The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-10-11
CALIFORNIA; spLEEDfp gH0wlKc
at TIE PARIS EXPOSITION.

Following IL an extract from letter
recently written by Mr.. VIM. II. MiilH
OF California. while In Paris In charge
Of the Southern Pacific Company's ex
hiblt at the Exposition. IL K remark
able for two reasons, first. as evidences
OF the great interest which In every,
where manifested In that Wonderful
State; also for the valuable inforrna.
tlon II contains. and for which 1t Ia here
reproduced:
Paris, July 18th. 1900
The panorama picture uf the MmFipoxa
Grove Is admitted by ali, Including pho
tdgraphera. 10 be tho most wonderful pho
tographlC reproduction that has ever been
made. only Yesterday Commltiee rep
ISOLATION OF France, 10 the number OF ~.
teen, visited the once, They were In
charge Of their Pres..@=-t, who IA the
Republic. They came here TO get an illgs-
tration OF tho industrial and climatic con-
ditions under which our fruit e grown
] explained 10 them fully ths pfoilne char.
neter q our climate. and BY pictures and
illustrations showed them that we had
fun crop every year; that our danger was
from over bearing; that In no Instance
from any cause. You VIII scarcely uB.
derAiand the intense Interest OF tniH in
terylew until u iE explained that this
Fruit-GrowinR Association practices fruit!
cultiyaiinE under glass II forego French
deeignatlOual. The outdoor cultivation of
fruit IN France Is lra-hazartous and q
fast being superseded By the ARTIFICIAL
means Of wall and glass,
The gentlemen who were here yester.
day explained that the most profitebis
cultivation was that wherein all the fac.
tors Of success were IN the hands OF the
cuitivator. ! have used thta argument
many tinea for the promotion Of the policy
Of ir,isa'ion. hays ssid that we .s ne
ercnce 20 moisture and drainage, civilized
culture Will have bsen achieved. that az
that point only Il becomes an art; bat
where natural conditions are depended
upon and arc not under the control Of
man, the cultivation has not risen to the
dignity Of an art Its main factors are ut
when / explained, however, the eondi.
tons under which fruit was grown IN
California. u became apparent both 10 fny-
sell and my anditors, that the natural
feet for the production Of fruit as Il Is
possible TO be, and that at all events
there are, economies With Us which Will
give as the fruit markets Of the world.
You may accept this conclusion az dem
onstratgd by our exhibit and observation
here. California "a hereafter 20 be the
orchard OF the world. for reasons which
viii be more cHsily made apparent In q
personal interview.
The reason Tor the foregoing narration
will now pTeesnt We had exhausted
fruits, the pinoappleA, the dates. the
prunea, the peaches, the pear. the APP
pies. the vegetables in all their varieties.
etc
The day was extremely hot ana the In
tervisw had become mcnotououA I called
the company into an attitude IN which
they could get good view OF the pan
Drama o! the great tree grove, ! have
never heard more genuine eNprrsalonR OF
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 q for
est he had ever. seen and the forest was
the most beautiful OF any that had ever
been shown abroad. The forest as ex-
pressed in that picture IA Infinitely bu-
here. The largest pine tree I saw IN Ger
many was less than twenty-fouF inches
IN diameter, and not 70 exceed Haventy-flve
or eighty feet high. After what we had
told them Of the favoriuE conditions OF
climate and soil we introduced them into
the heart Of one Of our greatest forests
by the best representation which can be
plRctd upon paper. You can have no
adequate conception Of how II broadsned
and dlguificd aud ennohied our State. We
had shown them panorama pictures. pic
lures 81 prune orchards IN bloom. pie
lures Of orchards. one Of which "a q most
itself being six feet by fourteen inches
high. and representing i've hundred acres
Of prunc orchard We had shown them
twenty.oue square miles in one panorama
Of fruit orchard in Vnca Valley. We had
shown them large fruitp and large veK.
ttables, and NIL these things had appealed
10 them as exceptional The panorama OF
he great forests % California, including
the greatest trees that grow In the State,
sorrssrrcd upon the entire exhibit proba.
b.llty and confirmation