Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-17
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FRIDAY. JANUARY II, 1890.
We ought to show Our Mestie.

We ought 20 snow our Mettie.
The treatment of Southern California
by the northern counties has been un-
Just, upgenerous, disingenuous and in
sulsing. The policy of the northern and
central counties is to create the impress
sion in the East and abroad that there
are practically no differences between
the climate or the productions of the
several sections of California, and this
ridiculous claim is put forward, not in
express terms, but with all the mislead-
ing force OF the suppressio vers of the
logicians, notwithstanding that there are
portions of our long State which have q
climate more severe than that of Maine
or Vermont; while in this sectional
least as to the counties aligning the coast
from Point Conception south to the
Mexican line-the range of temperature
is notably milder than that portion of
the Mediterranean coast OF Europe
known as the Riviera. Predicating their
action on the fact that here and
there, in small and we'll protected
hooks, oranges and lemons can
be raised in some years. although
not in appreciable commercial quantities
in their section, the members of the
Legislature OF the northern and central
counties succeeded in getting as large an
appropriation for holding a citrus fair
up north as was accorded to the southern
counties.
This, of itself, was highly absurd, but
the counties of the real citrus belt could
have supported the injustice if there had
not been insult superadded. Not con-
tinent with the falsehood and dissimula-
tion involved in holding the two sections
up as practically equal producers of the
orange, Sacramento man was selected
as Superintendent of the fair, which
was to represent distinctively the south.
ern products. Mr.. Hancock not only
was not in any sense fair representa-
tive of this special interest of Southern
California, but he was a member of
hostile community. He was careful to
paralyze the movement for fair in the
southern counties by staying away. The
local members Of the committee became
disgusted at the farce, and there is now
talk of not having any fair at all here
this year.
In our judgment this policy would be
q bad one. Instead of being discour-
aged, we should summon all our pluck
and insure an exhibit of surprising
splendor. This can be done readily
enough, but to do it requires a public
spirit and energy which, to tell the truth,
do not often characterize the people Of
Los Angeles. We should throw our own
money and effort into the matter, and if
we shall do SO the whole country will
ring with the completeness and perfec-
tion of the display.
In all our recollection the southern
counties have only once done themselves
justice, and that was in thsir citrus and
apple exhibits at the New Orleans ex-
position. Southern California was
loaded down with premiums for oranges,
Riverside growers taking the sweep
stakes medal from the whole world.
Singularly enough Los Angeles, which
is supposed by some people not to be
able to grow an apple fit to be eaten,
took the sweepstakes premium for that
fruit, as well as innumerable medals for
oranges, lemons, wines, brandies and
other specialties,