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IN RELIGION'S REALM.
Expressions from the Various
Religious Newspapers.
The Kcliglous Thought of the Day as
Expressed in tlio Sectarian Press—
Some Matters of Interest to Doth
Ministers and "Laymen.
A correspondent of tho Christian Ad
vocate semis to tbat journal tbe following
inquiry: "(Jar Lord upon the Sabbath
day healed tbe woman who bad been I
lowed together eighteen years anc! re
stored the "withered hand.' Do ti
precedents justify a surgeon in selecting
the Lord's Day for tlie performance of an
operation designed to cure some disease
OI long standing, the conditions being I
such that a short delay could do no harm?"
To this tbe Advocate replies that it thinks ;
"the Savior's example would justify j
him in performing it," provided tbat
reasonable doubt should exist whether
delay wouid not be injurious to the pa-
Tbo (JbnfrregationaMst says: "Tbe
American Board closed it's financial year
September ist, with an increase in dona
tions of neatly 13J percent, over the pre
vious year, and a slight increase in tbo
legacies. The figures are as follows:
1890. 1891.
Donations $117 *j2l 74 $482,463 78
Legacies 190,802 11 206,458 11
"Tiie gain lias been a steady one, the re
ceipts in donations for August being
. ill 77, as against $48,871 11 in August
of last year. Witii this expression of re
newed confidence and enlarging interest
on the part ofthe churches the annual
meeting next month promises to mark a j
distinct and cheering advance in tbe his
tory of the board."
Tiie Boston Cf■■■: — n Advocate (Unita
rian), in discussing the tuture ofthe I ,
Cartas Rt vU . says: "(>ne ofthe first du
ties of the Unitarian body in this country
is to encourage the growth of liberal
thought and sentiment in other churches.
Jf it has any distinctive mission, tho Uni
tarian Church is charged with the pro
mulgation, in the form of literature, of
the great ideas of Liberal Christianity.
While these ideas are coming to pc rvade
tiie atmosphere of our country, and while
we are beholding on every side almost
startling manifestations of the advance of
liberal feeling in religion, thero is yet a
great work to do in enlightening this
: Mug and directing i: into substantial
und logical expression. Tbo Unitarian
believer of the present day who can do '
anything to help the brave men in the I
Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congregational I
and other so-called 'evangelical' churches j
1o more light in theology, will be dere- ;
lint if he neglects the weighty assistance
which a periodical ofthe first rank would
bring lo these forward-looking men."
Tho Living Church of Chicago, in dis
cussing ''Sacerdotalism and tbe late Can
on Liddon'ssermon on the subject,suvs:
"The word 'sacerdotalism', therefore, has
a true and rightful sense, and the thing
signified b.vit, being of the very essence
of the church as a corporate body, must
needs be always defended and" msin
l. It can only bo justly nsed as a
term of opprobrium when it is taken as
rring to certain exaggerations aud
abuses which have become associated
with it in men's minds; claims which
have i>< n made to dispense with the Di
vine law, to interfere with tiie proper
sphereof civil government: or again, the
per or bearing ol some of those who
represent the church, the love of spiritual
pew iwer, for its own sake-, the
faults to which a clerical order is
•ne, turning heavenly gifts to aelfish j
< nds. Such corruptions and exaggera
tions deserve all the reproach tin- world
heap I upon them. But 'if we are
give up all truths that have been ex
orated into errors, all institut
that have swerved from their orignal
purpose to become the instruments of
ambition orworldiiness, it is very easy to
that much will not be left of Abe
ssingß which God has given us.' liy
all means let us condemn whatev*
i ise or w n i\-j I ired itself un
der the name of'sacerdotalism'; but let
us beware of SUrrendi ring liio truth,
which this word designates when it is
t:;ken in its only original and proper
im aning, the truth that in the church, as
in the government of the world at i
i works, through human agency, Lis
ingß to mankind."
■ I'apt.i says: "A friend
morning si i \ ice a few Sun-
Bald: 'The minister gave a
I homely talk on everyday duties, but
lie made a mistake and put it into his
prayer instead ol non. He told
tbe Lord how people ought to bring up
■ Ivn and bow they ought to be
a though the Lord
Ln'tknow. It was really abett rser
□ than the one be pn a h. d afterward,
but it was a might! t prayer.'
■ are too many of these 'oueer'
vers, v minding us anew of the r<
i quoted eulogy on the
eloquent prayer ever addressed toa
ton audience, a minister when he lays
himself open to this sort of comment
Qui to realize his true func-
D in public prayer, which is sini
ead the minds of his fellow-wor
shipers. Lie ... ; i that aim before him,
togetherwith a benefiting reverence for
.- headdresses, bis task is a sim
ple one. oratory, homiletics. doctrinal
(quisitions, personalities, will then be
< suy avoided. So aiso will be escaoed
f undue length, dispropor
. r. petition, and thai mostdistastei'ul,
perl - all blemishes, colloquial* fa
miliarity tou arda < tod."
The ' ' ider says: "It has
i pointed out before, and may, with
]" ' remarked again, tbat long
a rule, better for both
minister and church, than short one-.
: the pastoral relation
• rrupt tbo continuity of church life,
yd opportunities for the restless to
r •'>'• *'•■ that tbe institution
is not permanent, besides furnishing a
pretext to a class which • cists in every
parish for assuming an attitude of indif
ty. On tbe minister's
[vent changes give him a reputa
ibility or Incompetency . A
.'leman v rienceln thispar
'.ar liad not affected him pleasantly,
I: 'Onr church policy reminds me of
t us. d to be tite method in oar "d- es
■b< oL Every i • ason we had ■
•her who put us back to addition
i In.'
'•\\ o read, after a period of suspense tn
b, that tin- new pastor baa taken
hold with marvelous energy, and has
the Sunday-school and the
■•• I tho Xoung People,
I possibly the parish and tbo church.
It is a stra of things that re
) much organization oft
twet n pa torates. If each
new pastor must organh thing
• w, is it not plain that the former or
and that
ably worthless? Continuity
of life is what is required. A parish
v and bold steadily on
through the- ye. g new instru
(rom time to time, but
net ding tiie old. Contin
mall churches
i I the country churches, thei
< inuous life."
