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SACRAMENTO FEBRUARY g.

of two full cargoes of flour to the
United Kingdom-a slight revival of
trade that fell off in the past few years.
The yield of barley shows a marked
increase over 1894. Good barley is SELL
ing at 70 cents, with fairly good de-
mand for export grades. There is an in
creased demand in the English market
for bright grain California barley; it is
rated as second to the best grade bar
leys of Smyrna, and is regarded among
the best mailing barley in that market.
WHEAT GROWING.
There is in this State a confirmed feel
ing that the growing Of wheat as a
staple cereal product for export is an
industry of the past. and that its pro.
duction must be confined to home con-
sumption. A review Of our local mar
ket prices of wheat for export, extend
ing over the past thirty years, viii
show a remarkable falling off, In Octo-
Der, 1866, wheat sold at tide-water for
81 per Genital, or 81 20 per bushel In
October, 1894, at the same point, the
price was 78 cents per GENITAL, or 46.S
cents per bushel Take the subject of
exports from California: this will more
clearly show the change of conditions.
From the table to be found farther on
in this report, it will be seen that in
1884 our total export of wheat was
214,610 centals, of 100000 bushels.
From that time forth, with the excep-
tion of one or two seasons of drought,
there was steady and healthy increase,
until the season of 1882 showed the to-
tai amount to be 25,320,316 centals, or
AZ, 200, ,526 bushels. That season the
wheat industry was in its zenith in
California, for the export price obtained
was 81 70 per Genital, or 81 OF per
bushel, which figure, although main
tanned through the next year, has never
again been reached 1t will be OBJ
served that the value of wheat exported
from California in 1882 was $40, 900, 900
in round numbers. II is no mystery,
then, that the wheat-grower has be-
come less prosperous, for exports have
steadily declined in volume, until, in
1S93-94. the total amount was but 49,
100000 bushels, at tide-water price of
46.S cents per bushel
These figures better illustrate the
actual condition Of the wheat farmer
than volumes that might be written.
the fact that, in the short space Of
twelve years, there has been a reduc-
ton of over so per cent. in returns, is it
necessary to search further for the rea-
son why the fruit-grower is not pros
porous? Can anyone stand up in the
face of these facts and argue that the
day of wheat growing for profit is not
OF the past? Farmers study these fig
ures and make up your minds that
other products must be tried. Prices
will still continue to decline; they can
do nothing else, under the circum-
stances now existing. Take, for ex.
ample, the English market. A perusal
of prices ruling there during the first
nine months of 1894 will show rapid
decline. We append the following ta-
bic, taken from the report of the United
States Secretary of Agriculture:
Prices of Certain Food Products in Great Brit.
ain on the First Day of Each Month Tor
thereabouts) OF the Year 1894.
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nutritious of grain rations, are all so
cheaply produced; which fact, taking
into consideration the advantages OF
natural pasturage for twelve months in
the year, and our mild winter season,
requiring no extra provision in the way
of housing, etc, makes this State q
dairyman's paradise. Then again, this
climate promotes animal growth and
early maturity, for heifers come into
use under twenty months. These adj
vantages should not be overlooked.
This interest needs organization and
cooperation. There should be an or
ganization of milk producers in each
county in the State Mr. Tomasini, q
member of the State Dairy Bureau, has
aptly said: THE creamery is the only
salvation for the California dairy in
dustry" BY this method the small pro-
ducer will be benefited, as a market for
all surplus milk will be secured. There
is not one farmer milking cows but who
would profit by the location of cream
cry in his vicinity. This system in
creases the quality of the product, as
all purchases are made upon tests.
Each farmer supplying milk should be
a stockholder, thereby having a direct
interest in the proper MANAGEMENT Of
the concern.
The formation of producers milk
company" in localities of easy access
to the larger cities, whereby milk could
be furnished direct to consumers in
neatly sealed jars, bearing the label Of
the company, and sold with guaran-
tee as to its purity, is one of the possi-
bilities of dairying in California. Here
is an undeveloped field for investment.
with the additional advantage of not
being an experiment, as the idea had
its origin in Denmark. where the
Copenhagen Milk Supply Company
maintains Just such system. which
viii be found fully described in BulIe-
tin No. Q Of the United States Bureau
=. amman industry. A plant under
similar management and known 80
the Producers Milk Company Of Ro-
chester n r, was organized in 1898,
ana a. Is reported as being a success in
CONTINUED on SIXTH PAoE.l
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At value of nearly 500, O00-about
$4,000 less than for the year previous.
The possibilities of extending the trade
in California dairy products to other
countries bordering upon the Pacific
Ocean, should spur our people to action.
and to see that the trade is held by the
producers of this State. No adjunct of
farm life offers more inducement for
further development and extension than
does the dairy Business. if properly con-
Quoted. and no industry of this State in
yites the attention Of capital with the
assurance against loss that is g-uaran-
teed by this interest It's possibilities
are without limit. The natural condi-
tions Of soil. climate and surroundings
for the promotion of the dairy interests
are not equaIed in the most favored
countries Of the world The inexpensive
manner in which dairying may be car
ried on in California as compared with
the methods praeticed in the Eastern
States invites attention. Along our
river courses in the Sacramento Valley
and in the great irrigated districts Of
the San joaquin Valley and Southern
California, is the natural home Of milk
producing forage. 1T is here alfalfa
makes luxuriant growth, as do sugar
beets, mangels, squash, corn fodder.
corn in ear; IN fact all kinds Of vege-
tables and roots. These, with our sur
illus wheat, which, either in the rolled
or the crushed state, makes the most
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though, as previously explained, at a

