The herald., 1898-02-12

been published and before sixty days an
other edition wfll have to put to press
The total number of publications issue
under the auspices OF the chamber for tn
9 lpast twelve months is $4,000, as follows
! l50. 900 pamphlets and magazines, 25,000 cir
lcuars and cards, $1,000 leaflets; 10000 0
these deal with Southern California. tn
remainder with Los Angeles city an
, county and the various products of Lo
> Angeles county; 10000 pamphlets were dis
! tributed in San Francisco during tn
Christian Endeavor convention last July
!, 1000 pamphlets and 10000 leaflets were dis
i tributed at Milwaukee during the Ma
tional Educational convention. In addition
to its own matter, the chamber has handles
, 5000 publications from other Southern Cal
ifornia counties and 1900 copies of specia
, editions of Los Angeles daily papers. Will
quite a supply of this matter is on hand
the assortment is running short and vii
soon have to be replenished.
1.-THE Klondike," one of the editions o
THE City and County of Los Angeles.
is being sent forward to Alaska as fas
as opportunities offer, Several members o
the chamber have contracts with the Lane
of Sunshine Publishing company to suppl,
the chamber with from 200 to 800 copies o
each issue of the magazine; these are
mailed to parties most interested in sucl
publications.
The distribution of such quantities o.
literature is having telling effect, as is
shown by the fact that the greater por-
ton of the travel to the coast is being
booked for Southern California. While the
chamber cannot claim credit for all OF
this, it surely can be said TO have hao
considerable to do with educating the peo-
pie up to the point of coming.
In February last the board to locate q
ldeep-water harbor in Southern California
was given public reception. That its men,
bers were favorably impressed we have
ample evidence. In the month OF March
the United States Postal Railway Mail
Service association was treated TO re-
| ception. They are still sending us letters
asking for printed matter. Governor At
kinson and party of Georgia were given a
| reception in the same month; most COM
plimentary notices of this We're printed
| throughout the south giving us much credit
| for the courtesy. The boards of supervisors
Of California held their annual convention
| in the chambers quarters and were given
a public reception in April.
| During the month of July two receptions
| were given to the National Christian En-
| deavor association: nine thousand of these
| delegates and their friends are still talk
ling of this section of the country. while
many have returned to live amons us and
many more are coming. In August Con-
| gresham Warren B. Hooker and party
were entertained and given drive around
| the city. The Native Sons of the Golden
West were rendered a reception early in
September. On Sept. 18th Congressman
b. B. Dovener of West Virginia and
party were given a reception and
drive. Sept. 18th delegates from the con-
vention of the United States Letter Car
rers, which met in San Francisco, were
| entertained here. From these receptions
we are confident that much good will re-
suit.
| During the year the chamber sent dele
gates to the Pure Food congress in San
Francisco, to the Transmississippi Com
mercial congress in Salt Lake, to the 1r
rigation congress in Lincoln, Neb., to the
Stockmen and Growers convention at
Denver. Col, and a special delegation was
sent to the National Educational conven-
ton at Milwaukee for the purpose of in
Iducng the convention to hold its meeting
of 1898 in this city. Washington, d. c.,
however, was the city chosen for the con-
vention of 1898 and we have the promise
| for 1899
| Through the efforts of the chamber the
| Mexican government has established a
consulate in this city, and has appointed
Major G. Andrade consul.
Through the aid of the chamber both
the railway mail service to and the postal
delivery service within the city have beer
greatly increased.
During the campaign for increase of tariff
on citrus fruit the chambers support was
given in the interest of our growers. and
| had much weight in creating the tariff rate
| of, ,one per cent.
| An invitation has been extended and ac-
cepted for holding the next Indian School
| association convention in this city. In
vitations have also been extended to the
National Forestry association and the
American Pathological association to hold
their next annual meetings here, and the
same are being favorably considered.
During the year three excursions were
arranged for the purpose of giving the
members a chance of inspecting the prog
ress being made in different enterprises
| One to Santa Monica over the new electric
line constructed by the Pasadena and Pa
cific Railway company; one to Alamitos
| to inspect the new beet sugar factory, and
one to the county farm. These were well
attended and aided greatly in enabling the
members to become better acquainted.
The exposition work of the chamber this
year, outside of the state, has been con-
| fined to Hamburg, Germany, and Guate-
| mala. At the former place under the
state board of trade management, the
| chamber was well represented by the in
stallation OF six hundred packages display
| ing the products of this section. The
| advertisement received through this ex-
| hibit has brought an increase of German
trade to our fruit packers. The exhibit
in the Guatemala exposition was in charge
of state commissioner who creditably
| represented the chamber by displaying
| four hundred packages of our cereals, dried
and canned fruit products, in such an at
| tractiVe manner as to bring forth compi-
| mentary recognition from the management
| and secure for us four gold and three silver
| medals. These are the first eXpositions the
| chamber has ever participated in without
| personal supervision.
| The three bills asking appropriations for
| Omaha, Nashville and Paris expositions
prepared by the chamber and presented to
| the last legislature, failed to pass. This
| failure prevented our occupying space at
| the Nashville exposition and has checked
| preliminary work on the Paris proposition.
| although a small amount of work has been
done on our own account. This organiza-
ton was the first to recognize the import
ance of starting work early for Paris and
so petitioned congress to make appropria-
ton and appoint commissioners.
1t has been definitely settled that Los
Angeles county will make an exhibit at
the Omaha exhibition regardless of state
| engaged and exhibits are now being pre-
pared for shipment early in May.
The exhibit at the state board of trade
| rooms in San Francisco has been regularly
supplied with fresh exhibits during the
past year, fifty-tive cases having been sent
and twenty cases of printed matter.
The exhibit in the chamber of commerce
quarters has been kept up 10 it's usual
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