The morning call., 1893-04-08
THE SMELLING ENTERPRISE.

The proposition OF some Portland CAPT.
talsts to erect a smelling plant at cost OF
100000 or S30000 GOO is one which should
impress an effort on the part of home capt.
talists to establish new industries San
Francisco enterprise has as a unit taken the
direction of trade in merchandise and land.
We have taken some trouble to let the
world know what a grand State we have,
but have not been forward in preparing the
way for men with little or no capital 20 earn
living. Planting orchards is an almost
certain road TO competence, but unless
man has capital or especial knowledge of
the business progress may be slow. States
which have not a 1.-THE of our advantages
attract immigrants by the fact that their
varied industries hold ont reasonable GER
tainty of getting some kind of work to do.
There is no insuperable obstacle in the way
of the successful prosecution of all kinds of
manufacturing in this State There would
be NO more trouble with labor in factories
than in other industries. There can be no
mort effective means of attracting imm-
grants. and through them making market
for real estate, than through the establish
ment Of Industries which would convert our
abundant raw material into 6ni shed goods.
AS one industry often paves the way for
another there is ground for hope that some
of our idle capital will find more productive
employment that lying in a savings bank.
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Again Evans and Sonntag have been too
willy for their pursuers. who seem not to
have abandoned hope of catching them at a
disadvantage. The bold robbers are appa-
rently comfortable in their mount tain fast
nesses, where rough fare is abundant if
min nr.fn tafNsf s
TO the wilds and shun confed the
prospects are considerably in their favor
that they will never be caught. The re-
wards fer their apprehension are tempting,
but life is still more precious, and these
desperadoes have given enough Of proof that
they Will defend themselves while they have
acartridge left. They have not wandered far
from the scene OF their criminal exploits, and
the reason doubtless is not that the Sierra
passes are closed, but that they feel safe in
rugged region they know thoroughly.
The charitable organizations of this city
may find relief from the drain on their funds
by sending some of their able bodied ne
cessitous patrons down the coast The
Southern Pacific Is pushing forward its
coast railway and needs more workmen.
30 far Chinese have not been employed,
and Chief Engineer Hood says they will not
be set to work IL white labor is available
About 1000 men arenow engaged in grading.
cutting trees and track-laying, and vacan-
eles are constantly occurring. 1t says little
Tor the recruits who 90 TO the front that only
one out of three remains 10 ply pick and
shovel. The lazy type of tramp Is grateful
for a ride so far south and a supper and
next morning is off to pastures new. But
there are many worthy men out of employ
ment who would be glad TO earn a dollar per
day and their board. 1t is rough work. but
healthy and invigorating. 1t is work, at all
events, not l0aing.
The hotel on Mount Diabo mile CT so
from the summit has long been given up as
a paying speculation and is deserted, but
not ownerIess. A hint is given to the pro-
prietor that he might make a gift of the
structure to the public for the benefit of
the pedestrians who scale the peak and are
occasionally in need of rest and shelter.
The owner can have little hope of the hotel
becoming fashionable resort, aud climber
would not object to subscribe sufficient to
keep it in repair. Diablo is often enyel-
oped in fog at night, ana the temperature Is