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A FEW STATISTICS 



THESE statistics are taken for the most part from 

 the " Commercial Statistician " for 1 900 published 

 by the San Francisco " Chronicle." I am under obliga- 

 tions to Mr. M. H. De Young for permission to use 

 his figures. It will be seen at a glance that the fruit 

 industry in California has received at last the attention 

 it deserves at the hands of the world. In the Annual 

 Report of the California State Board of Trade written 

 by General Chipman, the Chairman of the Industrial 

 Resources of California, I find this significant paragraph, 

 which I quote in full: "The year of 1898 was a year 

 of drought in portions of the State, and it was a year of 

 much injury from frost. It has been generally supposed 

 that the fruit industries, as well as the cereals, suffered 

 severely, and that there would be a large falling off" in 

 shipments. Let us examine the tables. They were made 

 from the returns of the Transportation Companies, and 

 represent actual shipments to points in other States. 

 For the data as to shipments by rail, I beg to acknowledge 

 my obligations to Mr. A. D. Shepard, Greneral Freight 

 Agent of the Southern Pacific Company, and to Mr. 

 W. E. Bailey, Auditor of the Santa F^ System. The 

 shipments by sea are compiled from the annual issue of 

 the San Francisco 'Journal of Commerce.* 



"In 1897 we sent away of fruit (including nuts), wine, 

 brandy, and vegetables, by rail and by sea, 48,072 car- 

 loads (often tons each). In 1898 we sent away 56,149 

 carloads. The following table compactly shows the gain 



