The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-19
the PARIS EXPOSITION
SUGGESTIONS FOR CALIFORNIA;
PROSPECTIVE DISPLAY
Eugene Germain Writes Breezy Let
ter-Why Switzerland Has Shut
Out Our Dried Fruit

| Some time ago the chamber of COM
merce wrote to ex-Consular Agent Eugene
German at Zurich, Switzerland, concern
Ing California's prospective exhibit at the
Paris exposition In 1900. The following re-
| ply has been received:
| You ask my views on California making
an exhibit in Paris in 1900 and my Ideas Of
what could be exhibited to advantage. ]
| do not know that am competent to answer
| these questions at this time without first
studying the subject carefully, but Judging
| from past experience and the present look
of things over here, would venture to
say that In my opinion, provided our leg
islature will make liberal appropriation
and in addition thereto that each section of
our county will contribute literally SO az
| to enable us to make a fine exhibit, that
we ought by all means to do everything in
| our power to be represented at the Paris
Worlds fair of 1900.
California should have a full exhibit Of
| the products of her soil and industries, but
this must be gotten up in fine shape-som~
thing to boast of and be proud of. This
occasion will present the best means of
advertising our country our soil and peo-
pie to the entire world and help create o
worlds market for our products. 1t will
also advertise our lands and bring desira-
BILE immigrants. such as help to build up
and enrich a commonwealth and make
good citizens.
Unless, however, we do the thing right,
better abstain entirely. In 1889 our legisla-
ture refused to make an appropriations
Having decided to visit Europe, 1 was.
through the efforts of our chamber, ap-
pointed one of the Worlds fair commits
sioners for our state. 1 went to Paris to
attend to my duties, but found upon reach
ing there that California was represented
only. by three commissioners and a few
boxes Of live and rotten dried fruits con-
tributed by the late George w. Meade Of
wines. ETC., were scattered all over the
buildings, with hardly any one around to
give Information.
AS to my ideas, beg to say and suggest:
Green fruits should be exhibited through
out the season. supplying the same weekly
fresh and giving away to visitors the stock
on hand on the arrival of each fresh ship
ment. There should be a department eaos
for fruits green, fruits dried, fruits canned
and preserved in both glass and tins In
packages from a flve-gallon tin or tub to
o half-pound tin or glass. need not tell
you in what kind of packages or styles to
put UP the stuff; our people have good taste
and know how to do things we'll II they
want to and consult you about 1t.
We must send our dried fruits OF all
kinds and in all styles of shipping packages.
fancy as we'll as ordinary; mean in sacks
and boxes as we'll as cartoons. Walnuts.
almonds, olive oil, olives, peanuts. chest
nuts, preserves, jams, jellies and canned
fruits as above mentioned. Honey in the
comb, In frames and In glass, extracted
honey in glass. tins and gallon cans; bees
wax, California wines and brandies should
be largely represented and people given an
opportunity to taste same by having place
reserved in the exhibit grounds where 1t
could be purchased by the glass, bottle or
barrel; also some one to cook our dried
fruits for tasting on the exhibit space.
Wheat. brewing barley, beans in large
quantities by all means, hops, alfalfa, clo-
yer and other native California seeds, pam
pas plumes. Towering bulbs of Californtr
growth; In fact every product we produce
in quantities for export, and these are num-
berless. Canned fish and the products Of
every California industry capable Of ex-
pansion should be on exhibit A good thing
would be to put up all kinds Of dried fruite
In one or two ounce packages with printed
directions in French and German as ia
how to prepare them for the table, and
where this fruit Is obtainabie. and give Wis
itors a package to take home and give 1t o
trial. The managers sent out TO take
charge should be competent to give in
Quirers desired reliable information in at
least two languages besides English, say
French and German. This is about all I
can suggest at present, but will, If you so
desire, give you mora suggestions as they
occur to fne from surrounding observa-
tons
Since my last letter the market for dried
fruits has been lost to us In Switzerland
The Swiss Federal council has issued de-
cree prohibiting the entry of all American
unpeeled dried fruits. This means entire,v
shutting out apricots. prunes and raisins.
nearly all peaches and pears, as well as up-
peeled dried apples and apple cores and
skins for the cattle, for which thought
had created a new outlet. Excuse, Sap
Jose SCALE" but the real truth, retaliati'.-
on the tariff and the action taken by the
treasury department at the New York Gus
tom house against Swiss importers for un-
dervaluations on st. Gall embroideries. Our
minister has the matter in hand with the
department of state at Washington. but
our people and chamber, In connection with
the state board of trade, cooperating with
our senators, Perkins and White, should
take the matter up at once and urge the
department Of state to try to have the
Swiss government modify or entirely take
off the prohibition. Switzerland's imports
of our dried fruits for the four years past
were: 1894. 500; 1895, $4,000; 1896. $3.50, 900;
1897, about 500, 00O-so you see they cut our
wings Just as we were getting there.
Since my last on crops we have had Sc
we're hall and rain storms and crops have
been somewhat damaged, especially vine
yards; still crops will be fair all over. April
cots and prunes. being now we'll known.
have come to stay and there will be fair
demand for the same again this year pro-
vided prices do not get beyond reach. The
prune crops in Sebia Bosnia and France
will be very large. San Jose scale could not
live In this climate; It must have a more
genial one to thrive and be happy and how
that scale can be imported on dried aprk
cots, raisins and prunes I would like to
learn.
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A Chinese Murderer
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