The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-02-21
Commercial Delegates De-
clare It Would sProhibit
Interstate Commerce in
California Fruit if Women
Packers and Pickers En-
gagged Worked More Than
8 Hours Handling Crops
BLACKLIST MEASURE
is NOT APPRECIATED
Members Think Boycotting
and Picketing Should Be
Included; Then They
Would Not Oppose It
Alien Land Bills Get No
Encouragement at Gath
ering of Business People


Commercial and civic bodies from the
entire state of California. from I'm
peria1 to Eureka and Los Angeles to
Redding, represented by more than so
delegates, met for the first time at the
call OF the San Francisco Chamber Of
Commerce yesterday in the Merchants
exchange to decide on opposition to
certain of the bills now pending before
She state legislature. AS a positive
step, it was decided to recommend an
appropriation for $1.o0o.0oo for the
proposed counties building at the Pan
anna Pacific exposition.
Among the most important bills
which the conference opposed were the
national eight hour law for women,
bills prohibiting all future permanent
acquisition OF real property by aliens
in California, the re-enactment of the
Cartwright antitrust act without
present saving clauses and exemptions,
a strictor eight hour law for women.
and the present form OF a bill making
blacklisting a misdemeanor, although
it was also declared to be the sense
Of the conference that If this measure
were amended TO prohibit boycotting
and plcketing as well It would not be
opposed.
SACRAMENTO MAN PRESIDEs
p. w. Carmichael OF the Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce was elected
president of the conference. and L. NJ.
King of San Francisco secretary.
President W. T. sesnon of the San
Francisco chamber welcomed the dele
gates. and emphasized the common in
terest that drew them together. They
were gathered to discuss bills con-
sidered unfair and unjust and that
threatened the commerce, industry and
agriculture of the state, In such mat
ters. he said. representatives Of the
tax payers and business men should
have voice and influence.
we do not intend that the action of
this conference shall bind the constitu-
ent bodies" he said. but bills have
been introduced that threaten to affect
the state at large detrimentally. and we
feel that we should take action here
against them
PLENTY OF LAND BILLS
It was decided there are enough bills
in the legislature to preserve the land
of the state from ownership by aliens
who can not become citizens, and so
assembly bill 1874 and senate bill 416
will be contested. The senate bill was
also objected to. because it would in the
opinion of the delegates restrain cor
porations, where majority of the stock
is owned by aliens. from investing in
California development.
The conference went on record as op-
posed to the national eight hour law
for women as particularly radical
measure and one which would even pre-
vent interstate railroads from handling
California fruit if handled by women
that had worked more than eight hours.
Proposed state legislation restricting
women from working more than eight
hours a day was condemned as being
a handicap to the fruit industry under
California conditions. and representa-
tives of the canning fruit industries
asked to have the national eight hour
law specially considered.
Opposition was also voiced against
assembly bills 8. s31 and 1913, so called
unfair competition and antitrust acts,
and also against assembly bill 1897. to
repeal the exemptions in the Cartwright
acts.
nDnnCEn
Representatives of the San Francisco
Board of Trade pointed out that as
sembIy bill SIS (senate 1880 would
amend the bulk sale law in Cali
fornia, passed for the protection of cred
itors, inasmuch as 1t would practically
prohibit attachments to issue except in
suits against nonresidents. although 1t
would permit attachments against resi-
dents in case, OF concealment of de-
fendant or secretion of his property.
A committee was appointed to prepare
the. findings for, presentation to the
local chambers and boards OF trade
as the opinion Of the delegates, and to
seek confirmation of the action taken.
This committee consists of Captain H.
Ennis OF Sacramento. G. III. Bentley Of
San Francisco, william Robertson Of
Fresno and w. S. Clayton OF San Jose.
The formation OF a permanent state
organization to meet annually and dis
cuss matters of common interest was
referred to a committee of five for
consideration.