Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-09

of this ci Y, and after m aking a summary Of the
Information received from the several lines,
Ieel lustlneh III making the statement that the
year business, while 1t has been less profitable,
is falrly satisfactory. With some there has
been an increase of businesS-with many their
trade had held It's own in the aggregate: quite
q number have done as much business in vol
ume, while it has not aggrf gated as much as
last year; the decline in the coast value of
their goods. however, more than covers the
apparent dlIierence in the two years business.
Inc dryness OF the forepart of the season.
the one-half failure of the wheat crop
and the ruling of low prices. the low
price for hops and nearly ali other products
of this locality, and the devastation of the
grasshoppers, gave the year doubtful
outlook consequently there was great caution
exercised on the part OF the best country prr-
chasers, as tnelr local trade promised light and
financially close. There have been MANY more
failures than usual among the fnanciaIIy weak
of the country trade. many of them "throvinp
up their hands early in the season. The more
favorable "a, features OF the years business are
An advance i'll price of wheat later in the year :
however now again declined. The wool pro-
duct was more, and, owing to less rankness of
the iced. 1t was much cleaner; wool brought so
per cent. more than last year. An increase of
trade territory south and on the line of the san
Joaquin and Sierra Nevada Railroad n buiId-
ing up of The northern part of this State conse-
Quent!y there were an increase of distributing
points ana local dealers partial return to this
point of the trade of the State of Neyada-their
natural point of supply, if tide-water and
through freight rates from the East are any
guaI Ia "hateVer ior trade centers When
goods can go from the Eastern sea-boards TO
points in central Nevada or from San Francisco
to Utah, and then be returned to these sam
points instead OF being sent from this market
" something is wrong somewhere The trade
OF western and central Nevada shouId never
have been forced to seek supplies elsewhere
and the return OF this desirable trade calls for
mutual concessions from all concerned. There
is no question but that the increased work being
done at the railroad shops here has given meny
men labor, which, as formerly has greatly
helped the city local trade generally
THE QUESTION OF MANUFACTURES.
The subject of manufacture should be studied
by all men having the welfare of the CITY at
heart We have now three Touring mills with
all Of the latest improved machinery, with mill
ing capacity of Il thousand barrels of -four pcr
day. have no time now to further specify the
other important and growing manufacturing
interests OF the city, but would say that recent
ly there have been inquiries from Eastern men
in regard to certain city locations as to their
availability Tor manufacturing purposes 1t
seems to me that such enterprises could be fos-
tered in no better way than to have u committee
appointed by the Board to gather and classify
full statistics of the entire business of the city
to invite correspondence from parties desiring
to locate manufactures, and to see that such in
ouiIies are candidly and promptly answered
Such a committee could assist in procuring To-
calities, could ascertain if in any way the city
could release such enterprises from city taxa
ton for q short period during the adjustment of
the city debt, or while such industries were get
ting on firm basis. Such a committee might
ascertain, also, to what extent viii the fact that
the railroad company wi | bring the raw ma
teria to this point and distribute the manufac-
tured articles have q bearing on their making
through freight rates from the East on the same
kind of goods, at such a rate as will fairly pro-
tect such industries and build up the State
have heard it stated in our own city in some
cases minimum freight rates ffom the East were
working hardship, Considering the we'll
known fact that many Eastern dealers consider
California a good dumping ground for their ex-
cess stocks, 1t is essy to see how extremely low
west-bound freight rates assist them to do such
discreditablc and disturbing business at less loss
to themselves. general interchange of ideas
and facts with other manufacturing locations
and int rests, will enable proper presentation
of all such matters to be made to those who
hold the situation, and doubtless would bring
about proper adjustments of many OF The diff
ficuitics.
LABOR AND THE CHINESE.
