Greater California

It sweeps across tho niind ]ike a fresh vrind frora the groat sea, this paper by Willianj E. Smythe io The Ceiitury on the future of California. If the state's highest and best possibilitiesas set fortb, by Mr. Smythe are ever realized, she wil] bo as populous aud powerful as the wbole nation of France is today and far ricber thau that country. "Europe is better known by contact to Aruericans tbas California," says the writer. This may be partly explained by the fact that a trip to Europe froni the Atlantic side of the country is eheaper than a trip toCaliforuia, but it does not excuse the ignorance with regard to the Pacific state in the njinds of those who have money enough to travel where they please. California has more tcrritory than Franco has, and that territory richer and moro resourceful. YetFrauce has a population of more than 38,000,000, while California has less thau 1, 250, 000. It is like going to a great and beautiful horticultural show to read Air. Smythe's meution of the f rui ts of Southern California. He says that of late the people there are lêarning to 'pickle ripe olives, aud these aroasmuch better thau the green pickled olive as a ripe apple is better than a green one. Contrasting industrial systems vero never shown in stronger light than they are when Mr. Smythe puts side by side nortberu and southern California. Northern California is the land of tho huge wheat farm, with its hobo labor. Southern California isthe land of the small patch of highly cultivated land worked by its owner, and here an intelligent population of horticulturists is growing prosperous and even ricli and increasing year by year in the graces of a fiue aud highly cultured social life. So far as tho best interestsof society are oonoerned, Mr. Smytho says tho breaking up of the huge wheat farm of northern California is tha best thing that could havo happened tothe state. With it will go tho rich wheat baron on the one haud and theiguorantservile laborer on the other. Our writer says further that the organization and co-operation in labor eaterprises among the small property owners and working people theraselves will turn this wonderful state iuto a paradiso on earth. By industrial organization and control of their owu goods t every stage from producer to oonstuner, the Pacific coast people "may win precious victories for humanity. " David said in hiswrath that all mankind wero liara, and thero is no record of his ever taking it back either. He probably alluded to that habit of exaggeration iuto which the bust of peoplo sometimos unconsciously fall. For instance, no one for a moment would believo that Ian Maclaren would knowingly make a false statement. Yet at a recent St. Andrew's banquet the newspaper report represeuts him as sayiiifi, "After shaking hands after every lccture (in this country) with hundreds of Scots I begau to wonder whero I should !]. ■! r. an American." How by auy stretch of human possibility could ;i Alaciaren have shaken hands with :i 100 Scots after every ono of his lecnm g in America? Even so fanious and good a man as he might be retninded of that well known injunotion, Teil the truth, and if you can 't teil it teil it as I nearly as you can.