Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-01
Aggregate for 1882, S4o,7ol. .s75
Against ss5, 5,as2,ss5 for 1881,
Sacramento Ships 77,e22,a86 Pound.
of Merchandise in 1882, Against
55,ae5,5e4 Pounds in 1881.

In accordance with It's usual custom the
RECORD MON presents its annual review OF
the business of Sacramento. A few nom
residents have entertained the idea that fol,
Sacramento the year 1882 had not been ono.
of prosperity. It's sufficient TO say that there,
was no foundation for such conclusion
After two months Of careful examination.
into the industries and business of the city
and a comparison of fgures, and frank CON-
sultation with the manufacturers, merchants
and dealers of the city, we find that Sacra-
mento has not only lost none of its Influence
but in the year 1882 broadened the area Of
it's trade, increased its volume, and enhanced
its importance in the commercial world.
The advance is placed at Is per cent.
as the lowest, aad Is deduced from
over two hundred statements made by care
full business men. It should be kept in mind
that in the aggregates given no insurance or
banking statistics arc Included, nor is there
more of the large sum represented in the in
dustry Of tbs Central Pacific Railroad shops
considered than fairly and justly belongs
to the business of this city. At the
close of the year 1877 our statistics
showed the volume of commercial transac-
tions to be S25, 500. 600; for 1873, s27, ,60O,.
900; tor 1879. s29, ,279, 300; for 1880. SS1..
112,O5O; for 1881 it aggregated SS5. 1893, ,9S5 /;
and for 1882 it amounts to S40,701, SIS.
q gain of s5,3OS, $40. This figure is
verified by the most careful calcula-
tons, and Is the strongest evidence possible
of tie position uniformly maintained by this
journal concerning the Importance of Sacra-
mento as trade center.
sAcRASfENTo's CLAIMS.
The advantages of Sacramento as trade
center have been repeatedly get forth and
have been impressed upon the people, ard it
is proper at this time TO again make brief
resume of them, recalling the record hereto
fore made and which years have proven to be
exact and true.
Firss--Sbe is distributing railroad center,
from which roads and connecting lines rsdiate
northerly TO Oregon, soutberiy to the semi
tropical sections, and to Arizons, New Mex
leo and the far north, westerly through the
fertile valley regions, easterly to the mount
aims and TIE trsnsmontane Eections, and
southeasteriy TO and among the fruitful foot
hills of the Sierra range. She has her seat
upon the largest water highway of the
State, which traverses the Sacramento valley,
and at the gates of the city turns toward and
econ after fl lows into the ocean bays.
Second-The most accessible market is the
most economical, other things being equal,
and the prices being as low in the most
accessible market as in the more distant, then
the former is the cheaper market.
Third-The near market is enabled to sell
as cheap as its more distant rival, but in the
case Of Sacramento a stronger statement
must be made, for in most lines her traders
can sell at rates which are lower to the pur-
chaser.
Fourth-As q recognized competitive point
for railroad transportation she has through
rates on her merchandise from the East, and
is, therefore, on par with the terminal and
chief competitive point at the seabosr1, and
this recognition sAe obtains because size is the
first place at which the railroad meets with
its rival, the nsvigable river.
Fifth-Commercial economy is bafed en-
the right of all to buy to the best advantage
and sell at the best price. The Sacramento
market gives free exercise for this right.
Sixth-The leading business houses of the
city are direct importers ; they assess upon
their customers neither transfer fees, drayage
charge, noI wharfage rates; they are from
two to four days nearer the interior buyer in
the time consumed in receiving and filling an
order and dispatching the goods they enjoy
the advantages flowing from river transports
ton they are located very near to the water
front and the railroad shipping depots; they
enable purchasers within the Sacramento
area of trade to save a large percentage of
freight as compared to that paid by pur.
chasers in the coast markets.
Seventh-Business in Saer ramento calls for
less Fixed capital TO be locked up in costly
structures or high-priced property. An
establishment in San trancisco doing the
business of either of our wholesale grocers,
deslersin sgricultUEal implements, hardware or
dry goods. could not tobtainlike spacs to that in
use here, for from twice to ten times the cost.
Wherever fxed capital is employed, it must
be rewarded, must pay interest to the IT,
vest1r OUT of the business conducted by him,
and therefore by him be assessed upon those
who purchase CT him. It is to be added that
the current expenses of the conduct of bust.
ness in this city are materially less.
Eighih-Thare sre climatic advantages also
in her fayor, and thesa relate TO all wood
work supplies, to ell liquors kept In stock,
and to the manufacture of al classes Of ye-
bicles, boxes cases, crates, tubs, pails, ETC.
The dry snd equable is preferable TO the
humid atmosphere, and hence the goods
named ana AGRICULTURAL implements stored,
get up or wholly manufactured here are better
for all other sections than like goods from
moist regiop, and this applies TO many lines Of
masufacture. Goods are stored here with
less expenditure of labor than in markets
where they have to be hoisted to upper floors,
for in Sacramento the great msss Of storage
is upon street or alley level, the difference be-
twsen the grades being hight of ore story.
Thus both Fl sors are reached by the truck
men, and the heavy cost of hoisti1g or lower
ing and extra handling is avoided. Sacra-
mento is nearer to the great sugar pine r.
pious-an advantage for manufacturers in
many lines lumber stored here seasons bet
ter and is more desirable in either door, cash,
frame, rustic, molding, box, crate or chest.
Ninth-Sac-amento has large invested in
tsrssts, which, operating with inherent aG
vantages, invite trade and fix it here. Her
citizens are interested in agriculture, mining
and manufacturing in all the most prosperous
regions of the State.
Finally-Sacramento's position is not one
of accids snt; her market is not an artificial
one but the result Of Physical facts stimu-
lated by an energetic spirit, the natural So
quence of commercial Laws and the economic
rules of trade.
THESE STATEMENTS
We have from yesr to year in one form or
another reiterated, and they wers especially
fully set forth and demonstrated in tie report