The herald., 1896-12-27
HOME PRODUCTS EXHIBIT
A Business Mans Views on the Value of
the Scheme
January 10 Will Be Celebrated as Pasa-
dena Day-The Americus Club
Will Be in Attendance

THAT home products exhibit" said a
prominent business man yesteray, 'is
the right step in the right irection We
have been complaining for years about
the slowness of the Industrial develop
ment of Southern California, but we
failed to patronize and encourage the
manufactures that we have. 1t will be
surprise to great many people when
they visit the exposition to see what
progress we have made in the manu-
featuring industries. We all recognize
the necessity of making Southern Cali
fornia something more substantial than
a pleasure or health resort for eastern
visitors. What we need is factories and
when we have the factories we want the
people to buy home product and intro
duce it in their households.
TO my mind this exposition is the
most practical method of calling the at
tention of consumers, not only to our
products, but also to the opportunity of
patronizing the home manufacturers.
Why should people buy eastern articles,
pay freight on them and kill home en-
terprise when they can purchase pro-
ducts of the same and often superior
quality at less expense that are made
right under their noses. / hope to see
the exposition we'll patronized, and it
certainly deserves the hearty support of
everybody interested in the prosperity
and progress of Southern California"
The opening ceremonials on Saturday,
Jan. 18th, promise to be very elaborate.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the mer-
chants and manufacturers will assemble
on Los Angeles street with their en-
ployes and march in procession, headed
by several bands of music, through the
principal streets to Hazards pavilion.
Many of the prominent firms will also be
represented in the parade by handsome
ly decorated floats and trucks, exhibit
ing the articles they manufacture. In
this manner the people will be enabled
to form an idea of the number of men
employed in the manufac indus
tries of this city, and m, ent is on
foot to have the merchants consent to
close up their places of business during
that afternoon.
w. B. Wiltshire has been selected to
act as grand marshal of the parade.
At o'clock in the evening the opening
ceremonies will take place. The presi-
dent of the Merchants and Manufacture
ers' association will deliver the oration,
and speeches will be made by the mayor,
the president of the chamber of COM
merce, the president of the board of
trade and prominent citizns. A vocal
and instrumental concert will follow,
and the management will use it's best
efforts to have all the exhibits in place
when the doors are thrown open to the
public.
Arrangements have been made with a
number of musical colleges In this sec
ton to contribute their best talent dur
ing the entire period of the exhibition.
Jan. 18th has been designated as PAS
adena day." and the board of trade of
the neighboring city is enthusiastically
engaged in urging the people to support
the enterprise. A special committee from
tht merchants of this city will be Sc
lected to act as reception committee on
that day and show the visitors from
Pasadena every possible courtesy. The
Americus club will attend in uniform
and its glee club will render songs. The
Pickwick club, Shakespeare club Los
Robles club and the Throop university
will participate.
The Pine Tree State club will take