The herald., 1898-01-18
ANNUAL REPORTS oFoFFIcERs
PRESIDENT FRANK TELLS OF
WORK ACCOMPLISHED
The Campaign for Home Products and
the Permanent Exhibition-The
Secretary's Report

polls were open and the ballots cast. The
directors for the ensuing year were
elected, and they will, in turn, elect their
officers next Wednesday. The directors
are: Fl. P. Anderson, Fred l.. Baker,
John J. Bergin, G. w. Boole, r. w. Burn
ham, c. C. Desmond, H. J. Fleishman,
r. II. Heron, Albert c. Jones, 8. G..
Marshutz, Max Meyberg, J. NJ. Schneid-
er, Frank Simpson, e. A. Stuart and
Carl Triest.
Last evening at o'clock the annual
meeting took place in the Crystal Pal
ace, the new headquarters of the as
sociation. The place will not be ready
for occupation until the end of this week.
but the members gathered in the large
assembly hall, In which are the familiar
long table and chairs; the officers re-
ports were read, and at the conclusion
short speeches were made by Messrs. j.
c. Newberry, McGarvin, Max Mey-
berg and ]. S. Salkey. in which the i'm
portance of the home products exhibit,
the repaving Of Main and Spring streets,
the hitching ordinance and other sub
jects of interest to the association were
touched upon.
PRESIDENTS REPORT
President Franks report read as fol-
lows:
LOS Angeles, Jan. II, 1898.
ITO the members of the Merchants and
association of Los An
geles-Gentlemen: 1t is with degree of
satisfaction and pride that
call your attention to the work accom-
plished by this association and the many
benefits derived by its members and the
public during the past year. At no time
in the history of this association have
the labors assumed such diversified
character or have results been felt in so
many different channels.
Having been honored for two years
with the office of president of this asso-
citation / would be derelict in my duty
were I unmindful of the appreciation
the untiring zeal and the unbounded
support that I have received from the
gentlemen who have so faithfully as
sisted me in my duties, as a board of di-
rectors. To their wise counsel and con-
stant attendance the success of this as
sociation Is due; and I desire herewith
to express my heartfelt thanks for the
courtesies and support that I have re-
ceived from their hands. With the
and prestige of this association
the duties of president are becoming
daily more pressing. and have been re-
Iuctantly compelled to announce that
can no longer remain connected with the
association in an official capacity; but
I assure you that as member in the
ranks, the interests Of the association
shall always receive my most energetic
support.
"The permanent home products exhi-
bition that will be opened on the 22d of
this month in the Crystal Palace will
stand as a monument to the
enterprise and energy Of the merchants
and manufacturers of Los Angeles. and
will prove that these characteristics of
the commercial community of this city,
although often tried, have never been
appealed to in vain. Within the walls of
the exhibition hall will be displayed in
an attractive and artistic manner the
fruits of our industries, and they will
show that the progress of our Industrial
has kept pace with our
phenomenal growth as commercial
center.
The exhibition Is the direct result of
4 campaign in favor Of home products
some six months ago under
the able management of a special COM
mittee consisting of Messrs. J. o. Koepf-
Ii. F. w. Braun, J. J. Bergin, w. e.
Roberts and g. T. Gay. The results ac-
through their labors have
been more than the most sanguine ex-
pectations could have desired. A sys-
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and is being made to educate the masses
to the necessity of patronizing home in
dustry and to create such strong senti-
nent among consumers in favor of home
products that henceforth only home
products will find their way into the
homes of the people of Los Angeles.
by keeping the money at home the
scope of industrial enterprises will be
the field of operation for the
aboring classes will be greatly enlarged,
the market for our raw materials will
De increased and an additional factor to
,ur prosperity will be added. regard
The home products campaign as a pop
liar educator, and the home products
exhibition as a forcible object lesson two
If the most important undertakings car
led out by this association during the
year.
mot less important as public enter
prise was the prompt action taken In
the early part of last year by this as
when an appeal was made to
relieve the distress and find an avenue
'or the employment of large number
If deserving people, who, through un-
avoidable circumstances, had been
forced into idleness 1t was no easy
task to apply an adequate remedy, but
The liberality of the people Of Los An
yeles, that has been so often tested, was
lot appealed to in vain, and they re-
,ponded with spirit that has made
this city synonymous to patriotism and
public spirit.
within remarkably short time over
I26, 900 was raised, giving employment
o over 500 men, and thereby relieving
The distress Of their families to the num-
Der Of 1890 people. That the money was
we'll and wisely expended is shown by
he beautiful gate and driveway that
low adorn Elysian park and the thanks
# this association and of the public
ire due to the special committee which
gave its services and best energies to the
accomplishment Of this humane under
aking.
Immediately after the completion Of
he driveway at the park, steps were
AIKEN for the construction Of boulevard
Pasadena with this city. A
special committee was appointed to
AXE charge Of the preliminary work OF |
his public movement. and. after innun-
rable obstaclee had been overcome anal