The San Francisco call., 1913-08-05
An Irresistible Invitation

work that should be taken up by every county
in northern and central California without an in
stants unnecessary delay.
Through the efforts of the Promotion and Devel-
opment Committee of the Humboldt county
Chamber of Commerce University OF California
farm adviser has been appointed for permanent
service in the county, which will be linked
more closely to the of the state by the exten-
sion of the Northwestern Pacifics line to Eureka.
The Humboldt county farm adviser will IN
crease the population of Humboldt county and the
wealth of those responsible for its present devel-
opment.
The ultimate hopes of northern and central
California are inseperably bound up in the sue
cesses of the men on the land.
The optimistic and exceedingly comfortable
northern Californian is too prone to believe, or at
least to declare, that the opening of the Panama
canal will solve the northern California develop
rnent problem.
It may help solve that problem, but it does
not involve the solution. The man who comes
through the canal from southern Europe and is
landed in California with his hopes, his family
and $50 or 500 may be factor in the develop
ment of northern CALIFORNIA; lands. He can not
be the original developer.
The two great valleys, or the major portions
of them may be cut up into 10 and 20 acre tracts,
each capable of providing comfortable living
for family But the immigrant with a family
and only few dollars can not be made to fit
those tracts.
They are naturally and inevitably high priced
lands Their cultivation involves comparatively
expensive preparation and costly intensive culti-
vation.
They are the ideal homes and the ideal invest
ments for the American the foreigner who has
from 81 900 to $1,000 and a desire to get back to
the comforts and the profits of the soil.
The great majority of that kind of men know
nothing of farming, and those who do know some
thing about farming. and farming conditions in
the east or in Europe know less than nothing
about conditions in California and the methods
essential to success in California.
That kind of men can be brought to California
and made successful, contented producers if the
several counties Of California will say to them
1--WE stand behind you. Your success is our sue
cess Come to California. We will tell you what
to raise and how to raise it. We will protect you
in the first instance from the sharper AMI then
against your own ignorance We will help you
because we want YOU to help u.s..
Sacramento county furnishes an excellent case
in point Sacramento county is one of the most
favored orange and olive districts on the globe.
There are approximately 100000 acres of the best
orange and olive lands in that county planted.
They are waste or have been devoted to grain
raising.
Every one Of those acres planted means 500 a
year addition to the wealth of the county after six
years, and thereafter an increased annual addi-
ton up to 500 or more.
That is a matter which bespeaks the earnest
attention of every taxpayer and every wage
Private corporations vending lands have under
taken to insure the success of their customers to
insure their own success. They have employed
the best soil and horticultural experts available.
They have placed them at the service of the pur-
chasers of their lands and thereby they have ma lie
purchasers.
What the private corporation can do the county
can do more advantageousy. A tax of cent an
acre in Sacramento county would enable that
county to equip itself with an admirable farm ad-
visory organization of the highest type.
Such an organization would enable its repre-
sentatives to go into the east and into Europe
and say to the people: Bring your money AMI
your energies to California The government will
stand behind you; will help you achieve that
measure Of success which is possible only in Cali
fornia."
Thousands of the right kind of citizens the
right kind of home builders, would find such an
invitation irresistible.