The morning call., 1891-06-17
STILL AFTER MIKE.
The Unhappy Lot Of a Worlds
Fair Commissioner.
Wine and Flower Men Repudiate the CLASH
fcation That Has Been Thrust Upon
Them n Changes Desired.

NJ II. de Young seems 70 have raised a
hornets nest about his ears, and close upon
The defeat of his man Maxwell comes the
news that hortieulturistS OF the United
States are hot upon his trail They claim
that the classification which he succeeded
in establishing is simply ridiculous. and
movement is already on foot to have it
changed This feeling, it is to be under
stood. Is not confined to the East by any
manner of means, but is equally strong in
California
First # all come the wine men, who OBJ
ject most Strenuously to having their prod
ucts placed under the general head Of hOrti-
culture They claim that wine bears the
same relation to horticulture that whisky
does to agriculture. They, in turn, are fol-
lowed BY the flOriculturists, who are equally
firm in their protests Then again, the
hurticulturists are indignant, and are not
slow in giving vent to their feelings. They
regard it as slap in the face that De
Young, through the columns of his per-
sonal organ and alleged newspaper, should
state in support Of Maxwell that there was
not in the entire State a hortculturist
with breadth of mind sufficient to properly
ill the Office. This they resent most Bit
terly, and the result of it all has been that
not single society. of those directly in
volyed, in the United States has Endorsed
the classification as pushed through by De
Young. They regard it as tie work of a
man totally ignorant of the subject. Ihey
affirm. moreover, that it was the result of
undertaking to cope with 4 subject without
Investigation.
BAD BLACK EYE.
Attention has heen drawn to the fact that
the Nursery Mems Association of America
at It's annual meeting at MINNEAPOLIS on the
81 inst, absolutely Tepudiated Mr. de
lguHg's class tcauOn, and Endorsed the one
previously agreed upon by a number OF
powerful organizations. At tie meeting in
question President Emery alluded 10 the
classification as pathetic in its ludicr0us-
ness. and declared that vigorous protest
against such fallacy was in order.
At recent meeting OF the Seed Mems
Association at Cincinnati similar action was
taken, and De IOung'S classification was
handled without gloves. The fact is that
mp 10 the present time not a single society,
East or West, has given Ii lis Endorsement,
ana il is known that strong pressure is be-
ing brought to bear to have II rescinded,
and tile new classification substituted.
VINE MEN AROUSED.
In his last issue the editor of the Calilor-
MIA FTuit-GTOwer says:
After carefully intervening a number OF prom
i8enj YilcuHurists. We have reached the con-
ciusiun that The wine men OF California are Bit
terly opposed 10 The mixing OF the w!ne interests
Witu those OF horticulture in Department OF
the Orlds Fair. The interests are so entirely
dssmlar that the division Of thai department
or tie forming Of a new one Is strongly de-
m3nded. he combining OF these diYeTgiug jn-
teTesIs seriously leopardiZeS tue success Of bOlh
the horticultural and FiticultUral exhibits. The
vine men want 10 lace man 10 their liking at
lie head OF the NIcUliural Depar menf, and
tb- hOTtlculjutiStS make the same demand.
These ave certainly rational aud DUSIneSs-tke
GemaudS-then why ia the name of common
sense can IL not be done
MORE DENUNCIATIONS.
NOT are these the smallest Of the COM
plants made The flower men are out for
blood. and are loud ia their denuucia lions
of De Young for his utteTaDces Through the
columns of an evening paper, in which be
peeyishly takes them to task for attempting
10y their silly actions % undo the work that
has been accOmp Iished BY their representa-
tIves in Chicago after days Of work and
Sieepless nights" They urge that De Young
could best have served them by spending his
days in idleness and by deTotiug his nights
to rest and sleep.
Another cause for complaint, according to
q prominent UOTticulturist, is that the East
EN- States are already using De Y0ung's
statement that a California man as chief Of
the Horticultural Bureau would be a bic to
favor this STATE, as a cudgel with which to
beat the Pacific Coast over their head.
They claim that they desire 10 favOTS aad
cannot afford 10 20 into a competitive exhibit
with such a stigma resting upon them. in
snort they dec are themselves As heartily
sick If De Young aud his methods, and are
eudeay0riGg now to rid themselves Of the