The San Francisco call., 1904-10-07
GREAT LESSONS
TO BE LEARNED
AT ST. LOUIS
Worlds Products Point Way
to New Industries in
California.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.-Frank A. Kim
ball, the representative of San Diego
County at the Worlds Fair, has writ
ten for The Call the following state
ment showing some of the good results
attained by his home county through
its connection with the great exposi-
ton: 4,
The Worlds Fair has brought into direct
and actual contact with people from all parts
of the world. Whatever may have been our
conception OF the perfections of own social
relations at the most southwestern seashore
Of the United States, there is not one person
Of who has not seen many places where the
rough corners Of not only our particular sec
ton, but OF the entire Pacific Coast, and for
that matter the whole country, nave not oesn
rounded off and more or less polished by the
habits. manners and customs which obtain
among the representatives OF all the nations
here congregated With US the social side OF lire
has been thrown so far into the background
by the rush and push of competition, engen-
dered by the insane desire of meney-getting,
that it's pleasures have been almost eliminated,
but viii now be taken up and applied in such
a manner that ultimately our social condition
To the farmer of this section the world S
processes of agriculture are spread out. and
he will not be slow in adopting every method
which will reduce manual labor and cheaper
the cost of production. The products of agrt-
culture and horticulture the world over are in
evidence and as every country is willing and
chard and vineyard with those of every other
country, may confidently look forward to a
large increase in number and variety Of agri-
cultural and horticultural products.
OF special interest to the farmer is the
comparison of our cereal grains with those Of
other countries, and he will be prompted to
ask why he should plant oats that weigh from
26 to 35 pounds to the bushel when at the
same time he that New Zealand grows
oats weighing more than forty-five pounds to
the bushel, and at no greater cost. The same
applies TO many other farm products. The veg
ea1,fa alrn ornto ~ Axr-
hibition of the vast number of toothsome veg
etables shown in the French and japanese sec
tions, grow them, pack them in equally at
tractive packages and demand admission to the
markets OF the world. Many eyes have al
ready been turned in this direction. and the
virgin soil Of San Diego County Will not mis-
lead the investigator into the possibilities OF
competition with those who now command the
great market
No county in the State can show a greater
variety and number of fiber producing plants
than can San Diego County. and IL only
of production a scale that will induce
/ manufacturers to take the material and
turn out the millions of pounds of binding
twne used annually east and west OF the Mis-
/ sissippi River. An examination into this sub
ject should add to the list of farm products
this most important one, and thereby establish
a and valuable industry. Every country
exhibits its most advanced implements in every
DEPARTMENT of human activity and many OF
them will be adopted by people 1t is
much to be regretted that the schools of San
Diego County are not represented in the Pal
ace Of 'Edueataion. Nevertheless every advance
will be noted.
If few hundred of our farmers could be
induced TO spend week or two in the. Palace
! OF Agriculture and, Horticulture they would be
| inspired to take ub many lines of pro-
/ duction adap pted TO new markets that the
| boom days would return to stay. Consider
/ for a moment single building covering twen-
! ty acres of ground with ten miles of avenues
! from twelve to twenty-five feet wide, crowded
/ on both sides with the products of all lands.
/ fresh and preserved, and in all OF
| packages to attract attention and tempt the
palate appetite, and that q person must
! travel more than twenty miles to be able tc
see both sides Of the avenues; then will cne
/ be able in some degree to comprehend the vast
educational advantages TO be obtained by g
! iting the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSITION