The San Francisco call., 1904-02-15
GREAT SHOWING FOR PRODUCTS

great showing lot the pTOOuClS OF
the Sacramento Valley was made by
President Steffens, who is quoted as
follows concerning this interesting
phase of development:
The deciduous fruit shipments for 1908 from
this valley, vering a radius of say fifty
miles from this city. were 60l0 carloads. The
period OF the season covered was from May
The figures show that the Sacramento Val
ley section shipped SO cent of all the de-
cduous fruit sent from California during the
season OF 1909. They also show that Sacra-
mento shipped 25i2 per cent Of all the Sacra-
mentO Valley products for that period. This
OUTPUT as above stated has brought coed re-
turns TO the grower. and have reason to be-
lieve that the statement made to me is true
that in this particular the past season has
been one OF the best for many years II so. 1t
emphasizes the idea that control Of proper
distribution Of the fruit in the Eastern mar
kets is the best assurance TO the grower that he
Is 70 receive fair returns for his labor. / hope
soon TO such a well-ccntrolled distribution
set aside the precedents OF the past and that It
Will respond 10 the demands OF true spirit
OF commerce by paying the grower spot
cash for the products which represent his
hard labor and his anxious care
In addition 70 the COLO cars OF fruit as above
stated there were also shipped from points
north Of the Tehacha9 % additional cars OF
deciduous fruits. $50 cars of apples and 1900
cars of oranges: OF the latter. 1900 cars were
grown IN Kern and Tulare counties and from
other parts Of the San joaquin Valley 600
cars came from Sacramento. Placer and Butte
counties. The Butte County product, coming
miles north of us. is the first TO reach the
Eastern market. and is consequently free from
all risk of cold snaps that more or less jeop
ardize the later and larger shipments to East
ern markets from other sections OF the State.
SHIPMENT STATISTICS.
Some of the products shipped from
Sacramento were enumerated by Pres
ident Steffens The array was impos-
ing. The following ere some of the
statements as reduced to figures:
Hops $780, eco pounds that were worth 20
cents per pound the average vegeta bles
is 0o00 600 pounds; prunes. 1000, 600 pounds
beans. 100000 sacks; potatoes. 10OOO0
sacks; canned goods. coo cases; onions.
250, coo sacks; sweet wines. 650,oo0 gallons
claret and brandy. 10000 gallons: Almonds
300 tons -four 225. 600 barrels: beer 75 coo
barrels; fresh fish 1854 tons.
The prunes went largely to Antwerp and
run eighteen hours per day and some twenty
four. IT is reported that the dairy interest
here pays about 90 per cent better than It does
East
The output Of fish from the Sacramento
River as shown by the foregoing table calls
for a more extended notice OF the 1854 tons
shipped 944 tons were salmon which mostly
went to New York and Eastern points, some
going north. but none Of It going to San Fran
cisco Three hundred and ten tons cat
fish and shipped to Nevada Utah.
Colorado. Kansas, Missouri and south to Ari-
zona and New Mexico. The salmon catch
shows a marked increase
IN 10 lnC SiilplIicHlS dlIedQJ
mentioned there went forward from
Sacramento last year $50 carloads of
Strawberries to Portland, Seattle and
to points west of the Missouri River
Ten carloads of cherries went to New
York. Ripe olives to the amount of
125. 900 pounds were also shipped. Busi-
ness was good according to the testi-
mony of the mercantile community and
80 he ho nf co a,%o II,
building record shows an outlay of
1887 900 for the year, largely for new
homes. 1t is we'll known that during
the early part of last year contracts
were Cancelled and new plans laid
then arose between the Building Asso-
citation and the Building Trades.
KERN COUNTY'S NEEDS.
At the annual meeting of the Kern
County Board of Trade the following
named officers were elected for the
year: President. c. Brewer; first vice
president. A. WE'LL; second vice presi-
dent. G.. ]. Planz; treasurer. First Ma
tionaI Bank; executive committee-Gus
Schamblln, j. A. Hughes, b. A. Hay
den. V. E. Wilson, ]. NJ. Jameson and
s C. Smith. Secretary Brundage read
an annual report The board perform
ed much valuable work last year.
Speaking of the needs of Bakersfield.
Secretary Brundage said a municipal
building was required; park and play
ground for children would make Bak-
ersffeld more attractive; tree planting
should be kept up for the sake of shade
and beauty; better methods of oiling
the streets and keeping them in per-
feet condition should be used; lower
rates from the transportation compan-
les were needed to enable Bakersfield
to secure factories; pump irrigation
should be encouraged. Water. after
ALL" said Secretary Brundage, lis king;
and with cheap fuel and plentiful fuel
Kern County may justly claim super
iority over Others"
The Nevada County Promotion Com