The record-union., 1894-10-24
ROYAL BAKING POWDER.
The Worlds Fair Tests
showed no baking powder
SO pure or SO great in leav=
ening power as the Royal.

nearly all the Commissioners. and have
the promise that they Will give Us $50. 600
provided we can find merchants who will
give us SZ0,OD0 more. There are mer-
chants who Will subscribe money toward
q lot for the Board OF Trade to put a
building on. l saw Fulton G.. Berry and
was with him two days, and he told me
that OF all the things he wanted To do
this would have the preference. He told
me that this proposition was practically
secured. What we want to do now is To
see the merchants and see if they will
back up their side.
Mr.. Mil1s-There is no doubt but what
there Is great necessity for State build
ing. All the State boards have their head
quarters here. The State has to pay rent
tor the supreme Court and for the Offices
OF the supreme Court: the Railroad Conn
mlSsl0ners have TO hire an office here. It
would he much cheaper for the State to
own building for these different Offices.
The State is paying rent enough in San
Francisco to pay handsome percentage
OH the investment. An exhibit OF this
kind Is absolutely necessary; tho harder
the times are the greater the necessity for
TINS sort OF thing. l believe if, through
the efforts OF Messrs. I4elOug and McA lee
IN tins matter, we can get S20,010 from the
commissioners We can get so 600 from
the merchants, and then get the Legisla-
ture to appropriate about 500, 600.
The State appropriates annually $4,000
Ior an agricultural exposition, which is
never spent on exhibits. The greater
portion OF this IS used Oh the speed pro-
gramme. Now, If it is worth SiO.OO0 to
make an annual exhibit at Sacramento.
1t ought 10 be worth something TO have a
permanent exhibit here III San Francisco.
ana the merchants ought to be willing 10
contribute something toward a pertna-
nent organization which is here for the
Instruction of the peoDIo.
MI. Lei0ng discussed the question fur
ther
). Il. Lankershin introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
WHEREAS, The past two years have wit
messed an extraordinary decline in the price
Oh cereals, 50 that tncy are now lower than
ever known. and below the cost of t,roJuc
uoh, ana while this is cue somewhat 10 tie
general decline IN value ofall sta:.les. II is also
therefore be il
Heaoated, That as q rem dy fOr.this we would
urge upon the farmers ot California tna i,ro-
prety of more diversified tarInino tar r.tis
ing OF stock and particularly the cultivation
o. orchards II nas already been demon
sLruted That all the counties of the Stlte can
PIouuce uetiuuous fruits in such amouut as
20 pay pstlef returns than grain, ana at the
present tIhle The most prosperous counties in
ne ne Slate arc tno-e principally interested in
ltulJ-fdlslng. We md that the practical re-
suits ol tins industry are the division OF lands
mo small Odt paying farms, the increase OF
PoPuiatioh. the enhancement of land values
anu the prosperity OF the who.e state
Mr.. Laukershim-As you are probably
aware, Los Angeles was entirely stock
raising county when | went there in
lo'O The wealth was entirely in stock.
Inc place was prosperous aud men We're
making money. The only valuation mt
on the Iand was according to the amount
OF stock 1t would carry. In 1875 and 1889
change was brought ebout by land bc-
ing cultivated In grain. We found that
land cultivated III grain advanced in
value ia much larger proportion than
tAat on which stock was raised In 1881
gOOd many made experiments in decid-
uous fruits. We found that almost All
parts of the country would raise fruit.
and the farmers commenced TO raise il
tor tho reason that the profits OF fruit
farming was much greater than stock or
grain farming. Ii tho man referred to by
Mr.. Mills had come to the exhibit Of the
state Board OF Trade he could have seen
just what he could DO on his land aud
would not have had to experiment witt,
different products. We hnd that the bic
tracts OF land in Los Angeles are being
subdivided into small farms. Lands
which formerly were sold for $50 per
acre are now bringing 500 per acre. In
the northern part OF the State | hear that
the small farms are being absorbed bv
The large farmers, which l believe to be
a bad policy. | believe that small farms
raising different products would add to
the prosperity of the State. | believe il
Is just as bad policy to say Why can't we
raise horses or cattle? as to say, Why
cam we raise grain?
Mr.. Leong-There is one thing in
this resolution which does not seem to
coincide with the rest of it. | think it
would be much better Tor the part read
ing 1t Is also due To q large extent to
production" to be left out. Further
on it says ut has already been demon.
strated, ETC." The question of over-nro-
ductlon OF fruits Will not be reached for
some years.
Mr. Filcher-In diversified farming''
l think Mr.. Laukershim has struck the
keynote.
Mr. Lankershim-Re Referring to Los
Angeles, do not believe you can men
tlon thing we haven't raised. except.
perhaps, tea or coffee. You need not
snip any products down there. We raise
enough wheat tor our own consumption,
the same with barley and other cereals.
CoIone! Irish wished to know what
was TO become of the TRANSPORTATION com
panles, II all the counties were to raise
their own products. Mr.. Mills explained
that the transportation companies would
as the exports would fall to their por-
tlon, and that Mr.. Laukershim was evi-
IDENTITY railroad hireling, since he
wanted the State TO fill up with industri-
Gus people.
Mr.. Mills-Gentlemen, I have the
honor to introduce TO you the Hon.
Horace Davis. The object Of this meeting
Is the discussion OF wheat, and the de-
cline which farmers find in the price OF
1t. we would like to ask MI Davis why
the price OF wheat has declined, and why
1t Is so unprecedently low? We would
also like TO know the relation the price Of
wheat bears 10 flour, and if cheap wheat
means cheap flour.
Horace Davis-Multiply the price
OF wheat by three and you have
tde price OF flour. This can be
done with considerable regularity.
The rule Of the miliers is that the
price OF three hundred pounds of wheat
IS the price of barrel of flour. This is
the mil price, not the retail price. When
wheat is IS % per hundred you may be
sure that flour is about 50 30 at the mill
The bran and middlings are lett to the
miller Tor the milling and the profit.
sometimes there is a slight variation; for
instance, when bran and middlingS are
hlgn, the hour may be sold little lower,
anu when bran is very low, the miller
must cnarge little more for the flour. |
90 not know what your discussions have
Oeen IN relation to the growth, the value
and the marketing of wheat, and l want
to apologize for my late appearance, as
had another meeting To attend which took
up my time until now Had 1 under
stood exactly the object of the meeting |
would have brought with me table
which have, showing the variations of
the market for the last forty years, but
unfortunately haven't it with me.
From 1870 to 1880 was the paradise of
the farmers; during moro than half OF
that period wheat brought over 2 cents