somewhat reduced rate
For the season of 1894 there were
shipped about $500 cars of fresh fruit
This great quantity (mueh of it shipped
indiscriminately, as the result of lack
of information on the part of the ship
pers as to what was in transiD led to
the serious glutting of the markets.
This, together with the great railroad
strike during the month of July in that
year, so utterly demoralized conditions
that the season of "a, as a whole,
proved highly Improbable to all grow
ers and disastrous to many.
The shipments Of 1895 aggregated
about 4, 500 cars, a decrease of over 30
per cent. as compared with the preced-
ing year. This fact, together with the
further fact that there was no railroad
strike to interfere with transportation
and with the still further fact that the
California Fruit Growers and Shippers
Association successfully issued during
the entire season a daily bulletin,
which was distributed among the ship
pers, and which contained a report of
the fruit in transit to the various mar
kets, thus enabling shippers to a large
degree to avoid gIutting the markets
as the result of all these facts, the price
realized per pound in 1895 was materi-
ally higher than in 1894. Had it been
possible to secure a unity of action
among the shippers and growers so
that a consolidated salesroom, free and
open to all buyers, could have been
maintained in the Eastern markets, the
prices realized by growers and shippers
would have been materially better.
At the State Convention of Fruit
growers, held during the month of No
vember, 1895. in Sacramento, under the
auspices of the State Board of Horti-
culture, the question of establishing
consolidated salesrooms at Eastern
auction points was thoroughly dis
cussed, and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted calling upon the ship
pers to cooperate with the growers in
carrying out the plan of consolidated
salesrooms. A committeeof seven was
appointed, with instructions to invite
representatives from the various con-
fiicting elements to come before them
with view of harmonizing and adjust
ing existing differences, in order that
the plan of consolidated auction sales
rooms shall be put into effect during
1896. If the committee of seven sue
ceeds in its work, and consolidated
salesrooms, where all the fruit and all
the buyers and all the sellers will be
brought together under one roof, will
become an established fact, a great
stride will have been made in the direc-
ton of successful marketing of Califor-
MIA fruits in the East
OUR DAIRY INTERESTS.
The Oriental markets for our dairy
products are at our door, and stand
waiting for US to supply their require
ments in this line of trade; but if the
great Northwest be permitted to come
through our gates and supplant us we
can only blame ourselves
San Francisco port ranks third in the
export of dairy products to foreign
countries; New York and Boston are
respectively first and secondfn rank. The
output Of butter and cheese from this
port for 1895, as shown by the custom
figures, was as follows:
Butter and Cheese Exports from San Fran
cisco for 1895.
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to trade for muslins at ''the store"
Now, poultry raised in the East is
shipped from one to two thousand miles
and sold in open market at higher prices
than our own product. Over 1000, 600
dozen of eggs from east of the Rockies
have been received and sold in this
market during the year just closed, and
for which the producers received an
average of s cents per dozen; to this add
8 cents for freight and commission; thus
the market price may be easily be fixed
at from 20 to % cents per dozen. An
cffer of less than 10 cents per dozen to
the average California poultry raiser
is considered not worthy of answer.
An assurance of 10 cents per dozen the
year through would make a neat return
on 200 or 800 good layers. The same
argument applies to table poultry. With
o freight tariff of at least 81 per dozen,
Eastern poultry sells rapidly. Recently
a consignment of 4 900 fowls, shipped
from the State of Kansas, was received
in one of our cities and sold at prices
satisfactory to the shippers. Wheat viii
never again sell in California for 50 to
So per sack, and the sooT er our farm
ers Of the "old school, realize this and
devote some attention to truck farming
the more prosperous they will be.
OUR FRUIT INTERESTS.
A reduction of over so per cent in re-
turns from wheat exports, or, in palmer
words, from $43 100000 returned into
this State as the value of wheat ex-
ported in 1882, to $8,000,000 returned in
1894, is a gap which, if it had not been
filled, or partially So by other resources,
would have left this State in most
ruinous condition. Happily for US, this
great shrinkage was in a measure,
counterbalanced by an increase in the
products of our orchards. In 1882 the
shipments of fruit were as follows:
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MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over fifty years by mill
ions of mothers for their children while
teethlng with perfect success. 1t soothes
the Child, softens the gums, allays PAIN
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and
is the best remedy for diarrhea, whether
arising from teething or other causes. For
sale by druggists in every part of the
world. Be sure and ask for Mrs Wins
lows Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle.
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SPECIAL NOTICES

