Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-26
THE NEW BOOM THE BEST,

There is genuine boom OF the best
quality and of very respectable volume
on at this moment in all the semi-tropic
section. The foregoing sentence has
already raised laugh as many readers
have perused it. 1t seems no doubt like
news to some and like fabrication to
others to say there is boom in the land.
1t is here all the same and it is founded
on the most substantial and jus stifable
grounds on which boom was ever
built. There is no extraneous influence
at work, no artificial causes being put
in operation to create it. There
is no excitement and no speculation
about it. The movement from first to
last is set afoot by the natural
elements in the situation. The
primary influences are those which
have always existed and which
always will exist. No power on earth
can deprive the country of them, nor
neutralize their effects. They are the
two elements whose names make the
unthinking laugh because they have not
sense enough to see what is before their
eyes nor to understand what is as plain
as day. They are the soil and climate Of
this section. The most High God en-
dowed this region with these incompar
able and unparalleled blessings whose
influences and effects are as lasting as
creation and as perennial as the light
and heat of the sun in heaven, or as the
descent of the refreshing rains upon the
earth, or the return of springtime and
harvest.
Let us take stock of what we are do
ing. During the winter months and on
through the spring and early summer,
train after train Of oranges went
away from here, the total ship
ments being about $500 cars,
of about 315 boxes to the car,
or nearly 100000 boxes. The value of
these to the growers was pretty nearly
100000. People may say they have
heard this before. Perhaps! 1t will do
to say often. Here is something that
has not been said so often and that is
not so generally known. Beginning in
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time there have been constant ship
ments of potatoes, cabbages and vegeta-
bles generally, going to nearly all parts
of the country. These products of
the soil and climate OF this section
have reached every point OF any consid-
erable size along this coast as far as
Victoria and Yale in British Columbia
all the chief cities along the Northern
Pacific as far east as St. Paul; all points
along the Santa Fe lines, the Central
, and Union Pacific and the Sunset route
; to Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans
The data of one railroad only is at hand
the Southern Pacific. The figures show
that this company has carried out 327
cars of potatoes, rs of cabbages and S8 of
assorted vegetables. The last-named
classification embraces turnips, parsnips,
carrots, caulihower, peas, asparagus and
other varieties. ii the Santa
Fe figures were at hand they
would probably nearly, if not
quite, double the above amounts. Think
of this movement. Six hundred and
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nearly 200 of assorted vegetables, and rs
of sheep. The Santa Fe is known to
have taken that number of fat muttons
, to Chicago from Anaheim alone. There
is to be added to that spring lamb and
many other products of semi-tropic soil.
One sees here nearly 1,20O cars of these
products at glance
All over the section at this time there
are drying thousands of tons of apricots,
nectarines, peaches, prunes and other de-
ciduous fruits. These products thus
prepared are selling at 13 to 25 cents a
pound. They will bring in here an i'm
mense amount of money.
This is the boom. The orange-growers
have been pocketing $3.50 to $40 an acre
for their crop. The producers of cab
bage have received 5000 to $500 for their
crops. Ii that seems too much to make
, off this vegetable, let it be noted that
, they got $50 ton for the crop. The
, potato men have made as high as 5000
an acre. The walnut growers will get
next fall 5000 to $500 an acre. The
J growers of prunes and apricots are get
ting $125 to $500 an acre. Ii that is no t
boom pray what would make one?
Granted it is only the inception Of a
boom, but it is there and of solid
strength. 1t is boom that will grow.
In ten years the orange crop will be
$4,000 cars, and all the other branches
will keep up with the head of the pro-
cession. Let wise men keep their eye
on the situation. 1t is boom and it
will stay.