Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-15
SPECIAL MENTION
OF SOME OF THE FEATURES OF THE
THIRTIsTH ANNUAL STATE FAIR.
Weed.cutters, Plows, Harrows, swine-Pre.
MUM Machinery-some g of the
Pavilion Exhibits-Etc.
The standard sonp Company.

Bacon, in his Advancement OF Learning ssNs
" cleanliness OF body ned to proceed
from due reverence to God" Net many years
sgo several eEterpr.sng men noticed that the
Pacific coast beginning to show an increased re-
speet for the Deity and realizing that soap was the
most essential article to produce cleanliness, they
organized the Standard Soap Company, This was
in 1867, and the Standard has since become
a household word on the Pacific coast.
The Standard Soap Company's factory is one OF the
largest and most conspicuous Of any kind on the
coast 1t 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 Francisco by steamer owned
and run by the company. Their business office is
at 2o4 Sacramento street. San Francisco, and their
retail store is at 6S7 Market street, in the Palace
Hotel At their works is complete printing de-
partment consisting Of four steam presses, worked
exclusivey.on printing used in their business. Here
they print the Standard Soap Herald, monthly
publication, devoted exclusively to the soap
interest. This is now IN its fifth volume,
and is believed to be still the
only journal in the world printed by like indus
try. The company have, this year, placed samples
Of their printing in the State Fair Pavilion, in COM
petition for premium. This exhibit is indie
pendent of the soap display, and be seen at the
| south end Of the east hall. The Standard Com
pany 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 Francisco-so much so, in fact that their ex-
hbit has become a special feature of the fairs.
Tt,o o;r in tha il he mos
GUS and attractive display this year, and although it
is near the center 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 canopy is of
bright beautiful and attractive colors, surmounted
with {. pinnacle carved from soap, and supporting
crescent and an American flag. There are soap
decorations each of the four corners, and each
side is ornamented with an elaborate lambrequin of
unique design, and heavily fringed, and bearing In
gilt letters the words "Standard Soap Company"
Surrounding this psgoda and mounted on iron
pedestals are four ornamental show cases. contain.
ing samples of their goods in all the varieties that
are necessary to meet the requirements Of domestic
and foreign trade. In of the cases is an elab
crate and attractive display Of the various gold
silver and bronze medals which have been awarded
to this company at different expositions
Last year at the Mechanics Institute in San Fran
cisco this company made elaborate and snowy
exhibit that was the admiration of all visitors The
exhibit was entered according to the premium list
as the best display Of soap. The Committee on
Awards at their first meeting agreed to privately
mark the exhibits, and then compare notes, when it
was found that the Standard Soap Company was un-
mt
then took upon himself to instruct the committee
that they must dvest the exhibit of all its decora
ton and parapharnalia and make the award only on
the goods This was not in accordance with their
understanding entering the goods, as it was ex-
pcitly stated that the gold medal should be award
ed for the best display Of SOAP and in getting up
their exhibit they did so in accordance with the
printed premium list. After receiving the Secre-
tarys instruction, portion OF the committee re-
fused 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 Co.
A premium OF bronze medal for the best display
and assortment of laundry soaps was not awarded,
| the committee having made no report. Accord
ingly, this year. the company arranged their ex-
hibt at the institute in such manner as to leave
the matter of decorations and display entirely out
of the question They simply put down plain,
neat, white canvas, surrounded by a railing sup
ported with turned posts all neatly vanished In
the center OF the canvas was placed two miniature
| black walnut showcases, one containing 100 SAM
| pies of toilet soaps and the other line of
laundry soaps. This exhibition, it would
seem from teleer received yesterday, is
not in accordance with the ideas OF the Di-
rectors and they intimate that it will be removed
by their order, and street display made Of the
same This it is understood. has been left optional
with them. II they decide to let it remain the
worthy Secretary will undoubtedyihave no occasion
to interfere with the Committee Awards on this
line of goods What the outcome Of this affair will
| be remains to be determined; but many will this
year miss the magnificent display Of the Standard
soaps at the San Francisco exhibition, and no one
will deny that one of the features OF the fair will be
missing. Further developments in this difficulty
| will be anxiously awaited.