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HOME INDUSTRY MUST BE THE WATCHWORD.
Rousing Mass -Meeting
at Metropolitan Tem
ple Last Night.
ENTHUSIASM AWAKENED
Co-Operation Urged Between
Manufacturers and
Consumers.
PLAXS TO BRING PROSPERITY.
Stirring Speeches Made by Con
gressman Magulre, Samuel M.
Shortrldge and Others.
The mass-meeting held at Metropolitan
Temple last evening, under the auspices of
the Manufacturers' and Producers' Asscia
tion, was a double success. Not only was
the attendance so large as to crowd the
edifice to the doors but it showed that the
association which has for its object the
promotion and encouragement of Califor
nia industries has the sympathy and sup
port of the people with it.
Every sentiment which the speakers gave
voice to, and each hope for future indus
trial advancement, touched a responsive
chord in the heart of each person in the
audience, judging by the hearty manner in
which the applause was bestowed.
It was in all respects a representative
gathering. In the audience were business
men, workingmen and capitalists. They
titid their families with them, too, thus
showing the spirit of home industry is a
genuine home feeling and is appreciated
in the domestic circle as well as in the
marts of trade and linance.
It was this showing which gave the
meeting a tone which it would otherwise
have lacked and which made the pro
moters of the movement "feel good all
over," as one of them put it. The speak
ers, too, were all men of prominence, and
in their remarks were many valuable sug
gestions and ideas which Avould bear
thinking; over.
The hall had been elaborately decorated
for the occasion. On all sides the National
colors shed a blaze of color over the scene.
Long, red, white and blue streamers were
festooned around the platform in pro
fusion. On either side of the organ the
stars and stripes were formed into pretty
shapes around large shields. In gilt let
ters across the stage was the association's
motto, "Home Industry," and the bunting
was also strung out around the gallery and
-wails.
A display on the street was another fea
ture of the evening. Across Fifth street
was stretched a pyrotechnical piece.which,
•when lighted, snowed up the same em
blem — "Home Industry — and its display
•was accompanied by a discharge of sky
rockets. There were many hundreds of
people in the street who could not gain ad
mission to the hail.
When the meeting was called to order
tiie scene inside was inspiring. In the
framework of flags and bunting; on the
stage were seated the following vice-presi
dents:
\V. \V. Montague, John P. Me-rill, A. S. Hal
lidie, Isaac H. Morse, Conrad Herrmann, Arpad
Haraszthy, C. A. Murdock, James Spiers, Henry
L. Davis. F. W. I>ohrmann, J.J. O'Jsrien, P. ( r .
Hale, Kaphael Weill, Charles G. Clinch, J. P.
Taylor, Hon. George C. Perkins, Lippman
Sachs, P. A. Buell, E. C. Williams, A. MeLaugh
lin, John Hammond, G. W. Snyder, W. F.
Bowers, J. P. Currier, Julian Sonntag, M. Mo-
Glynn, R. S. Moore, Louis Saroni, James
Sproule, A. Sbarboro, M. J. Keller, John Sroute,
Z. M. Ilerrick, H. E. Holmes, L. Biankenhorn,
L. P. Degen, Joseph Ghirardelli, J. O. Miner,
Simon Uaruch, \V. F. Robinson, E. G. Dennis
ion, Professor Georee Davidson, A. J. Moulder,
«'. Meese. W. K. Vanderslice, H. Euler, J. Mc-
Mullen, E. J. Leary, William il. Buuker, Joseph
Greenberg.
In the front row were seated the speakers
of the evening— Hugh Craig, Samuel M.
Shortridsre, Congressman James G. Ma
puire, Horace Davis, Dr. Juliu3 Koebig
and others. A brass band made the pro
ceedings livelier — if that were possible — h}
rendering patriotic airs between the
speeches.
The following telegram was received
from Charles M. Shortridge by the chair
man:
Coronado, July 12, 1895.
To the President of the Manufacturer*' Affecta
tion ■: I regret exceedingly my inability to be
present at the meeting to-night. I hope and
believe the effort of your association will
arouse the people of the Pacific Coast to the
great importance of purchasing home-manufact
ured goods.
While it may be quite unnecessary for me to
pledge my loyal and earnest friendship, yet
not being able to be with you I take this means
of declaring my sympathy with the spirit of
your association. Its purposes are of the most
patriotic nature, and deserve and should re
•eive a generous and a united support.
Charles M. £hortridge.
Henry T. Scott, in calling the meeting to
order, made a brief speech, in which he re
ferred to the purposes for which the meet
ing was called. He stated that the Manu
facturers' and Producers" Association had
been organized for the purpose of putting
new life into the industries of our State
and of arousing among the people gener
ally an interest in home products and in
dustries. The meeting, he said, was the
first of a series. The two main objects to
be achieved were: First. a systematizing of
nur business interests in order that first
class goods could be offered to consumers
at prices which will be satisfactory, and
also of a quality which will compare with
any imported product; second, to appeal
to all citizens to give California products a
chance, thereby keeping a vast amount of
money at home so that all may have the
use of it.
