Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-15

] 6froet1gysr which Will appear every
|unday morning.
4 sessis snal Aeesuss Render.
We have no reserve in express
|ng it a. our opinion that the East.
nm States have been brutal and
nngrAtsful In their treatment Of
he Pacific Coast. We have often
Dnseftainsd our imagination In
Dpoculations - to what would have
beeoms Of the United States If 1t
had not been for California
md Nevada, and, later, for
Colombo, Montana, Idaho and
Arissna. Taking into the account
the sum total Of the mintsd dol.
lars, in gold and silver. now in the
Unitsd States, they are not u ffth
part Of the bullion which has been
preduesd by the States and terrific
xies named. Without this prodi.
gal production Of bullion the
UnItsd States would now be the
NEST bankrupt section known on
earth. Not even the tremendous
cetten output of the South. or the
wheat products Of California and
Oregen, would have saved the ma
tisn. Al against this royal Pacific
Coast, we have . manufacturing
section which produces for itself
nAlnly-a section which has really
bssn engaged in swapping jack
knives. The individual who has
produced iron. copper or other
mineral, has handed 1t over to the
agricultural at the extortionate
prices which have been guaranteed
BY an unjust and exorbitant tariff:
This has been really no substantial
wealth recognised In the marts of
the world. Cotton and wheat, to
the extent that they have been
produced In the Eastern States,
have been real elements of wealth,
from the point Of view Of the ex-
changes Of the world.
We believe that the time has
again come for additional treasure
uphsavals on the Pacific Coast,
whose effect will be to advance the
United States to the premier sta
tion In the money changing ma
tions Of the world. We believe
that Arizona and New Mexico are
destined to tell tale Of Mineral
development which will rival any
thing heretofore recorded In Cali
fornia or Nevada. We know.
further, that California is getting
ready to discount her best achieve
msnts in treasure production in the
past. To cap all. the signs are not
wanting that the Comstock lode
intends to be heard from In the fu.
ture - In the past, with marked
significance of treasure output.
After having laid our premises,
the transition, through miner and
msjor conclusion, Is not difficult,
that California aud the Pacific
Coast deserve superIativsIy we'll Of
the American Union. Figuring
both upon our treasure and cereal
yield, We have imposed upon the
rest Of the country an inexpressi-
bly, large equitable debt of graft
tude. Without this section the
United States would still be in q
cenatoss condition. Eggs would,
except for the Mexican war and
the Gadsden treaty, still sell for
eight cents dozen and butter for
from ten to fifteen cents q pound.
The present Eastern real estate
values would still be an unknown
quantity, broad acres selling for a
dollar where they now bring one
hundred dsllars.
We charge 1t upon the Eastern
States that they have been grossly
inssnsible to the unspeakable obli-
cation which they lie under 10 the
Pacific Coast. They have profited
BY our abundant yield Of mineral
and agricultural riches, and yet
they have been insensib to our
most modest claims.
Why should not this royalty en-.
dowed section have. public i'm.
provemsnts on q similar scale ?
With only q scattered harbor, here
and there, We seem to be ignored
whom It comes to national appro.
prlations. With twenty harbors to
our one on the same stretch OF
coast, on the Atlantic ssaboard,
the national conscience seems to be
dsadensd to the rightful needs and
demands Of this section. TIA great
war, In which the United States
weuld DO involved. were to spring
up Tomorrow, where are the con-
vsnisut harbors Of refuge for
American shipping on this Coast
There 10 . terrible stretch of Pacific
Coast country In which We should
slmply be helpless. Even Chill
could destroy the whole American
eonmsrce OF the Pacific ocean, and
without much effort.