The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-10-18
CALIFORNIA; SPLENDID SHOWING
At THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

Following is an extract from a letter
recently written by Mr.. VIM. H. Mills,
of California, while in Paris in charge
of the Southern Pacific Company's ex-
hibit at the Exposition. It is remark
able for two reasons, first, as evidence
Of the great interest which is every
where manifested in that wonderful
State; also for the valuable informa-
ton it contains, and for which it is here
reproduced:
s The panorama picture Of the Mariposa
Grove is admitted. by all. including pho
tographers, to be the most wonderful pho
tographic reproduction that has ever been
made. Only yesterday a Committee rep
resenting the greatest Fruit-GroWing As
ISOLATION Of France, to the number Of fiji
e tfan; yls ct ah ehs P R1'esai th Who w IS thu n
largest Individual fruit grower in the
Republic. They came here to get an Illus
tration of the Industrial and climatic con-
I explained to them fully the prolific char:
acterf of u climate, and by, pictures and
illustrations showed them that we had a
from ovversbearing; that in no Instance
had we missed W crops in succession
from any cause. You will scarcely I'M
derstand the intense interest Of this f.:
Fruit-Growing Association practices fruit
culture In two ways. wall-culture and
e%ultivating under glass q forego French
fruit In France is extra-hazardous and Is
fast being superseded by the artificial
means Of wall and glass.
The gentlemen who were here yester-
day explained that the most profitable
cultivation was that wherein all the fac.
tors of success were in the hands Of the
cultivator. I have used this argument
manv times for the n~rnn0ffon nf the nn1icy
Of irrigation. I have said that when the
moisture, can be, controlled, both with ref
g to moisture and drainage, civilized
culture will have been achieved; that al
that point only 1t becomes an art; but
where natural conditions are depended
upon and are not under the control OF
dignity of an art. Its main factors are al
the hazard of chance.
When I explained, however, the condi-
California, it became apparent both to my.
self and my auditors, that the natural
conditions In California are as nearly per.
feet for the production Of fruit as It 4
there are economies with us which will
give Us the, fruit markets Of the world,
You may accept this conclusion as dem
here. California is hereafter to be the
orchard Of the world, for reasons which
will be more easily made apparent in a
The reason for the foregoing narration
the vim INTEREST," neW 81 efFe tha exhibit ma h IN h ]exhass tse
fruits, the p~ineapples, the dates, the
ples, the t1 Tege paaSsss;; IL ta nj R FSeir va .ns iap.
etc: - eAeAf suf1e''ss'
The day was extremely hot and the in.
terview had become monotonous. I called
the company into an attitude in which
they could get a good view Of the pan.
Drama Of the great tree grove. 7 have
surprise and admiration. The President
of the Association, a man Of fine mentality
and dignity of character, said, through the
interpreter to me, that the picture was
the most beautiful presentation of a for.
est he nae ever seen and the forest was
pressed in that picture Is infinitely SUI
perior to n forestry expression possible
here. III largest pine tree I saw in Ger
many was less than twenty-four inches
or eighty feet high. After what we ha6
told them of the favoring conditions Of
climate and soil, we introduced them into
the heart OF one of U greatest forests
placed upon paper. You can have ne
and dignified and ennobled our State. We
had shown e panorama pictures, pic.
lures Of orchards. one Of which is a mos
marvellous presentation, the panorama
itself being six feet BY fourteen inches
nign, n representi9E Y hundred acres
Of a fruit orchard in Vaca Valley. We had
shown them large fruits and large veg.
etables, and all these things had appealed
to them as exceptional The PANORAMIC Of
the greatest trees that grow in the State
conferred upon the entire exhibit proba.
bility and confirmation.