The record-union., 1894-10-24


below us. While conversing and look
ing into the distance. he said he expected
to live long enough to build railroad con-
uections to the City of Mexico from San
Francisco. | felt that he would fulfill
his prophecies, and looked forward to the
time when we should have direct COM
munication with Mexico. \ great deal
of merchandise is sent to Mexico. | saw a
statement that $50. 90. .0Ol worth OF calico
and other cotton fabrics had been shipped
To Mexico and Central America. Now
we have direct connection with Mexico
by the Southern Pacific.
The greatness OF a country depends
upon its enterprise. | am disposed to
think we have two kinds OF people in
California, one full OF enterprise and
push, the other lacking energy. On the
side OF the railroad, between Davisville
and SACRAMENTO Is "a ranch of 400 acres,
on which over 5000 an acre has been
spent. They began by planting muiber-
rIes. There was at that time quite an eX-
element over the growing OF silk. They
found that silk could not be cultivated in
a large and speculative way. They went
into it as though 1t was lottery. The
difficulty with California is that nearly
every thing is done for speculation. In
no other country would they have gono
into IL Oh SO large scale. Since then
they have planted peaches, pIums, prunes
man came into my Office and Was quite
overjoyed to find that the net return OF
carload Of fruit was twenty-five cents. l
failed to see the reason for his Joy, when
he explained that it was the first carload
which had been shipped for some time
which had not shown Il loss OF from SO
to 500.
You can always tell what n man is by
the thing OF which he boasts. l had the
honor OF being introduced 10 John l..
Sullivan, and the force OF the grip whom
he shook hands was almost enough to
crush my hand. l spoke OF mis- strength
and, grittlng his teeth, ne throw back his
head and said: well, L guess l can get
away with any OF tAem." Ii a man boasts
that he knows a horse, you will find
hOrSeman; If a man boasts Of his knOWl-
edge OF cards, you lind Il gambler; ii
man boasts of his Judgment OF whisky
you all know what he Is 1t is the big
ness of everything that takes hold OF
California enterprise. Now this Sugges-
lion OF Mexico is a very important one to
this board. II we can send oar products
TO Mexico, why 90 we send them to Lon
don? We have people at our door, in
South America, consisting of 30, ,O90,0JO
inhabitants. American articles have the
preference with them. They use Amer
lean edge-tOOls, American carpets, Amer
lean wallpaper. English Wallpaper is not
| desired, because they have the same pat
terms they had 80 years ago, while Amer
lean patterns are changed every year.
Now California has direct communication
and shipping connection with 6,UO0, 900
civilized Inhabitants i'll Mexico, and we
do not master the opportunities afforded
by that country. We are not an enter
prising people-we are "a speculative
people.
Captain Messenger-I second Mr.. Mills
motion, and il is something very import
r TO- nj tI,xr
sideration from this board.
Colonel IrisE-A number OF great en-
terprIseS have originated in this board.
In this board was devised the sending
out of california on Wheels through
out the United States and Canada; in this
board the Midwinter Fair had its incep-
ton; III this board the eXhib of Califor-
MIA at Chicago was fostered until it was
something worthy TO be shown as the
products of California. Now we have
the promise Of a marke easily accessible
from every WIne-growlng land in Caiifor-
MIA. The complaint Is that San Francisco
has lost III trade the produce markets.
and what we want TO do now is to recover
some of that lost trade iii distant coun-
try. We must consider ourselves. l read
III recent letter from Fresno an indict-
ment against the Southern Pacific Com
pany for giving d low rate on a long haul.
| They were shipping sugar from San
rate than they were shipping from nearer
points, and this letter was a bitter indict-
ment against them. In looking over
these long-haul rates | find that the
Southern Pacific Company's price paid
on the proposition was one-half of one
cent per ton per mile 1t is only the short
haulS that the transportation company
makes anything out of, and when the
company will give low rate on a long
haul to get our exports out of the State
the people should be willing to pay lit
tie higher rate on a short haul. But 1t is
the fashion now in California when q
man says anything against the Southern
Pacific Company to back him up.
think we stand in need OF cor
rection. l am inclined TO impeach
the transportation company for not
taking the people sufficiently into
its confidence. | think they
should give the people the facts. The
l,O00,0O tons Of wheat which we produce
on our soil must find a market outside of
this State. Now we must gain our profit
on these exports by getting from the rail-
road company a low rate on long haul
AS for the transportation company, they
must do as every one else does, make up
the profit lost on long haul by charging
more on short hau!s. 1t is something
which is done in every line of business.
a man sells an article to catch customers
and may not make anything on it, in
fact he may even lose IL little on it, but he
Will get a higher price on some other
article TO make up that lost profit. He
cannot sell all his goods without profit:
II he runs his business in that way he
would soon go into bankruptcy. It is
absolutely necessary that our people
should be educated on this proposition.
The more OF our surplus we export, the
better it makes times. In my Judgment
there IS true and friendly feeling to-
ward the producers by the transporta-
ton company which should lie aDpreci-
ated by the people because they have
Interests III common. We want to get
our produce to outside markets. we alb
SoluteIy cannot do 1t. unless we get a low
rate on long haul. For that reason
when 1 read this indictment in the letter
from Fresno, seemed to read an EXPRESS
ION which was inimlcal 10 the bestinterests
Of California. We should he willing that
the transportation company should save
itself from loss by securing a higher rate
on short haul. l am highly in favor
OF this effort TO secure an exhibit in
Mexico, and hope we will carry TO this
sister republic what they need and what
we want to find good market for.
Mr.. NILS motion to discuss the Mexi-
can exhibit at the next meeting was then
put before the board and carried.
The Secretary was then asked how
many people visited the exhibit rooms.
Mr.. Filcher-The register shows an at
tendance here for the month of Septem-
ber of about 6,400, though very many
visit these rooms who do not register.
The attendance for the month of visitors
outside OF the State, as shown by the reg
lister, averaged forty-three and fraction
per day.
Mr.. LeLong-The floor near the front
door is completely worn out and will have