Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-29
LOCAL LINES.
Important Meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce.
THAT RIGHT OF WAY
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Will Mr.. Griffith Meet
the Company?

| A special meeting OF the Chamber oil
Commerce was held last evening for the
purpose Of taking action on the report oi
the Committee on immigration which
was offered two weeks ago. Action on
this report was deferred at the last regu.
lar meeting for the reason that the plan
advocated by the report, that of sending
train OF cars containing an exhibit of
California products through the East
this coming winter, was thought worthy
OF consideration by larger gathering.
The report was read by the Secretary
and the Chairman of the Committee, G..
A. Warner, took the floor to supplement
it with few remarks. "ThUs far" said
he, "the additions to our population have
gone, for the most part, to found new
towns or increase the size Of those already
in existence. There has not been cor.
responding increase in the development
OF our farming land. The trouble is that
people at distance do not really under
stand the nature Of our products
their exceptional value and the
difference in results that may
be attained in agriculture here from those
secured in the Eastern States. To de-
monstrate these advantages to the eye is
the object of this plan. For example,
nothing is known in the East of alfalfa.
We would have g display OF the plant
growing, some Of it baled, and full
statement OF it's uses and value. With
other products we would do the same
thing. The members of the committee
here had this plan in view for some
time. In San Diego and San Bernardino
expressions of opinion have been OBJ
tained in the matter and it seemed to
meet with general approval. The only
ground for questioning the scheme is that
of its financial possibility, and the fact
that the laws of the State permits the
Boards of Supervisors to appropriate
money for such purposes seems to make
all right"
Mr.. R. G. Holt said said that as a
citizen Of Southern California he took a
profound interest in the question of i'm
migration. He did not believe that we
we're doing quite the work in advertising
this section that ought to be done. "The
active Northwest" said he, sis ripe for a
movement in that direction. We shall
not receive visits from many spectators
this year. The people who will come
here will be Of two sorts; pleasure seek
ers anxious to get away from the cold
weather of the East, and home seekers,
who will visit to settle. This latter class
is the one we wish to attract, and this
plan appears to be a good one with
which to appeal to them. They cannot
be made to believe printed statements
telling them that land is worth ten TO
twenty times what it is there that ten
acres will support family. This is our
opportunity to give them an object lesson
which is better than any amount of liter
ature"
l.. G. Naramore thought that it would
be good plan for deputation of repre-
sentative men from various eastern sec
tions to be brought here and shown the
advantages of this country.
General Boyce said that thus far there
had been three efforts in the East in the
way of exhibiting our products, and that
they had all accomplished the object for
which they had been planned, in increas-
ing the immigration to this country.
The question with regard to this scheme
was this Could the money be obtained ?
Certainly something in the way of adver-
tisipg ought to be done, as the other Sec
tions of the State were actively pushing
their interests.
Mr.. Lewis said that the money in the
hands of various Boards of Supervisors
could not be obtained until next June.
Colonel Tramton thought that what we
needed here was farmers and that a
great many OF these came from Europe.
A scheme had been proposed by which
immigrants from Germany and Scandi-
navia could be shipped directly here if
the Chamber would provide the neces-
sary literature in the foreign languages.
There was no other cost involved in the
plan and it had many advantages.
Mr.. Warner said that the aim of this
scheme-that of the exhibit train-was
to get directly at the farmer, as it would
show in small towns among an agricul-
tural population.
Mr.. Hoyt said that some action ought
to be taken by the Chamber immedi-
ately, and he moved that the report of
the committee be adopted and the plan
carried out. Colonel Otis did not want
TO be precipitate in the matter, and
thought it had better be referred to the
Executive Committee for consideration
later. Mr.. Dunton said that the ques-
tions involved seemed to him to lie within
the province of three committees; the
one on Ways and Means, the one on I'm
migration and that on Statistics and Pub
lication. He moved that the project be
referred to these three committees in {
body, and that they report at the mex
meeting of the Chamber. This motor
carried and the meeting then adjourned
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