The Bey. Dr. A. 8. Uwombly, at the re
ef ditor of the H I
>nsJ study of
Sut rnoonsin Central Park and
. Museum. Dr. Twom
• cuing of the
museum on sun lays is i ther
i IL lie says: "Undoubtedly it is a rest
fbr the working peopli to "change- tia
• . nnols of their thought and exertion.
It is a gain to them to enlarge their
sphere oi observation. There is ooelo
}.. Nt Of money-making in freemua
and music to excite tiie cupidity of nn
i rupulous purveyors t<> the popular
tast . iwering the kind of Snnday
amusement offered to the public. We
must also allow tbat really line music,
SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD-TjyiOX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1891.—EIGHT PAGES.
and the best art in painting and sculpt"
ure, liave a moral tendency, at leas*
in the negative way, of lifting men out o*
mere; material liie. Wlien the church,
already top far removed from the poorer
lasses, seems to refuse assent to their
sole means of enjoyment and cultivation.
this irresponsive attitude is interpreted
as hostile to the interests of the general
community, and makes the chasm yawn
between organized Christianity aud the
proletariat, beyond all possible conjunc
tion, as tilings now aro.
"But," he adds, "after all, is half a day
of worship (provided those who go to the
parks and museums on (Sunday after
noons attend the churches Sunday morn
ings) all that can be asked for spiritual
improvement, to say nothing of the sanc
tity of one whole day in seven, as de
lined by the Word of \lod? Would such
a general movement, such a grand pro
cessional advance towards the gallery of
art and the concert hall, lead the multi
tudes to Christ, even if the merry-go
round is melodious with a psalm,
and the concert closes with the Doxolo
gy? Is it true, as claimed, that if the
churches authorized the continental
method they would, in tlie long run, be
belt >rattended by the class they ought to
reach, but now do not gather in?"
Dr. Twombly's conclusion is ns fol
lows: "Obliged to leave the unchurched
masses to their own consciences as to the
way in which Sunday is spent, the
Church, while doing all it can to make
religious worship attractive, need not
sanction needless or graceless aids to
mere entertainment. The line may be
drawn with precision at this point. The
parks are the country of the cities. The
fens, rocks, glens, meadows and lakes
are made as nearly to resemble natural
scenery as possible, and it is marvelous
bow much of unadorned nature may be
transferred by art to tlie neighborhood of
a great metropolis. Give the people am
ple opportunity to roam about and to rest
amid these rural scenes. The force needed
to keep order does not much increase tie
number of police employed. The trans
fer of the crowd from tenements and
allej-s may even diminish the labor of
the city's guardians.
"The Zoological Garden is also apart
of nature, and is as open as tbe woods
where the birds sing and the squirrels
play among the trees, or as the fields
where the lambs skip and gambol. The
keepers must be cm hand whether more
or less spectators are present. Hut bands,
swings, boats and other additions to the
pleasure of the people are amusements
pure and simple. As such they are not
essential tothe need of fresh air and the
rest demanded by tired bodies. They
who come for these things had much bet
ter stay nt home. Museums arc1 likewise
superfluous as a means for rendering
Sunday a day of rest aud prolit to the
multitude."
CRIED TILL SHE PAINTED.
And all Urea uso of Cruel "Remarks
Made by Her Schoolmates.
She was just a little curly-headed
schoolgirl who wore one shabby biack
dress such a long time that the children
made fun of her when she came and
went among them, says the Detroit Free
Press.
"What do you think they said to each
other; "that little Louisa has only one
dress, and she wears it all the year
round."'
But that was not true. Tt was a winter
dress, and one day in spring little Louisa
blossomed outiin pink.
"What do you think?" cried tho chil
dren. "Louisa's got a new dress.''
Children ore unfeeling littie monsters,
naturally. One of them discovered that
Louisa's dress was not new, and she took
pains to antioitn.ee the fact to the school in
a Few scornful comments.
"Made over. Yes, indeed, and so old
fashioned! We could see tite old stitches.
Some one has given it to her."
Louise heard and cried herself sick.
The teacher knew nothing of it. She
was doing sums on the blackboard, and
thumping knowledge into the children's
li' ads.
"Please, teacher, a girl's fainte?d."
This unusual announcement roused all,
even the Lethargic teacher, into a show of
interest. The girl was Louise, she of the
pink dress.
"She's been a-eryin' awful," volun
teered one ofthe other children.
When the child came to herself, she
dung sobbing to the teacher's unfriendly
hand and told her story.
"Twornt 'cause it was out of fashion—l
didn't care for that: nor'cause 'twas the
only one I've got,'sides the old black,
but'twas made over for me from one of
m-m-mother's, and oh-oh, teacher,
dead."
A tear fell from the eyes ofthe teacher,
who had traveled that road herself.
"I'm sorry." she .-aid; "I will see that
the children treat you different in lu
ture."
And she kent her word.
i^außhine: Plant.
The laughing plant is the name of a
plant growing in Arabia. »uid is s U called
by reason ox the effect produced upon
those who eat its seeds. Tlie plant mot
moderate size, with bright yeiiow liow
ers, and soft, velvety seed-pods, each of
which contains two or three seeds re
aembling black beans. The natives of
the district where; the plant grows dry
these seeds and reduce them to powder.
A cites.- of ttiis powder has similar ell'ects
t<> those arising from the inhalation
of laughing-gas. it causes the most
Bober person to dance, shout, and lough
with the boisterous excitement of a mad
man, and to rush about cutting the most
ridiculous capers for about an hour. At
the expiration of this time exhaustion
sets in, and the excited person falls asleep,
to aw sice after se-, c rai hours with 1. 1 re -
ion of his antics.—Medical Time?.
By the sad Scat.
"Well, this is net lirst," said the sum
mer youth, as be put his arm around her
and drew her tenderly to him.
"And it is also scene l*u>t,"' replied the
summer girL as she pointed to her frown
ing cnoperonestanding not ten ieet away.
