The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-08-25
COLONEL r. J. PARKER OFFERS
VALUABLE SUGGESTION TO
PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON.
A Plan That Has Done Wonders to
Encourage immigration to State
of California.

Colonel Frank J. Parker returned
this morning from trip to California.
When ne left here a couple of months
ago he thought he was very sick man
and struck out in search of health,
recreation and cool breezes. He sud
denly struck the bright idea that he
would go to San Francisco ana give
his wife, who now resides there with
one of her sons, a chance to take care
of him. The result is ne is now home
again looking and feeling better than
for years. While in Frisco it was cool
enough to wear OVercOats the whole
time, in fact the interior Californians
go there to escape the heat and dust
of the interior.
While there he did what he could
for the Lewis & Clarke exposition to
be held in Portland next year.
He thinks the management are be-
hind the times in advertising the fair,
| for California, to a great extent. is in
blissful ignorance that such fair is
proposed.
| Speaking to a Statesman reporter OF
| the conditions in the Golden state, Col
onel Parker said: Let it be well
known among the apple growers Of
| the state of Washington that there
| will not be one-twentieth Of an apple
| crop in California this year. In Fresno
| alone where they usually export 2000
carloads, this year 500 cars will easily
| handle the crop there
| The labor troubles in San Francisco
have become so disgusting to the peo-
ana anarchistic tactics of the leaders
that no sooner is a strike talked of
/ than it is squelched. for the labor men
themselves are tired of the trouble and
poverty brought upon them by their
| self-appointed leaders. who appear to
order strikes for no other purpose than
to blackmail employers in order to line
| their own pockets" said Colonel Park
! er. The Citizens alliance has a very
| strong organization, with the best legal
| talent, detectives, ETC., and has a
standing advertisement in every paper
| and magazine offering 5000 reward for
| evidence to convict any union man in
| terfering in any way with non-union-
| lists.
There is one thing" added the colo
| mel our state could copy with profit
| and that is the California Promotion
bureau 1t is. and has done wonders
| to encourage immigra ton to California
| by giving out all and every information
| to all sorts and condition of men where
| to settle according to their means. 1t
| has already been the means of cutting
| up five enormous old land grant
| ranches and settling them up. 1t is
kept up solely by contributions of San
| Francisco, and they say it is a good
investment"
Colonel Parker thinks if the cities
| of the Sound and east of the mountains
were to combine and get up a similar
| organization, lit would work wonders
But" he said. california means
San Francisco and she has no rival
| while here there are many Cities but
let all get together, study the Cali
| fornia Promotion bureau methods and
we could cut California out Many
people there are tired of the periodical
floods in the north and drouths in the
south, that if -hundredth part of
the advantages our prolific state offers
were only made known it would take
a Japanese army to stop the immigra-
ton here, for in California they have
only fruit to raise, while here we have
that and everything else from a coal
gold, silver, lead or iron mine to a
saw mill to start on"