The San Francisco call., 1897-01-01
COUNTIES ASKED
TO CONTRIBUTE
State Board of Trade at
Work for Hamburg
Exposition.
Details of What Is Needed to
Produce the Most Benefit
in Return.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
9O8 Broadway, Dec. 81.

908 Broadway, Dec. 81
Commissioner Trowbridge, who vii
have charge of the States interests at the
Hamburg Horticultural Exposition. which
opens on the 1st of May, is communicat
ing with all the packers and growers anc
Boards of Horticulture in California.
The State Board OF Trade has just issued
a stat em ent, in which are set forth some
of the salient facts which show how neces
sary it is for California to be adequately
represented at the great European exposi
ton.
Mr.. Trowbridge, who made frequent
visits to Germany, gives it as his opinion
that with proper efforts on the part o1
fruit-glowers, the people within the Ger
man empire would buy at profit through
the producers at least half the dried fruit
put up in California.
The California State Board of Trade has
undertaken the work of presenting Cali
fornia's claims at that exposition. But in
order to succeed it must have the cooper
alton of iruit-growers and some assistan ce
from every fruit county OF the State. 1t
asks that every organization interested in
fruit-growing take up this work at once,
so that collection OF fruit-food products
from each fruit county of the State may
be speedily obtained. A display from
each fruit prod ucing locality in California
at Hamburg will tend to mphasiZe the
extent of the industry in this State.
The collection should include. Sc far
as practicable, dried fruits in variety,
raisins, canned fruits. canned vegetables,
jams. jell les, wines, oils and nuts. II is
desired that, so far as convenient, these
goods should be of commercial grade and
put up in commercial packages, as it is
the intention that the display shall repre-
sent such products as can be supplied in
quantity from ton to a carload.
If not convenient to send the goods in
commercial packages the State Board of
Trade will have them packed in San Fran
cisco by experts in accordance with trade
regu Iations and will brand and credit each
lot of goods to the locality that sends it.
Craigle Sharpe, secretary of the Oakland
Board OF Trade, James A. Filcher, B. n.
Rowley, E. w. Maslin and Mark L. Nc
Donald have been appointed a finance
committee for the purpose of attending to
the expense of the exhibit.
They have carefully sized up the situa-
tion and have issued the following memo
randum:
Some financial assistance will be expected
from each county, but 1t will be so little that
the amount Will no doubt be readily appro-
priated by the respective Boards of Super
visors on proper representation TO them by
such com m ttees as may be appointed for tn e
purpose. From no one county do we expect
more than $780, and this much only from
three or four of the largest and most directly
interested. From this sum the amount will
vary down TO $50.
The insignifcance of these sums for an en-.
tire county, cons idering the great importance
of the work, win be apparent when it is
stated that mercantile houses in San Fran
cisco that are preparing to send EXHIBITS Ito
Guatemala expect that it will cost each one oi
them, exclusive of freight and the value oi
exhibit material, from 1900 to $500.
A large commercial house or packing com.
pany desiring to send a special display OF
their particular line of goods to Ham burg
Will be expected to contribute toward the ex.
pense. They can ascertain the amount bv
corresponding with the State Board of Trace.