STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 15 



preferable than printed matter of any character. " To see is to believe/' 

 to read is but to think. 



An exhibit of California's products in the City of London will awaken a 

 new source of demand that can certainly be met by the abundant supply 

 that is bound to come from our increased acreage each year cultivated, 

 and an interest in the "Old World " that will attract capital for invest- 

 ment not only in the establishment of small homes, but factories of all 

 kinds. The success of one, means a sympathetic movement in all branches 

 of trade; therefore all should be interested in spending the money neces- 

 sary to make the trial a success. 



The advantages offered in making such exhibits are many. A significant 

 index of a future conflict (indeed a present one too) between a higher civ- 

 ilization and despotism, may be readily disarmed in this evolution, and 

 their actions and reactions, in the ownership of land. Whenever direct 

 ownership and indirect ownership come in conflict the latter invari- 

 ably yields to the former. So true is it that thousands of vessels of bread 

 stuff and meats are regularly sent to Europe from the United States and 

 meet in successful competition similar products of the world which are 

 produced on lands tilled by indirect ownership, and that too in the face of 

 cheap peasant labor. It is highly important that we of California should 

 understand this matter thoroughly, for by so doing we may avail ourselves 

 of advantages greatly to our interest. Great as the advantage is in being 

 able, through the direct ownership of land, to compete in the European 

 markets in breadstuff's and meat, the yet greater achievement presents 

 itself to the growers of California in their ability to compete successfully 

 in the costly products of the vine and fruit tree. 



That this can be done may be readily admitted, and if proof is neces- 

 sary we need only examine the Custom House records for the past few 

 years; two hundred and ten thousand cases of California canned fruits were 

 sold in London in one season. This amount, although seemingly large, is 

 not by any means all that might be sold, provided proper attention is given 

 to the subject; it is only an indication that we can, if we choose, open out 

 avenues that will readily create a demand for all we can produce, and 

 that too at profitable prices. If accomplished, then the inevitable result 

 must be to place California in the front rank of the States of this Union, 

 and that with giant strides. We maintain there is a way to accomplish 

 this, and that way is to carry out the plan proposed of holding this grand 

 exhibition of the products of our soil. The men of action, the men of 

 capital and energy, throughout the State, are of one opinion on this sub- 

 ject, they earnestly favor and indorse this plan; more than that, they 

 desire to see it carried out on a scale at once grand and impressive. 



In America the tiller inherits directly the results of his labor. He is 

 careful as to details; his expenses are kept within limit. In short, he 

 gives personal attention to receipts and disbursements, and profits by 

 experience. Whereas, the entailment of large estates in the Old World, 

 under the management of inexperienced men, which, with their inattention 

 to production, results in the consuming by expenses of what would be to 

 our people a profit, nothing but the cheap labor of Europe prevents in the 

 former cases entire failures. So, when competition strikes, they have no 

 way of reducing their extravagant ideas and customs, consequently no 

 reduction of prices can be made; whereas our products, if properly mar- 

 keted, can be sent over and undersell the home productions, for the rea- 

 sons assigned. 



To educate the people, then, up to this fact, our products must go over 

 in a blaze of glory, as it were. We must do something to attract the 



