The morning call., 1894-02-11

native grass having as yet been found.
From Mexico on the south to British
Columbia on the north Is found during the
summer months excellent pasturRge for
sheep. The numerous valleys of CaIifOr-
MA, Nevada, Idaho. Montana and Eastern
Wash ngton produce large alfalfa crops.
producing plenteous food for the sheep
during the winter. ! do not think the peo-
pie OF the West comprehend the extent to
which the wool industry could be de-
velOped under proper protection. One
/ thing, however, is certain that the wool
men on the Coast cannot pay the herders,
1 he shearers, the men who cut the hay and
! Iced the sheep during winter the present
4 price of American labor and compete with
/ the Australian product. At the recent
! Column bian Exposition the manager of the
New South Wales wool exhibit boldly dis
played The sign, We can raise wool for 6
cents pound, beneath which was another
sign on which was the pertinent inquiry,
WHAT can you raise il for?' The manage
n Mt Of the exposition had the sign re-
moved on the ground that ii was politics
aud could not be allowed on the ground.
For many years Oregon. Washington
and 1dSDo have furnished the greater Dor
ton OF the haXseed used in he linseed oil
mills OF San Francisco and Portland. The
passage OF the Wilson bill will wipe out
this industry, and the laborers whose
home is in India and whose wardI ODE con-
Sfcbb bnls VI n tCO cUlIl Will LUeItHlbb1
supply the Pacific Coast mills. As the wool
and flaxseed industry will be affected so
also Will the other industries, and, without
going into further details about re- ults,
will say that the man who will look
around 8nd Compare the conditions CT to-
day with those OF the past and not be con-
WINGED of the evil effects of the passage
If the Wilson bill Is not susceptible to
argument.
In reply TO question as to what effect
/ the snti-silver legislation and tariff bill
woulo have on the elections in the fall the
/ Governor said:
Idaho has few Democrats. The people
! nave come to realization Of this fact that
/ they nave been gruwD-up boys Tor many
years and, like boys, have been dissatisfied
with good thing while they had II, but
since they have experienced a change and
gone out and had their own way from
underneath their fathers roof they would
lie glad To get back again to their home
! ffesIde and their mothers feather bed"
Julian SUntsg, secretary OF The Trans
! Mississippi congress, says ttat IL will be
/ toe largest CONNIE REAL body that ever as
/ sempled In the United STATES. Colorado
/ Will come with 100 delegates. California
/ viii have $50, Utah 40, Nevada go. Missouri
40. Idaho above 80. Oregon 30, with Texas,
New Mexico, Arizona and other States 10
/ hear from. The California features Of the
/ congress viii be hydraulic mining. i'm
1 proyements of the rivers San Joaquin.
/ sacramento, ETC., the matter of rranspor a.
ton and the ard lands. This is the first
1 time that the valley men and mining men
have clssped hands and met, not TO antag-
/ Cd re, but 10 aid each other.
Governor Stone of Missouri and Cover
nor RICHARDS ale expected to arrive to-day.
! The excursion on the bay will take place
! next Saturday. On Monday evening al S
! O'Clock the California delegates will dis
cnss the wants of the State, and at Z
O'clock the San Francisco and Oakland
delegates will meet at the same place.
! Golden Gate Hall. The Colorado delega-
ton will meet also on Monday afternoon.
! Ex-Governor Eberhart is said TO be their
choice for the next president of the con-
gress.
The reception committee met In the Office
of the secretary and official stenograpber,
Charles Freeman johnson. in the Mills
building, al o'clock last evening. Those
present were William Cuff chairman, IL.
L. Dodge, W. j. Dutton, Frank Harold,
A Sbarboro. w. j. WansoD and w. d.
Macarthur. The only business transacted
as the appointment of sub-co.nmIttees to
meet the various incoming trains to-mor-
row and receive the delegates who are
scheduled to arrive that day. The same
committees will continue IN force until all
the delegates are here.
f. w. Stowell of the Chronicle and c. L.
Roberts Of 1HE CALL have been added 10
the press committee of the Irans-Missis-
sippi Commercial Congress.