Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-31
ON WHEELS.
News of the Exhibit in the
East.
A LACK OF PRINTED MATTER
Apathy Shown By Exhibiting Dis
tricts-WOrk Accomplished
By the Display.

The State Board of Trade continues to
get great many letters from all parts of
the East where the travelling exhibit, the
California on Wheels" has visited,
showing the excellent work which has
been accomplished by that undertaking.
G. G. Hutchinson, resident of Phila-
delphia, who was one of the original
builders of the railroad from Reno,
Nevada, into Lassen county, tells of a
visit which he paid to the exhibition at
Jersey City.
He expresses astonishment at the
crowd which he found there, and the
enthusiasm and eagerness which they
displayed. A constant stream of re-
spectacle, intelligent people was pouring
through the car. He found the car
showing the effects of travel, but the ex-
hibit was in excellent shape. He de-
clares his belief that the exhibit will
accomplish great results; first, in adver-
tising California products and securing
for them wider market in the East,
and second, in inducing people who are
in search OF health and pleasure, or of
homes, to come to California.
Mr.. Hutchinson offers some criticisms
on the work of the exhibitors, some of
which seem to reflect back to this end of
the line. He says that at the time when
he visited the car there was not one
printed document for distribution, ex-
cepting the State map. Several attend
ants were doing their best to answer the
questions which were being poured
in on all sides by the eager
crowd. There were general expressions
of regret that nothing in the shape
OF definite printed information was to be
had. The manager gave as an excuse
that it was impossible to stir up the
various counties and organizations which
were represented (of which the Los An
geles Chamber OF Commerce is one) to
send enough printing matter to supply
even small fraction of the demand.
"We could have used 100 pamphlets
where we have had one," said the man.
ager, "and used them, too, greatly to
the profit of the State"
The Chamber of Commerce of this
city has kept an excellent exhibit in this
car, and has distributed good many
thousand copies of small pamphlet
which was published by that organiza-
ton, setting forth the advantages of this
section. 1t would appear from the state
ment of Mr.. Hutchinson that this section
has been as derelict as other parts of the
State in supplying the needed quantity
of printed matter. 1t might be remarked
in this connection that large numbers of
the ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL HERALD, re-
Gently issued from this office, have been
sent East by individuals and by the ed
itors, but that there are still copies left
which might be put to some such pur-
pose as the one described by Hutchin-
son.
The following telegram was received a
few days ago from Mr.. Mcdonald, who
has charge of the exhibit
"We gave grand stereopticon show
at Akron last night, which was attended
by fully 5000 people. The interest re-
mains the same and we are having
good houses"
A recent letter from Mr.. Mcdonald
states that one of the leading men OF
Meadvi!le, Pa, who is connected with
the cheese industry of that city, ex-
pressed an intention to move out to Cali
fornia in the near future. he is the owner
of fourteen of the largest cheese factories
in the State of Pennsylvania. His objec-
tion to continuing the business in the
East is that he can only operate his fac
tories five months in the year. He be-
lieves that California will one day be a
great cheese producing country, and pro-
poses to try the experiment OF transfer
ring his interests out here.
The Los Angeles exhibit at the State
Board of Trade rooms at San Francisco
continues to attract a good deal of at
tention. There is large number of
visitors in attendance at the exhibit
rooms of the board every day, and the
Los Angeles tables frequently come
in for commendstion, both from them
and from the press. Such an exhibit
cannot be kept up, however, without the
cooperation of the producers of the To-
cality, and as the Secretary of the cham
ber has experienced the greatest of diff
Guilty in obtaining any donations for the
exhibit, it is not strange that an impress
sion should get abroad that many of the
fruit-growers of this section are not alive
to their own best interests.