"WHAT AN ASS AM II"
The ass thought himself as Cne
looking as his neighbor, the horse,
until he, one day, saw himself in the
looking-glass, when he suid "What
an ass ami!*"
Are there not scores of people who
cannot see themselves as others see
them? They have bad blood, pim
ples, blotches, eruptions, and other
kindred disfigurements. All these
annoying things could be entirely
eradicated, and the skin restored
to "lily whiteness," if that world
famed remedy, Dr. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery, were given a fair
trial.
It cures all humors, from the ordi
nary blotch, pimple or eruption to
the worst scrofula, or the most in
veterate blood-taints, no matter what
their nature, or whether they be in
herited or acquired. The "Golden
Medical Discovery" is the only
blood-purilier guaranteed to do just
what it is recommended to, or
money refunded.
World's Dispensary Medical
Association, Proprietors, ;No. 6G3
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
It Will Make San Francisco a Great
Metropolis.
Tiro Question Is Ono of Cheapening
Communication and Inereasinjr
Our Population.
[San Francisco Examiner, Oct. Ist.]
At tbe session of tho State Board of
Trade held Tuesday, August 11 tb, tbe
board, having under consideration a
resolution of A. A. Ilibbard of Chico, de
claring tbe board to be in favor of the
early construction of tho Nicaragua
Canal, and asking tbe representatives of
tbe State of California in Congress to
favor Government aid in tbe construction
of said canal, W. 11. Mills of this city
said:
Mr. President: lam unwilling that tlie dis
cussion of this question shall no by default.
Tbe silence in which this resolution ha0 been
received Indicates a unanimous opinion i:i its
favor. That silence may expiem simply an
assent to a result, the' accomplishment of
which is in the remote future. Declarations
of opinions, in tlie form (f resolutions, have
less value lv hastening the accomplishment
of the result than tne argument they elicit
The canal will come into existence by public
demand, and public demand will be intensi
fied anu strengthened by convincing the
Judgments of men thai the canal will comer
si.-n-»l benefits upon the commerce of the
world.
The particular question with which we bave
to deal is: "What would be the efieet of water
communication between ocean ana ocean
through ihe isthmus upon the industrial,
commercial and financial condition of Caii
iornia?" Now, T have entertained well-con
sidered ami well-defined views on this ques
tion for more tiian fifteen years. lam most
earnestly in bvoroJ the construction of a ship
canal through the isthmus, chiefly because of
the great benefit 1 believe it will confer uj on
tne development of our own State. Jf J were
asked the question to-day: What Is the great
est obstacle to the growth o:' California? I
would answer: ••Isolation and remoteness.""
Moreover, if 1 were asked the question: What
will most promote the growth and develop
ment of this State? I would answer: "Greati r
Intimacy of communication with tbo rest of
the world.'' Distance and cost are Intercon
vertible. If it costs no more to send tbe pro
ducts of this State to ti.e Missouri River than
to New York, tbe distances between California
and tlie Missouri Brier and New York are
equalized, because distance and cost are com
pletely interconvertible. If it costs as much
to send freight trom San Francisco to Yreka
and Sin Diego as it dees to New York, then,
In a commercial sense, the distance to all these
place sis equal. 1 bave said it repeatedly, and
repeat it again, because It-is a great central
truth: Economic communication is the equiv
alent of physical contact, in the transporta
tion of persons, time is of the lirst import,
ance; distance i^ eliminated by speed: but in
marketing the products ofthe coantry, the
cost of transportation is the first considera
tion, and cheapness is the interchangeable
term for nearness.
Tlie industrial resources of California are
impaled upon the longest line* ol rail by land
and the longest lines by sea, traversed for
commercial purposes, on the geography of
the globe. Tbe bare statement of this f.At sig
he greatest possible disadvantage c f lo
cation. All we import stuncs charged with
the largest freight bills,and all wecxport must
submit to tbe heaviest discount, when we at
tempt to place them in their final markets.
I ALU"oKNiA's TRANSPORTATION INTERESTS.
The transportation Interests of California
an; in advance of all other development. We
naves better system of railroad transporta
tion across the continent, and within the bor
ders o:' our own State, than Is vouchsafed to
populations n a iy timed stronger *tban our
own. If our commercial and Industrial de
velopment in other regards corresponded to
tbe uevelopment of our transportation inter
ests, our state would be greatly in advance of
Its present position in population, to wealth,
and n all otherelementeof graatm ss. Jim as
long a- the commerce engendc red by our pro
ducts .nteis and departs by Atlantic seaports,
just so long cur position will be the equiva
lent of being al the a uter of a continent twice
tlie width M our own. The distance iroiu the
Atlantic to the Pacific seaboard la 3,000
miles. If our commerce must come tons by
Atlantic seaports and be carried across the
continent, oar geographical position Is anal
| ogous to thai oi a people at the c< nter ofa con
tinent 6.000 miles wide. The geographical
advantage of being on the shore of a great
11 can lie- realised to us only by develop
thecommercial value- of tbat ocean, and
tins can be done only by malting it an eco
nomic means of communication between us
and the- countries with which we sustain red
' and active commercial r» lations,
sau "Prandaco and other Pacific seaports,
ering to old traditions, live In Use hope
rpectation that their position
j vi on the seaboard will confer uj on them the
commercial advantages which have in all
time Inured to porta at winch a great c ni
ce enters and ci. p irts. They live upon tlie
be lief tbat their supremacy as points of dis
tribution is to be maintained solely because
they are situated upon tbe ocean. They ap
pear to by oblivious of the fact that the fom 9
rating in their case re-ate to a commerce
which is once carried through a territory to
which they must distribute. It is obvious
I that we carry a commerce entirely through a
n-rrltory to its very -farthermost vergi and
distribute back economically to the territory
j through which it has once been cai 1 led. Rail
\> ay transportation has its limits of possibil
ity, and they are more narrow than ateam
transportation by ocean. Make steam trans
-1 ortation possible as a factor in the commerce
I generated by th-- products of California, and
. have produced a complete revolution in
the commercial forces which Influence our
progress. It is no Impeachment of railroad
gementtosay that Urn cheap products
which constitute trom 60 to 90 percent.of
the natural resources 01 any country cannot
. .! ried 3,000 miles by rail; ami California
Is a means of transportation equal to the
I task of carrying tbe eaeapest product to the
most distant market. Tne ocean will do this
a- 111 other instrumentality can, ami if we
ii the canal we eliminate 7,ooomiles, 1
distance equal to the width ofthe broadest
> ocean.
