Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-14
A WORD TO OUR VISITORS.

BY the florid brush of such writers as
Bret Harte, the civilization of the early
mining period in California has been
painted in over-color and distorted by
Imaginative pens. Something of the i'll
effects remain to this day, and are discov-
cradle in the expressed misconceptions of
strangers who have been led to make too
literal Interpretation of the text of the
romancists of the pioneer era. At later
date, and in a more conservative period,
We were led into the grave error of pre-
senting 10 our Eastern friends only the
bright side of our situation, studiously
masking such minor defects as we might
more wisely have disclosed. Their final
discovery by the people of the East cast
discredit upon the claims advanced for
augmentation of our population of home
seekers
About the same time we were unfortun-
ate in much Boosting of the natural
wonders of the State; the gigantic
character of certain of our trees, the
immensely of our mountain ranges, the
marvellous hight of our waterfalls, the awful
depth of our canyons and the valleys of
she upper Sierras. The truth staggered
even the most imaginative, and Califor-
mans soon discovered that their credit for
veracity was ebbing among their friends
at the East.
Still later, and at a comparatively recent
date, we suffered severely in the estima-
lion of our Eastern brethren from the i'll
advised excitation commonly known as
booming" on the part of a large section
Of the State The result of the collapse of
the boom bubble was recession of the
wave of immigration, a rapid decline of
faith in representations concerning Cali
fornia generally, and period of inactivity
ard regret But while this condition was
mainly local, and while its general effects
were least felt in Central and Northern
California, the "boom" era has not been
without good results in educating the peo-
pie to clearer comprehension of business
principles, and in convincing them that
human nature in Massachusetts, is much
the same as human nature in California;
that it does not materially differ in its
manifestations in this State from those IL
the State of New York, or any of the At
lantic or Western clusters of American
sovereignties; that the people of the East
are no more to be deceived, nor are they
more liable to be misled than those of
our own State.
We have arrived, therefore, at the mile
post in our history, where we
are acting upon the principle of adher-
.ence tothe exact facts, and -concealment
of essential though minor truths, as the
wise policy. We trust to the product of
the soil to tell the story of the climate
shat makes it possible. We have ceased
to iterate the denial that Northern Cali
fornia is of arctic character. contenting
ourselves with exposition of the delicate
plants that bloom In our northern counties
in December and the citrus fruits that
ripen at our doors in January. If these
silent and unanswerabie witnesses do not
confirm our claims, and if the springing
grass and fervent sunbeams of mid-winter
do not assert the verify of the preaching
in which we have INDUCED, it will be use
less to attempt to convince our friends by
the evidence of the senses.
Cahfornians are, for these reasons, deeply,
sincerely interested In the visit of the Ma
tional Grange delegates from quite every
State in the Union. So much of selfish
interest, therefore, as enters into our well
come is of the order that is not only excus-
able, but commendable. We simply say to
our guests, observe and note if in aught we
have or have been misrepresen'ed.