The record-union., 1894-05-28

in that line preserving fruit, drying fruit
and the manufacturing of cans.
The most important factory tor this
country, with the soil you have here, is
| beet sugar factory. and it would largely
help your grocery trade, and in helping
one trade and increasing it you help
others
] Your grocery trade in this city reaches
out and distributes their goods over ter
ritory which they have AN advantage of
reaching in freight. You should supply
them with nearly all of their goods.
They number about 100000 people aud
| will increase rapidly. These same people
now consume about 1900 tons of sugar
each year.
III you were TO manufacture and supply
the present demand for sugar in this To-
cality, people sufficient to raise and bar
vest beets, manufacture them into sugar,
and run the retineries, it would put di-
rectly into this city and county 10000
people. The difference in price for which
you could obtain power for factory here
over the prices that it costs for power at
other factories located in this State, and
the freight on 4.000 tons of sugar from
san francisco to this point TO distribute
TO 100000 people, would pay alone Z per
cent. on the investment OF a sugar plant,
including refinery. This you would
have as a profit to start with, before your
profit would commence from your man
ufactory.
The city or community that looks to
manufacturing the necessities for her peo-
pie IN. all lines are the cities that become
great and wealthy. The more diversified
the products, the more money that is kept
at kome, and the cheaper can the wants
OF the people be supplied, and the greater
and more rapid will be the accumulation
of wealth.
New England succeeds in manutactur-
ing simply because she gets cheap money
TO manufacture on and understands the
business.
The more rapidly you accumulate
wealth here the more rapidly will your
people be able 10 supply manufactured
articles OF her own make to her own peo-
pie.
You have no doubt been patiently wait
ing to know what l have done toward
getting manufactories-that which prob
ably you consider | was especially em-
ployed to accomplish. When l engaged
myself TO you | believe l said l did not
carry factories around to peddle out.
} Consequently have only written letters
TO parties connected with me That are in
touch with concerns in the East l know
can bring factories to you.
, One man, who does large manufacture
ing business and has considerable trade
upon this coast, visited me in this city
| WAOil n0 lISt CdtllO w 6Hls MANY vi Iu0
directors have met him. He has thor
oughly investigated the West, not only
in the line of business of which he is in
terested, but in three other lines. all OF
J which are staple goods, and there is no
limit to the demand on this coast, and
they can be shipped to the Pacific islands
and Asia. They could, if located here,
commence manufacturing upon large
scale within short time. This gentle
man Will return to mis- home soon; he left
the Sound country on the I'D of this
} month. After he has consulted with his
partners he will then make this associa-
} ton proposition.
think it is altogether probable that an
arrangement can be made with three or
, more concerns through this channel, and
i still it may not be the thing to do at this
time as your power will not be ready for
practical use before, in my Judgment the
t Ist OF February or March, 1895. do not
: think it is policy for this association to
, close with any manufacturing concern
before the lst of September or October of
30 this year, and in the meantime l am sat-
| istied that others can be induced TO look
over this field in their line of business.
that can be successfully conducted on a
large scale here. and it may be possible
that we can do better.
, My theory is that you should do the
best possible with The means You have at
| udnu anu All OIuoI W QO 50 you CdIl iDdhb
, them go further when you can give other
inducements as well as power.
By that time your water and sewerage
system will have been settled, and | as
, sure you that until ali these questions OF
, importance that are before the people
here are settled, 1t is against your work
in the line that you have started. / think
that you can get before your people Il
feasible plan for refunding your entire
city debt, including what new improve
ments you want to make, put into long
, time bonds, and show your people that
they can lessen their burdens greatly by
so doing. By that time the tariff will
have been settled one way or the other-I
+ mean the present tariff bill before Con-
! gress. The business interests of the
, country are demanding that it should be
settled.
The unsettled condition of labor can
t not hope TO be adjusted until that time
} arrives, and SO long as labor is in an un-
settled condition, just SO long manufac-
turing will be unsettled.
The country is in elegant condition to
commence manufacturing. The trade is
: simply carrying goods that it absolutely
> has to have for the actual necessary de-
mands. From present indications Cali
| fornia will accumulate considerable
money from her fruit crop, and when
} business does revive, she will be in a
healthy condition to take advantage ot
!, the situation. 1t will probably be March
or April of next year before you will
have TO make an assessment on your
: members-Other than actual expenses
unless some small concerns were as
sisted, and then the assessment should
5 be light. In that way your people will
) be able TO have time to appreciate and
understand what the developments of the
American River mean for your advances
. | mn onh ty at Enlcnlo hax
stand it, they will be more liberal, and
pay their obligations to your association
with a greater promptness than they
t would at this time.
t You paraded before the people with the
r advantages of this power too soon, and
the effect OF what they expected has worn
Oft before. the time comes for YOU to real
ize any benefit. That is always bad in
starting out in work of this kind. The
old adage is true of first getting yourself
ready TO start, and when you have
started, go ahead without stopping and
il is for these reasons that l think that
which is to work new era to your city
, in this advanced age should go hand in
hand by establishing new factories at
t the time the wheels of that latent power
| at Folsom has arrived at Sacramento.
/ have advocated day, or two days, to
be set apart when the proper time comes,
for dedicating the electric power as APP
piled to the mechanical arts in Sacra-
mento, by laying the foundation of three
or four good institutions, which is to
mark new era in the history of what
believe can be made a most prosperous
agricultural, commercial and manufact-
, uring center. The work of getting fact
ories is only portion of the work that is
necessary to be done in building up a
great city here. United effort on the part
Of the people working in harmony is
what you want here; not few, but a
great number working around a COM
mon center. From time to time you
should post yourselves on the conditions
| as they exist. so that You NAV take the