Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-31

probable that . row enterprlsing
traders may flnd an opening for
money making Ia Dsming, but We
heartily advise the general public
to wait. It cssts . COED deal Of
money both In getting to and re-
turning frsm Dsming; and, while
the walking 10 good In that section
Of country, It 10 about . thousand
miles to any farm house. The
truth should bs told about Deming.
The people Of San Francisco are
at last beginning to realize that,
II that city Is to be prosperous. the
growth Of manufactures must be
encouraged there. Since the late
census was taken the metropolis OF
the Pacific Coast has lost heavily
in population, and this 10 not to be
wondered ct considering the few
avocatlons by which . man can
make . living In that city. How
In the world II ever came to pafs
that merchants and capitalists,
supposed to be sagaoieus and prac.
tical men, have never realized the
necessity, until lately, Of providing
for home production, 10 an insslu'
BILE mystery. Take wool, for In.
stance. For years and years We
have been shipping eur fsscss to
Boston and New York. to be there
converted into fabrics and shipped
back to us. Nor 10 that all. Cali
fornia wool loses fully sixty.fve
per cent. Of its weight after il has
gone through the cleansing process
to which 1t 10 subjected In the East
preparatory to its being manufae-
tured. And yet for years and years
we have been paying freight on
THE dirt, which certainly might as
readily hs removed In California.
To effect this cleansing process 1t is
necessary that sxpensive and slab'
orats machinery. sheuld be pro-
vIdsd; and. thus far, none Of our
rich men have thought II either ex'
pedlsnt or profitable to supply
these facilities. We believe there
IL one establish ment In the State
designed for cleansing wool; but,
owing to defective machinery, 1t
has never given satisfaotion. From
one to speak OF all. Californians
have neglected to an astonishing
extent to avail themselves OF the
sources Of wealth that have been
lying ready to their hands at all
times. With an iilimitabls supply
Of hides and wild sumacb, we have
done very little tanning. In the
days when mining bonansas were
being discovered every other day,
this contsmptusus neglect of the
means by which other communt'
ties have become wealthy and
prosperous might have been re.
gardsd with some indulgence.
With the Cemstook lode eating
up three times as much money
annually as 1t produces In bull
lion, and with the completion o1
the Southern transcontinsntal rail.
way, opening New Mexico and Ar
izona to drum mers from Chicago,
St. Louis and Kansas City, San
Francisco has now ample oppor.
tunity to moralize on what might
have been II she had not bullt the
fabric Of her prosperity on usury
and stock gambling exclusively.
While the past is irrecoverably
gone, 1t is not even now too late to
provide for the future. II the
"solld" men of the Golden Gate
will awake from their dreams Of in.
dolence, build manufactures and
see that they are maintained. lost
ground can DO quickly recovered.
Meanwhile. will they do it? It il
not amiss In this connection to ex-
press . hearty hope that Of the
many business people who will
visit Los Angeles from the East
some Of them at least, with the
means needed to make their enter.
prisss successful, will bs attracted
"a. the manufacturing possibllitiea
OF Los Angeles. It 10 absurd to
suppose that, with the crude ma
terial all around us, this city should
not DO made, In time, the center Of
wooden and boot and shoe indus
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