Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-06
FOR CONGRESS, SIXTH DISTRICT
REEL h. TERRY, of Fresno.
u,Us have Trade Processions.

No one who was In Los Angeles on Ine
4th of July will feel any hesitation in
admitting the tremendous growth OF this
city in population. If there was one
human being in our streets to witness
the regulation procession, which, by the
way, was itself very creditable, there
were one hundred Thousand. Of course
the country districts contributed literally
to the display and to the throng of peo-
pie. One quite notable feature OF the
turnout was the trade exposition, and it
was so suggestive that we venture to
make suggestion which could be profit
ably acted upon. In st. Louis and
oxher cities OF the East these trade
demonstrations are great attraction, and
engender marked and wholesome rival
ry. That they are the source Of an
immense influx of people from abroad
cannot be doubted by any one who has
ever been in st. Louis during the Fair
time. From all sections Of the North
west and Southwest great multitudes
flock to see these superb expositions
of the trade and products OF their section.
Why should we not have them in Los
Angeles, and why would not the Fair
this fall be good time to start them
Nothing would SO completely show the
progress which has been made in manu-
factures and industrial enterprises as a
procession of the several trades in which
the producer and merchant shall be rep
resented equally with the manufacturer.
We have in this city mercantile estab-
lishments which can scarcely be sur
passed in the United States in the extent
and variety of their stocks. One dealer
would vie with another in the magni6-
cence of his display. When one dry
goods merchant had arranged for street
exposition of his goods none of his rivals
could afford to be unrepresented. So OF
the grocers and hardware and furniture
dealers. All our foundries, machine
shops and other industrial enterprises
would strain point not to be distanced.
Then the demonstration would be
made specially interesting by the
emulation OF the different portions of the
county. Downey would be on hand with
her immense cornstalks, wines, corn and
gquashes, her English walnuts and
other products of the temperate zone
Pomona, San Gabriel and a score Of
other places would also be there with
their citrus fruits, wines, brandies, olives
and innumerable other specialties.
There should be day procession and a
night procession, the latter enlivened by
plenty of calcium and electric lights.
This would be all immense addition to
the ordinary attractions OF fair. 1t
would please and even astonish the
strangers within our gates and would be
an immense stimulus to our people.
Why not adopt this plan, and give
new life and significance to our ordinary
fairs? Such new departure would do
more to demonstrate our growth during
the past lustrum than would a
volume Of letter press, however
eloquently written. The prin ter 3
ink part of the programme
ought by no means to be omitted. 1t is
indeed, as to all purposes of bringing
people to Southern California, the one
supremely useful thing. But such a
procession would show them, after the
newspapers had done their work and got
them within reach of conviction from
ocular evidence, how varied and valuable
are our products of the soil and how
rapid has been the development of our
industries. There would be money in
this scheme for Southern California, and
there would also be instruction without
limit.
Let us inaugurate the st. Louis system.
We may be sure that it will work well.