The record-union., 1893-10-02
OUR WORLDS FAIR EXHIBIT.
Something Concerning Its Manage
ment in Chicago.
The County Commissioners Meet and
Listen to Statements Made by
Returned sacramentan.

The Sacramento County Worlds Fair
Commission held meeting on Saturday
afternoon, E. Greer acting as Chairman
in the absence of Chairman Flint.
j. p. Murphy, who has recently re-
turned from the exposition, gave a short
account of the state of affairs in relation
to the county exhibit there. He said that
letters written to the papers here, saying
that the fruit sent on there was poor in
quality deferred people here from send
ing fruit for the exhibit. AS matter of
fact, the very man who wrote some of the
letters acknowledged that he never had
seen finer fruit than was shown there.
Sacramento really showed more good
fruit and green fruit than any other two
counties. None of the others exhibited
much fruit except Los Angeles, which
exhibited citrus fruits.
The horticultural display in the Ma
tional building was a miserable one.
When the fruit arrived for that display it
was put in care of the persons in charge,
and often that was the last that was ever
seen Of it. Ii it was exhibited for one
day it generally disappeared the next
day, being given awcy or eaten. The
other States kept their exhibits clean and
attractive and free from dust, while that
of California was not taken care Of or
kept busted, and had it not been for the
lower counties the exhibit would have
been disgrace to the state.
The fruit sent from Sacramento, he
said, was by far the best brought to the
fair. From no other place did such fruit
come, nor did he ever see finer.
While the exhibit in the horticultural
building was so poor, the exhibit in the
T,l,F
revelation to the Eastern people, and
when people are told that our county ex-
hibit was poor let them not believe it.
Santa Clara and some other counties had
good fruit exhibits, but nothing else, and
some other counties, like Humboldt and
Marin, had special exhibits, but we had
everything.
Sacramento only had $500, said he,
with which to make her exhibit, while
Santa Clara had 200 and expended it
judicionsly. making a fine exhibit. Ours
compared tayorably with that or any of
them. 1t was the first in place, and that
fact was an incentive to others. 1t was
there ready to be put up long before the
building had roof. The men who had
charge of the State work were not practi-
cal men and that was the trouble.
Mrs. j. II. Kerr stated that she sent, by
direction of Mr.. Wells and Mr.. DeYoung,
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tered for premium. 1t had taken the
first premium at San Francisco. She was
told that it never had appeared in the
horticultural building. As it was pack ed
and sent by the official packer, she
wished to know whose fault it was.
MIR. Murphy said it was an instance of
the acknowledgement that prevailed. The
exhibit was eaten up and disappeared.
1t was not in Mr.. McMulIen's depart
ment.
L. Greer asked what would be the best
way to dispose Of the exhibit, and Mr..
Murphy advised that the stuff be dis
posed of there and new and fresh ex-
nibit prepared here with the money re-
ceived for it.
Mr.. Greer stated that such had been his
idea, and he had mentioned it to the Su-
pervisors. The jars, also, were not of the
best or latest patterns, and II the commits
sion were getting jars again they would
get different ones.
On motion of w. w. Greer, it was or
dered that the fruit and jars be disposed
of, and that unless the framework and
cereals would fetch more there than here,
or at least as much, they should be
shipped back.
Mrs. Kerr asked for information as to
the amount of money on hand and the
amount of bills due in Chicago.
The acting Chairman stated that the
Auditor was expected to make out such a
statement for the Chairman, but it had
noe yet been received. Mr.. McMullen
was told when he went away to make his
report at the end of his term, and the I'M
derstanding was not that he should make
a monthly report
The meeting adjourned to meet at the
call of the Chair.