The record-union., 1894-04-05
INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES.
Full Text of the Report of General N.
P. Chapman.
It WIN Be Found to Be Full of Statis-
tics Valuable to Home
Seekers and Others.

Some weeks ago the RECORD UNION
published a synopsis of the report made
by General n. P. Chipman, as Chairman
of the Committee on Industrial Re-
sources to the State Board OF Trade. 1t
is so full Of valuable statistics that we
have decided to lay the full report before
the readers of the RECORD UNION, as it
will serve as an answer to the thousands
Of inquiries that are constantly being
made as to the fruit shipments Of the State
last year.
These statistics were furnished 10 Cen
eral Chipman by the Southern Pacific
Company, and the public may rely upon
them as being correct. The report is as
follows:
san FRANCIsCo, February 13, 1894.
Hon. Eugene j. Gregory, president Cdti-
fornid State Board Of 1rdde: In present
Ing my fourth annual statement OF the
fruit shipments from California, the coca
sion invites something more than statls-
tical recapltulatiou. There are thousands
OF Intelligent people now here as visitors
ct the AIidwinter Fair, many OF whom
entertain The hope of remaining, or again
coming to remain. AS one OF the recOg-
niZed instrunentalities OF the State,
whose voluntary services have been de-
voted to better and more widely eX-
industries, this State Board OF Trade
would seem to be called upon to invite
attention specially to 1rult-grOWlng IN
California.
1t is not our purpose to discourage any
Cf the remarkably diversified industries
OF the State, catalogue OF which II would
be difficult TO parallel anywhere on the
globe. 1t may serve useful purpose, to
present table of some OF the more prOmi-
nent OF these sources Of wealth To our
people, although this report will not at
Tempt TO speak Of them in detail.
Some general facts about California,
complied from the Midwinter Fair edi-
ton of the Daily Chronicle;
Second to the largest State in the Union;
area, square miles, 157, sol.
First state in value OF gold product.
Value OF gold produced IN
I849.... . -. 1916, 4o4, 900
Total yield of mines in 1858 2O,0O0,O00
Petroleum and bltuminOus
products in 1898..........,,.. 100000
in 1893 . ..-........... r $4,000
BoraX, product 1898 pounds 100000
"a heat crop (bushels) 1898. 36,156, coo
BARLEY crop (busnels) 1873. 14,500,0U0
Beans crop pounds 1885,. 79,247,UOO
Beet sugar, campaign 1894
(estimaUed) pOunds............. 42000,000
" OoI prOductI pOundS) 1898. 30,5O0,0O0
Hop product (bales) )..-............. $4,000
Average annual product OF
fisheries 4,5I2, 800
W Whaling catch san Francisco
feet, 93.,...... . ............. 100000
Lumber received at Port of
san francisco (feet)............- 3SS, S,906,554
Lumber exported from San
Francisco III 1898 feet 49,. 21,300,00O
San francisco third commercial city in the
United States.
san Francisco manufactures,
value, I683..... .......,..:........, s86,4oo,o0o
Deposits in savings banks in
state, S93..................... 138,019,874
Increase over 1892. 17,237,231
THE Commercial Herald reports 96IS
bales Of hops received at San Francisco.
! think that the Chronicle figures must be
too large. The Pacific Coast crop of 1898
is estimated at 10000 to 125,00O bales.
The Commercial Herald puts the value of
san Francisco manufactures at S9900O,-
QUO.
Our mines, our forests, our broad acres
of general agriculture, our stock farms
and ranges, our natural resources of Pc
troleum and gas, our irrigated and nom
irrigated areas with their endless variety
of products, our Quarrles, our fisheries,
our factories, need never be less in i'm
portance than they are to-day, and may
be greatly enlarged, and yet admit OF
an almost unlimited expansion of our
orchards
The great charm of California lies in
the TACT that all these varied occupations
may be pursued under climatic cOndi-
tions contributing TO the highest degree
OF physical comfort and pleasure. We
do not encounter extremes of cold at all,
except IN the very high attitudes Of our
mountains, and extremes Of heat are
never insutferable or specially irksome;
along the coast they are unknown, and
in the interior valleys the great aridity of
the atmosphere makes the heat quite en-
durable for the short period of its dura-
ton.
California may be said to be a sani-
tarium wherever one may go, and at the
same time it is a theater for great possible
commercial, agricultural, mining and
manufacturing activities. Unlike Florida
or the humid seni-tropical regions, the
mind and body know no enforced lassi-
tude and Indifference to labor; indeed,
the climate is peculiarly invigorating and
stimulating IN all parts OF the State.
Physical inertia does not exist in Califor-
MIA by reason Of climatic influences. The
great objection TO most countries having
favorable climate is, that the occupa-
tions of man are greatly curtailed; he
must give up his mental and physical
activities and abilities IN order to enjoy
the desired climate. Then, too, this IA
vorable climate when found, has its sea-
sons OF great discomfort and often un-
healthfulness. This is not true in Cali
1Ornia, and herein is its strongest plea to
the home-seeker. He can hardly fail to
be pleased wherever lie may go, and no
where along the coast or in any of our
interior valley regions viii he fail TO find
a verificatiOn Of all that has been claimed
Tor our climate, and almost everywhere
he has the choice of pursuits before him
that he has found congenial where he mas
hitherto lived.
Thus much this board desires to say
generally of the State. and its advantages
and industries.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IMPORTED.
In this connection may be mentioned
the fact that we are large importers OF
products OF the farm, which we ought TO
produce at home, and could with great
profit. This fact was strongly presented
by Governor Markham III his last annual
message. l quote:
have endeavored to obtain the amount of
the anuua imports into The State OF this class
OF products The appended list Is by no
means complete, nor the amounts OF the items
nearly as great as they probably should be,
bat il is sufficiently accurate for the purpose
OF Illustration:
Live STOCK
Wool l,0OO
Hides. .................. .............. COO
Meats and packlng-house products...-.20 600
IodlifS A'O0O
bAtter -,OOO
CGetS6 1,otO
! ggs o,0OO
IotaloeS .......'-.. o.OOO
GrOODlCOlI SUI
IIOurs.... 2OOO
Otnef mill 2toOU