Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-28

Wooi, VINE, and other staple productions Of this
state will be transported to ships en the Atlqntcf
seaboard, viii drive from the Pacific ocean and tbel
port OF San Francisco the import con, rnerce now
carried thereon and place the producers OF Califor-
MIA at the mercy of monopoized lines OF trapsporta
ton Tor the carrying of their products.
1t seems to me that the above is fully answered
by the fact that the ocean must always remain am
open route, by - and by the Isthmus.
EnheIs q adllsiaTs.5 (yerlaud railroad lines
khroush cur own country, Though the British pos
ses ions, and through Mexief, aud these VIII be
regulators that will keep the stes on the Central
and southern Pacific Rsnroa always within
bounds
tnhk have shown conciusiyely that the
ing OF the Southern transcontinentaI route will enI
courage development and confer prosperity uponl
the people who support the commercial mart Of
San Francisco. In that prosperity San Francisco
must necessarily Scare The saving to the people Of
seven million dollars per auuum on the cost Of
transportation single staple product Of the
supporting territory Of San Francisco alone
ample illustration Of the extent of the rrosperitvi
which the Southern transcontinental route must
necessarily confer upon the peopIe Of this state
Tue experience CT the pus, afgrds ample guarantee
to the great metropolis of the Pacific coast against
injury by reason of The construction OF trapscouti
mental railroad lines which have that metropos for
their Pacific Ocean terminus The vast increase
in the volume OF commerce passing through the
Golden Gate by reason of the development copse-
quent upon construction of the railroad system Of
the Stae and the transcoutinentsl lines now reach.
ing here, points to the inevitable conclusion that
ne Their the import nor the export commerce of the
port Of San Francisco will be diminished, but on
the contrary will be greatly enhanced and aug.
mented.
Steam transportation by land is confined to fixed
lines, involving the construction OF railways re-
curing large investments of capital but by way of
the ocean San Francisco sustains cheap Commercial
relations with every part OF the world But this
fact would not make her great commercial empo-
rum without lines Of communication with the in
terror The existence OF harbor is nothing In it.
SELF but ii that harbor has lines OF transportation by
rail and river converging into it, then convergng
lines Of commerce by ocean converts it into focal
center Of exchange and distribution. The harbor
of SanL LEGO is sufficiently safe and commodious 20
meet the demands Of the commerce OF Liyerpool
but the reason why great commercial city exists
on the harbor of San Francisco and not on the hay
Dor Of San Dego is because the former has enjoyed
the advantages Of communication By river and rail
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ocean with every port on the globe that is visited
for commercial purposes Her commercial lines "a
date from the Golden Gate like the rays OF the sun
corresponding radiation Of lires Of comnuulca.
ticn connecting her harbor with the interior how.
ever great their number, only augment her
| commercial greatness and make her harbor one Of
the most important ports Of the world both for rn
| port and export CONNIE rec.
In conclusion, permit nae to say every candid un-
| preiudiced, and argumentatlye consideration Of
these important questions only brings into stronger
relief the inter-dependence OF transportation with
every other material interest OF the commonwealth
1t is interviewer with every element % progress
and prosperity that to nct upon it an Jury Is to
| strike blow equally at every other material and
commercial interest. You say your questions arc
Terminated from speeches and documents OF politi.
cal campaign. If party methods take the direction
of promising reductions in the rates Of Transports.
ton, and parties to challenge each other to a
rivalry III bids OF this character then The party that
anticipates the ultimate logic VI such contest and
promises that transportation under its admiaistra-
ton shall cost nothing, will surpass its COM
petitors ia the breadth of its conceptions and the
splendor Of its appeal TO the spirit of con6scation
| entertain, however, no apprehension of such q
result. The enlightened sense of justice nsepara-
Bile from the civilizations Of =tiss age y 5sl sur
| people live may be depended upon TO promote en-.
terprise, encourage development, and maintain
unimpared the rights OF all citizens
Very respectfully, yours.
| LELAND STANFORD