Vice-President McCormack, of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, referring to California climate, says, "Ten or twenty acres of California soil will produce as much as can be gotten from 160 acres in eastern sections." He says again: "The soil is better here, and the climatic conditions are such as to give the Californian fifty-five per cent additional energy. In the East forty-five per cent of one's energy is used up in fighting the elements, both in summer and winter." There is a great deal of truth in what Mr. McCormack says. One of the great blessings in California — especially in the coast sections — is the cool night air. Frequently one in the interior of the country swelters all night long in the humid, intolerable heat. But it is frequently the case in the California climate that one needs as much covering in the summer-time as in the winter. He finds the nights good nights in which to sleep, and thus restores wasted energy.