Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-06
IMMIGRATION MATTERS.
MEETING OF THE SACRAMENTO
COUNTY ASSOCIATION.
Report of the Various Officers
Election of Directors-Remark
of DR.. Latham-Etc.

of DR.. Latham-Etc.
The annual meeting of the Sacramento
County immigration Society was held in
the Superior Courtroom Saturday even
ing, A. S. Hopkins presiding. The attend
ance was not large, but the meeting exceed
ingly interesting.
The Secretary, VIM. Ingram, Jr., read
his report, which was of great length and
full of interesting data 1t included the
/ list of the names of the donors to the New
Orleans Exhibition, which was printed in
j these columns in November last
In December considerable time was spent
IN collecting information concerning the
products, climate and soil of this county,
all of which has been handed to the Sec
retalv of the Northern California Immigra-
ton Association for publication.
| Considerable time has been devoted to
canyassing the city for money The follow
! ing subscriptions were secured, payable
quarterly: California State Bank, 800 :;
| National Bank of d. 0. Mills &; Co, $500 :;
Huntington, Hopkins q Co., $500; Baker
& Hamilton, 500; Hall, Luhrs & Co.,
| 500; Whittier. Fuller e Co, 500 ;
| William Land, 500; Weiustock d Lubin,
500: Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, 500;
Sacramento Transportation Company, S1e0
I ii. S. Croker Il Co., $40; W. r. Strong &
Co, $40; G. W. Chesley, $40; Richards &
Knox, $40; T. NJ. Lindley, $40; John A.
! Parker, $40 l.. Ellus, 4; Co, $40; Lyon Il
/ Curtis, $40; Billingsly & Co., $40; Sacra-
ramento Lumber Co.. $50; Capital Soap
ompany $50; James [. Felter, $50; Greg
ory Barnes & Co., $50; Jones d Givens,
so; c. Il. Parsons, $50; DR.. w. A Briggs,
! $40. Total, 5000. Flat subscriptions were
received amounting to S25S 70, making a
| total of $2,278 10. OF this amount there
has been collected S1,346 %, leaving a bal
! ance to be collected OF 1892 90 Amount
| paid out, $139 IS. Balance in treasury,
81 POS 81.
! On account Of the other counties com
prising the Northern California ASsocia-
| ton not forwarding their pro rata of the
! assessment and to enable the parent as
sociation to publish pamphlet descriptive
of central and northern California, the
| Directors of the Sacramento Association
| pledged their funds to the amount of 81 400
as guarantee for the payment of the pub
Iication. Letters of inquiry received by
this association are referred to DR.. Latham,
! Secretary OF the parent association.
| The Secretary stated that the running
expense of the Office for the past six
months was but $50 IS. He said consider
{ able inconvenience was experienced in OBJ
| tanning Il quorum of the Directors when
! needed, and recommended that the num-
Der of Directors from the city be increased
| from four to seven, making the number of
! Directors ten instead OF seven.
The attention of the incoming Board was
! called to llle importance of securing for
permanent exhibit the county exhibits at
| the State Fair for 1880 Ii is regarded of
! vital importance that arrangements be
made to have on exhibition here the pro-
ducts of every county in the State, 50 that
| immigrants, by stopping in this city and
! examining such exhibits, could obtain a
clear idea of the advantages offered them
by each county for settlement by placing
! these specimens i'll proper building. Sac
ramento city Will not only be benefited, but
| the counties who forward their products for
such an exhibit will receive untold benefits.
Thanks were returned to DR.. Latham for
! his assistance and TO the daily press of the
| city, saving that the success of the associa-
| ton was largely due To the public spirit
manifested by each. The report was
adopted
The Treasurer report was also read and
adopted.
| The following were elected Directors for
| the ensuing year From the city L. Elkus,
Thomas T. Hail. \. S. Hopkins. David
| Lubin, Charles r. Parsons z. +. Piatt JAS
| t. Feiter. From the country: X. ID.
! Stephens, John 4. Parker and DR.. 0bed
! Harvey.
