Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-12
SECTIONAL JEALOUSY AND UNPARAL
LELED FALSEH00D.

The Los Angeles Times quotes the
REcoRD-UNIoN wherein il suggests that
Los Angeles has no mortgage on all citrus
fruit land. 1t supplements this with an ex-
preston from the New York Tribune that
there promises to be sharp rivalry between
northern and southern California. On
these texts it enlarges upon the folly of
any jealous rivalry between the different
sections of California, and very ably main
tains that our interests are in common
In this great State. 1t adds: "But no
matter to what extent northern Califor-
MA orange orchards are planted, she will
not crowd Los Angeles nor any portion of
southern California. Semi-tropical Cali
fornia is big and lusty, and she has room
to grow, and is able to push for herself"
Now the Times can pick no quarrel with
us In this matter. We concur in every
expression our contemporary has made on
the subject But while doing so, we call
Its calm attention to these facts Northern
California did not open the ball out of
which has come the present debate. 1t
has neither manifested nor expressed any
jealousy Of southern California. Our pco-
pie entertain no such sentiment. The
matter had It's genesis in southern Califor-
MIA alone. We except the Times, along
with some other high-minded journals,
from fba oh hot u
south. There never has been any jealousy
In the north, of the south section. What
ever of bitterness of feeling has been en-
gendered is due to long-continued and
often vicious assaults by southern Califor-
mans upon northern California interests
and people. To such an extent has this
prevailed that attacks have been more
than frequent upon the Capital city, Will
flying our valley as frost -bitten and
slickens-buried, sneeriug at our lands
as comparatively sterile, represent
ing our people as wanting in enter
prise and vigor, etc The south has
grumbled and growled over so-caIled
State patronage and its "share"
and has long accompanied the
murmuring with demand TO be set off as
separate State. Not but that its demand
for due recognition by the State and a lust
share of patronage is right enough but the
tone of the demand for years was about as
bad as 1t could be. The truth is, orr south
ern section has failed to realize that it is far
distant from the commercial METROPOLIS
ami the great centers of population, and
that 1t is geographically incapacitated-at
least tor the present-for the location of
conventions, ETC.. consistently with the con-
vemence CT the mass Of the people. In
short-and in all kindness and sincerity
we speak-if there exists any ill-feelinp
between the north and south sections. il is
due to the complaining of the south and its
very frequent assaults upon the north. OF
course all these things are unreasonable
and foolish. But common Justice demands
that the people of the central and northern
belts be exonerated from even the suspi-
cion of having assumed hostile or ealous
attitude toward southern California. The
history of the years viii not disclose either
entertainment or expression of ill-will on
their part toward their brethren of the
south. Now We have no disposition what
ever to furnish the subject-matter for new
discussion of this question; but to give
cur contemporary proof Of the allegation
made, that assault comes from the south,
and that it is often malicious, viliainously
false and outrageously persistent We in
wife the attention of the Times to the fol-
lowing correspondence, and ask its aid in