Daily Alta California, Volume 33, Number 11516, 31 October 1881 — San Francisco...Monday, Oct. 31. INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF THE SLOPE. [ARTICLE]

San Francisco...Monday, Oct. 31.

INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF THE SLOPE.

The general business outlook of SanFratu dseo it good. The wholesale houses have been doing a good business. The Clearing Bous* fieures ahow up better of late than has been the caa* for a couple of years past. Et*l *>SUU U not active. £roJ*we-« correspondent here take* tbii view of tbe causts : Property U good t*eio~* location! *e!U rsaa.ly rt« 7i~noe.be. ao advance can be obtained o L Srt b« .*eta«tof CUtr.bntlug pepßla u-t. «£ «»ntlj ieavln* wldegapt nnoecepl^d.^ wbl C^ wa*U und realuet aothlcg .0 It. ownen. and 11 s* tj tct to taxation Tuts Maa evtl. la one rcepee. watch yeexi oletsaOy protpertty caa aloae rectlty. It Uan enoouragicg sign thit tbe exports from this port in September amounted to f1,C05.5C8 agiinst $2 791,934 in the correapon&nf, month of ISBO. Tbe total export in the nine months ending on September 30lh were $31 151.4 CC ; in the corresponding period of ISB3, $2^,185,605. The farmers have show* more wUdom this year In the matter of letUng their wheat go abroa i . New glass worka have been atarted in His city, and the making «* Class bottles is no longer a monopoly^ San Francisco is soon to hare a factory for the manuUcture of ping tobawo. Tbe enterprise win be backed by abundant capital. Machinery and skilled operatives will be brought from the Eaat. This will give a new impetus to tobacco-raising in this State. la Oakland a committee of citizens bis been appointed to snggest means of en;our*gjag mansiicturing enterpriees. The fiirerside Press eetimstes the California raisin production this year at 157,030 boxes, the previous estimates bting ocly about twothirds ot that amount.

The leading Jruit-ehippera of Sacramento complain that fruit-growera are carelts* both in cultivating and paoking. They claim ti at the shippers of green fruit lost in August last $50,000, owing principally to improper prep. aration and boxing. Tbe shipment of green fruit this" year' amounted to ten miliion pounds. Toe frtight charges on such fruit are eonadeted too hi«h. Cnlcfis the fruitgrowers are more careful in growing and boxing good fruit, end the railroad people carry it cheaper, the chipptrs say they will have to retire from the business. Tbe farmers about Maxwell. Coins* county, have resolved to bore a oommenity or stock artesian well. At Winnemueca, Nev., an Artesian Well Company ha* be«n organic*!. Tbe Petalatna Argus says that a genth man of practical experience, wbo has long resiled near that city, declares tt as his conviction that the tootbUl lani of the Sonoma &locntaics. from Likerilie northward, will prove as good for tbe crowing o! wine grapes as a£y land in tbe county. Ocer $150,000 worth of building has bets done in V, u od.«t. j tbus far this year. A very \vt(t* Dunibe-r ot grape cuttings will be act in the Cpper N ..; « valley tfa« coming Winter. Cpper Ca',iveraa county has a fine belt of comparatively untonebed timber. Of the States aai Teniloriei in th? Uaion, California sunda No. 1 in the production of gold, quicksilvi-r, sheep, vineyard* and bailey. £he stands Ni.6 in cattle ; No. oio silver aad wheat . Na. 7 in silk gooja ; Na. 6 in milch cow*; No. 11 in coal aod bay; No. 13 in potatoes ; HsC 11 in mi'.es of railway ; No. IS in horses ; Na. 16 in oats ; Nj. 17 in mules ; Na. 19 in hog» ; No. 21 la iron and steel ; Ka. 28 in cm. Colorado 6Und§ No. 1 in silver pro ducrton, and N«vidi sttnda No. 2 in silver anl gold production. The ci£gnitude of the cattle Interest in Colorado may be inferred from the fact that. acsording to a late estimate, there are 1 000,000 cattle being fed in the vaileys of thai State, aud as yet the business is in itti infancy. Tbe great Cub biain abounds in hot springs of value for bygetnie uk*, Tbe Ventura ScfasJ thinks that tbe establishment of a qu»il cannery in Las Angeles, and tbe pmposil to eet op another in Santa Barlxra, will cause a scarcity of quail in a few years. Tbe receipts of California wines in Ntw Tork during the m^cth of August were 108,- *',■ gallocD, anj 'or tba ...:.'. months, { jX> • 195 — an increase ovrr tbs sum°p>*nol in 16S0 of 93 430 gillons. Bunfort says that a Urge part of last year's vintage ie still in the binds of tbe prodaoers end merchants, and «J. probably have to umiin there until some concession is made in prices ; and tbat btfore California wines ctn re«ume tbeir prosperity, grapes But te tell at much lower pricee. The receipts cf California bracdy for the same month were 2371 galloni, and for Urn eight months, 12.258, a tilling eff of CS - 188 gallons. The argcls question, says tbe same publication, would se«m to be worthy c. tbe attention of win«-mak«6, as tbe value of th* argois imported duricg Uts yeu ending June 30ih. 1081, was 2,206,035, while tha of wine imported in casks was, daring Ibe same period, $2.713,<15.

