Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-20
NEED OF RNLIGHtENrlBEr.
What is Required at the Fant to IndU5a
Immigration to California.

immigration to California.
The following lstter, addressed By 1. n
Hoag, Commissioner of Immigration at Chi
cago, to the committee OF the Board ol
Trade ia this city having in charge he sub
seription Of funds in aid of the Stats Society
of Immigration, has been received By Mr.
Alsip: 1 notice with pleasure tho action o:
the Sacramento Beard cf Trade on the immi.
grafton question. You did wiss thing in
| accepting the suggestion of Afr. Briggs, and
| joining your means with that of the assoeia-
| ton OF which he is President That associa-
tion has doue great good in proving thss
there sra large quantities of fair quality
OF public lends in California still subject %
entry by immigrants sn8 tsluGl settlers. The
| impression on this eida OF tha continent is
| most universal that ali the laaos in on. Ssae
hava been eoobled mp by land 1onopoiisis.
| and cannot be bought, except at unwsrrant-
! able high prices. We caDnot turn the tide
| of immigration TO California till we can
| show people hsre thar this impression ia
| untrue. We must Dos only point out t. ths
proposed immigrant where he csn find chssp
lands, but we must sEow him that they are
| valuable and worth entering and Ii king
| homes on them. Ihis must be doua before
| he leaves Ms home hsre and starts for 5 rev
| home in the further Wess. Mr. Briggs
association hes the necessary machinery 10
collect this information, ana put in form fo.
| circulation here, and this sort OF information
Is Que of the msny kinds that is very much
| needed here We in California have been
resting under the inpressiou thai tEe sdvar-
Gages OF cur state for homes fol immigrants
are pretty generally understood on this ide,
but we hays been llboring u, der great
mistake.
Oar big trsss, cur un-q1elsd waterfalls.
our msgn fceB5 scsuery, our fashionable
wats-in I-plac5s, CDR wonderful saritaIiun.F,
our ffty-JhonsazC-ncre chest fields, uu-
baundless stock Tarches, cur alleged inonop,-
lies Of water, of lend, cf 6eof, OF ice Of
transportation by rail and steamer, CT morcy,
and things Of this sJr5, OF iirtla real general
utility and actual daIaags-hRYe been herald
ed fscm one erd cf the land 20 the other, til
everg body i laboIing uadar the iIopression
that California is really ne pllce to 90 t.
fo- the common psorle who iaye no rnescs
o. influence by which they can sec1re aone
exclusive privileges or special morCpolies BY
which they can Iu6 up cor1efs cn their fel-
l0w.nlCR And get living by their brains.
Letters Ct tourists, books cf travels, and our
Own people abroad, hare dwelt Tnora upon
the natural gonders then ths nstu.sl advar-
tagss of cur State. Ouc political leaders.
and / may say parties, have mispsmed sue.
cesstui enteTpIiser, greedy wonopolee, and,
having psejqdicsd The minds of Ignorant
people sgsioat them, have each endeav-
ored to riGe Into power up.n their
promises to cripple these fucc5ssful indus
tries. Communism has bsea cousted AID
pettsd by both political parties, till capital
accumulated within the S.ate haG been f0Tcsd
cut OF is Tor safe Investment, AID prudent
industry, with its accumulations gained else
where, hesitstes 90 take its chances where |
such dangerous doctrines are counteuancsd |
fer any purpose. While California has been
veil advertised in the direction above men-
toned, nobody has heretofore attempted to |
plaza her before the world ia her resi- and |
proper Industrial light. People interested in |
other new and spaisely settled countries in |
the great Northwest have taken advantage Of
our condition and have helped to widen and |
fan the prejudice against cur State Rail-
road companies, land syndicates and other
or. auizations whose interests will be sub
served by o settlement of the countries con.
ttibutiug to their especial localities, have
bsen steadily and Systematically at work in
bringing these sections before the public in
every part of the country. Every advantage
of these Northern localities. from Chicago TO
Portland, has been looked out and written up
10 the most inviting manner, and the country
east Of the Atlantic Gnd south Of the Cult has
been travelled over aad is now being travelled
over byspeeial agents distributing books, psul-
phiejE, rnapl, posters and hand bills, Illus
t-sted in the most intsregting and gorgeous
style, sssting forth all these advantages.
They have been translated into ali the Euro
peaD languages, and aIe being distributed
theTs with tie same energy and determine.
zion. Ia al these publications the mama Of
California scarcely appears, and the
agents who distribute Them are very general
ly-purposely or otherwise-ignoran5 that
such country exists.
II Caliiornia would have her millions Of
public lands settled up; II her private lsnd.
OWRers would sell their surplus acres a. fair
and reasonable rates; If the aelchert9 and
business men Of the tow-s en J ci..ss would
Increase their trade and bpsiuess, azd pue IL
on \ permanent and safe basis if tr&psparta-
tion lines would increase the bulk Of their
traffic, and make mora pso6 s at less rates.
let ali sit down on this system of misrepre-
senting facts to their own people, sBd misTep-
resenting cur State 20 the people here and in
forsign lands; And while they put their tsst
upon these who, for peraonal or political ad-
vantsges, are doing the State and her busi-
ness interests such great injustice, let them
unite TO correct tile wrong and evil imp-es-
81 MS already so generally circulated.
Californis is today the most inviting fsld
for the application Of labor or the invest
ment of capital in agricultural and menu
factuging industries TO be found in the world,
and it is only necessary to prove thess facts
on this side The continent, and in Europe,
and make the people believe it, TO causs the
State TO Dc sestled up rapidly, sud soon TO
take her place as tire richest and most pros
porous State in the Union. Let us have the
facts collected and gut in share, AID p aced |
in channels already in existence for dis;Iibu-
tion.
TIE railroad company and the Immigration
Association, CT which MIR. Briggs is the hesd,
ara sciing IN perfect harmony, and each is
being afforded the edvartage of the others
organization 20 collect and oiif1se inforna-
ton. Tae railroad company instrucss iis
sgents and representatives. TO make no effort
10 place its lands fer saie in sdvancs of the
public or private lands of TIE STATE, but
simply to work for tie public good, and settle
up the State, without reference 70 any private
interest, landed or otherwise. No locality is
TO be considered above another, but every
part OF tbs State, and every county, is to DO
placed in It's true light its sdpantsqes and
disadvantages to be trushfollY and honestly
set forth according TO the facts furnished
Let local organizations, whether county or
otherwise. procure short statement of the
advantages of their locslitiss, and the public
lands open to settlement. Let private owners
set forth their lands in plats and maps snd
printed statements, and let them be forward
ed 20 the railroad company in San Francisco
or to their immigration offica in this CITY,
and all will be attended to in a spirit OF fair
ness TO oil interests. and for the settlement Of
the State with an Industrious and prosperous |
people.
SAN PRAsCIsco ITEMS.