Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-16
HAS ROSY VISION
OF States FUTURE
EXPECTS TO SEE 100000
CARS OF ORANGES
-
Chairman Of California Promotion
Committee Believes Products
viii Increase Tenfold in
Near Future
Rv Assoalatea press.

Bv Associated Press
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15.-The sixth
semi-annual convention of the county
committee of the California promotion
committee opened this morning at Ho-
tel Del Coronado, fifty-one delegates
being in attendance, representing all
parts of the state. Andre Sbarboro,
chairman of the committee, presided.
The gathering was thoroughly repre-
sentative of the state.
Dr. Edward Grove, president of the
San Diego chamber of commerce, ex-
tended welcome to the visitors. Chair
man Sbarboro in his reply, said:
1T has been said that the man who
causes two blades of grass to grow
where only one grew before is pub
lie benefactor.
1T is our desire to have 500,0 900 car
loads of oranges grow per annum in
the future to gladden. the hearts of the
people all over the world with our gol-
den fruit, where only $4,000 carloads
grew before, and to increase the present
production of 50,000,000 gallons of our
wines per annum to 500,0O0,0O0 gallons
in the future, which will permit the use
of this Notwithstanding and healthy
beverage on the table of every family
in the United States
William w. Harts, major, corps OF
engineers, u. S. A., gave a brief his
tory of water communications and the
progress of ancient nations, noting the
principles on which this progress was
made and the constant western move
ment of commercial activity.
o. H. Miller, secretary of the Sacra-
mento Valley Development association,
spoke of the harbors of the state in
their relation to the interior
Judge l.. L. Boone spoke briefly on
"San Diego Harbor."
Committees were named as follows:
On resolutions-John s. Akerman of
San Diego, George Henderson of Eu-
reka, C. A. Moody of Los Angeles,
Francis Cutie of Riverside, Capt. Will
liam H. Marston of San Francisco.
Credentials-D. w. Coolidge of Pasa-
dena, Isador Jacobs of San Francisco,
William Robertson of Fresno, ]. H.
Smith of Napa and Clarence E. Ed
wards of San Francisco.
This afternoons session was devoted
to a consideration of the harbors of the
state and to addresses on the following
topics
Smythe of San Diego.
San Francisco Harbor-William H.
Marston of San Francisco.
California's Harbor Defenses-A. A.
Fries, captain United States engineer
ing corps.
Harbors of California and their Rela-
ton to the Shipping Industry. Jen-
sen of San Francisco.
Value of California Harbors to Farm
ers-M. F. Tarpey, San Joaquin valley.
Value of California Harbors to the
Mountain Counties-Gilbert B. Morrow
of Sonora.
Value of California Harbors to its
Agriculture-John H. Hartog of Colusa
Counties Committee Meets
The convention of the counties COM
mittee was held in the afternoon, some
delegates being in attendance repre-
senting all parts of the state.
The gathering was devoted almost
exclusively to the consideration OF
California. harbors, there being ad-
dresses on San Diego harbor by Judge
l.. l.. Boone of this city and on San
Francisco harbor by William H. Mars
ton of that city, and other addresses by
Capt. A. A. Fries of the United States
engineer corps and by J. Jensen of Sar
Francisco, M. F. Tarpey of Fresno, Gill
bert B. Morrow of Sonora and John
Hartog of Colusa.
San Francisco members urged state
board issue to the amount of $25, 0O(
for the Improvement by the state OF
the harbor of the coast but the COM
mittee on resolutions did not go so far
simply recommending that the COVER
nor appoint a committee from the vari-
Gus chambers of commerce of the state
to devise ways and means either by
direct taxation or a bond issue for the
state Improvement of the harbors, alst
to urge larger appropriations from the
federal government.
| A good roads resolution was passed
which was the only matter considered
outside of harbors. Petaluma and june
were selected as the time and place
for the next session.
This evening the visiting delegates
were banqueted at the hotel and abou
250 found seats at the board.
President Grove Of the San Diego
| chamber of commerce acted as toast
master and Chairman Sbarboro had thS