The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-17
A VICTORY FOR
Home PRODUCTS
Los Angeles Leads in a
Campaign of Great
Importance.
Means Millions to California;
Man ufaCturers a nd Pro-
duCerS.
Hitherto DeadLetter Law Regard
Ing Publ c Institution Supplies
to Be Enforced.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sent. 16. -
Through the efforts of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association OF Los
Angeles a signal and very important vic
tory has been won for home products. In
tie end the campaign that has been so
fortuitously inaugurated by this organiza-
ton may mean hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually to the manufacturers and
producers of California, perhaps N lions.
At the last session of the Legislature a
section was added TO the Political Code
which required all ublic institutions of
the State when advertising for bids for
supplies to give preference to home prod
ucts and 10 stale in their advertisements
that they would give such preference.
Up 10 within a few days this law has
been an absolute Diet d letter. A few days
ago the Board of Supervisors of Riverside
County caused an advertisement TO be
published for bids for supplies for one OF
the public institutions of that county.
1t called Tor an Eastern brand of baking
powder and for Eastern soap. coffee and
crackers.
This came to the attention OF Secretary
f. X. Zeehandalaar of the local Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association.
who at once entered into correspondence
with the Board OF Supervisors and the
District Attorney OF Riverside County.
He informed them that they had yio-
lated the law referred to by advertising
for certain brands OF goods not OF local
manufacture or propuction.
On the shown made by Secretary Zee
nand alaa- the Riverside District ATTORNEY
instructed the Board OF Supervisors that
they had violated both the letter and The
spirit of the law, and suggested that all
bids that had been received be rejected.
Such action was taken by the board yes
terday, and to-day the good news was
conveyed to the Merchants and Manufao-
turers' Association of this city.
1t was only a month ago that the asso-
citation organized a home product depart
ment, with a special com mittee 10 make
vigorous campaign, much upon the lines
OF the Manufacturers and Producers A.
ISOLATION OF San Francisco.
That committee has been steadily at
work ever since. with the object of Gre
ating public sentiment as groundwork
for accom- plishing its aims. the instance
cited was the hrst opportunity tina. pre-
scented itself for testing the new section OF
the Political Code relative Ito home prod
ucts for home institutions, and through
the energy and intelligence OF Secretary
Zsehandalaar it was promptly seized and
victory won that e<ta blishes a most
valuable precedent, and which will prob
ably De followed all along the line through
out the State.
Commenting on the matter, Secretary
Zeehandalaar said TO The CALL CORE
spondent:
THE result of strong and united effort
on the part of the associations OF San
Francisco and of this city will be hat all
the public institutions of California will
be induced to use home prod ucts, and that
foreign and Eastern articles will be ex-
Guided from them. Il may mean millions
of dollars TO California producers, as the
law applies not only TO food products, but
10 furnishings of all kinds. to building
materials TO everything that is or can be
manufactured Or produced in California"