The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-11
SAN FRANCISCO.
The Golden City liz Nvcrd0nc...The
gDay or the Boom ts Long Past.

tSan Francisco Cor. Chicago Times.1
Now, tho growth Of ,s;an Francisco Is mar.
vicious. II is six blocks from where the old
Mantle Jay to tho water front, MI made
ground. Sand hills have becn leveled and
streets have been cut through them at great
expense. But the Obstacles, to liz overcome
have not been greater than those which have
confronted the people Of Chicago. and
Chicago today Is twice the size Of San
Francisco. NcitEer does saan Francisco now
offer extraordinary Inducements to bust
ness on professional mcn The day of the boom
y long passed Tho successor OF the
slug does not circulate moro rapidly
here than In other citis. 1t Is cor
tainly not thrown to strew tho stage beneath
the feet OF pretty actresses. Tho same dis
coniaging cry rises here rs elsewherc:
Everything Is oveidonel" Tic pioneers
estimate OF Frisco h based upon ignorance
1t Is the only city he knows, and lsc loves 1t,
is infatuated with il, rs If it were being OF
the female sex. lie bra9s and lies about IL
with an utter disregard Of facts and statistics
should hate to tell Californian so, but by
Tar tie most interesting part Of San Francisco
is Chinatown. The other phenomena Of the
city are being repeated in many parts Of
our vast country. This is novel and unique
While endcavoring 10 pass through il, the
other day, l was carried along by great
throng rushing excitedly In the direction Of o
distincting noise. There were heating OF tin
pans squealng Of Chinese fiddles, and q
cracking of fire-crackers that beat any
Fourth Of July celebration | ever attended.
The object OF attraction turned ont to he q
PROCESSION In honor Of some great warrior,
dead and gone And what q sight there was
Tor an American in tln heart u great
American city! Cinnamon east and west,
north and south, sWarmipg at tho windows
above and from the Easements beneath.
Only here and there, at rare intervals would
the face OF q white man be sccn-Apparently
foreigner In a strange land. questioned,
think, dozen Cinnamon rs to the meaning
OF the parade, but received no reply, or at
best only a shake Of the head. began to
feel uncomfortable, To feel that was an in
trudcr and in the way, and that it would be
particularly delightful task for
ono OF those sly-looking fellows to
send me post-haste to the other
world. But the sound Of Celtic voice rAas-
surcd ME. It said: "This leafs h-l Did yo
liver see sich a parcel of brutcsf' and then
policeman who had taken mo through the
town some nights previous showed his way
uneeipmoniously TO my skle and remarked:
"This is tho most danlnable race that ever
lived. lassed preacher once what God
made them for, and he couldn't tell-had to
give it up Then Inc went his way AMI as
s,,agcl tho bitterness Of his feelings by push
ing the Cinnamon hither and thither without
my obvious cause for so doing Woe To the
Boston judges who have let in the subjects of
her majesty from Hong Kong il they de-
pended upon California votes for their tenure
of Office The Celestial has no friends here.
The people have to depend upon him To do q
great deal of their work. because 50 many OF
their white lahore,s are thriftless sots, but
they hate him with an intense hatred