The herald., 1897-08-13
THREE PHOTOS AND A LETTER
About the California Exhibit at Ham
burg, Germany

Three fine photographs of the Califor-
MIA exhibition in the Hamburg eXposi-
ton were received by Secretary Virgins
yesterday from j. A. Filcher, secretary
and manager of the state board of trade.
They represent % the state exhibit as
a whole, (2) that section in which the
Los Angeles county exhibit is made, and
(3) the Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce display, and unless the pictures
represent it falsely the state has kept
up the reputation at Hamburg that i;
has made at all the other expositions-
i. E., clean, neat, artistic, compact yet
clear, display of it's lines of products,
all classified and in every way most at
tractive.
A letter also came from Mr.. Filcher.
who has just returned to San Francisco
from Hamburg, in which he says with
cut any hesitation that he is personally
satisfied with the work developed in
Germany. He says: I'VE have inter-
ested the Germans in our products, es-
pecially the dried fruits on which the
tariff is nominal. There is every pros
pect of doing big business there. The
German importers are anxious to get
in for our trade, land jobbers everywhere
that have seen our exhibit express a de-
sire to handle our goods. Hamburg is
big port and distributes its imports
to all parts of Europe. l am confident
if we push our products we can secure
a market there for all the dried fruits
we can produce, and at satisfactory
prices.
Il worked hard to get the officials to
revise the premium list that our differ
ent exhibitors could get medals or di-
plomas, but they politely refused to
change their methods. There will be
but one medal, that for the state exhibit
but l was assured before l left that
California would get the first prize for
industrial products. l believe it was a
wise move to go to Hamburg and it will
be wiser to keep up the work there
Other countries have representa- tives
there showing goods, establishing agen-
cies and soliciting trade.
"California has less of an uphill road
than others in accomplishing the desired
end, because all Germans are impressed
that California is great and rich coun-
try Sending over literature, especially
that translated into. German, =. great
scheme. and is sure to bear fruit"
Secretary Virgins says that he has al
ways believed a market there could be
created, but that the growers and deal
ers must arrange to carry stock packed
uniform and under uniform brands to
be ready for second and other future
orders.
Recent displays are made by l.. Craig,
Eagle Rock, of an Italian cucumber four
feet long; board of trade, Riverside, a
fresh supply of literature; Hugh Rula,
the veteran watermelon grower, Bellies
Station, Cuban Queen and Rattlesnake
melons weighing go pounds each; H. P.
Flint, Ventura, Strawberry peaches,
Washington plums, almonds, English
walnuts and Burbank potatoes; ]. N.
Pitts, Santa Anita, mammoth Kelsey
plums; chamber of commerce, San Die
go, box of lemons; Eames Nursery COM
pany, South Los Angeles, Bartlett and
Duchess pears, Satsuma plums ana
Crawford peaches; Mrs. j. w. Dodge,
University, Los Angeles. Ogon plums,
IA on one branch which measures 12
inches, and Seeding plums from the
seed of the Kelsey Japan plum.