The demand for laborer* in this State continues good. It doca not seem that any laboring man need be idle.

Tbe Board of Trade of this city bus appointed a oommi tee to take steps for tie organization cf an la.i.i.-:.'.,.-n Bareau. Tbe Legislature will be astcd to provide money to carry it on. Tbe Boird adopted a resolution against Cbioese imnii^ntisn, axd err- petitioning Cocsresi .c j : \ . ": . for the • triy sorrey of a'l ucenrveyed pub.is land in this 6tate. Tbe Central Pacific Rii!ro*d Coo.pacy has made a liberal effer cf aid to the project cf (securing immigrants. la preparing BDd is-ui: <; pampblete or cireaUr* kettine fortb tbe iaductisentg to inrci^Tation offered by California, the ntw Bureau sbcu.d be cerefu! cot to present a roseate pic ore. Ibe Sanguine immigrant i* apt to expect too mucb at any time, no ma:tcr what miv have been promised him. la previous yrari we have committed the raiat&ke of staging out sta'tmects which were, tn tffect, utitrutbful ; for any represrc '.alien calculated to convey an cxagjrTited impression of our advantages U praetisatly nn'.ru*, cveir though an aDalVbir of tbe language mi;bt cot t>bow aptutl tcisreprreenUtton. Tto«, it we ibould »- n-J out a glowing aseannt of a L)s Angele* man pick. ing oranges in Dacembsr. Without en accomp*oyiog sUUrmect of the ac utl cot of

or»i ct-it^r.ha land, tbe m.rket prie- ot orange*, tbe prtwpect of diipi>king cf ih>crop, ai.d otber information, we na sericus rUk ot misleading noae intxperienced md t-cri-r t man ta his ruin. Ag.io, «Lile t n r!j ail the California paprrs e,ri> toemicg witb <i. t-av, (.-,.;. 1 .tunes ki to Ihejti Lt of grsj.e and licit r»i«u>g, -be wine-makeri asd sellers acd tbe fruit cinner« are ineistiog tbat tbt {vice of fruit tutut come down, the shippers o green fruit cay tbat there ii no prcnt in the trade under present eon<Ji:ians, and fee n-e fruit-growers aasert that tbey could not pro:per at all without Cbineae Übor. If tho frequent »?> r:ior. that all a fatci!y hai to do is to get hold of five or six acres of l.cd acd plant Tines on it and prosper, should be scattered abroad, meny people would be Lun> burged. Wt »t is eeedod, is tb* diswmiaaticn ot honest statements aa to what may be done here by persons of avera ge industry ted inttlligecee ; truthful accounts of the c'uaracUr, extent acd location cf public land tbtt i« open to settlemf-nt; Ihe p rice cf cultivated land in various secUont ; not the few wxcf ptional facts and inciilests that might be eui. posed to indicate extraordinary opportunities to prosper here, but tbe actual facts that newcomers will have to faoe. Tb* main thing is to find out acuretely asd UlruoneaUy ttetru'h about th* public land. It U plain that an immense area of it is practically cnenltivabU at present, thouph eventually it may, by !.r, t outlay for irrigition works, be made fertile Ttere are parc*!s of public land brre a^d there— mainiy in the foothills, we Ur.cj-tl.it invite and would repay cultivation. A Bareau of Immigration that can give the foileast and most aocor*!e information upon tbia ■abject will be valuable ; otherwise, it will b* of bo good service. The newcomer ahould be told that be eassot tad »ny public land on

