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plateau, as well as the North Pacific coast territory of the United 

 States and Canada, with vegetables fresh from the soil during many 

 months when they have no fresh products of their own. 



No part of the United States, except an adjacent district of 

 Arizona and the south end of Florida, enjoys a winter temperature 

 which makes such a traffic possible, and even those small outside 

 areas which have similar temperature do not have other conditions 

 of growth like those of California. It is evident that in the future 

 development of the western half of the continent of North America 

 and in the unfolding of North Pacific countries generally, California 

 is to be the source of fresh vegetables during the many months of 

 winter which prevail in those northern latitudes. For this traffic 

 California enjoys not only suitable growing conditions, but has also 

 the advantage of nearness and of transportation by water. No mat- 

 ter how great, then, the eastern movement of winter-grown vege- 

 tables may become, the northern and northwestern movement, of 

 which California will have a monopoly, will induce additional pro- 

 duction to an extent which cannot now be foreseen, although the 

 present traffic in those directions is considerable and profitable. 