A (HEAP OUTLET WANTED.
I -ay, then, that what California most needs
to-day la a cheap outlet lor Ita raw and che ip
materials, and the cheapest possible inlet for
the articles into which we desire to convert
our la »»r. There is a vast realm of mate-rial
resources in the state of California which
cannot bear transportation by either sea or
land under existing conditions. Their value
evaporates in transportation. This is not the
tacit ofthe transportation Instrumentalities.
It is referaole to inhere.it conditions. The
value of many thinga In the mark eta to which
they are carried la not equal to the actual cost
of carriage over long lines. The railway - e.-n
--necting the little group of population on tbe
Pacific Coast with the rasl body of population
on the Ailantic Coast pass through countries
bo sterile that the- Bxeo cost of maintaining
railways through them is not paid by the
traffic originating m these c murlcs. The
Pacific Railroad, between Oijden and
Keno, has not enough traffic originating aloag
its lines to pay the salaries of the station
agents. The commerce canted over these
lines must necessarily have charged to it,
therefore, the fixed charges Btanding against
these long lines of coommunication. A railroad
pas-h g over a thousand milea of sterile coun
try flnus a condition analogous to that of a
a thousand miles in length, wl
do freight oi passage originates, or to which
no truiv Is consigned. The commerce Car
rie i between the termini of such v road must
iuar tiie e\j« nse ofmaintalning the bi Idge.
It has been said thai there is no limit to the
cheapness of railroad transportation. Bat
ti>.s i~ financially and mechanically untrue.
Railroad transportation is controlled by
financial and mechanical factors which are
inexorable. There Is an actual cost of move
ment which is Incn .ised by distance, because
mechanical power is consumed la proportion
to the distance traveled, and mechanical
power coats money. Certain grades or ores
and certain grades of minerals Useml to man
kind, or certain grades of lumber, or certain
•area, cannot be transported two or throe
to market. The value of
these In tbe destined market forbids their
transportation. Tneir value is even less than
the actual c>st of such transportation, ami
under such conditions, in Urn very nature Of
, they cannot be moved. The foreats of
California contain lumber to the value ofthe
national debt, If there existed a demand for
thai lumber within economic reach of our
present means of transportation. Tia-mines
of California are depositories oi vast wealth.
If the means ol communication corresponding
In cheapness With ihe low trade ofthe ores
lound In these mines we rent hand.
TIIK BEAMS OF COMMON THINGS.
It is In 1 lie realm of common things that the
great emploj ments of men aie found. Manu
ißcturea of iron employ a thousand* times as
many skilioc artisans aa ure employed in the
manufactures of cold; and no better ill ustrar
tion <.f the real altoattoa can be (found than in
tbe Bad thai while our territory ly mc; west of
the Rocky Mountains :s distinctly tbe richest
metalliferous country In t lie world, we have
in-, er been able to transport anything in con
siderable value except silver and gold. The
standards by which ihe value of Umber tend
is determined will completely disclose the
thought i am endeavoring to Impress upon
ibis b'.ard. Timber land may lie in such re
lation to tbe means of carrying out its pro
duct that all the rlrat-clasa sugar-pine may be
move d; then tbe second and third grades may
be transported; next, the first, aeeondand
third class of yellow pine: then the cheaper
Umber—nr. spruce and ceoar; then firewood;
then, in addition, all the ingots that may bo
gathered up and converted into charcoal, and
then the laud lies clear. As factors in the
value ot that you will have tlio value of the
cleared land, tne charcoal produced, the fire
wood yielded, the low grades of merchantable
liimner ana the higher grades of merchantable
lumber. With the increase of the difficulties
oi transportation the lowest must be dropped,
the next lowest, with increased difficulties,
and soon, until at last only the moat OOStl)
can be removed, thus leaving ont of the ques
tion of realizable value all below the first
grade. Lifting this from its sp, cine to l» gen
eral plane, and you have conditions govern
ing tlie industrial development of our State*,
aud which confine the industries to the pro
duction only of the most profitable articles.
Thus, as I have already said, in our metallifer
ous country the and silver alone will
bear transportation. We are asking for a
greater density of population. The population
of every country must necessarily stand in a
fixed ratio to the profitable employments that
country can ailord.
Here is a bank of clay, out of which the fin
est pottery may be made. The clay itself will
not Hear transportation. Il has, thereior.?, no
value. The instant it will bear transportation
it possesses value, and to the extent of that
valuo it adds to the wealth of that country,
and the wealth of any country is the- measure
ot its c apae ity for the support" of human life.
Here is a mine located In such a manner with
reference to transportation that, its ores can
not be moved. The ore, therefore, is value
less. The instant economic- Instrumentalities
are established for the removal of that ore
that mine becomes a source of Industrial ac
tivity, because- when anything possesses value
it invites industrial activity In the develop
ment of that value. Our forests ailord mate
rial for manufactures. Cheapen the means of
communication between these forests and the
markets where their product is demanded,
and the forests become the source at once of
great Industrial activity. This is true ofthe
mines, the lie-Ids and the orchards. SO long as
it is only the highest class of articles that can
move, so long the industrial activities are cir
cumscribed to the production of the- highest
and smallest class, and, as has aire ad v been
asserted, these involve-Ilie employment of the
smallest number of laborers. It Is in the- re elm
of common things, on the- broader basis of
human demand, that the greatest number of
persons lind employment.
THS QUESTION.
The question we are- discussing, then, is one
of cheapening communication, a canal
through the Isthmus will shorten the distance
between our state and the commercial cen
ters of the world by T.OOu miles. It will es
tablish a new basis of freight rates, to which
all the overland carriage must conform, it
woulel be useless to discuss m this presence
the value of commercial communication. The
interchange of commodities between com
munities and states and countries has a value
which is accepted hy all men, instlfled by all
experience, vindicated by all history, when
the statesmen of the earliest period of this
nation's history sought to extend the domain
of the United States to the Pacific Ocean, that
policy was pursued upon the theory that the
western shore of tbe national domain would
confront thegreat Asiaticpoi ulations,and that
the Pacific seaports would become the busy
marts of a great con ma rce with those nations.
