The morning call., 1892-05-23
TIE VISITING JoURNALIsi 5.

This afternoon the advance guard Of the
invading army OF Eastern journalists VIII
arrive in San Francisco and will begin to
realize San Francis an hospitality. They
are remarkable body of men and women
keen, sbrewd. obseTYant, wideawake aud
ouick-witted. They ale l.ere not for pleasure
only, but also for observation. Each OF
them in his sphere is a source OF infOrma-
tion among his people. His readers look to
him for facts which they have not an op-
portunity of sscertaining for themselves,
and for an evolution Of sound principles
from a comparison OF the facts. The jour
nalist is the liheal successor of the embas-
sador of the old klngiy days. lie goes
abroad to observe manners and customs,
tendencies and opportunities, to the end
that on his return he may impart 10 his
people knowledge by which they may
broaden their minds and better their for
tunes. Each Of these travelling journalists
will make some Eastern community better
acquainted with California than they were.
They viii find here a people both like
and unlike the people they have left at
home; pretty much the same vices and the
same pr0vincalismS which are noticed IN
other States, with the same virtues and
perhaps a more enlightened spirit than
prevails in most OF the interior States.
They viii tote prodigal hospitality which
is an heirloom of the old Spanish times and
which may remind them Of the paImy days
of the South; and with this a clear-cut
AmeTicanism that is legacy from New
England. They viii discover, on close OBJ
seryatiOn, that, though the gold discoveries
attracted to California Adventures from all
parts OF the world, it never for day since
the occupation ceased 10 be distinctiyelY,
reSolutey and aggressiyely American. The
American spirit permeates every law on our
statute-bo0k and inspires every custom
which we cherish. Our faults are Amer
lean, and so are our virtues.
But the Americanism which cannot fail
to strike our visitors, and which is OCCASION
ally conspicuous in persons with foreign
names. is the product Of the fusion Of the
various races of which the American nation
consists. On the soil Of California the de-
scendants of the Puritan meet on terms of
equality descendants Of the Spanish ranch
ers. of the Southern cavalier, Of the Penn
sylYania Dutchman. Of the New York cos
mOpoiItan, of the Western hOosier, blended
VITA them all, and out of the fusion grew
the race which inhaDits the golden slope
to-day. 1t would i'll become a Californian
to meet visitors with brag; but if, as eth
nologsts say, mankind reaches its highest
development through intermixture Of races,
Califomians should be able to hold their
own in life.
Our guests will note one curious contrast
between California and other States. 1t APP
pears from the tables of mlllionaires, which
the New York Tribune is e0lating tina.
there are more milionaires TO the housaud
in California than in any other State of the
Union. This singular fact should be studied
iu the light OF the other fact that there is
absolutely no paupeT class in this State.
The only persons who are dependent on
public or private beneYolence for support
are the aged. the insane and the infrm.
Every one who wants TO work can get work
here, not perhaps on the day OF bis arrival,
or in the calling he might prefer, but en-
ployment- decent remunerstive employ
ment comes To all VINO seek it after a mod
crate delay 1t may thus, perhaps. be said
thar, alone among the States Of the Union,
California offers living TO all who seek that
and that only. and opportunities OF affiu-
ence 10 those who set their aims in life at
higher prizes.
Il is not necessary TO advise our visitors
to study the scenes which are before them,
and il is still more unnecessary to remind
San Franciscans of the duty of broad, gen.
erous hospitality. Everybody should do
what he can to make our guests welcome, so
that they shall cherish a pleasant remem-
br6nCe of their visit