Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-24
a MATTER OF GRAVE INTEREST.

MATTER OF GRAVE INTEREST.
We are inviting immigration to Oalifor-
mia of a most desirable class, and the tide
has already set westward. Unusual exer-
tions are being made to augment it. One
of the first things the incoming strangers
will inquire about is the capacity and de-
STABILITY of California fo- Embarrassing If
they find that insect pests promise TO make
it precarious business, one inducsmentto
settle is lost. We have shipped to the East
in the past vast quantities of fresh fruits,
the larger market being found west of the
Mississippi and east of the Rocky Noun.
tains, although much goes to the Atlantic
seaboard. The opening of the Southern
Pacific and Atlantic and Pacific routes pre-
sents other fields further south for our
fruits, though the demand will never be so
large as from more northerly regions.
When the Northern Pacific route has COM
pleted its connections Oregon fruits will
compete with ours in the present markets.
If, as is probable, the express time between
California and the Missouri ia reduced,
there should be an increased demand for
California fruits. It is, then, of the highest
Importance that speedy action should be
taken to completely cleanse our orchards of
fruit pests. to prevent their spread and
further importation, and to guard against
tho stubborn refusal, the neglect and the
Ignorance OF some small orchardists, from
whose trees the pests will spread over the
country. During four years past fruit
growing and fruit-shipping interests have
suffered severely, because of insect pests,
and the reputation for California fruits for
shipment and for canning has been seri-
ously injured.
The law for the protection of these in.
terests is not as strong as desired, but such
as it is it must be enforced. But it will
not be, unless the only salaried State officer
to whom the trust is committed is earnest,
vigilant and intelligent in the discharge of
his duty. But earnestness and vigilance
count for nothing unless coupled with
competency. The present Inspector is not
competent. His efforts to rally against the
storm of indignation that followed his
election have proven his incompetency,
which, however. aside from his own ad-
missions, ia now certified to by his closest
neighbors. His advice already given is of
character, We have reason to believe,
which, if followed, will result in injury to
the orchards of those who adopt it. But,
however this may be, he is possessed of
unparalleled effrontery, and by his hard.
ness of "cheek" forced himself into his
present position. Put he did not accom-
plish this without the aid of the Governor.
Because of his election two designations
from the State Board of Horticulture were
sent in. One of the vacancies has already
been filled. Presumably the other will be
to-day or tomorrow announced. The
Board meets in San Francisco this week.
It's first official act should be the removal
of the Inspector. There is no desire to
give the blunder of his appointment undue
Importance. Mountains are not to be
made from mole hills. While this is not
mountain, it is far more than a mole hill.
It is matter of deep concern to the peo-
pie. The present. Inspector is incompetent.
The changes in the Board, it is hoped, will
result in the mans removal. He was put
into the place because a weak Governor
permitted himself to be persuaded against
his own convictions of duty. Governor
Stoneman, in short, is responsible for
Boggs, and as he placed him he should IN
seat him. The members Of the Board are
unsalaried. They cannot, therefore, be
expected to give it their time to remedy
the blunders of the Governor by doing the
duty of his appointee. There should be
no consideration of Boggs as an individ-
nal. His personality is not worthy
of It; but officially he is very
prominent parsonage = an ambitious
man, who, to use his own words, was
determined "to set something out of the
country he fought to win." By the aid Of
Governor Stoneman he is getting it but
as the State owes Boggs nothing, this off.
cial iobbery, which is little short of rob-
berry, should be strangled, and Governor
Stonemsn should have the moral courage
TO do il. The voice of the State is all but
unanimous in the demand that Boggs be
rsmoved at this weeks sitting of the |
Board. Petitions are circulating praying
for the removal horticuisarists, with scarce
an exception, have urged 1t !; the press has
voiced the popular desire. and now it re-
m airs to be seen if the wish Of the people,