Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-04-18
Home Industry League.


and other citizens were present a
the adjourned meeting of the Home
Industry League at the County
Court room last evening.
The meeting was called to ordel
by President Hazard.
Minutes of last meeting read anC
approved.
The chairman announced the fol.
lowing Executive Committee
Messrs. E. II. Workman, o. II
Bliss, G. w. Gibson, J. r. Briefly
A. II. Denker.
On motion the nominations were
unanimously confirmed.
The secretary read the following
letter:
Los ANGELES, TUESDAY, I
April 10th, 1878.
j. J. ADMINISTRATIONS of the
Executive Committee of the socie-
ty formed in this city for the pro-
motion and encouragement OF
home industry, of which you are
the Secretary, invited me to be
present at your meeting of next
Wednesday evening. 1 am sorry
to say that other business on that
evening, which cannot be delayed
or neglected, will prevent my at
tendance. l therefore hope that
you will grant a small space in
your valuable paper for an humble
citizen to give expression to his
views on a subject which is of such
vital Importance. Whilst depre-
cate any steps taken by any politi.
cal party TO engraft upon such a
league a set of resolutions relating
to the unemployment of Chinese
or otherwise, as it is necessary that
such society should De entirely
free from all connection with poll
teal organizations so that every
individual, independent of party,
could give it his support, still L am
in favor of any steps that may be
taken by your Society to benefit
the home producer and encourage
the home manufacturer, as | be-
lieve the importation of manufac-
tured articles is a drawback to the
prosperity and advancement of our
fair city.
Being a manufacturer of car
riages and wagons for several
years, in this place, | have had oc-
casion, from time to time, to suit a
certain class of customers, and
also, as an offset to importers who
are not manufacturers to import
the Mitchell Wagon in order to
protect my business. / pay for q
in. thimble $1,000 cash in San
Francisco, $lG.G0 for freight and
Sl.OO drayage, making in all
$1,000 There are other brands
sold in this city for $1,000 and it
is a matter of the greatest wonder
to me how men, who are not man
ufacturers, and who, in all proba-
bility, buy on credit, can afford to
sell for such sum. l fear that the
manufacturers of such wagons, or
their agents, will come out at the
little end of the horn if they con.
tinue to do business in such man.
ner. 1t may be, for aught know,
combined effort on the part of
Eastern manufacturers and their
agents to crush out manufacturers
in this place; but however that
may be, | for one, shall do all that
L can to encourage home industry,
and as q proof of my sincerity
shall, from this time forward, dis
continue the importation of East
ern manufactured articles.
LOUIS RoEDER.
On motion of Judge Peel, the
letter was filed.
On motion of Mr.. Graham, the
League rendered Mr.. Roeder q vote
of thanks.
Mr.. Rivarra moved that the press
of the city be requested to advocate
the establishment of paper mills
and tanneries in this city.
In support of his motion, he
stated that he had had some eXpe-
rience in the manufacture of paper
and that he knew there were
enough rags and old paper wasted
in this city to keep u small paper
mill in operation.
He was followed by Mr.. Work.
man, who took the ground that il
the hides which are now sent away
from this county were tanned here,
it would give full employment to a
tannery and that the leather would
meet with ready sale. For himself,
he would say that he would gladly
patronize such a home institution.
Mr.. Briefly gave very flatter-
ing account of the manufacture of
paper at Saratoga, Santa Clara
county. He said that when Mr..
Walker first talked of starting his
enterprise for the manufacture of
paper from cactus, the Santa Clara
paper manufacturers sent down
here and secured refusal of the
Eagle mill site, thus forestalling
MIR. Walker, who was thereby
compelled to build his mill at Sol
edad and sell the pulp manufac-
tured by him to them.
In regard to wooden manufac-
lures. Mr.. Strelitz stated that,
since he has been in business here,
he has imported fully $4,000
worth of such cloths as ought to
be manufactured here. He moved
that the Chair appoint commit
tee of three to call upon the pres
ent owners of the wooden mill
property and ascertain if an ar
could not be made to
re-commence the manufacture of
cashiers and similar cloths.
Considerable discussion was had
upon this question, Judge Peel
taking the ground that such mat
tiers were not within the province
of the League, but he thought if
10000 of the people of Los Angeles
county were to bind themselves to
purchase the goods manufactured,
that the present owners or some
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