Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-07
The Decks Cleared-The Work OF
DEVELOPMENT TO BE Rexume ed.

DEVELOPMENT to BE ReSumed.
Almost since the beginning OF the cur
rent year everything in the United States
has been subsidiary to the one great,
all-absorbing topic, the Presidential
election. The meeting of the several
National Conventions was led up to by
exciting discussions OF the great issues
at stake. All matters of business were
held in abeyance. AS has been uni
formly the case in Presidential years
no great enterprises were projected OF
carried forward. All Americans surren-
dered themselves resignedly to the great
qusdrennial paralysis, which is far more
effectual than an universal strike OF
lockout in ms king business dull and in
active.
We have again and for the twenty.
fifth time emerged from the Presi.
dental maelstrom, and under circum.
stances that bode we'll for the country.
There will soon be a magical change
throughout the length and breadth Of
the land. Business men will again take
their bearings, enterprise plume its
pinions and again soar into regions OF
adventure and speculation. The Ameri-
can giant will again breath freely; and,
conscious of his strength, his efforts and
achievements in the field of endeavor
will be mightier than ever.
Even during the throes of the Presi-
Dental contest the nation, though inert,
was in very sound condition. There is
not discernible single unhealthy symp-
tom in the body polite. Prosperous
before, we may now look for an era of
phenomenal progress.
This is true OF all the States, but it is
particularly true of California. We
doubt if there has been any time in the
history of this commonwealth when
the outlook was as fair as it is
now. Our farmers are selling their
wheat at prices which they have not
realized in years. Our horticulturists
and vineyardists are encouraged by
steadily expanding markets, with ever
more and more satisfactory prices for
their products. Great industries are
.springing up en- the field and farm.
California raisins sell side by side in the
Eastern markets with the best brands of
the Malaga, commanding the highest
figures brought by the crack London
layers" in both the markets of Boston
and New York. The California pruue
sells alongside of the best French prune
and brings the larger price of the two.
Orders direct from London are now be-
ing received for California raisins. Cali
fornia canned fruits and vegetables are
achieving worldwide reputation. Cali
fornia crystalized and glace fruits sur
pass the daintiest manufactures of Paris.
California wines and brandies are ad-
vancing steadily in public estimation all
over the United States and in Europe.
To complete this encouraging picture,
the mining interests of California are on
q capital footing. With normal fall OF
rain and snow, the yield of gold and
silver this year of grace will surpass any
record we have made for decade.
Ii the outlook is thus fair for California
at large it is even brighter for South Cali
fornia, and for Los Angeles county in
special degree. The growth of this
county has been the marvel of the day.
A city which by the census of 1880 con-
tanned only 1900 souls now numbers
eighty-fve to ninety thousand in
habitants. This surpasses the famous
record made by Kansas City in the
decade between 1860 and 1870. Every
thing indicates that this remarkable
growth will continue. This city has
become one of the great railway eenters
of the United States, nearly ninety trains
entering itand departing from it daily ,and
twelve and fourteen hundred cars are fire.
quently handled here during the twenty
four hours. 1t is the terminus OF great
transc influential railway system. Los
Angeles is situated on the shortest line
between the Atlantic and Pacific tide
waters of any place under the authority
of the United States. What wonder that
it grows? What can stop its growth?
We have still our unrivaled climate,
which makes the three southern coast
counties of California the Riviera of the |
American continent, and health and
pleasure resort far superior in natural at |
fractions to its European rivals. 1t is
rapidly becoming city of palaces, and
lordly edifices are rising in every portion
of the county. 1t will soon be supplied
with the pleasure and hotel facilities |
which are the only respects in which We
must still yield precedence to the
AIMED health and pleasure resorts of
europe. Our soil produces, and in abund-
lnce, almost everything grown on the
From the market garden to
he orange grove and vineyard, from the
;hicken ranch to the graded stock farm.
he profitable openings here for people of
means and enterprise are simply innum-
rable. While we do not exult in he mis-
ortnnes Of our neighbors in Florids, the
occurrences there during the l