You are familiar with the history of the fail
un Oftnal theory. We have refused commer
cial relations with the people of the Orient.
1 lissimilarity of want, growing out o; autagc
n'smsof civilized life, bave made commercial
relations with the Oriental nations a failure-.
■•■ mmercial greatness of this country is
Bl ill dej endent UDon communication and In
terchange with tho European countries.
Hence the Asiatic seaports alone enjoy the
position of being the gate-ways of mis great
commerce. Our chief metropolitan city is
therefore a back door, not a front door, to this
commerce; and all alon« the- line erf commu
nication between our State-and Atlantic ports
trade and commerce (beeto the East and nun
their back upon us. Construct a canal
through the isthmus, and you have- made
possible tee carriage of onr commerce on the
"' un hy steam. When steam communica
tion between the ports of Europe and the
ports of the Pacific Coast becomes possible,
the commerce generated by the pro hat- oi
nearly one-third ol the territorial area of the
United states will enter and de-part by Pacific
ports.
EFFECT ON SAN FRANCISCO.
I have- been told by a member of tiiis hoard
that when the- canal was completed the line of
rapid transit around the world would not be
through our chief metropolis, but by way of
the isthmus. Well, what of that? Tile line of
rapid communication through oar city would
not populate a block. The fact that we are
now on the line of rapid transit around the
world has no bearing on our commercial de
velopment. It does not touch tiie question of
such development! anywhere. Jt is merely a
fact appealing to sentiment or boyish gratifi
cation that Oriental travelers must pass by us.
Tiie fact that they do paw does not give an
outlet for tlie cheaper commodities, whose
value is consumed in thoir transportation-
does not add to the employments of onr peo
pie. It does not confer upon articles now
worthless that Ugh value which labor and
skill would impart, if their movement was
possible. I havo been told by the same highly
respected authority that we- would lose the
trade of the- west coast of South America. We
have not enough of that trade today to popu
late a first-class boarding-house. Our popula
tion will depend upon onr employments, anel
our employments will depend uponoureco
nomic communication with the markets of
the world. It is the merest folly to lockup
in. vasl n sources of a phenomenal richcoun
try for the sake of the sentimental considera
tion of remaining on the lineol rapid transit.
Bnt if certain classes of commerce will pass
directly by us.from Asiatic ports to European
poits, through the Isthmus, will not the same
law apply to the city of New York and to
other Atlantic Eesrports? Mine-thing we may
anticipate with all the confidence e>t complete
knowledge—a canal through the isthmus will
foievergforbld the entry at Atlantic ports of
the commerce gcneiated by the products of
our own country, and this is all tlie com
merce- we have that is or will be wortli any
thing to us.
The exchange of commodities produced here
for commodities produced in the countries
with which wetrade is a commerce which will
enter and depart by our own ports, instead of
entering by Atlantic ports. Our porta would
become front doors to a commerce of a terri
tory extending more than a thousand miles
into the interior. Railroad communication
from the Pacific ports to the interior of the
continent would oe as cheap aa irom the At
lanta- penis toward the inter .or.
Tia-eaual will shorten ihe distance botwoen
US and the people with whom we sustain real
tnmerclal relations i,y more than the width
of a neat ocean. We are there-fore c iiminat-
Ing the equivalent of a very broad ocean by
the construction of a canal, anel, in its eco
nomic terms, we are placing the -pacific Coast
of the United States lace to face with Europe.
THS EFFECT VPON the KAILKoai-.
I am not unconscious of the thought in your
minds as I present these considerations for
your ace, ptance. The question naturally
arises, What will ihe great transcontinental
railroads think of this proposition? Now, as to
that, 1 sliall not inquire wnether lam iv full
ae-coid with their \ lews on the subiect. I hold,
and shall continue to hold until I "hear better
reasons for contrary opinions than any tbat
have yet been advanced, thai it Is of first con
sequence to tin se railroads that the commerce
of a territory extending over one million
square miles shall enter and depart by Pacific
pons. The greater portion of the volume of
tonnage now carried by rail woulel continue
to choose that route. The-const rue-; ion of tlie
canal and the new Industries and commercial
conditions created by it would create its own
tonnage. It would bring into existence a traf
fic which 'ices not exist at all. and in addition
to creating tiie tonnage it woulel carry, would
also develop vastly augmented volumes of
high-class tonnage to be carried by rail.
The overland tonnage is now omfined to
c-l esses of articles which can bear transporta
tion over long lines. Rut their great* st profit
is derived from the high class articles over
short lines. A canal through Ihe isthmus
Will turn the face of all the commerce gener
ated by the- products of the territory lying
west of the 10-th meridian toward the Pa
cific Coast. West of that meridian there arc
1,000,000 square miles of territory, capable
in the future of sustaining a vast population.
But tlie chief consideration Buggestive of
profit to the railway systems connecting our
State with the Atlantic seaboard Is the fact
that high class freight is generated by the low
class products exported, l^et us illustrate
with tne Upper Sacramento Volley. If there
was do instrumentality of transportation
which would move the wheat, the hay, the
fruit and the wine in the Sacramonto Valley,
there would be uo dry goods, clothing, or
other high class freight to be carried into that
valley. Thus an economic means of trans
portation which will confer value upon the
raw materials of California will confer at
upon her a population proportioned to
that value, and this population will generate
at once an increased demand fbr the articles
whicii bear transportation, and yield a large
return to the- revenues of the transportation
companies, ai the- same time leaving large
profits to tiio consumers. From SO to 85 per
cent, of the revenues now earned by the rail
roads is derived trom local freight and fines.
Double the population of California to-day,
and you double this percent 1 go. The value
of railroad property bean a duo proportion
to the density of population, while the in
creased volume of traffic forever cheapens tlie
rate at which that volume can be carried.
