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We give employment to seven hands directly, and indirectly to as 

 many more, in chopping wood and digging and hauling clay. The 

 present season we will consume two hundred tons of stone clay, two 

 hundred tons of earthen clay, and four hundred cords of wood. 



We feel that we are entitled to special consideration at your hands for 

 the following reasons: 



First — Perseverance under difficulties; 



Second — We have succeeded where others failed; 



Third — We were the first to improve the quality of stoneware; 



Fourth — By establishing a house at San Francisco we have been able 

 to stop the importation of this line of goods; 



Fifth — We have been the first to make firebrick that would compare 

 with the imported; 



Sixth — We have been the first to introduce stone sewer pipe on the 

 coast; 



Seventh — We have been the first to introduce drain tile and use it as a 

 means of underground irrigation. We claim by its use that it will not 

 require more than one third the water that will be required on the 

 surface; that adobe or clay soils will not bake from its use. By it we 

 can apply our fertilizers in a liquid state, thereby preventing foul seed 

 from getting in the land. It will increase the warmth in the soil, 

 thereby bringing our vegetables earlier into market. The same pipe 

 can also be used as a means of drainage in wet seasons. Its use will also 

 in a great measure neutralize our alkaline soils, as during the rainy 

 season the alkali is brought to the surface by moisture, the pipes drain- 

 ing the surplus water would readily carry off the alkali that is held in 

 solution. 



In conclusion, we would say we have had a hard struggle to 'establish 

 ourselves in business. The prejudice of the people has been on one 

 side, and the importers on the other. But, happily, we have overcome 

 the difficulties, and while we have got on the bright side of business, 

 we would be pleased, if you think our efforts are deserving, to have the 

 bright side of one of the gold medals to look on to remind us that our 

 efforts have been appreciated. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



N. CLAEK & CO. 



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CABINET WAKE. 



Statement op John Breuner, of Sacramento. 



To the Committee to award the gold medals offered by the State Agricultural 

 Society for eighteen hundred and seventy -one: 



Gentlemen: Having been an exhibitor at the late State Fair, and be- 

 lieving my exhibition to be worthy of the award of the gold medal in 

 the fourth department, I submit for your consideration the following 

 statement of facts: I have for seven years been a dealer in and manu- 

 facturer of furniture and cabinetware in this State, and for a number of 

 years an exhibitor of such furniture at the State Fairs. 



This year my exhibition consisted of the following articles of imported 

 goods: 



One rosewood inlaid bedstead. 



One rosewood inlaid bureau. 



