AJ9MI- TROPIC CA LI FORK JA, 
tunity of addressing you, and I trust that I called from abroad to lha fact th»t w» hare 
may meet you all at the Park every day, raired the finest *to«k in the w.wld, and 
1 this hall every evening during the , produced the 
present week. And should I ever again he 
nailed upon to address a T.oa Angylei 
{rails. 
therefore show an ingratitude unparti.r 
to appreciate those gen 
lienee upon the subject of agricnllure, j put forth for the general good, 
may I then and there have < • . -aiinii to Oar Fair Grounds arc the finest m the 
thank you for the interest you then take in J •state, our appointments »>■ excollant and I 
Agricultural Associations, and the liberality ample, and we do not owe a dollar, 
you then display towards their support. In taking upon nuraeDr* the burd.n ( 
_ - -- State (ioverninent we «urtcd out with an 
ADDRESS BY GOV. DOWNEY. arsr«»i„ent t- I, p.-n-mel ami real, >.! y 
- f $60 0(10,000; io tliirly year* kt has awcltwd 
li H K lit K TIIE tMOCUTlOk DM WKOVEStlSV to % " 1,1 » >' l,<M * 1, W- find by looking back 
BVittrtXU *° ^tla of oor S'hotoe.nn at a Slat® that 
the great cnmnioriwealth of New York 
If thcro be a people on the face of the 
earth that ought to be good, upright, hon¬ 
est, generous and God-loving that people 
should be the favored citizens of the»i* 
United State*, fur a kind and beneficent 
providence has granted us the chub -si of 
gifts, —a continent from ocean to rwesn 
dedicated to freedom. The eighty years 
that have transpired of the nineteenth cen¬ 
tury have witnessed events of tot-re impor¬ 
tance to tilt" happiness of mankind than all 
the ages from the beginning of the world. 
This progress will not stop. Its advance i* 
irresistible, anrl it is a proud sulbf.v ". i, t . 
11s to feel and know that future generations 
will admire and appreciate our effort*. 
Since the organization of the District 
Agricultural Society our progress ha* lu-«n 
grand, our step lias been steady, our march 
determined and our accomplishment* mark¬ 
ed and manifest The progresa of all tin- 
sis counties composing the district has 
been equally marked, and that happy man¬ 
ifestation of abundance that surround* our 
people in I.gx Angeles is to bo aeen m 
them all. Peace and cun tent moot prtrvsdt 
the land, and the patrons of husbandry in j 
tlmir annual oyole conn- round In exhibit 
tho treasures they have brought forth from | 
mother earth. 
This tho loved land of Hie olive ami vlur. 
The land of ahuiHlittnut u| lir-tllli and mod.in. , 
The retrospect of the year is pleasing, 
our crons of every kind abundant, with a 
demand and a value for our products that 
bring happincsK to every lit-vidf■ win* 
wool and wheal till .-ur warehouse*; trop ' 
ioal and Sub-tropical fruits are fureirr on 
hand for export. 
Our young and growing industries re-j 
quire the fostering car® and protection of 
the Nation, north, smith, t *m ami wi-i; 
and as I view it, there is no people require 
it so particularly as those of our own ilia ! 
trict. We fuel it because it r< mm b.nnr 
to us, Uur wool, our wine and our brandy j 
have their life through protection, Oitri 
vineyards ami orang® grove* would hv i 
ijiigleclad without it. 
1 lie promoters of tho agricultural and ) 
horticultural societies have go umuisly con j 
tributed tln-ir money, time and talent t<. , 
encouiago the growth of prosperity among 
ux, and the Pity of l.o* Angel** its* l.cm ; 
in no small degree the beneficiary, there 
fore her citirnus should respond with gone 1 
runs aid. Through the effort* of tho mem- : 
bora ot these • >ci«ties, attention has been 1 
allow* a roll, p«r*uial and real of only 
172 4,0011,000 lu round numbers; Delaware, 
only in.lHMi/lOO; Florid*, WS,0fW.<faJ; 
Iowa, $.*1,000,0<K>. And now we have 
lived to see ntir own belovud county with her 
assessment roll amounting U> $'?O,0Ml,000. 
The following tabulated statement wilt h# 
thn best evidence of the steady progm* 
f.oa Angeles hu made in material wealth 
since I last had the pleasure of addressing 
the Society, and the progress of the other 
five eouulms has been equally and prupoe- 
lionatdy marked: 
Assessments of t.u* Angelos ('aunty for the 
past six year*: 
P'76.»lt.HU,.h'l 
in:*.”!!!’,!’..”.*.!!!”!!!” ’! it£ts,ioi; 
1U79. lfi.lhiV'.** 
l*d0. Ifl,.‘i03,773 
issi.. 
