The herald., 1893-11-25
LONGER STOPOVER DEMANDED.
If Refused, Los Angeles Will
Drop the Midwinter Fair.
Action Yesterday by the Chamber Of
Commerce Directors.
The Tariff on Fruit-The Farmers' ALI
ance-The Merchants Association
Given Assurances OF q
Warm Regard.

The board OF trustees Of the chamber
of commerce met yesterday afternoon
at O'Clock. There were present Di-
rectors Klokke, Stimson, Jevne. Pasons,
Pike, Jones, McGarvin, Lankershim,
Severance and Freeman. Director Lam
kershim occupied the chair.
A communication was read from E.
W. Maslin, secretary of the state board
of trade, stating that the state board
proposed sending Mr.. John P. Irish as
special delegate to the next session of
congress to represent the interests Of
the fruit growers of California In mat
ters relative to changes in the tariff and
asking that the chamber state its posi-
ton on the question of the tariff ON
mi.tropic fruits. The secretary was
instructed to inform Mr.. Maslin that
resolutions had already been passed by
the chamber advocating the continuance
of the tariff on semi-tropic fruits.
A communication was read from p.
X. Wood, chairman Of the committee on
entertainment of the Farmers Alliance
Of California, stating that the supreme
council of the Farmers Alliance contain
ing representatives from all the states
OF the union was about to consider prop
ositions with regard to their next meet
ing and asking that the chamber assist
in the effort to bring them to Los An
geles.
1t was moved and carried that he
be informed that the chamber would
provide hall for their meeting, and
10 -knL 81 f1r
excursions for them.
A telegram was read from the mid
winter fair committee now in San Fran
cisco negotiating with the Southern
Pacific with regard to time limit on ex-
cursion tickets and excursion rates, to
the effect that the best proposition they
had been able to secure was l2-day
extension of the time limit at one and
one-fifth fare. The principal Hubscrib-
ers to the midwinter fund, who were
present at the meeting, gave it as
their opinion that the PROPOSE
tion would not be satisfactory to the
people, and after come discussion it was
decided to instruct the secretary to tele-
graph Immediately as follows to the
committee in San Francisco:
AT meeting of the board of directors
of the chamber OF commerce and sub
scribers to the midwinter fair fund, it
was unanimously resolved that you
should insist upon visitors having not
less than 40 days in California, and that
the Southern Pacific company should
sell excursion tickets from and to all
points in California at one fare for round
trip, good for 80 days. Unless these
points are conceded, it will be impossi-
BILE to collect the subscriptions or raise
any more money.
Director Klokke brought up the mat
ter of the floral fair which the Merch-
ants association Of Los Angeles proposes
to give in this city in the course OF the
winter and offered the following resolu-
tions:
Whereas, The Merchants association
of the city OF Los Angeles is so actively
engaged in organizing for the purpose OF
holding in the city OF Los Angeles q
floral and citrus fair, q public spirited
movement entitled to the cordial and
undivided support of all citizens.
Be it resolved, That the chamber of
commerce, which from its first incep-
ton has been the promoter of many
enterprises having in view the prosper
ity and fame of Los Angeles, regard
WIFI pleAbuI0 LILO cuOTbb uhu6 ny
the above named organization, and ten
der it its unqualified sympathy and
support. earnestly hoping that the fair
proposed shall meet with the success it
so richly deserves.
While the resolutions were being dis
cussed Mr.. Freeman called attention to
the fact that some members of the aseo.
citation seemed to be under an erro-
neous impression that il was the cham
Der of commerce that had asked for
5000 from the supervisors for the mid
winter fair. which was not the case
that they were also mistaken in sup
posing that the chamber had ever, op-
posed the holding of citrus fair here
in Los Angeles during the winter. In
proof of this, Mr., freeman cited the
resolutions chat were passed at the
meeting of the chamber only few
days before the merchants committee
had waited upon the board of super
visora to protest against the grant of
$4,000. These resolutions were as fol-
Iowa.