Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-03
THE LONDON EXHIBIT.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FAYORS
A STATE EFFORT.
David Lubin's Idea Of the Import
ance of the Exhibit-A Great
Commercial Future.

David Lubin returned on Saturday from
the southern part of the State, where be
has been for the purpose of ascertaining il
the people of that section desired to unite
with those Of Central and Northern Cali
fornia in an exhibition in London Of the
products and resources of the State of Cali
fornia. He reports that the proposition
was enthusiastically received everywhere
and that the project will have the warm
and earnest support of all classes of people
in the south. He was met by representa-
tive of the RECORD UNION yesterday, when
the following conversation took place:
What places did you visit, Mr.. Lubin?
L was at most of the principal places in
Southern California. / went first to Los
Angeles and laid the matter before the
business men of that city. l found at first
that there was a good deal of sectional feel
ing, engendered principally by articles in
the newspapers which, while written for
the purpose of praising one section, have
of complaint, and one which was based on
misunderstanding, was a map published
in the RECORD UNION some years ago on
which certain portions of the southern
country were designated barren hills.n 1t
was explained to them that at the time the
map was published these hills were unpro-
ductive and nothing had ever been planted
upon them. They were laid down upon
all the United States maps as barren hills u
and were practically so until the introduce
.tion of systems of irrigation. The reading
matter published with the map stated dis
tinctly that the lands in Southern Califor-
MIA were found to be of wonderful produc-
tiveness when water was applied to them,
and this has been proven since in many
localities. OF course the people of both
sections have been to blame in this sec
tional feeling, for those of the south have
not been backward in intimating that this
was a country of snow and ice. But this
feeling has largely died out and l believe
we shall have no more of it from either
side
When the matter Of a State exhibit was
broached to those people and the import
snce of it explained to them they grasped
it at once. They saw the possibilities for
good when the people of every county in
the State should join together, each max
ing supreme effort for the good of the
whole State and not for any small section
or locality, thus showing the State of Cali
fornia to the people of Europe as great
and mighty commonwealth. They agreed
Row and forever to lay aside all sectional
feeling and work in harmony with US for
this purpose, and it appears to me that the
people of the northern part of the State
should do the same thing and that they
should frowh down any man who would
try to arouse any antagonistic feeling"
did you find this same feeling prevail
ing in other places you visited ?'
There was one unanimous, enthusiastic
agreement among the people of the south
everywhere to unite in this great effort
" Your plan is to make an exhibition of
California product in London. Italy has
made wonderful and unique exhibition
there, which covered nearly twenty acres of
ground. That was made by the Italian ma
ton, was it not ?"
Yes"
And Italy is a nation of 26,ooo, 600 of
people?"
Yes"
Then how will it be possible for Cali
fornia, which has but little over million
people, to make an exhibition that would
compare favorable with that made by
Italy?''
at is true that the Italian Exhibition
was a grand affair-very grand. 1t is doubt
full if any other country in the world could
produce its equal in kind, but have no
doubt that, notwithstanding the costliness
of the Italian Exhibition, ours would be
more unique, and could be made more at
tractiye, and on the whole create as great, if
not greater impression on the minds of
the people
"Why?n
" The Italian Exhibition was composed
of rare works of art. Whole rows of costly
pieces were exhibited which in measure
tended to confuse the beholder rather than
to attract the mind, while our exhibit.
while not SO costly, would be of character
to attract more attention. The idea is that
it shall be of double character-an inner
and outer one. The latter will illustrate
the California of early days. There will be
seen the various processes of gold mining,
from its primitive placer mining to hy-
draulicking, and the latest improved 40
stamp quartz mill in full operation, show
ing mining in all its various stages, down
to the result in the gold brick and
gold dust. Such an exhibition would
not only be of interest to the average
Londoner, but it would be visited bv i'm
mense numbers of our OWE people if it
were to be made in this CITY, Early Cali
fornia life will be illustrated, with the
prairie-schooners and OK teams, the camp
ing out, fap-jack making, the customs and
habits of the Mexicans, the true peculiai-
ties, habits and mode of life of the native
tribes of Indians. The wor derful scenic
beauties of the State will be shown by pic
lures of the Yosemite Valley, Cape Horn.
and various other places. Now for the in
side of the exhibition. 1t may be taken
for granted that each of the fifty-two coun-
ties of the State will make supreme effort
to make the exhibit success and one
worthy of this great State. Each county
will probably furnish more than all of the
counties showed the last State Fair, and
some individuals will make as good show
ing as any of the counties did at that time.
Why? They will feel that this is the one
great opportunity to show California to ad-
vantage, and they will not allow the exhi-
bition to be a meager one for the lack of
energy in getting it up. Imagine the re-
suit when all of the counties of the State
have done their best in the way of furnish
ing an exhibit. OF course it will include
the best results of agriculture, horticulture.
viiieulture, stock and poultry-raising, and
a display of the mineral and other resources
of the State"
"What is your idea of the benefit to the
State of California to result from such an
exhibition in a foreign country ?'
THE benefit would be incalculable. 1t
would be the means of bringing in capital
to develop the resources of the State it
would make market for our products
especially for our fruits; it would impress
upon the minds of the people of London
and of England and the north of Europe
the greatness of this State. in manner at
once Ineligible and ineffaceable, so that
this State will be renowned as field for
emigration and for the investment of capi-
tai. The most important result of the ex-
hibition will be that it will create market
for our fruit at the highest prices the world
can afford to pay for it,
Some people clsim that it would be bet
ter to expend your money and energy 10
bringing people here from the other States
of the Union instead of going abroad with
an exhibition
81 say no. emphatically declared Mr..
Lubin. Ii is high time for honest men in
this great State to stop the swindling and
lying methods that have been adopted by
almost every section of this State We send
population hunters out 10 bring people here,
and when they arrive we squat them down
on some piece Of land for which we exact
high price and then leave them to their