Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-03
fully compeie with the psuper labor of
Europe in the productions of the soil.''

pete in articles OF manufacture requiring
the manipulation of hand labor, such as
walking-sticks, gleyes, embroidery, laces,
pipes, etc., it should be understood and ap-
preciated that our land products are placed
on different basis. We must not forget
that Europe has still fastened upon it tie
old feudal system. The people of Ireland
are making noble struggle to break the
yoke, but those of Spain, Italy, Austria and
Russia have given up the fight. Against
this system of feudalism we have arrayed
here great commonwealth of people liv-
ing under laws which permit the greatest
freedom for the ownership of land in the
cultivator himself With us the owner of
the land pays for his labor, his State and
county taxes, his living expenses, and that
is all that has to be added on TO his box of
raisins or can of fruit. How is it with the
men OF Spain or Italy? The lord owns the
land. Then there is the agent ofthe lord who
farms out his possessions in small tracts
of from one to five and possibly ten acres.
The lord lets his land to this agent at as
high rate as it will stand and the agent
pursues the same course with the sub
renter. So far we have on the box of
raisins the lord, the renter and the SUBJ
renter; but this is not all. Spain has a
navy almost as great as that of Great
Britain, without India to support it. The
expense comes out of the box of raisins and
the can of fruit. Spain has standing
army and the soldiers are fed out of the
box of raisins and the can of fruit Spain
has an aristocracy-a greedy, grasping
aristocracy-and they take their share out
of the box of raisins and the can of fruit.
Spain has King, and he is not bashful,
and he takes his pay out of the box of
raisins and the can of fruit. Now compare
the prices at which we can afford to sell
our frnit with those which they are COM
PEELED 10 charge. Some of our fruits have
already been sold in London successfully
and are now being sold there, but in hap
hazard unsatisfactory way. Many of our
canned goods reaching there are job lots,
vicious, bad and vile. This is brought
about in great measure by the Gamers
refusing to pay the growers profitable
price while their fruit is in good, prime
condition. The result is disastrous to the
cauner and ruinous to the grower. Let
this thing be reversed. Let us go TO Europe,
show them our products in their best con-
dition, and we will find no necessity of
sending out poets to gather in the people.
Let us find profitable market for our
goods and we will find that if we built
wall forty feet high around this great State
immigrants of a desirable class would come
here and would manage to find their way
over the wall, even if we had no ladders
there"
"Are there any other benefits that are
likely to accrue from this proposed exhibit
tion?"
YES. There are manifold benefits, some
OF which will tend to revolutionize the in
dustrial and commercial interests of the
State, and result in its speedy and perma-
nent development to pitch of grandeur
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Union"
"Can you point out any of these?"
Yes. Chief among them would be the
creation of new factor for trade develop
ment in the organization of local Boards Of
Trade, Improvement Associations, Cham
bers of Commerce and other societies
throughout every section of the State.
These organizations would educate their
members in the laws of commerce. and
men who now take little or no interest in
such matters would brighten up and soon
become keen, active business men, The
commercial spirit would take hold of every
little community and the minds of men
would be enlarged by the discussions that
would arise. The Boards in the district
would communicate with the Boards in the
county and the counties would have their
communication with the State Board, and
thus would be developed a centralized
power for evolving thoughts and ideas fer
the advancement of industrial and COM
mercial interests. Such an organization
would have resistless power and would
bring the State forward with giant strides
to its destined position of permanent pros
perity and greatness. In this connection
let me say that the plan here outlined may
not stop right here, but should continue to-
grow in every State in the Union until
there is created from among the various
States centralized power which should
WELD and shape the industrial and com.
mercial progress of the Union, and through
its connections make itself felt throughout
the world. AT the head of this vast organiza-
ton there shall be a man of the highest
genius and talent, whose power will make
him the commercial and industrial head of
this mighty nation, having at his command
all these united forces, commencing with
the little local Boards and running through
those of the county, State and Nation. Its
influence would be felt from the remotest
corners of the Union to the centers of all
the nations upon earth. The Consular
service, which at present is little calculated
10 foster the commercial and industrial in
terests of The country, might be made of
some use. The head of the organization
would be to commerce what Powderly is to
labor, only infinitely greater and stronger.
The idea is not new one. 1t is in fact the
very heart and soul of the system in
Austria and the head and front of the
great commercial and industrial machinery
of Austria. That country has for its NOM
inal head an Emperor, but in reality the
active man is one of his greatest statesmen
and diplomatists. When Austria desires to
land plows in Guatemala and take in re-
turn the products of Guatemala to Italy or
to her own country, the manufacturer of
the plows in Austria has only to signify to
the proper authority that he wishes to
place his wares there and they are placed
and the goods taken in barter are also en-
gineered through to their places of desti-
nation and all tariffs and duties are gently
pushed aside TO enable him to do so. How
is it with the manufacturers and merchants
of the United States At the present
time their Consular service is but a costly
and useless piece of machinery, ending in
the publication of reports which in the
main are greatly sought for only by the
junk dealer. Let California take the ini-
tial step in this matter and she will be
quickly followed by the other States of
the Union until this great commercial and
industrial union is formed-the grandest
organization the world has ever seen, an
organization that will brush aside all OBJ
stacles TO the commercial and industrial
greatness of this country; which will bring
about new era of prosperity and place
this country in the proudest position ever
attained by any nation upon EARTH"