The herald., 1895-07-17
A California Exhibit at the At
Ianta Exposition
THE SUPERVISORS MEETING
A Good Opportunity to Advertise Cali.
fornia Products
The People Should Be Shown That the Golden
State Is the Place for
Homeseekers

On the Gath, the supervisors OF varie US
counties of the state are to meet to take
action on the proposed exhibit OF Cali
fornia products and resources at the At
lanta exposition.
1t seems that only through such con-
vention will it be possible to obtain suffi-
cient means to make display adequate
to the occasion or of value to the state.
Each county has right, under the law,
to devote certain amount OF money ev-
cry year to advertising purposes, and II
the counties of the state can devise some
means of cooperating, the money needed
for an effective exhibit can readily be OBJ
tanned in this way. 4
There can be no doubt the Atlanta ex-
position offers the best chance of the
year for making a good advertisement of
the products of the state. The exposf-
ton is to be no ordinary affair. The
leading journals OF the eastern states
have had special correspondents in At
lanta, and their reports agree in confirm
ing the statements of the managers that
the exposition will in almost every re-
spect compare favorably with that in
Philadelphia in 1876. and surpass it, OF
course, in the way of industrial improve
ment that has been accom- plished since
that time.
It should be borne in mind. says the
San Francisco Call in speaking OF the
matter, tnat the special object OF the At
lanta undertaking is to attract lmmlgra-
tion to the south. In this design the
promoters of the exposition have the CO.
operation of the great railways from the
north to that section. and also OF several
societies which are trying to encourage
immigration from crowded portions OF the
east to the sparsely settled south. Every
inducement will therefore be given to
home.seekers to 60 to Atlanta and see
what the different states can offer to in
tending settlers. California ought to
meet this class with full display of her
products andsresources. thus giving them
reason to come west instead OF gong
south. The benefits kelly to be gained
will accrue to all the counties, and it
would seem theref >re that when the su-
pervisors meet in convention they ought
readily to agree upon plan OF action
that will give the state the money
needed to meet the demands OF the occa-
sion.
The Santa Clara people are endeavoring
to spread the gospel of dried fruit in the
east,an have amed com mittee to pre-
pare and send out literature. 1t has been
planned to ralse $4,000 for the work OF
the season. That some measures of this
kind are necessary is indicated by the re-
marks of Colonel Weaver at a meeting OF
the fruit growers at San Jose last week.
"During an extended sojourn in the cas-
last fall,'' said Colonel Weaver, II made
it my p1siness to inquire of great many
people in regard to our dried fruits, ant
/ can assure you that it was the fewest
mber with whom | came in contact
that had ever used any of these fruits.
This. too, was among class of people
who were able to have every day in the
year anything they desired to eat. The
retail grocers were also entirely unin
formed on this subject and knew moth
ing about what pound of California
dried fruit represented.