The herald., 1897-08-17
ARE TO HAVE A PICNIC
HELP THE COUNCIL ADJUST THE
WATER QUESTION
Advertise-Request Wives to Order
Home Products-All Questions
Are Decided

chants and Manufacturers association
last evening was large and animated.
About forty-five members were present.
President Frank was in the chair. Mr.
10. Koepfli, chairman of the home prod
ucts committee, opened the meeting
with a brief talk, in which he spoke of
the work of that committee and outlined
the plan of operation; he spoke of the
friendly attitude of and kindly treat
meut from the newspapers and suggest
ed that fund be created, that the home
products principle be advertised in the
city as we'll as in the country papers, be-
cause continuous advertising would be
necessary in order to educate and im-
press the public with the home products
idea, ard the committee having the mat
ter in charge must not ask favors witk-
out advertising,
Mr.. Koepfi touched on the pure food
proposition and suggested that the COM
mittee appoint a chemist to go and eX-
anime various lines of goods analyze
them. and if found pure and marketa-
BILE to label them. The project of havirg
products that should not in any way in
terfere or conflict with the exhibit at
the chamber Of commerce, was also
touched upon, but the advisability of
fret making the campaign of education
in the matter was held to be best, and
then temporary or permanent exhibit
could follow as the committee should
decide.
The methods and means of conducting
such a campaign was next introduced,
and R. w. Burnham, with the intrepid
front of man whose wife is away from
the city on long trip, made the follow
ing motion: THAT every member pres
ert pledge himself to request his wife
to commence at once and order only
home products when ordering supplies"
There was murmur of quiet but un E
mistakable approval that Mr.. Burn
ham had tactfully used the word request
instead of instruct. Max Meyberg gal
lantly supplemented him by seconding
the motion, and it was passed without
dissenting voice.
President Frank next spoke on the
subject of how best to advertise, and
called for suggesticus. F. w. Braun
advertising in business was more thar
met by the additional business that fol-
lowed; and that the question that SEEM
ed the most important was the matter Of
raising fund for that purpose, because
there was no question that to educate
the people advertising was necessity.
Mr.. Braun presently put the following
motion: That the association appropri-
ate $50 month, provided the mapufac-
turers raise ten times that amount, for
the purpose of advertising in the papers
Of Southern California and awakening
an interest ir home products for peri
cd of six months, all contracts to be
made by and money spent through the
directors of the association. Mr.. Burn
ham seconded Mr.. Braun's motion, and
that, too, passed unanimously.
In reply to a question as to the prob
able number of manufacturers here the
secretary replied that he had sent out
about $50 letters, all of which had been
delivered.
The subject of an excursion was next
introduced and two invitations were
read, one of $3.50 round trip rate to
Alpine tavern from the Pasadena & Pa
cific company, the other 81 rate to and
from Terminal island, with half price for
children and perquisites in the way of
sea breezes, baths quiet and general
joy, to say nothing of "a lack of contain
mating influence" which was held out
as a special and irresistible iuducement
w. ]. Cox, the writer, was present and.
being called upon to repeat the invita-
ton, verbally did 80 and promised in
addition to the other allurements an
orchestra, tin pals and shovels to dig
in the sand, and saloon if they still
needed bait, all of which was having a
perceptible effect on. Mr. Cox's audience,
and when Mr.. Griffith moved that the
Terminal island invitation be accepted.
the time to be set by the board it was
promptly seconded and passed by accla-
mation.
The subjects which were set for the
meeting having been disposed of "any
other question" was in order, and Pres
idnet Frank stated that the most i'm
portant matter now before the commu-
nifty was the water question. That the
council had intimated that it would be
glad to have the moral support of the
Merchants and Manufacturers associa =
ton and other commercial bodies inter-
pose and arbtrate the water question,
and Mr.. Frank suggested that the asso-
citation signify its willingness to assist
the council in any way to adjust the
important question. Mr.. Frank further
suggested that a committee of three
from the Merchants and Manufacturers
association invite the other commercial
bodies to send committees to cooperate
in the matter and on the motion of G..
w. Stearns, seconded by G J. Griffith.
the chair was empowered to appoint the
committee of three from the Merchants
and Manufacturers association.
Then came long discussion in which
a number of the members Joined as to
how to be sure the home products were
pure; how to make them SO if they were
not; how to impress the manufacturers
with the necessity for pure food prod