The San Francisco call., 1904-09-22


the association, be followed to the bitter END
repeated cheers).
Now, Mr.. Secretary, We congratulate you
on your appointment And We ask you, upon
your return TO Washington, 10 convey 10 the
President the best VIII and sentiment OF the
commercial organizations, with the assurance
OF Endorsement by this community ana Win
expressions OF confidence in you and him.
This ended the formal congratula-
tions and greetings. Toastmaster NeW-
hall, introducing Secretary Metcan'
merely mentioned his name. ne
Secretary was complimented by the
audience standing, cheering, waving
handkerchiefs and drinking his health.
he was evidently pleased and at once
began his response.
SECRETARY SPEAKS.
The address of Secretary Metcaif
vas. in full, as follows:
There is nothing that warns Californian 5
heart so much as a California greeting, ana
such a greeting / have received tonight al
ycur hands 1 appreciate your courtescyi ap-
preciGte this evidence cf your good VIII ana
appreciate the spirit that has animated you
welcome, this more than cordial reception, ana
especially do / thank you FOR the oppoT tunlty
thus afforded me OF saying something 10 you
concerning the resources OF our state, It's
growth and development and the prlght pros
poets that are IN store for It In the lulure.
The development of California IN the past
has been most remarkable. perhaps more so
than the development Of any other state IN
the Union. Our commonwealth, which was
the thirty-first OF the forty-dve States IN the
order OF admission to the Union, now STANDS
twenty-liTst IN population, fourteenth III Fatue
of agricultural products ana tWellth IN Na1us ~
o. manufactures. and there ls no Slale iil
the Union with 2 population approAlmatsly
equal that approaches US IN the value oi lhe
products OF farm and factory combined.
For a long time after the discovery or solo
upon the Pacific Coast California was regafaeu
by the rest of the world as a great MINING
camp. dependent chiefly upon her output oil
geld and silver for growth, ~hich was
sometimes stigmatiZed as mushroom IN IL
character. But recent years have changed an
that. The mining camp long since neca.ne s.lu,s a
settled and prosperous community whose varied
activities extend into all fields OF INDUSTRY
and the reputation Of our Suare no longer rests
solely uDon the products Of Its mines IN
deed as a producer OF precious meta1s & &CoIo-
r1dO now FAR Outranks Us, producing alANos'
twice as much gold and silver as we 90 IN
1902 Iour mines produced about slo, ,tS<'VVV
prrrff of gold constituting over 90 -Ifth OF the
product Of the United states. ano me total
production Of our state from the year IA
which gold began to be produced IN CONNER
cial quantities to the present time Is about
81 SS4 600. eco, which is 54.4 per cent OF more
than one-half OF the total value Oh an OF tHs
gold that has been produced in the united
States.
DEVELOPING RESOURCES.
In m. meantime our other resources. which
promise a more substantial and satisfactory
basis OF prosperity than mining alone coulo
ever supply have been developed through the
energy. the enterprise and push OF our Gnu
zens and to-day the value OF our agricultural
and manufactured products IS more than NJ
teen times the value OF our mining ProoucIs,
including petroleum. We rank seventh OF the
States in farm area. having more than 2S UUO-
O0e acres Of land under cultivation IN lSuV
California realized from her farms ana Or
cfards over Sis. 900, 600. and OF the SlleOOJ-
GO thus produced over SOS, OOo. coo. or nearly
p per cent, consisted OF fruits alone. and
comprised seven-eighths OF all OF tne SUD
in
But perhaps il might not be an1iss 10 give
YOU some figures showing the products OF our
California farms and orchards. At one time
California was the great wheat growing state
OF the Union but have been gradually sur
passed by other States. and from proeuc-
ton OF 45 O97 l95 bushels in 1895 We Ieh 10
90 g2e 1872 bushels in 1908. The State OF
washington is running US a close race IN
1852 Washington produced 2, 10000 bushels
OF wheat and In 1903 she produced l9,sSG,34o
busheIs-alnost the same quantity that was
produced in the State Of California. California,
Union in the production Of barley, and she
stands pre-eminently first in the production OF
all OF the sub-trOpicsl fruits We can pro-
duce in this State al Of the ra1sins consumed
in the United States
In 1870 We produced about 1900 boxes Of
raisins OF the value of thirteen hundred odd
dollars and in 1903 we produced $500. coo
boxes OF the value Of S5,5se, 500 In 1889 we
produced i e91 O19 bushels Of peaches 465
per cent OF all the peaches produced in the
United States but in 1899 we produced s,563-
427 bushels, or 55.49 per cent of all Of the
1929 we produced 5, 1872, O36 bushels Of plums
and prunes or about Go per cent Of all OF the
pIums and prunes produced in the United
States; / 9i2 SIS bushels Of pears, or 2S.ST per
cent OF all Of the pears grown in the United
states: B. $50. 1913 boxes Of oranges. or 1882
per cent Of all OF the oranges grown in the
United States; S74 ,305 boxes OF lemons. or
90 20 per cent Of all Of the lemons grown in
the United States; and nuts Of the value Of
81 AL 1877 or "A per cent Of all Of the nuts
grown in the United States.
California to-day is the greatest grape
growing State in the Union. In 1900 there
were 1ST establishments engaged in the pro-
duetion Of vinous liquors, and the value Of
the product was $3,937. s71. We are the first
wine State in the Union, and our wines are
OF 50 high a quality and rare a flavor that
they compare fsvOrably with the choicest vint-
ages Of Europe. So. too. have taken the
first rank among the States OF the Union
in the great modern industry OF fruit and
vegetable cannong and over thirteen million
dollars worth Of these fruits go into cans
every year
MANUFACTURING PROGRESS.
But striking and gratifying as this agri-
cultural DEVELOPMENT is, we have achieved
even greater things in manufactures. The
manufacturing development Of the United
States Is the most remarkable chapter in the
worlds history. and we citizens Of California
have a riEht TO think that the most remark
able pag. in this remarkable chapter is that
which records the Industrial history OF
own State There is much about il which
nowhere be eQualed. 1t has been sui generis