| Show and A ald N A w murra NOT MINING THE loce TOCE POLICY WE nee had occasion some bome sew few years sin bin oinbe be while residing in california in writing of the difference between the i policy adopted by the people of utah a and d that of california to assert that Califor californian Cali call fornias niAls true wealth did not lie he in her mines that if she ever attained the rank to which her location climate and natural facilities entitled her it would be by following example in developing her agricultural interests instead of depending upon the product of her mines on many occasions there havo bavo been warm arguments i indulged ia upon this subal subject act especially when the course isaken by the utah in legard regard regard to digging for the tha precious metals within her borders has ba been under discussion the name the sound bound jand and tho glitter of gold have havo had such ani an effect upon some i mens mens minds mirds that they haye have seer seemed ried to tot thin thih the best and only employment which the people residing in these mountains could follow is the digging of gold an and silver dallver our indifference to I 1 engrossing pursuit has met with laere bevere severe qu quarters aruar arbar 1 aud and many pi bitter bitten comments have been i fd ade adb upon the policy which hafs hafi edic dici S aft it its iti the desire of the leading pa meu med ell eli chere to kepp the ahe masses ja aln subjection sub dub and other reasons equally bate bave been begil assigned for the policy which liu lim ti so persistently upon athe treopie dimce doubt abut vin vindicate yin dicato and aud sh the oft of thelt their heil hell Ip gircy pIrcy already J perceptible taht it ia is abt ap 0 the tho her er future greatness is to depend dagri agri culture ehas has completely overshadowed mining K iii o nha aha oron fron rank in its industries Andus tries whilst hilst mining miring has hm dwindled to comparativo insignificance wor nor thre three eyears years past this change chango has beeri been noticeable but 0 during the yean year which has just passed the difference erenee the two pursuits is more perceptible than ever and every year wili will increase this thia d terence difference li erom prom the sacramento mento union we wd learn that th the e wheat production of the past year places california third among the wheat producing states of the union in quantity and the first in quality besides this staple there have been other cereals as well as grapes wine and wool produced and the products of the dairy garden and orchard have been considerable the progress of various manufactures hadj aisi alsi been most satisfactory 4 in several counties which had bad never produced anything from the soil for e export the union informs us this year are shown several mill millions ions jons of bushels of surplus wheat and barley and a con addition to the valuable real estate of the countr country amounting to many manx millions of dollars As a consequence of the increased attention q which is being paid tp to agriculture antl and it t is that hat a ma marked wani change 0 has c gme come the people rhe nhe the wandering habits babits encouraged n cou raged by b pl setti getti mita mith pg life ilfe have hayd given kiven pince place to onore nore noro fettled ted led ideas and guil steadier pursuits population bas baa become m and permanent in most moat of the th i towns is as weil well jis a on fbi fhe arma and aud nd at attention la is t turned ed almost universally in the rural districts t the penk penh ati ahl abl 4 adornment of homes homas and the tho tf of afe these pa charges changes are ara rol idl followed if cleeo by byk deo dec toas feas of rirsme dalr and to hu increase an cro cre of writy anity 1 11 wp chronie these men ten 3 jhao f 9 an I 1 improved cand of afa in ii cai cau faia wit plead uro ure and is especially iclal y beo feo P as they ahey kiv kif e 61 trig t q bour curge adopted leond rand pursued b by bur csiti ns nd peopled wo devote ot their ald nid nad aid ex t theer e eneil enell rles les ies in gold goldar pr ailyn llyl mining wining m tin tir wang wane p become e euid evid p e great and D to the in P pain alit nill has as va been abed by sonae welte weite th the decline of the power powen and ga gorsof gory 0 0 o of f that b t ance ernat nation but af her at be ekis ekls can he ne more more clearly a and ad co consistently distend tracer to the manla mania which welch seized beze 1 ei peb batain the precious meta et liand llan lian to neglect of moret tuoro 6 certain ertan alduse and useful pursuits fortha phao ora ofa the strength and means a which if prop pro ery erly enly directed would would have enabled her to have maintained hen her vr proud posit position among the nation swei expended ed in 1 ine ino vain search bearch for an el dorado Cali call california torn forn la has already proved ahat that llen lien future prosperity must dop dep depend end on ather pursuits than mining nevada nevado colo rado montana alontaga aron Alon tana and idaho idabo will yet find in the cultivation of the eaith and the development of kindred industries that greatness which they iakow seak and hope to obtain in the precarious ehu exhumation mation matlon of gold told hind and silver bliven from their ta soil oll oil |
