The San Francisco call., 1903-09-09

IL and to the Atlantic States Of the
United States by to the value
of SAT, ,422, and imported by sea
during the same year S36,07S, 20,
making the volume Of sea commerce alone
$S3. .67s. .6s2 for twelve months. The highest
gold production that the State Is credited
with IN any one year is $s1. .294.7 100, this be-
ing in the year 1852. The foreign trade OF
this port in 1902 was illustrative Of the
wide scope Of the enterprise OF California
since the exclusively gold days.
Great Britain bought OF California mer-
chandise to the value OF s13,2s1, 4s1; China,
$5,s66,519; Australia, 50, ,1S5; Japan. 81
063, 10; Central America, $2.26S. $50; Mexico,
S1.643.557 British Columbia. s.. 10 17os the
Philippine Islands, s., us. SIS; South Africa,
s7sS, ,22O; Asiatic Russia, $214s13.
Last year San Francisco exported IN
treasure s14S51.7sO- The treasure imports
during the same twelve months amounted
to O.6e2 2s2. The sailing vessels arriving
at thla port in 1902 from foreign and At
lantic ports WAmbered 4s1, and the steam
ships arriving from foreign and Atlantic
ports numbered as During 1902 there were
cleared from this port 429 sail and 42S
steam vessels.
with food, wines. etc. Its foreign markets
and American markets are steadily ex-
panding In 19O1-O2 San Francisco exported
9,671.1O7 centals Of wheat, 1,17s,215 barrels
of flour, 4,281, ,1s2 centals Of barley. The
value of the wheat and flour that was
shipped last year was S14,45s,S21. The pack
Of canned goods last year amounted to
2,141, $50 cases, each containing twenty-four
tins Of pa pounds each. Growth OF this
port was also manifested by the increase
in the customs receipts, which reached
the large total for the year 1902 OF $685.
433 SO. Seven years earlier, namely, in 1895,
the total annual customs receipts were
but s., ASS, ,s97 u. The internal revenue col
Iections for the last full calendar year
were s2,Ss2,76O 80. OF this total the sum
Of 81, ,O4O,S61 36 was paid on spirits.
The latest authoritative figures con-
cerning the extent Of the manufacturing
Industries Of California are found In the
census reports Of 1900. According to that
authority, the total value Of all manufac-
tured California products in the year
named was $SO2. S74, ,761, which was an in
crease Of SIS, ,470, ,765 over 1880. The value
of live stock in California on January I,
1903, Is estimated by the United States
Bureau Of Agriculture at SO, ,O67. .976. Many
new industries have been started each
year since 1900. and the output of manu-
factures during the year 1908 will greatly
exceed those Of any preceding twelve
months in the history Of California In
the FIVE years from 1897 to the close OF
1902, the bank clearances of San Francisco
rose from $3.50. 7s9. .14s 81 10 s1.S7S 1862. .O25 81
Last year wine and brandy were shipped
out of the State by sea and rail to the
amount Of sS6S carloads Of ten tons each.
The lumber production of the State in
1902 reached the total of 663 179. $50 feet.
The reader will probably be filed with
amazement that in one State should ex-
ist such great diversity and magnitude
Of products. The facts must remain
sadly incomplete without, at least, a cur
sorry glance at the great ship building in
dustry that centers at the port Of san
Francisco.
The naval construction at this port by
the Union Iron Works, in a period OF
fourteen years, for the United States, has
included the battleships Oregon and Wis
consin, the cruisers Charleston, San
Francisco, Olympia, Tacoma, California,
South Dakota and Milwaukee; the gun
DOaJS Marietta ana Wneeungs the mOnl-
tors Monterey and Wyoming; the tor
pedo boat FarragUt, the torpedo boat de-
stroyers Perry, Preble and Paul Jones;
the submarine boats Grampus and Pike.
The values represented by this fleet OF
twenty vessels is s27. .165.OOO for construc-
tion only Some of these ships nave world
wide regulations, especially the Oregon
and the Olympia. The japanese cruiser
Chitose, that cost s15OO,OOO was built at
the Union Iron Works. So were the
steamships Alaskan, ArizOnan and CALI
fornian, the Peru, St. Paul, Senator, Po-
mona, Spokane. Helene. Maui, Liki-liki
and other steam vessels.
Since 1887 there have been constructed
on the Pacific Coast and documented at
San Francisco more than 500 steam and
sail vessels, the collective values Of which
run high into the millions Of dollars.
At the date of the last completed fig
ures for the whole State. the value OF
the property Of California for assessment
purposes was 81 ,29O 750, ,465, the returns be-
ing for the year 1902. The total value OF
property in California in 1852. when gold
was at flood tide in this State, was Ss4.-
579,375. Perhaps a stronger contrast be-
tween the material conditions in "ths
days Of gold' and those Of the present
day cannot be found than in this advar-
sion to the matter OF real values.