The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-27
CALIFORNIA;
FRUITS At THE
BIG EXPOSITION
Oscar PoIack Gives
Good Advice.
SHOULD EXHIBIT Ar PARIS
SAYS SHIPPERS MUST AVOID
FALSE LABELLING.
The States Products Able to Stand ON
Their Own Merits-Germany
May Be Induced to Re-
move Restrictions.
SAYS SHIPPERS MUST AVOID
FALSE LABELLING.

Oscar Polack, a heavy Hamburg I'M
porter OF California products, is making
us annual visit to this State for the pur-
pose OF negotiating large purchases of
irult lor shipment to GERMANY Mr. Po-
IacK is enthusiastic over the projected dis
play Oh our products at the Paris Ex-
position next year, and Is deslro1s of see
ing them exhibited on an elaborate scale
lie has just returned from d tour of oh
SerVat1on throughout the Santa Clara and
san Joaquin Valleys and was at the Pal
ace yesterday. He left on similar mis-
sion to the southern part of the State in
the afternoon. When seen before his de-
parture, Mr.. Polack said:
Il hope that the California exhibitors at
the Paris fair will take lesson from the
Hamburg Exposition of 1897, and see to it
that no par:iality be shown to any one
exhibitor. AT the latter exposition the
commissioner from this State took it upon
himself to recommend one firm to intend
ing purchasers. This is a manifest in
justice to the other firms who have gone
to the trouble and expense of exhibiting
their goods Let the exhibitors cooperate
to make a grand display, and let the merit
of each be an incentive to those who wish
to buy. Let not one firm benefit by the
recommendation of the commissioner, but
let all have an equal chance
II would suggest that the commissioner
establish a bureau of information at his
headquarters and that exhibitors, In addi-
ton to giving away samples, also dispose
of small packages of the products, which
l am sure will find ready SALE, and by
that means help to hquidate their ex-
~ believe that a proper display will
have the effect of assuring brilliant nut
ure for this States products IN foreign
california growers should also see to it
that when they export their goods there
should be nothing misleading IN the labels IS:
used Tse if indiscTiminateiy, and choice being
stance. as well as to the black and poorer
grade Then, too, they should guard
against having their cases branded as
saw some once in a Hamburg Waren34Q1se-
On one end of the case was printed Ital,
ian prunes' while on the other END reao
Fancy California prunes. Iney came me
up by the Vancouver Packing Company
of Vancouver, B. c. | took them TO Dg
Oregon prunes from tne tnl o.ho6 PM tbo1 15
sIightIv acid. This conflict of Labelling
should be stopped, for it tends TO snake
confidence in the shipper. o+io, -, +ba
az think that by concerted dcuon Oh tho
part of California shippers the re t - re
stricton placed on their fruit hy the ser Ter
removed entirely. This decree IN regard
to infested fruit is very sweeplns 5 anu
makes no distinction ~, between the 3 nneI
Yaiu 'H SO harshiy against this country:
We are well aware that the scale, II 1t
exists, is utterly destroyed by the CRYING
prunes, But Germany has not provided
for this and consequently the shiipper SUI
fers. France has adopted similar meas
ures and Switzerland, ! am sorry 70 Sc.
its boundaries. United States Consul
Germain for Switzerland could not pre-
vent the passage of the drastic law,
though he made strenuous objections.
In regard to the late snpmenL OF pears
to Hamburg from this port, which preclpl..
lated the exclusion by Germany OF 1rut
infested with the so-called san Jose scale;
I regret to say that 1T was first discovered
bv the authorities in a shipment TO me. A
second consignment suffered the same
fate and 1 hope that the steps taken by
the Regents of the California OnlVerslty
to secure Federal inspection will result
successfully.
goods should be properly cured, as the
ton is quite likely to occur if they are not
originally in proper condition. / must In
Weigh also against the mixing OF french
and California prunes: me a indus ISL tr OF
questionable practice and will probably
lose in the long run.
'In regard to this years California crop
1 believe it will equal, if not surpass, that
of last season, though 1 have found the
pretty dry in my visit throughout
the interior Still with irrigation, which
be accomplished. This year 1 anticipate
that Hamburg will require one thousand
carloads of fruit, principally prunes, and
Antwerp and Bremen 8lI will . each take a
rule as in 1897, though a great deal will
depend on the crop. France has light
crop of very small prunes this year and
great demand in foreign markets, and this
fact may have tendency to elevate
prices"