The herald., 1895-05-25
LOCAL Field OF COMMERCE
The Advantages of All=the= Year
Round Soil and Climate
MORE PRODUCERS WANTED
To Till California Lands From January
to December
Coming Industrial Exhibition OF the Mechanics
Institute at San Francisco Tho
Orange Market

California Trade Review: The advan-
tages of soil and climate conducive to
producrion the whole year round was
perhaps never more fully emphasiz ed
than during the last few days. Frost and
the storm king have wrought havoc in
the east, and at the present moment it
looks as if California would have a mo-
nopoly of the fruit trade this year. 1t is
not alone in the almost certainty Of good
fruit crops that the producer in this state
enjoys the advantage over his eastern
brothers. The land in California can be
titled from January 1st to December 30th.
while, as has been truthfully said by
contemporary the acres OF the eastern ag-
ricuturst are idle from four to six
months every year. This condition of
affairs can have only one result and that
is to turn the capi tai engaged in eastern
farming operations into California where
greater results can be obtained for the
expenditure of labor and capital. There
is nothing to be feared from making
these things known throughout the east.
We need producers and we cannot have
too many OF them.
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The Mechanics institute of San Fran
cisco will hold its twenty-eighth indus
trial exposition in that city from the 18th
day of August to the l4th day OF Septem-
ber. According to the circular issued by
the management it is desired to nave
'the display of manufactured and. nat
ural products as full and as perfect as
| possible. that the varied resources Of this
| coast may be brought together in such
| form as will best afford the citizen seek
| ing information, the capitalist seeking
investment, the visitor from the eastern
states and immigration from abroad seek
| ing business opening or home, an OPP
| portunity to inform themselves of the
! skill ana advancement of our citizens and
| inventors. and the variety, excellence and
| superiority of our products" The man.
| agement hopes to have general and
| complete display of manufacturing ma
| chinery in operation, raw and manufac-
| tured products, and all articles used in
| the arts and sciences, and necessary for
| the wants OF man and to that end solicits
| the cooperation of all in securing the OBJ
! ject of the exhibition.
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| The orange market is in unsatisfactory
| shape, the most comforting feature being
| the fact that the end of the season is near
and the crop is already largely disposed
| OF. Reports from Minneapolis and Chi
cago and from the east generally are to
the effect that the seasons supply Of
small fruits il coming in, with the result
that the orange market is fiat and likely
! to remain 50 until the appetite for straw
berries and blacKberries is satisfied and
the desire for oranges again makes itself
felt. Reports from Chicago say that car
of choice Mediterranean sweets was sold
! yesterday by we'll known commission
house of that city, the price obtained not
being sufficient to cover freight charges.
| The fruit was bought. not f. o. b., after
the method adopted by the fruit ex-
| change, but under guarantee OF packing
charges. The disastrous results will be
felt most seriously by the California
grower. who in this as in some other
cases reported, will be charged up with
the loss and will have of necessity to go
into his pocket to make good the deficit.
1t is hoped. however, that the market
will improve and meantime the ex-
change managers express some pride in
the fact thai thus far they have not
obliged any of the associated grow
ers to pay freight charges in addition to
| furnishing the fruit.