Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-09
THE ANNUAL MEETING,
The Chamber of Commerce
Holds an Election.
ADDRESS OF MAJOR e W. JONES
A Presentation to the Secretary.
Election of Board of Directors.
Miscellaneous Business.

monthly meeting OF the Cnamper OF
Commerce took place yesterday. The
ballot box was kept in the room of the
Secretary, and voting began at O'Clock
and continued until evening.
The regular meeting was called to
order by President E. W. Jones at 8
O'Clock. After the reading of the min
utee, the Committee on Nominations
offered the name of Fred L.. Allies, which
was laid over for two weeks as required
by the constitution.
The Secretary read letter in which
attention was called to the fact that
three members of the State Board ol
Agriculture, two of them from the Forth,
would soon have served out their term ol
Office. Mr.. Lindley moved that the
Chamber formally request the Governor
to appoint one member from the south.
ern portion of the State. Captain Sea
mans was in favor of taking action as
soon as possible to select some man
whose name might be offered to the
Governor. It was moved as an amend
ment that the whole matter be referred
to the Board of Directors with power to
act and to nominate man. The motion
was carried.
The Secretary read communication
from the Secretary of the State Board OF
Agriculture, which has already been pub
lished in the HERALD, with regard to the
local Board of Directors and Superiu-
tendent Of the Citrus Fair. 1t was turned
over to the Citrus Fair Committee.
A resolution was read and placed on
file calling for the appointment of per-
manent committee of five to undertake
the work of getting together q Southern
California display for the Worlds Fair
of 1892.
There being no further regular business,
the next order was the annual address of
the President, Major E. w. Jones. He
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Los angeles Chamber OF
Commerce.:
l can conceive of no better way to oc
cupy your time and fulfill my duty of
giving you the usual address on this
occasion, than to briefly review the
lsbors OF the Chambsr for the past year
and make suggestions with regard TO
those of the year just begun. 1t will be
unnecessary to dwell upon any but the
more important of those labors or to be
prolix in the suggestions l might make,
for doubtless, to many of you, they will
be merely an expression of your own
thoughts.
A year ago our first annual meeting
was held. We were new, untried, in
experienced organization. We hardly
knew whether the elements of which we
we're composed would assimilate and
work with sufficient harmony and energy
to accomplish snything or not. We soon
found that there were plenty Oh ques-
tions of public interest that were within
our province and which it became our
duty to take hold of. We had had
good temporary Secretary, and we elected
q good new one. He took hold of the
work with vim. We had some good
committees. They also went to work to
BEE what could be made out of their de- |
partments. 1t was Immediately found |
by the workers that there was go much
to'do that they must work together. The
Committee on Statistics, ETC., got out the
pamphlet we published. They labored
night and day and with the least possi-
ble delay they gave US work as full Of
meat as an egg is. Among our first ef-
forts was that to get an increase of the
appropriation for the public building. A
little homely structure about the size of
an ordinary dwelling-house was being
built to accommodate the postoffice,
United States courts and the other fed
eral officers whose business was equal to
that Of city of 100000 inhabitants.
We we're in great danger Of being afflicted
with an excrescence upon the fair face of
our town which would have put US to the
blush whenever we were Obliged to look
at it or speak of it.
We put stop to it. We asked for an
additional appropriation of $500, 600 for
the erection of building such as would
be both useful and ornamental. The
proper officer has reconsidered the whole
matter, aud, actuated by the EXTREMIST
economy as is required Of him, has
recommended an addition of $3.50 900
1t ought still to be 5000 600, or total OF
$750,000 hut the $3.50, 900 will give
many a mason, carpenter, painter
plumber and other artisan and laborel
work, put bread in the mouths of many
women and children, give many mer
chant custom, pay many bills and settle
many debts. We are no worse off in re
spect to work for the laborer, or breaC
for the hungry, than other cities Of lk,
sizs, but the expenditure of such sun
would unquestionably be OF great benef
to this community. A further addition
of $250,000 out of the national treasury
with no interest to send away for it
would be 80 much better, would Civ,
wages to 30 many more men, that, If i
could be obtained, all other considera
tions ought to yield to that and the effor
be made. We have good reason for con
fidence that the $350,000 additional will
be granted.
Another work in the interest of ever
citizen, whether poor or rich, has beel
that for the further improvement of tn
ha-bor of San Pedro. Our Committee o,
Commerce has prepared maps, statistic
and statements, and placed them in tn,
proper department at Washington, ant
in the hand of Senators and Congress
men, showing the importance of carrying
on the work and enlarging its scope a
that port. We have taken Senators an,
Representatives., members of the mos
important Congressional committee
there, and showed them the nature G
the improvements desired and the vas
advantage that would follow their con
etruction, both to this region immeGiatel,
tributary-larger than all Nsw England
and with quarter of million people
and the whole interior and South west
II we fail of getting this benefit, on which
at least half of our future possible pros
perity depends, it will not be for want O
effort on the part of this Chamber o
Commerce. While, if we succeed, VI