Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-17
STATE BOARD OF TRaDE.
SOME IMPORTANT REPORTS AND
PAPERS.
4 London Exhibition for CaIifor.
nja-Paper by David Lubin
Of Sacramento.

there. especially of our silk resources, and o
our educational system. Chairman Hatch con
CURED in these views.
Mr.. Byington proposed to have a committe,
of conference to consult with the American
| Commissioners and the suggestion was adopted
David Lubin spoke upon the greater desir
ability of an exhibition being made in London
On motion of William H. Mills committee
| of three was ordered to consider Mr. Lubin',
| paper.
| general discussion of the ACCESSIBILITY Of
| making endeavors 10 induce the National
Grange TO hold its next meeting in California
| was then had.
| A resolution was adopted unanimously. OK.
| tending the Boards hearty thanks to Colonel
| G. F. C1ocker, of the Southern Pacific Company,
| for his financial aid aud moral support in rela
tion to the recent display made by California at
| Columbus. Ohio.
| Mr. Lubin's paper to which reference above
was made, and which viii be found to be of
profound interest is given in full below. He
| said:
The shores OF the Mediterranean have pro-
| dGced the chief history ry-making races of the
world. The palm of originality, too, must be
| granted to this region in almost every depart
mcnt of high attainment in human Thought
and action. The cause of this high deyelop-
ment may be found in the adaptaDiIity of lie
soil and climate to the maintenance of life at n
minimum expenditure of effort and in the
derivation OF the maximum of benefits Shell
tered alike from the extreme heat of the tropics
and the rigorous cold of the north, the print
tive emigrant found on the shores of the Nedi
teTlanean 4 realization OF his ideal earthly par
adise. -
While it MY be frankly admitted that other
portions o! the globe also possessed good soil
and climatic advantages, yet no other region
could produce as protitably those varied prized
and high priced productions CAPABLE of beino
produced there. The vine, orange fig ctron
peach, lemon, apricot and almond are n dainty
race among the botanical world, and they will
grow and thrive only IN soil and climate to their
own peculiar liking. These faStidious aristo-
Gratis among plants, while they stubbornly re-
fuse to yield a profitable harvest in uncongenial
soils and climates yet freely return a shower of
perpetual wealth TO their cutivators where the
conditions are favorable. While northern lands
ordinarily produce ton of hay to the acre m a
net valuation of SO, land on the shores of the
Mediterranean, in olives almonds resin orranae
peaches or apricotS may be made to bring q npt
return OF 500 or over to the acre
There is but one other region on the face of
the earth possessing the advantages of soil, eli
mate and productions of the border countries of
the Mediterranean, and that region is Cali
fornia Granting the capability the ouestion
may now be asked, What is its extent? II may
be affirmed without fear of contradiction that
California contains larger area of suitable soil
and climate to produce semi-tropical fruits than
is contained collectively in Spain and Itaiv
Let us look into this matter moment Snain
contains l9l 600 square miles; Italy SO. $40 and
California loo,oSl. The north IN half of Spain
is on high plateau OF from . GOO to 3 .OOO feet
high, and it is only alter leaving Madrid that
olive orchards are met with, and it is only when
in the valley of Andalusia that we find soil
climate and productions of the seni-tropics
Audalusia,. a part OF Murcia and a part of
valencia, include almost all there is of the
semi-tropics in Spain. Italy contains but little
if any semi-trnpical fruits above the lower
boundaries OF Tuscany. Even as far south as
Caserta, saw peach trees trained fat against
the walls in the Government Horticultural
School, and l asked the Professor IN cbarpe
will peaches grow here without training
against WaliY' " Yes, they will grow here
but they will not ripen, or worse yet, the early
spring frostss. to which we are subject may de.
stroy them" He gave me to understand that
further south they could be raised in open
rows. Now every Californian knows or oroht
10 know, that it would be useless to seek for
semi-tropical fruit in a place where it is too
cold for peaches to grow.
