The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 4, 1904, Page 6

ASSO Results of Magnitude Follow the Small Beginnings. California Assumes a Leading Position Among States. BY ANDREA SBARBORO. Manu and Producers’ As- less than fifty s of mapu- 1 it is need- gold the only that hides uence ere uctive capabili- in its early came in which were ir most ord v thousand who great firkins must well apples ked in as -omers re- rom the out- irred to no one ng. The only »ut gold and good things of time n to assert was lum- well as s many coun- supply of ar- i to the people of the Francisco in the ed very inter- as it must have been to ear comers, to see, one by one, jcles of product from the soil nufacture from raw material those formerly imported " s of the world. Well do flour pro- at Alviso fiour imported k via from $20 to n New York usual- jon, which caused the de cents jon hos »duce nufactured article 4 been the imported goc unfortuna now, a preju have h in most instances eve! = produce or manufacture r superior to that from abroad. e many of the imported en out of the market. foreseen that in less rs the tables would be that we would ship in enor- ntities back to the countries from which we originally obtained our supplies those very things that we had lately been rting from them? Cali- fornia flour now be found in all parts of the globe: our sugar is sup- plying all the other States west of the may Rocky Mountains CAN SUPPLY THE WORLD. Our wines are now greatly appre- ciated, not only by our own people, but are highly prized by connoisseurs in England, Germany and all parts of the . world. California in 1902 produced over 40,000,000 gallons wine, valued at over $12,000,000, This State is the only one in the Union where the true wine grape grows to perfection and, there- fore, we can produce here as fine wines ae are produced in any part of the world. So far, Americans are not wine- drinking people. They only use one- half gallon per capita per annum, as against fifty gallons consumed by all men, women and children in Italy, France and Spain, and in these wine- “ sproducing countries intoxicated persons are seldom seen. When the American people shall ac- quire the habit of using wines at table and consume, ten gallons per cap- ita, then this State will be able to sup- ply the demand by producing 1,000,000,- 000 gallons of wine, which will have an approximate value of $300,000,000. Our fruits, both fresh, canned and dried, are exported tv all parts of the giobe, and the low prices at which they can be furnished to consumers bring them withio the reach of the poor as well as the rich, Our citrus fruits have replaced the imported, and we can raise sufficient to supply not only the inhabitants of our own country, but also many other parts of the world. Most people will be sur- prised to know that recently several hundred boxes of navel oranges were shipped from Califernia to Italy by or- der of the government of the famous citrus fruit-producing country of Italy. Prunes. which we used to receive in large hogsheads from Germany and JFrance, arriving generally in a moldy condition, are now produced here, and are shipped back to these countries in fancy boxes, which arriving in splendid condition, command the highest praise from consumers. The raisins which we used to receive from Spain are now raised in this State character. | however, | eds of manu- | Cape | s with all | a new Cali- | SAN FRANCISCO PRESIDENT OF MANUFAC IATION REVIEW < | | | | ] e OSTRICH —o< M -EMONS PAC'K‘NG RAaIS .S (A} '"HAT ARE FOLLOWED CONDITIONS IN C | SIGNIFICANT SCENES THAT POINT OUT VARIETY OF OCCUPATIONS PROFITABLY ALIFORNIA. UNDER FAVORABLE ~3 and, by the genius of the Cali- John Forsythe, the seeds are d to the pleasure and happiness > housewife. world forniar the largest shipping have assumed such an im- portance that they are supplied all over the T d States and return the ers over $2,000,000 per annum powder was one of the most W= All the early settlers from the fornia. East had been accustomed to-use the | Preston & Merrill brand and when Mr. | Donnelly first introduced his California | paking powder, although it w rior and a pure article, hous fused to use it because they did not know its good qualities. To-day the great ba g powder manufacturing establishments of Schillihg, Foiger and Tillmann & Bendel ship large quanti- ties of the article throughout the United MANUFACTURES OF STATE. In manufactures we have been a lit- tle slower in making progre: cost of steam was formerly ag but now fuel oll and water power put us on a level with the world The first boots and shoes wcre made in a small factory employing hand la bor in 1860. There are now over thirty factories in the State, operated mostly by modern machinery. The old Wells, Fargo & Co. building on the corner of California and Mont- gomery streets and several ather of oup oldest buildings, erected in the early *50s, used granite brought from China. The granite brought from Quincy, Mass. Large granite quarries are now devel- oping in several parts of the State and modern buildings. Roofing slate is now also furpished from quarri in the State. ing and molded goods | prepared in the East began in San Francisco about eighteen years ago. Its manufacture from crude rubber, im- ported at San Francisco from South America and India, began about eight years ago. These goods are now shipped to the Egst in carload lots. Shipbuiling on the Pacific coast dates back to the time of Cortez, who established a shipyard at Zacatula on the west coast of Mexico in 1524, Later he built ships at Tehuantepec and at Acapulco to push northward for greater discoveries. From that time on, com- mercial, warlike and other causes have led to the building of ships and boats of wood along the coast of California and about Puget Sound. As early as 1850 nine coasting