The Holly chieftain., 1924-04-24

stories, this is merely the bac,
/ wash OF a veritable tidal wave oil
/ emigration to the southwestern
I coast The population growth i,
/ permanent and the attendant fea
lures, including building and the
establishment of new Industries all
indicate that the w0st coast will
within a comparatively brief peri
cd Of years. have greater popuia-
lion than the Atlantic coast
| The west coast does not have as
productive a back country as the
! east coast, hence the demand for
staple foods will 20 ont over a
much greater area than is the ease
along the Atlantic coast.
1t is interesting to note that dur
ing 1923. the citv of Los Aneeles is-
sued G2h4S building permits with
total value of 500 1331Sl00 An
other significant figure is the an
ncuncnmcnt by the telephone com
pany that There are 2l9,2n3 phones
in use within the city. which is a
| ratio of one to each four individ-
uals This ratio Is larger than that
of any other city in the world.
The auestion naturally arises.
how are these peoDle TO be fed?
County AGENT r., w Hodgson of
| los Anecles county was asked
| whether he expected to STAY on
| the lob manv years in view of the
| constant encroachment of popula-
| tion upon the land aren of the
county. He said there was no i'm
minent nrospeet of dis"ontinu'np
co,ltv agent work in view of the
| fant that los ANGELES county, in
| 1909. had 2 total erop production
volued Mt $50 690 1872 90, II Is the
richest AGRICULTURAL county in the
United States Comparisou with
orr own Weld county for the same
wear indicates the latter's produc-
! tion figures to be about onc.fourth
of those Of Los Angeles county.
The question Is what does this
production consist of? The larger
| items include such acreage as 80
s25 acres in oranges, 1l,263 acres in
lemons. 2213l acres in walnuts A..
| 992 acres in apricots and so on
/ down the line of fruits. nuts and
| truck cropS which are high priced
| specialized forms of agricultural
production for which it is neces.
sary to seek an outside market
In the line OF staples the only big
figures in Los Angeles county are
10000 acres in sugar beers, $4,000
acres in beans and 2S,000 acres in
alfalfa The acreage of staples such
4 as corn, oats, wheat barley. etc, is
! quite limited, indicating that bread
and meat must be brought from u
distance to supply the demands fol
staple foods People cannot live
Oh oranges. almonds and avocados
Population growth on the coast
is not confined to the Los Angelo,
area. the influx scattering out oyeI
i the state from San Francisco to Sar
4 Diego 1t hardly needs emphasis
TO reach the conclusion that beef
pork, mutton. butter, bread and
potatoes from the irrigated sec
tons and the range country Of the
intermountain states VIII find an
\ expanding market on the coast.
4 California people realize the need
4 for new sources OF food and the ef
fort to meet it is through tho de.
velonment of irrigation projects
such as the Boulder dam on the
I Colorado river in Nevada. This de
! velopment Is coming. but it is Il
matter of years and in the interim
! industrial expansion undoubtedly
will continue 1t isn't climate alone
that presages continuance of the
westward tide At the bottom OF
it is the awakening of the Orient
where Western civilization is in
Producing new machinery, new de
vices, new food habits and the de-
| mand for manufactures that will
make Pacific coast cities the in.
dustrial supply bases for tremend
GUS trale. As the Coast grows in
| dnstrially the back country profits
| by the demand made upon its food
! resources
These statements are not proph.
ecy, but the reflection of opinion
strongly held by people on the
/ Coast who are stalking their dol
! lars on the future.
/