The herald., 1894-03-18
TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The Trend of Immigration
From the East.
A Talk With the Southern Pacific
immigration Agent.
he Considers the Outlook Excellent
for BnHinoss--This Part of tho
state the Favorite In
the East.

II. M. Van Arman, former secretary
and acting governor of the territory OF
Arizona, but now immigration agent of
the Southern Pacific company. was at
the Hollenbock yesterday.
Speaking about immigration matters
Mr.. Van Armsn said: "In the east no
part of California ia known ae we'll as
Southern California, and when Califor-
MIA is referred to awsy on the Atlantic
coast it ia matter OF fact almost always
this section that is in the speakers
mind. The people in general away in
the east do not understand that latitude
has not the same bearing with reference
TO heat and cold upon the atmosphere
on the Pacific coast that it has away
across the Rocky mountains, and they
think that the southern counties are
tropical, or nearly go, while California
on the parallel Of San Francisco must be
blessed with an Oregon climate. Now,
ae o matter OF fact, You know that Oak
land and that country up there rejoices
in climate almost as idYllic as Los AM
geles all the year round. But the east
ern people don't know that, and for that
reason they never have any other aec-
tion in their mind when expressing
wish to come to California, than the
southern portion.
Every body don't know it, but busi-
ness depression and hard times ore felt
really much more in the east than on
this coast, and business and trade are
without doubt much better here than
in the states. In consequence OF the
stagnation existing there, immigration
to the Pacific has received an important
start, and large numbers of people are
now coming TO California to seek per-
manent homes. find, too, that it is
the middle classes especially who are
vending their way hither, and that is
the very class that we want because
they invest their money in our lands.
The idea that the price Of land in this
section is too high, has been pretty
near exploded, because experience has
demonstrated that it will produce at a
ratio so immensely superior to land
they have formerly cultivated elsewhere,
they realize that their purchases are
still cheap at figures which seem ex-
cessive in the east. II does not give me
nearly 40 much trouble these days to
convince intending immigrants of the
truth OF this statement as it did
formerly.
This new company that recently in
corporated, the Immigration and Locat
ing company, is doing work in the right
direction for this region. You see, it
merely proposes to guide people coming
here toward proper Investment, and one
ofits chief aims is to prevent their be-
ing swindled or imposed upon. That is
a move in the right direction.
Il don't think the cut ratea are doing
much good yet, but should they con-
tinue month longer they must be con-
ducive in bringing here a great many
people, becRuse they will permit large
families to whom the item OF high fares
would be an important obstacle to carry
out their plan OF seeking homes on the
Pacific coast.
Los Angeles is a wonderful CITY.
Now, have been here many time, but
my astoniahment renews itself at every
visit. Such growth is phenomenal.
When one sees the splendid buildings,
surpassed nowhere, that continually
grow up and have changed this place
from mud town into splendid city ia
little more than a decade, and will 90
on changing it before many years into
the pride of the whole coast, there ia
cause Tor wonderment, But after all,
with more than 800 days of sunshine q
year and climate such az you have
here. nothing that Los Angeles will
achieve in the way of progress ought to
floor the observer"