The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-12
ADVERTISING A STATE
Thu California State lsuRrd Of Trades FL.
l,ibit on Wheels Arrives nnd Ia Visited by

"'u's VIZ hAeeis NttANeh INV - Nisiteu W
Hundreds.
"say, 1smeli b%ananers!"
This remark, overheard last evening
In tho D. & 0. yard, opposite the City
Hall, showed the power Of Imagination.
The youth who made 1t was standing
on the outside OF the C%alifofnia.on.
Wheels cars, with the doors locked aud
tho windows shut, while all the bauanas
inside were in air.tight jars, and the
only odor p%erceptible was that OF a hot
box on a passing freight train, but he
had read the descriptions Of the exhibit,
nni be smelled "~bananers."
The California exhibit, in two fine
cars especially arranged for tho purpose,
arrived shortly after Q o'clock last even.
ing, having been badly delayed on the
way frotn Beiiaird here. The exhibit
was shown In Bel!aire for several hours
yesterday, aud was visited by n great
many prominent people. The lateness
Of tho arrival here made the time OF the
exhibit short. In that tune, however,
several hundred people packed tho two
cars, all being anxious TO get In and re.
luctant 10 60 out. When the doors were
closed people were still coming. and
aome OF them would not take the word
oil the Superintendent that they could
not get III till . o'clock this morning,
aud stayed on the platform for an hour
or two.
The display Of things In the two cars
Is simply bewilder;ng. One is devoted
largely to wines and brandies, with a
few mineral waters. On the walls are
| pictures of leading hotels, scenery and
the like, aud tho decorations are also
rare products OF the State
In the other car are samples OF fruits.
nuts, vegetables, cereals, honey, olive
oil, SILK, wool, cotton, ramio hbre, min
eralsand woods, ,Aba5y ostrich, stuffed,
and an ostrich egg are interesting fea.
lures. There Is also a rare piece OF pic.
iured onyx.
The first case uponthe loft hand side Of
this car ia deyote6:to a splendid display
Of various kinds OF nuts. Then follows
IN exhibit OF dried fruits, apricots, 40.
pies, peaches, %raisins, figs, dates, piums
and numerous others, the like Of which
are seldom seen. The next lot Of cases
contain II display Of silk in various stag 6,
from the raw cocoon and the silk lust
unwound from 1t to the true thread in
different hues ready to be spun and wo.
ven. Very flew know that cotton is
raised in the Golden State; yet the sam
pies exhibited in this car will compare
favorably with the best raised in the
cotton States. The leit.hand side OF the
coach contains various other magnif.
cent specimens, amongst which are ba.
nanas four inches in diameter and seven
inches long, weighing an average DISK
pounds each a Jar Of red peppers, three
inches in diameter, and pears weighing
five pounds each. The right hand side
Of the car il largely a repetition OF the
other side. 1t displays some onions
t%wenty-four inches in circumference
and weighing seven pounds each pota.
toes tipping the scales at eight pounds
and Japanese ounces seventeen inches
IN circumference.
The exhibition is under the auspices
OF the California State Board OF Trade
and the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany. It is in charge Of Major J. B
Lauck and Charles II. Allen, assisted BY
Il. NJ. White and S. J. Mathes. Theob
ject is to enlarge the markets, induce
people OF other States 10 visit California,
and to dittuse general information in re-
latlon to it's advantages.
In going through the car last NIGH,
after it was closed to the public, an In,
~TELLldEScER reporter found the ex-
plantations aud comments OF the gentle.
men in charge entertaining as well as
instructive.
There is one leak" said one OF the
gentlemen, (which We must stop. Las,
year poor little Spain sent to this coun,
try millions Of dollars worth OF olives,
We raise better ones. Almonds and
RAISING are also imported, and ought not
to be. Onions are brought from Epyp,
and Spain aud Bermuda, and none. d
them eau raise such onions as these"
He indicated display of onions no,
one OF which was smaller than a fair.
sized head OF cabbage.
I'm a.tew yeara," he continued, "this
will be di1ercu1. We will have recip,
rocity between the States. The great
West and your section here will raise
the . grains-,he hogs and hominy'-
and make the iron and glass, and We will
send you the olives and ra!sins. We
will exchange our silk for your coal. Il
is wasteful to import what we can get in
our own country"
"1nstead Of going out after the mar.
kets Of the world We will monopolize
our own markets and save the carriage"
was suggested.
That's it, exactly"
superintendent ". H. Anderson re.
ceiyed a special invitation for himself
and teachers to visit "California on
Wheels" The communication accompa.
pying the invitation states that especial
attention will be given the party. All
teachers wishing to 20 in the party will
meet at the rooms OF the Board of Edu-
cation on Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock.
TOMMY, THE DOG" AGAIN.