The record-union., 1892-09-16

farms. In al countries it is expensive TO
maintain the public nigga ways anu THIS l. 80
because the publicro are the only means
OF local internal commerce, they are constantly
used ana OF necessity constantly out OF repair.
In Europe, the public roads are as much cared
Tor as are our public parks. With us, there
are Two dangers which always beset our pub
nc roaos. IN winter they are apt TO wash
away, and in summer blow away. To avoid
TINS. IN recent years. we have adopted means
which at first seemed too expensive, but on
triaI Is found both economical and useful. !
reier 10 sprlnkIlng our main Travelled high
ways IN summer. This is now done in sew
eral counties in the State and with marked
success. The roads are thus kept hard,
sInooln ana compact, and are, for the whole
year, Mt for what they are Intended namely,
the means of transportation and intercom-
Inunlcatlon. This is advantageous to every
man who produces q ton of fruit or grain
which he must haul by wagon to a market 1t
IS especially beneficial to the small land
loIuers VINO do their work mostly themselves,
pecaqse py reason OF good roads they can
maui larger loads and in a shorter time.
In Europe, and in many places in our own
country, as much attention Is paid to the public
roads as TO public schools. Nothing so largely
tends 10 increase the value of property as fine
roads in the country and good streets in the
Towns and cities. These conditions attract
populatlon, ada comfort and convenience 10
rural life, encourage small farming and create
wealth IN the community. 1t is the highest
evidence of aq advanced civilization.
with fine roads come fine horses. Indeed,
chief among the industrial pursuits of Cali
fornla, which will attract population and
make our State famous, is the breeding of
nofses III is admitted our equable climate,
Inc QryneSS OF our atmosphere our freedom
rom malaria, and other conditions not
known, tend TO develop physical powers in
ooth man and beast which are rarely found in
any other country. California has thus be-
come the home of the horse Some OF the
most complete horse-breeding farms in
America are already found here. This is so
because nowhere else does the horse come to
Derfecf10ns 6naSn a q
Velop so young, or q horse retain his vital
powers SO long. We are already supplying the
rest OF our country with some of its finest
hofses. The California horse is as much
SUBJECT OF inquiry and of curiosity as Cali
1ornla fruits. Our horses take rank among
the best and fastest of the world.
Horse-breeding is O noble pursuit because
the horse is the noblest, the proudest, the
most enduring, the most perfect and the
most useful among all domestic animals. He
who thinks the lover of horses raises them
merely 10 win stakes at district or State fairs,
or as a means of gambling on their speed or
endurance, appreciates but a 1.-THE of the
noIlVe winch inspires our most enterprising
people in breeding horses in California. Since
the dawn OF civilization the horse has been
man S most useful assistant; his service in the
neld OF industry, as well as in the more at
tractlVe lines OF pleaSurable enjoyment, has
made the horse mans companion and friend.
And SO the country that produces the most
perfect specimen of that noble animal will be
q favored land. Is 1t strange so much interest
should center in q dumb animal, when we re-
member that in the primal days OF the Roman
empire 1t was the equestrianS who led that
proud and victorious army to glory; that it
was the cavalry which formed the right arm
or Napaleon's grand army, the last to retreat:
tnaJ the CoSSackS and the Arabs with their
trained horses form conspicuous examples OF
the marvellous discipline, the superb action,
the endurance and the uneXampled fleetness
OF the horse for military uses. In danger, he
Is mans best and truest friend; in the camp,
DIS devoted companion. Why should not his
best abiding place be in this favored land?
Nor should we forget that next year there
is to be a Worlds Fair at Chicago.
No lessons are so instructive as object
teaching. What man sees he cannot forget.
What he is told he may not remember. there
tore venture to say it is our duty to make the
best possible exhibit at the Worlds Fair soon
TO be held in Chicago. Every effort should be
made by the producers of the State to show
OH our Sunday clothes. We cannot fail to
promote our interests by so doing. For years
out last horses have measured speed with the
best bred stock of America. For years we
have been struggling to introduce our fruits
often with success, and always with credit
Hitherto we have been teaching one man at a
| time; now we have the whole world before US
Letsus compare our products of the farm. or
chard ana vineyard with them. Let every
District SOciety-let this State institution
and let the producers everywhere and in what.
ever field OF productive industry they may
work, join in making California'S exhibit al
| the Worlds Fair such an objectlesson as can
not fail TO encourage immigration. This is
our opportunity. If we fail to improve il we
will miss the most conspicuous chance which
has hitherto been afforded to US. Let no mig.
gardly economy interfere with our success in
these lines. BY all means encourage the small
producers to exhibit. This is not rich mans
fair. 1t is the peoples show. And this fair
will show what we can do and how we can
do it,
Let photographs be taken of your most at
tractiye homes, so the visitors at that great
exhibition may get a glimpse of our home
life; for go where you will, in the old or in the
new world, there is but one California. True
| in many places art has done much to beautify
and adorn what nature had failed to accom-.
plish, but here Gods mighty hand is i'm.
| pressed on all you see. The great mountains
white with snow and gliStening in the per
| petual sunshine; the beautiful valleys, tenn
ing with natures best gifts; q climate un.
| equaled in salubrity; our rivers flowing from
the mountain tops to the sea; our broad Pa
! citic, with outstretched arms, beckonine
American commerce to hold dominion over
| its trackless ways-all give to our State q
romantic interest that will grow upon the
world as the world learns to know it better.