The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-11


China and Japan the Cudahy Packing
company shipped soms OF its canned
meats to the orient with the result that
large trade promises to develop.
What can be done here in the way Of
raising sugar beets has been fully set
forth in another column. There are
many industries which with small CAPT.
tai can be made quite as profitable. The
| castor bean grows all over the country,
and becomes q tree within year, vet Ne
have only one small castor-oil mill, start.
ed few months ago in Los Angeles.
LInseed oil could also be profitably man-
ufactured on large scale.
Though pickles are made here, we still
import car loads from Europe, which
should not be, as cucumbers. onions,
beets, tomatoes, peppers, and other vsge-
tables bear all the year round, and yield
i'm mense crops. With tomatoes delivered
at the factory at SO per ton we should :
build up an export trade in tomato cat.
sup, which is now made here only fo1
home cunsum ption.
Right within the eli ty limits of Los An
ge.es are hundreds OF thousands of tons
OF fine glass sand, from which, at an ex-
perimental test excellent glass has been
made. Fifty thousand dollars would lib
orally equip suchD factory, yet We
import all our glass from the east.
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
A small factory here is successfully
line there is an almost unlimited market,
as wrapping paper of various grades, from
the finest tissue to the heaviest of wrap.
ping paper, is used extensively in the
orange, lemon, raisin and other indus
tries. There is good opening for ono or
more paper mills TO manufacture manila
and other h eavy papers. Vast quantities
OF waste paper and paper clippings are
des troyed also large quantities of rags,
for which there is now no market, and
which could be purchased at less than
half the price OF such raw material In
eastern cities. as there is no com petition,
and at present these articles only repre-
sent so much waste. There is also
great demand for fine tissue papers and
| fine wrapping papers made from flax,
which is raised SO abupdantly from Cali.
| fornia soil
e A rope walk for the manufacture of COR
dase would undou btedly pay. The ma
| guey and kindred plants which furnish
| the sisal of commerce, grow and flourish
here as in no other section of the coun-
Try.
| veopsd at once and which requires COM
! parauvely small capital, is that of pot.
| terry. Two small potteries have been very
| successful, and in view of the fact that
most of our milk and butter crooks, jam
| jars, fruit jars and flower pots are still
more potteries, and GA large scale. Los
| Angeles is said 10 have some OF the most
valuable clay deposits in the United
States. Pottery, of its nature. is difficult
to handle for long distance freight and
rates are proportionately high. The cost
of transportation from the New Jersey
potteries is the best kind of q protective
tariff for the local potter.
There is a great opportunity for manu-
faoturers of heavy clothing, particularly
III LII, III rto to
and other wear for miners, ranohers and
ranch hands. Overalls and shirts are
now manufactured here on small seals,
but have been very successful, and with
larger capital big business could be
developed.
There are extensive deposits Of mineral
paint in several sections of Southern Cal
ifofnia and which only need q little cap.
ital and experienced men to develop.
From the residue of petroleum, which
is produced abundantly here, might be
manufactured great variety of products.
such as coal-tar colors, lubricatins oils
(made now on small scale,) water
probing, ink (Which is now man ufactur-
ed in Ventura county, vaseline, benzine,
and naphtha, and washes for insect pests;
also fuel gas, which is largely made from
petroleum in the cast.
Ire Pacific ocean abounds with fish OF
the most delicate flavor. At San Pedro
and to some extent at San Diego, salt
and dried hsh are now put up, but the
industry is capable of great extension,
particularly the canning OF sardines.
Turtles of the most delicious flavor are
found by the millions in the Gulf Of CALI
fornia.
A prass foundry was recently started
here and scored o great success FROM Its
inception. The demand for it's product
more than quadrupled the output. The
home demand for plumbing, gas and
steam fittings Is far beyond the capacity
OF much larger factory than the one
now in operation. 70 the local demand
must be added that Of the Southern Cali
fornia cities and towns.
There is a good opening for nail fac
tory. the consumption being very large
end scrap-iron plentiful.
LOYALTY OF CALIFORNIANS.
Los Angsles.has long since been rsoog-
nized as the distributing center for all
Southern California and to q large extent
for Arizona, New Mexico and portions OF
| Nevada, Utah, Texas and Old Mexico.
Furthermore Californians are proverbiAl-
ly loyal to home industries and therefore
any new factory will find easy access to
the market. An article which bears the
stamp OF a local firm takes preference.
| These points are worth the attention OF
prospective investors. 1t is quite different
placing home manufactured article on
the market here as compared to an east
tern city where the market is already
crowded with competition, or where the
people are located within easy access OF
the largest factories of the country.
The Duke Of Hesse
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