St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-18

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Special Correspondence Of the Globe. et' i
Los ANGELES, Cal, March 1--we
generally think of Los Angeles as a
modern city Of mushroom growth, but
it is in reality one of the oldest places
in the United States. having been
founded in 1881. For more than half a
century, however, it was hardly more
thar Spanish trading post. Inc 1885
the first overland outfit to the East was
established in the Santa Fe trail, and In
1885 the city became the capital Of Cali
fornla. Eleven years later. in 1876, Maj.
Fremont raised here the first american
flag that ever hoated over California
soil. Fremont became governor Of Cali
fornia in 1S47, and the house in which
he made his headquarters still remains
IN fair state of preservation at the
corner of Also and Los Angeles streets.
Doni Pho Pico, the Mexican governor
whom Fremont succeeded. is still alive
and resident here. Mrs. Fremont, the
generals widow. also lives here in a
pretty cottage which was the gift of
loving friends.
say we think Of Los Angeles as a
new city, because its wonderful growth
mas been so recent and so rapid. For
more than a hundred years the pla &c
had struggled along awaiting the deveI-
opment of the marvelously rich and fer
tile valleys of Southern California, from
which it must draw sustenance. and up
to 1886 the population had reached but
$4,000. 1t now contains a population of
fully $4,000, and is one of the handsom-
est, as we'll as the busiest city of the
size, that have ever seen. Its hand
some business blocks. its well-payed
streets and palatial residences would do
credit to city of twice its size, and as
to activity and hustle it is certainly a
long way In the lead. I really think
there are
MORE PEOPLE ON THE STR EETs
here every day than are to be seen in
st. Paul and Minneapolis combined.
This, of course, can be accounted for in
great measure by the immense influx
of strangers who are induced by the
low rates of railroad fares to visit this
state; but whatever the cause, the peo-
pie are here all the same, and the city
is reaping the benefits. All the hotels
are literally overlooking with strangers.
and as for restaurants, their crowded
condition would indicate town meet
ing or circus day every day. And yet
with all this great influx of tourists, the
people here do not seem inclined to
fleece them. Hotel rates, and espe-
cially restaurant rates, are wonderf lilly
low. and person can live here cheaper
than in any place know of. This will
also apply to the smaller cities and
towns throughout this section of the
state. H.
This city has Chinese population Of
several thousand, which enables them
to maintain a separate Chinatown sec
ond only to that of San Francisco. Not
wlthstanding all that Californians may
say against Chinese labor, notice that
they are employed everywhere as do
mestlcs and menials In preference to
either the whites or negroes, and no
Chinese seem to be out of employment,
simply because they are willing to
adapt thems elves to the necessities of
the times and accept whatever wages
their employers can afford to pay. 1
saw on the streets yesterday a process
sion of unemployed laboring men num-
bering over three hundred carrying
banners reading like this:
ION TO WASHINGTON"
''The wages of SIN is death, but the
wages of the laboring man is slow but
sure starvation" etc., etc. Chinese
labor may have much to do with this
condition Of things, and doubtless does.
but it shows that the average Cali
fornian, like other mortals, will roll
against the Chinaman, but when it
comes to question of dollars and cents
he comes down from hisshigh horse and
gives the pigtail the preference.
While the condition of trade here ap.
pears to be much better than with us In
Minnesota. the city has not entirely es-
capped the results of the hard times, and
many men find themselves out
of employment here as elsewhere.
Dr.. Hagan, who is city physician
here, and eX-officio superintendent of
the city hospital, informs NE that it
will cost fully 100000 to take care of
the city's poor this year. He says that
the hard times in other sections of the
country, and especially in the North
west, has driven hundreds Of people to
this latitude, and a large part of their
unemployed are strangers. This is why
the more thoughtful of the citizens
deprecate the recent cut in railroad
rates. They fear still further addition
to the number of unemployed, as many
people will rush here if they can barely
raise money enough to pay their fares,
thinking that in this semi-tropcal eli