The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-30

gathering was to elicit the sympathy OF the
German residents in the fair project and TO
assure German exhibitors at Chicago :nat
their countrymen in San Francisco desired
them 10 bring their displays to tbs city,.
DirectOr-General de Dung. VINO sHnke
in English, said il was hard 10 get Ger
man started, but when once Interested II
WAS hard to stop him. He thought that
since the discovery of gold IN Caliinrnla
there had been no event OF such import
ancs to the Golden State as the Mlowlnter
Fair, 1t had seemed to be an imDrudent
upderta King at such short notice, but the
promoters had taken advantage Of the
presence in this country of many valuable
exhibits to secure them for our exposition.
ut was necessary to act quickly" he
said, $50 we took time by the fOrelock.
The exploitation Of the Columbian Expo
sition had cost S3,250.OO0. an expense
which we have entirely avoided. Prom
inent people from the different countries
are always attracted TO these exhibitions
and they will visit San Francisco. We
will have RI least 6000 exhibitors, with
their attaches. The Libby Glass Works
will bring s. attendants, the Oriental ex-
hibit 265. the Hawaiian 145. and so Oh.
These people will all spend their money
here aud IL will circulate among our bust
ness men,"
Mr.. de I Dung then referred in detail to
the various classes of visitors who would
Dc aitTacltu 10 San IIHuClScO luis winter.
He alluded TO the permanent benefit the
fair would prove to California. He said
that the German exhibit was prominent in
every department at Chicago, and he
urged bis auditors to induce those exhi BIZ
tors 20 come hither The director-general
announced that he had Just made a con-
tract to secure the electric theajer as one
of the attractions.
Hilmar SteDhany, the German Commits
sIOner, deScri bed 10 German the desire of
his countrymen at Chicago TO bring THAR
displays 10 the Golden Gate. and said that
al they desired was a little encouragement
and assurances OF welcome. On both
points he SAID that he was now repaired
to reassure them.
He was followed by William Seitz Of
the Midwlnter Fair Foreign Department,
who read a list OF prominent Germ ans
already on the list as certain 20 make dis
plays here.
A. Andrews of the executive committee
suggested that at the close of the Msrdi
Gras carDiv al in New Orleans the partiei-
pants should be invited TO come to the
Mldwlnter Fair. with their costumes, and
give repetition of the carnival.
l.: ). Rose proposed a committee to
draft resolutions. stating that the German
citizens aDpro we'd the fair and had conf
dence n the executive committee; author
lZlng Commissioner Hiimar StephaDy tn
inform the Chicago exhibitors that their
gefaS Is efsfifd hsEs SAT- IL b Tia
official display now at Jackson Park to
the MidwiDter Fair. and urging the estab-
lishmeDt Of German press hnreau.
On motion of Maurice Greenblatt the
following committee was appointed for
the purpose: DIR. Julius KOebig, DR.. NJ. c.
Richter, f. c. Siebe, c. f. Bendxen,
Charles Sundsohn. George Schmitt, Fred
Hess. Caesar BeTtheau, Robert Capelie,
Henry Epstein. Isa Goldman. II. L. Simon.
Emil Rohte, John c. Msngels and f.
Dohrmann.