The San Francisco call., 1897-09-10

N measure forty-five feet in diameter. We Cali
fornsns all know what you can de, and we
rel ,ice with you low al the renewed prospect
OF more OF the outside world knowing you.
With this new outlet 10 tidewater Tuiare's
prod uets reach the consuming world at re-
ducuou of from 10 10 % per cent The
freghts on tidewAter regulate themselves
No board OF directors can dictate prices there.
The law of supply aud demand alone controls.
We are here 10 re joice with you over the open
ing of a road which will be compelled to earn
money only on the capital actually invested in
the building of the road and purchase of Its
rolling stock. fair return on tins, together
with the actual cost OF main tenance, is ali that
will be expected on this road at any Time, and
much less than is expected at the outset so
every farmer and every man whose interests
are intimately connected with the farming in
dustry we know feels glad that from now on
mis- freight which is the prohibition tariff be-
tween his product and the selling market in
many inStai ces, Is to be measured hereafter
basis OF ''quantum vole ebat'-payment for
the value OF services measured on ii fair and
equitable standard.
This road has been born from necessity and
has been built by its benefciaries. The San
Francisco merchants needed it because they
wanted the producers TO have an available
market wherein they could sell their goods a
proit which they could use in trade; the
capitalists needed ii, not because they hoIed
Tor commensurate income upon the money
invested in II, for tIe builders OF this road
have no hope to gain adequate re turns as rail-
road operators, but because they wanted their
other investments in this State-buildings,
manufacturing plants and other METROPOLITAN
enterprises-to earn increased returns through
/ D increased prosperity throughout the State:
and most of all, and most directly, The agr-
cuiturists an1 producers needed it because
ompetition iE transportation will make def
mite and steady the lessening OF fre1ghts TO
tidewater.
Now, tnen, farmers OF Tulare. the merchants
and capitalists have done their part, you
must do the rest. You and your neignoors
and the local merchants and professional men
Immediately dependent upon your welfare for
their success mus do your part by keeping the
road going. We have furni he'd the artery to
the jugular vein OF commerce, you must fur
nish the blood to pulse through 1T and give the
whole body polite of our great commonwealth
such new life and vigor as an increased cir
culation OF valuable products viii generate.
This enterprise is not intended to be
money making investment 1t has two OBJ
cts: First, TO stimulate trade; and secondly.
to demonstrate to the railroad operators Uf
the world that Ca1ifornia's merchants and
capitalists have sufficient confidence in Cali
fornia's resources TO tap her main artery OF
production. and that they also have sufficient
confidence in he spirit of fairness and appre-
citation on the part of the producers in that
artery to feel certain that they in turn Will
patroniZe the road 10 as TO make it @ success
The builders of this road do not want any
fame. They want good, solid, business-lik
appreciation of The ia ct that this road has al
ready lessened your freight 80 per cent and
dation, which ten years of petitions without
this road could not have brought about They
The eyes Of the railroad world ere upon you.
VIII you maintain the peoples road, or will
you desert 1t the first time temporary advan-
tage, not met by this road because not war;
ranted by the traffic, shall offer ITSELF though
in your heart you know 1t never would have
been offered but for the existence Of this road?
Think with what importance are fraught the
acts of you San Joaquin farmers in the next
few years-for 1t won't he many years before
the increased volume of trade will make this
road success in spite OF ali drawbacks. If
ic nfotc ffIft Sc
assured, and refieXivey Tulare will progress
with her sister counties. Already you have
felt the spur OF increased activity, because
with the completion of this road mas come
lessening of freight rates fully 30 per cent.
We all feel en- thusiaslic over 1t. but is the
thusiasm going 10 last after the hrst flash Of
interest has cooled off?
Dean Swift said "He who makes two blades
| OF grass grow where one grew before is bene-
factor"
Our pioneer fathers, now that they have got
over the spell of the gold fever which first
brought Them here, are beginning TO learn
the lesson pronounced Dy that great thinker.
AgI icul ture, not mining, is now the basis OF
our prosperity. The lame OF our gold is
eclipsed by that oi our wheat and our fruits.
Agriculture is daily becoming greater in ter
est and goid-mining, relatively, if not abso-
luteIy, less. Breadstuifs, fruit raisins, wool,
lumber and wine seem now developing into
the great industries of our State. Ouragricul-
| ture is naturally. diversified and prof BILE be-
yond whatwoud be possi bic elsetyNere. owing
10 the peculiarities OF our clinse. Shere is
bu. one rawDack-transportatio facilities
The day is at hand when more splendid
civilization than any which has preceded it
will rise upon these distant shores. Already
we hear the buzz OF preparation in every quar-
ter; already we listen TO the tread OF The ad-
vancing hordes From the north, east and
south, from the lakes to the gulf, from the
swelling tide OF population will gather and
pour in mighty tide across the continent,
bringing TO us the youth, the enterprise and
energy OF the older countries to search 70: the
riches on the shores OF the Pacific; 10 view the
most sublime scenery on the continent; to re-
pair phys Cal constitutions racked by the ex-
lremes of C innate, the inclement air and the
missma of the East; TO enjoy with us this
country, with It's cloudless sky and healthful
air, It's fruitful soil, its noble harbors and
bay and lis watercourses opening access TO
| the two great inland valleys, which our hardy