GREATER POPULATION WANTED.
A greater population for California is the
solution of many problems. Increase of pop
ulation begins with the increase ofthe oppor
tunities for the support of lite. Occupations
are the first necessity of population. Where
profitable occupations may be found popula
tion will come of its own accord. Increase tbe
opportunities for profitable occupation in
California and yoa increase the population
by the force of inevitable and irresistible law.
How may jxipulation be increased? By a
cheap and economic outlet, which will confer
value upon the gre-at natural resources ofthe
country,
"Low passenger rates will efleot nothing. It
is occupation that attracts population. The
passenger rate to Europe is low, but e>ur peo
ple do not go there for that cause. "Whenever
prosperity invites, people go. The world is in
search of places where value may be created
by industry. 10 realise that value is the nat
ural invitation of industry. To perform that
Industry is the natural attraction of popula
tion. 1 entertain no apprehension of any in-
jury to any transportation instrumentality
by increasing tho wealth-producing capacity
ol this state. It is in that direction that the
tuture prosperity of the- railway lie-s. and not
in the direction of the diminishing wealth
creating power ofthe commonwealth.
But beyond all anticipated consequences,
above all special and particular considera
tions for existing conditions, stands the great
and unanswerable argument that whate\cr is
best lor mankind as a whole is best for every
community and fore-very individual member.
The tendency to bring alt countries into closer
relations, so strongly manifested in modern
methods, is irresistible. It will accept the aid
ot man, but apparently it will triumph with
out it. If our State stood In the middle of our
civilization to-day, instead of at Its remotest
verge, its mines, its forests, its fields and its
1 orchards would be occupied with teeming
! populations. The broad limits of its climatic
possibilities, with their attendant economies
ot production, would assert themselves in
conferring upon it those natural advantages
now denied to it by the isolation and remote
ness of its situation.
A COMPETITIVE CONniTION. .
Tiie progress in tlie direction of economic
means oi communication has brought the
; whole world into very close relation. Out of
this grows a competitive condition between
j all its parts. All the industries which encage
; the attention of men are conducted under this
law of competition. All production in all
parts of the world sustains a competitive rela
; non to the world's markets, lt follows that
whatever confers economy of production on
i the industries pursued in any part of the
World, gives to the- Industrie's pursued there a
great advantage. Cities are not the result of
; accident. They exist by virtue of commercial
law. They are located at the focal centers of
[convergingand diverging lines of commer
cial communication,and their magnitude-is
dependent entirely npon the volume of com
merce generated by the products of the region
Of which they are the focal centers.
\\ hen we say that certain territory is natu
rally tributary to a glveu city, we- moan that
the city is the most economic commercial
base ior the exchange of the products of the
1 territory under consideration. Cites, then,
1 are- the result of financial, industrial and com
mercial conditions. Everybody is fond of
saj ing that the people of particular cities are
v. rv enterprising, and poiut to the growth of
I the city In evidence of thnt spirit of enter
; prise. There is but little difference between
the enterprising spirit of the different cities
01 our continent, and Intelligent perception of
■ the forces Influencing the growth of v city will
] readily disclose the fact that growth could
not well be prevented.
Take Chicago as an illustration. That city
is about the center, east and west, ofthe popu
lous portion of the United States. It has the
equivalent of ocean communication at a point
about hallway between the Atlantic seaport
and the extreme western margin of greatest
density Ol our population. The commercial
: tines of this continent lie cast and w> st
rheretore tho country lying west of Chicago
J looks eastward for an outlet for its products,
I and for a market, in which lo buy and sell
and it finds at Chicago iho full equivalent of
• a'icard communication a thousand miles
west of the Atlantic seaboard. Cnicagols
what It Is to-day because e.i" this-factor In Its
commercial relations; and it you want to
realize the Importance of this factor, all you
ha\etodo is to Imagine that it should sud
denly cease to exist. Take this Into consid
eration for a moment and see what would
necessarily follow. If the lake's, the Weiiand
Canal and the St. Lawrence should suddenly
become unnavigabte the boasted enterprise
of Chicago would avail nothing to prevent
tiie dispersal of the great population which
has concentrated there.
A vast volume of commerce is transacted at
Chicago, and a correspondingly vast popula
tion is the result; but the existence of a com
merce at that particular point is due to the
one singlo factor of enjoying ocean navigation
j at the very heart of the population of the
United States. This carried in its train at
tendant consequences iuiiuencing industrial
and commercial conditions. Take away this
j one factor, as already suggested, and < IbtcagO
1 would cease to exist. A very large proportion
lot the population Inhabiting the western
| countries would find themselves without em
ployment, because if the lines over which the
products of me countries lying west, south
j and southwest of Chicago were- extended to
I Xew York, margins would be so reduced that
many Industries barely above the line of sub
mergence would go below that line, and be
eliminated altogether. In all this we bavean
j other illustration of the Interconvertlblllty of
cost aud distance. Chicago, as the geographical
I center of the country, at its commercial cen
ter, in the very heart of its population, has a
condition which confers npon it the equiva
lent advantage of being an Atlantic seaport.
Commercially speaking, and when the- cost ot
e-ommunication is considered, Chicago bears
tlie same relation to the rest of the worid en
joyed by the cities of Boston, Now York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. When our com
merce can bo carried by si< am on tho ocean an
entirely new condition will arise—one vastly
more favorable to industrial and commercial
development than we have-ever before known.
A great commerce will focalize at our sea
ports, and the Pacific I teean will cease to be a
mere geographical designation, and becomo,
as it should, a commercial factor.
THE CONSEQUENCES.