Mr. Scott then introduced Hugh Craig,
he said, would explain more fully the
objects of the association.
Sir. Craig spoke as follows:
At a meeting of this kind, when citizens are
called together and asked to give their time
and attention to the interests of the Manufac
turers' and Producers' Association of Cali
fornia, it is proper to explain the why and the
wherefore and the necessity of such an associa
tion.
The United States census of 1890 shows that
at that date there were in the State of Cali
fornia some 8000 manufacturing establish
ments employing nearly 84,000 operators, pay
ing out in wages $51,000,000 per annum. The
competition, however, of foreign importers
and domestic manufacturers east of the Rocky
Mountains has occasioned a large reduction in
the number of these establishments. To such
an extent has this been felt in our City and
State during the past four years that eariy in
the present year a few of the manufacturers of
the State called a meeting to consider the ques
tion and after sundry preliminary arrange
ments for committees called together a con
vention of State manufacturers, which was
held at the rooms ot the Chamber of Commerce
in San Francisco, beginning on the 19th of
March last, to take into consideration what
steps woula be practicable to foster and protect
the industries that were left us and if possible
to increase that number.
Out of this convention grew the Manufac
turers' and Producers' Association of Caliiornia
of to-day, and In the short period of its life—
not quite four months since its organization—
its membership numbers something lite 850,
gathered together, representing State indus
tries, and employing an average of forty men
to each member. Quite a number of these are
interests outside of the City. This valuable
showing in so short a time encourages the
directors of the association to hope that you
■will join with them hand in hand, not only to
increase the membership, but to spread far and
wide within the borders of our own State and
in our neighboring States the fact that within
our own boundaries can be produced articles
of daily consumption of such quality, quantity
and value as to commend local industries to
every one of our own consumers." \
' Consider., for a ' moment what it means to
Save 850 members employing 1,000 operators,
sp.nd if this z^embersnip can be increased to
4G09, mwe ha ■ a reasonable expectation of
! doing, with anything like the same average to
| the factory, that would mean 100,000 men and
i women employed in State manufactures con
suming local productions, and if the same
spirit can be infused into the population of
this State, estimated to-day at 1,400,000, not
only will it gladden the hearts of the manu
facturers and put every iale man in the State
to work, but the development occasioned by
the increased spending capacity of those em
ployed by factories will set the wheels of
industry in motion in so many new phases that
population will be attracted to our lovely State
from every direction.
Indeed, the name of the association shows
the breadth of its capacity, for it proposes to
take in not only the manufacturers, but pro
ducers also, and it is well just here to bear this
fact in mind, that there can be no lasting pros
perity to our State unless the interests of the
producer are cared for, and by the producer I
mean the man who tills the soil, who is the
backbone of our prosperity and advancement.
We in the cities — manufacturers, commission
men, merchants, dealers, brokers, jobbers of
all kinds— are only the middlemen, parasites,
barnacles, so to speak, between the consumer
and producer. He can dispense wry well with
many of us, but we in the cities cannot pos
sibly exist without him.
The marvelous power for good which this
organization can reach when the majority of
the manufacturers and producers of this t->tate
affiliate for mutual benefits need only be hinted
at, and ours is not a State that we need be
ashamed of. We need make no apology for the
organization we are now engaged in perfect
ing. The United States census shows that the
average manufactured product per capita for
the population of the country is $150, and the
average manufactured product of the State of
California is #177 per, capita, 18 per cent in
SCENE AT THE GREAT DEMONSTRATION IN FAVOR OF HOME PRODUCf S — HUGH
CRAIG MAKING HIS ADDRESS.
[Sketched by a "Call" artist.]
excess of the average for the country. We are
citizens, therefore, of no mean State, and
although only twenty-second in population,
compared with the other forty-eight States and
Territories (and we expet shortly to bring in
Hawaii, the Republic of the Isles, to round out
the even half century., we are tenth in farm
products, first in wine, rirst in raisins, first in
wool, first in barley, first in beet sugar, third
in wheat, third in hops, fourth in hay— and all
this has been accomplished in the short period
of forty-five year?.
In some recent figures worked out by Vice-
President Towne of the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company and furnished to Governor
Budd, the phenomenal growth of this state in
irrigation and horticulture is pointed out.
This State of ours contains 101,000.000 acres,
40,000,000 of which are arable lands easily
cultivated. Jt is not too much to expect that
where large ranches are being cut up and good
lands with plenty of water placed upon the
market at low prices, the phenomenal prowth
referred to by Mr. Towne will continue, and
with Improved methods of fruit preservation,
rapid transportation and cheap distribution,
the capacity of our State in horticultural pro
ductions is only limited by the ability of the
consumer to purchase.
