The herald., 1895-10-13

all, that is by northernsr, southerner,
easterner and westerner. acknowledged
with one accord to be OF all the banner
| display-or rather displays, for there are
| really four of them, thanks to the agility
and ingenuity of Mrs. S. c. Douley and
| Mr.. J. Anthony Gorraan. The former
| displayed agility in acquiring a conces-
sion early in the fray to erect a California
building; negotiating with the state
i board OF trade and the Los Angeles cham
| Der of comm erce to take certain amount
of space, the rest to be distributed among
| various concessions, from which the own
er might net comforts BILE sum.
While these negotiations were pending,
MIR. Germans ingenuity injected itself
into the scheme with the result that only
Los Angeles ana San Bernardinu coun-
ties displays are installed in the alleged
California building, under the auspices
of the Los Angeles chamber of comm cree,
guarded and conducted by Superintend-
ent Frank Virgins and his charming
wife; the state board of trade has 1000
feet of space in the San Francisco wing
OF the manufactures building in charge of
!, the able secretary. j. a. Filcher. Ven-
tura county is represented by an elabor-
ate and intricate bean pagoda adjoining
the space which the state display oc.
obelisk occupies the exact center of the
same building, surrounded by Italian
statuary, Milan cameon, Partisan baubles
and other foreign exhibits.
In spite of these handicaps, however,
it is unanimously conceded that the
laurels of honor belong on California s
brow. and so they do. Tor each ex hibit is
a chef 'oeuvre, and il they were all un-
der one roof together, even the CalIfor-
mans might we'll be more than satisfied
with the results. AS it is, each gets a
lions share of attention. The California
building is thronged all day long, and
until 10 O'Clock every evening. The reg
lister shows names from every part of the
world and both Mr.. and Mrs. Virgins
are kept busy answering questions, ex-
planning what seems like unbelieva b lie
wonders and backing up the California
stories with facts, figures and fruits until
at night they gasp for breath and gather
strength for the next day s siege.
The gaunt and jaundiced citizen from
Florida is the hardest one to convince
and the most chary in acknowledging
California's supremacy, but then Florida
has hardly found time yet to get thawed
INTO anything like normal state, to say
nothing OF cordla. neigh borliness; and to
be just, it is only a certain class from
Florida that maintaines such CONCEALED
reserve.
The foremost merchants, produc ers and
shippers are very frank in acknowledging
that FLORIDA will not be albe to compete
with California for ten years at least they
admit that she not only equals, but is
superior to the Alligator state, and ex-
perts from there estimate that between
80. 900 and 10C. ZOO boxes will be the total
yield in oranges this next season; they
admit also that they will be.from 2, 900, 600
30 5000, 600 boxes "shy;" that hundreds
of acres of trees were frozen so entirely
that they have been cut down, ana the
roots are now being plowsd up.
The crack Florida orange growers are
making diligent inquiries about Califor-
mas nursery stock to replenisns their or
chards; one man wants FIVE carloads OF
young trees, and others are looking
seriously over the California field, pricing
real estate. and there is considerable talk
among the orchardists as to the feasibil-
ity of aba andoning the citrus belt of Flor
ida for that of California.
All of which is soothing to the soul of
the denizens of Gods country. The
southerners and foreigners go into ecstaoy
over the California wines, but they admit
frankly that those they lind in exhibits
mere are vastly superior to the average
wine of merce, whach would suggest
another story on the subject of wine
adulteration.
Since the exposition opened, not quite
three weeks, the local merchants have
ordered and received seventeen carloads
of deciduous fruits from California, as
against one last year. and orders are now
out for a carload each of beans, walnuts,
raisins and oranges, with ten more car
loads Of the latter il they can be had.