The San Francisco call., 1909-10-09
PROSPERITY BASED
ON SOIL OF STATE
Metropolis Indebted to Titled
Sections for Credit and
Rehabilitation
By C. M. WOOSTER

The soil of California is making
good. The prophecies of those whose
optimistic views have caused some hui
man brake blockssto shudder have been
met. The demonstration that Califor-
MIA has not offered for sale it's climate
is reflected throughout the titled sec
tions of the state. To the responsive
soil of California its metropolis is
largely indebted for its credit and
substance and it's rehabilitation.
The soil harvest of the catastrophe
year was s40O.O00,000. The whole state
was rejoicing in it's maximum of pros
perity when our grand old. town was
given its solar plexus blow. The re-
yival spirit arose instanter, both in the
city and the country.
CHARM OF SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco has always borne pc
culiaT charm to the citizens of the in
terror of the state. and their pride was
stirred equally with that of the residents
of the city in behalf of the most vigor-
ous reconstruction. Men and mules
and. horses credit and money came to
San Francisco without a thought of
hesitation and the country has rejoiced
with us at the completion OF every
monument built TO take the place OF
an old familiar building gone.
In the realization of the stupendous
accomplishment of replacing a great
city in few months. achieving in this
a result equally marvellous was its
truction-wonderful in all history
the country fellow smiles as broadly as
does his city friend.
COUNTRY MAKES CITIES GROW
In proportion TO the development of
the country cities grow. This interest
ing rule is perceptibly proved in Cali
fornia by reason OF it's newness and the
remarkable rapidity with which both
country and city have developed.
Within the memory Of many of our
residents San Francisco was trading
post by reason of its harbor. the first
basis of its supremacy as the coast
metropolis.
Then there was no interior popula-
tion--no energy directed in behalf of
producing new ma terials from this land.
Large areas of land had been distributed
among the Spanish dons without re-
gard to measure. Land had no value
because there were no practical means
of utilizing its products in the white
mans way.
The inducement of mining brought a
people of new energy to California and
then began the evolution which fol-
lows the white mantle building of a
need for commerce and then its facil-
tiles.
BENEFIT OF IRRIGATION
since the beginning of that evolution
period the progress in the development
of both the country and the city has
been contemporaneous. The number of
persons who have come to California in
excess of those who have gone from
the state during the last five years is
approximately 100000. This new popu-
lation was distributed about equally
between the two chief ecities of the
state San Francisco and Los Angeles,
and the country.
The main attraction OF TINS immigra-
ton has been the colonization of vast
areas of land in various parts of the
state which have been made particu-
.larly. attractive by the installation of
IRRIGATION, and the modest price at
which the land has been offered and
sold to the home seeker
VAST TRACTS THROWN OPEN
In the Sacramento valley during the
last FIVE wears there have been thrown
omen for the small farmer large tracts
aggregating 0.000. acres and much
more is now in preparations; in San
JOAQUIN county 10000 acres; in Stanis-
laus and Modesto 100000 acres; in
MADEIRA and Fresno $4,000 acres; in
Kings. Tulare and Kern 250. 900 acres
and in Imperial valley and other sec
tions south of Tehachapi 100000 acres.
The middle western states are highly
prosperous in all branches of agricul-
ture. Land values there have risen
and the farmer is rich. His westward
march has proved profitable; the trials
of the frontier no longer exist, and
with equally good land to offer, COM
bined with irrigation and the long
growing seasons and open winter, Cali
fornia has drawn largely from corn
states in the peopling of this newly
opened field of intense farming.
PRODUCTS OF STATE
Resulting from this new energy lisa