Last year th tie was snipped from the southern
portion of the Stave 10,500 carloads of
fruit, and from the northern portion of the
State 24,000 carloads of fruit, together valued
at 5K.30,000,000. It can be readily seen that if
profitable markets can be found for these
products, the increase of our population will
be of a very superior character; the farms
small in area; and we can anticipate to a
certain extent that wonderful prophecy of Wil
liam H. Seward when he said he was of the
opinion that time would 6how the greatest de
velopment of the Anglo-Saxon race upon the
American shores of the Pacific Ocean.
In a recent report upon the population of the
State by John P.lrish and E. \V. Mmlin, tak
ing the population of 1890 at 1,200.000 and
figuring the increase on the basis of five per
sons to the voter at the last election for Gov
ernor — and that appears to be a reasonable
basis— they estimate the population at the end
of 1894 at 1,420,000. Figuring upon the same
annual increase, we will have at the end of
the century one million ami three-quarters. If,
however, we put our shoulders to the wheel,
working harmoniously, spreading information
as to th« capabilities of our State and the
availability of its land for small farms, we
may reasonably expect this number to be
largely increased, and probably reach
2,000,000.
I henr some one say "What has all this to do
with the Manufacturers' nnd Producers' Asso
ciation?" I wish to show you that we are justi
fied in preparing for a large increase in our
population, and. if the signs be reliable, these
horticultural and agricultural industries are
in their infancy only. With the population
east of the Rocky Mountains of something like.
68,000,000, hungering and thirsting for our
green and preserved fruits, with cheap trans
portation and cheaper fuel these must eurely
be followed be a large increase of our country
population, making customers and additional
demands upon our manufacturers north and
south.
Upon a vecer.t visit to Los Angeles I was
much impressed with the growth of manufac
turing in that center, from the fact that crude
oil has been discovered within the boundaries
of the city and was delivered to manuiucturers
for fuel at 40 cents per barrel.
It is reasonable also, and proper, to ask upon
what lines this Manufacturers' and Producers'
Association has been working since its organiz
ation; what it has accomplished with 850
members up to date, and what may be ex
pected of it by those who are asked to affiliate
with it, with the hope that their interests may
be advanced. Secretary Meade has furnished
me with a number of items, only a few of which
can be referred to in the short time at my dis
posal. The Parrott block, as you are aware
upon Market street is becoming a feature in
our street architecture, covering a ground area
of two and a quarter acres. Making all' allow
ances for light, wells and central court it is
estimated there will be a floor area to let of
something like ten acres.
I will venture to say that nowhere in the
United Stales in a city with a population of
gay 320,000 can be found a more extensive or
a handsomer piece of constructive work than can
be seen in this building. There is to be a grand
entrance with a vestibule and staircase of pol
lbhed marble, much In the style of that of the
Mills building. This, as you know, was fur
nished by Eastern contractors and is imported
marble. The same men expected to secure the
work for the Parrott block. The officers of this
association took the matter upend represented
to Mrs. Parrott that California marble, supe
rior in quality, was available, that marble
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manufacturers and marble-workers were to be
found in San Francisco equal to any in the
East, and as a consequence the; specifications
were changed to require local marble and the
work done in this City. ■. „ . . ; :■ :
The California Safe Deposit Company, at the
corner of California and Montgomery streets,
are making extensive changes in their hand
some building. The wrought-iron columns
and steel girders were figured upon by Eastern
manufacturers, who expected to secure the
contract, until this association consulted with
the owners and secured the contract for local
firms. , ■ ~ ■ - - :
You are doubtless aware that the police force
of the City is to be largely increased in num
bers, necessitating new uniforms. Hitherto
the cloth of these uniforms has been furnished
by importers of French beaver or similar
material. The attention of the Police Com
missioners was called to the fact that our own
local woolen-mills were ready to produce an
article equal in quality, more durable in wear,
at a price that would commend itself to the
men of the force. A sample of California cloth
was made and submitted to the Board of Police
Commissioners and to tests by experts, which
resulted in its being declared "the best piece of
beaver ever made in the United States and
fully equal to the best French beaver. The
board ordered enough of the cloth for 100
uniforms, which the woolen-mills are now
making.
And here I want to speak a word for local
woolen-mills. I had occasion ■* to indulge re
cently in a new suit, and inquired of my tailor
for California goods. His reply was they did
not keep them in stock. After some inquiry I
found it necessary to go to the manufacturer's
office for what I required, there being no
specialty made of these goods in the City.
When the cloth was sent to the tailor he made
the remark: "You will get tired of these
goods." . "Why?" said I. "Because they are too
honest." "What do you mean?" said I" "Oh,"
says he, "they will wear too long. They are
full width, thirty-six inches to the yard, all
wool— you will never be able to wear it out." j -
It occurred to me then, and I repeat it now,
that there could be no better indorsement of
local manufacturers than could go forth with |
these words, that they are "too honest."