In contradistinetion to Spain and Italy. Ineed
only refer to the map of California to show
from il that almost every portion of this great
State IS capable of producing the peach the
vine. the olive, the fig and the almond. 1t NAV
be said that in order to do this we are Obliged
to resort to irrigation, but assert that in Cali
fornia irrigation is less of an absolute necessity
than in Italy aud Spain. C. c. Chisholm, in the
Encyctopedid britannica, says of Spain: EXCEPT
in Leon and the provinces bordering ON the
Kay of Biscay and the Atlantic irrigation is al
most everywhere necessary for cultivation"
The natural advantages indisputabIy nrenon
derate in California, and it remains now a Gllfs-
tion OF time or well directed energy, or both. to
bring about change of condition Of affairs
here the me st singular and e7entful since the
landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock
How? We shall see presently.
spain, containing about the same number of
square miles as California, and with less than
naif OF It's emi- r0p cal soil and climatic con-
ditions, nevertheless contains a population of
seventeen millions Italy, with less than half
our area of square miles, and perhaps with less
than one-third our area of semitronicaI soil
and climatic advantages, contains a ponulation
OF twenty-siy millions, whereas cali
fornia contains bit million. 1t
roay.n may be Sernt ,Iea replied that all Fg-
and that Spain and Italy are no exception to the
general rule. Spain and Italy are however
exceptions in this respect; while the northerIy
ern, they do not depend altogether on the re-
sources of their lands, but on their manufactur-
ing ana export commercial interests but the
people of the South depend mainly on the nrn
duce of their land, hence it may be safe to infer
that California, with her superior advantages
is capable of sustaining population not ONLY of
Ih9lo,oO, as Spain does, but of 2600j.0O0 like
Italy, and even mo-e than that If this is pos
slble-and see no. reason why it is not-then
1t is clear to be seen that California is destined
to become one of the most important political
factors and safeguards of the Union for by a
settlement of the State to a mean or maximum
capacity, it Will render forever after the ap-
proaeh OF an enemy on the Pacific side of the
Union-a thing not to be feared AS to the
lesser advantages, they are only secondary in
rank, but not in importance.
We need scarce be told that great cities would
flourish, and that a thousand other concur. ent
advantages would arise. We all understand
TINS, Ihe question now remains, what would
be the best mode of bringing about such de
sired state OF affairs? | viii answer it in my
own way, for myself, and leave for Your consid-
Grafton the acceptance or rejection of the state
ment and plan herewith set forth. In my sew
eral trips TO Europe in the last few years have
made the following observations
First-That there is a custom at the present
tlmeIand was ioid from time immemorial-
for large PARTON of the well-to-do inhabitar Is
ofthe northern countries to regularly visit the
southern warm belt, and that in the summer
the people of the southern countries visit the
northern couu tries So extensively is this mi
gratory movement carried on that several great
C, numerical companies find ample compensa-
tion III deYoting their energies aud capital to
the business OF expediting the movements of
these tourists. In the foremost rank among
these companies stand the well-known houses Of
Cook K Sons and Gaze x Co.
SecoDd-Among the best-paying, class and
largest number OF tourists who regularly visit
the European, African and Asiatic shores of the
Med terranean, are the English so much so hat
there is hardly q town in the region named that
does not contain one or more 'hotel de Ingle-
tere or hotel de Gran Britain, .'hotel de
London, e.c English int rpreters, and Cooks
and GaZe's offices, are to be met with almost ey-
erywheTe; and several thousands of hotels find
1t profitable to cater for this great migrating
custom. Now the first thing in order would be
to divert the channel of travel and induce these
tourists to come to California, where we cannot
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delight. summer climate as well
Thiri-The Bext obs erva ion that / have
made is the fact that while it is the universal
custom for the hotels and restaurants to furni. h
preserved or canned semi-tropieal fruits at din
ner, aud notwithstanding the proyerbial cheap
n $ OF food in Europe, yet canned semi-tropical
fruits are sold at much higher price at whole
sale and retail throughout Nor hern Europe
than are similar kinds grown and put up in
California l was shown one pound tins con-
tanning aprleots from Lisbon by Cross & Black
well Tor which they charge twenty four shillings
per dozen cans, or fifty cents per one pound tin
cans
Fourth-A number Of European merchants
are becoming aware os the fset that ii is to their
interest 10 supply themselves with California
canned goods in place of the Mediterranean
goods, but as We have an imperfect mode OF dis
tributlon, and as there many restrictive
measures applied against the introduction of
our goods, which the more watchful and more
9stute Mediterranean merchant has modified
for him by his more efficient Consular interven-
tlon, we ma as result that Notwithstanding
our real advantages the field is for us but little
more than barren of profitable results.
FIith-lt Is almost needless for me to relate
that cspiiai in Europe Especially in Ergiand) as
general rule bri. gs but what we consider herea
very low rate OF interest. Moaey on first-clsss
ourity can be readily had at to 4 per cent per
the people of Europe that it would be TO their
isteTest to visit our state for health and invest
meDt. Would they not come? If they came,
would il not tend to swell the number OF our
population materially? Again suppose ii were
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