The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
ALL WANT MANUFACTURES
Boards of Trade and State
Officials Anxious to
Help Them.
to Be Made for a
Grand Rally in San Francisco
on June 20.

From all over the State Boards of Trade
are sending word to the Manufacturers
Association of their willingness to coop
crate in the work of encouraging Califor-
MAN industries. The directors of the asso-
citation met Tuesday night at their rooms in
the Mills building. communications were
read from Oakland and Los Angeles and
arrangements were made to begin the es-
tabhshing of branch organizations there
to work in harmony with the association
The Oakland Board of Trade decided to
begin its work of organizing by big
meeting, to be held at the Council cham
Der of the Oakland City Hall on Tuesday,
June II, at s P. NJ.
To this they have invited the members
of the Manufacturers Association, who
They have prepared circular letter which
they addressed to the merchants and
manufacturers of Oakland, inviting them
to be present and aid in the good work.
Julian Sonntag, Oscar Lewis and Hugh
Craig were selected to address the Oakland
meeting. 1t was also decided to attempt
to have large number of members of the
association attend in a body.
letter from the Los Angeles Board of
Trade expressed thorough sympathy with
the objects OF the association and desire
to cooperate. A. Jacoby, the president of
the southern organization, requested that
committee be sent to Los Angeles to ex-
plain more fully the results to be accom-
pllshed and the best methods of working
The letter said that special meeting of
the Board of Trade would be called at any
time and place most convenient for the
representatives from San Francisco who
might visit them. The matter was
left in the hands of the executive
committee with power to act. Much
Ho Oh h.
expressed by the Los Angeles body, and a
special committee will be sent to visit the
south soon.
The efforts of the association to have
California products used in State institu-
tions wherever it is practicable have been
well received at every turn. A vote of
thanks was rendered Governor Budd for
the sentiment expressed in his letter of
May %.
The only State institution heard from so
far is the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind at Berkeley. Its principal, w. Will
kinson, wrote the association on June 8, as
follows:
In answer to your letter to the board of trus.
tees OF this institution, beg, to say that most
OF our supplies are purchased in open market,
but that 1t is always my endeavor to purchase
articles of California manufacture. l sympa-
th1ze most heartily with the purpose of your
association, and assure you of the cooperation
OF the management of this institution.
Ernest D. Clapp of Upton, Mass, a
manufacturer of straw hats, wanted in
formation as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF bring
ing capital to San Francisco for opening
up a factory. Louis Saroni, the candy
manufacturer, wrote that he had found
California starch to be 'highly successful
and satisfactory" and had placed an order
for 10000 pounds of it. This, he said,
would be the first carload lot of the starch
that had ever been sold here.
The oil bearing lands in Oakland are to
be investigated by the association on
Thursday by committee consisting of A.
Mclaughlin, L. Blankenhorn, j. W. Kerr
and Constant Meese.
}. Mills Davies of Los Angeles and P. D.
Code resigned from the board of directors
because of inability to perform their du-
ties. M. j. Keller was named for one of
the vacant places.
1t was decided to hold frequent mass
meetings in order to educate the people to
the necessity of concerted action. The
first one will be held June 90 A commit
tee consisting of Messrs. Sonntag, Nc
Laughlin, Bowers, Mead, Currier and Nc
Glynn was appointed to make all necessary
arrangements
The meeting was then adjourned but
reconvened for few minutes in order to
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