The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-20

protection OF this State, and of all State, mu-
nicipal and public corporations and commits
sions, to aid and foster whatever can be pro-
duced or manufactured within the State by
the industry and skill of the citizens thereof
by employing. using and purchasing such
goods and articles can be produced or manu-
featured here, and giving preference to such
California products equal in value to
similar articles produced outside the limits of
this State; and to this end no privilege fran
chtse should be granted by or work done under
authority of the State, or municipality therein,
unless these conditions are included in all
privileges and franchises, or contracts to be
done, granted by the State or such munich
pality.
Resolved, Believing that in the developing of
the industries the burdens of the people will
be lightened and their wealth increased, it is
the duty of the State, county and city authori-
ties to lessen the charges on all legitimate in
dustries by the reduction of the license tax on
home manufactures, and by the radical reduc-
ton in the charges of electric light, gas and
water supplied to manufacturing establish
ments by the abrogation of local taxation on
shipping employed in transportation, by the
reduction OF harbor and port charges and other
burdens on industry and commerce.
ResOlUed, Inasmuch as charges for Transport
tation affect and determine the price OF goods,
this convention urge upon the transportation
companies to so adjust their tariffs as to afford
a reasonable protection to home industry and
10 enable the Pacific Coast manufacturing CEN
tiers to reach points in the interior of the State
at more favorable rates than now exist; and it
is the opinion OF this convention that extremely
low freight rates between the great manufac-
turing points in the East and California, and
high freight rates to and from points in the in
terror OF this State, disastrous to the inter-
ests of the manufacturers, producers and trans
portation companies and to the best interests
of California.
! Resolved In order to enable the manufacture
ers and the producers to economically distribute
the products of the labor and skill OF the me-
chanic, the farmer and the miner, the water
ways within THIS State should be kept open to
competing navigation, and equal landing facil-
tiles should be afforded to all at the minimum
of cost; the State and the counties should pro-
vide good wagon roads, and competing rail-
roads within the boundaries of this State
should be encouraged and assisted
Then followed the report of the commit
tee on campaign and permanent organiza-
ton, which was in substance as follows:
Permanent organization is essentially a ne
cessity. That while much good may and IN
| doubtedly will he accomplished by an agita-
] ton on 'the patronage and consumption of
| home products and manufactures" sufficient
/ encouragement is not offered thereby to per-
nit us to depend upon the possibilities it sug-
| gests and that other and more promising and
fundamental principles must needs be en-
/ bodied in our platform to accomplish the am
/ bilious aims.
We recommend that at least once a wear a
| convention be held at appointed places at
| which time papers be read each line of man
! ufacture and produce showing the advance
ment or decadence, and offering suggestions
| for improvement.
| We suggest that each particular industry be
known by q class letter or number, and that