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Show llidliorinl Correspondence.) SOURCES OF PROSPERITY. tAN Francisco, June 1, 1871. It is interesting to note tho causes of growth by which peoples and places reach greatness and power. I liavo been writing some little about San Francisco, and the, inquiry arises, "What has been the cause of nearly two huudred thousand people being drown together here within twenty one years? Gold was the tirst attraction attrac-tion that invited a large population to California; but this source of wealth, whilo it conduced to the rapid building build-ing of towns in particular localities, often left them in a short time almost depopulated, their stirring life, bustlo and business having passed away like a dream. Whilo San Francisco was thus at first given a population different frouii tho old Mission clo?c by those who' had clustered around the homes reared , by tho Padres in their efforts to carry! Catholicism over the earth yet tho j city would have bocou) o a mere vestige of itself had not other causes given it importance und subsequent greatness. It was the landing place for the thousands thou-sands that crowded to the land of gold. Ilcro was commercial importance given it, which has developed into the docks, ! wharves and shipping of to-day. Then, as tho rich soils and boundless resources re-sources of tho new State began to be understood, and tho cultivation of the earth followeJ tho excitement of gcld-diggin;, gcld-diggin;, this city a!o became the entrepot for the productions of the most prolific region on the earth. These products had to bo handled, affording employment for labor; they called into demand capital, and ships, stores and warehouses multiplied. Then came manufactures of various kinds, springing spring-ing from the resources and demands of the State and of the whole Pacific Coast. Take for example the lionse of Cutting A: Co., the great California packers of pickets, fruits and preserves. Products growing in luxuriant richness in the adjoining country are piepired by them lor transportation to any part of the habitable idobo. Passing through the establishment with Mr. Smith, manager of the concern, 1 ;vas struck with tho completeness and extent of its arrangements. On one side in a lares building tor the purpose tbo tinuers were at work ; :u another place the coopers were pieparing casks and cases ; then came the pickers of fruit and pickles, ami those who prepared pre-pared the article il'r the nectary processes of preserving, pickling and canning; ar.d on from room to room until the immense store-house is reached, reach-ed, where the goods are packed and shipped. I cite this as an evidence of enterprise well and wisely directed ; and it caused m to ask what has yet brcn done iu Utah for packing fruits and preserves in Utah where i have seen fruit rouiiig by tho thousands oi bushels, while thousands of dollars were being sent at to pay for imported canned fruits. Will some of our clear-hadrd, clear-hadrd, enterprising men please where the d:qi?uhy is in the way ol Utah packing and shipping just such articles, and Salt Like City having, in a few years, an establishment like that of Cm tin & Co.? liut men and women have to be fed and clothed, and they cannot live upon pickels and preserves alone. California Califor-nia still imports many tilings largely; and it iLso. exporu to a large eitcnt, Han Francisco continuing the great point whence cxporta depart and where imports are received. Tho same en torpriae gave birth to other manufactures manufac-tures to meet the many wants of a growing population woolen mills, factories, foundries, works of a hundred different kinds to convert the crude material into a desirable de-sirable manufactured form. But one other branch of manufacture particularly par-ticularly struck me for its importance and the fact that a large portion of the material is imported from Cuba I reler to the cigar and tobacco manufacture. manu-facture. I will cite tho house of Weil & Co., of Front street, a firm that had strong claims upon the trade , of Utah through Mr. Pike, who has consistently and constantly labored to increase business between the two points. Mr. Pike cordially showed me round the establishment, where about a hundred and fifty hands were busuly employed, under tho direction of Mr. Allen, stripping, sorting, filling, covering, scparatinjboxing and putting cigars,by the million, through all the different pro cesses. Tho extent of the business dono by Weil & Co. may bo imagined i from tho fact that they pay from 1 $12,000 to $20,000 a month for inter-i nal revenue taxes alono. The work is done almost entirely by Chinamen, who , aro quiet, work cheaply, and are huge on imitation; in fact Chinese labor is largely employed in this city. Iwosi also taken through tho factory of Messrs. J. M. Cohen & Co., by Mr. ' Boukofsky of the firm, and brother to, N. Boukofsky, Esq., well known in Salt Lake City. Tho process and oper-1 ations of course wero thesamo,and here ! Chinese are also employed. I will shortly give you some of my ideas concerning con-cerning Chinese labor on this coast, but this letter has been spun out sufficiently suffi-ciently long, E. L. S. |