Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-24
A LAND OF PLENTY.
Glowing Picture of California's Pro-
ductive Abilities.

Glowing Picture Of California; Pro-
ductive Abilities.
Through the combined efforts OF Dan
Freeman, Frank Virgins, and perhaps
some others, car of selected stuff was
sent to Manager Ben Truman, with the
understanding that he might loan all or
a part of it to Indianapolis during the
convention OF the Farmers Alliance.
Major Truman promptly carried out not
only his part of the programme, but
also sent on Mr.. Cole and Mr.. Sander
son with it. and probably the following
interview (headed as above), which we
| find in the Indianapolis Sentinel of the
18th inst:
A most interesting feature in connec-
| ton with the Alliance convention is the
exhibit made by G.. F. Cole, assistant
manager OF the Southern California
exhibit in Chicago, which represents
the productions OF the four southern
counties of California, namely, San
Diego, Orange, Los Angeles and San
Bernardino. Almost every vegetable
and fruit known in the world has its
habitat in these four counties. Mr..
Cole claims that there are only three
or four good things grown in the world
that are not raised in the four counties
that he represents in Chicago; that a
man may work every day in the year in
his shirt sleeves and sleep every night
under blanket; that some farmers
get three crops OF potatoes in year;
that men who raise barley always plant
corn afterward; that the tomato plant
never dies, and that the climate is the
gem Of all.
He says oranges paw best, averaging
from $500 to $1,000 an acre, and are al
ways sure, no orange Jr orange tree
ever having been known to freeze in
Southern California. Almonds and Eng
lish walnuts he classed next, although
prunes from 5-year-old trees, in groves
that cost Sl20 an acre, last year paid
$500 an acre, and this year about $400.
| Mr.. Cole says that according to the
department of agriculture, eleven years
ago there were only twenty-eight car
loads of oranges shipped east, and that
last year there were 1000 carloads sent
to Chicago. Denver, Kansas City and st.
Louis. In 1888 there were 2,S00,000
boxes of Malaga raisins brought into
the United States, and 100000 pounds
sent east from Southern California. In
| 1SSU uutTc WCIt Ouly afOU,OUU pOAtS Ol
Malaga raisins brought across the At
lantic, end during the same year there
were shipped out of Southern California
26,0OO,0O0 pounds. Figs, olives and
olive oil are at present receiving atten-
ton, and Mr.. Cole thinks that the day
is not far distant when they, too, will
be Knocked out of the market by South
ern California.
California wines are forging ahead
and are thought we'll of everywhere.
ga great many ship loads are sent to
France every year, said Mr.. Cole, ''that
cost 22 cents a gallon in Los Angeles
county, and in short time returns in
cases labeled Lafitte and sold at $14 to
SIS case. The sweet wines OF South
ern California are the only unadulter-
ated ones in the world. The foreign
ports. sherries and Madeiras are all doc
tored and made from the new raw wines
of California, Spain or Greece, while
great many so-called champagnes never
saw the cellars of Moet & Shandon and
the Veuve Clicquot or other French eel
lars. The possibilities OF the soil of
Southern California and it's climatic
dainties are beckoning people from all
over the world, and the country is fast
filing up"