The San Francisco call., 1901-12-22

! III must for some years to come be
manufactured in the East, where
| the Capitalization of population furnishes
a great home market, it follows that the
| Introduction of competition in the over
land carrying trade, following the coming
! Of the Santa Fe Railroad, is Of the first
Importance to the shipping Of this port.
! Equally true is 1t that ships bound in
| through the Golden Gate with wares des-
| tined to be moved across the territory OF
| the United States must be much moro nu-
merous when there are double the facili-
! ties for transportation. The Valley Rail
road. which built by Claus Spreckels
and his business associates largely to re-
lieve the local situation by lowering the
rates for carriage within the boundaries
! of California, is now, in it's use by the
Santa Fe, of significance to the traffic of
| the entire globe.
This is one of the new things that has
j improved the outlook for commercial San
francisco since the period when the com
mercial men of this city were compelled
! lege of using it's natural advantages of
position upon the Pacific. Other consid-
erations join to justify the confidence
with which this port views the future,
Promising Outlook.
The outlook is vastly better than it was
ten years ago for shipping here and for
all the industries that employ ships as
carriers. The splendid steamers of the
| oceanic Steamship Company, by the speed
San Francisco upon the route offcialiy
adopted by the British Government for
the transmission of its mails between
! London and Australia. The near con-
struction of the first Pacific ocean cable
is promised and the contracts are let for
a part Of the work upon that great en-
| terprise Wireless teiegraphy has been
adopted by the Government of the United
/
a1lon Islands. New lines of great steam
ers have been established that bring San
| Francisco into immediate touch with ports
that have been, in point of time and ac-
cess, hitherto remote.
The construction OF the Nicaragua canal
is we'll assured. This will bring the fields
! and orchards of California 10000 miles
nearer to Liverpool than they are now
and will undoubtedly result i'm establish
! ing direct lines of steamers Between San
! Francisco and all the leading ports of
| Europe.
A vast number of vessels will be re-
quired in the not distant future to move
the commerce Of the Pacific Ocean that
moves in and out of this port, by reason
! of the enlarged opportunities for Ameri-
can enterprise in China, Japan, the Phil
in Russia, when the road to Vladivostok
! is finally opened and in operation in con-
nection with trans-Pacific steamship lines
using the Golden Gate at one end of their
! long run.
The great carrying capacity of modern
steamships, while they have the tendency
to keep down for the future any move
lnent upon the part of the rail carriers
to infiict excessive charges on merchan-
disc for the long overland haul, also af-
! ford in themselves means for the vast
/ increase of freightS that must be carried
economically.
The student of railway policies must
also see in the extension of what is
uniform rate for moving freights to the
I Pacific Coast from all the great territory
from the Atlantic Ocean to Denver,
promise that the roads expect to win
urofits on arrying all the peculiar prod
'lcts Of all that vast region to this point
! fOr export. The business of South America
and of Central American States to be car
"inH i'll ships will be largely increased.
California Providing Freights.
! The home field affords hope for the ship
Ding men No one can adequately esti-
mate the productivity of California of
| foods from the soil peculiar in varieties
exclusive to California in that no other
section of the United States has been able
| TO grow many of them, enormous in ag-
gregate bulk, fleets will be ultimately
needed to transport them. There are very
report of President N P. Chapman of the
| California State Board of Trade, showing
! something concerning the output in fruits
| of the lands north of Tehachapi, the ter
! ritory Immediately tributary to San Fran
cisco. General Chapman finds the follow
ing to be facts:
OF the green deciduous fruits shipped out Of
the State S799 carloads went from Northern
| California and but nineteen carloads from
Southern California; the other hand, the
shipments of citrus fruits show that in 1900
the YEAR to which refer. 2f81S carloads went
! from Southern California and S27 from North
ern California A like disparity will be seen to
exist in favor of Northern California in the
matter of dried fruit, raisins and canned goods
as appeared in the shipments of green decid-
cause of the much larger development of this
branch of the fruit industry in the north than
| in the south. There went from the north of
dried fruit S49O carloads, and from Southern
| California 369; of raisins there went from the
canned goods from the north 456S carloads, 492
from the south. To the shipments from the
north should be added those appearing in the
tables by sea from San Francisco, amounting
to 1884 carloads. The magnitude of the citrus
industry in the south will be appreciated
when 1t Is observed that it amounts to nearly
as many carloads the north sends out Of
green deciduous fruits, dried fruit and rasins
combined.
In the matter of the shipments of green
vegetables the tables show that considerable
south: that is, 2757 carloads from the north,
by rail and by sea, and 2059 from the south
OF the canned vegetables reported, 3O7 car
loads went from the north and 4 carloads
from the south.
Coming to the wine and brandy industry
1t will be observed that of the wine 5169 car
loads went from the north and SO carloads
from the south; and of the brandy, 325 car
south. In addition to the foregoing should be
added 1881 carloads by sea from San Francisco
OF wine and SZ. carloads OF DranQy. Wines and
brandes not segregated, from the north 43O
carloads and from the south 191 carloads; total
shipments of wine and brandy from the north
1884 carloads; from the SOUTH 277.S; in ALL
90e7.3 carloads 1t will be seen that, except
| as to citrus fruits, the orchards and vineyards
| of California in the north and that nearly
| all the oranges and lemons in the south.
An Enormous Gain.
Turning to the table of gains and losses be-
| tween 1899 and 1900, 1t will be observed that
the shipments of green deciduous fruit fell off
SIS carloads in 1900. Citrus fruits showed
gain of 9462 carloads; dried fruits showed
gain of 312 carloads; raisns. slight gain of
three carloads; nuts fell off eight carloads:
canned fruits gained thirty-one carloads; vege-
tables gained 1876 carloads; wines and brandy,
359 carloads showing a net gain for the year
over 1899 of II. 315 carloads, of which nearly
5000 carloads citrus fruits.
Looking the table of comparative ship
ments for series of years since $780, it will
be noticed that there has been a steady and
rapid growth of the citrus fruit industry. The
shipments of green deciduous fruits have not
increased as has been our hope they would,
or as they ought to have increased. The ship
.nents of 1894 We're nearly as great as in 1890:
fruit product the tables showing very steady
growth now amounting to over 9005 carloads,
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