The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-16
SHOULD BUY HERE
Manufacturers Meet to.
-. s: ID isCuss Business. ........
Henry l.. Davis Urges People to Pat
/. ronize Home in Preference to !:
-. III Foreign Productions.

! The. ANNUAL: meeting of.the Board :of
Msnufacturers and En- ployers of: Cali
fornia was held yesterday. :: President
Davis in his report told, of the victories
which: the: associatiOn had won in fights
against the labor. i'm IONS. Each successive
strike and boycott:had been defeated. He
advocated Legislation to stamp out the
boycott. The curse of it: is. that it; Is
always directly against our own Industries,
he. said: ;Itneger drives out the products
of tile East. He urged that steps be taken
Ito educate the Pacific coast to the wisdom
OF buying its supplies>in San Francisco in
preference to Eastern cities: He. said. +
"A strange and senseless. prejudice ex-
lists among many retailers, in this and con-
tigu0uS States against buying In. San Fran
cisco: The most ninjuriOus Discrimination
is spracticed against this city and:in favor
rof. the East. Retailers: WILL buy Of the
East over and over again when. they can
title same or: better goods forless money
and in. quicker time and in. more conye-
nient lots IN San Francisco. Thispreju-
dice:is widespread, itisperslstent and tits
without reason. 1t is most perpleXing to
I=accou u for IT.: ltseems asthO ugb>dStance
lent eDchintment to the view IN ,merchan-
raise as .well"as in natural scenery. or: per-
.haps, the: empty vanity Of calling him self
III pOl vel HAS M6i ElGb Will buN
unthinklng retailer. to cause him to act
against his own true interests. Whatever
may be the cause for it.the Discrimination
exists and <itOug ht*to be removed: =.
"Callt0rnia-is. the second w0Ol-prOducIng
State In the Union, and lies right at the
door OF: Australia, whence all the. mix
ing woods come; yet the woolen-mllls, OF
California are struggling hard t0.live, and
much OF the product of these mills is sent
to New York. stamped with Tire name. of
an Eastern manufacturer. land then sold
back: here In California again at an ad-
vance Of 90 per cent. California. produces
the best sole and harness feather in the,
WOrld,.yet goods made in the Eastfr0m
this same leather. are sold tn*en ormOus
quantities here. Manufacturers of WOODEN,
shirts drive Eastern competitors: ont of.the
markets of New"MeXic0 and of Colorado.
but cannot sell,aGainst. the East in their
own State OF California. w holeSalerS in
mGny lines find that they can. sell good 5
oil ect from New York when they cam ot.
sellthe same .gondS:at a ! over price from
a wholesale -stOrein San Francisco. The
same. complaint comes from every. line
/ from tobacco to iron. -. -. =.
1.-The farmer of California, with no mar
krt for, his produce iii his own. land, is
fOrced:to send his fruit, his wheat :and*h
wlne:to distant ; hateS at a heavy EXPENSE
for freight. ItwOuld seem as -tnough:the
weakest intel ctpugbttO understand tina t
lf.thaC produce could be marketed. IN San
Francisco the.price of it would be greater
and .thatsa great and pros ferrous city. a t
the Golden Gate would mean a great ard
prosperous country behind it., If enough
people lived lii San francisco to: eat up all
the wheat grown in the State the price OF
wheat paid tile. farmer would be the Liver
pool price; with the freight added instead
of as now the LIVERPOOL price. with the
lreightideducted." ~. -. = :. =. -:
TWAS decided to request all the local
commercial bodies to- help educate. the
State ON this subject, =: - =:
The following directors were elected
Henry l.: Davis; S. NickelsbnTg, Walter
Rosie, W aies Ii. Palmer, Oscar Lewis,
John w: Graham, George w: :Snyders,
George II. Ful er, james R: Carrick, A. M:
Laughlin and. Jamts Appraiser; They
. will elect officers next Friday. :: : j.. =
The receipts for The year were S47S7: IS
and expenditures S3O46 49,: =. n: