The record-union., 1892-12-14
STATE BOARD OF TRADE.
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT YESTER-
DAYS MEETING.
The Finance Committee Reports a
Small! Balance on Hand-GeneraI
Chlpman's Report.
speciaI to the REcoRp-UN1oS-

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoS
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l3.-There was a
large attendance at the meeting Of the
State Board OF Trade this afternoon. The
minutes of the preceding meeting PROV
ing acceptable, the report Of the Finance
| Committee was then submitted. The re-
port shows that for two months the total
receipts We're S2,444 50; disbursements.
S2,3l4 90, leaving a balance Of $50 20.
Added to this the board has in bank
Sl30 20.
General Chipman submitted the fol-
lowing report: The growth of the great
" est has been marked by large increase
OF real population. Large cities and pros
porous towns have grown up with its de-
Nelopment, but the strength and power of
the est nave resulted from the rapid in
crease OF the farming population.
Nv herever agriculture has been the
basis OF wealth the lands have been first
occupied In small holdings, and the towns
quilt up later, or pd5'i puSSu. There is no
reason why this law should have been.
or still should be, reversed in this State.
The wealth of California lies in her soil
and its capabilities under our striIlinplv
favorable climatic influences.
The Census Bulletin, No. I34 issned
by the Government, gave US a table Of the
counties of the State whose poDulation
was enumerated; it compared 1880 with
1890, showing increase and decrease in the
several counties, and total increase for the
decade. 1t also gave in detail the Dopula-
ton in townships and towns and cities.
but no attempt was made to trace the Deo-
pie to their homes, or to show bv ARRANGED
data the relative increase or decrease in
town and country, nor to bring into com
parlson the DRIFT Of population in respect
to the different localities of the State.
II have undertaken to separate the
tables and rearrange the data so as TO
show the relative increase in town and
country, my purpose being to discover
where the increase has gone and what
deductions may be drawn from the facts
The unpleasant fact appears that the not
increase of 343. .436 for the whole State can
be found in 4 few only of the counties
while sOme-the richest in natural re-
sources and advantages gained but
little or not at all. OF this increase 1876 Qi5
have gone into cities and towns of over
5000 inhabitants, and many more in the
smaller villages.
The analysis which l give will show
that we have gained of rural pOpuiation
in ten Years only rs, lib, while the towns
and cities have gained 2j5, ,323. or " per
cent More than one third of the entire
increase has gone into the three cities of
san Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland.
l find no evidence of any great increase
of rural growth in Alameda, and as the
subdivisions are not clearly noted treat
the increase as practically all in the
towns and cities. The result of the tables
| have made is, that while we have added
343. .436 to the mass of our population, we
have added since 1850 to the towns 265. .;23.
which leaves only ISL lib added to the
country population. In some counties
there has been an increase in the popuIa-
ton of the towns, but the county rs n
whole has decreased. Butte county is an
example. The town of Chico has gained
,237, while the county as a whole has LOST
7S2. Amador has 1904 less population
than in lSoU, but her towns have increased
l,093.
1.-The two columns Of actual gain in
towns and gain in rural population to-
gether aggregate 3b7 1863, which number.
as shown in my tables, exceeds the actual
gain in the whole State by p .O33. Twelve
counties, shown by my tables, lost e, ,525
OF these, and six counties fell off in rural
population 3,508, while gaining in the
towns that number more than the total
gain in the counties; and this accounts
for the apparent excess in the column of
rural increase. Seven counties of South
ern California have received 81 per cent
OF the entire increase of rural population
in the State-a very significant fact
southern California and portions Of
Central California have done well and are
doing we'll; let us be thankful for that.
Northern California needs the earnest,
intelligent effort and best energies of her
most influential citizens and especially
does it need something more than the
mere operation of trains on the part of
the only railroad company we have. 1t
needs its direct effort to promote immi-
grafton.
Trusting that my labor-and it has
been no easy task in thus presenting the
results of immigration to the state for the
past decade-may awaken inquiry, and
that it may lead to greater effort where it
now plainly appears it is most needed.
this report is respectfully submitted"