No man can now foretell the consequences
to ensue from the radical changes a new rc-ki
tton upon the commercial map of the world
would confer upon us. To-day our cheapest
communication is by the Morn. This involves
a long time In the passage of both our export
and import commerce. Growing out of this
our merchandising requires the employment
of large capital; and the larger the capital re
quired for the successful conduct of a mer
chandising business necessarily circumscribes
and limits the number of persons engaged in
it. Take some of tho leading merchandising
lines on this coast, and see how few merchants
enjoy their profits. In hardware, how many
wholesale- merchants have we- doing business
on tlie Pacific Coast? There are not to exceed
three great bouses. If one-half of the capital
now necessary to the successful conduct of
business in this line were required, there
wouid be ten times as many; if but one-fourth,
perhaps a hundred times* as many. In the
inns or dry goods, 1 a.nts and oils, and, in
fact, all other lines, greater intimacy of eoin
.muuication would permit men with small
capital to engage In tneselines of merchandis
ing in a wholes de way, and the annual pioflt
derived from tnese lines would be distributed
toa far greater number.
This monopolized condition of tra le denies
to (mis State the commercial population
which the voluni" of commerce transacted
here under normal conditions would conier.
Tno construction ofa waterway which will
permit onr export and Import commerce be
ing carried on tiie bosom of the ocean will
revolutionize the conditions which nave
loic-el loading linos of merchandising Into a
monopolized relation. It will make competi
tion p< ssible—multiply the number of men
engaged in mercantile pursuits, and vastly
reduce the cost ot supplies to our people, it
will, in short, give us tho normal relations,
producing population proportioned to the
volume of business now so grossly dispropor
tionate. And in view of ail these- consiue-a
tions the question of aline of rapidtrarsit
and the commerce of inconsiderable peoples
sinks into insignificance.
A HOME MKTIIOFOMS NEEDED.
If time were afforded, anel the perview of
this discussion permitted, I would be pleased
to present views 1 have long entertained upon
tne Introactlve value existing between a great
commercial city and its supporting territory.
e;ities aro the reservoirs of capital, and fn
them tho surplus wealth of great communities
is accumulated. The e-apltal thus engendered
by the wealth producing forces of a region,
being at the center of that region,is in natural
sympathy with its industrial development
it is in touch, as it were, with the business
activities and the progressive enterprise of the
region which it serves as an emporium. Tne-
Pacific Coast needs a great home metropolis,
and our industrial progress will necessarily
be retarded if the surplus wealth we generate
is to bt- accumulated in remote cities. Tiie
wealth so accumulated would be a stranger to
our wants and lack intelligent perception of
our needs. It would be at such long r.uige as
to be in the- nature of things timid, hailing
and uncertain. Tho entire western third of
the national domain needs here at tie Golden
Gat;; a metropolis in whicii to reservoir ItR
surplus capital, and conserve in the highest
degree the mercantile side of our industrial
production.
So long as tho commerce generated by the
products of this great territory must find im
port and export in distant metropolitan cities,
that long will thore be wanting in our devel
opment a potent factor. The surplus capital
j accumulated at such long range sutlers es
trangement, and thus impoverishes the re
gion from which it is drawn. On the other
hand, the wealth accumulated In a metropolis
belonging to our own region becomes a con
stantly augmenting force in industrial and
commercial development. The present use
tessness, in a commercial 6ens:, ofthe ocean
which washes our shores is denying to us the
cxistenc-ofa great commercial metropolis,
With its indispensable influence upon all
growth and progress.
In my humble opinion the construction of
the canal means to us a new position on the
commercial map of the world—the introduc
tion of entirely new conditions, making pos
sible the full development of our vast natural
resouics. The very statement itself is preg
nant with meaning—"the development ol our
natural res nircc-s.'' These resources exist.
They will be developed only if all the econo
mies influencing anu controlling their devel
mentare favoring, and they are so vast and
varied that their development necessarily
presupposes the existence of a vast population,
finding profitable employment out of the de
velopment.
1 am aware that generalizations are danger
ous and oftttmes misleading: but 1 conclude
j this by calling your attention to one conslder
-1 ation, whicii seems to me to exhaust the argu
j ment and close its conclusions in favor of this
resolution. Our industries and the commerce
they engender are burdened witii the highest
billot cost for transportation of any Jn the
worlei, both in their import and export as
pects. -Whatever will cheapen that communi
cation will proportionately relieve that bur
don, and thus adel to tlie wealth-conferring
power of every industry lh which we are en
gaged. "New activities will be possible to us
a here a more economic method of communi
cation shall unlock our vast treasuries of re
sources. Tho wealth of a country resides in
the productive capacity of its people, and the
! wealth-producing ca; aclty of a people resides
In the application of labor to raw material.
Any tnatromentality which will bring us
I nearer to the great centers of commerce will
confer upon our pjroductsincreased value,nnd
with lt Increased prosperity: and in this gen
eral promotion of urosperlty aii Industries
and legitimate occupations and all commer
cial instrumentalities will enjoy tia ir lull
share.
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Yolo Valley—Tancred and IU
Adjoining Farms.
JN THE SPRING OK LAST YEAR
Rob-rt a. and Neal r>. Barker associate
themselves witu William M.-Kay, aii OfOtif
land, with a view of searching out a suitable
location in which to engage in tbe profit il •
occupation of trtut-growi-.ig. After v
rrany localities, they decided ou the tjmpmf
Valley, Yolo County, and the RliodM tract at
renc-re-d.
Negotiations were opened with the Capay
Valley Laud Company, owning the tract ia
qiestion. With AY. 11. Milis, the General
Agent of thnt company, they arranged tot the
purchase of shoot 220 acres of foothill land
This being more than tlu-y had thought of
taking tor thoir e.wn use, they spoke to a
number e>f friends about it. with the result
that th,- tract was divided among the follow
j Ing peop:,-: r i,. Bickok,4o acres; w. r.
Barnett, 20 acres; ET. T. Greathead, 20 aonaj
Mrs. I*. Greathead, 20 acres; \\\ McKay, 80
acres; N. d. Barker, 20 acres; & a. Barker,
l-'O acres; .1. p, Brownlee, 20 acres; B. 11. lias.
I lett, 10acres; josoph Barker. 10 acres; \. W,
! Kelly410 acres,and Freeh rick Kelly, 10 aerea
So far this had bean merely apri
ture of the gentlemen above named, bat io
talking up the question of dividing the (and
already purchased, it was found that so many
more would like to Join it than the area of the
purchase would admit of, that it was sag
gestod on all hands, "Why not get some more
land and divide It up in the same way.'"
