Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-01-03
Hon. Horace Maynard Addresses the
Board of Trade.

Beard of Trade.
According to previous announcement, and
upon invitation of the Board of Trade, Hon.
Horace Maynard addressed a large number of
ladies and gentlement at the Board CT Trade
Rooms yesterday evening We have never
seen so many persons assembled at these rooms
on any previous occasion. The Board was call
ed to order by Col. j. w. Gaut, who introduced
the distinguished speaker.
He announced his subject to be the re-
suit of his observation during two
trips TO the Pacific coast. He proceeded
to state something of the extent of our
possessions on the coast, and alluded to the title
by which we hold those possessions, giving an
interesting historical sketch of early discoveries
| III the far West. He spoke of the success of
certain gentlemen who went to the coast soon
after our requirement of California in 1913, and
| alluded to the discovery of gold. He spoke at
! some length of the growth Of the Pacific States,
| giving Interesting statistics.
| He compared the difficulty Of reaching our
| Pacific possessions Il few years ago with our
present facilities, reviewing somewhat IN detail
| the construction of the Pacific road and the
causes which led to and encouraged such an en-
| terprise. He thought that but for the war many
! years must have elapsed before our Pacific road
| could have been constructed. Under the old
order of things, it would have been very diff
cult to procure the necessary aid for such an en-
! terprise
He alluded to the population of the Pacific
peculiarly a live people They were indus
| trious and intelligent, and while he much ad-
| mired them, he confessed that he had no par
| ticular desire to trade with them. He gave
| the different classes Of people there, ma
| tives, Scandinavians, Chinese, &c. He
| thought the last mentioned were very valuable
as a labOring class. They were engaged in al
| most every occupation except preaching and
practicing law, but they seemed peculiarly 4 la
| boring class He thought as political clement
i fha v ipor lcrIy- nc No frOu
of these contemplate becoming permanent citi-
l zens of America. Among the Mexican popu-
| lation are men Of culture and education, one of
| whom Is the present Lieutenant Governor OF
| California. As mass, however, they seemed to
| be a race without a future. de gave some IN
terestng observations relative to the civilization
| of the ancient Mexican population. The In
| dians there are represented to be reliable and
| trustworthy laborers but as a class, like the
rest of the race, they seem to be doomed, and
are rapidly dying out and fading away. He
| was struck with it an agricultural country
| He thought that Utah, portions Of it, was the
most God abandoned country in the world.
| Yet by an admirable system of irrigation
and by superior energy, the Mormons have
made the wilderness blossom as the rose. lie
thought Brigham Young very remarkable
man, in many respects. The wheat crop i'll Cal
ifornia is very valuable. \ farmer expressed
himself that his wheat crop WAS hardly worth
| cutting. When asked how much it would pro-
4 L "a
/ acre" The average yield of wheat in the State
is 191 bushels per acre He had heard of Il sin
gle farm producing 800 bushels. He spoke of
the fruits of which all have heard The wool
crop there is important. One gentleman had
| said his wool crop for 1871 would yield him
| $600O0 One grape vine had been represented
to yield five tons of grapes. The vine was
| about l. inches IN diameter and was sad by 4
papal Nuncio, who has made the matter a
| study, to be the most remarkable vine ever
| known. He made passing allusion to the
manufactures, the fisheries, the lumber tradd
and various other branches of industry, sc.
| The big Trees" of that country are a source
of curiosity, and one of the wonders of tn
| world. They occur in nine different Localities
| in small groups.
In the Mariposa grove there are about 600
| trees, all of these very large some of them
measuring over $50 feet high, and six feet from
the ground about twenty-five to twcnty-eght
feet in diameter .E.
The famed Yosemite Valley was alluded to
in a very interesting manner, It's picturesque
waterfalls and other natural scenery being brief
llv described He had intended to speak of the
Commerce of the country, but for want Of time
could not.
He concluded his remarks in clo-
American commerce is being push
ed into the Eastern countries, and the
intimate relations that exist between our peO-
pie and the inhabitants Of China and Japan.
| Their inhabitants are studying our customs and
our habits; as an instance of which Col Ca
prom. late Commissioner of Agriculture, had
been invited to visit Japan and give the peope
there the benefit of his knowledge in that mi
portant branch of industry. He could not bd|
hold all the great wonders Of this country y
| ours without thanking God that he had created
him and kept him an American citizen.
On motion of Capt w. w. Woodruff tl4
thanks of the meeting were rendered Mr.. May
nard for his very interesting address II
Mr. Maynard occupied nearly two hours j
the delivery of his address, but was listened 1
throughout with marked attention. II