When our own people are satisfied of this, nnd
we can make outsiders believe that, there can
be no question but what we will find markets
for our productions.
California fireworks have been pushed to the
' front at recent carnivals through the efforts of
this association. California cigar factories are
j being kept prominently before the consumer.
: Fuel, as you know, next to wages, is an enor
mous item in the coat of running factories.
Indeed, I think I have heard somebody con
nected with the Union Iron Works say that 87
per cent of the cost of a steel ship was paid out
for labor. How much goes for fuel 1 cannot
say, but recognizing the importance of this
item, the fuel committee of this association has
| inspected the new coal fields within fifty miles
j of San Francisco, as the crow flics, and reported
j not less tJian 25,000, 0U0 tons in sight, which is
I expected will be landed at our water front at a
cost to dealers and manufacturers of from $2 50
to S3 per ton. What this means to this City
and this coast can hardly be calculated.
This association drew the attention of Gover
nor Budd to the fact that in the schedules for
State supplies, bids were asked for Eastern
goods without recognition of California prod
ucts. This association immediately addressed
itself to the Governor upon the subject, who
i with his usual promptness replied courteously
: to the effect, that as tnr as within him lay, the
I quality and prices being equal, State in'stitu-
I tions should give the preference tn California
I products. This is also true of the Prison Com
j missloners and the Supervisors of the City and
County of San Francisco.
As you are aware, there is In course of erec
tion at the foot of Market street, the founda
tion lor a huge ferry depot, which will be a
feature in the appearance of our City. The
original specifications call for an iron roof.
This association drew the attention of the
Harbor Commissioners to the fact that this
State produced roofing slate of a quality equal
I to the best imported Welsh slate. Thereupon
the Harbor Commissioners promised that when
the building is ready for its roof preference will
be given to this California production.
The Supervisors of Santa Cruz County are
now erecting a handsome new courthouse.
I The specifications called for a tin roof, until
their attention was drawn by this association
to our California slate. The specifications were
then changed, and the California slate takes
the place of imported tin.
I feel that I have trespassed upon your time
and patience long enough. There is one State
industry, however, which I hnve not touched
I upon, and which brings an indictment against
j the California Manufacturers' and Producers'
Association and claims that it has been greatly
neglected. We ail know, or if we do not we are
supposed to be acquainted with the decision of
the Bapremo Court oi this State, that newspa
pers are run upon business principles and for
profit. It is a mistake to suppose that they are
eleemosynary institutions.
A bright member of the California press
hailing from Redlands reads the manufactur
ers of the Stßte a lesson to the effect that he
has been besieged by manufacturers to help
create a sentiment in favor of Caliiornia goods.
"Taking up a representative paper," said lie,
"I look in its columns for paying advertise
ments from California manufacturers, mid find
none." He docs iind, however, in one column
an ad. from a Boston shoe man, In another one
from a Philadelphia shoe man, in another one
from a New York baking-powder man, another
from a Chicago leather man, auother from a
Philadelphia drug man ; and all the way
through he finds the Eastern men purchasing
space to make their wares known. Very prop
erly he comes back upon the manufacturers of
his" own State and asks them: "Where is the
bread and butter, the little shoes and the shirts
to come from for the newspaper man's family
and wife if he discards the paying
Eastern ad. for the non-paying California
manufacturer's boom?" He points out that
the columns of his paper and the public press
generally are devoted to two distinct purposes
one to convey news, information and amuse
ment, and the other— the advertising columns
—for a fixed revenue for the benefit of the pub
lisher from such enterprising dealers, manu
facturers and producers as desire to exhibit a
description of their wares before the eyes of the
consumers, who they must know read these
public prints.
Now those of you manufacturers, members of
this organization and to be members, who are
producing goods worthy of home consumption,
the cheapest and simplest way to push your
wares betore the notice of the people of the
State is by a liberal consumption of printer's
ink, and whenever in a city or a country paper
you see an advertisement of Eastern or foreign
goods insert a larger one immediately under
neath it or over it or alongside of it of the Cali
fornia goods, then go back to your offices, your
stores and your warehouses— orders will come—
and prepare for a larger business.
Newspapers have a weakness for advertise
ments. The business manager pays the com
positors and the printers and the bills tor ink
and paper from what he receives for advertise
ments.
The story occurs to me of a New England
man who 'had a liking for clams. That he
might obtain enough of them he moved to the
seashore and there ate clams three times a
day for twenty years until he became so satu
rated with clam juice.it is recorded, that ins
stomach rose and fell twice every twenty-four
hours with the ebb and flow of the tide.
Not, if you wish to touch the heart of tne
newspaper man feed him with advertisements,
keep him full of them three times a day if you
like.it not oftener, and you will find him
always at the top of high water to push and
boom the products of those who pay for nis
printer's ink.
