Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-05
FIT FOR THE GODS
Southern California the Garden
of America.
ITS COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS
A San Francisco Mans Views on the Sub
jeet-Lived in the State Forty Years
and Watched Its Growth.

w g. Jobson of San Francisco Is
guest at the Morton. Nj. Jobson is
dealer in furniture novelties, such As
wheel chairs, reclining chairs, folding
beds and "sich." Il didn't come up
here 10 buy anything IN particular,
be said yesterday. IL had never been
in Grand Rapids and ] made up my
mind | would ike 10 run up and see
what kind OF place II Is have heard
great deal about It"
"Weii." said the reporter, question
ingly.
"As said" continued Mr.. Jobson,
81 came up 10 look the city over and ]
am mighty well pleased with what
saw. have been visiting some OF the
big furniture factories and have aiso
been around town some. Grand knp-
ids is not only pretty city, but II has
the appearance OF getting there with a
very rapid rapidly. That's what
like 10 see. 1t has sort OF n western
hustle To il that's very refreshing 10
western man.
"Businessis most excellentint the west
In spite of all the protests CT pressimis-
TIC croakers trade Is as good as any one
could ask and the prospects were never
better. Everything in the line Of crops
Is III the very pink OF condition. Wheat
gives every evidence of being magnl-
ficent crop and the amount OF grapes
| raised will exceed anything ever before
known in the state. Olives, oranges
| and other fruit is doing equally well.
| tell you California is tue grandes,
state in the union. There is no ques-
ton about it. Look at that country.
The Italy Of America.
"Cnarles Dudley Warner calls south
| ern California the Italy OF America,
but that even doesn't express the
beauty of the country; and it isn't con-
| fined to southern California alone, but
| extends throughout the whole state.
| "What the state needs now Is more
| population. We can produce enough
to feed many times our present popula.
ton. We can't EMP our surplus pro.
duction because we haven't facilities
| We need railroads. That IS the weak
| point in our commerce. When We get
those, probably our needed immigra.
J ton will come. San Francisco, wnen
I properly developed. is destined to be-
/ come one of the greatest cities in the
world. l have lived there for forty
years and have watched its growth.
wish / might live there for the ne1'
forty years and see the magnificent
strides that the city will make. 1t vii
be wonderful; there isn't any doubt
about it." M
Chow does the silver question seem
to affect California people" asked the
reporter.
doesn't affect them at all. They
haven't. any interest III il. Nobody
cares anything about having free coin
age except few mine owners. The
mass of the people are not in favor o.
it. and they would vote against any
man who did advocate it. Californis
people aren't so blind that they can
see that free coinage Of silver could no
benefit them or the cour Try at large II
the long run. They dor't see any par
ticular reason why they should sacrific'
their own and the country's CONNER
cial interests by advocating free ant
unlimited coinage for the benefit of ,
few mine owners, who at the best, ar
not great help to the community II
general"
| Bad for Hotels.
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