The morning call., 1893-12-17
IRAMIE'S CULTURE.
Its Growth in California
to Be Shown.
SPECIAL COUNTY SHOWS.
No Stock Company to Manage
the Exposition.
MONEY GIFT FROM MODJESKA.
Oregon Is Proud of Her Prunes.
Portuguese Residents to Or
ganiZe for the Fair.
MONEY GIFT FROM MoDJEsKA.

mistaken impression prevailed in
some. quarters yesterday because of the
erroneous statement in a morning paper
thata project is on foot for the formation
of Midwinter Fair stock company and
tbs issnance of bonds on which to raise
the>amoGnt of funds necessary to meet
the present obligations of the executive
committee before its receipts from ad
missions and concessions will become
available.
The exposition management needs
about $4,000 in round numbers to meet
fhe demands that will be made upon il
within The next few weeks" said Louis
Sloss Jr., one of the financial managers.
yesterday afternoon.
"a number of public-spiriied citizens
have taken il upon themselves to organize
an auxiliary finance comm ttee with view
10 securing this sum, or part of il at least
by Subscriptions from San Franciscans
who can well afford TO give more Iiberallv
. than they have thus far given, and from
those who have not yet seen fit to give
anything at all.
THE only plan which this committee has
In view Is to raisf The money by subscrlp
tlon." 1t has no .dea OF forming stock
company nor of issuing bonds uor vet OF
asking the winter Fair management to
do so. Such a su gestion was made 10 the
weeks ago, but the committee did not IN
'dOTse the proposition.
LAS matter of fact the amount which
seems TO be necessary is not so large that
the Issuance of bonds is necessity What
the money we now lack is needed fnr is IN
allow the exposition to start clear of debt.
so that the receipts need not be diverted
. from the payment OF the running expenses
OF the exposition TO the payment of de-
het that has been created in the prepara-
non OF the exp sltion. The statement
IN at million dollars is necessary to cover
tie cost OF the exposition is entirely err
r0neous. No estimate exceeding $500. 0oO
has ever been officially made since the or
ganZatiOn of the project
ut must be remem bered that the growth
Of the exposition has far exceeded the
original scope. but. even though TINS is so.
we are asking for no more money than we
originally asked for. II will probably be
necessary, as the fair progresses, to offer
extra inducements to keep up the attend
ance from timt to time, and if the gate re-
celpts are to be hampered in the paying
OF of dead horse there will not be much
for US to work with. There is no thought
however, OF bonding the exposition, or OF
forming 1t into a stock company, but the
management is very pleased to know that
this auxiliary finance committee is going
tosmake an EFFORT 20 secure more money by
subseri ntj<seF
rPssza6 CD sure in California will get a
I'D boom through the exposition.
kgessfal ramie-growers in this State lave
arranged TO make extensive exhibits in the
Lorticultural and Agricultural building
inn in jersey City Will also have dis
play, and will show a case containing ten
pounds OF ramie finished for spinning. 1t
is hoped that the ramie exhibit will be the
means Of stimulating the culture of this
plant. Heretofore the great trouble about
handling This product, as with all similar
vegetable fbers, has been the difficulty of
extracting the gum. Various processes
will be shown IN connection with the
exhibit by which this difficulty can be
overcome.
The mining exhibit from Caaveras
County will consist of large quantities of
gold quartz. many attractive gold speci-
mems, and gypsum, chalk. copper ore,
natural paint, marble and iron ore. giving
, some idea of the county's diversified min
eral interests.
The Albany Gold Mining Company of
Jackson. Amador County. and the Bruins
wick mine OF Grass Valley. Nevada County,
have promised to ship quantities of rich
ore TO be worked in the mining exhibit mill
during the fair. Shasta County has almost
completed its mining exhibit and will ship
it in few days. 1t will be one of the
most varied and extensive of all the county
exhibits.
The new dry diggings of Goier on the
MojaVe Desert will make a notable display
OF these being valued at $1,000. Some of
the gentlemen interested in the mining ex-
= hibt have been bringing up some of the
finest specimens for exhibition purposes to
keep them from being minted
Rich, yellow cream from Humboldt
County will figure prominently in the
dairy and creamery section OF the agricul-
tural department. At first it was consd-
cred i'm practicable 10 send fresh milk from
HUMBOLDT to Sunset City. 1t has finally
been decided however, to separate the
cream from the milk and ship the luscious
surface covering to the fair grounds. there
TO be manufactured into butter. The COM
mittee of the Dairymen's Union having in
charge the location of creamery exhibits
com prises L. Tomasini OF PetaIuma Chair
NAM. William Hatton of Monterey County.
j. Sart0ri of Marin County aud q. w.
Burbank Of Tomales.
Odd Fellows Hall will undoubtedly be
well filed tomorrow evening ON the oc-
casion of the grand concert for the benefit
of the fair fund of the Midwinter EXPOSE
ton, when Sir Michael Costa's oratorio,
"Nsaman," will be rendered by the Mid
winter Choral Society of $50 voices. under
the direction Of Professor Martin Schultz.
The solOists will be as follows:
soprano-Mrs. Martin Schultz (Shunamite,