Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-06
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Plans For Inducing Eastern
People to Immigrate.
THE PLAN NOW RECOMMENDED.
A Difference of Opinion in Relation
to the Manner of Pro-
ceeding.


bers were present.
After the reading Of the minutes of the
last two meetings, the reports of COM
nittees were called for. Mr.. Humphreys
apologized for the failure of the Commit
tee on Manufactures to do any work, as
Colonel Dunkelberger was away and he
himself was busy with the affairs of the
city in the Council. A number OF other
committees were passed without any re-
ports, as the members were either absent
or not prepared for work. The Commit
tee on Statistics reported that the matter
for the prope I'd pamphlet to be published
by the Chamber was ready, and the COM
mittee recommended, in view of the fact
that great deal of printed matter was
being distributed on the trains coming
into the State, that the work of getting
out the pamphlet had better be under
taken at once.
The Committee on Commerce reported
that memorial was being prepared to
be presented to Congress, asking to have
this port made port of entry with a
bonded warehouse.
The report of the Committee on Immi-
grafton which has been before the
Chamber for several weeks and which at
the last regular meeting was referred
back to the Committee on Ways and
Means, the Committee on Statistics and
the Committee on immigration as spe-
cisl committee to prepare a new report
on the subject, was brought before the
Chamber. 1t was moved that this new
report be made a special order of busi-
ness and was read and brought before
the Chamber.
IMMIGRATION REPORT.
1t was read as follows: Your Commit
tee, of which D. Gilbert Dexter was the
Chairman, recommend that Kern and
San Luis Obispo counties be invited to
Join in the exhibition to be sent East !;
that the following corporations, counties
and persons be asked for the amounts
set opposite their names for the purpose
of defraying the expenses of the scheme,
and that a committee be appointed to
visit the following corporations, counties
and persons and to ask them to contri-
butte said amounts: South Riverside,
$1,000; Auburn, $500; Richard Gird,
$1,000; Santa Ana, $1,000; Orange, $500 !;
Lankershim Ranch, $500; San Fernando,
$500; Pomona, $500; San Cab
riel Valley, $500; Pasadena, $1,000;
Burbank, $1,000; Anaheim, $1,000;
Cerritos and Long Beach, $1,000;
Centinella and Redondo, $1,000; Simi
Ranch, 81 900; Newhall, $500; Whittier,
$3.50; E. J. Baldwin, 81 900; Los Angeles
city, $1,000; San Bernardino, 81 600 !;
Cotton, $500; Riverside. $1,000; Ven
tura county, $500; Santa Barbara
county, 81 500; Kern county, 81, 500; San
Luis Obispo, $500. The committee
further recommends that each county be
instructed to furnish its own literature
and that each county be allowed 10
furnish one man to accompany the exhi-
bition car.
The adoption OF this report was moved
and on suspension of the rules the
REV. J. G. CARLISLE,
OF Oregon, who was for several years
Manager and Secretary OF the State I'm
migration Committee of that State, was
invited to address the Chamber. He said
that during period of work extending
over nearly four years their committee
had handled 5000 to so 900 Immigrants
and number of millions of dollars.
They had got their best results through
the car scheme and the travelling ex-
hibit. They had worked, however, on a
much more limited scheme than that
proposed in the report under discussion.
The fitting up of one car had cost $500
and the total expense for three months
was 81 500. The car had stopped at state
fairs and had gone clear through to Har.
risburg, Pa. Quantities of literature
were distributed and the people in the
various sections fairly raided the trains.
A number Of emigrants had followed the
train westward. At this end of the line,
in Oregon, there was an immigration
Office containing an exhibit where the
newcomer was received and we'll treated
and supplied with all the needed infor-
nation. Each one was asked for the
names of others that he knew OF who
were inclined to come to the State. As
to the proposed effort to combine a mum
Der of counties the speaker was doubtful
of its success. 1t had been their expert
ence in Oregon that the different sections
had pulled too much against one an
other.
Mr.. Carlisle's remarks were listened
to with close attention by the Chamber
and at the end vote of thanks was
given to him, and he was asked to Join
the Chamber when he came, as he had
affirmed his intention to settle in Los
Angeles.
THE REPORT DISCUSSED.
The discussion on the report was re-
newed. Colonel Otis thought that the
scheme of combining the various coun-
ties was impracticable. Whatever Los
Angeles proposed to do she must do for
and by herself.
Mr.. Warner said that since the scheme
had been under advisement the commit
tee had been doing some missionary
work, and they had found other sections
quite ready TO go into the work. He had
met with several boards of trade in the
southern part of the State and desire
to CO. operate with Los Angeles in the
work. Judge Fitzgerald was of the opin-
ion that if representatives were sent from
ali the different sections, a few police
officers had better be included in the
expedition.
Hon. L. ]. Rose said that there were
a great variety of interests in the coun-
ties which it was proposed to include in
the scheme, and that it was useless to
try to make them work in unison. They
would pull in different directions and the
whole affair would be inharmonious.
Mr.. L. G. Fish gave it as his opinion
that the plan would be a good one for
unifying the southern section of the
State, especially as division of the
State would some time come about, With
90 Anoolas aa the eol1thern capital