DR.. Latham Secretary of the Northern
| California Association, being called upon,
delivered the following address
Gentlemen ot Inc Sacramento Society, have
| consented 70 report to you as to the. prog
| ress that is being made in the wurl, of inducing
| immigration to our portion OF the state. At the
| time OF the organization of the parent and local
societies there were three great things TO be ac-
| cOmplished-
FiTst-The creation of public opinion favor
able to immigration. The education of the
| people Of the northern part OF the State so that
| thc3 might properly appreciate the benefits to
! be derived from added Drawn, brain and capital
| in every branch Ofindustry.
| SecOnd-To make the great landowners will
! ing 20 sell their holdings i'll small tracts TO
actual settlers
Third-To make the resources and advantages
| of northern California known to the people of
the East.
The accomplishment of these three objects
involved an immense amount of work The
amount Of apathy and Indifference on the part
of the greater portion of the people relating to
the subject OF immigration was SIMPLY discOur-
aging. There were, however, Ill all the counties
men of energy, foTejhOught and public spirit,
who entered into the work Societies have been
formed in Sacramento Fl Dorado, Placer Iuba,
Butte, TehAma, CUiusa, GOlO SGlano, ModOc
and Lassen. Organizations will be had in Ne
vad4, Sierra and Suffer. There Is at present a
general sentiment in the country in favor of
promoting immigration. 1t has become known
that other regions less favOrably situated than
We are have rapidly grown rich and prosperous
through immigration The press of the north
Crn half of the state has worked molly 10 pro
ducc this great result. The counties OF AlnadOr,
CalayeraS. NarpOsa and those OF the San Joa-
quin valley could easily be induced to JON our
Association.
The work of inducing the great landowners
to divide and sell their immense holdings has
met with unqualified success. II is safe TO say
that the majority of the larger holders stand
ready to sell to actual settlers, in small lots at
reasonable prices, and at low rates of interest.
The same is true OF the smaller holders. hSye
now in the Office of the pGrentassociation lists of
land for sale aggrcgatIng millions OF acres. /
am receiving additional OLE rings daily. There
is no lack III this respect. We can locate all who
may come. 1hiTd-Ihe advertising Of the re-
sources Of northern California has also, to GER
tain extent. been done. The discussion Of the
question of immigration which took place in the
meetings for the organization Of societies, the
discussions in the newspapers. all went East
and awakened a spirit of inquiry as to our
winter a collection of citrus fruits from all the
northern counties was sent to Chicago and eX
hibited there. The representatives OF the press
were invited to see these Productions, and they
published full accounts of what they saw. These
GccOUnts were copied far and vide. The efforts
Of the people and the Central Pacific Railroad
c mpauy to represent the industries of Caliior-
mia at she Worlds Exposition at New Orleans
aided materially in making us known. All this,
in conjunction with the past unparalleled winter
cast Of the Rockies has created n migration
fever in the East which BIDS fair 10 send Us thou
sands and tens of thousands OF families within
the next two years. The parent society is in re-
ceipt of hundreds OF letters making anxious
inquiries for land for homes Every state and
Territory of the Union is represented
in these inquiries. In many instances whole
ueighbOThOUdS seem to have come to the con-
ciusion that if there is ii country ON the green
earth where one-half of the earth does not eat
up the other ha.f like Pharoah's lean and fat
kline, then they would so there. Letters are re-
ce!Ved from all parts of Canada, and to day
received, through the railroad company, aletter
from Germany representing several hundreds of
people. They want to go up to Gov. Phelps
colony, III Auba county. have replied in such
way IS VIII bring them here. We
could find the best material TO form colony in
each county in the State. and that is
the true way to settle people An
effort should be made by every
county society 10 start colony or colonies
There is a sense OF security in going into a
strange country 10 make home in the com
pany with ones Old neighbOrs and friends
which decides the waveriug and doubtful. II
hiss the advantage Of cooperation If 4 single
family goes ont into the foothills his land is
enhanced only 10y his labor If a man goes in a
company Of fifty he gets the benefit of his own
labor and also every blow struck by his forty
nine neishborS ACIDS to the value OF his own
liftip home