Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-09-18
ALONG TIE PACIFIC COAST.
Nevada County Forests on Fire Heavy
Damage to Timber.
SUICIDE AT CAMPTONY lille.
A Fort to Protect White Women and
Children is Being Built at
blackberry.
lspEoAL DISPATCHES TO THE ssooRpUNroa. ]
STATE BOARD oF TRADE.
California on Wheels and Its Successful
Tour of the East.

California on Wheels and Its Successful
Tour of the East.
SAN Francisco, September 17th.-The
Executive Committee of the State Board of
Trade met to-day at its Market-street head
quarters. There was q large representa-
ton present.
General Manager Brown presented the
following report:
1T gives me great pleasure to be able to
report to you the safe arrival upon Califor-
MIA soil of our car California on Wheals
and her successful crew. After nine
months of wandering and conquest the
miniature representative of Californias
varied products is back to her starting
place, nearly as new, almost as fresh and
quite as novel as at first. The progress
throughout the East was in the form of an
ovation, measured by the visiting thou
sands that paused from activity long enough
to view the wonders represented by your
travelling representative. No accidents, no
Interruptions interfered with its triumphant
course. 1t accomplished more than even
the most sanguine of US expected We
hszarded an experiment, doubtful whether
success would attend it. As reports came
from time to time of its success in its field
OF labor, the burden of an experiment wore
away, and the gratifying feeling that our
venture was an established fact, and most
important factor in our line of work grew
upon US. until | am free to admit that it
has been productive of more good than any
other one thing the Board has fathered
since its organization.
THE successful course of this novel
method Of advertising, this most successful
educator, brings to our knowledge two
most important conditions of the East and
West. One is that here in the West, we
have shown what great country of fertility
and resources we have, and how limited
we are in population; the other, how vast
the population in the East and how small
their resources are in keeping with their
crowded condition. That this great,
crowded population of the East was eager
to be instructed, was ready to see the re-
suits of the productiveness of the great
West, was evidenced very fully by their
eagerness to view California on Wheels and
their desire to gain all knowledge possible
of a country they knew only by reputation.
I'VE cannot expect to gain this vast popu-
lation to our way of thinking in Il moment,
nor move them westward at our will, but
we can appeal to the intelligent multitude
by exhibiting our products and our wares,
and in this manner show to the immi-
grants that may desire to come our way
that we have supply that will fulfill
their desires and demands. In this man.
ner we may lay foundation broad and
deep by constant renewal of our object
lessons and by a proper dissemination of
straightforward honest literature.
1T is, therefore, proper at this time, when
we are contemplating the idea of sending
forth new and more elaborate exhibition,
for us to take into consideration the object
| sought to be gained by our previous car
This object was two-fold.
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with the whole States productions, ar
ranged in pleasing variety, so as TO present
to the beholder the greatest effect in the
smallest space possible. How well this
succeeded is now matter of record to us,
for the great crowds visiting the car were
constantly growing and growing in num-
bers as the exhibit proceeded on its Jour
ney.
"Second-It was TO be not only an exhibit
but an educator, for after the object lesson
was studied literature touching upon the
specialties of each and every portion of the
State was circulated among the visitors that
IN their leisure they might instruct them
selves more fully concerning that which
they had seen.
Not only this, hut the more prominent
newspapers in the different sections of the
country visited took pains to comment
upon the travelling car and its wonders pre-
sented, and thereby awakened the curiosity
and attention of thousands who might not
be able to take advantage of the object les
son. These things all make an impression
"a deep mpression-whereve circulated
and il is the great success of these two-fold
objects that has commended to this Board
the propriety of engaging in similar
venture the coming winter, that will be
larger, more extended and consequently
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The result of such work may not be
seen at once. 1t may not build the State
up with an increased population at once.
1t may not make any material difference at
present in the flowing tides of commercial
life, bat its effects will be lasting 1t will
start an intelligent, well-to.do immigration
to our State that in time will have its effect,
will surely show magnificent result, like
every other well-directed effort in business
direction. Patience and hard work are lis
requisites and must be practiced for sue
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