Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-08-30
ALONG TIE PACIFIC COAST.
Tacoma, Another Washington Territory
Town, SGOrChed.
THE CHICO FARE A SUCCESS.
Tracking an Escaped Convict
Through the Foothills of
EI Dorado County.
THE CHICO FARE A SUCCESS.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO rHk HzooKD-umOy.I
CHICO FAIR.

\ Grand success-Annual Address by
Will :. Green, OF CoIusa.
CHICo, August 29.b The attendance at
the fair increases. The hotels are filed, !
and hundreds of cot-beiS are brought into
requisition.
The grand parade of stock to day was
fine and largely attended
The display at the Pavilion is the best
ever made here. The fruit is built up in
many unique and handsome designs.
The races this afternoon drew large
crowd. The first was pacing. free for all
horses owned in the district without a
record, mile heats, three in FIVE, for a purse
OF $3.50. The entries were LOta, Lady Tai
man, Bee, John L. and Wapple 1t was
won by Wapple, John l.. second. Best
time, 2:26l.
The second race was running, one half
mile and repeat, free for all, for purse of
5000. The entries were Juanita Barney
g., johnny Gray, Eve and katiShs. 1t was
won by Johnny Gray. Best time, :49l. |
Eve second.
The third race was running mile dash,
free for all for purse of 800. Theenuies
We're Menlo, Dolly Neill Addette. Luck.
now, ST. James, Hotspur and Applause. Ii
was dead heat in l:45 1t was run over
and won by Applause in 1850
This evening there was a large crowd at
the Pavilion, and the Hon Will S. Green.
OF Colusa. delivered the annual address. !
portions OF which are given as follows
Ifr. President, Ladies aud Gentlemen. The bar-
vest is over. Our crops have been garnered and
We can see the result of this years work From
the dim horizon of the past from beyoud the
point where tradition and history are blended
comes to us the custom OF the people to gather
together af.er the harvest, bringing with them
specimens ofthe field, the garden, the orchard
q nly rive
throwing of social restraint have the nlerriest
time OF the year. We are here in pursuance Of
toe custom established by our progenitOrS when |
the twin sisters, agriculture and civilization |
were being rocked in Il rude cradle, aud that |
custom demands that while we exhibit onr
proouciS and speed our hlooded colts around |
the track, we do not forget the social and intel
-ectual features. We are here TO night to enjoy |
with each other, that new Zest may be added to |
the exhibit and to the track. That custom has |
made IT necessary that some one shall lead out |
in the discussion of those things that interest |
us and that pertain to such gatherings as we |
have here tonight, and for the want of some
one more competent the Directors selected your
humble servant for the duty. / am conscious
of my inability to do justice to a subject so
grand, but 1t Is every mans duty TO harken to
the call of his fellow citizens and fiji
the public tTut allotted to him to the best of his
ability. When the shortcomings are noted the
disappointment VIII be yours, the Chagrin mine
Why is 1t that agriculture is so often Consid-
cred duh, stupid avOcation? Why are formers
IN some circles referred TO as clCd-hoppeIs hav-
seeds and the like? Agriculture is the founda
tlon OF all other avOcatiOnS, without il none
other could exist The farmer is the most iude
pendent of all men On his shoulders rest not
only the weight of empire, but the very exist
ence OF man as civilized being. Agriculture
Is the udsili on which the whole superstruct-
ure rests. Go, you farmers, 10 the metropolis
OF your county your State when the c-ODs
are in doubt and see how anxiously everyone
inquiries as to the probable result. No trade no
ayocation, no profession isfre from the anxiety
All LOOK with interest to the weather reports
about the time OF the turning poiut of the crops
Nor Is TINS because OF any fear of famine or
scarcity of provisions as may have been the
case before the perfection of TRANSFORMATION had
been reached, but it is because there will be
du!I times and scarCitv Of money if the cropS
tall. There viii be no business Let this |
state fall ten millions short on its recejptS
Tor the agricultural productions and there will |
be dull times all over-eYeryWhe YOU will |
ind that people will have to cut expenses
short; but let the STATE receive ten millions ex
ira for her agricultural productions and for |
will be boom everywhere. 1t is something |
taken out of the ground--somethiug created |
But II Is something more. Gold is taken out of |
the ground H. tCO is something created, but a |
mining country is ever poor, because the moncy
has to 90 out of the country To purchase the |
necessarles and luXurles of life. A State wi h |
one million people will be rich if she can sell |
annually fifty million dollars worth of agsi sicult
ural products-tifty dollars apiece But a state
with one million people with no agriculture
Will be poor if she takes out Of the ground to |
sell, fifty millions of dollars worth of gold
only fits dollars each Then well NAV we
eNult at the weight of our wheat the size OF cur
pumpkins, he fat on our calves! Well may the |
farmer hop. proudly over the clods, and wear
the hay-seed in his hair with the pride OF a |
KING when the diadem of jewels is set on his
brow
Agriculture is not only the source of wealth.
