The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-04-06
SAN DIEGO RESfM-
BLES HOLY LAND
Especial to the Silver State.)


majority of the people of the civilized
lands there is no spot on earth which
has the deep interest for them that
surrounds the Holy Land; the cradle
of Christianity; the birthplace and
scene of Christ's life and labors and
TRANSPORTATION.
Through the Scriptures the symbols
of that arid yet fruitful land have
passed into our language, and the
figures of speech based on the olive,
the vine, the fig, the orange, the
pomegranate, are known to everyone
In the far southwestern corner of
the United States is region almost
the exact counterpart of the Holy
Land both in it's physical character
istics and it's climatic features. 1t
produces all of the products of that
famed region of sacred history, and
many more. There the gnarled olive
trees, planted by the Spanish padres,
testify to the longevity of that useful
tree. There the pomegranate flour
ishes. There the fig develops in per-
fection. There the lemon blossoms
and fruits from years end to year 3
end. There the juicy orange attains
unexpected lusciousness. There the
date has just recently been acclimat-
lied by government experts and now
outrivals the dates of the Arabian
desert or those of the Soudan.
Replica Of the Holy Land.
Remarkable as it may seem, the re-
gion about San Diego is almost re-
plica of the Holy Land in climate,
contour, topography, products-every-
thing but the inhabitants. Under
great encouragement, it is true, the
products of the Holy Land have be-
come the products Of Southern Cali
fornia, and it is now just as proper to
speak of the latter as "a land flow
ing with milk and honey" land of
the olive, vine, fig, date and orange,
as it formerly was to so characterize
the Holy Land.
The pioneers who fought the battle
of the wilderness and succeeded in
overcoming all kinds of problems in
reducing the desert of the southwest
to blooming, fruitful garden, de-
serve all manner of grateful recogni-
tion for their successes. The govern
ment has extended to them a helping
hand in many ways. Now nearly all
the raisins used in the United States
tion of the figs are grown there. Half
come from there.
Whether it is wise to encourage the
production of these things at home
instead of buying them from the
Arabs, the Turks, the Sicilians, the
Portuguese, the French-from those
beyond the seas wherever they be, is
not for us to decide here; but as the
people of California, Arizona and New
Mexico believe they have accomplish
ed notable feat in the subjection of
the great southwest, thew want the
people of the whole world to visit
them and be their guests at San Diego
in 1915 to see the story of the de-
velopment of the wonderful region so
much like Palestine of old, and to en-
joy the experience of plucking or
anges from the trees in midwinter, to
see throngs sporting in the surf at
Christmas time, to wander over the
hillsides knee deep in wild flowers in
March, and to learn what is meant by
"the joy of living" as they could
learn nowhere else so well as beneath
those sunny skies.
Resumes Plea for Tariff Board.
President Taft in an address to the
convention of the American Cotton
Manufacturers association, resumed
his plea for revision of the tariff only
after and inquiry by tariff board.
eve are in this country in respect
to every business, on protective
basis,' said the president. HI do not
mean that every business needs pro-
tective tariff, to enable it to live, but
mean that there are so many bust
nesses that are dependent on pro-
tective tariff that they may live that
to take away protective tariff from
them would disturb the whole bust
ness foundation of the countr~
Therefore, it is essential that
when we, who are charged with au-
thority as to the adoption of the laws
and the formation of tariff bills, at
tempt to amend them, we should know
we are touching the business of the
country and probably affecting it's
prosperity. Reforms are all right,
and I am as much in favor of them, if
/ see they are real reforms, as any
body; but the thing that makes most
for happiness is good business and
prosperity
Laws that affect the business Of the
country and may prove a menace to
prosperity, the president said, should
not be made by "rule of thumb, -
or with "blacksmith s tools,' but up
on sound information and advice.