At the conclusion of Mr. Craig's remarks
Chairman Scott caught sight of United
States Senator George C. Perkins at one
side of the platform, and called him for
ward. The Senator was greeted with ap
plause. He said he had not come as a
speaker to the meeting, but to hear what
might be st.id in behalf of home industry.
He spoke as a Californian and one who be
lieved that every interest which touches
the State should be dear to all, the manu
facturer, producer and workingman alike.
It was good to see the people of a large
and magnificent State like California com
ing together and displaying such a hearty
earnestness in what is goins to be done
toward building up State industries.
"We have a magnificent State," said the
Senator, "and a beautiful City. We have
had blessings showered upon us by Provi
dence and we are grateful for them. While
we all love our country the man is not true
to his country unless he is true to his
State— his home— and it is in the home
I that we begin to make citizens for a great
republic.
"Again, a man is not true to his country
if he does not patronize the industries and
manufactures of his home."
The speaker then referred to what the
; Union Iron Works had done for the coast
industries. It had dispensed $10,000,000
within the past few years in wages and in
other ways. The steamer Pern, built for
I the Paciiic Mail Steamship Company at
the Potrero works, was referred to as a
representative object. All the material in
that vessel had been the product of our
country. The same company had also
j had the steamer China built oii the Clyde,
j and no American workman reaped the
benefit of a dollar from the work and no
American product had been used.
"Is not that an object lesson," continued
the speaker, "and does it not show how
we should stand ? Is it not plain that it is
betier to see our mechanics at work?
They pay taxes, buy the necessaries of life,
send their children to the public schools
and educate them in the duties of citizen
ship. I say, buy nothing unless it is made
iin our iState. If it is a windmill or an en
i gine or a bicycle, do not buy it unless it
is made in California. I believe in good
wages for workingmen and in upholding
the dignity of labor. In this grand land of i
ours every man over 21 years of age is the
peer of any other man if he is a good
citizen."
Mr. Perkins then went on to say that
there was no government existing to-day
which hpld out greater possibilities to its
people than the United States. It was
here that any existing wrongs could be j
righted by the people and every one could j
get fair ulay. Under these conditions, j
Californians themselves would be to blame
if they did not advance industrially.
They should, in very pride of their State,
stand shoulder to shoulder and assist each
other. It was a time now for all to feel j
neighborly, and for each one when he
sells anything, sell it to his neighbor, or if
he buys anything, buy it from his neigh
bor. This policy was the secret of success
in a movement such as the Manufacturers'
Association had started. In conclusion he
expressed his hearty sympathy with the
cause, and pledged himself to do all in his
power to assist the movement.
The Senator was listened to with close
attention, and his remarks were frequently
interrupted by hearty applause.
Horace Davis was next introduced by
Chairman Scott. He expressed surprise at
the enthusiasm that was manifest, saying
he had scarcely expected to see so much
interest taken in home products. He was !
glad to find himself disappointed. He said,
in part:
There is not a man here, I suppose, who
would not like to see every idle man to San
Francisco employed, or who would not like to
see every "to let" sign taken from the windows.
The quickest, way to bring about such a con
dition is by patronizing home industries, and
it is to promote interest in home manufactures
that the Manufacturers' and Producers' Associa
tion was organized.
Mr. Davis divided the community into
three classes— those who produce the raw
material, those who lit the raw material
for consumption, and the distributor. He
showed the benefits the State would de
rive if all these classes co-operated with
one another. He said he had observed that
those nations, the people of any one of
which live within themselves, while at the
same time sending their products abroad,
are the most prosperous. He cited France
as an example, and said hard times are felt
less there than in any other nation, be
cause the people patronize one another
more than in any other country. The
speaker reviewed the history of the State,
beginning with the gold era of 184y, when,
a= he termed it, there were only two
classes of industries— the gold-digger and
the man wno furnished him with supplies.
"Everything had to be imported. This
state of affairs could not continue," said
he, "and the people began to look toother
industries. They commenced to raise
grain and in a few years sufficient wheat
was raised for all the" home consumption."
Then the speaker narrated the manner
in which other industries were opened up
as years went by until raw materials of
nearly all kinds were produced at home
and people began to manufacture, and then,
he said, the real prosperity of the State
began.
To emphasize the great good that would
accrue to the people of the State if they all
patronized each other, the speaker cited
his own business as an example, the mill
ing business. He estimated that there are
25,000 flooring-mil! employes in the State
and that the number of people dependent
on them as 50,000. "If," said he, "every
one bought home-made flour what an in
crease there would be in this one industry
alone, and the same thing is true of every
other industry."
Mr. Davis closed with a strong appeal to
the citizens of San Francisco to patronize
home industries.
