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Reviewing this table, let it be noted that in 1880 we shipped 590,000 

 pounds of dried fruit, and that the shipments of 1889 reach over 33,000,000 

 of pounds, or sixty-five times the volume of the shipment of 1880. Thus 

 we supplied to the markets of the East in 1889 sixty -five times the annual 

 volume supplied eight years previous. Of green fruit, the amount of 

 shipments in 1880 was 5,180,000 pounds, and this had arisen in 1889 to 

 over 50,000,000 pounds, or ten times the amount shipped nine years 

 before. Of citrus fruits in 1882 we shipped 917,000 pounds, and in 1889, 

 seven years later, the amount had arisen to fully 20,000,000 pounds. In 

 1880 the shipment of raisins was less than 800,000 pounds, and in 1889 it 

 had reached 18,000,000 pounds. The shipment of vegetables in 1880 was 

 2,880,000 pounds, while in 1887 it reached the enormous quantity of 

 33,000,000 pounds. The commercial forces and the industrial conditions, 

 which have conferred upon us this vast increment of exportation, are 

 still actively in existence. The analogies all point toward a still greater 

 increase. Upon this subject of the future of the fruit industry of Cali- 

 fornia, I take the liberty of introducing the testimony of an experienced 

 fruit grower and fruit shipper in California. Under date of July 25th, H. 

 Weinstock, a well-known merchant and fruit grower, of Sacramento, 

 says : " You say, ' suppose the fruit product of California double within 

 " 'the next five years, will the market be as good as at present, due allow- 

 " 'ance being made for the growth of population and growth of market, 

 " 'no unusual cause favoring the market being considered ? ' Taking the 

 "past as a guide for the future, my answer to this question would be that 

 "double the quantity of California fruit can be as profitably and as 

 "advantageously handled five years hence as at present. Though our 

 "market compared with what it was five years ago is wonderfully 

 "widened, it is limited as yet compared with the possibilities. There are 

 "many towns, and cities and places that have not yet seen California 

 "green fruits, and who can use quantities of it. The next five years will 

 "see a wonderful progress made in connection with fruit culture in many 

 "directions. We will have quicker railroad time on freight shipments. 

 " We will have more scientifically constructed freight cars. We will have 

 ' ' much lower transportation rates. We will have larger quantities of finer 

 "fruits. We will know still better how to pick and pack them. There 

 "will be still greater competition among fruit buyers in the Bast, 

 " and this keener competition will force these buyers to send out laterally, 

 " so to speak, for trade into every nook and corner east of the Rocky 

 "Mountains, until California fruits will become as thoroughly distributed 

 "in the East as are the oranges of Florida and the grapes of Spain. " 



" Our markets for green fruits are being increased with remarkable 

 " rapidity. Let me illustrate this last statement. In the fall of 1886, 

 " while in Chicago for the purpose of looking into the serious situation 

 " on the fruit question existing at that time, Mr. Washington Porter, 

 " who was regarded as one of the highest authorities on the marketing 

 " of California fruits in the East, and who, on being asked why so many 

 " carloads of fruit that were then rotting in Chicago for the want of 



