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lport upon eslifoTnia-fhs most imrosfnt md
authentic, m as i Il De hOst fssshs; sehfon d
the condition snd prospects 0I thst TseioH s ll,f
.lcountry-=none ssems more 6tted ta aaaa 4
this jhncttrs = pzofsipa snd .ssis.asy igprss-
sion upon the public mind than the follosinS
striking estimate Of the connstaszl importance
of California to the Atlantic. .asd yssseR Stafes:
Mr.. King hoe, We think, plsHsa this whsis fopie
in new light before the country; and in so.do-
ling has contributed anew nd ueak Neis ssr.
lgument IN favor Of the prompt admission 6 lEr
fornia into our Union, upon snch ls3s nd .
such a manner ss shall tend to giye peses te tbs
whole country BY general eompromiss 10 harss
mOnize the digisions and calm. aihe inrussaaa
Iagitatisus which now ldistTsss de dizsrsnt ppsr
tiOns Of ouf.peefas: she,r ,7,o71acu NJ no 2 M
Importantaas the rcsmmeres Or the PssiHs u6R
Idoubasdly h; md wilfbs % California eElae
now snos win itssvsr; conylfe IN M 9iktnfsesb
value to the domestic trade between hsFtm3 -
older States of the Union wish ri bsiassro9 ssd
Two years ago, California did nat, pzehehly,
contain more than fifteen thousand .peopls. That
lportion of it which has since been SO wonder.
fully peopled by American citizens wss -ccmrAr-
Istiyely without inhabitants, without Fs3ources,
and not supplied with the cotnm6D comforts ef
shelter afforded By 2fcfsst Sountr3s s0oiiHIossT
Notwithstanding the grsafdisiances snigIssks
have been compelled to travel to reach the Ter,
lritory, more than one hundred thousand haze
overcome all difficulties, and spread themselves
over its hills and plains! They have been sup
piled from distances % great as thsythemselNs4
have passed, with not only the necesssries, but
the comforts and many Of the luxuries cf life.
Houses have been imported from China, Chill,
and the Atlantic States Of The Unicn.9 iAnfhS
materials required in building cities and fuWns
have been a6dedte the wants Of . people sonu-
Imerous destitute, and remote from l the ierzcss
f6ess want. win exist as long as .niigsfistiah
continues to flow into the country, and lsA0f eMS
ployed In collecting gold sllall BE nsoss psafta!
bic than its application to. sgriculturs. the ma
which are fostefsd and sustained b other civil.
Iized Communities cs:7Eg = zS>oTTu5 To- s7sis
This nay be shown by mentioning the lpries1
Of a few, srticles:., Last summer and ,autuEn.
lumber was sold in San Franoisco It $500 10
| $40o per thousand feet AT Stockton and Sacl
famenfo city; at $500 to $500. Afthsse prices
Il could be made IN the territory, and many pefs
sons were engaged in the husines. ! pefrsiSsl
by recsnt accounts, that the prizes bad fallen g
San Francisco TO $75; at this, price II cannot b
made, where labor Is from BIO 10 $16 per dRy;
and the diicuities aftendihg n nundi ikeiire sse
tm6ch eres6er thin irths AAlantie staies! III xsis
Iber can be delivered in our large iunher tn4r-
Iksts for an, Guerags of the various qualities of
1916. and freighted to San Frapciscp for 81,
making $40 per itf5ttnsssnd feet. 81 fhiE pfics
would cause the manufacture Of itiii Califoshia
to be abandoned. We may add $40 psrtAeasapa,
meet any increase Of price in the article itself,
or in The freight, and The result would b the
!. 5. probable that the demand for q i.ss1sassd
years to come, win not be less than twenty mil
ions Of feet pei 'snnum, which, at$40 pr thou1
sand, win be $8,000, ,000.rnoa an .i,ai ,dtec
4 III When California comes to have ., pnpllaliph
lof two hundred thousand, which abe win have
before the close Of the present year, she wilfre:
lduire near half Smiiiot Of barrels Of deuf ffcui
some qusTtsr, and no. country can shpPly q aS
good and ehesp as the,did States pf, the Union.
Including freight and insufspne, this may be get
down as an item Of about s., ,000, 600, The sfti-
Gle e slstsiPgMssying 81 d6 s2ot0 each psr''p
There Is no pretension TO accuracy in ethsss
items, and they may be estimated TOO high3b but
il is quite a. probable they are totlcw. sd, safi
g We have no data on whioh,to found ,calcular
Ition of what the value Of the trade between the
,iStates east Of the Rocky mcunfsins and CSEfor:
MIA viii Be during the current year. wfH vef-
tufe the opinion, however, that 'dkWiIlin al
short of twenty y-fvs millions Of IdotIass.so
lmas 90 far beyond that sum. At presnk leg
perceive no cause which win retard Or diminish MAI
tehigration. 80. go
II the movement n shall 'confinus Eve yssfs.
our commerce with that Territory may reerh
J I0ne hundred 5nillionai psi a1nnn. Ihe %
Idonbtlsss a startling sum; bpt i must b horns
Iip mind that we have 10 hnild cities and towns,
supply machinery for mining, coal for deuestic
1purposes and steam navigation. ard sh The nel-
tifarious articles used IN preVieine ths eimfists
and Injuries Of life, for half millions q, pee
pie, who will have transferred themselves 10
IcouAtry, which is to produce, ccaps.sixelyi
nothing except minerals and the ptsqeais met.
lIals, and whose pursuits win enable tdisintt 70
'lpdrchase, At any cost, whatsver may b Hsoes-
lsafy for their pnfp6sess i'GSYa.9) sssaian
It is difficult to imagine or calculate the eject
(which will be produced on; all the industrial
pursuits Of The people Of The old States of Che