schoon- ers were built in a yard at North Beach. The £:st ocean steamer was turned out at San i“rancisco in 1864. The manufac- was not attempted until April, 1883. To- day shipbuilding is one of the great manufacturing industric of the State, employing thousands of wage-earners in over forty ship-building establish- ments. Every condition of ship build- ing required by the Gcvernment and by the merchant marine can now be met here. Our Olympi: and Orezon have proven that we can build as good fight- ing ~*’'ns as are built in tt -orld. The manufacture of trunks, valises, etc., was establish. ' in San Francisco thirty-six years ago. Its products now embrace every kind of trunks, valises, handbags, etc., and are supplied to the Pacific States and export trade. OTHER ENTERPRISES. Our clothing manufacturers, who be- gan to work on a small scale in 1865, are now producing most of - the material used in the State, thus giving work to thousands of deserving girls and women. Cordage manufacturing was one of the earliest industries, having been es- tablished in 1856. Its equipment now includes one of the two largest cable machines in the world, and its product commands a large home and foreign market. in sufiicient quantities to supply thel Gas engines began o be built in the old postoffice building contained | furnish proper material for the most | | The manufacture of rubber hose, belt- | from rubber | ture of iron ships on a commercial scale| ’80s. Since gasoline came into use this manuf: :ture has increased rapidly, un- til now engines of this class, made in | California, have the highest reputation, being supplied to all Pacific Ocean countries and even to some countries of Europe to introduce in Cali- | Leather tanning had a beginning in the early '50s at Santa Cruz. There be- ing no lumber avalilable at that point, tanning vats were constructed by fell- ing some of the big trees in that locality and scooping them out for use as vats. To-day we have sgome of the best equipped tanncries in the world with a value in products ranging from ten to twelve million dollars. The California oak-tanned leather is famous for its high ing qualities. Portland cement, of which so many millio: of barrels have been imported from Europe, is now supplied in this State of as good. if not superior, quality to that imported. The | us, | | One recent discovery which may be- come of great importance to the State has been that mine located at Copperopolis in Cala- veras County. Asbestos rock for wall plaster and fire proofing columns in buildings and | fire-proot floors is a very valuable ac- | asbestos plaster. | | Underwriters’ quisition for our It is light in weight and grayish in| The long fibers are | its natural color. also used to make asbestos steam pipe covering. It can be used on the out- side of buildings by adding one part| of Portland cement and two part§ of It becomes as hard as marble. An interesting test of this new fire- proof wall plaster was recently made in the presence of Chief Engineer D. T. Sullivan of the San Francisco Fire Department, Captain Comstock of the Patrol, representatives of the Board of Underwriters and many of the prominent architects and builders of this city. wall plaster was found to burn in five minutes, while the new asbestos plas- ter continued to withstand the fire. After fifteen minutes water was turned on and the wall found to be intact. This article, if found in sufficient quantities, may revolutionize our building materials and materially re- duce fire insurance. It will also prove a valuable protection to life in theaters and public hotels and buildings. Many new industries and products are yet in their infancy in this State. While we produce a large quantity of olives and can produce sufficient to supply the world, still that industry is not yet on a paying basis generally. Olives are grown in that part of the world where labor is cheap. Most of the picking is done by women and children and, consequently, olive oll can be imported to-day into California much cheaper than it can be produced here, but as the State becomes more densely populated and the women and children of the farmers will find enjoy- ment in the healthy exercise’ of pick- ing olives, then we will be able to compete in prices, as we do compete in quality, and make this industry a very profitable one to our farmers. There is another industry which has passed the experimental stage. It has been demonstrated that silk worms can be raised and the raw silk pro- duced in California more advantage- ously than in other parts of the world, as the State is practically exempt from the storms in the spring which frequently kill the worms in Europe. This industry requires cheap labor. The raw material is now imported from China, Japan and Italy and the American people pay every year fifty million dollars to those countries for raw silk. This is a work which occu- pies about sixty days in the spring- time when the farmer has little to do. If families of men, women and chil- dren would congregate as they do in Europe and feed the little growing silk worms, they would find this a very profitable industry. In Europe farm- ers depend upon it for their pocket money, many families earning, during iperiority in strength and wear- | made of an asbestos| new fine buildings. | | | | | | { | The ordinary | -3 ArAERIC AN BANMKERS ASSOC\ATTION SMWANE TANI AT AST )|~ CARGEST \N THE “wWomwD ‘o CALIFORNI MR. JOHN McNAUGHT, DEAR SIR: State. A STATE BOARD OF TRADE, UNION FERRY BUILDING. San Manager San Francisco Call, City— This is to express to you the appreciation that the State Board of Trade has of the work that has been and is being done by The Call in the dirgetion of encouraging settlement in this | I speak with some knowledge, at least with the experi- | ence of a good many years, when I say that I regard the