Then followed the idea Of a stock company to
take hold of a larger tract and arrange tor tho
cultivation of the whole- of it. aft.T subdividing
it according to the requirements of the sub
scribers. A provisional board was formed, a
prospectus Issued, and finally,on the Sth of
June, lsito, the Western Co-operative
onization and Improvement company
dnly registered and proceeded to bos!
with the following oihcers: President, Will
iam McKay; Vice-President, M. p. Brown;
Dlrectors-H. c. Kilts, Charles Brooks an t
H. A. Baruer; Secretary and General Manager,
Neal I). Barker; Solicitor, C. B. Bnook; 1
urer. First National Bank Of Oakland.
The balance ol thi tract; 373 acn s, was p „ r .
; chased. A contract was entered Into for Uie
purchase o! a large number of fruit ire. --.
vmes, etc. This early purchase of trees was
the means of savin- bettreen f3,000
S-i.'mmi to the company, the prices Insome
cases having more than doubled since then.
The ideas which the prospectus set forth
have been but slightly modified and
progress of the company lias been anil
rupted. Those who wenl Intoitdoabl
have become enthusiastic, and almosl all the
members arranged to set out all th. ir land
; fruit trees, etc., the tlrst year. Consequently
: in this, the Brat season,some 40,00Otrees onel
; between 20.000 and 3U.000 vines will be
1 pTantea.
j The satisfactory working of this scheme has
, had the effect of att ran .. at .
■ tention to the work of the Colony Company,
and a number of people ore now d<
joinim; in with them. An additional :;00
acres have been added to the sixty acres
originally purchased.
For the company Is predicted a very bright
: future,as well a< for the beautiful valley in
I which their operations are conducted. How
. thlsmarvelous tittle garden has come to !
j long neglected is a puzzle to every one who
■ has visited it, but one thing is vary sure, and
j that is that this neglect will never again be
felt iv the ▼alley.
The fruits set 00l are mostly of fho standard
1 varieties—peacl ts, Bartlett p
I prunes. Qgs, raisin grapes, etc., while along
j both sides of the avenues, throughout the
tract,walnuts will throw their graceful shade.
i A c-onsideiable.number ol citrus trees arc
i being sef out; quit-- a sufficient number to
; demonstrate that these fruits can be success
j fully grown In tho -valley, about which
, colonists appear to have no doubt. |
; proper care is given to the young trees. .\-,> ;i i
i D. Barker, General Manager ofthe company,
resides ou the tract, and to his cure is to be as
cribed much of tbe success ol the venture.
Mention should be made of the town-site,
! about which there is a pleasant Innovation
I which might with profit be followed hy more
' ambitious places. A small park of some three
; acres has been laid out right In the center o!
1 the town. TnK park it is proposed to beautify
bj planting in It from time to time as many
i of the beauties and euriositi -s of tree
j shrub life as may be obtained by diligent
'■ (-earch and a wise expenditure of mont j .
I is not expected thai Tancred will ever be .
j largeandbnsy city, bnt it is thought that It
; can be made a very pleasant littlo placo to
I dwell in.
A petition has been circulated recently and
I very largely signed, asking the county to ac
j cept Island avenue, on the colony tract, 1
j county road, and to build a bridge across
i Cache Creek at tiiis point, tn order to give the
settlers on tue east side of the creek access to
I Tancred Station. T, . aro
quite willing to give tlie no : tt o!
j way, and are very desirous of having a bridge
j there, as the colony lands extend along
Bides of the stream. It is thought that it
wouid be a very wise expenditure ol publio
money to grant them tills very necessary iui
provement, as the operations 01 •
panics are of widespread benefit to the wholo
county and .State. The attractions and .
fort.s of the cities arc well known, but to I b
who are willing to settle on the load and -
j that the country also affords attractions
I comforts and ways of making money p
1 sntly, every Inducement Rhould be held forth.
The following is a list of tiie principal n
I bers of the Tancred Colony, with the number
of acres owned by each, and a fact worthy ol
mention is that in each contract or deed is
sued by tho Colony Company there Is a pro-
Yiskin that no intoxicating liquor shall evoi
be manufactured or sold on the land. Tlie ap
parent success o'tho enterprise snows that
the ideas and plans of the colony, as set forth
In the pros.pcctus some time- ago. aro not im
practicable: C. T. Hull, Berkeley. 5 acres; W,
P. Hammon, Oakland, 1-1 acres; C. S. Kasson,
San Fraucisco, 11 acres; Je>s. Barker, lv .
A. \V. Kelly, Kincardine, Ont., 5 acres; N. T.
Greathead, 5 acres; K. G. Greathead,Oakland
10 acres; R. A. Barker, San Pranclaoo, 10
acres: N. D. Barker, Tancred, lo acres; Dr. K.
Favor, San Francisco, 2 7 acres: J. I*. Brownlea,
Kincardine, Ont., 9 acres; W. T. Burnett,
Berkeley, 5 acres; M. I*. Brown, 10 a res;
Chas. Brook, Sr., Oakland, 10 acres; W. I.
Boutelle, Berkeley, 20 acres; Mrs. T. A.Crelin,
Oakland, 5 acres; C. H. Feacii, Taucred, 0
j acres; H. C. Ellis, Oakland, 10 acres; J. Van
stone, Winnipeg. 10 ac-res; E. A. Vanstone,
! Tarn red, 5 acres; E. Wadsworth, Sacramento,
! 5 acres; M. A. Thomas, Oakland, 6 acres;
James Graham, San Francisco, 11 acres; A.
Stark, 12 acres; .J. Stark, lo acres; Mrs. M.'
Vrooman,sacres; C. E. Snook, 10 nc;.
T. Greathead, 12 acres; Wm. McKay, 5 acres;
Mrs. Wm. McKay, Oakland, 5 acres; Mrs. VA
C. Wooley. Brooklyn, N. V., 10 acres; Mrs. H.
Beckley, Oakland, 5 acres; T. A. Marriett, 5
j acres; .I.C. Harrison, Tancred, 5 acres. Tne
! land reserved by the Colony Company, in*
j dlngclu townsite, consists of 61 acres.
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