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I was gratified to find that of all the countries througli wbich 

 I passed, not one possessed the same advantages that are to be 

 found in California ; and I am satisfied that even if the separate 

 advantages of these countries could bo combined in one, it would 

 still be surpassed by this State when its now dormant resources 

 shall be developed. 



California can produce as noble and generous a wine as any in 

 Europe ; more in quantity to the acre, and without repeated fail- 

 ures through frosts, summer rains, hailstorms, or other causes. 



The quantity of raisins, currants, figs, almonds, olives, and 

 prunes which we could raise would surprise the most sanguine 

 of our people. The mulberry and the silk- worm would occupy 

 and give support to many industrious females, who have now no 

 remunerative employment, in the rural districts ; would aid the 

 small farmer in his efforts to raise and educate a growing family, 

 aifd would add largely to the wealth and revenue of the State. 



In my opinion, no country can surpass this in raising the sugar- 

 beet, Sorgho, and Imphce. There is no part of the world, ex- 

 cept perhaps Africa, which can produce the same quantity of these 

 commodities to the acre. The present mode of making sugar from 

 these products is so simple that every farmer, at an expense of 

 $30 for machinery, can manufacture enough for his own use, and 

 have a considerable overplus each year for the market. The cap- 

 italist, too, may safely invest his money in this lucrative business, 

 and enrich himself as well as the State. 



The countries I visited in which these products were cultivated 

 and manufactured derive from them a considerable revenue, as 

 their statistics show ; and there is no substantial obstacle to pre- 

 vent the agriculturists of California from engaging in all the en- 

 terprises I have mentioned. The high price of labor here is more 

 than counterbalanced by the greater value of land, and the enor- 

 mous taxes on these productions in Europe. The development 

 of these branches of industry would not only add to the wealth 

 of the State, but it would also lead to a large immigration from 

 Europe. Men conversant with these businesses have not hitherto 

 migrated to California because they had no hope of suitable em- 

 ployment. Capitalists, ignorant of these resources of the State, 

 have not considered the advantages they present for investment. 

 Manufacturers who have grown wealthy in the older countries, 

 having sons or junior partners, would gladly open branch-houses 

 here as soon as it was known that they could purchase an ade- 



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