The San Francisco call., 1910-06-25
LEAGUE TO BOOST
HOME Industries
State Organization Formed to
Encourage the Purchase of
California Products
Plan of Campaign Outlined by
Merchants and Manufac-
turers at Banquet

The home industry league of Califor-
MA. the organization of which was be-
gun three weeks ago, is growing by
leaps and bounds, and at a luncheon
held yesterday at the Palace hotel II
was announced that the committee on
organization and bylaws would be able
to report by next Friday. Col. George
H. Pippey and zoeth S. Eldridge are on
the committee.
The meeting yesterday was the third
held since the idea of forming an in
dependent organization to foster goods
made in California and impress on
the mind of the people the necessity
of buying California products. stamped
itself on the minds of number OF
prominent manufacturers and pro-
ducers of this city. About SO men
will see over 100 present. BY the time
that the bylaws have been adopted and
the purpose of the organization defin-
ite1y stated, 1t is expected that every
manufacturer and producer in thess state
will have been enrolled.
ORIGIN OF ORGANIZATION
Fred c. Parker. manager of the
American biscuit company. was in the
chair. He directed the discussion, sug-
gesting here and there a remark or a
topic that might bring out the advan.
tages to be obtained by the organiza-
tion. The luncheon was informal and
the feast did not interfere with the ad-
dresses. Everything went along
smoothly, so that. when the black cof-
fee was served it was about time for
adjourning.
Walter B. Webster explained the
purpose of the association and the rea-
son for combining to boost home prod
ucts. Many OF the members of the
development board, he said, were i'm
porters of European goods and others
agents of eastern houses. They there
fore entered into the campaign fol-
home industries rather Iukewarmly
Webster said. until the COMMITTEES con-
cerned with this line of work thought
that a separate organization should be
formed to develop a better patronage
for homemade products. From this
idea grew the home industry league of
California.
TIES OF THE BAY CITIES
Zoeth S. Eldredge outlined pros
pective state organization with branch
societies in each of the large CONNER
cial centers, with the president Of each
separate organization a vice president
of the central body or a member Of the
executive committees.
B. p. Miller. assistant to the presi-
dent of the realty syndicate, spoke OF
the interest Oakland was taking in the
work.
San Francisco and the bay Cities
he said, "are inseparably bound by nat
ural commercial ties. Some of us
have sometimes said that San francisco
L = al
land and the ready answer followed
that Oakland was nothing more than
east San Francisco. Outside of this
we all know that the entire bay dis
trict is influenced greatly by San Fran
ciscos prosperity and that what is
good for her is good for the whole dis
trict.''
CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION
Miller advocated an advertising
campaign to educate the people of the
state and show that California goods
are better than those produced In any
other part of the world. Once the spirit
of the thing takes hold of the people
he said. California will have a perio6
of great prosperity.
H.. w. Kerrigan. representing the
California Metal Trades association
said that after the fire nearly all the
structural steel used in the recon.
struction of the city came from the
east but that through an active cam
paign for home products local manu-
facturers are now supplying S3 pei
cent of the trade.
D. J. Alberga OF the Mission Promo.
tion committee spoke Of the efforts o.
his association in this line and saiC
that he was glad that a central body
was about to undertake the work
Everybody's business was nobody
business. he remarked. 1t was neces
sary to get out and fight against east
ern competition If California wanted
the business.
A. C. Rulofson advocated policy o,
placarjing the state with advertising
platitudes. Every dollar spent in Cali
fornia for California product mean
pocket of the purchaser. he said. and
this idea should be impressed upon the
masses.
LIVE WIRES ARE NEEDED
William H. Crocker declared him
self heartily in favor of the movement
In reply to suggestion from Ruiof-
son that the bankers might exercise
some supervision in the making OF
loans, particularly as to asking the
client what he intended to do with
the money, Crocker answered that
this was ueilcdte matter anu eiihS eiiS
clearing house committee was the
proper body to take UP such a ques-
tion. He said that six live wires plug
ging for home products could do more
than all the banqueting and speech
making of year.
r. J. Davis, president OF the Var
Emon elevator company, advocated 8
campaign of aggressiveness. He saie
that if the merchants of the city and
state would not buy the products OF
the state from patriotic motives ther
they should be made to feel that they
must from pecuniary motives.
K. A. Lundstrom, the halter. gave
some of his experiences. also advocat-
ing an advertising campaign to edu-
cate the people.
The meeting for the adoption of tbs
bylaws will be held next Friday al
noon at the Palace hotel