The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-04
- THE. DIFF EEENCE.

d The following. ed toraI paragraph is
copied from a recent number of fhe Sacra-
:-mento Rst0uf.t5li6n :, =.
" san Francisco commerce had It's origin In sea
carriage. *So1lolrg as tliat was its. source San
Francisco distL6Nted by land to the interior all
Outside supdlles>tlle latter needed But changed
condition. sz;Upt san francisco at The western
end of TRANSPORTATION routes that traverse the
1 ifilory she, Suprn q formerly from sea car
'.Iiage. she: now wishes The original distrlbut-
ing condHioh@iestcred;+s othat The commerce by
all as Well as by water Shall come first 10 her,
and thensbe7carfied,back to.her customers. That
Is the whole trouble with San francisco.
The@ =p0Sitinn of san Francisco, it is
scarcely:neces <al.y for us to say. is misrep-
resented: *San- francisco once had water
ca Ii(Illuuica Al ion with the outside world, but
we.aIzIetl jig: that for some time past that
melhs< OF C0mmanication has been hedged
. ab6ut% II: Row admitted, we believe,
that *6!ir.' Waterways have been hedged
about and-that utterly our merchants have
been c0npelled to pay excessive freight
rates by=steanier, for the reason that COM
buati0ns:haEe been formed THE CALL
does b.lieYe,. However, that it is requisite to
urge the necessity which exists for the re-
establishfnent .Qf water Communication for
tile well. beng Of the State. As we have
a.. l'.lA q NtLuIt Ol St. IttGDyt-
Jqion t0..:ShoW what that journal says
relative:t5:*the: movement of our business
men, we>will give still another from the
same.j 6{lfn .tolet them see how nicely the
RccQE55LaTQh=and the Chronicle are play
ing#tfe lItIle game OF tweedledum and
tweed!elee: The article from the Record
J=.ei.jil reads-as follows: !; !.
-Te all, francisco GH rontcls, the: great organ
ot#lIe, *togn OF Little PeudllDstoD; otherwise
knOSyn.a stSan Francisco IN recent editorial de-
ciared: :tlal1 city and country. have nofhingin
conilnQnI Thai flieir interests are Unlike and
thai no: .aniount OF special pleading or arti-
fclally created: expression OF sympathy and af-
fiction can$aiteEthe TACT II declared that the
interests Of San-Ffancisco and the country are
not Identical and that they cannot be identi-
fed. = 49, -
e san Francisco merchants are NOT creators OF
commerce, and; the best evidence that this is so
Is found in tile: statements of: the Chronicle.
'San Francisco must work alone for the reason
that her interests afenot identical with those OF
tile country. lisa statement OF live journal OF
tie Coast. Thlsis a.confession that San Fran
Clsco's grOwlh.i att he expense OF the interior
The 5 unidlty:which could nave penned state
'lGent OF s-kind couldIiQt have been found out
side Of san FEaneIsco: Nowhere else In the
world woud~the metropolis, ola district con-
Tess thrnnghsi[s public Journals that 1t had moth
Ing in common nitn*lhe supporting territory.
Cities are necessarily the reservoirs OF capital
The capital:produced ina country is reservoired
in city whiehseryes It asa Commercial basis
Unless tbe*city intends rob the territory which
suppo.s.;;ii, =: the Interests Of. the city and
the territory: are Common. But in the ad-
missions of the Chronicle we find a broad con-
fessloa thq tSan Francisco car nothing for the
growth q the interior; Thar San Francisco cares
noiGLqEfor the :extent;to which the Interior may
be oppressed BY e10rbiant freight rates; that
The cily=whieh:oYes Itsent!re growth 10 the de-
" Sel0pment Of the:county surrounding it has no
Interest ia common with that country. The
+ Chronicles declares that :'our interests are I'm.
like and that: no amount Of special pleading or
sarircially created EXPRESSIONS of sympathy and
affection can alter:lhe fact"
: Ia wel-nfoImed: minds there is an iniroactive
relation between lie, metropolis OF district and
The district Itself That introaeiiOn Of interest
produces gEowthand prosperity in both without
: wrong TO either. This. is true. however. OILY
: where merchants are found When. therefore,
IL Is confessed that San Francisco has nothing I'm
= common with the Interior which supports II,
Likely to the retarded growth OF California Is
found. IL proves that the. merchants of San
francisco have 40 Interest whatever In The de-
rYeopment of the country; 1t proves that the
capital accumulated at san Francisco is not In
sympathy with the DEVELOPMENT OF the interior
which supports II. Much OF The hardness OF the
growth OF the State, therefore, can be charged 10
the suIlanlsn OF its chief metropolitan city and
TO the imbecility Of such leading journals as the
Chronicle. That San Francisco must work
alone, Tor the reason that her interests are not
and: cannot be Identical with those OF the cOun-
Fry. is representative and typical San Francisco
sentiment. The Chronicle by this has formu-
lated San Francisco enterprise.