The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-12
WILL USE HOME MATERIAL
Slate for the Santa Cruz Court
house Instead of Tin
Thing.
The Manufacturers Association
Pressing the Cause of Cali
fornia Goldfish.

The Manufacturers Association has won
victory for California slate roofing. The
Supervisors of Santa Cruz County had de-
cided to use tin thing for the roof of the
new Courthouse. This can be obtained
only in the East.
The Manufacturers Association pro.
tested. 1t appealed for a recognition of
California industries. AS a result the
specifications have been changed and the
entire roofing of the building and tower is
to be of chest quality California slate roof
ing"
The attention of the Trustees of the Napa
Insane Asylum has been called to the fact
that they are alleged to be buying Puget
Sound Goldfish instead of the California
article. The complaint comes from the
Union Fish Compan who writes that the
firm getting the contract did so by word.
ing its offer SO that it need not use the
California article. The letter to the asso-
citation reads as follows:
Gentlemen: We beg to thank you for the
prompt and energetic manner in which you
took up the cause of California Goldfish at the
San Quentin prison and beg TO solicit your
good ofhces in another case, that of the State
Insane Asylum at Napa.
The requisition of that institution called for
Pacific Goldfish catch OF 1885," This COM
pany bid On California Goldfish catch of 1895,
at 30 20 per 100 pounds, with an alternative
of same goods, catch of 1894, at 81 "a An
other concern bid for Goldfish, catch of 1895"
at 81 81, and of course got the contract.
The successful bidder is furnishing the insti-
tuition with ''codfsh from Puget Sound of the
catch OF 1884," and this article is accepted by
the trustees. This is a case of manifest injus-
tice to an honest bidder to California indus
try and to the State itself. as the trustees are
accepting an article from another State not in
accordance with the terms OF the requisition,
and at price actually higher than that at
which they were offered California article of
same grade, but which their cook declares to
be actually better quality.
We believe that should the attention of the
proper parties be called to this state of affairs
by your association it will be remedied, and
therefore place the matter in your hands.
very respectfully, UNION FISH COMPANY.
c. s. OvEKToN, Secretary.
The Schlitz Brewing Company of Mil
waukee, Wis, has been communicated
with. This firm some time ago bought a
site for a brewing plant at Sacramento.
They were advised OF the purposes of the
Manufacturers Association and requested
to have the machinery and material for
their new brewery made in California.
1t was represented that the asso.
citation with its 700 mem bers, EMPLOYING
over $4,000 people, would be the largest
customers, OF the brewery and should,
therefore, be recognized where it was pos,
sible.
From ID. Z. Bernard, secretary of the
Industrial School at lone, letter has been
received stating that in preparing schedule
forms for proposals from bidders he had
inserted all brands of home manufacture
that he was familiar with, and where East
ern productions were mentioned had in
serted an asterisk mark directing attention
to a note reading as follows: "Or other
brand equally acceptable"