Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-10-20
STANDARD SOAP COMPANY.
Sacramento Record Union.l

Bacon, in his Advancement OF LearIhi6, says
cleanliness of body was ever esteemed to proceed
from due to God" The Standard soap
Company organized in 1850 and has since become
household word on the Pacific coast The Standard
Soap Companys factory one Of the largest and most
conspicuous Of any kind the coast IL is needless
to say that it is the largest and leading soap factory
1t is located at West Berkeley, Alameda county, on
the line of the Central Pacific Railroad, occupying one
entire block Of land and is connected with San Fran
cisco by steamer owned and run by the company.
Their business office is at 204 Sacramento street, San
Francisco, and their retail store is at 637 Market St.,
in the Palace Hotel. At their works is a complete
printing department, consisting of four steam presses
worked exclusively OH printing used in their bust
ness. Here they print the Standard Soap Herald,
monthly publication de, oted exclusively to the soap
interests This Is now in its fifth volume, and is be-
ieved to be still the only Journal in the world printed
by like industry The company have, this year,
placed samples of their printing in the State Fair
Pavilion, in competition for premium. This exhibit
is independent of the soap display, and can be seen at
the south end of the east hail. The Standard Com
any has become notorious during the past fifteen
years for making fine displays at the various state
and county fairs and at the Mechanics Institute IN
San Fnoiscoso much SO, in fact, that their exhibit
hss become special feature OF the fairs. Their ex-
nbit In the Pavilion is the most conspicuous ana at
tractve display this year, and although it is near the
centre Of the main hail. it is the first to attract the
attention of the visitor The design Of the stand is
Oriental being that of an Arabian Pagoda- The can
opy is of bright beautiful and attractive coors sur
mounted with pinnacle carved from soap and sup
| porting a crescent and an American flag There are
soap decorations each Of the four corners anu each
| side is ornamented with an elaborate lambrequn oil
unique design, and heavily fringed, and bearing in
| gilt letters the words 4" Standard Soap Company"
Surrounding this pogoda and mounted on iron pedes-
tails four ornamental show cases. containing sam
Piles OF their goods in all the varieties that are neces
sary 10 meet the requirements Of domestic and for
eign trade In one OF the cases is elaborate and
attractive display Of the various gold silver and
bronze medals which have been awarded 10 this com
pany at different expostions Last year at the Me-
chanics Institute in San Francisco this company made
an elaborate and snowy exhibit, that the admra-
| ton of all visitors. The exhibit entered accord
ing TO the premium list the best display Of soap
The Committee Awards at their first meeting agreed
| to privately mark the exhibits. and then compare
notes. when it found chat the standard Soap Com
| pany was unanimously awarded the gold medal. The
Secretary then took II upon himself to instruct the
committee that they mist di'est the exhibit OF all its
decorations and rarapaernalis and make the award
only on the goods. This not in accordance with
their understanding entering the goods as it was
explicitly stated that the gold medal should be award
ed for the best dis LAY OF soap and in getting up their
exhibit they did in accordance with the printed
| premium list. After receiving the Secretarys in
structions portion Of the committee refused to sign
the report and the person who drafted it has since
acknowledged that in the first instance he
marked the gold medal to the Standard Soap Com
pany A premium of bronze medal for the best dis
| play and assortment of laundry soaps was not award
| cd, the committee having made report. Accord
ingly this year, the company arranged their exhibit
| at the institute in such to leave the mat
ter of decorations and display entirely out of the
| question They simply put down plain neat white
canvas surrounded by railing supported with turned
posts all neatly vanished In the centre of the
| yass was placed two miniature black walnut show
cases. one containing 100 samples of toilet soaps and
the other a line Of laundry soaps This exhibition IL
would seem from telegram received yesterday, Is
not In accordance with the ideas OF the Directors and
they intimate that it will be removed by their order,
and street display made OF the This, ii Is
derstood, has been left optional with them II they
decide to let II remain the worthy Secretary will
doubtedly have occasion to interfere with the
Committee on Awards on this line OF goods. What
the outcome of this affair will be remains 10 be de-
termined; but many will this year miss the magnif
cent display OF the Standard Soaps at the San Fran
cisco exhibition and no one will deny that OF the
opments in this difficulty will be anxiously awaited