Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-02
THE CITRUS FAIR.
A Meeting to Discuss Its
Management.
DELEGATES WHO WERE PRESENT
Objections to q Northern Man for
Superintendent-COmmit-
tees Appointed.

Superintendent-COmmlt-
tees Appointed.
The result of yesterdays meeting to
take under consideration the holding oi
one of the State citrus fairs at Los Ange.
les, was the appointment of a general
committee to work up interest and or.
ganization in the matter; the selection
of an Executive Committee OF seven
and better understanding Of the par
which the General Superintendent, ap
pointed by the State Board of Agricul
ture, is to take in the matter.
Major E. w. Jones, President OF the
Chamber of Commerce, called the meet
ing to order promptly at 10 a. M, ant
was elected temporary Chairman, J. D
n. Browne, of Pomona, temporary Sec
retary. Delegates from Riverside and
San Bernardinu arrived about 10 80, and
the Enrolment Committee soon after
found the following present:
E. g. Judson, Redlands Board ol
Trade u. O. Scott, South San Bernardino
Board OF Trade; G. L. Wilby, Frank A.
Miller, Riverside Board of Trade; M.
Baldridge, Covina: G. E. Daley, Los
Angeles West End Board of Trade; A.
G. Weeks, F. E. Gray, Alhambra; John
Alosta; III. Fuller, Azusa Pathological
Association; J. R. Matthews, M. D.
johnson, I. M. Hamilton, Frederick
Lambourne, Los Angeles Produce Ex.
change; John R. Briefly, @. M. Wells,
d. 81. Avery, s. j. Mathes, ]. H. Book,
Sixth District Agricultural Society; s. B.
Lewis, j. V. Wschtel, h. Jevne, L. N.
Breed, George G. Dickson, Board oil
Trade; Eugene Germain, E. w. Jones
J. M. Steward, M. L. Wicks, J. B. Ian.
kershim, Chamber of Commerce Sena.
tor McComas, G. E. White, ]. D. II.
Browne, Pomona Board of Trade.
The meeting was in session three hours,
and the time was mainly taken up with
discussion of the relation which Mr.. Geo
w. Hancock, the General Superintend-
ent appointed by the State Board of Agri-
culture, should have toward the fair.
Considerable opposition to q northern
man being Superintendent of Southern
California fair was at first shown, but
after full and repeated explanations by
President Green, of the State Board, Mr..
Hancock, who is also mem Der, Mr..
Frank A. Miller, of Riverside, General
Briefly, Senator McComas and others
the gentlemen from Riverside, Pomona
and San Bernardino seemed convinced
that the State Board had taken only such
action as the law compelled them to, and
thof fhn, hoA Ixx mil -, 10
ter.
President Greene made an opening ad.
dress, in which he stated that the State
had provided 10000 aid for the holding
of two citrus fairs in the State, to be ex.
pended under direction of the State
Board of Agriculture; that the board
had thought best, instead OF spending
the amount in one year, to spend bu
$5.000-$2, 800 for each fair-this year
SO that two more fairs of the same kline
might be held next year. The board ex
pected that the fruit growers in the Sixth
Congressional District would select a
committee and choose an Assistant Sup
erintendent to manage the fair; but the
board had appointed a General Superin.
tendent to see that the money was prop.
erly expended, because the board must
certify to the State Comptroller that the
money had been properly expended be.
fore he would pay over any of the 81, 500.
The State Board had thought best thai
the 81, 500 be applied to premiums, and
the other expenses of the fair be borne
by the district. He suggested that 9
small admission fee should be charged.
Mr.. George W. Hancock, who is to
have general charge of the fair, said he
was not there to run it. That was to be
the business of the assistant or loca
Superintendent selected by the district Of
meeting, subject to his approval. He
thought there would be no trouble abou
getting his approval. Exhibitors from
outside the district we're to have all priv
ieges of the fair, except premiums, bu
were to put up their exhibits at their OWL
expense.
Mr.. Miller, of Riverside, then ex
pressed the opposition Of his section to
Northern California man running {
Southern California citrus lair, and
thought all differences of opinion or O
understanding regarding the matte
should be settled then and there.
President Green said no Northern Cali
fornia man had any desire to run tn,
Sixth District Citrus Fair. The Stat,
Board of Agriculture had taken only sucf
acton as thee law compelled it to, regard
ing overseeing the expenditure of the
money. The District Committee ap
pointed by the meeting was to run it
When the committee was appointed il
would be in the hands of the district, anf
if it did not succeed it would be the faul,
Of the district. He thought they were
capable of it, for he had never seen ir
any State in the Union such progress az
Los Angeles had made in the past three
years.
Senator McComas, of Pomona, said the
people who had brought up this country
to what it was wanted to run it. Presi
dent GREEN'S explanation made the mat
ter look better.
General Briefly, whose right to guar.
antee to the State Board of Agriculture
that the people of Los Angeles would
defray the expenses of the fair aside from
premiums had been called in question,
SAID that II there were any who wanted
10 klck On his action-on the action ol
the Los Angeles committee-let them
stand aside, There were plenty to take
their places-plenty who would support
the guarantee.
The question of what would constitute
q citrus fair was elaborately discussed
Several we're in favor of confinino this
fair strictly to the few varieties of ciru,
fruits. President Green said the State
Board of Agriculture had no idea of fore
ing definition on the people of the dis
trict, but the fact was that the committee
would have to make out their premium
list and submit it to State Com ptrolle,