Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-13


geles in that time increased in population
from 1000 to $4,000. The facts of our
capacities for the production of citrus fruits
once known, and people will flock here
from all regions of the earth to enjoy ouI
cline and the many advantages 1t affords
By comparison, little, indeed, has been
done toward making known the wonderful
resources and advantages Of northern Cali
fornia. Until the organization of the
Northern California Immigration Society
with headquarters in this city-a little
more than year ago-tnere was no con-
certed effort to inform the world
regarding this favored portion OF
our State. That organization has not been
idle. This first citrus fair in northern Cali
fornia is largely the outgrowth ofits efforts
II has done good work and lots of it. and
new corners are already in our midst and
pleased with their location who, except fol
the efforts of the immigration Society, would
have gone on TO buy a home at greater
expense in some less favored locality
There is wealth in immigration, and al
efforts to disseminate the facts regarding
northern California should be heartily anC
substantially encouraged by every citizen 81
this favored portion of the State.
While through the lecturers, papers and
advertising pamphlets sent broadcast BY
large landhoiders for speculative purposes
southern California has been read about
and sung about by the people of all States
and countries, there has been none to raise
his voice beyond the confines of the region
itself in behalf of this northern portion Of
the State. 1t is time that we began 10 sing
our own praises, at least to the extent oil
making known the truth.
But then, you say, if several millions OF
l. 81, Il
all 30 to raising oranges, what will we dc
with the fruit? Have no fearo the orange
market; and as to the question OF
profit, that matter is easily solved.
The area in the world where oranges
can be successfully grown is limited,
while the consumption of the fruit is uni
versal, and will increase as the product be-
comes better known and cheaper. We have
60 600 000 mouths TO feed in the United
States. In 1890 that number will have
increased to 70,000,000. and in 1900 to 95,-
900, 900, and so on for a hundred years.
We shall have market for all we can
grow, if we plant out the whole of north
ern California, and even terrace steep hill
sides as they do in Japan and China
In this connection | would say, Califor-
MIA must necessarily resort to the growing
of fruits or her commerce will decline
stuifs for the world. Every experiment to
carry wheat overland has failed, and fear
will continue 10 fail. We are therefore
forced TO make the longest sea voyage on
the face of the globe TO reach the bread
stuff markets of the world. Besides all
this, the highest use 10 which land may
be devoted is that use which makes the
largest amount of labor on each acre profit
able; or, stated differently, that land is
best cultivated which gives profitable en-
ployment to the maximum quantity of
labor on the minimum quantity of land
There is the broadcast question of states
manship and political economy underlying
this consideration. The problem which
nations have to solve-and it has been re-
garded as the highest problem of civiliza-
tion-is how to support the largest number
of people on the smallest area. The Gull
ture which will profitably employ ten la
borers on a single acre, is worth to coun-
try more than that culture which would
profitably employ the labor of but one man
on ten acres. The social, moral and in
tellectual advantages arising from density
of population, forms a part of the con-
sideration in favor of devoting the soil to
that character of culture which gives the
maximum of employment on the mini
mum of land AS the cultivation of fruit
requires a higher intelligence than the
cultivation of cereals, requiring a more
intimate knowledge of the laws of germ
life, of botany and of agricultural chem
istry, | apprehend that the people devoted
to such industry will necessarily possess a
higher average intelligence than the peo-
pie devoted to the cultivation of wheat,
corn, etc. On this question of staple fruit
and citrus culture. let me say again there
need be no fear of over-production. The
objections usually urged on this ground
are often The merest folly. Every country
which produces sufficient amount of any
article to constitute an important factor of
export teaches the world to rely upon
that country for that production. The
greater the production the greater the GER
tainty of the mastery of the market
If California produced but 1000 tons of
wheat, in excess of home consumption, il
would be absolutely worthless, because
commerce would not organize itself in such
a way as to take that wheat. Transporta-
ton would be SO heavy against it that it
would never find its way to market. SINH
lar results will attend the cultivation of all
fruits, citrus as well as other kinds. The
danger or want of market will not be in
production, but rather in under-pro-
duction. 1t is the pioneer stage of fruit
growing of any kind which is Improbable.
When enough has been grown to make its
sale and movement a matter OF first I'M
portance to commerce and transportation,
these great elements will adjust themselves
to it as a rule, and build it SO firmly into
the great world of commerce and financial
activity that it cannot be ignored.
Now word IN conclusion to those
in search of homes: While this State
is young and developing, it offers SUI
perior advantages for the home
seeker. | often wonder that more people
from our Oyer-crowded cities, where the
chances for bettering their condition are
very limited, do not seek the country, the
hills or their valleys, secure a small piece
of ground OH the best terms possible and
plant home To those who are sober,
industrious and patient. though OF
small means, northern California Of
ters superior advantages for securing
homes, and our home-owners, our land
o vners are our best citizens. a land of
true homes, some one has said, is a land of
true greatness. Therefore, let Us all strive
to possess ourselves of a home for our own
sake, for our family's sake, and for the
sake Of our country. In the language of
the poet, let Inc say to
Young beginners in life's morning.
Don't forget the rainy day:
Sunshine cannot last forever,
Or the heart be always gay.
save the dime, and then the dollar;
Lay up something as you roam.
Choose some blooming spot of beauty,
Some fair spot, ana plant home.
You too, who have babes around you,
Coming up to take your place,
Give them something to remember,
Homestead memories let them trace
Would you feel the pride of manhood,
Let the sun your dwelling greet:
hat faah ed CIV s,Ff-.
Own the soil beneath your feet.
You. too, who perhaps have squandered
LIES fair morn. It's not too late;
Start at once to WOO bright fortune,
Rail no more at so-called fate.
Sow the golden seeds of saving
In the rich and quickeniDg loam
Spend your last days not with strangers,
Enter heavens gate nom home.
The next speaker introduced was General
\. P. Chapman, of Red Bluff, who said
Mr. President: l have been requested to
occupy fifteen minutes of the time of this
convention in portraying the advantages of
Tehama county as a region for growing
citrus fruits. ] want to say, Mr.. President,
that you have curtailed my duty at the
wrong end of the proposition. You ought
to diminish the area or enlarge the time.
| desire also to enter mild protest
against the effort to induce settlers to come
into our part of the State on the single adj
vantage of its being adapted to citrus fruits.
You all remember the story of the Prince