The San Francisco call., 1896-05-06

stone in the construction OF the ferry depot,
be it
Resolved. That the Manufacturers and Pro-
ducers Association OF California do most ear
nestiy indorse the action of said board in ex-
ercising preference for California material
Resotred, That the secretary be requested to
transmit copy from these resolutions to the
State Board of Harbor Commissioners.
The conference committee that is acting
in conjunction with similar committee
from the Mechanics Institute upon the
matter of holding a strictly home industry
fair in the fall, made its report, which has
been published.
The committee was instructed to stand
strictly for Pacific Coast products at the
exposition. Should the institute refuse to
accede to this the ASSOCIATION will with
! draw from the fair.
j. G. Currier and J. w. Kerr, the COM
ncittee appointed to investigate the mat
ter OF Eastern convict-made goods being
! shipped to and sold in this State, presented
| the following, which was adopted:
Your special committee appointed to inyes-
| tigate the question of the importation of con-
vict-made goods recommend the pa ssage of the
| following resolution:
WHEREAS, The products of the free labor of
California meets with serious competition
States; and whereas, after due investigation of
the subject, this association has arrived at the
conclusion that the aforesaid-mentioned COM
petition has become a menace to the manufac-
/ turing industries of this State: and whereas a
|
bill has been introduced in the House of Rep
resentatives of the United States and favorabiy
| reported by the Committee on Labor thereof
TO protect free labor from competition with
| convict labor, restraining the sale of convict
| made goods to States in which they are pro-
| duced; and whereas, 1t is the sense of this as
sociation that the bill will tend to help in a
! great measure to put stop to said unfair COM
petition; therefore be it
Resolued, By the Manufacturers and Pro-
ducers Association of California that said bill
should receive the earnest support of all citi-
zeDs interested in the welfare of their own
/ community, and be it further
ResoLued, That this association hereby re-
| guests the members of Congress of the United
| States to use their best efforts toward the
| speedy passage of said bill, and be it further
RcsoIued, That the Secretary be instructed to
1 forward copies of these resolutions to each
member of the United States Congress.
The matter of adulterated food products
from the East, particularly alleged jellies,
| was taken up. The report of w. 7. Wen
zell, chemist for the Board of Health, now
pursuing an investigation on these lines.
| was read, the substance of which was re-
Gently published in THE CALL. In it the
chemist says that many of the so-called
fruit Jellies examined by him do not con-
| tain any fruit and the compounds are un-
fit tor food. and further, are most vile and
unwholesome. The high-priced California
fruit jellies he has found to be pure fruit
and berry products and free from all adul-
teration. The directors passed the follow
Ing resolutions relative to the matter:
WHEREAS, The attention of this association
has been drawn to the fact that this market is
| flooded with adulterated food products from
the East; and whereas the chemist of the Board
| OF Health has recently been pursuing some ex.
| tensive investigations in the matter; and
| whereas said Investigations have resulted in
! the discovery that certain articles of food
| products are adulterated to such an extent as
| to make them unfit for human food; be it
RESOLVED, By the Manufacturers and Pro-
ducers' Association of California that this
association does fully indorse the action the
| Board of Health has thus far taken In the
matter; and be 1t further
Resolved That this association urge the said
| Board of Health TO carry said investigations tc
the full extent; and be it further
Resolved, That said board be urged 10 take
| such steps as they may deem expedient to stol
the sale OF all such adulterated food products