Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-16
Texas md California.
The Dallas, Texas, Ne,cs of March
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The Dallas, Texas, News of March
10Th has this to say:
Mr.. Cabell Hairston of Walnut
Cove, North Carolina, nephew OF
Gen. w. L. Cabell, arrived in Dallas
yesterday, homeward bound from
California. He says: II examined
carefully the country that went over,
and got all the information that !
could about it. When got to Cali
fornia l found a pretty country, but
the climate did not suit me. The
wind off the cold snow makes it Q
cold in the shade, while it is too hot
in the sun. 1t is like warming at a
campfire in cold weather-one side
freezes, the other broils, and it is as
hard to find the dividing line betwt Ell
hot and cold as between sense and
instinct. This is true Of the entire
valley between Los Angeles and San
Bernardino. l talked to great many
people going in there, and all of them
seemed to think that the country was
pretty, but that everything was over
done. All the people whom saw in
vesting in real estate were buying on
margins-that is, they paid so much
money down and ran the risk Of get
ting it back. l found a great many
giving up their purchases and forfeit
ing what they had paid on them. In
fact, some of them were leaving the
country with as much dispatch as
possible.
"Each of the real estate men has
in view some successful speculator to
whom he refers the stranger for infor-
nation about the country. Outside
of these spectators l found people
who, as rule, did not realize their
hopes of success. In the matter OF
real estate, the best land have seen
in my travels is in Dallas county. 1t
is better than any in California-bet-
ter than the land there that is selling
for 81 500 an acre.
"From what l saw / was satisfied
that the whole excitement is entirely
due to advertising in the newspapers
and by means of pamphlets. The
land men publish through their local
press statistics and possibilities of
their district, and they food the
country with these papers. The result
is that people become excited, and in
their excitement they 60 to California.
By pursuing a like method in this
country-and you need only tell the
truth about it'll see no trouble in bring
ing capital and people here. All that
ID necessary is a proper system of ad-
vertising. And people will come
here-not to encounter disappoint-
ment, for you have what California
has not-a basis for very great pros
perity.
II do not see anything in the world
to prevent a collapse in California.
The people who have invested in real
estate there are afraid of it and ac-
knowledge that the boom is over. I
couyersed with people from all over
the country. / would say, What
brought you here?' and the answer
almost invariably was: well, have
road such accounts about this country
reciting what great things have been
done, that ! thought would come
out and see for myself They all say
that the blowing done for the country
waited them thither.
II shall leave tonight; but Iexpect
to come to Dallas in about month
from now with the view of making in
vestments. I like this city better
than any have seen. Its business
and the Improvements l observed
going up, particularly the factories,
convince me that it has great fu-
ture."
The writer OF this encouraging view
Of California, it will be observed, has
m uncle in Dallas. He is himself evi-
IDENTIFY interested in that place.
Therefore all he says would be taken
with some caution by any intelligent
person even although he might not
know anything of us and of our
affairs. If his utterances are sincere
then he is talking in utter ignorance
Of the facts in the premises. As to
the climate Of our section, there is no
question as to its superiority as com
pared with that of any spot in the
American Union. It is superior for
comfort, for health and for the pro-
ductions Of the sill which it renders
possible. Here is spot where roses
AID heliotropes bloom all days in
the year; q spot where straw
berries ripen in January, where
he orange comes to it's full perfec-
tiop, and where the tender lime,
orfGfnally brought here from Panama.