Samuel M. Snortridge was next intro
duced by the chairman as one who might
give the association some legal advice
upon the subjpet of the evening, and he
added, smiling, the audience would en
joy hearing the same.
Mr. Shortridge responded in his felicit
ous way.
"I can assure you," he said, "that al
though I have not been retained to give
any legal advice I would be happy and
proud to be a counsellor for you, but on
this occasion, when I see such a repre
sentative gathering before me, I feel that
advice from you to me would be more
wholesome.
"I did not come here to make an address,
but to listen and be entertained. I have
been by those who preceded me, and I will
not make any extended remarks, for I am
anxious, as I know you are, to hear what
Judge Maguire has to tell us."
Mr. Shortridge spoKe of the purposes of
the Manufacturers' Association and the
objects of the meeting. He had, he re
marked, always been a consumer, and was
proud of the fact. Every Californian should
be proud of our industries and products.
There is no reason why the citizens of this
City and State should not be happy, pros
perous and lucratively employed as well
us the citizens of any other State. [Ap
plause.] Nature had been more than gen
erous in endowing our* State, and if that
was a basis of happiness our people must
be happy.
But much depends on the people them
selves. There can be no happiness where
the laws are iniquitous or where public
officials are not honest and fearless. [Ap
plause.]
"But," said the speaker, "let us hope
our officials are honest and fearless, or if
they are not, will be." [Applause.] "Yes,
we will hope they will be honest and fear
less, fearing nothing but God, in their en
deavors to do right. If so, then we will
have prosperity in the Stateand its further
advancement will rest with the people
themselves in the fostering of their indus
tries and products.
"This association is designed to popu
larize home products — the products of Cali
fornia hands, California farms, California
workshops. Knowing this and realizing
all that it means to us, let us encourage
the principle in every way. If we want
flour, wine or anything else why send
abroad for it? Keep the money at home.
Everything can be had here at reasonable
prices if the producers and consumers only
co-operate. The prosperity of the State
depends upon it, and in encouraging this
association in the work it is doing we are
assisting California products and indus
tries."
When Congressman Maguire was intro
duced by Chairman Scott he received a
grand ovation from the great audience,
and after a few facetious remarks which
put the assemblage in a happy humor, he
Baid:
"I am here to express my sympathy with
the purpose of tne Manufacturers' and
Producers' Association. The movement
has already accomplished much, and I can
see the most glorious prospects for the
future. The course the society has taken
will arouse the latent patriotism of the
whole people and the most gratifying re
sults wiil be obtained.
"Production and consumption." said
the speake?, "are the two great principles
of mankind. Every man produces that he
may consume and that thereby his happi
ness may be promoted. Every man who
produces anything produces something
that he will consume for his own wants.
The man who produces wheat produces
also boots, clothing and all the things he
needs in life, for he produces that which
will purchase them. In doing this every
man must do the best he can for himself.
If he can do this by patronizing his neigh
bor, who also produces something:, he is
building up the community and is thus, to
the greatest possible degree, promoting his
own interest." ;
The speaker next alluded to the quality
of the articles produced in California, and
held that in great part they are equal to
those produced in any part of the world.
"But, said he, ''we must have concerted
action in making this fact known to the
world. There is another influence," said
the speaker, "which I wish to call to your
attention. It is an influence which is the
outgrowth of the struggle for wealth
abroad, which has been a most potent
factor in impeding the development of our
industries. The excellent quality of our
fruit and certain other products has ac
quired a reputation so enviable that
dealers palm off a cheaper and poorer
article for the California one and make an
increased profit.
"California's fruitage cannot be equaled
and her vintage cannot be excelled. Yet
the State is condemnsd in the East be
cause of this practice. It is to this evil
that your earnest attention should be di
rected. California's resources cannot be
equaled in the world and the most diver
sified industries should be carried on and
their development not obstructed by any
influence moral suasion can remove."
Mr. Maguire turned his attention to the
labor subject briefly, pointing out the way
he believed labor should be employed that
it might be at a profit, and then turning to
the theme of the evening said :
"I do not believe any Californian should
go abroad for anything lie can purchase at
home that is just as good and just as cheap
as the foreign article. The failure of our
people to patronize home industries as
they should is, I believe, due to the lack
of knowledge of the quality and price
more than to any other reason. In com
parison with Eastern-made goods I think
the average person lias a very poor idea of
what those of California really are. It
should be one of the duties of this associa
tion to enlighten them on this point."
The speaker paid a tribute to the achieve
ments of theLnion Iron Works, and said
that the warships that institution has built
are the best in the navy. He again touched
on the labor question and continuing with
his subject said :
"We have here, as elsewhere, a contra
dictory and illogical way of looking at
home industries. With one hand we build
them up and with the other we impede
their progress. I would patronize every
industryin California, but I would go fur
ther. I would set them free from taxa
tion." He referred to the case of Louis
iana, where fifteen years ago a constitu
tional amendment was adopted exempting
all manufacturers from taxation for ten
years.
