Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-07-19
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bed OF More Fruit and characteristics
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Need OF More Fruit and Characteristics
Products.
DR.. R. B. Blowers, of Woodland, who
lately passed some time in travelling about
with "California on Wheels" has reported
the following observations and suggestions
to the State Board of Trade:
After spending between two and three
months on board of your exhibition train,
"California on Wheels" deem it not i'm
proper to give my impressions and make q
few suggestions with regard to the improve
ment of the exhibits. in order to make the
exhibition even more impressive and sue.
cessful than at present. In the first place,
/ deem that method of advertising the re-
sources of the State, with its many un-
equaled products, if properly conducted,
certainly the most successful of any. As l
conceive it, "California on Wheels" should
be a true exponent of all the varied and
wonderful resources of the State-horti-
culture, viticulture, agriculture, mining
.and manufacturing possibilities. In order
to carry out that design, it would be neces-
sary to add to the variety which is now on
bale of alfalfa hay, a nice case of cotton in
boil, samples of different kinds of native
woods, with their seeds and cones, nice
collection of minerals and ores, roofing
slate, building stones. greater variety of
fruits, and especially replenishing those
which have become old from constant mo-
ton and exposure to light and heat All
dried fruits should be renewed yearly, as
fast as the new fruit is obtainable. Choice
samples of dried apricots should immedi-
ately be sent forward; also, samples of
hemp, flax and all other textile material
with facts in reference to their production
and use in California, in order to induce
new manufacturing enterprises.
Our greatest success, all things consid-
cred, was certainly obtained in the small
cities and rural towns. In large cities our
products are not unknown and many other
attractions prevent people from noticing
the exhibit. The failure in building up
the industries in our State is that too much
attention has been paid to town and city
building, whereas If the energies of our
people had been devoted to building up
the rural industries and the manufactures
necessary for their development, our cities
would have no dull times, no people de-
string work, because the development of
the country would have been properly bal
anced. | conceive the mission of "Cali-
fornia on Wheels" to be first to extend our
commercial interests, next patriotic de-
sire to lmpart a correct knowledge of our
wonderful resources. and third is to invite
that class of people who are desirous and
capable OF building up and developing our
industries. That class of people are not
usually found in cities in as great propor-
ton as in the country, and hence, all
things considered, | deem a long stay in
large cities certainly waste of our oppor.
tunities
Alfred Gilmore, 316 Corn Exchange,
Minneapolis, seeing our ramie samples, is
very anxious to correspond with the State
Board of Trade or others who can send
him fresh ramie for experimenting in de-
oortication and prepare it for spinning.
This would be great addition to our in
dustries and supply iong-felt want if he
IS successful. I speak of this to indicate
the possible advantages that might accrue
to our State from what, to others, might
be very uninteresting portion of the
exhibit.
For literature l would recommend a
publication by the State Board of Trade. q
pamphlet giving first the climatic condi-
uons OF California as whole, then short
description of each county and its products.
with map of the State attached This
publication, of course, would be too costly
to place in the hands of all visitors, but
would be available for schools, and all
other libraries and reading-rooms, news.
papers, clergymen and all instructors who
mold public opinion. For general distri5u-
ton each county or district should have
local publications descriptive of their differ
ent industries, as free from boom articles
as possible to make a publication of that
kind. l would also recommend that ar
rangements be made with fruit-shipping
companies to carry on their fruit-cars
sample crates of boxes of our choicest
products, to be sent forward, at least one
crate daily, expressed to the car from the
unloading point of the fruit car. | am
sure if any arrangement of that kind
should be effected, the fruit-growers of this
State would only be too glad to furnish
choice samples for the exhibit.
In conclusion, do think California on
Wheels" if properly advertised and sup
ported by the whole State "is a big thing"
and will return to the State more than a
hundredffold in increasing its prosperity
One more suggestion. Hon. Chauncey NJ .
Depew, in his Chicago Press Club speech.
referred to the educational and controlling
influence of the press in America stating,
also, that this influence was not SO great as
the influence OF popular expositions in
other nations of the world. Inference
Some day send California on Wheels
through Europe.