VVa have nominally a *'tate debt of 
♦3,3U8,AOO ; hut t2,»>l*6,OMO #>f this we owe 
to ourselves, that ia, the bonds to that 
amount are deposited to the credit of rmr 
educational system, and we pay interest 
regularly every year on this, just the same 
■s tf we borrowed it from Rothschild and 
you gel your pro rata nVery year for your 
school fund. 
Now I know there are many who do not 
think of this, and 1 feel it will be pleasing 
for them to know that we, as a Slate, are 
practically out of debt. 
I have gone into thia dry detail of figures 
because it has been stated that th® South 
orn counties ara not rich enough to carry 
on a State Government n* their own a- 
count. I have plainly shown you that the 
County of l.p* \ t>gales alone has a* big a 
tax list a* tho whirl# Slate "f Iowa. >»* Ftu 
rida, or Delaware had in UOt\ and they 
wer® full Hedged Stair* at th- time of <mr 
tilmialnn. 
It is pleasing to not® that prophecies of ; 
tho op|Min«nta of the new oiMisiltUtimi ha«* 
not been verified They U.IJ you th.it in j 
of its adoption -spits) Would flee tlje 
State, Industrie* would be paralysed a«d 
that gras* would grow in our street*. The 
tfuotrary, thank G.-l, h** been the happy 
coosequene® of it* passage, for net er before j 
in tl»® history of tin- State did a happier, 
condition of affairs exist. 
Some six years ago it w»» my ple**'»g i 
duty, as Prvsidaal of th® Agricultural j 
Society, to debtor the annual edu>**». At 
that period the win* interest, fr>m marry 
reas'ina not 
w** in a d»i 
raew.ro 
wwJilJm, "ThlfowntU 
of vineyard 
were 
h-apondant, and m«ny 
were digg.n 
up and 
burning the gmvl <ild 
vine* thmr fathers ha 
A planted and «ahj- 
rated with 
io much 
rara. I had myself 
Ulnre of this mdosiry. 
great faith 
in the f 
and 1 then 
-I— An 
«td : 
k® natural h-me of the 
grape; it th 
ter, grow* larg.r sn<l 
sweeter h«V 
-a than 
anywhere rlw. The 
dryneaa of 
our ®fi> 
id gather 
aate at lh« pari ml of 
• excellent 
gig 
mildew. ( 
more than 
rise, and at a Irawst, 
sud sound* 
and fret 
r !rv«m disease. Why 
'i'll, men, nrat r ra 
of wealth? 
It will 
gent effort 
of mir p 
supla tn si milii it. [ 
MtT ii-.lih ... • 1... Jl.. 
urpeu *ii inner*, u* 
m«n a* an article of 
diet would 
o . • , 
c« of c minor* where 
it is used more free! 
than water u* milk. 
1 would asj 
to all ox 
r farmers, plant a few 
It •• very 
-Upaed, to 
iTodhtiona 
, now that year* have 
s ee m y i 
and that mir nan rile 
lu lriavO 
ur waul 
lip in the Stale wu, 
vs r, G.tXXl 
In l!»fft> rt was 
♦•', 1 ** 1,000 
Th» iodu*i 
it bring* a 1 
b., and 
I.v ..lui.ii,,, ui-u 
ay i-ira .tagea wane 
ii m, ■! doe* not as- 
W'» are mu 
hV.i.U 
grata croppings do. 
Ia>i to th® effuet* id 
C-l. W. W 
((oUtai 
►r, ( Santa lierbara. 
and tu his 
ru.uMwy, for 
the Huf 
Hubbard, A happy 
roon or imu 
J stoop, also the Mo 
Conndl 1 W 
iilhera, <* 
Sacramento, and Ml® 
rttl®rs.>fl«. 
ifAlimr 
ia. Tbaeff ^ecfitoa* 
V- iliemen hat* mlf 
bad a pars Us 1 in soo- 
al and 
. . .1 .. |tn j 
' < plain Me 
Srihur. • 
f Vuetralia 
spea 
ra 1 am i 
smiirar with thaw, sad 
"iee* S.T 
heir sun 
other in th 
a dielrir 
T Wtoi"c^ mS 
nena*. Ra 
of all kind 
xst garni 
og s .- aim t > pre-emi- 
* n »d'S 
ngrs, uutt and trnit* 
11 MB II I 
run Iv Jh Iv n our 
a tie* **vd h 
Were *v 
H,., land is 
ix-lluge.* SO 1 
chanty aad bejmeo- 
"i . 
id* by bonis* 
i aai ia 
WH«| | 
ItoviKu a IUkmg Powder at Daw J. 
Th--III |won A Co.'s. 
F very body gve* to Kux A h»<j*t®r's. 
