The daily sentinel., 1903-12-17
Head Them Off.

COHlInerCe, is regular reader OF tne
New York Sun. from which newspaper
he has clipped the following self -ex-
planatory communication:
To the editor of The Sun. Sir: II
wish 10 tell your many readers what
friend of The Sun has met with in
leaving a comfortable home in New
York and following the advice of the
railroad posters and California pro-
noting committees circulars and jour
neying out to this faraway country. l
wish to advise all persons thinking OF
coming here to let we'll enough alone
and stay in Gods country. where but
ter and eggs do not cost fortune
where work is plentiful in compari-
son, and where the fleas do not abound
in numbers sufficient to drive one to
the house.
This is called the Golden State.
New York is styled the Empire State.
Don't abandon an empire of comfort
for golden delusion. My poor wife.
at this moment frantic with the fieas
and counting lp our expenses with
eggs at 60 cents a dozen and butter 60
cents a roll and vegetables and fruits
100 percent higher than in New York.
presents picture of regret for leaving
her native soil difficult to describe.
IL the poor people who are tricked in
to coming here were TO return to the
east 1t would be the greatest exodus
since the time of Moses; hut the un-
happy wretches can't get away. 1t
some relative or friend in that fortu-
nate quarter sends the fare they can
not return.
Meanwhile they swell the number
seeking employment. and even skilled
mechanics must wait for weeks. may
be months. before they can get work.
This is true of compositors, engineers,
bakers. butchers, statesmen, and all
classes of workmen. Besides this.
there is marvellous number of men
engaged in doubtful enterprises such
as half interest schemes to dupe the
unsuspecting. real estate manipula-
tors who work newcomers with lots.
farms. and cloudy plans to sepeIate
them from their money.
Murders. burgalries. and suicides
proportion to the size of the city.
A conspiracy to rob the citizens in
the outrageous price of fruits and veg
etable has lately been exposed by one
of the leading daily papers. Every
thing is higher here than in our large
Eastern centres and the extravaganza
in dress among women and the wide
spread licentiousness and sporty ten
denotes among men make this verit-
able paradise to the gambler, the
sharp and the criminal.
If man seeks to escape his fate by
fleeing to another place. he is met
with high railroad rates. and when
he traverses distance like that from
New York to Baltimore. say about
one hundred and eighty five miles. he
drops into the midst of wilderness
while in the more favored East he
may in the distance named pass into
and through five great cities, three OF
7Vhich have population as great OF
greater than the whole of California.
The idea of a superior climate is
| best exemplified in the death statistics
here. which put consumption. pneu-
monia and tho results of colds at the
very forefront. The air in San Fran
cisco is damp all times. and usually
cold, and no worse place for con-
sumptive could be chosen.
81. A.-The New York Sun.
The above shows how California.
the most widely advertised state in
the Union. actually compares with
our own wonderful resources and pos
Utilities.
Persons who have been about bit
will frankly admit that there is no
comparison between California and
the Pacific coast against Colorado.
and particularly the Grand Valley.
either as to climate. cost of living.
or the net gain in production of any
description. hYet by their activity and
"push" out there. they are annually
taking through our state tens of
thousands. who. if they but knew the
actual facts as outlined Above, would
never go beyond our line.
Let us use every possible means of
heading off this avalanche of home
seekers and health seekers. We have
too much in common to let them get
by.
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