The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-03-11

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thus necessitating the selling of the
fruit at auction-not enough being re-
allied to pay the freight. This has
occurred several times and this end OF
the tale one does not hear of unless he
gets into close communion with some
fellow who is sore at the country and
anxious to tell bis troubles. There are
many such here and by little judicious
pumping one may hear both sides
of the story and then draw his own
conclusions.
Since writing the above | have visit
ed Santa Barbara, to me one OF the
prettiest spots in the state. Rob Mari,
of the First National bank, formerly
lived there, and through some of his
friends to whom / had letters of intro
duction [ was enabled to learn much OF
the bean growing districts of Santa
Barbara and Ventura counties. The
people of these sections are from the
east ana to me they seem more pros
porous and contented than those in any
other place | have been. The COM
pletion of the coast line of railway be
tween Los Angeles and San Francisco
will, in my opinion, add largely to
Santa Barbara's population and pros
perity.
The locating by the harb0r commits
sion of the deep sea harbor at San
Pedro instead of Santa Monica, where
the Southern Pacific corporation de-
sired it, has started small sized boom
here and will give work to the thous
ands of laborers now out of employ
ment. Fearful that the news Of the
work in view may bring unneeded
workmen to the state, the Los Angeles
Times sounds the following well timed
warning in this mornings issue:
NO MEN WANTED.
Now that the harbor question has
been settled, and the expenditure of
So 900, 900 in this section will soon com
mence, it is desirable that a word Of
warning should be uttered for the hene
fit of unemployed men in other sections
of the country who may think Of com
inc this way in search Of employment.
The news that this large sum of money
is shortly to be expended will be pub
lished all over the United States, and
may induce good many men to come
this way in search of work. For
their own interests, as well as that OF
the city. The Times urges all who
may read these lines not to come to
Los Angeles in search of employment.
While it is true that work on the har-
Dor will give employment to quite a
large number OF people, yet there are
more than sufficient unemployed men
in Los Angeles and Southern California
today to do all the work. At present
Los Angeles has more than it can do to
take care of its own unemployed, and
any addition to their ranks from the
outside would be disastrous, both to
those who are here and to the new
corners.
In furnishing employment to those
who are in actual need, the relief will
| be confined to residents, and partlcu-
| larly to citizens. In a year from now
Los Angeles may be able to offer in
ducements to those who are search
ING for work, but just now it is a good
place for the unemployed to keep away
from.
Other lines of business as we'll as la
Dor are greatly overdOne in southern
California and all business is done on a
narrower margin Of profit than in the
east. So many men and women have
come to this sunny land on account of
i'll health, who wish to do something
toward making a living, and who are
obliged to remain here, that their sharp
competition in trade has brought down
the retail prices of provisions, clothing,
shoes, dry goods, etc, to less than the
prevailing rates in Wisconsin. ] am
told that the wages of clerks in Los
Angeles averages about So week, and
there are many applicants at that rate.
Some idea of the number engaged in
the professions in Los Angeles may be
had from the following figures taken
from the Getty directory: Physicians,
1926: dentists, 173; real estate agents,
mot counting the sharks who live
about the hotels) 383, and fake doctors,
cIairvoyants, slate writer's, palmists and
kindred frauds almost without number.
There are four daily newspapers in the
city; one Of them, the Times, is well
conducted and money making insti-
tution-a credit to its proprietors and
to Los Angeles The others do not
earn dollar and at least two of them
are bankrupt.
have now visited all the points of
interest in southern California and
every day of the past two months has
been full of enjoyment. Next Saturday
Dmorning we leave for San Francisco
and adjacent cities. Later on | will
give the readers of the News and
COURIER the benefit OF