Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-17

comprehend and do what is so easily
within their power, and It will be of
a status that will be impregnable to a
competition that will be seriously em-
| barrassing. IL is the time now to give
study to what should be done, and to
set about doing 1t.
To promote extension of trade Is per-
haps the most important work to be
done, but to develop IL into the largest
volume it is necessary first that there
should be an importing supply of such
commercial commodities as are re-
quired and at a cost that will assure
reasonable profits. Trade cannot he
gained nor retained unless prices in
the markets. foreign or domestic, are
such as to successfully meet the COM
petition of rivals. AS much of those
commodities as possible should be pro-
duced near by, where the merchant and
exporter reside. Production at home
Is the best assurance that the source
of supply will be reliable. The most
prosperous communities are those
which produce in largest surplus be-
yond their own consumption.
More Manufactures
Hence IL is important that in or near
Los Angeles there should be promoted
manufa cturing i'm every practicable
line. Southern California produces con-
siderable wool, and 1t should be local
ly manufactured and sent away in
fabric. rather than fleece, to the ex-
tent that It is not required locally. The
same Is true of hides that should be
tanned here and converted into fin
ished products for supplying home de-
mand and for expectation of any sur
plus. It is not from a few great in
dustries that a people thrive best, but
in the many small ones comparatively
that are feasible to be engaged in here
through the variety of the productions
of this southwestern corner of the re-
public.
If we are to have the benefit of the
lowest prices for home supply and for
expectation there should be steel
plants, smelters and shipyards. All
these Industries are practicable here,
for their products will have both do
nestle and foreign demand. Any rea-
sonable aid demanded should be rem
dered by our capitalists as n matter of
the common welfare No country can
forever prosper on speculation in real
estate and the influx of capital from
abroad. To build up industries and
trade is the best assurance of ad-
vance in realty values. 1t will bring
both people and money. To assure per-
of prosperity and growth
JHeTe De IlOJ Ouly lIlG pIOHto ue-
rived from local trade, but from the
sale of surpluses to other localities.
Greater Production
The citizens Of Los Angeles are not
more interested in the city's growth
than the whole people of Southern
Increase of population and
business in the city will cause greater
demand for the products of the coun- |
try, which should stimulate efforts to
produce more largely from the soil in
variety and quantity. The greater the
population of this city the better will
be the market for what the rural dis |
tricts produce, as Is the invariable rule |
when producers and consumers live in
for in that case cost of
is saved. Beyond that
food supplies are fresh, which applies |
10 a very large part of what people |
consume when fresh food is obtain
able
1t is a fact that now there is brought
from more or less distant localities
much that should be supplied from the
vicinity. This causes an
outgo that ought not TO exist, and need
not exist If good Judgment were exer-
cised and energies were directed on
common sense lines. 1t is a mistaken
dea, If any entertain it, that a livingl
AN honorably be acquired in California
without work. Somebody must per-
orm manual labor, and in most cases
t is more profitable than to engage in |.
ealty agencies. There are abundant
,road acres not yet devoted to the most
Useful and profitable productions
Much more land in the neighborhood
II Los Angeles ought to be converted
nto gardens. All that can be pro-
luced in them would find ready and
,aying markets at the present time,
md a greater supply will be required
is the city grows. Home markets are
he best, as general rule, and till
hey are adequately supplied those dis
ant should not be thought of except
IS to those varieties to the growth OF
which soil and climate are specially
dapted. City and country should CO.