
necessary to meet that city with new
adaptation Of its own doctrine. II San
Francisco can do without the Sacramento
valley, it is very certain that the Sacra-
mento valley can do without San Fran.
cisco. The people of the mining counties
are not compelled TO draw any part of their
supplies from that city, nor Will they be
justified in continuing to trade with it if
its present attitude is maintained. The
interests of Sacramento, of the mining
counties. and of the whole of northern
G,f.- " Ill
gether, and if we fall we must all fall
together. It is therefore the part of pru-
dence to draw the bonds of this common
interest as close as possible, and if COM
munity interest is to be repudiated by San
Francisco as regards the most vital needs
Of northern California, we shall be pre-
pared to advise and advocate the extension
Of that principle to all commercial rela-
tions
Sacramento is abundantly able to supply
Northern California with everything. Her
transportation facilities are in all respects
as great as those of San Francisco. She
can sell goods cheaper than the latter, be-
cause the business expenses of her mer-
chants are much lighter She can reach
the mining counties and the whole north.
err section Of the State from twelve to
twenty-four hours quicker than Sdn Fran
cisco can. she can import goods, ma
chinary, everything, from the East as
speedily as San Francisco. She offers
bzsiiess advantages il all respects as great
as those q ire Bay City TheFe IS there
fore 10 necessity Tor the mining COUNTIES
( q TIE Pecple Of ne up2es valley - trade
win sac Francisco a ali They czn easily
+ .ransf=r she whole C. thei- 5-zTzssz % Sac
fameaso. ana a., according u ne San
I Francisco press, the merchants Of IA. CRY
/ DO not care ior this Trade. 10 sgzbs they
viii view such z charge wiki Indifference,
/ If not With positive pleasure
It il. however. mere folly :or the region
which is being exposed u ruin by the
obstinate meanness and shortsightedness
OF San Francisco to 60 On pouring It's trade
into the hands Of It's enemies. The people
of San Francisco, Il their press docs not
;nisrepresent them, deny the existence Of
any community interest. Thai being the
case they cannot complain if we, who be-
lieve in that theory. prefer to help one
another to building up our enemies. San
Francisco certainly is not necessary to us,
for she has no advantages over us in re.
spect Of business facilities. On the other
hand the mining counties have all these
years been sustaining aud enriching her,
only to be spurned in the time of their
greatest need, Sacramento has thrown in
her lot with these her neighbors, and all
who are interested should exert Themselves
to rivet the bonds of mutual interest.
It is not as If we were asking anything
unreasonable from San Francisco, but
when we realize that her own interests are
largely involved in the salvation Of this
valley, and that che herself has roaped the
main profit from the processes which have
endangered it, we cannot but regard her
/ pASsSAt abtltuut as one Oh EXTRAORDINARY
narrowness and ezaaperating ingratitude.
Under the circumstances it may become
necessary to resort to the programme here
suggested. We do not believe in hostili-
ties between sections. We deplore and as
rule deprecate them. But elf-preserva.
ton is the first law of nature, and North
ern California must defend itself by the
best means within reach, and cannot afford
to give up the contest. San Francisco has
thus far only repaid an infnitesimal frac.
ton of the wealth she has obtained from
the mining counties, and yet she is APP
parently thrown into commissions by this
small and inadequate draft upon her. It
is time her people were made to under
stand that the game she seems bent upon
playing, of taking everything and giving
nothing, can be played by others as well,
and that she possesses no lien upon the
business of Northern California which can
not be cancelled promptly should the neces-
| sity for such course arise