immigra- tion work done through The Call as the most effective that has been done through any newspaper in the State inmy recollection. The immigration page, if I may so term it, has character, dignity and merit, and certainly from the favorable reports that come tome I amentitled to think is accomplishing much good. Besides this the editorial comments of The Call are most effective, and, bearing as they do, the force of a large commer_ cial daily must be regarded as the very essence of guod work. Yours very truly, Francisco, Cal., Deec. 29, 1903. Manager. these two months, from fifty dollars to five hundred dollars each. . FIELD IS IMMENSE. The fie'd of its immense resources has only yet been scratched over, but whether these industries will be devel- oped in the near future or in years to come will depend greatly on the in- crease of population and the labor mar- ket. Tt is well known that large man- ufacturing industries depend for their profits on large productions, frequent- ly gheir margin of profit is a very small per cent of the cost of the manu- factured article. Here labor is a large factor in the industry. A raise or fall large difference to the manuficturer. We can produce a great many articles which we now import from other coun- tries, but we cannot dispose of them at a profit on account of the difference in wages. Living is as cheap in Cali- fornia as in most parts of the civilized world. Laborers can work here all the year round which cannot be done in other parts of the world. Therefore, the laborer can, if he use thrift and frugal- ity, which unfortunately for him is not always the case, save more in Califor- nia than elsewhere. Our laborers have the facilities and generally profit by them of procuring homes for their families Dy th> pay- ment of small monthly installments through the home building and loan societies. These institutions, properly and honestly managed, have been pronounced.to be the best finan- cial institutions for wage earners ever invented by man. They have already helped many thousands of laborers to procure homes for their families, and the young man, be he laborer, clerk or mechanie, who has put a part of his monthly wages in these institutions has found himself possessed, after a few years, of a snug little sum which in many instances has enabled him to lay the foundation for future independ- ence. California is nearly the largest State and has more advan than any other State in the Union. The time will come, therefore, when it will be { in wages makes a | when | the most densely populated State in America. Whether this will be soon or late will depend greatly upon the en- terprise, prudence and sagacity which will be shown by the present genera- tion, ORANGES OF PLAEER. Foothill Fruit Makes Fine Showing Against Florida Output in East. The Placer Representative says that the yvield of Placer County oranges has been full this season and they are of su- perior quality. The Representative says: Whitney shipped over one million oranges this season, and forwarded its last carload from Rocklin on December 8, on order from Chicago, and have shipped car'oads to the latter city, Cin- cinnati, Boston and New York and a carload on an order from a San Fran- cisco house to Australia. “Florida oranges have bcen early and plentiful in the BEastern markets this year, but Florida cannot profitably pro- duce the superior naval oranges, which are late there, and practically a by- product. The hative but sweet orange is now almost exclusively the shipment from Florida. The Northern navel raised here readil; brought in the Eastern markets fror $1 to $2 a box over fhe Floridas. The Improved Wash- ington navel is now universally con- ceded to be the queen of the citrus products, and its peculiar clean and high grade flavor imparts a value held by no other orange.” Nk * VERY LARGE SCHEME. Ditch to Carry Water to Tulare Lake Region From River. The Lakeland Cai and Irrigation Company has undertaken the task of providing water to irrigate the Tyhre Lake region. The proposition ‘is to water six townships. To accomplish this large task the company purposes to take water from the Kings River and to construct a huge ditch which will carry 300,000 ihches of water. A contract is reported to have been let “The orchards of J. Parker| e for the construction of a dredger, the largest machine of its kind in the world, to . scoop out the ditch. The distance to which | it will be necessary to carry the water to deliver it on the land to be irrigated varies from thirty-six to fifty miles. The point where the wa- ter is to be taken from the Kings River is near Traver and about fifteen miles north from Hanford. The Riverside Enterprise says that shipments of oranges from Riverside this year are remarkably slow. ‘‘This | is owing to the lack of rain and the | backwardness of the crop. There were but fifty-nine cars sent out up to the close of last week, with thirty-nine cars of lemons, about one-fifth of last vear to that date. This will make a marked difference in the amount to be shipped late, as the crop is expect- ed to run about 25 per cent heavier than last season provided there is no frost to interfere with the quality of the fruit.” ——————— The Richmond Record says that a manufacturing concern from Puget | Sound has visited Richmond to secure a site for the location of a_factory for | agricultural implements. The Sacramento Bee says: “The Board of Trustees has secured an op- tion on the entire property of the North Fork Ditch Company, which takes wa- ter from the fork of the river opposite Auburn and at present supplies the country as far down as Orangeville and Fair Oaks with water for domestic use and irrigation. The intent is to recom= mend to the incoming board the sub- mission to the people of the plan of fur- nishing the city with water from this source and