Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-10
WILL GIVE AWAY
BREAD AND GOLD
HOME PRODUCTS PARADE TO
PROFIT BEHOLDERS
PROSPERITY WEEK BUTTONS
HAVE BEEN REcElVD
All Southern California Commercial
Bodies Are Showing Great Inter-
est in Industrial Features
for Local Boosting

Not only the peopR of Los Angeles
and all Southern California Will De
surprised and even amazed at the grahu
spectacle which the lndustrlal faraue l
of Wednesday, November 10, VIII pre-
sent but from indications they Wlll De
abIe 10 make a review of this parade
quite profitable to themselves. one
bakery firm has announced it viii give
ont loayes of bread along the entire
line of march-the bread to be mace
during the parade; another hrm wiz
distribute gold bricks. Can you peal
that? Gold actually given away on Ihe
streets of Los Angeles! Guess What
firm viii do this?
Bread and gold are not the only
Southern California home products to
be given away, either. Every one OF
the manufacturing firms of Los An
geles is going to have an eXhlplt IN
the parade, and many of them are gong
to give away manufactured pfouuCls
along the line of march
The Buy and Boost Home Products
buttons arrived yesterday but they are
not to be given out until Monday, Wneh
the merchants of Los Angeles Will dis
tribute 100, 900 of these attractive souVe-
Mrs of the first prosperity WeeR' ever
observed in Southern California Inc
buttons are of unique design, and viii
be treasured by all who are fortunate
enough to get them.
Flooded with Mail
Secretary Zeehandelaar of the Mer-
chants & Manufacturers association IS
in trouble He is chairman OF the
parade committee of prosperity
Week." but doesn't mind that a DIT.
Yesterday morning when he arrived at
his office he found 1t was almost I'M
possible for him to crowd into the
place The mail carrier had been there
before him. Thousands OF people had
Iabored under a misrepresentation, ana
had sent prize advertisements, clipped
from Saturday afternoon and Sunday
morning papers, to the secretary OF
the Merchants & Manufacturers asso-
citation instead of to the secretary OF
the chamber of commerce. Just why
all these envelopes were addressed 10
Mr.. Zeehandelaar instead of to Mr..
Virgins is hard to say, unless 1t is be-
cause all the newspapers said they
were to be addressed to Mr.. Virgins.
Letters are reaching Mr.. Virgins
in voluminous piles from secretaries
of all commercial bodies of the various
cities and towns of Southern Callfor-
mia, telling about preparations ana
plans for Prosperity Week obserV-
ances in these communities. At Cotton,
last Saturday night, a meeting of the
citizens was addressed by Mr.. Virgins
and many of the prominent members
of the Los Angeles chamber of com
merce. and much enthusiasm was
aroused. Cotton will have big cele-
bration during the week.
The Monrovia board of trade has set
Thursday night for an open meeting
when all citizens are invited to be
present and help formulate plans for
an observance of the occasion in that
city. Secretary Frank Virgins of the
Los Angeles chamber Of commerce has
been invited to be present, and will eX-
plain to the people of Monrovia just
what prosperity Week" means to
every resident of Southern California.
Secretary Bickenbach of the San
Pedro chamber of commerce has writ
ten to Mr.. Virgins that a plan for an
observance of Prosperity Week" is
being arranged there, and ideas are
wanted. Mr.. Virgins viii proceed to
send a large bale of opinions to San
Pedro.
Plan for Observance
The Redondo chamber of commerce
already has met and passed resolutions
indorsing prosperity Week" in South
ern California, and will take up soon
the question of observance of the week.
Other cities and towns are falling in
line, and the newspapers throughout
the whole southern portion of the state
are urging their readers to buy and
boost home products.
Many novel features are being added
TO the Industrial Parade to be held
Wednesday November 18, and the
manufacturers also are determined to
make Factory Visiting day, which is
Thursday, November 10, a feature of
the week and a notable day. Not only
the factories will be prepared to receive
all comers, but automobiles will be pro-
vided by the manufacturers to convey
the visitors to and from the factories,
and at some of them, at least samples
of the articles manufactured will be
given away to visitors J. r. Newberry
will give away coffee and sandwiches,
so that nobody need to go hungry, at
least.
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