El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-19
HOW THEY DO
1T THERE
Work OF The Los Angeles
Chamber Of Commerce
A USEFUL INSTITUTION
Achievements That the FL pdso
Chamber Hopes To Emulate In
Due Season.

The Los Angeles chamber of
commerce Is Identified with
| the oevelopment and pro-
gress of Southern California. For
n the project for the erection of a
cham Der OF commerce building, the
committee 90 statistics of the cham Der
has Issued 5000 copies of circular
giving infor nation regarding the work
of that body, and the following ex-
tracts are made from the Los Angeles
Times:
THE cham Der mai utsins a free ex-
hibit of natural and manufactured pro-
ducts, which fills the greater portion
of the upper floor and galleries Of the
building occupied by the chamber on
The corner OF Broadway and Fourth
street. 1t is visited by thousands of
people annually from all parts OF the
world. The average yesrly registra-
tiOn OF visitors Is l65, 900. In addition
to maintaining this exhibit the cham
Der has taken charge of the Southern
California exhibit at the Worlds Fair,
the Midwinter Fair at Sa Francisco,
the Cotton States International Ex-
position. Atlanta, and the TRANSMITS
sissippi Exposition at Omaha. It has
also assisted in supplying the exhibits
for BAN burg, Germany, and Guatema
la, and is largely interested. in arrapg-
ing an exhibit for Paris and for the
Pan American Exposition, to be held
in Buffalo in 1901.
The large and rapidly increasing
demands upon the ch am Der from eastern
localities calling for matter descriptive
of Southern California, supplies abun-
daut evidence that the efforts and ex-
peDditures made by the chamber il
this direction have met with prom DIT
appreciation. During the year 1899
the chsmbe distributed with dis
crimi q atiug care and without waste)
$50, 600 pieces of printed matter to those
seeking this Information. 1t is to
these causes that large part of our
beneficial vic ter tourist travel aud a
handsome proportion of our marvellous
growth of population can be directly
traced.
MANY circulars OF advice and in
formation have also been printed and
distributed throughout the neighbor
ing agricultural sections dealing with
the raising of citrus fruit, nuts, olives,
sugar beets, live stock, etc.
The chamber was largely instru-
mental in procuring q satisfactory
import duty on citrus fruits in the
Dipgley Tariff Bill; and is now vigor-
ously opposing the ratification Of tariff
treaties which threaten our fruit aud
wine Industries.
"a full railway postofice has been
established between Albuquerque, n.
M.and Los Angeles, largely through the
efforts OF the cham Der; and increased
postal facilities at Los Angeles have
been obtained.
"Delegates have been sent to a very
large number OF congress es and conveu
tions throughontth the country, at which
matters affecting our interests were
su oject TO action, leading often to
important results.
s. At the instance of the chamber an
Improvement was afforded in our
weather buresu and forecast stations
were established at several points in
Arizona, Utah ard Californis.
"Protests were entered by the cham
Der, and persistently urged through
the proper channels, against the
embargo on America green and dried
fruits made by the Swiss government.
until the same was withdrawn.
THE movement for the storage OF
food waters aud the construction of
irrigation works by the United States
government, which should render our
surrounding arid regions habitat BILE,
productive and tributary to Los Ange-
'es, has been enerRetically assisted and
materially advanced.
Fire proof vaults were built In the
city hall at the urgent suggestion of
the chamber, in order to afford much
needed protection to our invaluab lie