The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-02
Other Items Of Interest.

|
oughly established not much increase
will be attempted in the horse industry.
/ Other Items of Interest.
/ Applications are almost daily received
at this office from non-residents for in
formation upon the resources of Cali
! fornia, and from the tone of many we
judge they are the class of people that
should be encouraged in this State.
More attention should be given to i'm
migration, our advantages should be
more fully heralded through the thick
ly settled communities to the end that
we increase our population, which at
the present time is estimated to be less
than the 100000 reported at last GEN.
sus, whereas there is ample room for
| four times that number.
| The agricultural resources of this
State are of great magnitude, and ex-
tension in this line invites interest. We
have heretofore shown the possibili-
ties of extended development in poultry
| raising, dairy products, hogs, hemp and
fax, broom corn, sugar beets, tobacco
and other imports, but other than the
efforts of the transportation companies.
the matter of increasing our popula-
ton, and the development of our DOR
| mant resources.
This board has distributed such print
ed matter upon the conditions of the
State from year to year as was con-
tanned in their annual reports, but since
the closing down of the State Printing
Department We have not had any liter
allure for distribution.
For our report of 1896 we compiled a
condensed and most comprehensive de-
scription of the counties of this State,
showing their condition in every way
that would be of interest to intended
iocaters. AS two years have elapsed
since the report was made up, we have
provided to extend it up to date by CO.
operating with the State Board OF
Trade, who are also DESTROYS Of aiding
immigration.
The entire review will appear in this
volume, and it is our purpose to print
a large edition in pamphlet form for
general distribution.
| We firmly indorse the establishment
of free market in the city of San
Francisco for the disposition of the soil
products Of the State for daily con-
sumption in that city It is the great
local market. and there is no reason
why the farmer should not be given ey
cry advantage to properly display and
dispose of his products The city resi-
dent, as the consumer, is likewise in
terested in such methods as would tend
to reduce his expenses of daily require
| ments, and to our mind the free mar
ket proposition will be of mutual bene-
fit to all.
| We affirm the declaration recently
made by the committee representing
the producers, in their petition to the
Harbor Commission for certain conces-
sions for market purposes, wherein
they say:
First-The first use to which the
water front and adjacent lands belong
ing to the State should be put should
be to facilitate the prompt and conve-
nient ingress and egress Of passengers
and merchandise out and into the city
of San Francisco.
Secondary wharf, or any block of
land not Immediately required for dock
| ing ships or the accommodation of
rail traffic, may be properly applied to
other uses so long as it SO needed.
Third-Whenever increasing traffic
demands the wharf or the land for the
discharge of ships or cars, the inferior
should give way to the superior USE /.
Fourth-In+ the assignment of the
water front and adjacent State lands,
the trade in perishable products should
be given first choice for position. for
the reason that the handling and dis
posing of those products. which are
daily delivered for daily consumption.
affect the personal interest and conve-
nience of the greater number Of people
than any other trade
We note with some degree of pride
that the inclination on the part of the
educators to introduce an elementary
study of agricultural science in the
common schools is growing, inasmuch
as this board was an early promoter of
the idea that the common schools of
the land should aid in oultivating a
taste for agricultural following among
the youth of the land
This calling, like others, could be en-
couraged by early teachings and we
hope that the Normal School manage
ment in this State will provide a
course for the education of teachers
that they may be better fitted to pre-
pare students for agricultural work.