New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-01
! PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA.
,rnAHrUL OF FREE TRADE-CHiNEsE A''-
TATION-vARloUs NorEa
far rEIHoRAPH TO TIE IRt"oNHJ

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60 q. ,sc,sco Doc. 3I.-CslIforna enters upon tho
now year with prospects tha' nav w. r,.nroa hv
ce,led before. Tho last year has been "sfnou ~
80, ADVANCE in nearly every productive inh"s"y
-, ZOO miles of now railroad track have been iad'
and tho largest immigration has bcen witnessed since
Tho cold rush OF 40. The assessed vainc OF etato
-r.,,y ,,s Increased one hundred and thirty-two
millions over that OF last ycar Tho on"c' ~ wine
for the year was seventeen million gallons OF
Crane brandy eight hun'ieh 'ho"sa"u sai'
,ons ra,s,ns. one million boxes. Among
the SHIPMENTS for the year were: Vegetables forty
million mounds: canned goods, fifty million pounds
dried f-uit sixteen million pounds dcciduons
frutts thirty.f,ve million pounds, and oranges, one
million boxes In wool, wheat barley honr anu
hons II was an average year. The only thing VINO"
darkens the brightness of the year is the o'cso
Of frce- trade legislation by Congress Interviews WI"
large number Of merchants and manufacturers hc'o
show a virtual unanimity I'm opinion aea'hs. 'io
lands proposed Tariff bill The industries wn"h "
no rrac.,ca,Iv hea are wine making and RAISING grow
ing II wonld be useless to attempt to cure ras's'
with labor at 81 so per day. whom spai" paws '
90 cents per day. About the same ra"o o>i'''
tween the wages Of the vineyard hands mere anu ~
Franco In general, horticulture In the stato "o",'
suYor loss OF many millions Of dollars should tho OIL
become law Thousands Of acres have been p'ah'co
utb ctrus and decIduous fruits, and this INDUSTRY
which prouises soon TO be the most valuable IN the
State wonld iot from the free importao" o.
foreign green and dried fruits In lumper' Goa, Gnu
a score of OF, her industries the same result "o"'u '
low. Is II any wonder, then, that Caliiorhiahs Ito
spective of politics. dcnounce tho Presidents su'caai
freetrade measnrcs'
Tho heavy rains this week have done graz eooa
IN the country For first few days the rains wcio
warm but on Thursday 1t grew cold' ana nan , "
This city and snow throughout Northern California anu
some DELAY In the movement Of trains but less 'rouoo
than usual s nected because the Central Paclnc Ooh
many repaired all the snow-sheds this summer anu
built many miles Of new sheds The ra'hs" io' ','a
storm varies from four inches and mas oro"s'
the average considerably above the last season al S
date.
The mass meeting This week to protes, against tho
Chinese Restriction act showed that the Chinese q"es
tou is not dead issue. Resolutions "oro d""P'1'
,,ng Congress 10 exclude all Chinese from the couh
try What angcrs people here is the evident ih'ei"
90 ,,osa who have The matter in charge to preVe"
act,on hv Congress for another year. At inc i"s'
session tho Pacific Coast members were d'ssuaueu '
pressing the issue, and demanding an ao' "n' 49,
not be evaded by the allegation that secretary n"s
was negotiating a treaty with tho Oh'ho'o Jul"
,s,or This seems 70 have been diplomatic hction'
as nothing has since been heard of this mythicai cas
The proC hinese advocates now declare that nothing
s,od he done until the habeas corpus case OF jung
An Iunr before the Supreme Court is decided. ms
,s not fair test case, but the Chinese advocates VINO
are irving to save it regard 1t as such. Ho"h"iH'o
over ninety Chinese female slaves allowed 10 iahu noio
IN vrits of habeas corpus on the same IN Ohha-
town.
Tventv- four cargoes of new crop tea have arrived
from Hong Kong and Yokohama this season since
Nav II. They include 345,545 packages, Oh whch
about three quarters went East
plans have been received for the Chronicle
building. which IS to be built at once at the Junction
of Kearncy, Market and Geary SITS. 1t Will be ten
stories with tower the total height being 137 feet
n will be of Romanesque architecture The mann
feature win be aerial bay windows extending from the
entrance arch 10 the tower ii VIII have lu",an I
three strecis of 40 feet. A departure VIII DC
the establishment of stereoty ping rooms on the op
foo alongside of the composing room me ounuS
will be of brown brick and brown stone ana VIII ooSt
s3OO 600 Those who have seen the plans say tha' IL
will be the handsomcst building west Of Chicago
Tho advance in quicksilver has given great impetus
10 IFS production here The estimated product FOR ms
year is 81 900 TASKS, and the export .sooo ns an
during the last three weeks Inc hiieso Mno m maeu
TO buy over one-third of the California quicksilver
product have been getting II in London for four years
bnt now theg can buy il cheaper here They pretty
well cleared the local market
Something will have to be done by visiting ball
clubs or the baseball bonanza VIII collapse mere no
games between tho Eastern CLUBS nave PEN NAV
drome after the curiosity to see we'll play
ers was gratfed, the crowds fell Off more than one
half An effort Is 10 be made TO nave ed , ser New ".
Yorks for tho gate receipts. genuine contest ike
this is all that will draw paying crowds now
Santa Clara County proposes to have citrus fair
at San Jose on January "a Exhibits VIII % maze e
meeting place of American Horticultural society
One of the objects of the meeting at san Jose Is 10 OK
anime and report on Californa's horticultural prouuo
lions.