Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-20
MAKES PREDICTION.
w. w. Hinsey On the Situation In
3 California
STATE WILL co HEAVILY REPUBLICAN
Gave Mckinley and Bryan 4 Elec.
toral Votes in 1see-Mr. HInsey De-
sires to Correct an Erroneous I'm,
preston Concerning California.

w. w. Hinsey says that the state
of California will speak in no uncer-
tain tones next November regarding
the policy of expansion adopted by
the, republican administration and
that the thunder of its tones will re-
vertebrate thru our new possessions so
loudly that its. purport cannot be mis-
taken, Parenthetieally Mr.. Hinsey,
who is an old Ottumwa boy with a
host of friends in this city thinks
that the stateNof California can hardly
be improved upon. Ini the following
letter to the Courier he tells an inter-
esting story of the states resources
and in mentioning the immense
ranches says that he knows a sight
Of the Stanford broad acres would de-
light Ottuniwa horsemen A. B. VII
liams, I'd Daggett and Col. Wolf in
Particular: -
"Editor Courier: - The Courier
comes regularly and is welcomed as
the mingled expressions of numerous
friends, and its pages are scanned
with eagerness and pleasure. In re-
cent number / noticed personal IN
reference to Mr.. Hill arriving in
California. There is nothing strange
about that as people are coming ana
going all the time but a comment
purporting to be his, while common
one, is erroneous and amusing.
II believe he had arrived in Ont
ario and found the prospect good for
oranges, but said that other fruit was
scarce in California. Now while L
have no contract to correct such ex-
pressions, made no doubt with sin
cerity, perhaps little information
about the great state of California
may interest a few if not many.
"In the first place it is an immense
state in area, some of the counties
being larger than the state OF Iowa,
and while such expressions as Mr.,
Hills may be true of certain locali-
ties, the facts as regards the state
does not warrant the conclusion.
Cup to September 8, 1900, 4,T01 car
loads of fruit Of the minimum weight
of $4,000 pounds per car, left the state
for eastern markets. In addition,
countless tons of peaches and prunes
were dried, while the raisin and wine
industry required perhaps as many
more cars as first stated. And still
the fruit goes out by the train load
The firm I am associated with, tho
tiles has shipped in round numbers
s6,5Oo,oOO pounds of fruit SO while
southern California may be short, the
whole state, thanks to the north end
of it, Placer county especially, has
fruit enough and to spare.
"The state is more favored than any
of her sister states in the mattero of ex
pansion as her doors swing to and frc
by the continued and increasing
march Of commercialism to and from
the Orient. She will speak in Novem
Der too, and the echo of that voice
reverbrating among our new posses
sions will express the sentiment thai
she has embraced her golden oppor
tunity.
Little does the casual observe,
know of the yastness of the domain
that lies hard by the Golden Gate, til,
resources of which are as varied a.
they are great. What would the lust
ly proud owner of an Iowa quarte
section, more or less, think of ;
rancho of from 10000 to $1,000 acres
How the immense Vance del Paso O
$4,000 acres, or the broad fields O
the Stanford estate would delight til,
horsemen of Iowa, A. B. Williams, p,
Daggett and Col. Wolf in particular.
Here we have continued frost am
snow or perpetual summer, just a
you please. There are sections adapt
ed to grain alone; others to lumbe-
and such logs! They are beyond com
parison. The exclusive mining sec
tons are no insignificant things an
then comes the great sections devote
to fruit, poultry and dairy. Truly
is a land literally flowing with mil
and honey. No matter what tn
taste OF man is, he can be supple
here. whether he be sportsman, hum
en-, fisher or artist Gf his purse |
long enough)
Begging your indulgence for tn
draft upon your time, have the pleas
ure to- be, yours truly,
w. w. Hinsey."