The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-22
California a Land Of Promise.

Nr. E.. Whymrer. writing in the Fleld. sUeak
% California boz glowing terms. llc-ay-. VcrfaT.
No one % tie ri-ing countries II this globe has 9
more brilliant future clearly marked out for Il
than tie state Of California. The mere mention
% IT. name recalls golden visions. but there uufJr.
tGultely the matter commonly ends il has been
too mueh re-trl-! only ia tie light Of grand
gold field Elt. IN truth. though tire universal
magnet fret attracted @ TrTuAti1u O. the country
% cannot BE- -EiI o. tFVe Kept Dc there. The gI.
IrldIetilu. though -tsll iaf1rtlut. La- Eileu 90
-'aeftHt while California 2 clai- mercury, -
t~rJ.egfu. ID m1Ii-. aui other mineral re-lur..
age not te lala-tay ~. Hs4 Ir-IcEiry- ItI- co.
asEle.itDrs ta- wc Ls.-t i)1@ 80 yE-e- g. sz!liE
it.
The slusbrluI STRIDES mad. IN gr1fu culture su
taillrlt age evidenced IS tl- tact iaat. while
tcu years ael beg population was iar4rs 90 iu-
ported wheat. -ar Llw Fti-g- four time more tlar
enc require L. cla-elgruer- LisrEI1p! auI
New lsgE. IS su ---.rfe-r.e the porte gt Austria
Ii- and China, -7e ail indebted DteF fra greater
o. ie-cr part pf tIe.E -gFIi--. And set sl this
sraiu come from tie counties Immediately eur
rounding tle Eay % >tu Ialei-eY-yeEy Lt;l.
irGeI IItFe Whole IulInt from 81 greater distance
sham I4J miles l-uu t-c eaIitll- There j. plenty
Gt rom fog our small 1rlaer-. wLI are indeed .
most suitable cE-- O. venture there and they can
suit thel-els= Boz the matter ol climate. " the
time w.eu -aJa cItcEs tire -.Iuc- AMI Ielk- oftle
Sierra Nevada raa-c, tie orange tEes T. blooming
and covered wi-u ia-it ia the southern counties.
alh4 tNf -rlalia fAAA AaaH AA~ etaIs"G % aaF tAtsl-
from the temperate O. tie tropical in IT, nine de-
gree Oh latitude. Tie -tculy summer weather
enables the farmer. IL be wall, o. thre-h bis grain
oI tire spot, and o. -Jw, il be Will. but once in
two ycass-tac second crop slringins from the
dropped iced % che fret one.
HE next interests OF Importance IN California
are tie culture % tke =rIlc ami wine making.
There aye. 10 j. said. .r.UuO, puU vines u1w ~
beariuz, aud shc worst coils 10 that country have
proved suitable iI ta,ir growth. LIZ Angelo. on
the southern coast. one 81 tie PRINCIPLES seats Of
The wine Manufacture. has q temperature ranging
from n monthly mean Of - dee. fahr. III Jauua-
~, % % mean VI - dcz. Fahr. IN the three months
VI July, August. sud September Although this
branch u Industry - 20 Young. Californian wines
from native heck md burgundy o. port and
champagne largely sod in tine eastern Cat
lauticJ states. one tEm alone ia New York has
odd q quarter % n million dollars worth IN one
year. Perhaps California j. destined u be the
apostle %! temperance o he- elder sister otate-.
Il viii be g happy time when the pure juice Of the
grape shall suI-l-eic the various forms Of. LIQUID
rye WHISKY and " New England rum" all O.cr
the United State. Wine brandy ! now being
manufactured. Rai-ins. o. well o. lis,
p!ums, &c, are also dried. some experiments
have been successfully made with Zlnte curiantS.
In Southern California, which i also the great
stoCk-raizing portion Of tie State. oranges. lemons
AMI lines. olives, almonds. and even bananas.
thrive. OF the iir-t-namcd there are ten thousand
trees in tie State IN good bearing condition but
this does not represent a tithe Of those now plant
Ell out. At the present price the fruit ietcies on
the cDa-t, u Is said that one ~iull-grOwn tree Will
net ~. or lOL. sterling Fer annum.
Al the above = more or les true Of many Sec
European Countries, and vet their condition
j. anything but enyiabic. What permanent effect
the climate mav have Oh the Augl0-SaxJn J. vet
10 appear ~ lar be has come out victorious.
There j. something very elastic and bracing about
the climate Of California, even NJ It's warmest.
One cannot become acquainted saws tie Rev.
BlrhIm ZiucSc in lis recent work, e with halfa
lJzcu Calif1rniaus without seeing that man Inn
has been improved in tiis wOulcT-wOrkiug
They lave in q thousand
ways shown enterprise which asJ1nishe- even
Americau5 thcm-clycs.'