The herald., 1897-12-26
WILCOX BLOCK

is to be found in the agricultural sections
of any other section of the United States.
Fourth-The superior climate of this
section, which finds no parallel in any
other section of the civilized world, is
attracting a large population from the
weather. classes in all parts Of the world
people who come here for health and
comfort, most Of whom become perma-
nent residents.
Fifth-As tourist resort, each year
witnesses an increased travel to this
southern coast, and this travel will in
crease as our facilities for caring for
our visitors become more perfect and
more extensive.
These are some of the principal reasons
why the future growth of Southern Cali
fornia and its commercial center will be
rapid in the future, as in the past.
ESTABLISHMENT OF FACTORIES
Factories will be built here because all
manufactured goods at present, with
few exceptions, must be brought to this
country by long railroad haul. The
establishment Of these factories here will
goods used in this section.
Because Of cheap power and tempera-
ate climate throughout the entire year,
and because as cheap raw material is
here found as can be had anywhere in
the United States for many lines Of
goods, the manufacturing facilities of
this section are superior today to those
of many other manufacturing centers.
These facilities will not only attract
capital and people to engage in this line
Of business as skilled operatives, but
these facilities and the increasing popu-
lation will attract other capital and 9TH
er people to still further develop the
agricultural and horticultural re-
sources of the country, and all
of these developments will re-
quire a still further increase of the
wholesale trade, and consequently a
rapidly growing city to meet these re-
Quirements.
CHEAP WATER POWER
Power in Southern California will al
ways be cheap. At present, only the more
valuable water powers are being i'm
proved. AS more power is needed, other
streams will be utilized, and the power
thus generated, will be brought over
wires to centers of business for
use. The water power during nine
months Of the year is practically
unlimited, and it is very easy matter
and very practical, too, to supplement
this abundant water power with steam
power during the few summer months
when the streams are not so large. The
mountain streams, it is true, are not
large, but the fall of the streams is very
rapid, and the pressure within few
miles ranges from a few hundred feet
to few thousand feet, thus making an
immense power on comparatively
small stream.
FARMING, TRADE, FACTORIES
All new countries are destitute of fac
tories. Agriculture is always the first
industry undertaken in any new coun-
try. Immediately following this or
practically in conjunction with it, trade
is established. Usually many years in
tervene before factories are started
In all new countries wages are high
and the rates of interest are such as to
preclude the putting of money into
manufacturing enterprises. Again, the
home consumption of manufactured
goods is always limited until the popula-
tion becomes more dense, hence the mar
ket for such goods in a new country Is
not desirable one.
People are apt to say Of any new
country that it is not suited to manufac-
turing purposes. They come to this con-
clusion because in looking around they
see no factories, and hence conclude
that they will not pay. All the older Sec
tions of the United States have engaged
extensively in manufacturing enter
prises, and 1t would be a miracle to see
an exception to this rule. With so many
of the natural facilities for manufacture
ing enterprises, Los Angeles must cer-
tainly follow in the wake Of other coun-
tries in this respect. In fact, the work
is already we'll under way.
MORE LAND TO BE IRRIGATED
/ The horticultural and agricultural de-
velopments of Southern California are
as yet in their infancy. Only small
percentage Of the arabic and irrigable
lands of this section are as yet under
cultivation. The most conservative of
our engineers who have spent years
studying our irrigation systems declare
that there is enough available water to
be had to irrigate every acre of arabic
land between the mountains and the sea,
to say nothing Of irrigating large tracts
of very valuable land which is today
classified as desert. At least. the land
will be valuable when irrigated, al
Though considered Of no value at present,