1t Is wealth: 1t is mistake we have fallen INTO
calling gold wealth. 1t represents wealth /
man might stand en- pile of gold as high as
Shasta and starve to death but with agricultural
productions of q small value he would loll in |
Weal'h-that IS he would have plenty and
plenty is Wea tn, have thought much on this |
difference between the productions of the niue
and the productions of the iaIm Both come
out OF the ground, both are created as it were |
by labor Gold is taken out and goes off after |
the farm products, and does not return. II goes
into the cir ulating current of the world and is
OF no more value 10 the State that produces it |
than to any other. There never had beeu q dis |
trlct or country inhabited by man since Adam
whe-e the soil is good, that the people were not
rich In ali that goes toward making mapkiod
happy and contented, even though they had to |
use ron or cakes OF soap for q circuls ting !
medlum-many things have been made to take
the place of gold. In fact, TODAY with our |
great aoundanceo OF gold, only about per cent |
OF the business of the world is done with gold or
silver. Il is done with bits of paper Il |
IS said that gold must stand back of this |
paper Is that true? maintain no. 1t is sgd.
culture that backs the whole The piece of !
paper stamped by the Government $50 is as |
much $40 as the gold piece stamped in like |
manner and back of that paper so is the land |
without that agriculture it would not be worth |
as much as blank paper. All other things |
might stop and the paper would still be worth |
the $50. The circulating medium of nation, |
then, is not the wealth of the nation and mast |
not be confounded with it. When you go TO |
hun for the wealth OF nation look at the con- |
d'l2n of its agriculture. How much does it |
produce per capita. TIL IN you have gotten its |
wealth
Suppose two men On raft at sea- one has a |
bag of gold the other bag of biscuit Which !
has the v ealth? One has the medium of ex- /
change, but 1t Is useless as brick-bats without |
something in the market! In the case above |
there would be no biscuit in the market and |
the medium would be woithless. The products |
OF agriculture can never be made worthless |
Even IN case OF over production the real wealth |
is there. There is plenty and prosperity in the |
land. There Is 81 much-each one has such an |
abundance that there is but little exchanging |
going on. If Jones has a fat lamb to spare, and |
wants Sushel of wheat of which his neighbor |
Smith has surplus he can take over his NUT
ton and make the swap, ami both be satisfied.
Money was invented for the convenience of |
just such men. Jones takes his surplus mutton |
to market and turns il into money, and that |
money simply represents Jones spare mutton. |
Smith goes to market and the money he gets for
his wheat represents his spare wheat Each in
turn buys the spare product of the other and
his money is gone. II has been a simple convC-
nienee The mutton and the wheat were the
only wealth. Likewise, for c0aUeRieace trades
were established For instance, a number of
farmers found it more conv, niert to let one
man tan the hides they took off their beef cat
tLCt ahu theS iIlGu OLOeI PRODUCTS
ia payment, and thus they get their Shoes by q
direct exchange of products when there was no
circulating medium convenient. In that method
then money wa3 wanting, but all the time they
had the true wealth
1t is true that labor engaged in other avoca-
tlons creates a representative of wealth. A city
may be a manufacturing city aud bring in much
OF the circulating medium. but it has no Dri-
mary no independent wealth. 1t could not live
of itself-it could not stand alone. Agriculture
can Just do that. | want each of Won
to think about these things and when you see
how grand is agriculture, how ennobltng NAV [
be agricultural labor, You viii conclude that |
the clod hopper is king and every hayseed in
his hair is diamond.
PETAJU1IA EAJR