The herald., 1895-03-01

new charm. The something lacking at
$50 o'clock was quickly supplied by the
throng of people, the hundreds OF ladies
and their escorts, nearly all moving slow
~ along the different aisles, or quietly
seated in the galleries Tor sne topmoss
the evening with those contcnted to sit
and look down upon the Kaleidoscope
view beneath them.
Shortly after the fair was thrown open
to the public Cassasa's Band introduced
itself from the stage with the grand over
ture from Tannhauser Other musical
numbers followed, and then the many
members of the famous orchestra retired
into the wings in order to make room for
the officers OF the association and also the
members of the executive committee.
These gentlemen occupied the stage but
brief time, the opening exercises being, if
short, certainly to the point. Ex- Presi-
dent Dan Freeman introduced to the i'm
mense audience H. r. Smith, vice-presi-
dent of the Citrus Fair Association, who,
in the unavoidable absence of the presi-
dent, A. H. Naftzger, welcomed those
present in the following words:
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen =
Southern Californians are looked upon as
novices in citrus culture. You see spread
out before you tonight the products of
men who are practically. self-instructed in
peculiar field of horticulture. A score
of years is the limit of the school in
which those students have been trained,
and their phenomenal success is due
largely to the fact that they have travelled
the straight and narrow path OF expert
ence. Tn this, as in other fields of knowl-
edge, there is no royal road to learning,
and the success SO abundantly in evidence
here, is only another tribute to the in
domitable perseverance of the American
citizen. Much of the wisdom possessed
by these men has been dearly bought,
but like the pearl of great price, it is of
inestimable value now.
yields an annual income of more than
| three millions of dollars to the fruit
growers of Southern California should be
placed before the public in so magnificent
a manner as citrus culture is shown here
tonight.
1t is proper that the display of this
fruit should be made under the direct
control of the producers themselves-this
Citrus Fair being managed almost exclu-
sively by the fruit exchanges OF Southern
California whose membership is limited
to actual producers of oranges and lemons.
1t is proper that the men who have de-
veloped citrus culture on this practically
virgin soil, and also have brought it to
such a degree of perfection as it has
reached in Southern California, should
receive not only the direct financial benefit
which appeals SO strongly to their pockets
tnlS SEASON. OuC tndG buty SuOulu ALSO Gil
Joy the higher pleasure which comes from
the producing and handling of this fruit,
viewed from an aesthetic standpoint.
1t is with feelings of pardonable pride
that the Citrus Fair Association calls at
tention to the fact that nowhere on the
face of the earth are oranges produced in
such quantities and such excellent quality
! on such limited acreage as is done in
Southern California, and nowhere else on
the wide globe are the oranges produced
so directly by the land owners as is done
! here. These golden globes SO generously
massed before you tonight are not the
products of the labor of poems or lily paid
servants, Shaving for mere existe ce and
working only that crusts may be provided
for hungry mouths. These seeds were