The herald., 1893-11-28
ROW is THE ACCRPrABLR TIME.

We again return to the original refrain
OF the HERALD that, this year, our cap
italists and property owners must put
their hands in their pockets and dig up
the money needed to make the requisite
impression on the eastern people who
shall come to this coast for the mid
winter fsir. And why should they not ?
1t is emphatically case Of noblesSe obiige.
During the past decade the most magi-
cal scene OF development ever recorded
on the footstool has been chroniced in
the southern counties, and notably in
Los Angeles. both city and county.
Money OF contented investors has rolled
in here by millions and tens of millions
Of dollars, and to the great delight and
profit OF Angelei1os and Southern Cali
.ornians OF both the new and old variety.
The genius of lot of San Francisco
people conceived the midwinter fair
project. We might have been sharp
enough to have gotten on to it ourselves,
but We were not. A midwinter fair in
the semi-tropic region OF the United
States would have been the ideal thing
TO. this section, but there was nobody
bright enough to suggest the thing at an
early enough date. San Francisco will
have, and ought to have, the benefit of
he enterprise and originality OF the men
who have created unique and memoir
able exposition.
Meanwhile. the duty of Angelefios is
plain as a pikestaf. They must CO.
operate in making the exhibit OF the
southern counties the most remarkable
sectional display ever known on this or
any other continent. To give the move
ment its full proportions our capitalists
and property owners must rise to the oc
casion. For every dollar thus expended
they will indirectly reap twenty. There
are scores of people in Los Angeles to-
day who are rolling in wealth simply
because of the enhancement in real
estate values that they have done moth
ing to bring about. These people should
understand that they must do something
to aid in keeping Los Angeles to the
fore. They ought to do go the more
readily because their bank accounts
will be largely swollen by the money
they will thus expend. The midwintei
lair OF San Francisco will fill this state
with sightseers who may easily be per-
suaded to become settlers, and 1t would
be crime not to avail ourselves of the
opportunity. While the Southern Pa
cific railroad company has not been as
liberal in its concession of etop-over
privileges as we might have desired, &
round-trip rate of one and one-fif.h fare,
with fifteen days for the trip from San
Francisco south, will admit of any one
who really desires to come here to sp,
out the land doing so in a sufficiently
leieurely manner. II he is a man OF
rleans and, on inspection, desires to re-
main here for more heightened exam
alton Of the southern counties, the fact
that he will lose one-ffth OF the value
OF ticket between here and San Fran
cisco will not deter him q moment.
While,we have, in the foregoing, dwelt
upon the necessity of our southern
counties being adequately represented
at the Midwinter fair, we do not wish to
be understood as in the slightest degree
undertaking the benefits which will
accrue from thoroughly representative
citrus fair, at Hazards pavilion, or
wherever else may be thought best. We
ought to have both and, If our people
are responsive to the demands of the
hour, we will have both. 1t injuries
neither a man nor a section to havt
an occasional liberal fit. There art
tens of thousands of persons of en-
orgy and means hesitating just nov
as to where they shall conclude tc
throw in their fortunes. AS Los An
geles and the southern counties present
the most attractive possibilities in the
United States for just such persons we
should make it our business to inform
them of the fact by displays of unusual
iuagnifcence and attractiveness.