The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-10
sENATOR.ELEor KILLER.
HeTaiks Freely and Pleasantly
Of Caltfornfa.

New York, 6.-John +. Miller, senator
elect from Czliforniz. visited Garfield st
Mentor on Monday AID passed an hour
10 conversation with the President-eleet.
70 q reporter he said yesterday, be be-
lIeved Garfield would make q president
with whom the people would be amply
satisfied, but he declined 10 state the
nature or substance OF his interview with
him on the ground that the talk was
entirely confidential. or California and
her prospects ne talked freely. The gold
mining Of the state, be said, is progres-
sing fsvorably, both the quartz and
gravel mines yielding good returns. The
Comstock lode Of Nevada, however, is
in = bad condition, and the mines ar
yielding absolutely nothing st present
They are 8 constant drain on San Fran
cisco, where most Of the stock is held,
taking sway $1,000, coo month in the
way Of assessments. That is the cau,e
OF the temporary depression In monetary
sfairs in San Francisco. 1t makes q
great difference whether the city il
drawing 81, 600, 900 or 8, 000, coo q month
IN dividends, as San Francisco used TO do
or paying out 81, 600, 0OU in assessments.
with no return. The failure of the Com |
stock, however, has had one good effect. |
It has resulted In almost Rbolishing stock |
gambling, which has ruined so many /
Californians. There il no longer any
thing like q stock market, in the old /
sense. and people are mot dealing In
stocks as reckiessly as they used TO. We
think we have got 70 bedrock, and that
from this time we shall 20 on . surer
basis. Our financial methods will be
improved by the decadencs of stock
gam bling. or course, il q new mineral
zone is 'found on the Comstock, stocks
will advance, and gambling will be re-
suned, probably with IS great furors
as ever, probably greater, but at present
there 10 nothing to Indicate any such dis
coyery. It is to agriculture that Cali
fornia must look prim ariiy for her pros
perity as 3 state. and her agricultural
interests are flourishing. 1t may BE- that
The recent inundations have injured
some OF the wheat, but last years crop
was the largest that we ever had, and
this is true of Oregon. In the large and
fertile region Of San Joaquin Valley they
cannot have too much rain. Our farmers
lre looking for heavy crops the coming
season. The grape and vine interests
ire also prosperous, and the vineyards
ire rega' ded as the best property. Our
zine growers derived SIS ton for grapes,
asst year, an increase of 80 per cent.
,ver the price Of the year before. This
vas due to the partial fsilureo of the wine
,rUp in France. Californis wines are
oming into favor rapidly in this country
md Europe, and the result is that more
4 our sgricultu -ali.ts are paying atten-
ion to vine growing. An immense
cresge OF vines has been planted during
be year.
With regard to social and political
uestions on the Pacific Coast, the eena-
or said that there was very little J.
old kearneyism seems to be ute
meetings. are no longer heard of. 1t is 3
ingular fact that notwithstanding the
lard times, there are fewer unemployed
nd less complaints among the working
lasses Of San Francisco than at any other
revious time ia the history Of the city.
his is accounted for by the
act that many of the unemployed
ave gone to Washington, Idaho
nd Arizona, those going 10 the latter
srritory being drawn by the mining ex-
itetnent, which has greatly benefited
AZ Francisco by attracting some Of the
Torst elements OF the population.
On the Chinese question, the senator
nd that be had no views of his own TO
i've ct present. There is just as much
and opposition TO Chinese
as ever. The people of
california are most unanimously opposed
} the admission Of Chinese coolies. The
ew treaty is now the subject Of eager
iscussiOn of Californians. 1t ia thought
lat if the word ''laborer" in the treaty
ould be construed to mean all persons
no work with their hands, they would
g satisfied. There is another objection
rged to it, which is fear that the
eaty opens the doors for the naturalizs-
on of those Cinnamon who remain here.
have no doubt that an amendment will
3 offered in the Senate with the view of
tiling this point. Californisns do not
ink that the Chinese in their midst are
orthy to be citizens, and they will not
, satisfied with any treaty which ad-
its Of their naturalization.