Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-22

and raisins are objects OF curiosity, inter
est and instruction. How many thou
sands of Californians, happy in their
sunny homes, there are, who trace their
| first determination to see this land to the
impression made upon their minds in
youth by the tales that we're told about
! it around the winter freside by the re-
turned forty miners
| But this is far from being all that the
exhibit has accomplished. 1t has caught
the keen eve of commerce. The man.
ager writes back that he has been impor-
| tuned thousands of times to take the or
ders of merchant for invoices of the arti-
cles shown in his great sample case. Ii
| is estimated that these orders, if it had
been proper to take them, would have
aggregated nearly quarter of million
dollars. Yet the cost OF keeping the ex-
hibit in the field has been at the rate OF
less than 5000 year. Did California
| mercantile enterprise ever get hint as
significant at as little cost?
1t was found that the exhibition car,
being like everything else Californian on
a broad measure, was too wide to pass
the tunnels and bridges of many Eastern
roads leading to where the people were
clamorous to see it. Therefore, the pres
ent exhibit will close it's career at the G..
A. r. National Encampment at Milwau-
kee next month. After that it's imper-
iehable articles will be sent to form the
nucleus of a permanent exhibit in Chi
cago, and the cars will be sent home.
Meantime, the Southern Pacific rail-
road having offered the free use and free
transportation of two fine parlor cars,
longer than the present one, and of a
width that will pass all standard gauge
tunnels and bridges. these will be artist
ically painted and fitted, and illed
with an exhibit of more than twice the
volume Of the present one, to go on the
road in November. 1t is proposed that
one of them shall carry a complete wine
exhibit, and may distribute the business
cards of the firms " hich contribute to it..
This will be, in effect, putting the State
Wine Exchange on wheels, exhibiting
our vintages to the Eastern market,
which they are seeking to conquer. The
expense to the Viticultural Association
will be at the low rate of about $4,000
per year, and we can imagine no
like expenditure that will make q
more gratifying return. Complaint is
made OF depression in the wine trade.
1t is due to lack of control of the Ameri-
can market. If our winners had that it
would exhaust the juice of the last grape
produced in this State at good profit to
grower and vintner. The investment in
wine vineyards and wineries in Cali
fornia is $780, 0,000,00 The East is cry
ing out for pure wine and sound old
brandy Of domestic make. There is the
demand. Here is the supply. 1t is idle
to talk of letting the supply fail simply
because the attention of the demand is
not secured.
Let this fine Car be loaded with ports
hooks, clarets, sherries, angelicas and
brandies. We have always believed
that there is great future in the colder
East for our sweet wines The owner of
port vineyard who can age his pure
wine will never lack market if he can
only once establish trade. The same
may be confidently affirmed of our dry
wines and champagnee. Californians
who stay at home have no idea of the
pride which our eastern friends feel in
proving the quality and character of the
viDous products of this State. All they
want is chance to offer our best vint-
ages in evidence and they will take care
of our market.
The fresh fruits which are being
shipped now in many carloads per week
find a better market than ever in the
wake OF California on Wheels. 1t will be
the same with our wines.
Therefore, let US have no moping on
the plea of depression in the wine trade
AS Mr.. Mills put it so we'll to the State
Board OF Trade, "Adversity is the mother
of enterprise" Things are we'll done
when they have to be done. The protec-
ton of an investment of 500, 1000 900 is
lightly purchased for 81 900.
This new and larger exhibit will visit
points that have not yet been reached.
1t will of necessity 60 to some that have
already been its patrons. These will
find it Of increased excellence and therein
will behold the exhaustless energy of
our enterprising spirit.
When It's mission on the road is fin
ished, and it has to give way to success
sor of perhaps four cars instead of two,
it's permanent stock will go to add to the
stationary exhibit in Chicago, or to form
the nucleus of another in New York or
some far Eastern city.
So every season California will blow
her own Horn of Plenty until trade and
travel this way will be as natural as is
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the Minneapolis mills.
The press of our own State has we'll
deserved the thanks offered to it
by the State Board of Trade. The
country newspaper does more for the
material advancement of California than
any other press. The metropolitan jour
nails are gorged with city scandal and
gossip. The country paper is a freside
affair, and it carries broadcast the gossip
of the field and orchard and vineyard.
We would rather read of a new hybrid
fruit which adds to commerce an article
of profit, than of adultery in high life or
low. And the cutting of great crops is
more an object of human interest than
the cutting of many throats.
The country press will in moment
catch the spirit which puts this larger and
better exhibit of the novel materialities
of California in the field, and will support
if with zeal.-[S. F. Alta.
The directoire blouse has broad revers
over the chest, wide ribbon belt fitting
it to the figure, and five-inch frill of the
blouse material falling over the hips.
The wide close cuffs match the ribbon oi
the belt.
The Closing of an Important
The blockade of po is not more injurious