The San Francisco call., 1905-03-15
CHIPM MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT
Board of Trade Listens to
Pleasing Story of the
Progress of California

General n. p. Chipman of the Califor-
MIA State Board of Trade yesterday sub
mitted an annual report of more than
common interest. Therein he covered
in detail at length of many news
paper columns the conditions attending
California in a material way, the whole
making an exhaustive and convincing
review.
Prior 10 making his review General
Chapman called attention to the fact
that the State Board of Trade, or
ganized in 1877, has lived to witness in
large measure the fulf1llment of its
hopes and desires in the direction OF
State growth. in which the California
State Board of Trade has been large
ly instrumental. He also alluded to
the fact that the board has maintained
a permanent exhibit for fifteen years
and that 1000, 900 persons at least have
viewed the exhibit. as many as 10000
attending on special days.
The growth of the industries of the
State was also indicated by a general
statement, which was in part as fol-
lows:
In 1877 our State made but little impression
upon the fruit market outside OF the State
IN 1890 the shipments had reached 1900 car
loads OF ten tons each. In 1904 the shipment
.
gardens points beyond the State reached
nearly 100000 carloads.
There Is every evidence that the year lsoo
the State ever known in history, and the time
is Opportune for their coming. The State is
in a highly prosperous condition and every
indication at this moment forecasts a period
of great productiyeness in all directions OF
State development
General Chipman reviewed the dis
tribution of fruit production in Cali
fornia and said in part:
The distribution OF acreage remains practi-
caIly unchanged OF the 1898 carloads of ten
tons each of green deciduous fruit, 81 car
loads were from the southern part Of the
state. or the I5,676 carloads of dried fruit,
SAL went from the south. OF 3S,5T4 carloads OF
citrus fruit, 3635s were from the southern
portion Of the State and 2216 from the north
ern and central portions OF the 9sl carloa DIS
carloads of wine and brandy 966T were from
the north. or 47s7 carloads of vegetables 23sl
SUBSTANTIALLY all green, dried and canned
deciduous fruit and wine and brandy goes
from the northern and central regions. and
the citrus fruits are shipped from this region
The most of the walnuts are produced In the
south OF nuts the north produces almonds
principally The shipments of vegetables are
about equal from the two regions
Arthur R. Briggs, manager and Sec
retary of the board, reported the work
of the past year. The receipts were
Increased TO $14,673 49, as compared
with SO 254 90 the preceding year. One
hundred thousand visitors saw the per-
manent exhibit of the board in the
ferry building in 1904. The board con-
Quoted excursions TO Modesto, two to
st. Louis and one to the Big Basin.
Among the measures that were sup
norted were receding the Yosemite Val
lev and Mariposa Big Tree grove
TO the Federal Government: the i'm
movement in cereal culture in Cali
fornia; the project of Pacific Ocean
Exposition on the completion of the
Panama canal: the bond issue to i'm
prove the water front of San Fran
cisco: the Improvement of Oakland
harbor: making a California exhibit at
the Lewis and Clark Exposition: the
reclamation of swamp and overfiowed
lands along the Sacramento and San
JOAQUIN rivers. The board was repre-
sented in the Trans Mississippi Con-
gress at St Louis. The National Re-
tail Grocers' Association was enter
tanned.
on motion Of John P. Irish it was
voted to make excursions to the Luz
ther Burbankeexperimen farms; also
TO the national plant gardens at Chico
and to Stanford University and the
Mt Hamilton Observatory. George A.
Dennison was granted leave of absence
TO serve as secretary of the California
commission to Portland until the close
of the Portland Exposition. It was
voted to have pictures made of Cali
fornia valleys to be displayed at Port
land. The old boards of directors and
officers were reelected.