Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22
PROPOSED FOREIGN EXHIBIT.
The Sacramento Board of Trade in Favor
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| of London.
A meeting was held at the Sacramento Beard
of Trade rooms on Saturday afternoon, Joseph
| steffens, President of the Board of Trade, in
/ the chair.
| The object of the meeting was stated TO be as
I follows: To have an expression of opinion by
the Sacramento Board OF Trade on the practi-
cability and utility of holding an exhibition OF
the products of California in Europe, and to
obtain the opinion of the Board as to tt e rela-
tive merits of Paris and London as the place for
holding the exhibition.
II appeared to be the unanimous opinion of
those present that it would be advantageous for
California to have an exhibition of her products
/ in Europe.
! The question before the Board, therefore, was
for an opinion on the selection of Paris or Lon
/ don.
The President OF the Board of Trade spoke
earnestly on the question before the meeting
desired to hear an expires sion of opinion from
! those present, and called upon Mayor Gregory
/ for an expression of his views.
The Mayor said that he was in favor of an ex-
hlbition, and with regard to the choice of local
ities, he favored London, because it is the chief
commercial city of Europe and because we had
that Tor sale which England does not and can
not raise, and which we can and do raise As
Tor Paris we have nothing for sale that she has
not herself for sale London is a consumer and
a buyer of the produces that we are anxious to
held in London
Mr.. Lubin was called upon for remarks and
repiled by reading a portion Of letter sent to
William II. Mills Chairman of the committee of
Ihree appointed by the State Board of Trade of
san francisco to report on the practicability of
having an exhibition in London, as follows:
know of no other foreign country that !
would SO willing have this State aid and honor
as France. Even were we TO forget her valuable
assistance rendered this country in the Reyolu-
tlonaTy war, we cannot and dare not forget that
france is Republic. Who among Americans
who among Republicans, can go through the
cities oil Republican France and not love her
almost as their own home-their own country.
ere there no other reminders visible and
manifest the eyer-recurring LibeIti, Egalite.
traternatl on her schOol-houses, temples of
justice and halls of legislation would be suf-
nclent to remind us that we were on holy
ground: that we were on land consecrated and
dedicated to cause. than which there is none
more divine and noble among men on earth.
" France should not be sighted especially at
this time when all despotic powers are banded
against her; and, so far as the United States and
California are concerned, she must not be
abandoned.
"All proper efforts should be resorted TO to
induce the United States Government to make a
noteworthy display but when it comes to sell
ing california pro1uce, is nee essary for us to
think before We act. IL is imperatively neces-
sary, at this critical juncture in the history of
our state, to concentrate our efforts in order
that We may reasonably expect the greatest ma
terial gain, thereby Strengthening the very
foundations OF our State.
:. Hinkson, Justi K Co. say we have nothing to
offer tor sale to France that she has not for sale
herself
London is a consumer and buyer of the
produce that we are anxious to dispose of-Lon-
don is the place.
There is no objection to letting France have
fancy or semi scientific natural history exhi-
bition; and even il California, for reasons here
IN stated, is not as prominent in the French eX-
hlbltlon as other States of the Union may be at
tins time, it need not be attributed to eny other
cause than that we wish to concentrate our
efforts to betterment of our State
Jas. l. Felter. on being called upon. favored
London as the place for the proposed exhibit
tion, and smong other things stated that he had.
in times past, transacted business with London
merchants in his line, and in his Judgment the
market there promised remunerative returns
for systematic, energetic and intelligent de-
velopment
F. R. Dray was in favor of holding an exhibit
ton in the city of London, as he believed it
would be to the interests of the people of Cali
fornia to have an exhibition there.
He called upon W. F. Peterson, who has but
rece.tly returned from trip through North
ern Europe. Mr.. Peterson stated that he had
seen qlile number of dealers throughout
North Germany who handled California canned
and dried fruits; that in his Judgment it would
be well for California TO hold an exhibition of
her products in the city of London. The while
ne was there he visited several exhibitions in
London, which were cotton up by various for
eign countries among those were the Irish ex-
hlbition and the Italian exhibition at South
Kensington.
DIR. W. h. Manlove, upon being called, stated
as member of the State Board of Vinticultural
Commissioners, he favored the plan cf holding
the exhibition in London. Some time ago there
was a proposition before the State Board of
Viticulture that preparations be made for
holding viticultural exhibition at the exhi-
bltion OF Barcelona, in SPAIN but that there were
no funds for the purpose and that e thought it
far more practicable to have exhibitions of this
kind in neutral countries, that is, in countries
that we did not come in competition with and
that in his judgment London was the place for
an exhibition of California products and that
he would use all his power and influence with
the State Board of Viticulture to have them
aid this project, because he thought it would
| undoubtedly result in benefting the State to a
very great extent
Mr. Ingram, representing the huntington
hopkins Company, gave it as his opinion that
for commercial purposes and benefits, an exhi-
bition in London would tend to bring us be-
fore the people and the markets of the world
He favored the exhibition and he favored Lon
don as the place to hold it.
Mayor Gregory moved for an appointment of
committee of the three on resolutions indors-
ing the plan of holding an exhibition of the pro-
duets OF California III the city of London The
| motion was carried, and the Chair appointed on
that committee, Mayor Gregory, Sparrow Smith
and Mr.. Ingram.
Further remarks were made by Messrs. Hop
kins, Lavenson, Leonard, Milliken and Sparrow
Smith, after which the meeting adjourned.