"During that period," said the speaker,
"the people of the world were called to
witness Louisana's progress. Taxes stifle
industries, whereas they should be given
every encouragement, for in their develop
ment lies the prosperity of the whole
nation." Mr. Manure's peroration was an
eloquent appeal to all the people to build
up their industries according to the plans
mapped out by the Manufacturers' and
Producers' Association by giving the home
article the preference when the quality
and price were equal.
Following Congressman Maguire Dr.
Julius Koebig spoke as follows:
Among the industries for which California
Js peculiarly adapted, the manufacture of
siiEar from beets oequpies a foremost place. I
here wish to contradict an opinion which is as
unjustified as it is often repeated, viz., that
beet sucar is inferior in quality and sweetness
to cane sugar.
The great sugar producers of the world to-day
are the sugar beet and the sugar cane. The
former is essentially a product of the temper
ate zone, while the latter is the child of the
tropics. The beet has undergone a long and
tedious process of development until its per
centage of sugar was raised from 4%— 6 per
cent in 1845 to 12— 17 per cent and more to-day.
Can the beet-sugar industry be successfully
carried on in California on an extensive scale"?
To answer this question we have to ascertain
if sugar beets can be raised in our soils and
climate and then if we are in a position to suc
cessfully manufacture the sugar therefrom.
In reference to the growing of the beets the
question has been most successfully answered
in the affirmative by the at present existing in
dustries in this State, and more especially by
the pioneer work done by the Agricultural
Experiment Station in Berkeley. The result is
that beyond a doubt we can grow beets of a
higher percentage in sugar and of a higher
coefficient of purity than is jjossible in the less
favored European countries. Also the toiinage
per acre is generally higher than in Europe.
Every careml experiment in this direction
shows the possibility of obtaining beets with,
at least 10 per cent of sugar and a purity co
efficient of eighty-five or more.
Vnfortunately'some of the published reports
have originated the idea in the public mind
that the sugar beet does not only thrive well
on the alkali lands of this State, but that these
alkali lands are precisely the location to be
chosen for the Dest culture. This is a very
grave mistake.
For the California farmer the beet-sugar in
dustry will be of equal beneht. The cultiva
tion and delivery oi the beets cost not to ex
ceed $25 per acre. The yieid is about fifteen
tons. He consequently receives, at per ton,
$60 per acre for his crop, or $35 over and
above his expenses. At the present price for
wheat, grapes, fruit, etc., I believe this is a re
turn upon the land which is most desirable,
especially since the crop is sold before it is
sown.
Upon this fact that the farmer as well as the
manufacturer is in a position to successfully
and profitably embark in this industry, I base
my tirm belie'i that in the near future the man
ufacture of beet sugar will be one of the lead
ing industries of the State.
It is true that the present Government pro
tection is very limited, but on the other hand,
we have the vast consumption of two million
tons per year in the United States, of which we
only produce a'oout a sixth. Furthermore, ex
perience has proved repeatedly that protection
will be forthcoming if needed. Three States in
the Union, namely, Nebraska, Utah and Wash
ington, have already independently granted a
sugar bounty for beet-sugar. Besides this, pub
lic sentiment seems to point to a restitution of
a protection by the National Government.
The great importance of this beet-sugar in
dustry for California can be best explained at
the hand of some figures. A sugar factory of
350 tons daily capacity will require a capital
of about $300,000. The area to be planted in
beets for its supply consists of 3000 acres. The
annual payments for these Deets at the rate of
$4 per ton amounts to $140,000. The amount
to be expended for salaries, wages and manu
fueturing expenses is about $100,000 per year.
If ten such factories, for which there is ample
room and .splendid opportunity, would be es
tablished, it would mean tne distribution of
the following vast amounts: In capital for in
vestment, if 5,000,00 0: in annual expenditure
to the farmers for their crop of 30,000 acres,
01,400,000; for wages and running expenses,
$1,000,000.
Thette figures in themselves are important
enough to prove the desirability of trying our
utmost to secure the immediate promotion of
this industry for our State with all means at
our disposal.
This, however, is not by far the entire benefit
which will be deprived'therefrom. The large
demand for machinery will stimulate our iron
industry to a period of unprecedented activity.
The demand for fuel will materially advance
the development of ourcoal fields and oil beds.
jßesides this, the beet-sugar industry where
everithas been introduced has never failed
to create large and prosperous settlements
around the center of its activity, thereby stim
ulating trade ana commerce in ail its branches.
We are now annually importing 1,700,000
tons of sugar into the United States, for which
we pay to foreign farmers and manufacturers
the vast amount of about $100,000,000. It Is
certainly worth while to try and keep this sum
at home for the benefit of our own farmers and
manufacturers.
