Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-12
refuting the villainous lying by some of its

reIutlnS the vlllaln0uS lying Dv some OF us
people:
OFFICE OF 1.-THE WESTERN WORLD,
CHICAGO, February 6, 1886.
DR.. II. Latham, Sacramento Cal, Secretary cali
f0rRtd Immigration Ass0ciGtio5t-DEAR SIR: Your
continued article in our paper is stirring up
considerable bile in southern California. We
are in receipt of letters saying it is not true TO
facts. and setting forth that the late cold snap
has destroyed ali fruits, trees etc. We have re-
piled that we have confidence in the statements
you make and that an exceptional occurrence
like the recent freeze is not a fair criterion by
which TO Judge Il section. We shall continue
the article, and hope to hear from you on the
subject of this letter. Very truly.
1.-THE WESTERN WORLD.
CYRUS C. TURNER, Editor.
On receipt of this letter the Secretary
had it printed for forwarding to the Su-
perior Judge of each north and central
valley and foothill county to the men,
bers of the Legislature and Chairmen of
the Board of Supervisors of the same sec
tions, and to other responsible persons,
such as farmers, florists and fruit-growers.
Accompanying it he has appended the fol-
lowing:
SACRAMENTO February 10, 1856.
Dear Sir: In view of the foregoing criminal
and eowardly attempt TO peryert the truth re-
garding the climate of middle and northern
California, and to destroy its good name estab-
hshed through experience and accurate mete-
geological observations for more than third of
century, and in view of the further fact that
we nave not had any "cold snap at all this
winter, or any other Writer since the American
occupations that in nearly all the middle and
northern counties oranges and lemons are still
on the trees, in the open air. and that neither
fruit nor trees have been touched by frost; that
IN all our markets every variety of vegetables
can be found, grown to perfection in the open
alT through all the colder months; that the
widest range of Towering shrubs plants and
trees have bloomed in the open air this winter,
as well as all these other winters, and that they
have not suffered from frost, | ask you to write
10 me an official letter Witnessing these facts.
snd stating the truth relating TO citrus and
other semi-tropical growths, as weh as the facts
regarding Towering shrubs, trees and plants,
assd as 10 the vegetables that have grown in the
open air the past and other winters II is due
TO our part OF the State that these utterly false
ana shameless attempts on the part of some OF
the press and people of southern California to
deiame and libel our climate should be defeated
and exposed. and the defamers and libelers be
branded as they deserve. ii. LATHAM,
Secretary.
Now, since the representative press
Of the south, such as the Times typi-
ties, admits that there is neither reason nor
sense in these sectional jealousies, let there
be an end once and for all and forever to
even the suggestion of them The State
is geographical unit. In the very fact Of
its varying climatic belts, its widely varied
productions, its broad capacity for such
differing results of earth culture; in its
very extent and the multiplicity of its re.
sources is to be found its chiefest strength
The people of the State are a political
unit their interests reside in the prosper
ity of all sections; their injury will be the
outgrowth of jealous anger, misrepresenta
ton and unmanly rivalry