The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
MERCHANTS VIEW
new CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Excursionists
Are Shown Progress in
Tulare Citrus Belt
Modern municipalities Are OBJ
jects of Keen Interest to
the Visitors
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


wide path across the county lies the
Tulare citrus belt, groves melting into
groves, the march of trees broken onlyJ
by the growing cities. market places
for the fruit from the Iowlands and
foothills.
It was through this section of Cali
fornia. which is really new California
that the special excursion train carry
ing the 1000 members of the San Fran [
cisco merchants association passed to- !
day. The visitors beheld modern mu-
inequalities. which a few years ago
were only sparse settlements. Great
packing houses have sprung up at ,
these marketing centers, which for (.
ward the fruit to the eastern sea- !
board. The heavy flow of returns ex-
.hibits itself in the vigorous develop
ment, both rural and urban.
The Tulare citrus country. today in .
its infancy, has already reached pro-
portions that rival the famous River
side region. Many thousand acres here ,
still await the settlers
DAY OF KEEN INTEREST
This has been a day of keenest in !
terest for the San Franciscans Their
itinerary carried them to Porterville |
this morning. thence to Lindsay and
Exeter, and tonight they have paused
at Visalia. the mother city of the lower 6
valley. Reaching back to an earlier
day Visalia reflects the romance of an
earlier California. It has combined
the new with the old. Modern build
ings, great local improvements and
avenues of beautiful residences pro- {
claim 1t as ready to lead in the state $
today. as it was in the days gone by. +,
The attractive city of Porterville ex-
tended an early welcome this morning
Among those on the reception commit
tee were l.. w. Laumeister, E. f. Gra-
ham. w E. Promo, ]. B. Lamkin, A.
j. Delaney, David Vaughn and Fred
erick Osborn. The visitors were es-
corted about the city and taken in |
automobiles through the orchards 1t
was one of the most attractive sights
on the entire trip. The run to Lindsay
was made over rails bordered by the
orange and the lemon. On the east |
the whitened crests of the Sierras
looked down upon the rolling hills and
valley bathed in sunshine
Lindsay. which has the distinction of |
having doubled its population during
the last year. extended cordial greet
ing. It's committee for the occasion |
was composed of J. V Hood. A. c. Tim
ken, r. NJ. Graham. c. V. Reed A. NJ | ,
Hostetter, Henry Maxwell C. B. Bow
ker. Chester Dowel. Z. r. Daniels and {
F. L. Weston. ,
CITY MERCHANTS WELCOMED
From Lindsay quick run carried
the special to Exeter, another center
of the citrus region. Here brick and
concrete blocks are replacing the
wooden structures destroyed by recent =
fires. From this point electric rail-.
way traces the orchards to the lower
slopes of the Sierras. The San Fran
ciscans were received at Exeter by
special committee consisting of Frank
Mixter. S. l.. Brown, G.. NJ. Chamber
lain, c. 3. Davidson, H. .. Lester c. .
g. knight and T. c. Ostrander.
Visalia gave one of the heartiest re-
ceptions on the trip. The San Fran
ciscans spent the afternoon visiting
the local merchants and this evening
were the guests of the Kaweah |
club The Visalia committee to greet
the northerners included Adolph Sweet
r. F. Cross, Leon Goldstein, Harry Lo-
cey. w. r. Becker, B. NJ. Maddox, Leslie
Cook. A. Lewis, s. Mitchell and ]. S.
Johnson.
COUNTY'S ACHIEVEMENTS
At the Kaweah club in visalia tonight
the San Francisco merchants were in
formed of theg reat growth of Tulare
county. They weret old that more than
1.000,o00 boxes of citrus fruit were
shipped out last year: that more than
$1,500,500 was received from dried fruit |
products; that the creameries paid out
more than 100000 monthly, and that
the population had more than doubled
since 1900 President Maddox of the
|
Ninety per cent of the capital that |
has financed the orange groves of this
section came from Los Angeles. Tulare
county today is the largest producer of
oranges and butter in theystate of Cali
fornia. Riverside and Los Angeles are
coming to Tulare, as this county now
produces more oranges than the other
two combined.
Maddox closed with this statement:
San Francisco is going to hold a large
Panama-Pacific. international exposition
in 1915. We of Vfsalia and Tulare
county are interested in that fair as it
will mean great deal to this valley
You can count on us to lend you all
the aid we possibly can, as San Fran
cisco is the logical and only place.
ROBBINS SPEAKS
President w. H. Robbins Of the Mer-
chants association in very pleasing
style explaine ed the purposes of the trip |
In part he said:
Eve are glad to, be able to meet you
here at home, and when I say that /
mean that we do feel at home. We of
San Francisco are part of Visalia and
the whole home of San Joaquin. and
we want you to feel that way toward
u.s. The same red blood corpuscles flow
through our veins. Our interests are
common and identical. We have come
here for purposes OF trade. We have
learned a great deal about your won
0eT1ul Valley, sDul let ME state IldC
though 80 per cent of the capital In
vested in orange groves may have come
from Los Angeles. remember that San
Francisco capital built the Valley road
so that you could market your products,
that San Francisco capital financed and
built the big irrigation bitches here,
that San Francisco capital built the
canneries and packing houses here. We
have been pretty busy at home for the
last 10 years in. rehabitating our stores.
stocks and buildings
s.We have spent close on $500, ,0G0, 000
We are now on our feet and turn our
eyes and attention toward the rich San
Joaquin We want you to trade with
San Francisco and feel that we take
an interest in your wants and. needs
We are now fully awake and hence
forth you can nfcount on US in FULL
J. A. MacLafferty of the San Fran
cisco party told of San Francisco's
plans for trade expansion.
Secretary Mot of the Tulare county
board of trade told of the days when
the whole country herea bouts was