Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-11
Active Towns.

p9clally, there EaS Deen almOst d sue
pension of operations. Since the cleo
ton of Harrison, which event was TO
give the northern workingmsn beefsteak
and roast beef thrice a day and turkey
on Sundays, and the colored man at the
south, forty acres and mule, times
have been harder than ever. The lovers
of the American workingman par ercet-
lence-yclept the esRepublican party, who
have been steadily importing European
pauper labor, seem to have made up
their minds to let the laborer go to the
dogs. In the Pennsylvania coal fields 1t
seems to be difficult for man to get
more than month Is work out OF SIX, and
that at scale of wagea which has been
lowered disastrously by the importation,
under the conditions of contract
labor, Of thousands and tens
of thousands of Hungarian and
Bohemian peons-we use this expression
not disrespectfully to those races, but as
characterizing the peculiar circum-
stances under which they have been
brought to this country. They are only
less victims than the American laborers
whom they supplant, because they have
been Injured to such hardships in the
lands from which they hail that any
change is necessarily for the better.
There has not only been paralysis of
industries all over the country, but there
has been under way, from the time the
first notes of the Presidential struggle
struck on the national tympanum, a
universal process of liquidation, arising
from period of over speculation. We
have had heaving times in the United
States since 1879, and last year the
period was reached in which national
account render, or square up of bal
a noes, was to have been expected.
The people of Los Angeles, accus-
| toned to flush times almost without pre-
cedent in the history of the United
States, have looked upon the very mod
crate reaction which has taken place
here as something exceptional. The
fact is that we have maintained busi-
ness activity and prosperity extraordi-
nary under the circumstances.
Major Ben G. Truman lately spent a
few days in Los Angeles. AS all old
time Angelehos remember, the Major
many years ago published the Los Ange-
les Daily Star, which, shortly after he
relinquished it, ceased to exist. Since
then Major Truman has been in the en-
ployment of the Central and Southern
Pacific Railways in confidential capaci-
ties, and he has been, perhaps, one OF
the most travelled men on the continent.
During a recent visit to this city he said
to an old friend: "I have been all over
the Pacific Coast lately, and nowhere
have l encountered, outside OF San Fran
cisco, such crowds as l see here, nor
have l seen such evidences of business
activity. Los Angeles is away ahead of
any place on the Pacific Coast, outside
of Frisco"
Some time ago a gentleman of means,
who was casting around for a business
opening, after spending some time in the
City of the Angels. went up to San Fran
cisco and the north. He looked care
fully over the metropolis, the bay, CEN
trail and northern counties, and did not
neglect Oregon and Washington Terri
tory. On his return here, week or 30
ago, he said to one of our leading citi-
zens clos Angeles is the place for me.
| have seen no town on the Pacific Coast
comparable to it in attractionsfor a man
who desires to invest his money either
in real estate or in business with view
to profit"
| Amongst sagacious observers this view
crops out very often indeed. Business
in this city compares favorably with that
in any other city of the Union. 1t has
been the usual trick for Angelenos to
say, "Well, we're going to have
very dull summer" The facts by no
means sustain this gruesome provision.
On the contrary, all the indications point
the other way. There have never been
such crops in the Southern counties as
those which will be gathered this year,
and Los Angeles county leads all her
| Southern sisters in the amplitude of the
dCIcdBO WAiCu pfOmIbcb bO Woll. OuI
production this year will be immense,
and our farmers will get good prices for
their products. So will our orchardists
and vineysrdists. The former are now
getting satisfactory prices for their citrus
fruits, and there never has been such a
year for tree and vine growth as the
present. To supplement all, hundred
enterprises are under way which could
not have been possible four or FIVE years
ago, and their number is increasing daily.
These are the facts which make Los
Angeles what she is to-day, the liveliest
town on the Pacific Coast. Now let the
Council hurry up the needed work on the
street and sewer system OF the Queen
City of the South and soon there will not
be room for croaker, for there will not
be an unemployed man who is really
willing to work.
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THE meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday, although not largely at
tended, was highly interesting one. Sta