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their stock and herds, which always tends toward the general prosperity 

 of a State. 



Fourth — The importation of candles and exportation of tallow employs 

 but few persons, while the manufacture of candles and such other 

 articles immediately connected with this branch of business employs a 

 large number of hands, "exclusively white labor," whose wants create 

 a market for all the requirements of life, and help develop kindred 

 manufactories, such as box makers, coopers, plumbers, and gives also 

 employment lo foundries in its various branches who supply all kind of 

 machinery, tools, etc. 



Fifth—The amount of capital employed in business at present is one 

 hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, the profits on which are 

 used in this State instead of being distributed in other States and cities." 



Sixth — We are now engaged in building and have nearly finished 

 building a soap factory of the largest dimensions, having not its equal 

 on this coast. The Union Iron Works, H. I. Booth & Co., build for this 

 establishment two kettles, holding eighty thousand pounds of soap each. 

 When worked, which will be in a fortnight from now, we shall employ 

 as many more hands as we do at present; besides, it will add greatly to 

 other advantages heretofore pointed out. 



Seventh — In about one month from now at the utmost we shall be in 

 full working capacity, and propose to manufacture not less than about 

 one half million of dollars worth of candles and soap annually, the capital 

 of which will remain in this State and help towards furthering prosperity. 



Gentlemen, we do not propose to point out any further the advan- 

 tages this State will derive from any and all well conducted manufac- 

 tories; they are, to such an intelligent body of men as you, sufficiently 

 known, and in saying anything more we would be simply intruding upon 

 your valuable time. 



We beg to submit all these facts to your kind consideration, and 

 remain with all due respect, 



Your most obedient, WINTER, MAURER & CO., 



Proprietors of the Mission Candle Works. 



Copartners — M. Morgenstan, Henry S. Winter, Fred. Maurer, Isador 



Lavenson. 



San Francisco, September 30th, 1871. 



FIFTH DEPARTMENT. 



GRAPE AND WINE CULTURE. 



Statement op B. N. Bugbey, of Folsom. 



To the Committee on Gold Medals for eighteen hundred and seventy-one: 

 Gentlemen: Having been an exhibitor in the fifth department of the 