Vehicles-Baker & Hamilton-Hardware
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm
Farm and Header Wagons, Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
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T. B. REID, dentist, Masonic Temple,
Sixth and K streets. Ofice hours to 5.
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THE FOUNTAIN, 51e K, has the best
clam juice, chowder and steam beer. Call
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MILLER BROS, 1116 street, carry a
full line of oil heaters.
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AUCTIONS.

B E L L & G O.
Real Estate and General Auctioneers,
42O j Street, Sacramento.
ID OCULAR SALES DAYS, "WEDNESDAY
IL and Saturday at 10 O'Clock. Particular
attention paid To the sale of Real Eatste
House Sales, Sale OF Farms, Stock etc. etc.
Consignments solicited. Highest prica paid
for all kinds OF Household Goods.
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SEE HoDsoN's Soc Portraits. s18 K st.
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1otai 4O4o ~
In 1894 we show considerable in
crease from the orchard, the shipments
being:
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ADJUSTMENTS.

METROPOLITAN THRArRR.
T. h. Lessee and Manager
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CONTINUED oN SIXTH PAoE.l
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A YOUNG DEFENDANT,
Three Weeks Old st. Louis Baby Served
with a Summana

Three Weeks Old st. Louis Baby Served
with q Summons.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3l.-Probably the
youngest defendant ever served with q
summons is Gladys Gordon, the three.
weeks-old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Gordon,o 4412 Bell avenue. The
suit is one of partition, and came to
the sheriff's office from independence,
Mo. Another peculiar feature of the
suit is that the parents Of the baby are
plaintiffs in the case. The title Of the
suit is Matte s. Eisman ct al. VS.
Margery Gordon ct al" The Margery
Gordon named as defendant is sister
OF Gladys, and is herself only three
years old. The suit is for tho
partition Of an estate left by w.
). Stone, who died in Jackson county
in 1869. Among the heirs are Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon and their children,
Margery and Gladys. In order that
the estate might be divided, the suit
was brought. The deputy explained
that, according to a decision of the SUI
preme court, minors must be served in
person with writs in all cases where
they are defendants. The estate ia
quite large, and little Gladys is not
only the youngest known defendant in
a law suit, but she is also quite an
heiress.
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Typhoid Fever Ravsging Morcsntown, W
W.. and Vicinity.
WASHINGTON. Aug MA special
from Morgan own. W. Va, sa~s: An
alarmin epdsmic Of typhoid fever has
broken out In this section Of West Viz.
ginia. At Rivesville and New En- sIand
mines, villages between here AMI Fair.
mont. there ARE nearly lW cases re.
ported and several de th, occur iailv.
All operations in tbs mine, an in
other lines OF business have been sus-
pended, and aid is being solicited to
take care Of the sick. Local physicians
are going day and night, and hysicians
from Morgantown an | Fairmont make
daily visits The state board OF health
has received information that the dis
ease is preva ent in Lewis and Ran
dolph counties and is spreading. The
epidemic is attributed to the stagna-
ton OF drinking water In wells and I
springs, caused by the hiyh water.
There is not much ops Of checking 1t
soon
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FELL 1900 FEET.
Mrs. George W. Hibbard's Terrible Desce

