Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-12
WHOLE NO. 1924.

| home to nelghborhoods and individuals.
| by personal instruction and correSpon-
! dence. Every farmer must be induced to
| submit his questions directly to the source
of scientific knowledge.
| In addition there will remain a vast
| amount of valuable work TO be done by
| the State Agricultural Society a bureau Of
| agricultural and labor statistics the dis
triCt societies; the several State commits
| SionS; the State Grange and the press |
! shall not dwell upon the work to be done
| by these agencies, because it is more OBJ
| ViouS than that already considered some
what i'll detail. But we must increase our
| efforts 10 unite all these agencies in active,
| hearty cooperation. Hitherto our efforts
have been too widely scattered, and we
suffer from consequent delays and obscure
methods
With this distribution of labor, and coop
erative spirit, we can make stupendous
progress in a very short time. A few years
will see the progressive development of
comprehensive system of agriculture that
will enrich our people, and add millions to
our population, accomplishing in a COM
| parauvcly short time what in Europe has
| required centuries 10 achieve
Can we do it? Is success within the
range OF possibilities? For myself | can
boldly say that | look forward with abSo-
lutte confidence towards grand success.
know that the capabilities of our State give
promise OF all that can be desired. And
when | study the character of our people
feel still more confident.
Here i'm Sacramento we stand on ground
conScCratCd by degree of courage, intclli-
gcnce and skill that inspires cXhilirating
J hope. The ground upon which this beauti-
full city is built was wrestcd from swampS:
once il was destroyed by fire once by flood
It's people have stood sentinel over threat
eniug fires and floods for years They
have lifted the very earth upon which the
city stands; they have withStood sudden
dcprcSSiouS caused Ivy heavy removals of
population, they have successfully con-
tended against terrible fluctuations i'm va
value. And vet they have built a city that is
the pride of California, with an assured
future that gives absolute promise of uni
versal comfort, health and happiness Is
there anything that such u people cannot
10?
Look over the entire State and behold
the grand work already done. Thirty-tive
years ago an army of boys came here with
nothing but spades, picks and blankets
They were without money or State aid.
They withstood heat and cold, drought, flood,
famine, disease, and conquered in every
fight Behold how they have made the
desert TO blossom rs the rose They have
| established towns, villages, cities and q
State. Order prevails, and prosperity
blesSeS nearly million of people. Can
such people fail in any enterprise that
they may see to be necessary?
Behold, then bomdleSs courage, quick
intelligence, persistent energy and plant
elasticity, side by side with opportunity,
and know that only success can come.
In the department of fine arts our course
has always been progressive; year after
year, we have placed on exhibition rep
resentative collection of works produced in
the State of California. This year we open
to you new gallery. designed with the
utmost skill OF the architect so that with
an ample room and an unimpeded light,
you may he able to discover more easily all
the beauties of light and shade and color
contained in the pictures on the walls. In
all fairs throughout the State there iSnopart
more frequented by visitors than the art
department. High and low; rich and
poor: the educated and the unCultivated
seem To derive an equal satisfaction from
viewing. criticiSingan admiring the works
of art offered for inspection.
ThisShould beto us a source of great en-
Couragement First because it is sure
indication of the natural refinement and
taste of the community in which we live.
ptOblNIN IL II W VI Il SNlAt Ol DIOS-
pcrity in material affairs. The motto of all
industrial communities is business first,
and pleasure afterwards and the fact that
SO many working men and business men
can find time to examine and discuss works
of art, argues certain measure of success.
California has. in the comparatively short
period of her existence, done a great deal
for art, and may say that she holds high
rank among her sister States for the num-
Der and ability OF her artists, and for the
generous patronage she has bestowed not
only upon resident artists. but also on those
of the Eastern States and foreign countries;
but she has still a great work to accomplish
in the future. if she is to take that place -
among the enlightened communities ofthe
country, to which she will be fairly en-
. titled, by reason of her climate her natural
local advantages, her wealth, and general
intelligence
We have no lack of art teachers ofgreater
or less capacity, but of schools proper, but
one-The California School of Design sup
ported by the San Francisco Art AssOcia-
ton. This school has been established for
twelve years. | have watched its progress
and made myself familiar with its man
agement since its commencement. 1t has
undoubtedly done good work Pupils
have attended it from all parts of the Pa
citic Coast, from San Diego to Victoria
The average attendance is between seventy =
and eighty, though the roll sometimes
mounts to upwards of one hundred. About
a dozen of the graduates are now studying
in Europe, a number are following the
profession in this State, and many are
teaching the elements of art in schools and
seminarieS.
Without doubt the School of Design has
done much to create and elevate taste in
this commun :. Hitherto the only
branches taught have been crayOn drawing
and oil painting; want of means has pre-
vented expansion. Means from some source
should be supplied to enable the Directors
to supplement the present classes with
Others i'll modelling, water-ColOrs, wood
carving etc.
A gentleman who has recently visited
the Eastern cities after an absence of four
years-an enthusiastic lover of art, and
withal an energetic, practical business
man-tells me that the evidences of inr-
provement in taste, mechanical and artistic,
is everywhere so observable rs to be almost
phenomenal, and sees it in the color and
designs of buildings in the external archi-
tectural ornaments, even in the signs-in
fact all things external and internal.
This is real progress and what we want
TO see is such palpable evidence of i'm
provement in California. We want to
carry the refining influence of art into the
household of every farmer and mechanic
i'll the State; judicious selection of color in
the painting and papering of our houses
of ornament, elegance of
form and fitness of purpose, in our domes-
tic utensils are indications of this grateful
influence. 1t will come gradually, but
am sure it will come in time. Let us do
what we can to hasten it.
Directors, members, and fellow citizens,
to-day we leave the past behind us, and in
this new palace of industry, we inaugurate
q new era. Older countries may have had
their golden age i'll the past, ours is in the
future.
PECULIARITIEs OF TAsTE.-Those who
have tried the experiment say that
lioritN- ohnnt no ;o hot