The herald., 1897-06-17
OUR DISPLAY
Reported in Fine Shape at
Hamburg
THE EXHIBIT is ALL RIGHT
AND ATTRACTING MUCH FAVOR
ABLE ATTENTION
THE EXHIBIT is ALL RIGHT
A Letter From Secretary Filcher of the
State Board of Trade-Some
Suggestions

Secretary Frank Virgins IF the cham
Der of commerce has received a letter
from ]. A. Filcher, secretary of the state
board of trade, who is now in Hamburg
In charge of California interests at the
big exposition, in which a good account
is given of the display of Southern Cali
fornia. The letter in full is as follows:
HAMBURG, May 27. 1S97.-After
more or less tribulation and the usual
aggravating occurrences on such
occasions, 1 have our exhibit pretty we'll
in shape, so much of it, at least. a 5 is here.
l am not going to recount to you the an
noyances in the way of slow workmen
and slowness in delivering orders that
have encountered but such things, find,
are here as well as in Georgia. With all
the drawbacks, though l think l have
done pretty well. Tomorrow is to be
grand day. The reichstag and the en-
peror's brother are TO be here, and had
to rush to be ready for the occasion l
am tacking some signs and putting the
finishing touches 20 the decorations, and
am as near ready as 1 can be until the
balance of our material arrives. l have
been at work a week and a day, and l
think have done grandly. We have the
best space in one of the best buildings
on the grounds. The only trouble is, it is
not enough for the material l have. am
compelled to crowd more than l would
like to. Still, without conceit, l can say
to you our exhibit looks fine, and it is
far superior in quality, quantity and
variety to anything in the same class a
this great exposition, or, as it is called in
German, "Ausstellung," Gartenbau Aus
stellung-hortcultur exposition. CThis
is not all the German l know, by great
deal)
Your goods were well packed, and
barring some broken glass, everything
from the Chamber of Commerce arrived
in good shape. l have had glass put over
every case of dried fruit and every box
of raisinS, and as there are about 209
in all in that which has come to hand,
this alone was no small job. Your de-
partment has much better variety
than any other part of our exhibit, and
as it is arranged with exquisite taste
it is admired and favorably commented
upon by all visitors. The Los Angeles
Express said about the time l left that
Mr.. Filcher is a good man for the North.
but Southern California etc, etc. Now
let me say to you that l am here for Cal
ifornia, and as | have schooled myself
for come years to consider the entire
State in all questions of State interest,
Il feel that 1 can safely assure you and
the Express that your part of California
will not be neglected while consigned
to my care. l shall send you a photo
graph showing your part of the exhibit
as soon as l can get around to it, and
l know you and all in Southern Califor-
MIA will be pleased with 1t ard proud Of
it, This exhibit is going to do us good,
especially in the trade line. The people
are here ard they eat vastly more fruit
than they grow, and the admitted super
iority of our fruits impresses them ana
wins their admiration. The duty is high
on canned goods, 60 marks a kilo. a
mark is about "a cents and kilo ia 220
pounds. On dried fruit the freight from
California to Hamburg is $1.15 per 100
pounds, while on canned goods the
freight is only 65 cents per hundred
pounds | cannot stop now to tell You
about this city and this exposition, but
they are both great. The crowds every
day equal Atlanta's best. A week ago
sions, ard Easter Sunday not being a
very pleasant day there We're only 6S, COO.
They average 40, 000 to so 000 day. and
the grounds are not so large as a At
lanta, SO you can imagine how thick
they are. At times they swarm. l think
If l start that cooking booth l have
thought of they Will swamp me. In
September they are to have special ex-
hibit of fresh fruits, a which liberal
premiums are to be given. and an effor,
ought to be made at your end of the
line TO see that we are well represented.
/ have no doubt they could be brought
here if picked and packed properly"
The parties making exhibits in con-
nection with the Chamber Of Commerce
are Bishop & Co, Hill & Sons Co., Sunset
Wine Co., H. j. Woollacott, Germain
Fruit Co., Pierce, the photographer Pu,
nam & Co, photographerS' Mrs. S. A.
Lansing, George Griffith, all of this
city, and Mrs. II. w. r. Strong Of Whit
tier; j Hart of Sierra Madre; Loud &
Gerling, Pomona; and Ventura County
Board of Supervisors