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The herald., 1897-12-26
will be raised mostly in the now 80.
called worthless deserts

called worthless deserts
OTHER ALLIED INDUSTRIES
AS a twin sister to the beet industry
might be mentioned the dairy interest.
Thousands of acres of our moist and
semi-moist lands are just suited to dali
rying purposes, and no country in the
world can produce better butter and
cheese.
One cannot speak Of milk without
thinking Of eggs, and what is true OF
butter and cheese is also true Of chick
ems and eggs.
| When we raise the canaigre for tan
ming, our hides thus producing our own
leather, it is natural sequence that the
leather thus produced should be manu-
factured into shoes for our three mill
lion people, as hereinbefore suggested.
One industry naturally leads to an
other, and the establishment of one fac
tory leads to the building of others, until
gradually the pastoral land Of large
ranches of a quarter Of a century ago
is converted into small holdings by
American home builders, and factories
supplant the herds Of cattle, horses and
sheep, giving employment to millions,
where before only few thousand occu-
pied the land.
| Are there not many reasons why
Southern California should in the course
of few years support dense popu-
lation?
TEN ACRES ENOUGH
The superior climate Of this region rem
ders possible the very best returns from
all kinds Of products Of the soil Not only
can our people get the very best of re-
turns from the cultivation of the soil,
but nowhere else in the world will the
tiller of the soil find that the theory
of ten acres enough is so true as it is
here.
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will be their capacity ten years hence
PULP FED REEF


With beet sugar comes beef. The pulp
that produces thousands of tons Of sugar
will fatten thousands of beeves after the
sugar is extracted from it. And such
beef! Nowhere else in the world can
superior beef be found. AS our beet
sugar factories increase in number the
quality and quantity of our beef will
increase also until the home market will
be supplied, and then the canned beef
will be shipped to all parts of the world.
HIDES, CANAIGRE, LEATHER AND
SHOES
With beef come hides; hides make
leather and leather makes shoes.
And right here comes in another
Southern California product that is to-
day attracting worldwide attention. As
oak and hemlock bark as tanning mate
rials become more scarce, canaigre is
discovered to be valuable in that line OF
business. 1t grows wild all over South
ern California, yet not in sufficient guam
titles to be profitable. Already arrange
ments are being made to cultivate it on
large scale, then manufacture supe-
rior tanning material in the shape of g
canaigre extract that can be shipped al
over the world.
The tanneries Of the world will ye1
draw their tanning material supplies
from Southern California, judging from
reports that come from those who have
used this new material, and that supply
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this rule there are practically no excep-
tions. A large population makes so
great demands on manufactured goods
that 1t Is cheaper to manufacture the
goods near where they are to be con-
sumed than it is to pay the freight on
such large importations.
For instance, 1t is cheaper to manufac-
ture the shoes for three millions Of peo-
pie on the Pacific Coast here at home
than 1t will be to pay freight on the raw
hides from Los Angeles to Lowell and
then pay the freight on the shoes from
Lowell to Los Angeles. The same argu-
ment applies with equal force to many
other lines of manufactured goods.
| Usually factories are established in
and around commercial centers, because
the products of such factories are more
easily distributed from such localities
on account Of the close proximity of
the wholesale dealers and the manufac-
turers, and for the further reason that
the large and dense population of such
cities more readily furnish the opera
tives to run such factories. A factory
requiring a large number of employees
rarely succeeds in an isolated location
away from any center of population.
Cheap power and supply of raw ma
| terial are essential elements to man
ufacturing business. The raw material
for some OF the many lines of manufac-
turing industries can usually be found
in almost any country. Cheap power is
not always available. Either cheap oil
coal or water power is necessary. Los
Angeles is supplied with two of these
t. 4. \
the third transcontinental railroad
reaches this city via Utah, the third
element-cheap coal-will be added.
| Located as Los Angeles is, in the very
heart Of an extensive oil belt, the mag
The herald., 1897-12-26

