The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-07-28

ome to-day to the National Editorial
l%.urlation Of the United state. 1t
va, Il happy thought that suggested
he invitation to this distinguished or
,aniza ton OF newspaper owner, ana
,dirnrs to hold its eighth annual con-
;ention in the city Of the Golden cate,
and it only remains now Tor S'n IRAN |
.isco to prove that her reputation tor
hospitality has not been overrated.
The National Editorial Association
has. in no uncertain manner, mani
tested its appreciation ofthe invitation,
for it has made a grand holiday eXcur-
sion clear across the continent. many
Of the delegates having their wives
with them, and the whole party beng
several hundred strong. The itinerary
has included a trip through Illinois,
Iowa. Missouri and Kansas, the arid
region lying west of the one hundredth
meridian with its suggestions for ma
tional improvements, sc. These
welcome guests have now come to San
Francisco, and every citizen Will be
glad of the opportunity to DO them
honor. They may be known by the
badges they wear, the main feature OF
which is a medal, the diverse OF which,
slightly reduced, is given i'll the cut.
1t was designed aud manufactured by
Colonel y. Andrews from gold, silver
tin, products of the mines OF California.
The medal proper, which is OF TIN from
the Temescal mines, is just the size
of silver half-dollar piece, but some
what thicker. 1t is suspended from
a silver bar pin by two short chains
Of silver beads. The silver bar is OF
satin finish, bears the letters IN. r.
A." On the diverse of the medal the
emblem of California appears in the
shape of small bear made OF solid
gold and riyeted to the medal with con-
cealed rivets. Above the bear is the
word California;" and beneath it the
figures 1892" The reverse of the
medal bears the legend in raised letters
s.Gold, silver and tin, products OF
California"
THE VISITING EDITORS.
Editorially the Chronicle said this:
If our guests from the East were put
upon their oath as to what has struck
them the most forcibly in connection
with their visit to California, and given
time enough to make up their minds
before answering, they would probably
reply, the territorial extent of the
State, and that, too, without having
seen it in its entiIety. Perhaps as
good way as any to impress this
vastness upon them is TO repeat an
illustration used by the Chronicle some
two or three years ago. 1t is this: 1t
the State of California were transferred
bodily to the Atlantic coast and its
northern boundary line placed to cover
Albany, y. y, it would extend
southwardly, as nea}y as may be, to
Columbia, $. c.. while its western
extension from the coast would include
more than half of New York, about
two-thirds of Pennsylvania, all of
Virginia, Maryland and Delaware,
nearly all of North Carolina and a
generous slice OF South Carolina, the
District of Columbia being necessarily
embraced within its borders.
With such an expanse Of territory as
this, our visitors need not be surprised
to find an almost infinite variety of
natural products. There is no other
State in the Union which produces in
their native state the pine and the
palm, the apple and the orange, the
flora Of the temperate and the troplc
zones, or where everything that grows
in the soil for the comfort or pleasure
of mankind can be found in perfection.
If there be any country in the world
which is entitled to be called micro
cosm it is certainly California.
Our visitors are of the class that can
understand and appreciate what is
shown them and what they discover
by their own researches. Newspaper
men are not absolutely perfect-though
the admission is wrung from us reluc-
tantly-but there is this to be said for
them, that they are trained and
skilled observers, competent to grasp
situation quickly and to draw correct
differences from facts seemingly isolated
and disconnected. 1t is an axiom
which is impossible of dispute or con-
tradiction that beauty lies in the eye
of the observer, and it is legitimate to
extend it to other things as well as
object of beauty. A thousand people
OF a certain kind might come to Cal
| ifornia and be taken over every square
mile of it's surface without seem.
anything to excite even their interest,
while Oh the other hand an excursion
party like that of the National
Editorial Association, accustomed to
look at everything with quick but
comprehensive glance, will see all there
is to be seen and will store up recol-
lections and "reminiscences for future
use.
In extending to our guests the
hospitality of the State there is danger
of making one mistake, and one only
and that is that too much eXertion be
put forth to show them the unusual
and Abnormal. Those who have the
party i'll their immediate charge should
bear in mind that what our guests
want to see above all else is California
in its plain, everyday mood. They
would rather see, for example, an acre
of sugar beets in full growth and pro.
ducing an average yield than to see q
phenomenal beet as large as good
sized cottage house. They would
rather know the average product O
grapes to the acre of vineyard than tc