Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-18
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1s. 1891.
THE EXHIBIT GOES TO CHICAGO.

Tonight the great citrus fair will close.
1t has been an unprecedented success
from every point of view. From the
standpoint OF the esthete it has been an
artistic coup d'oeil, while it has shown
people who are practically inclined that
there is no limit either to the value or
variety of our products. AS an object
lesson, it has been instructive in the
highest degree. By an inspection OF the
wonders on exhibition within the pavil-
ion, the stranger within our gates has
been enabled to acquire, at a glance,
some faint idea as to the possibilities OF
this section. And what section it is!
We have here the corn, wine and Oil OF
the commerce of all ages, the flora OF
the most poetic climes OF earth, the
fruits of the scriptural and classical mar
ratives, as we'll as the homely temperate
zone fruits and vegetables. The pome-
pranate is made into hedge to enclose
the potatoe, the onion patch is neighbor
to the orange grove, while the vine
and fig are everywhere. In this recital.
lies the perennial charm, which will
make the population of Southern Cal
ifornia redundant indeed. That such
section should be even tempo
rarily overcast seems strange, but
the period of rest, for that
is probably the right word to character
ize the experience through which we have
gone, is over. All the signs multiply that
Southern California is again about to ex-
perience boom-we are not afraid OF
the word BOOM OF unexampled magni-
tude-one far larger than has ever been
recorded here-and there have been at
least half dozen within the knowl-
edge of the writer. This time it will be
an intelligent boom. There will be no
cutting up of productive property into
unproductive twenty foot front lots.
But the true metropolitan position OF
Los Angeles will come to be recognized,
and the exceptional value of lands that
can be made to yield from 500 to $1,000
an acre will shortly be appreciated.
OF course, the great settlement which
is ahead for Los Angeles will be largely
the result of intelligent missionary
efforts, and it is pleasant to know
that these will be forth coming. One OF
the most sagacious movements IN this
direction is the resolution that was
arrived at yesterday to send the whole
contents of the pavilion to Chicago,
where they will be placed on exhibition.
The sum needed to carry out this
splendid programme, the HERALD is
happy to say, has been already secured.
It is difficult to everestimate the intiu-
ence this wise movement will have in
directing attention to Los Angeles and
Southern California. For years to come
Chicago will be practically the center
of the United States. To a considerable
extent it is so already. The charming
exhibit at the pavilion will do more
good there than it would even IN New
York city. In Gotham people are too
supercilious-too thoroughly lmbued
with the idea that there is nothing out
side of New York-to look at anything.
1t is altogether different with the fresh,
unreasonable and enthusiastic people
who live west and south of the Ohio.
This ocular demonstration of what we
can do with the soil and climate OF
California will sink deep into minds not
too iaded for fresh impressions. The
money expended in sending the exhibit
to Chicago is simply bread cast upon
the waters, which will return before the
lapse of many days.