These are divided into trade centers,
commercial centers and financial cen-
ters. All centers of population are trade
centers, but only the larger cities a:e
classified as commercial or financial
centers. Each crossroads store or small
hamlet or village is a trade center In
short, trade center is locality where
the retail trade Of a section of country
Is conducted.
A commercial center is a city where
the wholesale trade Is concentrated
where the retail trade of the country get
their supplies. The magnitude of COM
mercial center depends on the extent of
the country tributary to such center and
the density and wealth Of the population
in such country. There are scores and
hundreds Of retail trade centers tribu-
trary to each wholesale commercial GEN.
ter.
Gradually the larger commercial cities
grow into financial centers, and the
largest city in each country usually de-
velops into q leading financial center for
such country.
FINANCIAL CENTERS
New York-Greater New York-is the
financial metropolis Of the United States.
land; Paris to France; Berlin to Ger
many; ST. Petersburg to Russia; Vienna
to Austria Calcutta to India; and Hong
Kong to China. Usually the political
capital of a country is the financial capi
tai also, but this is not always the case
this country being noted exception to
that rule.
While London is the financial metrop-
A1{e Of nplo nd fc n "a
financial metropolis of the world, while
Greater New York, with its three and a
half millions of people, is stepping rap
idly to the front as leader in financial
matters, and is getting. ready to ques-
tion the right and the ability of London
to lead the world in financial affairs.
PACIFIC COAST CENTERS
San Francisco was for years the only
commercial center on the Pacific coast.
Its wholesale merchants extended their
trade all along the coast from British
Columbia to Mexico, and half way across
the mountainous region to the eastward.
San Francisco grew rapidly in busi-
ness and wealth until Los Angeles on
the south cut OFF the trade of Southern
California and Arizona; and Portland
in the north cut off the trade of Oregon,
washington, luanO anu MOHtdHd.
This change of program left only CEN
trail and northern California, and the
state of Nevada as tributary to that
city. That territory is increasing in
population very slowly, while the terri
tory tributary to Los Angeles is increas-
ing in population very rapidly. This is
why Los Angeles Is increasing in popu-
lation at the rate of Is per cent per
annum, while San Francisco is increas-
Ing only at the rate of per cent per
annum.
Notwithstanding these facts, the fu-
ture will see a large city in the bay of
San Francisco, for the railroad develop.
ments of that section of country will
yet cause growth of the country that
will demand larger city.
MANUFACTURING CENTERs
All commercial centers gradually de-
velop into manufacturing centers. Stores
are more easily established than factor
les 1t is easier to buy an article and
sell 1t again than it is to manufacture
It. Hence few factories are found in
new countries. But factories always fol-
low the advent OF large populations. TO
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While in the great farming regions Of
the country east Of the Rocky mountains
family requires from forty to one
hundred and sixty acres of land, here the
same family would get better returns
from ten acres.
True, prices of fruit have been low for
five years past, but prices Of farm pro-
ducts have been low all over the world,
and nowhere have prices recuperated to
any greater extent during the past sea-
son than right here in Southern Califor-
MIA. Is it fair to expect that during
a general depression Of business prices
Of soil products should be kept up here
when they are low everywhere else?
A BRIGHT FUTURE
When the horticultural and agricul-
tural possibilities of Southern Califor-
nit are fully developed, as they will be
in the near future, and the manufacture
ing industries are as fully developed as
they are in other countries that are
working under less favorable conditions,
what will be the condition Of this coun-
try as regards population?
Is it not safe to say that it will re-
quire ten times the population we now
have to fully utilize the land and water
which experts know can be utilized in
the seven southern counties Of this
state, all Of which counties are tributary
to this city of Los Angeles through the
channels of trade?
RAPID GROWTH
For twenty-five years. ever since the
first railroad was built into Southern
California, the growth of this section
I, o1 In,
population from $4,000 in 1872 to 800, 900 in
1897. While Southern California as a
whole has increased tenfold, Los Angeles
city has grown from 5000 to 100000, or
nearly twelvefold.
| CLIMATE, HEALTH AND COMFORT
| We have presented here in the main
| the practical side Of this question
growth from business standpoint, only
briefly alluding to the more aesthetic
side of the question.
| The world is full Of wealthy people
who are seeking comfort. The world IL
also full of invalids, some of whom are
wealthy, and some Of whom are in moro
moderate circumstances, who are seek
| ing health.
| No climate yet discovered in the CIV
ilized world equals or at least excels that
| of Southern California from a comfort
or health point of view. Gradually
these two classes of people are drifting
this way, the one class for comfort and
| the other class for health. They come
here to reside permanently, the one class
because they want to, and the other class
because they must. Those in good health
argue that a climate that is good for an
invalid is a very good climate for well
person. These people, as a rule, bring
money with tLAHH buy or build homes
and assist very materially in developing
the country.
| There is still another class, known as
| the tourists. These come on a visit
only. They are wealthy and can afford
to travel. They come to Southern Cali
fornia because of the luxuries Of this
country-both natural and artificial.
Nature has provided the one, and our
people are rapidly providing the other.
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About rs, ,00O, 900 kilograms were sent In
the United States last year. while the
telephone was used ten times as often.
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More than third Of the French crown
Levels have been bought by Americans.
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AS A CENTER

