New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-23
BEYOND THE SIERRAS.
WHEAT RAISERS AND FRUIT GROWERS
UNABLE TO RAISE MONEY-MIDwINTER
FAIR-SOUTH SEA CRUISE.
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San Francisco. July 2l.-The outlook Tor
many wheat-rasers and 1rult-growers IN NaI'-
fornia is exceedingly bad, as they cannot harvest
their crops for lack of money. The country
banks have been badly pressed for coin that
they refuse 10 make the customary advances on
either wheat fruit. The city banks are In
equally bad straits and will not listen to any
proposition from the country to carry even
rich ranchcr until he get returns from his
crop. The result is that in many parts of the
San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys grain is
going to waste because the small ranchmen have
not the money to pay for harvesting. With fruit
il is even worse, because there is market for
It in the orchard The large canncrics are all
idle, as the banks have failed TO make the usual
advances. Only small part Of the fruit crop
is being dried. by women and children. There
is a good opportunity just now in California
for capitalists make enormous returns for money
loaned for ninety days, and at the same time
save the crops of hundreds of small farmers and
fruit-grOwers.
The work of securing subscriptions for the Mid
winter Fair goes on, but the money comes hard
and slowly. About 100000 of the half million
needed to begin work has been subscribed The
great difficulty encountered is t. get contributions
from rich men. Small gifts coming in rapidly,
Il
meeting is TO he held next Tuesday. Those who
have studied the subject admit that the fair will
save San Francisco from an extremely dull winter
and that to avoid this, as we'll as the danger OF
large nobs of unemployed men, the fair must be
made success.
One OF the most cruel men who ever went to
sea died here this week. He was William watts,
who gained notoriety by his atrocious acts as first
If Ia sli in fbnrp
New-York TO San Francisco twelve years ago lie
so abused tho sailors on this voyage that four com
mitted suicide and several were made lnbecles
Watts received only six years in San quentin
Prison, and President Cleveland pardoned him AFTER
he had served two years. His real punishment
came after he was released, for he was Stunned
as though he were a lcpcr, and whenever his lden-
tity was discovered he was discharged Almost
daily it was forced upon him that he was loatiei
for his brutalitcs. His funeral was attended only
by his widow and enough men to carry the coffin
The new rooms Of the Free Public Library in
the northeast wing of the City Hall promise to
be the finest library rooms in the West, if not
in the country. The removal from the present
quarters will take place in about six weeks. The
main library room is 90 by 90 feet, with 5000
feet of shelf room. Tho bookcases, desks and
tables are all Of white mahogany, carved and pol
rapidly increasing
The reduction of one-half in the salary account
of the Savage Mining Company this week marks
the beginning of the heavy cut in expenses which
will soon take place all along the line of the Com-
stock Lode With silver down to it's present
price. even $50 ore will not pay 70 mine The
proposition to reduce the pay of the miners
One-half would effect n saving of only $500
week so that wood and water will have TO he FUR
nished cheaper the mines will be forced to shut
down.
Dioneers died this week of pneumonia complicated
with heart disease His fatal illness was the re-
suit of exposure during yachting excursion 10
Santa Cruz. lie came here when twelve years OF
tune i'll business. In later years he was ui'ih-
her of the well-known liquor firm of Moore, Hunt
Il Co.
The Countess Festetics who Miss lIagcn
before she welded the Austrian nobleman, Is nay
ing a yacht built here for long cruis" In the
South Seas. The Count has become greatly enai-
ored of yachting, and on reading Robert LOUIS
Stevpnsons account of his trip among IN" lslan'is
the famous romancer. His wife is having a schoon,
er built here in which the Cont and party Will
sail among the South Sea islands, trading the
wares of civilization for barbaric curios
The Lyceum Theatre Company has had large
bonses al the week to see The Grey Mare with
nS WS;te az Pos"s and The Decision of the Court
for curtain-raisers Next week will De the last
of the companys engagements.
Tbc steel ladybug which was brought from Aus
traa several years 3gO 10 Kill pest, on orange
and lemon trees pronounced failure az inc
time but recently in several lemon orchards OF
Los Angeles this bug has cleared out the rel scalr
insect the dc,dlIeSt pest of all citrus trees Inc
steel bug will be widely distributed Throughout
Southern California and il is TO be hoped that IL
will rid the orchards of dangerous pest