The morning call., 1892-01-19
J.. WHAT THEY HAVE not SEM

san Francisco newspaper c0atem-
rorary under lie above heading goes on in
Its Monday issue 10 say what our visitors
who represent 70 a certain extent journalism
Ia the Eastern States, have seen in CalIfoT-
Ma and then what they have not seen.
states that they have seen one Of ''the
finest harb0rs In the world and a territory
equal in extent to the republic of France"
capable Of maintaining in comfort and
easy circumstances population of from
100000 to 10.0@. 600" 1t says our visitors
have seen the Central Pacific Railroad
climb the Sierras ana descend into the
fertile and lovely valleys Ct the Western
Slope" They have also stood on SutTO
Heights and seen the broad Pacific stretch
away 60 the north. west ana south with
seemingly ilimitabIe reach, but they have
seen no ocean steamships 81 ring from
San Francisco for their voyage to New
York or Liverpool by way OF the Strait Of
Magellan" etc. Thesame journal then goes
on 10 say that these visitors have seen our
erares "aud possibly tasted the product
Of The grareS Of California, but they viii
have looked ia vain for any national legis-
lati0D which can assist in the slightest
degree the honest efforts or California viii
cultHrists 70 make and sell pure wine, as
distinguished from the fabricated and s0ph-
isucated compounds which depend for their
STABILITY upon a simulated foreign label
and The gullibJity IF the American public"
Here is all our contemporary says ID reIa-
ton TO what our visitors have not seen,
although one would naturally suppose from
the heading Of It's article, which reads,
'Nhat They Have Not seen" that It would
contain something more than a mere para
graph devoted tG cur wines, which the
General Government has protected by heavy
import duties. II the Chronicle, from
which we have quoted. had gone into
the subject fully it would doubtless
have said that our visitors were ignorant
of the way in which it has the reputa-
ton Of having made its money; that
il was common talk that it would sell its
services 20 any person who would pay its
price for them. When our merchants and
business men a few weeks ago made an
effort 10 secure the cooperation Of the in
terror to throw off the load under which
the whole State struggled that paper tried
20 induce the interior to hold aloOf from an
ISOLATION with this city. The same paper
aD0red inGusriousIy to break down tie
court and Grand Jury, which was striving
10 ferret oct some OF the crimes and frauds
which have depressed the city and State.
There has been a world Of chicaneUy in San
Francisco, but it is possible De Young
thought il best TO pass them over in a lump.
De Young has claimed that it was legit-
innate TO sell his editorial columns 10 any
person who would pay for them. Oar
visitors have seen a city that was pTacti-
ca.lg shut out from the rest OF tie world
by combination never previously Wit
messed elsewhere in the United States. A
combination has subsidized steamers. our
own railroads, and even the railroads in
Canada, not TO compete with the freight
rates on our own roads We doubt whether
our visitors have seen the things which
have weighed down San Francisco for the
last ten or fifteen years The Chronicle
thinks we ought to have a line Of steamers
by way Of the Strait Of Magellan to New
York and Liverpool. Why not have a line
OF steamers by way Of Panama, which
tie Government subsidies, instead Of
permitting a corporation to hire II
not TO take freight in opposition
u the Southern Pacific? This talk about
the Strait Of Magellan sounds, perhaps.
like an opposition to railroad monopoly, but
the public is not quite sure that the editorial
in the Chronicle may not be paid for by
somebody, in order to misiead the public.
One Of the visitors is reported as ultering
the following words: why this difference
between the towns of the great divide and
the metropolis Of the Pacific Slope? Some
Of the native sons declare that it's all owing
to the blighting' influence Of the pioneers.
Old settlers who have gone to sleep from
sheer c0ntentment sec 10 reason why well
enough should not be let alone. What We
need beyond all else is funerals. exclams
Que progressive spirit. and they should be
FIRST class"
A visitor to California may, perhaps, be
carried away with such remarks as the
above, but if the situation were fully real
lied by our visitor it would be seen that
the men who are iEjuring California are by