Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25

of the factory, of the citrus belt, of the
oil felds-in fact, all the golden wealth
of this state of ours-will be brought
to this show window, or exposition, anu
there exhibited, to reveal to the eyes
of the entire world our wealth ana
beauty. And it means development, 1t
means wealth and capital for the entlre
state Of California.
"Some of my friends very frequently
smile at mel suppose they say II is
due to the pride of native son OF Cal
ifornial-when l say to them that the
state of California is bound to become
the greatest manufacturing state IN the
American Union; and yet l say that,
with a full knowledge of the facts. L
believe [ can say tonight, without fear
of contradiction, that know my state
of California better than any other ltV-
ing man in this state l canVasSed four
teen of it's counties for the United
States congress. I made my campaign
for governor from one end of the state
to the other; at the head of two great
fraternal organizations l have neces-
sarily visited almost every city and
town in the state.
81 know California;; 1 know her soil;
I know her glorious climate; 1 know
her inexhaustible resources; 1 know
her natural wealth: I know the char
acter of the people of this state; and l
think I know every heart throb of the
masses Of the people of my state.
know something Of their struggle be-
cause I have participated in those
struggles myself. know something of
the struggles that are going on among
the homes of the great plain people of
my state.
TO LEAD IN MANUFACTURING
"I have tried to visit the great fac
tory states of America and believe
the time win come. and come soon-the
next ten years will confirm the proph-
ecy that 1 am making here tonight
that California will be bound to be-
come the greatest manufacturing COM
nunity in the world. And why? Be
cause nature has poured into our laps
all the necessary raw material.
Down in the Imperial valley they
are building cotton mills. One mill
alone has signed up for $4,000 acres of
cotton. over on the hillsides of this
state are great herds of sheep to sup
ply our wooden mills, and understand
that lust few miles down the coast
they are nucovering greater deposits of
iron than those found on the shores OF
Lake Superior. We have gone down
into the heart of the earth and we
have tapped those great reservoirs of
oil ana we udNS puiuPSO llie1l OL "
the surface. We have a wealth of fuel
for all time in the state of California.
"And then, too, in those snow-capped
Sierra mountains, there is enough wa
ter running to generate enough cleo
tricity to turn every wheel in the
whole world. We have raw material;
we have power; and what next?
eyes, you have your labor. A labor
ing man in the state of California can
produce more product than the la
boring man of any other community
In the world. I know whereof speak
on that particular point When I sat
in the United States congress some six
years ago I went to my colleagues
and 1 said to them, we would like to
build a great battleship out here on the
Pacific coast at the government navy
yard Why they said to me, in the
interest of economy we can't do that.
because those men at Mare Island
work only eight hours day and their
brethren in the shipyards of the east
are worked ten hours.
RICH IN RESOURCES