Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-09
THE LONE STAR STATE.
An Effort to Get Up a
Boom and to
GIVE CALIFORNIA A BLACK EYE.
The Color Problem in Texas q
Drawback and a Danger
Striking Views on the Subject.
Correspondence of the HERALD.l

GALVESTON, Tex, April 2.-Durin
the past few months plans have bee
matured and the preliminary step
taken for the Inauguration and con
duction in the Lone Star State Of a
immigration boon of mammoth pre-
portions. From the tenor Of thos
newspapers most conspicuous in tn
enterprise, the foreign reader woul
get the idea that in almost every pol
ton of the vast territory embrace,
within the boundary lines of Texa
arc combined the elements OF superio
climate, prolific soil, good society anC
good government that make up tn,
conditions requisite to the buildin,
up of ideal homes; place
where industrious men endowed
their habitations, and soon acquire &
competency for their declining years
raise and educate their children I'M
der advantageous surroundings, ant
from which they can finally-aftel
@life's fitful fever" is ended-go tt
their eternal rest with the comforting
assurance that their proper place il
the grand economy of the universe
has on their part been faithfully anc
conscientiously filled and that the re
suits of their life work will be enjoyed
by succeeding generations. The i'm
preston sought to be conveyed is thai
Texas extraordinary advantages have
been very naturally overlooked
through the disposition of immi
grants, once fairly started from
home, to push as far from
their old Eastern stamping
ground as possible, and tc
clear across the continent to the Pa
cific coast-tEe cir minds full of the
praises of the soil and climate OF Cali.
fornia, which has teen sung in theil
ears from early childhood; that the
far-famed advantages of the golden
State are a fiction, delusion and a
snare; and that now since Texas has
suddenly been found to be the most
favored spot on earth in respect of its
natural advantages and boundless re-
sources, a vast horde of eager and
impatient immigrants are making
ready to rush in here; and that it be-
comes the old-timers here to prepare
to receive them with large-hearted
hospitality; that, therefore, immigra-
ton societies and an immigration
bureau should be organized, so that
this large army of peaceful invaders
may have convenient access to sources
of information and agents to guide
them in the selection of homes. One
would imagine that all Texas was in q
state of convulsive preparation for an
exhibition Of Wholesale hospitality on
a magnificent and gigantic scale such
as was never before witnessed any
where.
NO MERIT TO THE MOVEMENT.
The real truth is, however, that the
movement is being made in the in
terest of real estate dealers and specu-
lators-incidentally, of the business,
of course, at the various commercial
and manufacturing centers. But it is
not at all true that there exists a
widespread impulse among the over
populated cities and towns of the east
to emigrate to Texas; nor are the peo-
pie of this State as a mass looking for
or desiring wholesome influx of i'm
migrants. They would be salts
fed. would in fact greatly
prefer a natural and healthy increase
of population rather than be disturbed
by forced movement. cannot &C
count for the fact that those papers
that are bending all their energies to
the work OF getting up the proposed
immigration boom devote so much OF
their space to the abuse and misrep
resentation of California. The large
dailies have published letters from
Eastern people who had been disap-
pointed in their unwarranted expecta-
ton of realizing in California a for
tune in few weeks and in being able
to purchase for mere song some
piece of real estate, all the grand pos.
sibilities of which could be developed
in a single season, and therefore pro-
noupced California q stupendous fraud
These letters of course were backed ul
by editorial animadversions upon the
climate, soil, etc, OF the Pacific Coast
and both editorials and the letters
republished by the various weeklies
here, real estate men ordering the
publication OF large extra editions fol
free distribution, and thus scattering
the false statements and misleading
comments broadcast throughout tht
world. as egg
, .,ur,yvx<, r,oN,rp A CT nr Anv Mr. QES
have never yet seen the climate
of California cver-praised, but people
whose constitutions are entirely brok
en- down, and who are suffering from
chronic diseases, cannot expect {
mere six weeks residence there tt
cure them and restore them to {
sound physical condition. Yet, tha
is precisely what majority of sucf
people are stupidity looking for
Again, it requires some time, exer
else of brain and muscle, and involves
the expenditure of money to effect th'
transformation of a section Of tn
county from the apparent condition o
a desert waste into a fertile, blooming
tract, laid out into fine farms, will
profile orchards, etc., constituting al
earthly paradise for homes, both as t
the purpose OF residence, and wher
large returns from the culture OF ta
soil are insured, and at the SAM
time presenting the most favorabl
conditions for the raising and training
of children. This is what understan
is claimed by those who are workin
in the interest Of California immigrs
tion-that all the conditions essentls
for securing the grandest futur
possible to any section Of the worl
exists there, and that the emigrant
offered the golden opportunity {
sharing in the work OF developing il
exhaustlees resources, though a wis
use Of the opportunities 8
hand and a certainty
sharing proportionately in the genera
growth and prosperity. This
no idle fancy, either but .plainl
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