which be out aspport himself the first year. Be most be told that he needs to bring some money with him, aa well as willingness to work hard. In the past men hare been brought her* under false pretences as to onr resources, hare become discouraged and diico.ttd, and haTe gone a»ay and abased out State, keeping others from ccmisg. Let us tot commit this mistake again. We need immigration ; but we want men who know what they are to encounter, and who will stay and " grow cp with the country ." - .. One t>'"E that all our counties can do to invite immigration la to praotiee more economy and keep taxes down. Same are trying to do this, » bile others seem indifferent. What, lor instance, will the Eastern reader think of such remarks as the following from the Btkersfield Btcord :

When the new Oonitltßtloa wu adopted, the people ot Kara eocaty believed the days of high •axel wen f crever past. They bad beta bled to meat th* extriordlatry ietki la th* Tnetary till they were ready to adopt any klad ot a OOBttltatlon that woold giv* them a not. Bat the Bow Oonttilotion bat not proved a good thing to lean open, la tbli respect at leeet. The tax rate tor IMI It f 1 60 la tbe earlier day* of tb* oonnty tt was laid that aa th. inMiaßla propetlf ot the csaary wae only .boat 1*03.000, aatd tbe ooet o( running th* county ttovernmeot wa* tb* acme. or even greater than with a taxable vela* of (ear time* as mneb, no relief could ts bad till more property was brought la or created. Now tha aasestment latoßnti ta over 16 ,000.000 aad the tat* ot taxation follow, aloax la a asost contlsteot proportion. It CMN Bore Ml U ran tf m oaaatf tlim It <U4 tbe wbel* But* ot hUtilsilppl befon the war, acd the protpeet It that the richer tb* coanty get* to be, and tbe grettir It* population, the more II will require of every ladU vUaal f roni year to year to aapport It. Tbey sty It I* a losg lane that ha* so uun, ems at Itr v tbt ej • eaa yet reach tbt way' Is v itnUbt asibee-llae. aad tbe aeoent tt as plala as preaedeal eaa auk* tt. * Another thing that would help immigration would be tbe early settlement of the debris quarrel. That Is the most important question before our people to-d»y. * If the atrugigle is kept up in the Courts and. is carried into pslitica, of which there is • great danger, s*ricns barm will be done 'to the welfare ol the Bute. The outlook at present is better titan it was, but the mischief-makers are still

astire, and it is too early to say what may be tbe ecd. The Debris Committee of the Chan, tier of Commerce, after having viewed the region affected by the flow of debris and tbe mining region, will probably report that, in their opinion, a compromise of tbe contest is both desirable acd practicable ; that it is a mistake to keep the question in the Courts, and it would be unfortunate if it were taken into polities ; that hydraulic mining is so great and profitable an industry that it should not be crippled or destroyed, but that the valley lac d should bs protected ' from overflow ; and that a Convention be called, representing farmers, miners and merchants, to thoroughly consider the question, hear the view* and arguments of all sides, and see if iome agreement cannot be reaohed. This esarie would eammend itself to all wellwishtrs of the State. There are aome. however, who obstinately insist that nothing but the dentruetisn of the mining industry will be permissible— for what they propose amounts to nothing leu than that. The tbree or four papers that Lave been leading the a k iutioc against mining are still the leaders in the opposition to compromise. If tbey euooeed in their designs, the State is on the eve of a couple of years of stormy times. Tbeecitorof the Antioch ledger haa been visiting Talare county, and thns describes the mode of irrigation bj which the Mussel Slough formers have mads this region so pro- ; duct ye. He says :