Mrs. George W. Hibbard's Terrible Descen,
to Death ut the ". Louis County Fair.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 3l.-Disp .r.ngly re-
linquishing her hold upon the trapeze
bar Of hot-air balloon. after having
accidentally released the parachute
upon which her life depended Victoria
lie Roy, female aeronaut making her
fourth ascension Of the week from the
grounds OF the ~. Louis County Fair
association, fell 1900 feet Saturday
afternoon and was instantly killed.
The frlghtful spectacle was witnessed
bs q crowd Of over 1000 spectators. 1t
had been preceded by several moments
OF spellbound horror, the fate Of death
awaiting the woman having been Ia.
evitable from the instant the para
chute was torn from Its fastenings and
fell clattering to the ground.
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TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. Sl.-Three state
records were broken in the state cir
cult bicycle races held here Saturday.
John Lawson, of Chicago, "the terrible
swede,' in an attempt to lower his
own mile record of two minutes, re.
Gently made at Salina, reduced the.
half mile record to 0.56. The mile was
covered in 200 AS Frank Eberhart,
OF salina, lowered the one mile pro.
fessional from 2:Os to 2:OeX. In the
nve mile amateur handicap, W. F.
sager, of Denver rode from the scratch
IN ls45, lowering the state record by
five seconds.
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coMMANDER-IN.cHIEF WALKER

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them along the line of march, the in.
terest taken in these events does not
in any way decline, and the wave
OF patriotism that accompanies the old
veterans gives wholesome lesson to
the younger generation who have
grown up since the days when these
old men, once young, become heroes.
The number of visitors seems in no
way reduced from most of the previ-
GUS encampments, although the veter.
ans in line in Wednesdays parade will
be much smaller than for some years.
This year there will not be to exceed
10000 men in line. All day long the
sound OF martial music heralded the
arrival of new posts and delegations
and departments Of the Grand Army OF
the Republic, the trains discharginp
their loads as fast as possible, and
moving out to give place to new train.
loads in almost unceasing streams.
Detroit post came in late in the after.
noon and attracted much attention.
Gen. R. A. Alger past. commander-in-
chief, was marching in line with his
comrades. Gen. Daniel Sickles, of New
York, the hero of Gettysburg, arrived
during the afternoon with his party.
Last night the citizens committee
gave reception in honor of Com.
mander-in-Chief Walker and wife and
party at the Ryan hotel. The recep.
ton was entirely informal. A second
reception was given at the capitol, by
the Minnesota department relief corps,
to the national officers of that orpani.
cation, and this was also largely at
tended.
1t seems to become more evident that
the next encampment may go to Buff
falo, N. Y. Denver is also after the
prize, and the latest aspirant is the big
Illinois metropolis, the statement be-
ing made that Chicago was actively
for the next encampment.
Baltimore is also in the field.
Rear Admiral Richard Meade is be.
ing urged for ommander-in.chief. His
friends are making the plea that he is
The first naval officer to be pushed for
The place. John C. Lnehan, OF New
Charles L. Ballou, of
Providence, R. l. Mai T, Clarkson. of !
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LEAvENwoRrH, Kan, Aug. sl.-By
eating castor beans, four persons were
poisoned In this city and two Of them
yet remain in precaripus condition, a
fatal result not being unlocked for,
The names Of the victims are. Mrs
Ernest Krezdorn, wife Of Deputy Sher-
III Krezdorn; her little son, Otto; her
mother Mrs Endres, and her little
brother, Ernest Endres.
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RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
Five Brotherhoods May Consoli-
date Their Organic ations.
WANT THEIR OLD WAGES RESTORED.
The Men In the Rochester Tumbler Works
Refuse TO Work ut Reduction
Eisteddeford Festivnl-AgsInst
the German Ritual

