The morning call., 1893-09-16
FUNDS COMING IN.
Over the First Century
Mark Already.
MR.. IRvING'S CONTRIBUTION
Director General de Young and
w. H. L. Barnes Talk Before
the Produce Exchange.

winter Fair ot1ces there IS no longer any
reticence about exposition finances. TIE
books are thrown open for inspection and
the good result was shown in the fact that
5000 q was paid in yesterday. This
makes the cash receipts to date S106, ,95S 10.
Among the cash subscriptions received
were: Palace HOtei S10O0 Crocker-Wool-
worth National Bank $1,000, Brewers Pro-
tective Association S3333 33, Builders Ex-
change $3.50. Payot. Upham q Co. 500.
Porter. Slessinger & Co. S1OO j. G. Fair
$3.50. c. Scbilling & Co. S1O0
The following letter was received by the
direct0r-General and by him turned over 10
the finance committee:
VIII you accept for the aid of the Midwlnter
Fair, when l nope will prove new glory 10
San Francisco aud California, the inclosed $500
as an expression OF good Will and gratitude on
The part of one who mas been made so rovally
welcome AT the Golden Gale.
With all my heart L wish success to your
splendid undertaking. Believe me, ever SIN
cerely, HENRY IRVING.
The members OF the Produce Exchange
were addressed yesterday by Director
General de Young and w. Ii. L. Barnes,
chairman of the fG auce committee. Mr..
de I Oung, who spoke first. referred to the
physical DEVELOPMENT of the State, spoke
of her marvellous resources and thea of her
Lack of population. He sketched the work
already accomplished, Congressional recag-
milton Of the exposition and the exhibitors
who have promised TO come bitheT. The
concessions granted and the side attrac-
tons to be introduced were also explained.
"We have figured" continued Mr. de
Dung, that we can get from one to two
hundred thousand of these people to come
here, and we know certain part of them
are bound to come to stay. What surprises
me most is the position of this exchange.
In Chicago the Produce Exchange or the
m rl n r o Il rf laa Too
of that city. The president OF the Prod-
nee Exchange there was president OF the
exposition in Chicago.
This exchange. having in its memb mber-
ship men Of standing, merchants, men of
trade, men Of importance and note should
cut greater figure in this community
than it does. 1t is your own fault that
you do not When propositions are
brought before your exchange you hardly
give them passing attention, and no body
Of men In this community is more deeply
interested In the welfare of the whole
State than this exchange.
How do they do In San Francisco? In
San FRANCISCO you are divided into nasty
little cllques against the welfare Of the
city, against the welfare Of the State.
Now, gentlemen Of the Produce Ex-
change, say TO you as Il leading body of
this clty-as body that ought TO have
great lnfluence-'COme iE and support
this MidwiEter Exposition 1t is going
to help US all. Ii Is going to bring thou
sands of people here. In addition it brings
the foreigner in the exhibitor himself.
When we get the foreign exhibits we get
the foreign exhibitors; with the foreign
exhibitor comes his employees. If we get
5000 exhibitors from Chicago we get an
average Of ten men with every exhibit.
That alone is worth working for
Now, gentlemen, what does this all
mean to you, looking at it in the most
selfish spirit that you can? 1t means the
development OF this State, it means more
capital, the increase OF our products. the
building Of this exchange throughout the
East. You will find that in all the cities
of the East the PEOPLE are standing
shoulder to shoulder and fighting and
doing all they can TO boom their cities.
How is it in San Francisco? Why,
YOU don't look ut the merits of the case.
You stop and consider who was the man
that projected the IDEA. who are tile per-
sons that are concerned in II. We don't
like them, and therefore, while we are
going to get the benefit out of this thing we
won't have anything TO do with it,
Who ever neard a Chicagol man say
stagnatIon was rampant in Chicago, bus-
ness was dull? Never. Who ever met
Californian in Chicago who was not say
ing something against his own city and
Slater l never met one who did not have
some mean remark. They 90 from Cali
foTnia back East and say business is dull
jn San Francisco. You do not boom your
own city and State. Now, gentlemen,
when people are ready in this city TO take
the burden OF hard work when you won't
do it. and they ask you for financial sup
port, why don't you give it 10 them if you
cannot give them the time ?"
Mr.. de Young concluded by giving de-
tailed statement of the fairs finances, and
outlining the work each must do tn carry
the project through. He SAID that every
subscri Der would get his money back and
in fu nT ~
city. He asked the aid Of every member
of the exchange to bring the project to
successful conclusion.
General Barnes followed, and in the
course of his remarks said
when first this great idea OF the eXpo-
sitiOn occurred to Mr.. de Young nine
tenths of the people who have money said.
1t is a fake 1t cannot be DONE but it
grew from day TO day until now, so far as
the mass of the people is concerned. the
people In moderate circumstances and the
poor people Of this city are supporting it,
and the money that is coming in is the
money OF the poor and not the wealth of
the rich. The business aspect of this propo-
sltlOn is worthy of the support of every
body, but the trouble is, as Mr.. de Young
has said. that no sooner does a man get his
head up. it doesn't make any difference
what sort Of an idea he has pushing him
up, everybody gets club and goes at him
TO fracture his skull"
ne mem OerS OF the exchange then
unanimously indorsed the Midwinte Fair.
Another meeting will be held on Monday,
when the question of subscribing to the
exposition funds will be discussed. Sew
eral members expressed the opinion that
$4,000 would be voted to the fair.
At meeting of The finance committee
held yesterday afternoon Frank S. John
son and LOUIS Soss made an extended
statement of what had been accomplished
and a sketch of the plans for the future
There will be held at the Hallidie Wire
Works at o'clock this afternoon a meet
ing of the workmen of that establ shment,
which will be addressed by members of
the finance committee, and at which
liberal subscription is expected. A simi-
lar meeting is to be held among the en-
ployes of the Union Iron Works some
time next week, and subsequently all other
one at the Spreckels Refinery, each of
these establishments allowing their en-
ployes an hours time for the discussion
Of this subject.
Another matter which Messrs johnson
and Sloss brought TO the notice of the
hnauce committee was the donation by
Adolph Sutro of sixteen park lots near the
prospective location of the new hotel and