Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-24
A LONDON EXHIBIT.
A Move to Show What Cali.
fOrnia Can Raise.
AN ADDRESS BY MR.. D. LUBIN
Resolutions Adopted by the Board
of Trade and Chamber
of Commerce.

and Champer Qi commerce lopk rlacs
yesterday afternoon at the rooms O. the
former organization. The gathering wa
in answer to call published in Thurs
days papers, in which it was stated tina
action was desired ON the project Of O,
exhibition of products in Europe, unde
the charge OF a committee of one hun
dred, under a plan to be arranged here
after by the State Board OF Trade and th'
State Board of Agriculture. The chic
feature OF the meeting was an informa
address by Mr.. D. Lubin, of Sacramento
who has come to Los Angeles for the
purpose Of laying this matter before the
trade organizations. Mr.. Lubin has
within the past four years made two
trips to the Mediterranean countries and
Northern Europe for the purpose OF max
ing observations of agricultural and trade
matters which bear upon the interests o!
California.
Mr.. Lubin spoke for about an hour
and those who we're fortunate enough tc
be in the room received much instruc.
ton and entertainment from his re-
marks. A discussion Of the trade posi-.
bilities of California might be supposed
to be dry piece OF business. Yet Mr.
Lubin was frequently interrupted by
laughter and applause.
81 have been paying visit" said the
speaker, "to our chief rivals in semi
tropic productions, the countries of Spair
and Italy. The whole of Spain is abou
the size of California, but it must not be
supposed that all of it is Of semi-tropi
cal climate. found Madrid, which ii
the centre of the country, quite as colo
in March as New York, and much to my
surprise learned that it was not an 'ex
ceptional season either The country
which completes with US is crescent
shaped narrow strip of territory with itl
ports at Lisbon and Valencia.
"Italy is one-half the size of Spain o.
of California. In the central part | fount
the peach trees trained to grow agains
the wall as it was too cold for them tt
endure the climate unprotected. Only
the low part, section not half the size
of this State, is truly semi-tropic. The
only other part of Europe having 1
climate similar to ours is the narrow
strip Of protected land along the Medi
terranean, known as the Riviera, and
there they grow orange trees which
spend most of their time debating
whether they are dead or alive. Here ir
California we have district which will
include all the semi-tropic territory O
Europe and have plenty OF room left fol
other purposes.
1.-The population of Spain is II ZOO, ,O0(
and that OF Italy is 26,000,000. Neither
country has any manufactures to speal
OF, yet the productions have a create
money value than those Of any simila
territories in the world. They are raisin,
exactly the same things that we are pro
ducing mere. If this is true, why is
not within our power to becom
almost at one bound the riches
and most fortunate State j
the Union. For lands in such climat
the values as they are at present rate
here, are not inflated they are real, an
but one thing is needed to be done t
make Them even more valuable than the
now are, and that is to open to our Pre-
ducts the markets OF the world.
THE CONTRAST.
"Notice the contrast between our pro
ductions and theirs in the demand 70
them. There every berry it picked from
the vines and as carefully boarded as
it were a grain of gold. Here our grape
rot on the vines. Worse than that, they
ne often sold half dried in sacks to b.
used to adulterate and debase our pur
native wines and to bring them into dis
credit even in our own markets.
There are two classes Of wines, the uil
Ordindire, which practically constitutes 81
to 95 per cent. of all that is made ant
the various fancy wines, for the manu-
facture OF which, special skill is needed
Suppose we concede that we cannot a
present undertake the manufactur,
of the finer wines, lie there any reason
why we should not take possession o
the worlds market with our production
of the other? France to-day has the
monopoly of the production of table
wine. Yet it is estimated that the raw
ages of the phylloxera cost France two
billions OF dollars last year, and to-day
she has of her own production no wine
for export. The French vin Ordinair,
comes from Africa. It is doctor ed up a.
the manufactures in France, and finds 6
ready market here, while our great vine
Yards 60 begging to sell their produce.
Gas soon as we are able to distribute
adyantageously our produce to the worlC
our soil will become profitable. There is
a vast field for the sale OF our products
in Europe. Our representatives in those
countries are not the shrewd manager o
trade interests that the diplomats o.
England and the continent are, or they
could help us out. l believe tha, oul
very tariffs are managed cften in the in
terests Of other countries through the
skill of their agents here. We may no
he able to compete with these slow-goins
countries of pauper or cheap labor il
manufactures, but when it comes to the
products of the soil we can more thai
hold our own. And the reason is quite
evident when you understand how they
are handicapped by their conservatism
and bv their despotic institutions.
LAED PRICES.
When l was in Spain asked the guild,
what the land in certain farming dis
trict cost and was surprised to be tolo
that it was only $25 an acre. l though
It was very cheap until learned that he
meant that this was the annual rent
The great lord, the owner OF the land
let's it in lump to speculator who sub
divides II into small tracts which are
rented to the individual farmers. You
NAV depend upon it, to use the language
of the railroad, that the speculator makes
the traffic bear all that it can stand
Thus upon the price of the product you
must put besides the living OF the pro-
ducer. the profit for the greed OF the
speculator and the luxury OF the lord
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