The record-union., 1893-05-10
CUTLERY Having HaJ'S Brand Upon It Is Fully Guaranteed
HALE BROS. & co.

women, girls and boys are coming out of great
mills like bees out OF a hive, and when I ask
what is being done at such ana such place l
am told it is a mandatory of some kind.
Last night as l came up town I saw a great
rush of people from building on Center
street. l think there must have been at least
800 girls, and | learned that it was a factory
for the manufacture of playing cards. That
is only a small industry, but l understand
thousands of people are employed in it; and
that is thing that can be made in California
as cheaply as they can be made here. if not
even more cheaply.
Probably the valleys of California produce
a larger quantity and better quality of fruit
than is produced on the same area in any
other part of the world, and am told, and be-
lieve, that very large tonnage of it goes TO
waste for the lack, partly, of a market, and
partly because they have not the hands to
gather it, which seems strange in commu-
nifty where there seems to be such an outcry
for work, and the number of unemployed
hands is so great that there is something radi-
caly wrong in the organization of the LABOR
of the State
I think we could put in the cities of West
ern Europe this great tonnage of the fine
| food product of California at a price not 10
exceed dollar a hundred pounds, and, If it
can be properly preserved at central points,
suitably prepared and shipped, so that the
cost of preparation and transportation could
be minimized, thousands of tons could go out
at rates that would be largely beneficial not
only to those who produce and prepare the
foods, but to those who use them, which, OF
course. would be largely beneficial to the State
herself
If the people of San Francisco would give
little moral support to the transportation
ompanies that exist, rather than raise funds,
as they have been doing, to sink in reducing
rates on legitimate commerce that pays no
profit at the rates at which it is being done,
am quite sure they will soon see the differ
enoe between the building up and the tearing
down.
! I note your inquiry, Cannot we do some
thing to satisfy the people of San Francisco
and in some way assist in building up the
city?" Now, 1 hardly know what to say in
reply to this, as no one believe, has done
more for California than l have, and l am
quite sure no one has made a greater effort
than myself in that direction. l shall con-
tinue to do So
| If you have any suggestions to make as to
how something can be done l would be
pleased to hear from you, for l know that the
railroad would profit by the building up of
the city. But that would not be the greater
reason why L SllOulu make JDe EFFORT. / nNeQ
in California a number of years, and my
greatest interest for nearly half a century has
been in that State. Even now 1 speak of Cali
| fornia as my home rather than New York:
and l have real affection for the country
that was the scene of my early and most i'm
portant work. Mr.. Newlands, in conversa-
ton with me- said that if l could go to san
Francisco ana stay there a few months, seeing
the people and comparing views with them
he believed that some arrangements could be
made that would be for the interest of san
Francisco, and also of the companies that
in part control. Now, L do not know really
what I could do if I should go there, but If
would cross the continent many Mines /
thereby 1 could succeed in bringing about the
good feeling between the people and the rail
road company and in any way advance the
terest of the State of California and the city
/ of San Francisco, for if such beneffcent re-
| suit could be reached it would be very crafty
ing to me personally, and certainly would be
| for the ultimate interest of those who operate
| and control the southern Pacific Company
| am with kind regards. yours sincerely,
G. 2. HUNTINGTON.