The business Of the country is mostly
confined to the centers Of population.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
at THE STATE HOUSE.
Gov. Leedy Refuses to Call for
Aid for India
When Thousands of Americans
in the Flooded District
Are in Need of Food, Clothing ana
Medical Assistance-State
House Notes.

Governor Leedy is old-fashioned eIous4t
to believe that charity should Desln a.
home, and adheres strictly 10 thae oo1
triue.
The governors position on the -
was developed Saturday nisnt oy -
gram from the New York CHRISTIAN Fa Fl
AIDS bureau of relief for SuIIeFeIs II IL.
dia asking how much corn Kansas MO4AN
donate for that purpose - 49,, .r,,-sr-
Response to the request Dy tiIC o1i9f a
nor would necessitate can Lol 6Iiye,1 If
rected to the people Of Kansas, -, - 80 -
he would do this, Governor A1es---S 49,,
think not under the preS7lll - -.
stances It is not because Woulu not
take pleasure in assisting the uIlLO4 &c -
people of the far east. b9l BECAUSE because Hs q
now Surrounded by suffering Already
many Kansas people are sehull5s e - =,
buttons of money. clothing and 1000 70
the cyclone s1Ifferers in Oklahoma, While
hundreds of people are beng driven rom
their homes by the high waters OF the
Mississippi river, hungry, without money
or clothing. -, l., . e-
Il anTfciDate that there will be gener-
al cali for relief from those people, TO
which T would certainly request Kansas
to resDond as literally as possible: II
we indulge in charity, and 1 belleVe II -
q demand which most OF US meet every
dav I believe il should begin at nome
The people of India, suffering from tile
depredatfons Of British plunderers, are IN
distress il is true. Yet England IS abun-
dainty able to take care of them and
should do so. John Bull has roDDed
those people of every thing, and now me
rest of the world is asked 10 prevent
them from starving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
FOR FESTIVAL WEEK.
Suggested Programme of the
Arrangement of Days.
Labor, Commerce, Music and
Art, War, and Jubilee.
Every Day to Have Its Special Fea-
ture and Display-All to End
With the Carnival

A Topeka man has offered the follow
ing programme for Festival week:
Monday-Labor.
Tuesday-Commerce
Wednesday-Art and Music,
Thursday-War.
F'riday-Carnival of Jollity.
The Topeka man adds in a burst Of
humor:
Saturday-Bromo Settler.
The above arrangements of the week
has some good points about il worthy of
consideration.
The first day of the week as it was
last year, is set aside for Labor day. 1t
is to be celebrated by the trades unions,
the Santa F'e shopmen, employees in the
packing house, pickle factory, planning
mills, fOundrieS Touring mills etc each
by their own device.
Last year it was one of the biggest
days Of the. week,and this year it prom
ises to be bigger
Tuesday, as outlined by our pro-
grammist, is dedicated to commerce.
This day is meant for the parade and
display of the merchants floats. Com
merce, the ruling spirit of American
life, is to be symbOIzed by an exhibit
ton of the Industrial wealth of the city
and state. In the parade on this day
the floats representing the wealth of
the counties of the state could be in
corporated.
On TUESDAY also the nr6men'S fOUrna-
ment should take place.
A. Wednesday is set aside, according to
the suggested programme, for Art and
Music" On this day the floral parade
would take place, and, as some one sug-
geSted, the Festival chorus of l 900 per-
sons in Greek robes, should have a place
in the line, and as they marched sing
selections from the oratiOnS to be given
at the Auditorium. This would be the
most impressive sight of the whole fes-
tiVal. The musical festival should open
for the week on the evening of this
day
Thursday, after the time honored
custom, should be given up to the SOL
dierS, young and old, and dedicated to
the spirit of war. The day should be
devoted to the special displays of the
veterans of the civil war, the regular
the customary parade would take place.
In the evening would come the allegOri-
cal floats representing the history OF
Kansas, which have been proposed, and
which, if carried out on the plan talked
of, would be one of the greatest features
of the week.
FridaA the main work of the week
being over, is to be set aside for a gen.
era1 good time with a parade of the
fantasies in masquerade carnival cos
tune, either in the morning or after
noon The young men should be organ
lied for this feature even more general
~ than they were last year. This or
ganiZation ought to embrace at least
200 members, and all should appear in
fancy costume of some kind. The above
as the one to be adopted as a whole,
but which, in a general way, may af-
ford an outline of how the week may be
arranged in order to provide the great
whom we shall have not less than &c.,
600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
Curtain Department.
LACE AND HEAVY CURTAINS.
VALUES SURPRISING ANY YET OFFERED