We started in, a short time ago, to free
ourselves from the grasp of the railroad monop
oly. Why should we not follow this up by
further advancing our agricultural interests in
erecting our own factories for the manufacture
of sugar from beets? We will thereby give
profitable occupation to thousands of onr
farmers and wageworkers; we will offer large
quantities of freight to our transportation
companies; we will attract the attention of
investors and actual settlers to the unrivaled
opportunities in our State. In addition to
this we will create a market for our home pro
ductions far beyond the boundaries of Califor
nia and usher in a period of prosperity for our
State the nature and extent of which has not
been dreamed of by the stalwart pioneers in
1849.
California has experienced its first period of
prosperity under the American rule through
the richness of her gold and silver deposits;
the second as a producer of wheat and as a
stock raising State. Its third and more lasting
period as a manufacturing country is just now
beginning, ana I feel confident that Califor
nians will not miss the opportunity.
At the conclusion of Dr. Koebig's re
marks Chairnian £cott thanked the audi
ence for their attention and declared the
meeting adjourned.
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He Wore the Trousers.
J. W. Brown, alias Pat Murphy, was arrested
last night by Detective Cody for burglary. He
broke into Auzanhorf's dairy, near the Six
mile House, and helped hiruseif to a quantity
of clothing and a few articles of jewelry. When
apprehended he had on some of the stolen
clothes. Brown is an ex-convict.
Tho Wave To-day.
While the wisdom of the Wave's attitude on
the labor question may be open to grave objec
tion, there is no questioning the vigor of its
editorial tone. An interesting feature of the
issue is an article by W. A. Maglnnis explain
ing in lucid way the basis of the Supreme
Court's decision on the income tax. Under the
head of Personalties one finds some curious
reminiscences of the Poet Lezinsky, and some
entertaining paragraphs about Alvinza Hay
wnrd, Mayor Sutro and Mr. Phelan are com
mented upon. There is an amusing budget of
journalistic gossip, together with comments on
the Fair will and other topics of interest. In
Society is found the usual budget of gossip
abont the resorts, some jolly stories from Del
Monte and the Crags, together with the latest
from San Rafael and the Vendome. There is
no questioning the improvement in the manner
and makeup of The Wave.
A NEW SCHOOLHOUSE.
Finance Committee of the Supervisors
Accept Architect "Welsh's Plans.
The Finance Committee of the Board
of Supervisors yesterday accepted the
plans of Architect T. J. Welsh for an
Eight-class primary School on the
Haight-street lot, and the cleric was in
structed to advertise for proposals for the
work. Bids are to be made with the un
derstanding that the amount to be paid by
the board will be limited to the amount to
the credit of the special school fund on
August 1, 1595, and that the successful
bidder will have to look to the Board of
Education for the balance of his money.
In the matter of the Lincoln School
lease the clerk was instructed to request
the Mayor, City and County Attorney, and
the Finance Committee of the Board of
Education to be present at the meeting of
the Finance Committee on Friday next
to discuss the matter.
AN INEXO3ABLE LANDLADY.
B. Mills Blames Her for His Child*
Dangerous Illness.
B. Mills is a very angry man and thinks
the law does not provide for all the exigen
cies that arise and of which unoffending
people must be the victims.
He and his wife and two children were
tenants of Mrs. Tucker of 113 Fell street
until a few days ago. His story Is that he
was $7 in arrears for rent, and that in his
absence the landlady put his wife and
children cut of the rooms. All were clad
in their nightgowns, and as a result of the
exposure the six-weeic old infant is very
ill.
General McComb of the Society for the
Prevention of Ciuelty to Children informed
him that no matter what the sympathies i
of the society may be it can take no action
in the case, because the cruel treatment
was not inflicted by a guardian.
The child may die as the result of the
exposure.
A Dangerous Medicine.
August Classen, a lad 16 years of age, was
brought to the Receiving Hospital by his father
and an officer in the patrol-wagon last night,
suffering from a violent attack of insanity. He
imagined he was God, and became homicidal
in his demeanor when his father attempted to
control him. The father, who lives at 1419
Baker street, thinks the malady is the result of
a medicine which the boy's aunt gave him for
catarrh last Saturday.
Jumped Through a "Window.
Mary Furrer, an insane woman, recently an
inmate at Agnews Asylum. sr»rang through a
window and » skylight at 336^ Tehama street
last night and was badly cut aoout the arms
and limbs.
Arrived L.aat Xight.
The Pacific Ocean water reached the
Lurline Baths on Bush and Larkin streets
at 10 o'clock last night*
Cardinal Ruffo Scilla, who died the other
day, was the head of the princely house of
Ruffo di Calabria, His death leaves only
three Cardinals who are lav princes in the
sacred college — Cardinal Honenlohe, bro
ther of the German Chancellor; Cardinal
Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien and Senior
Bonaparte, and Cardinal Schonborn, Arch
bishop of Prague.
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