Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-29
CALIFORNIA ABROAD.
The Work 60 be Done by the New
Exhibit.

CAulHOhNlA AbhUAU.
The Work 60 be Dene by the new
Exhibit.
California on Wheels" the three cars
which will constitute the travelling exhibit
of the resources of this State. will arrive
in this city week from Wednesday. l.
leaves San Francisco day after tomorrow,
and starts on a tour through the north
ern part of the State, visiting the follow
ing places San jose. West Oakland,
Suisun, Naps, Santa Rosa, Sacramento,
Stocton, Lathrop, Merced. Fresno and
Bakersfield. II will remain short time
in each place, long enough to admit of
its being visited by those who take an in
ter est in the effort to advertise the re-
sources OF the State in the East. As the
exhibits from some of these places are
not all in, they will be supplied when
the cars stop in their itenary.
The real object of the tour through the
State is to arouse moro general interest
in the undertaking, so that less difficulty
may be experienced hereafter in getting
producers to come forward with matter
suitable for exhibit purposes. 1t is not
enough that the cars should be stocked
with suitable exhibits when they Get out.
A large part of the produce carried is OF a
perish bio solt, and has to be replaced
at intervals. Throughout the season of
seven or eight months during which the
cars will traverse the East, it will be
necessary that the people OF the State
keep it supplied with an abundance OF
the best that the semi.tropic climate can
produce. 1t is also part of the purpose
Of the State Board Of Trade that the
people of the State should know what
sort of an undertaking is being carried
on, and Judge for themselves how valu-
able it is likely to be in calling out i'm
migration from the East.
There can be no question regarding
the work accomplished last year, al
though the expidition then consisted of
one car which was hastily prepared and
which owing to various circumstances
was very limited in the territory whic4
it could reach. An immense number of
names and addresses were obtained of
people who expressed themselves as
much interested in California and
desirious of ultimately coming to the
Coast. These we're written down in man
fold and distributed among the various
organizations which make up the State
Board. In one bundle of letters received
at the State Board of Trade rooms some
time ago, inquiries are noted from
Bethlehem, N. H.; La Sale, Ill. (;
Cauthron and Corner Stone, Ark. !;
Leckland, Ohio; Northfeld, Mimi, and
Wingfield, Kan. Here are some sam
pies of letters:
From Cold Spring, Putnam county, N.
Y, q school teacher with two children
writts: 81 am fully determined to re-
move to your State in December" From
Tunille, Ga, farmer writes asking
about the public land in California. A
young man In Girard, ILL.,, asks num-
ber of questions. Among other things
he wants to know: "Could a person
with a capital OF 5000 lease land any
where close to the city and raise stock
successfully He desires to 60 where
the winters are not very severe and
hopes to be here soon. "Would you ad-
wise a man to come to California who
has but six or seven hundred dollars ?"
is the question an Auburn, N. Y, man
aeks. Two New York business men de-
sire to secure the agency there of some
good canning factory, to sell products in
come ction with California wines. A
banker Of Anselmo, Neb., writes to in
quire about good location for his son to
settle. Another son who is to be gradu-
ated from college next year also wants to
come to California.
These are sam pies of thousands Of
letters which were received, all of which
were answered, and out OF which immig.
ration has grown.
A special effort will be made in the
exhibit this year to display fresh vege-
tables grown in Southern California
during all seasons of the year. The
purpose of this is to increase the trade in
these articles between this section and
the East. The northwestern cities now
receive their fresh vegetables during the
flowers and potatoes and other garden
produce are now shipped from this
vicinity to Arizona, New Mexico and
producers of Cahuenga valley intend to
make special effort to extend the field
open for this market, and if pos.
sible to establish some kind of
an agency in Chicago. To all
undertakings of this sort, an organization
like the travelling exhibit lends substan-
tial aid. 1t is confidently believed that
the increased demand for dried fruit
which has arisen during the last season,
is largely due to the fact that retail mer-
chants scattered through the East, had
an opportunity for the first time to see
samples of these products, exhibited by
the California on Wheels" 1t has
been suggested, and the matter is under
discussion, that another itinerant exhi-
bit might with profit be shipped to
England and the European continent and
allowed to travel about there.
East side Notes.
The Baptist "Crazy Tea' on Tuesday