The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
MONEY THAT MAY Be USED,
A Fund for a Fine Display at
the Atlanta Expo
Sition.
STATE ASSISTANCE SOLICITED.
The Board of Trade Wants Money
Left From a Worlds Fair
Appropriation.

There will probably be grand display
of all the products of California at the Al
lanta (Ga.) exposition next fall without
calling upon the county Boards OF ouperVl-
sors for contributions for an exnloltlon
fund. A State fund exists which, 1t is De-
lieved, can be diverted to this purpose.
Several months ago o. ID. MCCARTHY
representing the Atlanta exposition, VS.
tied the members of the California state
Board of Trade, and urged the ooaro 10
make an exhibit of California products at
the Southern fair. One thing stood IN the
way. The Board of Trade declined to SEND
on an exhibit and pay for space IN addl-
ton to transportation expenses. 7Early
last week a letter was received from Mr..
Carthy stating that the directors OF the
fair would give the board 5000 square feet
of space free of charge.
1t was practically decided by several
members of the board that the offer should
be accepted, and the entire exhibit now at
575 Market street will be replenished
packed and sent on to Atlanta. To &C.
complish this it will be necessary to de-
wise means for raising fund TO meet the
rotary, suggested that each of the counties
exhibiting at the Board of Trade rooms on
Market street should add 500 to their an
nual contribution of $780, which would
make up fund of nearly $1,000.
While this plan was favored another,
which seems to be better, has been sug-
gested by Mr.. Filcher. The State Legisla-
ture in 1893 made an appropriation of $25,-
600 for the publication of literature upon
California and its resources, to be dis
tributed at the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
This appropriation was in no way con-
nected with the $780, 900 that was set apart
for the use of the California Worlds Fair
Commission. A number of writer's were
set to work, and H. II. Markham, then the
Governor, issued many thousand copies of
"The Resources of California" to the State
Commissioners. About 5000 books by some
misslip were not forwarded, but were
stored away in a garnet at the Capitol.
While inquiring for these spare copies
recently, Mr.. Filcher learned that only
about $4,000 of the $4,000 appropriated
had been spent in publishing the books,
and the remainder never reverted to the
general fund in the State treasury.
He called upon Attorney General W. F.
Fitzgerald and asked if this money could
not be used for the State exhibit at At
lanta. He said: THE act appropriating
the money specified that the literature
should have in view the promotion of Cali
fornia industries and increasing immigra-
ton. Now, this is exactly what is contem-
plated by creditable exhibit at the
Atlanta Exposition, which will be visited
by many thousands of people from all
parts of the United States and the civilized
world With this $4,000 or $1,000 we need
not call upon any one for subscriptions.
The Attorney General promised to give
the matter his attention, and further he
said that he and Governor Budd would
visit Mr.. Filcher at the Board of Trade
meeting was to have been held yesterday,
but the Governor was too busy. Mr..
Filcher will probably meet Governor Budd
to-day.
Harbor Commissioner E. L. Colnon, late
private secretary of the Governor, on hear
and Mr.. Fitzgerald gave as his opinion
that Governor Budd would favor transfer
ring the remainder of the fund to the
Board of Trade for the purpose stated.
The question whether it shall be so
diverted must be decided by the State
Board of Examiners, which is composed of
Governor Budd, Attorney-General w. F.
Fitzgerald and Secretary Of State Brown.
The Board of Examiners Will meet early in
the week at Sacramento. Mr.. Filcher and
a special committee of prominent mem
bers of the State Board of Trade will be
present and request that the $1,000 be used
for an exhibit at Atlanta. 1t will be argued
that while the money will be diverted into
another channel, yet it will be for the
same purpose as contemplated by the act
of appropriation, namely the advertise
ment of the State with view of increasing
desirable immigration.
Mr.. Filcher states that it will require less
than $1,000 to box and pack for shipping all
of the exhibits in the Market-street estab-
lishment. This will leave good sum of
money for arranging the exhibits at At
lanta.