Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-17

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things which has occurred for many
day Ia the parade which is being
made by the Sacramento newspapers
over the Citrus Fair at that place.
The telegraph has been extensively
used TO spread far and near gross
and indefensible nisconception oi the
true facts OF the case. We are told
that clear up to and inclusive OF
Shasta county citrus belt exists
which Is quite rs good AZ that oil
Southern California. The mercurial
and mendacious Bee tells the South
ern counties TO look to their laurels
or they will find themselves distanced
in the production Of the citrus fruits
for the market. All this fanfare
would be very funny II II were not
highly criminal. II is liable to do,
what Ia the undoubted intent Of its
creators viz, deceive many persons
into the belief that they can safely
enter the business Of growing oranges
for a commercial purpose in a climate
and soil which are utterly nnadapted
TO the profitable cultivation Of the cit
rus fruits. Undoubtedly, here and
there, spots may be found In the
northern and central counties where
few orange trees may be brought to
the bearing point. But these special
coignes Of vantage are few and far be-
tween, existing only where the expo
sures are sunny and the hooks select
ed for the experiment are sheltered
from rude winds and the inquisitiye
frost. To assume that because few
trees can be coaxed to the point Of
bearing inferior oranges any man can
safely or prudently enter into the
business of raising them for the mar
ket Is more than the facts will war
rant. Questionless all this hubbub
has been raised all at once for u pur-
pose. The immense immigration OF
which Southern California has been
for years the beneficiary has been
Witnessed by the people OF the CEN
fral and northern counties with ex-
treme chagrin. They have ascribed
IL altogether to the glamour Of our Or
ange groves, while in truth this is
only one OF the causes Of our great
growth They reason that II they
can only create the impression abroad
that oranges can be raised anywhere
in California they can stop the local
rush TO this section of the State and
share equally in the immigration
from the East. We are inclined to
think that the play is hardly worth
the candle. The people of the up
country counties know that orange
growing as source of profits afraud
in their own neighborhoods, while
everybody of any account who
has made up his mind to
the grave step of removing his
home to the shores Of the Pacific,
thousands OF miles from the associa-
tions OF lifetime, generally does 30
only after careful deliberation and in
quiry. The first thing he will discover
on beginning his Investigations will
be that more oranges have been
shipped East from the single county
Of Los Angeles in "a week than have
been sent there from all the northern
and central counties OF California
during the past twenty years put
together. With sensible man that
will settle the whole question. Know
ing that the great farmers OF the Sac
ramento and San Joaquin valleys are
the most enterprising husbandmen
in the world, the shrewd Fastener
will at once conclude that II there was
anything in growing oranges in those
regions they would have been long
ago one OF the staple products OF these
and other rich and populous valleys.
Under the circumstances, the efforts
Of our Sacramento contemporaries
must be carried to the account of
loves labor lost.