Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-16
CALIFORNIA.

California, next to the largest State il
the Union. occupies the same position il
latitude on the Pacific Coast as that terri
tory betweed Savannah, Ga, s.nd Bos
ton, Mass, on the Atlantic Coast, con
slsting of the ten States of Massachusetts
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir
ginia, North Carolina and South Caro-
lima. 1t comprises 120,000,000 acres o
land, three-fourths of which is sited tc
profitable husbandry. 1t possesses over
300 miles of sea coast, with some of the
finest harbors in the world.
AS adapted to mans comfort and happi-
ness, the climate is known to excel that
OF any other country.
Its development, considering its linn
tied history, has astonished even mod
ern civilization. Its gold product has
reached the enormous sum Of $65, 900 600
IN single year wool product, Sc, 900 900
pounds; barley, 23,500 600 bushels, more
than that ofany other State in the Union
and more than one-half of the entire pro-
duct OF the United States and Territories.
In 1886, California imported her bread
stutfs. In 1880 her wheat products was
oo.OO0,0OO bushels, requiring a carving
capacity OF $50 ships of 1000 tons each
to take the years surplus to foreign
markets.
The product of California manufactures
OF 1880, amounted to 100000.
The product of the vineyards reaches
100000 gallons of wine and 1000, 900
gallons of brandy, and is largely exported
to the Eastern States anu foreign
markets.
California has provided a liberal COM
mon school system, second to no other
State in the Union. There are two
State normal schools, also twenty incor-
porated seminaries and colleges.
The Stanford University, from pres
ent endowment of S. 900 900, to be aug
mented by the balance of its beautiful
position as to scenery and climate, will
offer advantages and attractions excelled
by none of the greatest universities Of
the world.
The Lick Observatory is the largest
and most perfectly equipped of any in
the world, and has, on account of its
position and the purity of the atmospt ere
of California, so per cent. greater work
ing power than any other ever built.
The population of the State in 1860 was
100000; in 1870, 10000; in 1880, $685.
600; in 1885, about 100000. AS COM
pared with other countries, the popula-
ton per square mile is as follows
Belgium, 410; England, 322; Italy, PIG;
Rhode Island, 200; France, 173; Austria,
100; New York, 100, and California, AZ.
With the continued and substantial de-
velopment of the unbounded resources of
the State, this difference per square
mile will gradually disappear. All things
onsidered-climate, resources, comfort,
convenience and solid enjoyment of all
the luxuriss Of life - like oppor-
tunities for investment do not
exist elsewhere. Already unim-
proved lands in Napa, Alameda, Santa
Clara, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and
other counties, sell in the open market
at from 5000 to $3.50 per acre, and inn
proved land at from $500 to 81 ,25O These
prices have become fixed and permanent,
based on the income from vine, fruit and
other culture.
The total State debt is but little in ex-
cess of $3,OOO,OOO, Notwithstanding the
liberal expenditure in ten years, of
$4,000,000 on public buildings, 4,5O0,OOO
on charities; and 100000 on public
education while the state holds in trust
$2,700,000 for educational purposes with
a cash balance sufficient to offset the
debt.
Such is California, with its 100000
square miles of territory, it's 800 miles of
sea coast, it's grand Yosemite valley; its
stupendous waterfalls, giant trees, its
towering mountains; presenting within
the limits Of a single State all the clim-
ates known to the Union, all the differ
ence of surface from snow-clad peaks to
valleys which lie hundreds of feet below
the sea level; all the fruits between equa-
tor and the pole; all the ami
mails known to geology. She in
vites the world to her table
and all may be filled. Her ships go
forth to the ends of the earth, laden with
gold and grain, with wool and wine, with
oranges and oil, with cattle and corn.
She has added more than thousand
million dollars to the wealth Of the world
in gold alone, and the end is yet afar off.
But it is not the beauty of her scenery,
nor the gold from her mines, which will
make her future fame; it will be the
grain from her wheat fields, the fruit
from her citrus groves, the wine from
her vineyards, the wool from her flocks,
the cattle from her hills, her spice-laden
breezes which fill her sanitariums with
health-seekers, the rose-clad homes
which shelter her workers; these will be
her glory and make her enduring fame
Phillips Guide.