is the interest of the i)roducer to foster the development of 

 manufacturers, so that their combined efforts shall result in a 

 perfect product, which shall be sought for by commerce at home 

 and abroad." 



The same thought inspired the Board of Health to undertake 

 ail inspection of foods, with a view to extinguish the trade 

 in spurious foods. This was a wise idea. The prosperity of 

 this State largely depends upon the excellence and purity of 

 the articles produced here for sale at home and abroad, and, as 

 this is a food-producing State, upon the excellence and purity 

 of our food products especially. The agitation against impure 

 food is not confined to California. It has spread throughout 

 the world, and the region which establishes a reputation as a 

 pure food producer, is the region which will take in the shekels. 

 By vigorously insisting that every article which bears the Cali- 

 fornia l)rand shall be what it purports to l)e, and the best vari- 

 ety of its class, we shall attract custom from all parts of the 

 world, and the money of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, 

 will come here to enrich ovir growers, our manufacturers and 

 our merchants. 



We want to perfect our processes so that the words "made in 

 California " shall be, all the world over, a guarantee of quality, 

 purity and general excellence. Nature has done much to help 

 us to this end. Commercial honor, which is deeply rooted 

 among our people, will assist l)y making the adulterator an 

 object of scorn and contempt. But technical knowledge, which 

 teaches how to improve our ])rocesses, and to take advantage 

 of scientific discoveries and the invention of genius, is also re- 

 quired to accomplisli the end, and it is to promote that knowl- 

 edge that exhibitions, like the one I now invite you to inspect, 

 are designed. It is not enough that our State should bloom 

 like a garden. We must learn how to deal with its fruits so as 

 to extract from them their utmost possible utility and attrac- 

 tiveness. It is only when we have learned this that they will 

 l)e sought for by consumers in every region under the sun, and 

 our cities will become hives of industry, splendid with palaces 

 and monuments, this the metropolis of the Pacific, as New York 

 is the motro])olis of the Atlantic. 



