The San Francisco call., 1897-06-05
WINE-MAKERS
ENTER PROTEST
A Demand That the Dingley
Tariff on Wines
Shall Stand.
Alarm Excited by the Proposed
Senate Finance Committee
Cut.
Cur Representatives Appealed To by
Wine. Growers in Mass. Meet
ing Assembled.

An exceedingly important meeting, in
asmuch as il concerns the vast wine inter
ests of this State, was held in Cham Der of
Commerce Hall yesterday by the Califor-
MIA Wine ASSOCIATION. Its purpose was to
protest against the action of Congress in
trying to depress the wine interest of Cali
fornia by changing the DingIey bill rates
on all foreign wine.
Frederick jacob, who has lately repre-
sented the association in the East and has
held several conferences with CaIifornia's 8
representatives there, presented lengthy
report of what he had accomplished,
He stated that he had appeared before
the House Committee, and had been so
fortunate as to have the all-around duty
of 60 cents together with the 10-cent re-
ciprocity clause restored. This has been
adophed by the House, but there seems to
be disp pos itIon on the part of the Senate
TO defeat the wishes of the association.
He believed that the association should
not beg for anything, but should make a
peremptory demand and "stay with it,"
The whisky men in the East, he asserted,
are wide awake and working hard to effect
their own ends; and now the time had
come when they should he called traitor s.
John u. SWEET presided in the absence
of Judge Stanley. Mrs. Frona Wait
acted as secretary.
After Mr.. Jacobs report had been read
the following resolution was offered by
Mr.. Bundschu:
ReSolUed, That in the name of an American
industry we enter an emphatic protes against
the radical modification OF tariff rates on for
eign wines, reported by the Senate commit
tee against the Dingley bill. We deplore the
proposition OF an inequitable discrimination
in favor OF the foreign prod uct. While the
Dingley measure Oh. r. 379) bears the proud
title, "a bill to provide revenue and TO en-
courage the industries Of the United States -
the Senate amendment uphOlds The present
schedule in wines, SO disastrous to the AmeIi-
can wine industry.
Our industry, representing vineyard and
cellar investments OF over SO, 600, 600, is suf-
fering and struggling under undue foreign
competition; We appeal 10 Congress TO grant
Us relief We confidently look forward 10 our
administration for support and not for paral-
yZing measures to further jeopardize our
large investments. our noble industry and its
future development.
We demand consideration for our interests
and trust we may not be forsaken.
For the vlne-growers and wine-makers of
NAFa county: NJ. NJ. Estee, H. W. Crabb,
Gust Niebaum, J. A. Stanley, Ever d Akin
son. F. Cheyailer Co, Beringer Bros, A.
Brun & Co.
Sonoma County-Italian-swiss Agricultural
Colony, Dressed & Co, Gundlach- Bundschu u
Wine Company, j. ChauYet, I. de Turk estate
A. Albertz, B. w. Paxton, F. KOrbel & Bros,
Robert Howe.
Santa Clara County-E. F. Preston. D. NJ.
Delmas, Cairns & Crandal.
Fresno COunty-Fresno Vineyard COMPANY
MADEIRA Vineyard Company, Barton Estate
Company, Sierra Vista Vineyard Company.
Alameda County,. MOuteaIegre, PaImdale
Company, c. c. McIver, John L. Beard, J. W.
anford.
sacramento County-George West & Son.
National Vineyard Company.
Los Angeles County,. J. Rose Company,
Sierra Madre Vineyard Company, Cucamonga
Vineyard Company, ]. W. HelIman, San Ga
briel Wine Company, E. J. Baldwin, T. Vache
d Co., Charles Stern Sons.
San Bernardino County-Edward Reinart
San Francls co County-Lachmen & jacob
c. Schilling d Co., ArpaI HarasZ thy, California
California Wine Association (Herman Bendit,
presIdenD.
The resolutions were discussed at length
by the assem- blage, and were finally re-
ferred to committee composed of Percy
T. Morgan, Arpad Haraszthy, A. Sbarboro,
Frederick Jacob. The committee was
also given full power to act with reference
TO correspondence and telegrams.
As NJ. NJ. Estee has written to Senator
White in regard to this matter, and re-
Ceived a very satisfactory response, it was
resolved TO cores pond both by telegram
and letter with Senators Perkins and
White and urge them to strong and per-
sistent action.
After a short deliberation on the part of
the committee, it was decided to send the
following telegram to the California dele
cation:
The vineyardists and wine makers of Califor-
MIA, this day in mass-meeting assembled, en-
phatically protest against any reduction OF
the DlnRley tariff schedule on wines, and
hereby demand from their representatives in
Congress that their interests shall not be sac
rlhced to those of the foreign nroduct.
JOHN SWEET, Chairman.