The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-09

pie, and yet you may count upon your
fingers the number of persons engaged
in merchandising the product.
All community characteristics are re-
ferable at least to the personal charac-
teristics of those composing the COM
munity. When a people show an en-
feebled capacity to act togther they
disclose a want of the most potent
force of modern civilization. When,
therefore, we can say with truth that
our people have manifested lack OF
both disposition and capacity to unity
their efforts in any direction we are de-
claring a want of self-helpfulness on
the part of the individuals composing
our community.
A free market will be a constant in
centive by virtue of opportunity to
every producer to take care of the mer-
chandising account of his own industry.
On the other hand, it Will be constant
suggestion of economy to the consumer,
and productive capacity without the
virtue of economy in living will keep
the most prolific commonwealth in pow
erty. Thus industry and economy de-
mand the establishment of this expert
ment. The enlarged capacity of self
helpfulness and self-reliance will bring
with it its attendant result of ability
to act together in higher and broader
things. 1t is in the simple details OF
everyday life that great results have
their incipient beginnings, and they
cannot have being without beginning.
We are ready to receive some far
fetched high announcement of some
economic principle as fraught with
great results to d commonwealth, but
individual character is formed by daily
contact With formative influences
There is truth in the rhyming proverb:
We seek too high
For things close by.
This article is written with an abid-
ing faith that it is not claiming toe
much for the free market proposition to
indulge the hope that it is to be the in
cipient beginning at least of full de-
velopment of the great leading resource
conferred upon us by soil and climate
1t is not indulging in optimistic expec-
tation to hope from the free market
project the beginning of a greater self
reliance, greater personal independence
and a broad augmentation of capacity
on the part of our people in the direc-
ton of greater unity of thought, of pur-
pose, of effort and being.
President Nelson of the California
Transportation Company sent in pa
per containing valuable suggestions
Other papers were by Marsden Man
son and b. N. Rowley.
All these papers will be published as
bulletins of the club
There was a feeling among some
present, especially those from the coun-
try, that there had been unnecessary
delay on the part of the Harbor Com
missioners in establishing the market
and Colonel Z. A. Denicke introduced
the following resolution, which, after q
protracted discussion, was passed with
only three dissenting voices:
Whereas, The Legislature of this
State made law instructing the State
Harbor Commissioners to establish 6
free market on the city front;
Resolved, That this meeting consid-
ers it the duty of the Commissioners tC
| take immediate steps to carry out the
instructions of the State law givers.
After the passing of this resolution
which, Colonel Denicke said, was not
intended as any reflection on the Com
missioners, the meeting adjourned fol
two weeks.