Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-13
THE COMING GUESTS.

A large company of journalists, repre-
senting mainly the Western Associated
Press, with headquarters at Chicago, is en-
route to the State, and will spend some
hours in the Capital City in a few days.
The delegation is not one of ordinary
character, since it is composed of propri-
etors and editor-proprietors mainly, who
represent papers of large Importance and
commanding influence. They must be
suitably entertained while here, for it is
most desirable to send them away i'm
pressed favorably with our hospitality and
properly informed concerning the city and
vicinity. To allow these men to gain
erroneous ideas of Sacramento viii result
in incalculable harm to us. A very little
attention properly bestowed will go long
way toward impressing these observers
with the justice of our claims for market
for our products, and for the incoming OF a
desirable class of immigrant home-seekers.
We are fully aware that our people are
quite weary of expanding money in large
sums in the entertainment of groups of
Eastern visitors, and it is possible that we
have in the past been too lavish in our at
tention to the stomachs of our guests.
But there is no need for extravaganza or
more than very light expenditure in this
direction. The people who come to see US
now are spying out the land, not investi-
eating our larders. They want to see and
be informed, rather than feasted If we
receive them in the proper spirit and en-
terrain them with those polite attentions
that cost nothing, and supplement them
with some little catering to the inner man,
they will be great deal better pleased
with us and theirreception than if we stuff
them with food and deluge them with wine.
Let the people see to it that these visitors,
who represent opponents Of public thought
that reach daily over three millions of
readers throughout the West country and
the Middle States, are received with dig
nifty and with cordiality that they are
refreshed reasonably, but without much
effort; that they are distributed among
numerous committee men-old well in
formed residents-who are able to answer
their inquiries intelligently and without
the exaggeration that operates to repel
the confidence of the visitor instead of in
yiting its repose. Let them be taken
to chief points of interest, so far as is
possible; let examples of the products OF
the section illustrative of its capabilities
be shown them, and then let them be sent
away with God speed. Their stay is to
be brief-too short altogether-and we
have reason to complain that time enough
is rarely allotted on such programmes for
us to make fair exposition to visitors OF
the capacities of this vicinity but let us
improve what time is allotted entertain
with creditable hospitality without seem
ing effort to do so; give Cur guests all the
information they may seek for, and such
other as we can advance without imperti-
nence and over anxiety, and we will have
commanded the respect of our guests and
secured for our city favorable Judgment
against all possible assaults envious rivals
and old time enemies may make for it is
undeniable that there are Californians
who are so lost to a sense of justice that
they seek opportunities to misrepresent
this city and to impress all visitors to the
State unfavorably towards US.