The record-union., 1897-02-18
The State Board Of Trade Comes
to the Rescue.
Governor Budd and the Legislature Asked to
Protect HOmeseelxers

A committee appointed by the State
Board of Trade, consisting of w. H.
Mills Chairman of committee. of San
Francisco; n. p. Chipman, President
State Board Of Trade, Tehama County;
Joseph Emery Nice-President State
Board Of Trade, Emeryville, Alameda
County, and J. a. Filcher, Manager
State Board of Trade, Placer County,
waited on Governor Budd yesterday
morning in relation to the document re-
Gently transmitted by queen Victoria
to Parliament, concerning fraudulent
colonization schemes.
Mr.. Mills acted as spokesman and
said the committee had been appointed
by the State Board of Trade to en-
deavor to devise means for breaking
the force of the very damaging state
ments of the Queen. Californi has
achieved a bad eminence of having a
warning issued by the sovereign OF a
great nation against fraud committed
in relation to colony schemes. The
problem is how to get at the matter,
and in what way a remedy can be
found. He himself had known of some
of the schemes alluded to. One was al
sI-ancaster, where colonists had suffered
ibadly; another was at Penryn, where
such lands as he could have sold at
$40 to So an acre were sold at high
price.
This State has come to a time when
ordinary representations will not do'
no matter by whom made, and the
question is. how is the situation to be
improved? The State has been held UP
to the scorn and contumely OF the
whole world. The State Board of TEaoe
had discussed the matter q great deal
There has never been an opportunity IN
the history of the State for strangers to
come here and settle as cheaply ana 10
as good advantage as now 1t is cheap
jer than heretofore, on account OF the
advantages which settlers can now en-
Joy, as they Will be in the midst of CIV
ilization, which was not always the
case. fifteen or twenty years ago. All
the proclamations that can be issued
will do no good. as they will be sus-
pected of coming from interested par
ties. but a clear curt statement from the
Executive of the State, widely pub
lished in the press, would have imme-
date effect 1t is q matter of the high
est Importance to California that II
should get more population.
The Governor said he felt as Mr..
Mills did He had also heard of some
colony schemes that were bad. One IN
Merced. for instance, where many peo-
pie were brought from Holland, and
the immigrants were set down on poor
lands. and in course of time were swept
away for lack of production, when, if
they had settled a few miles farther
he
good, they would have drawn all Hol-
land to the State This work is done
10y men who so back to their own cOun-
try and form syndicates to sell lands
here.
Mr.. Mills said the Board Of Trade
look at the proposition brought up as
OF the highest Importance to the inter
ests of the State and one on which they
could enter into the closest consulta-
tfon.
4 GREAT BENEFIT
The Governor answered that he had
always recognized the benefit the Board
of Trade had been to the State.
Yes. and it has cost the State moth
ing" said Mr.. Mills.
1T has cost the State nothing" re-
Joined the Governor. and has been OF
great benefit TO it. I recognize that
dact. l was sorry 10 feel compelled To
veto the appropriation for an exhibit
at the Nashville Exposition. That for
the Guatemala Exposition should do a
great deal Of good"
Mr. Mills thought it certainly would
as we do a large amount of trade with
Central America.
The Governor spoke also of the ad-
vantage of sending an exhibit to Ham
burg, and several members Of the com
1nittee explained how a market foI
dried fruit was being opened up there
which the Hamburg exhibit would in
crease.
At the request Of Mr.. Mills, Genera
Chapman then read the petition, which
IS as follows:
THE PETITION.
San Francisco, Feb. 10, 1897.
Hon James II. Budd. Governor o1
California. Sacramento, Cal.-Deal
Sir. Your F,xcellency is no doubt aware
of the fact that in September last re-
port OF the Consul-General residing il
San Francisco and representing Grea
Britain in the Consular service of thai
country, was transmitted to Parlia
ment. In general effect that report de
clared that for the most part the colo
nization schemes projected in this Stat'
were fraudulent and deceptive. The
sovereign of Great Britain indorseC
these statements sufficiently to caus
the document to be transmitted to th'
British Parliament, and the represen