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Aug. 3l.-A meet
Ing Of the representatives Of the differ
ent railroad brotherhoods was held il
this city yesterday to consider the ad
VISA ility Of federation among the
brotherhocds There was present at the
meeting p NJ. Arthur, grand chief Of
the brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers; ?. II. Morrissey, grand master
OF the brotherhood OF Railroad Train.
men; Frank ?. Sargent, grand master
ofthe Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fire.
men; e. E Clark, chief conductor Of
the Order Of Railway Conductors; ]. R.
1. Austin, grand secretary and treas
urer OF the Order Of Railway Tele-
graphers; G. W. L. Brown, deputy
grand chief Of the same order, and
Others prominent in railroad labor or
ganizttions The result OF the meet
ing was the adoption Of the following
resolution:
-'"s ~ 10 suo oCuso vi tut m6mDbrs OI Inc
I'VE broherhoods Of railroad organizations, In
union meeting ut Indianapolis assembled that
we are In favor Of federation and that 1t be &C.
complished as soon as possible
The adoption OF this resolution does
not by any means insure the fedora
ton, but will undoubtedly renew the
agitation in favor thereof to such an
extent that the federation will follow
in the near future.
WANT THEIR OLD WAGES RESTORED.
BEAVER FALLS, Pa, Aug. S1-A
meeting of the employees of the Roches-
ter Tumbler works was held in Free
dom yesterday afternoon and by an al.
most unanimous vote it was decided
not to accept the 20 per cent. reduction
proposed by the firm. The reduction
included every employe Of the plant, |
and was to take effect this morning. |
The men. at the request Of the COM
pany, agreed to work out the glass now |
in the pots at the old wages, after
which they will refuse to continue to |
work until their old wages are re-
stored.
THE EIsTEDDEF0D FESTIVAL.
DENVER, COL. Aug. 31.-The national
Eisteddeford festival will open in the
Arlington park pavilion in this city to-
morrow at 1880 O'Clock There will be
seven sessions in all, the last being on
Friday evening. Arrangements have
been made by which choruses will be
rendered with $500 trained voices, and
10 soloists have come from different
parts OF the country to take part In
he entertainment. Some of these
fingers are among the foremost in the
United States.
AGAINST THE GERMAN RITUAL.
CLEVELAND, O., Aug 3l.-The SUI
rene lodge, Knights of Pythias, re.
used the request for the restoration
4 the German ritual by a vote of lO6 8
oS. The request was only made by a !
ew lodges
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ini., sept. l.-Flori
da's delegation will come to the ma
tional democratic convention prepared
to work from start to finish for the
nomination Of President Cleveland.
This is absolutely authoritative. A
private telegram to Mayor Taggart
reached here Yesterday, and its con-
tents demonstrate beyond doubt that
Florida will cast her vote and exert her
strength to bring about q fourth nomi-
nation Of Grover Cleveland. The tele.
gram YVES signed by Chairman Gaskins,
Of the Florida dele ration.
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A Big st. Louis Firm to Retire

ST. Louis, Sept lit is announced
that the II. T. Simon-Gregory Dry
Goods Co. of this city will dissolve
partnership and the members retire
from business between now and the
close OF the year. The concern is Sec
ond largest of the kind in St. Louis, is
capitalized at $500, 900, has surplus Of
100000 and does business of about
81, 0OO, 900 q month.
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Mayor Todd In COntempt.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. 3l.-Judge
Toney has decided that Mayor Todd
and the IL members Of the board of
aldermen were in contempt OF court
for disobeying his injunction stopping
the impeachment Of the board of pub
lie safety. The defendants are given
one week in which to purge themselves
OF contempt II they refuse the Jail
stares them in the face.
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A BIG CROWD EXPECTED.
Large Number Of Delegates and Spectators
Looked for at indianapolis.

large Number OF Delegates and Spectators
Looked for at indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 30. The
indications are that the anti-silver
democrats Of the middle western states
will come to the national convention
next week In large numbers, the at.
tendance from Ohio, Illinois, Michigan,
Missouri and Kentucky, and indiana
will not be confined to the delegates by
any MEANS The Sound Money league Of
Chicago, democratic organization, will
probably come down in special train
Tuesday evening or Wednesday morn.
ing. L. Q. Krauthoff, member of the
national committee from Missouri,
came direct from the Missouri state
convention and says the gold demo.
Gratis from that state will probably
need a special train. Kentucky sent
word that there will be large dele
CATION Of visitors from that state, and
100 tickets have been requested.