Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-30
CHICAGO EXHIBIT,
An Important Meeting With
Good Results.
A Representative Southern
California Gathering.
The Exhibit in Chicago to be Estab-
lished Soon.
Delegates from Four Counties Meet at the
Chamber of Commerce-The
Proceedings.

ProceeulngS.
One of the most important meetings
ever held in Southern California took
place yesterday afternoon at the Cham
Der of Commerce. 1t was called at the
instance OF the chamber for the purpose
of taking action to organize permanent
exhibit of the products of this section in
Chicago, in hall in the Rialto building
offered by the Santa Fe Railroad Com
| pany, with the purpose OF following up
this work by the establishing OF another
similar exhibit in Boston or New York.
The Representatives Present.
At 2 O'Clock the meeting room of the
chamber was crowded full with thor
oughly representative set OF men from
Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino
and Orange counties. Los Angeles was
represented by such men as Dan Free
man, E. f. Spence, Hervey Lindley,
Eugene Germain, Capt. A. w. Barrett, G.
M. Wells, H. u. Osborne, DR.. Bryant, H. Y. .
Otis, j. II. d. Browne, OF Pomona, and
others. Williamson Dunn and S. &.
Hynes represented the Santa Fe Com
pany. The San Bernardino county dele
CATION contained L. M. Holt, Colonel W.
r. Tolles, j. p. Clumm, r. F.~Ctlnhing-
ham, DIR. J. Jarvis. L. c.. Waite, d. l..
Wilbur, DR.. G. w. Craig and T. H.
Eccles. The San Diego county repre-
sentatives were as follows: Warren G..
Kimball, National City; D.. P. Hale,
Escondido; ]. S. Clark, South San
Diego; A. C. Mouser, Oneonta; Parker
Dear, Santa Rosa; James Kerr, San Ja-
cinto; +. H. Head, Elsinore; William
Newport, Perris; Jerry Toles, j. w. Col
Inns, DR.. r. M. Powers, j. H. Barbour, l.
M. Merrill, Henry Tinken, j. S. Buck,
George N. Nolan, w. n. King, San
Diego; Frank A. Kimball, delegate-at-
| large.
S. J. Bundy and w. F. Smith repre-
sented Orange county.
The Meeting Opens.
Hervey Lindley, the first vice-presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, took
the chair in the absence OF Major E. w.
Jones, and H. w Patton acted as secretary.
After the call for the meeting had been
read, Dan Freeman was asked to explain
the plan which had been under discus
sion by President Marvel, of the Santa
Fe, and himself He said that the plan
had been already pretty we'll explained,
and that 1t was generally admitted that
the opportunity offered by the free use
OF the hall for display OF our products
was too advantageous to the section to
be allowed to pass unused. He suggested
that as the San Bernardino people wished
to get away on an early train, thev
should be heard from first.
In answer to a call L. NJ. Holt rose
and said: stThe time is ripe for the un-
dertaking to be carried out successfully
OF permanent exhibit in Chicago. If
we cannot accomplish it now, we never
can. As | understand the call, how
ever, it is for the establishing of an ex-
hibit in which all county lines shall be
obliterated, and that is to say all pro-
ducts shall be displayed as coming from
Southern California in general, with no
explanation of exact locality. / do not
think that it is feasible to carry out the
scheme in this way. 1t will not excite
the interest of the people of this section
as it would if they were allowed repre-
sentation by counties. For San Bernar-
dino county can say that its peop,e are
unit on this question. They desire
that each county should have its place
and be known as SUCH"
Mr.. Spence do not understand that
this is the question before the meeting.
We have not decided yet that we will
have any exhibit.
Captain A. w. Barrett-Ths discus
sion is on the question as to the nature
of the exhibit / understand that Presi-
dent Marvel offers the hall only on the
condition that there shall be no drawing
OF county lines in the display,
About ManveIs Idea.
f. A. Kimball, of San Diego-I had a
number of consultations with Mr.. Man
vel when he was here last on the matter
OF this Chicago exhibit. His idea was
that it should be a general Southern
California exhibit Each county might
show its products, but no effort should
be made to advance the interests of any
particular sectional least not to the
loss of any other Even the literature
circulated should be subjected to a
censorship, to make sure that no obiec-
tiOnable matter gets in. There should
be every incentive to the various coun-
ties to work in harmony, but at the
same time each county should be allowed
to show it's own exhibits.
L. M. Holt-Then it is your idea that
the exhibits should be arranged lust as
they were in the citrus fair for example
Mr.. Kimball-Yes, that is the plan.
j. d. H. Browne, of Pomona-This un-
dertaking is one that will be of service to
every section of Southern California.
and no representative of any county
should be allowed to remain with the
exhibit in Chicago, who ventures to
speak in derogatory fashion of the
other counties. There is getting to be
friendly and harmonious feeling among
all the people of Southern California. 1t
is a common country and should be rep
resented as such, but by means of sep
arate county exhibits.
j. p. Clumm, of San Bernardino-I do
not think it enough that the counties
alone be exhibited, but the exact locali-
ties should be shown as well. San Ber-
nardino is a very large county. Visitors
to the exhibit will be sure to ask what
locality the displays are from. Are they
to receive no answer?
Mr.. Kimball-Mr. Manvels idea on
that point was that everything should
be numbered, and a record book should
be kept of the name and locality of ex-
hibitOr, to which reference could he