NOTHING HAM LACE CUR
TAINS, 67cs z5c, $I.OO, $I.25 and
$I.87 pair.
FISHNET CURTAINS,
5000, $z.25 and So. so pair.
RUFFLED CURTAINS,
5000, $2.25 and $3.50 pair.
IRISH POINT CURTAINS,
Ecru or white, SAYS, $3.50 and
$4.Sz pair.
TAMBOURD CURTAINS,
$4.Sz, SIS. 90 and $3.50 paiT.
BRUSSELS NET,
$4.Sz, 50. SO and up.
NOVELTY LACE CURTAINS,
$3.25 and $500 pair.
CLUNY CURTAINS,
$3-z5, $3.50 and 5000 pair.
TAPESTRY CURTAINS,
so pairs, for doors, reduced from
$5.25 to 81. 81 pair.
CHENILLE CURTAINS,
so pairs reduced from 1887 to $2.z5
pair.
CURTAIN SCRIM,
S, S75, 10 and I216c per yard.
CURTAIN MUSLIN,
For Sash Curtains, 10, IS, Is and
25c yard.
MADRAS MUSLIN,
New cOIorings, rs, 80 and $50 yard.
FISHNET CURTAINS,
For sash and long draperieS, 10, Is,
20 and 35c yard,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
SOUNDS VERY wHooP1A.
Whoop-de- Dooden-Do @Crusade" of
Percy Daniels Beginning and End
ing in Wind.

Should other states respond to the
Kansas beacon fires, and send back a
favorable answer to the signals from
the dome Of the state house a call will
be issued for volunteer Paul Reveres
from every township to meet at their
respective county seats on a date in
early summer, organize for a new cru
SADIE and make details to ride
And spread the alarm
Through every school district borough
and farm
ana an gather recruits to remove the stone
OF tradition, of precedent and of Jug
Cling court DEGREES from the doorway
OF the sepulcher of liberty
Such are the hifalutin words of ex-
Lieutenant Governor Percy Daniels.
who Is organizing "a great crusade
the ultimate aim of which is to secure
! taxation Of wealth, by a constitu-
me preliminary steps in this matter
We're taken during the Legislature when
q peutlon asking congress to submit for
the votes of the people a constitntio1oI
ta1's4JdIt which would permit the
Ootn houses. The petition was signed
Ahs persons; Governor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

Leedy. Chief Justice Doster. Justice Al
len. David Overmyer. State Auditor
Morris, G. c. Clemens. William Stry-
ker, A NJ. Harvey, II. S. Lands, ex-
Senator James Shearer, The Topeka Ad-
vocate, Judge John H. Mahan. Abilene,
Railroad Commissioner Campbell, ex-
Senator John Martin. Attorney General
Boyle Treasurer HefebOWer, Secretary
Bush W. P. billiard. Congressman Bot
kin, Vincent and Simpson.
If Populists like Percy Daniels were
not always going to do such wonderful
things and then ending in miserable
fzzle as in the recent legislature the
public might take some stock in their
fscr1lsa deS'' etc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
FIRES IN JERSEY WOODS.
Miles of Blazing Underbrush and
Leaves on First Mountain.

New York, April 5-On the long ridge
known as First Mountain, that rises
abruptly. thickly covered with trees,
an extensive fire has been burning for
two nights and day. 1t was started
by boys in the dry leaves, and soon
spread from top to bottom of the ridge
in long line of fame.
Cawing crows, frightened by the blaze
and heat, were driven out in focks-
The cracking of the underbrush fire,
when famed by an intermittent breeze
sounded ominously in the homes of
those who dwelt near the foot of the
ridge.
But few trees were injured by the
flames, nor were any houses in danger,
for the fire although a fine spectacle,
especially at night, was not of force
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
REFoRM SCHOOL POSITIONS.
Several Minor Ones Filled by the
State Board of Charities.

