Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-22
BOOMING THINGS.
THE WORK DONE By THE CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE..
The Annual Meeting Held Yesterday
teresting Reports Made : The Work
Accomplis he'd.

AcCOWpls ueos
The chamber of commerce held its an.
nual meeting yesterday afternoon, large
attendance present. The CO mmittee on
hotels, through its chair man, Major
Toler, made compreh ensive report,
showing the great need there is in this
city for first-class hotel, and proving
that such an institution would rebound
to the profit of every body.
Ex-President Major E. w. Jones then
delivered an address, reviewing the his
tory OF the chamber and the happy re-
suits attained by it. The address was a
masterly effort, eloquent and to the
point.
President G. M. Wells followed in q
business-like speech, full Of convincing
fact. Part of the closing sentences were
as follows:
ut must not be supposed that the
future holds little in store to be done.
Thousands OF good acres still lie in pas
ture that in fruit would yield hundred
or thousand fold more than now oh.
tanned. We must force population, cul-
tivation and segregation on the immense
ranches that are even now in our midst.
There has descended to us from the prim-
tive and mining eras many crudities
and extravagances in legislation, much
unnecessary and useless expenditure in
litigation, of which the chamber can
weh take cognizance.
"Our avenues for export and inn
port are few, and the tolls and
charges high, even to effecting in
cases disbarment in traffic.
We must not rest contented until either
competition or aggregation shall have
reduced the cost OF transportation so as
to practically exclude foreign fruits from
the markets OF the United States. We
must demonstrate to the railroads that
they can make more money out of a
train loaded with tourists at $35 per
passenger, than out of train one
fourth loaded at $40 per passenger, and
that every tourist draws after him
settlers, and every settler makes freight.
Our influence must enter the halls of
congress and obtain harbor for trans
continental shipping; the complement
and accompaniment of the deep water
harbor at Galveston; obtain the neces-
sary appropriations for our public build
ings; watch and guide the enactment of
laws bearing on irrigation, both state
and national 1 and moro important than
al, in my estimation, foster and forward
the construction Of the Nicaragua canal,
against which no railroad can compete
and with which no railroad can COM
bine. We must continue to make known
to the world by the dissemination of
literature and the placing of exhibits,
our advantages Of soil, of climate, of
products, Of everything that contributes
to the pleasure OF living"
The report Of Secretary II. Jay
Hanchette was presented in SUBJ
stance, as follows:
"As secretary OF the chamber of COM
August let, 1890, and ending December
3lst, 1890, have the honor to report as
follows:
Letters written in answer to en-
quiries, August, III; September, POI
October, 200; November. 3O4; Decem--
ber, 379; total, 1921. In addition to
these, letters for other purposes written
on behalf OF the chamber, were as fol-
lows:
sAugust, 96; September, l27; Octo-
Der, 1910; November, 1882; December
S9S; total, 8273. Grand total for five
months, 1894.
ssThe letters of information were gen
orally in answer to enquiries relative to
climate, productions, profits of fruit and
vegetable culture, manufactures, and
population and railroad facilities A
large number related to the prices OF
lands, and answers of q general nature
were invariably given to this class.
In October and November an effort
was made to collect the statistics OF the
crops Of the country, and several thOus-
and letters were sent out to the produc-
ers. A number of these replied, but
there was no general effort on the part
of the producers to furnish information.
"A collection OF the names and ad-
dresses Of those desiring information
relative to Los Angeles county have been
kept on file in the roomso the chamber,
and at the present time about 1900 ad-
dresses are open to public inspection.
This list has been mace use of by mer-
chants and those of this city, and is
almost in daily request.
During the FIVE months mentioned,
the force OF the chamber has been kept
extremely busy in ite effort to keep the
various exhibits OF which it has been
principal supporter, in good condition.
This has. been considerable drain on
the producers of the county, but as q
rule they have responded generously,
and it has only been difficult to obtain
supplies when prices of products have
been high. The only fresh products
furnished to California on Wheels dur
ing the year were sent from the Loe
Angeles chamber Of commerce, which,
during the five months mentioned, for
warded from ten to twenty packages
OF Los Angeles county productions every
Friday. Altogether 364 packages, some
Of them weighing as high as 5000
pounds, have been forwarded to .Califnr-
MIA on Wheels. The total weight of the
products forwarded was in the neighbor-
hood OF thirty tons.
"The first shipment to the Southern
California exhibit at Chicago was made
on September 28th, when half carload
was forwarded from the chamber of
commerce. Eeventy-fve packages were
forwarded to Chicago on October 6th,
and since that time number OF ship
ments have been made, the total num-
Der OF packages for Chicago being 2O4.
An exhibit Of Los Angeles county at
the state board Of trade rooms at San
Francisco has also been supplied from
time to tims. the total shipment rekch-
ing ffty-six cases. In addition To the
above, the chamber has been called