The question OF manufactures leads US right
up to another one of still greater Importance
and that is the labor question. For Years The
laborlug men Of this coast particularly, and in
fact the entire people, recognizing the evil in
tiueuce that Chinese labor has on the general
welfare of The country, have been CRYING. How
long oh, Lord, how long, The only relief so
ar has been to get congress to pass Il restriction
enactment. with return and immigration priy-
lcges which has invited barter in certificates
and delayed relief As business meu. we should
ton OF the great question in manner becoming
good citizens and patnos. The Chinese as n
rule, have nothing in common with us civily
socially, morally or rslgiOusly | believe that
over nine-t2n'hS of the citizens of this coast
would gladly see the return privilege annulled.
ana see in its place law hat no more Chinese
labOrers or artisans shall come here to STAY, or
return again after having once left All thst
can be done lawfully should be done TO force
thO-e home who are here. Protests and pctitinus
ior rellei should 80 TO the present Congress
thicker than the fail of snow-Aakes of q New
England SnoW-stOrm. united effort at this
time Will bring closer together the honest. pa
tent, relefseeking laborer, the merchant man
ufacturer and the capitalist. Let us all get to-
gether as one man, in quiet determined, final
settlement OF this question, and see to it that
during its difficult solution there be no trilirg
with disorder and misrule.
FRUIT SHIPPING.
The recent Fruit-Growers' Convention. held
at San Francisco, brought out much of interest
relating to that question, and also much in
of value to this city and locality. II
seems that last year there were shipped East
from this State l,Ol5 carloads of green fruit: of
this aggregate 500 carloads went from Sacra-
mento; Az cars of fruit went forward with pas
senger trains, and SIS carloads were attached TO
freight trains. The city of Denver took DDS car
loads, all from freight trains; Chicago took 2l5
carloads from freight trains, and 3li carloads
from passenger trains. The two points received
and distributed 757 carloads, being in round
figures three-fourths of the entire fruit consign-
neHtS from our state. From the above. / con-
clude that low freight rates are great help in
the trade. That the section of the
country tributary to this point is the fruit sec
ton, and that its production is fairly cared for
in the way OF having the same shipped: also
that of the many cities East Denver and Chicago
alone have been fairly grped with our fruit.
Many of us know that Chicago fruit shipper
has for few years past been making this point
his headquarters; furthermore. that tive orthree
Of our city fruitshipping firms have visited GER
tain points at the East. made business commu-
and have been quietly at work: these
three or four firms have been making fruit ship
ping specially. Probably most of the fruit
shipping has been done by them. Doubtless it
has taken much time, trouble and anxiety to ac-
complish what they have. The late Fruit
Growers Convention, at San Francisco, gath
cred comfort from the fact that the Chi
caCo shipper had told somebody that his house
had in few years made a good stake out
of q moderate capital invested in fruit ship
ping. An honest miner in the new FL Dorado
OF Trinity county while bear hunting might in
Il fall up-root II manZanita bush and find a
. lead that if well followed, would make him
Il bank president i'll one year, and nothing
would be-thought of it but TO have n Chicago
man get aristocratic and happy on talifornia
green fruit shipping awakens enterprise. let
us be thankful that it was Chicago man who
has done so well dealing with US, for had it been
n st. Louis man he would not have "gi, EN- il
away" and the rich, misunderstanding fruit that
tree of the California Fruit Union might
still be in the delicate and doubtful blossom
but have heard il said that Denver last wear
was dumping ground for fruit. Fruit growers
and fruit-shipperS' consignments had confiicted.
The result was an increase of the volume of
more varied experience but less COM
fort to growers and shippers. If the late confer
ence shall cause the fruit to be better grown,
gathered and picked. lower rates of freight
more careful competition between the consign-
ments of the shippers and their established
trade and the consignments of the growers, and
more Eastern markets to be Eve-tempted with
pVprVhO1V he
more or less benefited If Denver and Chicago
30 far away, consume so much of our fruit, can
not we expect large trade with Oregon and
Washington Territory, when we have rail COM
with them? By early train they
can receive our fruit with the morning dew on
it. (By evening train We can send them the
THE CALIFORNIA AND OREGON RAILROAD.
This Board has at different times made efforts
TO further the interest bearing on the compile
ton Of the California and Oregon Railroad. Our
last effort was made the early part of the cur
rent year. The Government official declines to
confirm to the railroad company beyond Red
ding the lands that belong to the company, as
per the terms of the bill of Congress authorizing
the building of the road. He claims that the
time for construction has lapsed, and, with it,
the land grant Doubtless the point is legally
well taken. However. let US look at the matter
from a practical point for moment The situa-
ton appears to be about this The railroad
company agreed with the General Government
TO construct a first-class railroad from Rosevile
to the Oregon State line, the company to furnish
but 10 do the work in a certain time.
The Government was to give the builders every
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