The San Francisco call., 1901-10-18
BUFFALO JURORS
NEGLECT STATE
F'ilcher Explains Method
Of the Judges at
Exposition.
California Is Entitled to More
Honors Than She Re-
ceived.

In letter received by The Call ]. A.
Filcher, secretary of the State Board of
Trade, fully explains the position held by
the California exhibit at the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo in the keen
competition between the States and Ter
ritories of the Union. Mr.. Filchers letter
follows:
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION
Buffalo, N. Y, Oct II, 1901.
To the Editor of the Call, San Francisco
Cal-Dear Sir: At last a large portion Of
the awards made at the Pan-American Ex-
position have been announced, and there is
the usual amount of kicking. According to
my experience there is more than the usual
amount Of kicking. There seems to be a
howl going up from all departments and
all portions OF the ground
California shared fairly well in the fact that
Its State exhibit was given the highest award
and that it received many gold medals
ana silver medals, perhaps, as any other
our notoriously good articles have been passed
over with bronze medals or honorable mem
ton, while many others among our merftori-
GUS exhibits seem TO have been ignored en-
tirely: Some OF our wines that have won gold
than bronze or silver medals here, while quite
number of both wine and brandy entries
have been apparently ignored as their names
90 not appear among the list of awards in
their class. Among the omissions is a splen-A
did canned fruit palace provided by the Cali
fornia Canneries Association, which has. re-
ceived more compliments, l believe, than any
other one single exhibit on the ground Among
uniopeness artistic aFGr bsaty ag
lty and quantity OF goods In these points it
has no equal at this exposition and yet among
the list OF awards in the food products 1t does
not appear. Several of our best olive oils.
regularly entered, do not appear having
received even honorable mention One of our
best paintings was similarly treated. fine
display of California wild flowers, entitled to
dlstinsuished consideration was ignored en-
ed raisins received no menton a display of
elegantly packed and first quality California
asparagus was apparently overlooked and
to the number of about forty entries that
might be mentioned, and all of more less
merit, either overlooked or ignored by
the jurors entirely,
The worst of the situation is that there is
no source of appeal, though there may be
rior Jury here which Is supposed to have re-
viewed the work of the subordinate juries, but
during their work the exhibitors were kept in
profound Ignorance as to what the subordi-
nate jurors had done or what the Superior
Jury was doing. Indeed, we had no intima-
tion as to what awards were made on any ar
ticles until the announcement in the papers
yesterday morning, when results appeared as
herein stated. L have been following the mat
ter up and have just learned that commit
tee exists, made up of members Of the late
Superior Jury, which has the authority to
that the omissions referred the
suit OF carelessness on the part OF subordi-
nate jurors their clerks, the result of
oversight it is barely possible that we may
secure review and obtain justice yet on the
emily overlooked. A review of the awards
granted to California suggests the idea that
the jurors passed on each article presented
up to the number of 80 or 40. and then, be-
coming tired, concluded to give bronze med
ais to 30 40 more; honorable mention to 40
or 80 others, and ignored the rest, and this
regardless of quantity quality or merit. 1
do not say they did this, as l have no means
of knowing what they did, but 1 say the
suit would to indicate such action.
When a first-class wine, frst-class oil,
beautiful exhibit of photographs, or other ar
ticles of equal merit ignored entirely
when q whole house twenty odd feet square
built of a food product and in such an artistic
and unique way as to become the talk Of all
visitors, is passed by a jury without being
seen, we must conclude that at least ere
was some carelessness, if not actual indffer
ence on the part Of the gentlemen who made
the awards.
thing to remedy the oversight, L shall insist
that Justice shall yet be done to some of our
best exhibits
In this connection I would say that the
fruits have not yet been announced; neither
has there been any announcement yet of the
awards in the dairy building. In both of
! these departments California figures prom
| inently
! While individual exhibitors in many cases
will be sorely disappointed, as am, our peo-
| pie as a whole will find consolation and sat
| sfacton in the fact that their State is grant
| ed the gold medal for the best State exhibit.
| The fact that secured this award will
| also serve to prove that those who have re-
turned and spoken lightly Of California's ex-
| hibit as a whole were either prejudiced or
| predsposed to criticism. Very truly yours.
J. A. FILCHER.
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