Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-13

product. He said three years ago he was
back East. People were complaining of
the extreme cold. They imagine that the
Sacramento valley is as cold as it is in the
East They do not know that while they
are showed in on the 10th parallel, at the
same latitude in California the farmer is
blowing and putting in his crop. They
the southern portion of the State is a gar
den of Eden, and that the northern portion
is a barren Wilderness. They know moth
ing of the two great valleys of the San Joa-
quin and Sacramento.
Mr.. Rideout said the Association of
Northern California embraced fourteen
counties each one has. one Director, except
Sacramento, which has two. They have
written up the resources of the section
embracing those counties and are having
printed 10000 copies. They are neat at
uactive, contain sixty pages and neat
map. These will be
CIRCULATED ALL OVER THE EAST
And some will be sent to Europe.
Senator Langford thought they might
merge the immigration Associations with
the Labor Bureau.
VIII S. Green-The labor bureau is
humbug.
Mr.. Rideout-An immigration Commits
sion would accomplish more good than all
the commissions ever created by the State.
Senator Filcher of Placer who is Chair
man of the Placer County Association, said
that some years ago some of the enterpris-
ing citizens of Humboldt county issued
pamphlet, which set forth its resources, and
it bore good fruit. What is true of that
county is true of all other sections The
people of the northern portion of the State
have entered upon this work for no
selfish motive, but for the benefit of the
entire State The citizens interested in
these organizations are spending their
own time, money and energies in an en-
deavor to build up their respective sections,
adding thereto wealth and conveniences.
1t is wise and prudent to set forth their
interests, and it cannot help but result in
increased population, development of our
resources and increased wealth. One rea-
son that the southern portion of the State
was advertised so extensively in the East
in advance of the northern section was that
it originally consisted OF large Spanish
grants, and the owners
COULD WELL AFFORD TO PAY LITERALLY
Toward any scheme that would bring in
settlers who would buy their lands. We
have had enough experience in the foot
Hills to know that a small investment will
prove profitable. Placer county last year,
notwithstanding the decline of values
in the northern portion, owing to
the shutting down of the hydraulic
mines, showed an increase of taxable prop
erty of over 100000. This was an in
crease independent of railroad values, and
created a tax Of 1000, 5000 of which
went to the State. This was brought about
by the efforts of few Of our citizens. An
increased immigration means lessening of
our taxes better schools and the purposes
of life enhanced. Is it not part of wis
dom on the part of the State to assist in
this matter? Have State immigration
Society, give them money to operate with,
and then let them render to the State an
account of their stewardship. Every dollar
so expended will bring back one hundred
fold. The appropriation for the New Or
leans exhibition was the best thing the
Legislature has done or will do this session.
Will S. Green was the next speaker, and
confined his remarks to COlusa county. He
said he had been bothering himself so
much lately about irrigation that he had
water on the brain, and did not feel able to
say much upon immigration. He indorsed
ali that had been saidby the other speakers
He said they could raise all the cereals and
they could avert failures and increase crops
Without water to irrigate with Colusa
could support ten times its present popula-
ton; with water a hundred times its pres
ent population California, with its waters
devoted to irrigation, could support the
present population of the United States
Our valleys, divide them into 160-acre
farms. and they will support 10, 100000 peo-
pie. With wise laws on irrigation and
immigration and we can support %, 100000
Senator johnson of San Bernardino
stated that he thought with proper care
oranges could be raised i'll northern Cali
fornia as well as southern. At Riverside
the young trees had to be protected until
they were two years old, by wrapping
their bodies with tule.
A S. Hopkins, of Sacramento, made
lengthy speech, giving a history of the i'm
migration societies OF the State, and gave
detailed description of their workings. He
spoke of the Norris grant, Just north of the
city, which contains 10000 acres of the best
land in the county. is given up to sheep
pasturing, and does not support one indi
vidual to square mile lie was in favor
of assessing such ranches so high that they
could not be used prefitably as sheep pas
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