J. H. Ash, who was defeated for repre-
sentative in Jackson county last fall, has
school. Mrs. Ash was elected to a similar
place at a salary of $3.50. Mr.. Ash re-
ceives $50
John Curley of Saline county was ap-
pointed fireman. These elections we're to
fill vacancies to which the board is now
giving attention. and does not seem to be
in a hurry TO create new ones.
The board will do nothing more until
Wednesday afternoon, when the mem bers
will assemble a the asylum and fill some
vacancies, probably electing successors
to some of the Republican office-holders.
The visit at the asylum will be followed
by tour and visit to the other state in
situations after which the ak is expected
to descend with great rapidlty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
Handkerchief.

tract for the first fire-proof steel build
ing to be erected in the Empire of Jap
an. While the amount of the contract
is comparatively a small matter, the
field has been opened for the output of
American steel mills.
Tamasuki Yokokawai a Japanese en-
gineer and architect, arrived in Pitts
burg today to consult with the Carne-
gle company's engineers concerning de-
tails. The building is to cover an i'm
mense area. but, owing to the preva-
lence of earthquakes in Japan, will be
235 feet, and is being built by Natsui &,
Co. of Toxic for mercantile purposes.
About 1900 tons Of steel will enter in
to the structure This will be shipped
by way of New York, the first shipment
to be loaded at New York September /
The structure is to be ornamented in a
lavish manner.
e,,Ieorf,,a f1,- .1v1,a .-+,+o 7o,,-,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

CORDUROYS in all the new designs
and coIorings for Furniture Cover
ings. S5c, $I.oo, $I.35 and $I.65
yard.
JUTES, Oriental and French Tapes
try, .45c, S5c, So, SI.65 and $2.z5
yard.
FIGU RED ART SILKS. A beauti-
full line so in. wide at S2.2 yard.
ORIENTAL COUCH COVERS,
$3.50, 1878, 1897 and So. SO each.
BAGDAD CURTAINS in the Orien-
tai designs, also used for couch
covers, at 1915 each.
SILKALINES and CRETONNES
10 and 15c yard.
PRINCES FOR COUCHES, 8 in.
deep, at 25c yard, also handsome
line of silk fringes for draperies, Is,
IS and 35c yd.
RUG PRINCES,
10, Is and csc yard.
WINDOW SHADES made and put
up at the very lowest prices.
WINDOW SHADES,
Complete 3xz it., 18 and 35c each.
CURTAIN POLES,
use complete.
ROPE PORTIERES,
So, $3.50 and $40. so each.
HAssOCKs,
SO, 90 and 75c each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
STATE PRINrER PARKs
Buys the Printing Plant of State
Printer Hudson.

John s. Parks, state printer-elect, who
will be installed as Major Hudson 5
successor July 1, has purchased the
printing plant now being used IN the
state ONCE. which cost Major Hudson,
who bought a new outfit, $4,000. The
consideration in the deal between Mr.
Parks and Mr.. Hudson is said to have
been SIS, 000
After relinguishing the Office Major
Hudson will spend at least six months
resting, practically for the first time
during an active career of % years IN
Kansas politics. He will spend some
time in Mexico. going from there to
California and Alaska.
Asked as to what line of work he viii
take up after his return to Kansas, Mr..
Hudson said:
ct have not fully determined
'Wiu you resume newspaper work.
Il cannot answer that question. So
far as I now know, will not but it is
impossible to forete1 what year will
bring FORTH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
arain Insnector Dennties.

George S. Colby a popular young man
in Kansas City, Kan, now a grain in
spector at Kansas City, has been selected
by W. w Culver state grain inspector,
as assistant and will be placed in charge
of the work at Cofeyville. w. J. Gra-
ham also acting as an inspector at Kan
sas City is said to be slated for reap
pOintment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
The New Labor Commissioner.

w G. Bird, labor commissioner under
Governor Morrill, has turned the de-
partment over to his successor, w L.
gone to Chicago where he expects to
engage his services to an insurance
company. Charles E. Bigelow, Mr..
Birds assistant, will return to his home
in Wichita and assume editorial charge
of the Kansas Free Mason, the official
organ of the Masonic bodies of Kansas.
W. L. Holcomb succeeds Mr.. Bigelow.