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lias encourat>;o(l importalions, liavo, notwillistimdinir, oontiinifd 

 to enlist in tiieir prosecution a gi-atifying increase ol' capital, and 

 to extend their enterjn'isos and scope to a invent variety of the 

 articles necessarily used in" carrying on the various industrial 

 ])ursuits, and in supplying the necessities and luxuries of every 

 de]»artiiicnt of life. 



Leather of the various kinds, boots and shoes, harness, sad- 

 dles, -whips, every description of cordage, building materials, 

 granite, marble, lime, plaster, cement, wagons an(l carriages, 

 railroad, passenger and freight cars ; woolen goods, such as 

 blankets of all kinds, flannels of ever}'- description, cloths and 

 cassimeres, carpets; hats, caps and various kinds of clothing; 

 glue, asphaltum, gunpowder, matches, tar, ])itch, resin, mineral 

 ])aint, 8])irits of turpentine, salt, soap, yeast powders, starch, 

 vinegar, pickles, every variety of preserved fruits, jams, i-aisins, 

 ligs, maccaroni and vei-micelli, castor oil, petroleum, wines, bran- 

 dies and the various kinds of spiritous and malt liquors ; paper 

 of every variety ; glass bottles of all kinds demanded, eartlien 

 and stone ware; wood, tin and wire ware; miniufr, mill and 

 steamboat machinery, and machinery of every kind in use; 

 agricultural implements and various other articles are manufac- 

 tured in the State with greater or less success. Very many, in 

 sutKcient quantities to supply the home demand and keep up a very 

 good and remunerative export trade, while othei's are strufjgling 

 against the persevering competition of importation. 



Preparations, upon extensive scales, are now being made to 

 add to this li;-.t, railroad locomotives, shot, and lead pipe. The 

 experiment of smelting copper has already proved so much of a 

 success as to wlirrant the confident expectation that all our cop- 

 per ores will soon be smelted within our State, and thus])roducea 

 complete revolution in our copper mininginterest. The experience 

 of nations proves that no classes of industries aid moi'e in en- 

 riching and rendering a State independent than mechanics and 

 inanutactures. Calitbrnia has greater natural facilities for be- 

 coming an extensive manufacturing State than any other in the 

 Union, and her isolated position furnishes a strong reason for 

 fostering and encouraging them. 



For the advancement and improvement of all these objects, 

 and, indeed, all the industries of the State, was this Society in- 

 stituted. While the holding of annual Fairs, at which the pro- 

 ducts and improvements of every department of industry are 

 exhibited for comparison and instruction, and to stimulate emu- 

 lation and enterprise, is calculated to do great good, and should 

 theretbre be continued; yd, for the tinancial success of the So- 

 ciety, the Fairs should be made to assume such a character as 

 will prove at once the most attractive and least expensive. It 

 should be no ground of complaint should the Board atlopt this 

 policy. 



