The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-19
FOR THE STATES BENEFIT
The Development Committee at
Work in the City and
Country.
Arranging for California Exhibits in
Chicago and Other Eastern
Cities.

The State Development Committee is
actively at work upon the new lines re-
Gently laid out by the executive COM
mittee. 1t will be remembered that it
was decided to increase the committee by
adding to the original body several we'll
known men in each county. Invitations
were sent to many prominent men all
over the State to assist in the work. To
these letters dozens of answers have been
received at the headquarters in the Mills
building, and but few have excused them
selves from serving. Most all of the
writers expressed themselves as being
thoroughly in sympathy with the move
ment, and they promised to do all in their
power to aid in building up the State.
The solicitors sent out to secure SUBJ
scriptions in aid of the work of making
permanent exhibits of California products
in the Eastern cities are meeting with re-
markable success. Those who would be
the most likely to be benefited are asked
TO subscribe a dollar month for year
These solicitors are to begin work in the
same direction In the other cities and in
the country.
The first move to be made with this
money will be to establish in Chicago a
general California State headquarters, with
a fine exhibit of all the products of this
State. The headquarters will also be a
bureau of information for those who are
| interested in the Golden West. In time
excursions OF tourists and prospective set
tiers Will be started from that point. AS
soon as the headquarters is established at
least twenty other exhibits will be placed
in as many other Eastern cities. With
these will be started out two lecturers,
who will be provided with large collec-
ton OF stereopticon slides from all parts
Of the State, and lectures similar to those
given at Atlanta will be given all over the
East. Two cooking exhibits of California
products will also be started out The
cooking department at the Atlanta ex-
position created great demand for Cali
fornia products among those who visited
the big fair, and the intention is to con-
tlnue this line of work, SO that the Eastern
demand for the products of this State will
become general.
Such exhibits as these, it is believed by
those who are hard at work upon the pro-
lect, will have great influence upon those
who ieave the East and settle in the West.
Particular attention will be given to in
duclng only desirable people to come to
California, and principally those who have
money. The argument has been raised
that the unemployed of this coast should
be provided for before any others are in
Guced TO come this way. This is met with
the statement that this State is no more
unfortunate In the matter of its unem-
ployed than the East. By bringing we'll
TODD people to California the large tracts
of lands will of necessity be worked, and
this of itself will give employment to large
numbers of those who at present are I'M
able to secure work.
At any rate the State Development Com
mittee is thoroughly in earnest in its work
and it is expected that the results of its
efforts will be made manifest before long