The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
BENEFITS OF THE
MECHANICS FAIR
S. H. Tacey Addresses the
Associated Improve
ment Clubs.
The Supervisors Unable to Aid
the Geary-Street Franchise
Now.
FIRST AMENDMENT OPPOSED.
John Boland Objects to an Alleged
Expression Concerning the Board
of Health.

The meeting of the San Francisco Asso-
citation of improvement Clubs at B'nai
Birth Hall last evening was marked by
only one exciting incident, when James
Boland vocifercuslv denounced the action
of Delegate Cahill at a previous meeting,
in referring to the Board of Health, as a
slot of dirty dogs" and asked that the
association take the proper steps to inform
the board that this was only an individual
opinion.
J. w. Mcclure thought the bringing
forward of the matter ill-timed, as the
Board of Health should be given credit
with having sense enough not to blame
the organization for the utterance of one
member. The affair was happily settled
by Cahill vehemently denying that he had
used such an expression in referring to the
board, and stating that only one paper
had been so unfair as to misquote him.
President Phelan stated for the Street
Committee that he had met three of the
Park Commissioners in conjunction with
Superintendent McLaren, and that the
probability is that the Board OF Supervisors
will cooperate with them in seeing that
trees are planted on Golden Gate avenue
from Van Ness avenue westward. Nc
Laren offered to supply the trees.
Attorney L. L. Samuels reported that
the association had virtually accomplished
its work against the Geary-street fran
chise, as by the law the Board of Super
visors could take no action ninety days
prior to the coming election nor seventy
days thereafter. His remarks ELECTED
abundant applause. Those who have
worked the hardest in this objection to
the Geary-street franchise are DR.. Rot
tanzi, l. Schwartz, f. w. McEwen and
George Fletcher.
The report of the committee on consti-
tutional amendment / urged all mem bers
to use their influence against the amend
ment on the ground that it would release
mortgages from taxation, and thus throw
the whole burden on the owner Of the
property.
The secretary of the Manufacturers and
Producers Association, S. h. Tacey,
by invitation spoke of the benefits done
the State at large and the City in particu-
lar by the Mechanics Fair.
He introduced his remarks by stating
that the present industrial depression
must have a cause, and that in his opinion
it was largely due to lack of patronage OF
home industry. In his address he showed
how the creation of home market woul
benefit every interest in the State, and he
referred to the recent fair as an example
OF what the State could do in supplying
the wants Of purchasers.
At the close of his remarks Secretary
Tacey was given a vote of thanks, and a
resolution was entered by DR.. Saltield and
un animously adopted that the members
use only Californian goods when the quail
ties and prices correspond with imported
articles. George Raabe thought that little
could be accomplished without the CO.
operation of the ladies, who, he said, gen.
orally bought goods thoughtlessly.
A delegate thought that the Harbor
Commissioners should be petitioned to
use only homemade wagons for sprink-
ling streets, and that the wholesale dealers
should have their attention drawn to the
matter of patronizing home industry.
Regarding the latter clause Tacey said
steps were now being taken to do SO.
The School Directors fell in for their
share OF blame in not awarding contracts
for blackboards to local manufactures,
and President Phelan also thought
pressure should be brought on architects
to use California marble in the erection of
buildings. Home products were said to
cost more in some cases, owing to the ex-
travagant prices Of railroad transpor ta-
ton.