The record-union., 1895-03-25

among the masses at a price only to be
used as luxury. It is not necessary
food product, and never will be sold in
great quantities in the East, unless it can
be sold at price SO the masses can use 1t.
Five millions of people in the State of
California will make more profitable de-
mand for fruit than 100000, 900 of people
East OF the Rocky Mountains, when you
come to send your fruit in competition
with that grown within that territory.
California has spent a great amount of
money in advertising hersfruit and grain,
and she has fallen short in results, from
the fact that she has depended too much
on these, to the neglect of other indus
tries.
LOCAL CONDITIONS.
"Itwas my intention to bring before the
directors and mem bers at the annual
meeting, the importance of the work of
an association of this kind. The time has
come when this organization should be
extended and greater number of your
people interested in it's work. In our in
vestigations of matters necessary to in
| telligently prosecute this work, great
many things have come to our notice that
has cost and is costing this city thou
sands OF dollars each year, as, for ex-
ample, take her real estate, her water
works, schoofhouses, public buildings,
fire apparatus, ETC.. they amount to over
81 900. 900 in value; besides this, your city
has tax roll behind your debt of SIS,
100000, and still am told by one of your
Bonded Debt Commissioners that it is
necessary to perpetuate this commits
sion, as you cannot sell your present
city securities without their assistance,
Notwithstanding your entire debt is less
than 100000. or in other words. they
claim TO relieve the city of the EN- mbarrass-
ment Of not being able to place these Sc
curities, which are drawing 3 per cent.
interest.
81 submit this to the taxpayers of this
city and am ready to furnish them living
examples of hundreds of cities in the
United States above 5000 people tnat
have five times the debt per capita that
this city has, where they are selling their
bonds OF all kinds, improvement or
otherwise, for from to per cent. inter
est per annum.
lin the light of these facts I want to
know If 1t IS not important that an Or
ganlZatlon OF this kind should take up
these matters in the interest of the people,
that they may know the true condition
of the burden you are carrying here.
II have been criticised by the Super
visors OF this county in my inyestiga-
tions, because l spoke of it being poor
business judgment in having paid out
S40O, 900 for roads in the past ten years,
and there are no improved roads to show
for this expenditure OF money.
81 have been criticised for having
stated that every dollars worth Of
water that this city is using, and has been
using 1or long time, cost three dollars
! whore it should only cost one, owing to
I the inefIiciency of the present pumping
station; besides, it enhances your insur-
ance risk.
"a great number of other things should
| be worked out and laid before the people,
and this could only be done successfully Y
through a strong business organization
OF the kind such as l mapped out to the
directors of this association in my first
report OF May u, 1894, one free from po-
Iitic2l Influences.
II wish 10 say that | have spoken of
these matters as a public official repre-
/ senting q large constituency, and in their
interest solely, the same as l would criti-
else political opponent upon any public
/ question. man holding public
! office of whatever kind or character is
| subject to criticism, and the press of the
country and the public officials who do
! their duty IN pointing out these munic-
! lpaI reforms are the saviors of our repub-
! llcan form OF government inaugurated in
| the interest Of the people.
II have bean treated most courteously
/ by the people of this city, so far as !
/ know. and l never lived in place where
l thought there was greater prospects
| than there are here, and it is my intention
/ to return in the near future to settle in
/ California; ~