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One rosewood inlaid washstand. 



One rosewood inlaid somino. 



One walnut chill head bedstead. 



One walnut dupease bureau. 



One walnut somino. 



One walnut bedstead represt wardrobe. 



One rosewood cylinder bookcase. 



One extension sick chair. 



Two steamer chairs. 



One walnut extension table. 



One walnut sideboard. 



One walnut sofa, silk cover. 



One walnut easy chair. 



Four walnut parlor chairs. 



One rosewood marble top center table. 



One woven wire spring mattress. 



One looking glass. 



Of goods manufactured by myself, I exhibited: 



One walnut chill head bedstead. 



One walnut chill head bureau. 



One w r alnut chill head washstand. 



One walnut chill head somino. 



One wardrobe heavy glass door. 



Two embroidered work fancy chairs. 



One sick entry chair. 



One lady's secretary. 



One double office desk, revolving shelves. 



One walnut office chair, leather cover. 



One walnut hat rack. 



One walnut sofa, cover blue and white. 



Two walnut easy chairs. 



Four parlor chairs, walnut. 



One walnut gilt high D. chair. 



Two rosewood finish easy chairs. 



Four rosewood finish parlor chairs. 



One clipper lounge. 



The cash value of the entire exhibition was over six thousand dollars, 

 and the regular awarding committee awarded me nine first class pre- 

 miums — more in number and more in cash value than was awarded to 

 any other exhibitor in the same department. This fact of itself, it seems 

 to me, should have a significance in the investigation of this committee, 

 especially as the premiums were mostly awarded for articles of home 

 manufacture. 



While the average amount of business done by me per annum is about 

 fifty thousand dollars, the amount or value of articles made in my own 

 shop is about seven thousand dollars. I give regular employment to 

 nine mechanics, from three dollars and fifty cents to four dollars per 

 day. I have commenced this manufacturing business, not because I can 

 with my present facilities make more money from the capital invested 

 than I could from the same amount of capital continued in the importa- 

 tion of goods, but for the purpose of building up in time a business that 

 shall keep at home some of the vast sums annually sent out of the 

 State for imported goods. 



It is estimated that the furniture annually imported into California 

 from the Eastern States and other countries cannot be less in value than 



