The herald., 1897-02-24
HOME PRODUCTS EXHIBITION
Will Hereafter Be Held As an
Annual Event
THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED
A Report Of the Exposition Just Success.
fully Closed
Handsome Amount Added to the Treasury
Members Express Their Views on the
Success Of the Exhibition

| At an important meeting of the Mer-
! chants and Manufacturers association
held in the Wilcox building last night it
was decided to continue the Home Prod
ucts exhibition, which has just closed
| SO successfully, as an annual event.
| 1t had been announced that the mat
ter Of the continuance of these exposi-
| tions would come up at the regular
monthly meeting of the association last
| night, and number of enthusiastic sup
| porters of this new feature were present
| when President H. W. Frank called the
| members to order.
| He stated that this was the first reg
ular meeting of the association since the
close of the Home Products exhibition,
and called upon Mr.. r. w. Pridham,
| chairman of the executive committee.
| for remarks upon the work Of the COM
mitee and the success of the exhibition
Mr.. Pridham replied briefly, stating
| that the enterprise had been a compile te
success in every particular. He return
ed the guarantee slips which had been
| signed at a time when the result of the
venture was still unknown to cover any
deficit occurring in the funds of the ex-
| hibition, and that the the committee was
| ready to turn over to the associa ton
Sll25 as the profits realized from the ex-
| hibition
w. ii. Knight then read the report Of
| the executive committee as follows:
THE EXECUTIVES REPORT.
The following report was presented
| last evening at the meeting of the Mer-
chants and ManufacturerI association
py the executive committee of the late
| home products exhibitions
TO the President and Members of the
Merchants and Manufacturers as
socation of Los Angeles:
Gentlemen-At meeting of your as
ISOLATION on September 14th, 1896. the
| undersigned were appointed an execu-
tive committee to inaugurate manage
and conduct the home products exhibit
tion. which was held from January 18th
to February 9Th, 1897. Your commit
tee entered upon the discharge of their
| duties at once and held regularly two or
| three meetings each week. and contin-
ued their consultations during the en-
tire period of the exhibition every even
ing.
At the very outset of the work con-
nected with the exhibition many obsta-
cles were encountered. principally be-
cause an enterprise of this character was
an innovation and many business men
doubted the practicability of an under
taking of this kind and under the pre-
yailing conditions.
The first work undertaken was a sys-
tematic canvass conducted by Manager
{. ID. Gray of all the manufacturers
wholesale and retail merchants whose
business interests would be benefited
by public display of their merchandise
In this connection Mr.. Gray had at first
but very little encouragement, the gem
eral impression prevailing that. inas-
much as many previous exhibitions in
this city had been financial failure, the
enterprise proposed under your aus
pices would meet with the same result
1t is due to the energy ana persevei-
ance of Mr.. Gray that these objections
were soon overcome and that he was en-
abled to prove to the merchants ard
manufacturers of this city .ha. a public
exhibition of home products could only
tend to stimulate commerce and aid the
industrial development of Los Angeles
and Southern California.
The aid of the newspapers Of this city
and section was soon enlistai in this en-
terprse that meant so mucn to the pros-
perity of Southern California, ara the
committee was fortunate in securnty
the services as press agent of Mr.. j.. j.
Zeehandelaar, who has given his energy
prise. We desire to publicly express
our appreciation of the result of Mr.
Zeehardelaar's work on behalf Of the
exhibition.
Great credit is also due to the woman's
executive committee, consisting of Mrs
d. G. Stephens, Mrs. r.. II. Heron, Mrs.
r. w. Pridham, Mrs. r. L. Craig, Mrs
Lucy s. Blanchard and Mrs. Margaret
Frick, who, by their untiring efforts and
energy were largely instrumental in
making the exhibition social as well
as financial success.
The purposes for which the home pro-
ducts exhibition were planned were soon
more fully understood and appreciated,
and as a consequence, applications for
space were made more literally and the
entire floor space and part of the gal
lery space were sold before the doors
were thrown open to the public. 1t is
owing to the limited space of Hazards
pavilion, the only suitable location for
such an undertaking, that not more ex-
hibits could not be accommodated, but
we venture to assert that If a more ex-
tensive place for expositions could be
secured, a greater variety of exhibits
could be obtained. In this connection
your committee would urge that steps
be taken towards the construction of
large edifice for public gatherings, expo
sitions, ETC., and we understand that a
movement in this direction is now being
made.
1t is almost impossible to describe in
this report the many details that had to
be accomplished; the various claims and
complaints that had to be adjusted, and
the care that had to be exercised in the
granting of privileges and the making
of contracts, but we look back upon our
labors with entire satisfaction, as we
have worked harmoniOusly together,
and we believe we have been just and
fair towards the public and exhibitors.
1t was no easy matter to satisfy every
body, and at the same time enforce GER
tain rules and regulations that had been
stipulated for the management of the
exhibition.
The opening of the exhibition on Sat-
urday, January 10Th, was preceded by
grand industrial parade, in which al
most every manufacturer, wholesale and
retail merchant was represented The
public was amazed at the magnitude
and extent of our enterprises in the
city, and the parade served as thor
ough illustration that Los Angeles as
commercial and industrial center stands
in the front ranks Of California cities
The success of this parade was in no
small measure due to Mr.. w. B. Will
shire, the grand marshal, and Mr.. J. C.
Cline, his chief of staff, and we hereby
desire to express to these gentlemen
our sincere thanks for the laborious du-
ties they have so splendidly performed.
After the opening Of the doors Of Haz-
ards pavilion to the public the exhibi-
ton gained in popular favor from day