The record-union., 1896-03-14

pected to go or hoped to 60 The peo-
pie from Florida showed especial inter
est, and to a man, almost, said they
were coming to California as soon as
they could dispose in some way of their
| Florida holdings. A few that I know
| of, after visiting the exposition, con-
tinued their journey to this State, to
! inspect the situation for themselves.
We found, also, quite a number of peo-
pie from the North, who, while Incl
dentally visiting the fair, were in the
South mainly for the purpose of look
| ing out for place to settle.
/ These people almost invariably gave
US to understand (after inspecting our
exhibit) that, judging from our show,
| they believed when they moved they
would go to California One party of
twelve heads of families from Ohio, who
were South in search of location in
a more congenial CLINE, were captured
by our exhibit and after asking us
about rates of fare to the coast, the op-
portunities for obtaining homes, ETC.,
left with the assurance that when they
moved they would go to California.
OUR CITRUS FRUITS.
Beside winning the premiums, the
| show we made of citrus fruits at
tracted great attention, especially from
those who deal in such products. Few
| of our navel oranges had ever gotten
that far South before, and they were
regarded with great favor. Some deal
ers got in few boxes for the Christ
mas trade, and they readily retailed for
/ ten cents apiece, while the Florida or
Jamaica oranges wers retailing at forty
cents dozen. The day ScSore Christ
mas I was offered 81 a box for all the
navels I had, if I would take down my
exhibit, but they were doing too much
good as an advertisement to think of
letting them go while the fair contin-
ued. On breaking up we distributed the
| fruit among exhibitors and friends with
such discrimination as we thought
would result in the most good. AS illus
| trating to an otherwise doubling peo-
pie the climatic conditions of Northern
and Central California, 1otning could
have been more effective than this ex-
hibit. On this point, and in reference to
our citrus exhibit generally, the At
lanta Constitution" had the following:
1.-The California State exhibit in the
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
Building, which, for the superior quail
ity of the products there displayed and
|
stalled, has been from the start one of
the most popular attractions of the ex-
position, is being augmented by
splendid display of citrus fruits. The
navel and other popular varieties of or
anges, the pomeios, lines and lemons
are of a quality calculated to make the
visitors mouths water, and fill the dem
izens of some more hardy cline with
envy.
| What will strike the visitor, how
ever, as more remarkable about this
fruit is not alone its fine quality and
superior brightness, but the fact that
it comes entirely from what is known
as Northern and Central California,
where, the Californians in charge tell
you, it ripens from four to six weeks
earlier than it does in the southern
part of the State, and where such
thing as rusty or smutty or scaly
orange has never yet been known.
'This fruit coming as it does from
Porterville, Sacramento, Auburn and
Oroville, tells the story of California's
| wonderful climate and the extent to
which the mellowness of a Pacific Coast
| inter spreads itself over that State
more forcibly than any book that could
| be written"
| In my opinion, more good will result
in the line of the objects aimed at by
| the citrus exhibit made in Atlanta by
| the State Board of Trade than has ever
resulted from any citrus fair made in
| Northern California. Here we convince
ourselves that we grow fine oranges,
| lemons, lines, etc, in Northern and
Central California, and mature them for
| market five or six weeks earlier than
we do in Southern California. There
we convinced of these important facts
tens of thousands of visitors whose be-
| lief to the contrary could not have been
shaken by any other means.
MRS. SHIELDS WORK
Mrs E. Shields, Sacramento County's
very worthy representative of this
board, was a welcome visitor. Her
stay and services were cut short by
sickness, much to our regret for during
the time she was with us, and in health,
she was most valuable in explaining to
visitors in her clear and thoroughly
practical way when and how the prod
ucts grew which they saw there, and
| by what method of trea atment they were
prepared for market. Her knowledge,
also, on values of land and cost of con-
/ Quoting an orchard in California was
!
| timely and useful.
She unfortunately became sick, how
ever, and thought it prudent to start
home earlier than she had expected.
She rose from a sick bed, indeed to en-
ter upon the journey. 1t was in ac-
cordance with her judgment and earn
est desire that she did so. 1 took the
precaution, however, of sending Mr..
Johnson along with her as far as New
! Orleans, for the purpose of looking
after her comfort on the road and as
sisting her to make the transfer at New
| Orleans.
| ] saw her start with some misgivings,
| but am more than pleased to be able to
state here that with the superior accom-
modations afforded on the Sunset Lin
| tied and under the kind and prompt
treatment of the attendants on that
train, she improved each day on the
| Journey and arrived home in much
| better health than when she started
MINERAL EXHIBIT.
| The classified mineral exhibit, con-
| tributed by the State Mining Bureau,
proved q feature of more than usual in
terest during the exposition, and at the
close, having permission to make such
disposition of it as I saw fit, 1 donated
College, located at Milledgeville.. The
trustees, including the Governor of the
State, passed a vote of thanks to Cali
fcrnia for the present, and promised to
| have a separate cabinet made for the