Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-31
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As has already been stated, the Central
Pacific Railroad Company has entered
upon a Systematic encouragement of immi-
grafton 70 this State. Heretofore this i'm
portant subject has been greatly neglected,
aud the efforts put forth to induce the set
Element of the country have been misdi-
rectcd We have shcwn in previous arti-
cles how California has suffered positive in
jury by the untoward zeal of some of our
people a. prsising the State and its advan-
9ages, until anticipation has been raised to
a point impossible Of realization. Now,
However, we have awakened to the truth
tSat we are orr own worst enemies when
VIC deceive, however Internationally the
incoming settler. We have now become
convinced that men desirable az citizens
are rot to be drawn 20 US by rose colored
pictures, fanciful sketches of cur natural
wonders, or romantic ideas Of the possibili.
ties of our soil and climate. Ont of these
coSVictions have arisen the immigration
agencies now at work for the peopling and
developing OF the State, and the chief of
these agencies is being administered by the
corporation referred TO. 1t has the ability,
the facilities, snd'the selt.interest SO neces.
cary 10 the work In the rapid and SUBJ
stsuti&l settling up OF the State it finds its
own gain by increased volume of merchan.
dice transportation, augmented passenger
carriage and the sale of lands, both its own
aud those whose products will make busi.
ness for the road, and increase the general
wealth and prosperity of the State. 1t
would appear to the fair minded that NO
human being could be found so insufferably
silly and short. sighted as to raise the
slightest objection to 50 competent an
agency employing itself at its own cost in
a work of such deep interest to all the
people of California. But San Francisco
sheet has had the bad taste to exhibit its
owa folly, shalloEness and debssed preiu-
dos by sneeripg st che labors now being
directed toward inducing desirable immi-
grafton. Il assumes that the aims OF the
company in this regard are wholly selfish,
and that it simply desires TO work of az
round price some Of its valusless lands
upon unsophislioatsd purchasers. This
shameless and haseless innuendo is scarcely
deserving of notice. It might we'll be al
united, we presume, by the land agency
of the company, that it is the desire of the
company TO sell eff 81 its lands. Certainly
It has never shown disposition to hold
them. Il would seem that any ordinary
intelligence could comprehend that it is to
the benefit OF The State that the lauds
should be sold. Bnt we have been induced,
not by the sheer, but by natural curios.
ity, to inquire iato the facts, and we find
that the Immigration Agents sent out are
not only not confined in their solicitation
20 those who viii settle on railroad lands.
bat actually make that an entirely sub.
ordinate matter. In truth, as will be
readily seen, The eettlsr on lands adjacent
to railroad lands, gives, by his settlement,
new value to the latter lands, and pure
sel6shness, therefore, would incline the
owners Of railroad lands TO induce settle
ment frat upon other tracts. How
ever, it makes no difference to Califor-
mia of whom the immigrant buys, il
only he will come and build home in our
State. It is open to the comprehension of
the meanest understanding that what the
State n,6st needs is small land holdings, |
settlers in number and on limited tracts, |
many homes and many people. Whatever
aeercv contributes 10 these ends should be
heartily welcomed by the people. But We
End that the company referred to is max