Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-09-29

and while here received impressions that
disagreed with him, and on his return to
Chicago he worked off his bile in an attack
upon the State and coast. Mr.. Tyrrell de-
clared that it was well enough to go West,
but not too far West that the Far West has
reached its limit of civilization and settle.
ment, and that west of the Tooth meridian
no farmer can succeed. Fruit in Califor-
MIA he found plentiful, but it is worth
nothing, anyone can have it for the pick
ing up, and fruit farms bankrupt their
owners. Finally, hesays the commerce of the
whole Pacific coast is dying out. 1t is very
evident that Mr.. Tyrrell is either dyspeptic
or else he is a colossal falsifier. In either
case his statements and estimates are too
absurd for serious consideration by well.
informed people. Bat it so happens that
there are masses of people at the East who
are not well-informed as to the facts
relative to this coast, and another large
class has been deceived by our own folly
in the past in painting pictures in over
color of the prospects, advantages and
local attractions of this State. To reach
any who might be led to rely upon Mr..
Tyrrell's absurd stories was what probably
induced Mr.. Hoag to answer that gentle
mans bilious charges. This he does in
recent number of the Chicago Inter. Ocean.
He gives the lugs5rious Tyrrell few facts
to digest that will probably remain unau.
swered. Thus he shows that our wool clip
is A., 900, 600 pounds that our mechanical
products aggregate SIG. 600, 900 annually !;
that while the export value of cereals in
1878 amounted to Sl4, 900, $50, in 1882
they reached $40. 1877, 23l; that the total
for the five years between the two dates
aggregated SIG, 449. 1913; that we have in
operation no lees than 2,4SS miles of rail-
road, over 456 miles Of which were built
within one year that our taxable property
has increased in single year over $780,.
600. 900. and so on through other interest
ing statistics. Mr.. Hosg also quotes, in re-
ply to Mr.. Tyrrell, from statements by
Cursor & Wilson, fruit driers from L. J.
Rose, orchsrdist /; and from W. II. Jessup,
fruit.grower. He points out that our pop.
ulation has increased steadily; that we
have enlarged our vineyards annually by
hundreds of acres that the income of the
fruit and grape-growers for three years has
averaged $40, 100000 a year that the
average income of the $1,000 farm resi-
dents of California is fully up to the
proper proportion compared with other
agricultural districts, according to the
census estimates, and that the farm
ing class is rapidly increasing in num-
bers and independence. In 1880 California
produced 60,0O0,0OO bushels of wheat
having population of but 500, 000 while
Illinois, with a population of 3,0l5, 100,
1000, 900 being farm residents, produced
but 60, 500. 900. The average wheat pro.
dIce per farm resident in Illinois is sixty
one and half bushels, while in California
it is 652 bushels. 1t is unnecessary to fol.
low further in the REPUTATION. Sufficient
has been shown to give point to the value
of California having ga man on the
ground in the "old West" to nail the
lies that are told of the " Far West"