Tbe toll lt 1 taady loam ot great depth anl rlchne*t; :it rendered produotlve by Irrigation, then being (39 n.'.l. 1 of ditches, acd ret one see* no wtler c-, ■■ ix tb* turtace la rilling ttroogh tbe valley. Irrl-I'-tmc v dime wholly by eeep«ge. Tae toll It thsruu.bly oac-l.teued 00 eUhrr *: '. for bait a milt, tnd very evenly dlttrlboted. We caw farmer* ploughing »nd tarLtcii op toil laet week aa moist at la tblt tect'on tn April. Tbe vegetable growth la almp'y wooderiol. Alfalfa It e«erywbere Minding two feet bigb after tLi fourth, aad, la tome Setdi, Ibe 01th cupping '■ r tbe |>re*«Bt eeeaon Bogt. cattle, bortee aid »liicc ar* rolling fat ; every warcboas* wt* filled with grain, and tboueaada ot bagc lie piled by the nliroad ana ibout tbt faroi-houo.-o. Tb* peoplt areeatlrtly lodepenatxt of rain, and the wheat

yield wae trom thirty to alxty bu.belt per acre. Thi, now iraitfnl aectton wu nve yetn ».o a eerrea wllderoeet. and bat been brought to 111 pittiat •tit* of productivanett through taa energy, lsduilry, •BterprlM tod bard labor ot Itt aettlen.

Tbe Btkerafield Record has the following npon t'ue same euljiot :

Dt Tboratca. who vitlted thd etctloa 1 (tw weett ago, vcmoteen th. laformatloa that whll* tee Mneeel Blorgh Cisnry could not ba aompared w -l tbl* valley in tbe matter ol toll, wtlcr tupply nod otber oatoral advantage*, their manner of Irrigating ia far toperlor to cere. Inetead of ••flooO. Ing " and allowing the greater portion to eeoape by ■pread:sg over rand not Intended for cultivation, and C)Wlng Into u>* rwdt and thorongLfare* and obitruct'.rt; tbe puuge of loaded wagont. every drop of water li at! llK«d. The water lt eocinaed la dltcbet, ir,d each ditch It calculated to Irrigate by ■aepig* 1 csrtaia imaoot ot country on either lid*.

The California Central Ilailroad Company gives come evidence of an intention to carry out iie extensive schemes. The Central I »c:Gc Company contemplates an extension cf tbeir system from Uodesto, in SUnUlaus cancty. through Taolcmne county to Badie. in Mono oaunty. The proposed extension of tbe Northern California road from Oroville to Viincy, is still discussed in some of the interior pipers. Plumas osunty hie prcmigirjg quartz leads and immense foresU of timber, which tbe road weald tap. At z :l» has 05 stamp mills, of from 2 to 80 g'ampg each, aggregating 585 stampa. Of ihe entire number only one mil is run by water power. Cochise county haa 9 mills, aggregating 115 &tamp« ; Gila county, 12 mills, 79 plamps ; Xlaricopa county, 3 mills, 95 stamps; il jb.ve county, 7 mills, 90 stamps ; Pima county. 5 mills, S2 stamps ; Pinal county, 1 miili, 37 stamps ; Yavapai coanty, 15 mills, 117 stamps. The Valtnre mill, Muricopa oounty, heads the list with 80 stamps. The recently discovered mines near Palisade are not found to be of much value. Silver mines have been discovered on the bead of CUrk's Fork, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, Montana. They are located near the National Park, and are on the Crow Reservation. Tbe district is extensive, and the quantity of ore is alleged to be inexhaustible. Tbe mines tre located in a sterile regisex, d;fisu!t of acsess, at an elevation of 10.000 feet above sea 1 tvtl, and surrounded by IB S*J 111 si IIS

The feeling on the Cotnstosk is gloomy. CtUfotcia q".-ri7 regions ara to-3*y more inriiing ti ua any mining rrgion on the Slope,