incidentally obtaining suf- ficient power to run the city lights. The city undoubtedly needs badly, and should have at cnee, clear, pure water, and the only availlable sources wmcl; now receive serious consideration are the North Fork and the Sacramento River.” A plant to manufacture radiators may be established at Stockton. That city also expects to have an asbestos manufacturing establishment | which frequently TURERS AND PRODUCERS’ S OUR INDUSTRIAL PROG RESS New Interests Loom on the Horizon of Future. Work of Development Goes on Without Any Pause. The several pages that have been re= cently published in The Call, on suc~ cessive Monday mornings, devoted ‘es- pecially to enlightenment concerning the actual resources of ( lifornia, have been very favorably received through- out the State. Thousands of copies of the Monday issue of The Call have been sent, through the agency of the California State Board of Trade and otherwise, to inquirers in the East con- cerning California On each page of the series devoted to development is one or more ned articles writtea by men who have expert knowledge of the topies treated of by them. This morning an exceedingly interesting and valua- ble article is applied by Andrea Sbarbore, president of the .\lnnur.x-i turers’ and Producers’ Assoclation of California. Mr. Sbarboro traces the origin of some <alifornia industries, tells of their advancement and makes some forecast of the fufure of California in- dustrially. Among the new industries of the State mentioned by him are the mining of asbestos, a deposit having been discovered near Copperopolis; and the culture of silk worms on a large scale. It is well known that a Gov- ernment expert interested Mr. Sbar- boro in the silk industry and he has made a thorough study of the propo- sition. The raw material now import- ed from the Orient and from Italy, M® Sbarboro says, costs the people of the United States $50,000,000 per annum. “Silkworms can be raised and the raw silk produced in California more ad- vantageously than in other parts of the world, as the State is practically exempt from the storms in the spring, kill the worms in Europe.” ONLY SCRATCHED OVER. Mr. Sbarboro, speaking from a point of vantage, being entirely acquainted with the resources and manufacturing possibilities of California, remarks that “the field of immense resources has been only yet scratched over; but whether these industries will be de- veloped in the near future or in years to come, will depend greatly on the increase of population and the labor market. Some space is given, this morning, to statements derfved from special edi- tions of pavers published in this State relative to the communities where they are established. The purpose of The Call is to assist in promoting the wel- fare of all portions of California. In spreading the information derived from special editions of contempora- ries published in various portions of the State, aid is afforded to the enter- prise of interior and coast counti which are thereby enabled to supply their own facts to the appreciative readers of The Call at home and abroad. Attention has recently been devotea to the efforts of the Sacramento Valley Development Association to secure ac- curate knowledge concerning the counties in the Sacramento Valley. The work in that direction is systematically devised. The State Board of Trade is seeking to get definite information con- cerning all sections of California. The following breambles and resolutio were adobted at a late meeting of the Board, which are here given for gen- eral information and encouragement: “Whereas, It is the belief of this Board that there are many partially developed resources of this State which are retarded in their growth by lack of knowledge of the lest methods of production and of markets awaiting their output; and, ‘“Whereas, There are many industries not yet entered upon which, in our belief, might be engaged in with profit, to the individual and to the enlarge- ment of the State’s resources; there- fore, “Resolved, That the Committee on Industrial Resources be directed to in- vestigate and report ujon the matter the subject of this res-lution. POPULATION'S GROWTH. “Whereas, It is deemed of importance to ascertain to what exteat California has increased in population during the decade ending in 1900 and since that time so far as practicable, and to deter. mine the proportion of this increase which has settled in the towns or cities and in the country respectively; also the regions of the State, by counties, where the increase hes occurred and the causes that have led to the choice of location made by this new popula- tion; also to ascertain the princiyal in- ducements that have operated and are operating to bring settlers into the State; also what the causes are, if any exist, why counties, possessing great attractions for the homeseeker, are not receiving their share of immigration to the State: therefore, “Resolved, That the Committee on Immigration be and it is directed to in- vestigate and report upon the matters herein above referred to.” The hope is expressed by the direct- ors of the State Board of Trade that the people of the State will co-operate in supplying the salid information that is sought for beneficial use. —— e The Vacaville Reporter says: The largest and most important real estate transfer recorded in this locality for nearly two decades was consummated wheri F. B. McKevitt and Clarence J. Uhl acquired from Dr. W. J. Dobbins for the sum of $61,250, his ranch of 235 acres, 210 acres being full bearing or- chard and the balance pasture land. The orchard consists of forty-five acres of peaches, forty acres of apricots, twenty acres of Bartlett pears, 100 acres of prunes and the balance assorted plums. By this purchase the new pro- prietors acquire one of the best op« chards in this vicinity.