The herald., 1893-08-19
LETTER BAG.
Triss 10 Dsfsnd Profsssor COO,

Tries to Defend Profsssor Oouuillstt.
EpIroRs HERALD; In your issue Of
yesterday (Thursday) appoars . half
column article, mainly consisting Of .
letter from Ellwood Cooper to Prof. D.
W. Ooquillett Of this city, Of . COM
plexion 60 curious that 1t impels me, ~
an outsider. interested in our Southern
California horticulture and orchards, to
do that unwise thing, rush into print In
defence of the right Does Ii strike
your readers that it is curious thing
that Mr.. Ellwood Cooper, northerner,
appears in this article as the only cham
pion OF the interests OF Southern Celifor-
MIA orchardists, opposing himself to two
OF the most disinterested and competent
men We have got-Prof. D. w. Coo uil-
lett and Mr.. John Scott? That Il is
barely possible that these two last have
az heart the interests Of Southern Cali
fornia rather more closely than than
Mr.. Ellwood Cooperf That Mr.. Ellwood
Cooper. some few months ago, declared
practical boycott on Southern Cslifor-
mia because We did mot fall down and
worship him, the gage Of which chal-
lenge the editors OF the HERALD very
properly promptly took up?
luhb ~ ID Wuhb III kOOu Am0EI010 W0
call "gall" for q Mr.. Ellwood Cooper to
state that he has sndeavorsd to give
status to specialist appointee Of the
government Of the United States q
Washington? And that the Animus OF
refusal on his part, to such govern.
ment appointee OF permission to visit
his orchard 10 tantAmount to an ao-
knowledgement that Mr.. Ellvood
Cooper is the owner of an orchard that
will not bear investigation What do
we think OF the man who refu0es IN
officer OF the United States admission to
his property, but that he has 6p. his
property that which such an ,omceI
would be bound to condemn?
Is IL not time that we OF Southern
California stand by our rights, and,
what the HERALD has always been iore-
most to affirm, refuse to be bulldoxed
by northern interests?
The state board of horticulture has
spent O good deal Of money. \ Some OF
US think 1t 10 not wisely spents We
petitioned the legislature to place funds,
not in their hands, but In those of !
perhaps more disinterested body, viz,
the state university.
For this offense every Southern Cali
fornian is to say "shibboleth" to Mr..
Ellwood Cooper or be anathema maran-
aths. Are we going to do It? Shall We
bow down the knee to Baalf Or shall
we insist on our rights to preserve our
own property and take our chapcss OF
the wrath Of Mr.. Ellwood CoopSrf /
have no doubt Of our answer.
take no notice Of Mr.. Cooper's
throwing his hospitality In Prot. Co
outlets teeth--an action that stamps
the man completely. presume Prof. Co.
quillett, with whom am not personally
acquainted, will answer these thinge for
himself; but the impertinenCe, the pre-
sumption and the arrogance Of that let
ter seems to me to call for some outside
protest. Yours respectfully. IpIorEs.
[Idiotes fails to remember that ELL
wood Cooper 10 Southern Californian,
and that he did not refuse to allow his
orchard to be inspected by competent.
responsible person, but did object to the
presence OF Prof. Coquillett. who, a. q
federal official, appears to have been Pc
culiarly unfortunate In becoming con.
cerned in local imbroglio.]