The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-13
RICH WITH ELOQUENCE.
1t Was Delivered by John
w. Mitchell of Los
Angeles.
THE PAVILION WAS PACKED.
Three important Objects That
Should Be Accomplished
by the State.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Sept. 12.-The
annual address before the State Agricul-
tural Society was delivered in the State
Agricultural Pavilion tonight by John W.
Mitchell of Los Angeles. The building
was packed with people, being the largest
crowd present this year, unless, perhaps,
Tuesday night be excepted. The address
was a splendid and eloquent effort, and
was well received. In the course of it the
speaker said:
The object of your society. as stated by your
constitution, is to encourage the cultivation OF
the soil and the general development of all the
resources of the State; to foster every branch
of mechanical and household art calculated to
increase the comforts of home, and extend and
facilitate the various branches of mining.
Truly this is a stupendous task. Your labors
embrace a regard for all material essentials,
and your jurisdiction embraces more than
los, 600 square miles,
Within this area are bearing fields of grain
and hops, valleys dotted with orchards bearing
almost every variety of fruit, and all the world
demanding it; vineyards yielding more wine
than all the rest of the United States, and
while comparatively new industry, its
products are OF quality comparable with the
wine-producing countries of Europe with their
centuries OF experience; vast reaches of forest
which will provide lumber for many years to
come; wool of the best, and sufficient for the
clothing of all the people of the State, and milk
and honey sufficient to feed the original chill
dren of Israel
Besides our mines of gold and silver, which
last year produced $14,000,O00, there is
wondrous wealth of other mineral substances
that are mined on large and profitable scale.
Quicksilver, mined nowhere else on this CONT
nent, yields over 81 10000 year; borax,
found only here and in Nevada, is worth from
100000 to $750,O00; macadam rock and
rubble, nearly $780, 900; our clays for brick
and pottery show q value of $500, 900 or
5000, 900; asphaltum and bituminous rock are
worth from $500, 900 to 100000; granite
over 100000; salt, $250.00O, and limestone
100000. In addition to these we also mine
anthony, asbestos, chrome, coal, copper,
gypsum, lead, magnesite, marble, mineral
paint, onyx, paving blocks, platinum, slate, stea-
tite, etc. Mineral waters, natural gas and
petroleum other important substances in
the realm of mineral industry. Iii petroleum
we are gradually but surely increasing our
output as new fields and new wells are opened.
Within the city limits of Los Angeles alone the
daily product of oil is now estimated to be as
much as 5000 barrels.
But while we have such marvellous and in
comparable wealth of field, orchard and mine
it cannot but be admitted that our products
from these sources are not yielding their full
measure to the producer.
The question is, What is the remedy? I an
swer, it is this, and this only: Increased popu-
lation and markets. And both can be obtained
by the accomplishment of three great pur-
poses.
First-The completion of the Nicaraguan
canal.
second-More direct consideration by the
Federal Government.
Third-The conversion of our water-power
into electrical energy.
In conclusion he said:
And, indeed, Californians everywhere should
be infinitely grateful that this garden spot has
been left to them and theirs. And they
should be deeply thankful that this new
era is opening before them. For when her pos
States, California will rise like an Amazon
her feet resting amid the fruit and flowers of
the south land below the Tehachapi; her waist
girdled by the plenty of her central valleys
her head among the clouds of her lofty noun
tains of the north; with one jeweled hand she
will beckon the world east of her mountain
bulwarks, and with the other direct the COM
merce of the Orient, while emblazoned on her
shield will be not the legend ~ WILL" but "I
am"
The awards, which were to have been
given out to the exhibitors tonight, will
be given tomorrow night instead, as the
different com mittees are not yet ready to
report.