The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 2 1895. - FOR THE BENEFIT MANUFA TH EFFORTS TO I REVIVE TRADE. CTURERS UNITED IN| | | TI PrOM rROM NG PAPERS READ By| INENT MERCHANTS | AND OTHERS, i TRADE IS TO BE REVIVED.‘ outside States. In 1894, 110,700,000. The aggregate of outside cigars for the three years | above named bronght into San Francisco would represent fu labor $5,585,400. Durin; A CONSTITUTION WHICH WiLL | BE Passep ON To-Day. A Bay Trip. | natural tributaries were manufactured in Cali- | fornia and made by white labo The proceedings of the Manufacturers’ Convention were somewhat enlivened yes terday morning by a discussion which fol- Jowed the introduction of a resolution by Hen v T. Scott of the Union Iron Works. | which were read were of an interesting | telegram was ordered sent to the muni- | ready to pass her, which tl | edly do during the present fiscal year. In the year 1892, 98,500,000 cigars were brought into San Francisco from outside sources. 1n 1893, | 110.000 to *he population ol this State. | Underneath these startling facts liesanother | tact equally s lastern Cigers are | inferior in lifornia cigars of | OF OUR STATE unusually large attendance, and the papers character. The resolution offered by Mr. Scott at the moraing session was adopted, and a c‘i%ml anthorities of Sacramento to that effect. 3 A paper in regard to the cigar industry as then read by G. W. Snyder. He said: Some eight or nine years ago California ranked the fourth State” in the Union in the importance of her cigar output, while now she | ranks twelfth, with about eight more States will undoubt- W 101.100,000 cigars entered San Francisco from thethre years of 18)2-9; outLsi ie goods coming no d our msnuircture excesde tated that one jobbing house of thiscity .000,900 of oné brand of Fastern-made uring the year 1894. 5 igars consumed in California and its e would add the same price which they displace. Let me reitersie thisstatement. We make better cigars, { that patriotism about them which would cal suggestion to the press—I would conjure it | to advocate the consumption of home manu- factured goods. 1 mean just what he said and what I say—that it should urge the patranage only of home manufactures,and not agencies for 2oods manufactured in the East and abroad and palmed off as California produéts. Are there any simrians here? Iunderstand | that I am speaking to the most progressive and intelligent part of this State. 1 fancy that the element known as silurians is very con- | spicuons by its absence. I .see that thé hard lines in the faces ofsthese business men are somewhat lighted up by the smiles of the ladies present. But not_to divert into compli- inents I prefer to say a few words in reference to this element in society known as silurians. Do you really know what the silurian is? I tefer to those long, lean. lank tax-shirkers; those men that are not in favor of progress, of the consumption of home manufactured goods or the consumption of anything except God's Iree air, which they are noi entitled to, and are not willing to_contribute a dollar to' the ad- | vancement of the State unless they can get | two dollars back for it. I hope and believe thatIam not speaking to that element which believes in cobblestones instead of smooth }m\'ed streets and which buys a foreign manu- actured article because it ‘can purchase it a little cheaper or because its members have not | recognize the home as the point for the encouragement of industries by the consumption of goods manufactured here. They are the people who say that the Union iron Works and the great manufacturers here cannot produce asgood an article as a foreign manufacturer can. Iurge the representatives of the press to take up the words of the distinguished gentle- men who speak here and to insist that the words of these gentlemen are true; that they mean business; that the eonsumption of home manufactured goods at fair and decent prices is the rule to be adopted by the California con- sumer, so that the manufacturers can succeed in our community. One more word, gentlemen, with reference starting home nothing whatever of what is made right here in the city and State. A long communication from Zan Bros. was read, which had a direct bearing upon the broom industry, If was maintained i the communication 'that the industry was suffering from the effects of Chinese com- petition. These facts and others in rela- tion to the industry were set forth as follows: It is & well-known fact that the Chinaman works for very low wages and lives on very low diet, not enough to keep the souland body of & white man in good workingz condition. We know full well that the Chinaman is content with his rations of rice, while the American workingman must have beef and such other necessaries as he has been accustomed to from childhood. Notwithstanding all the advan- tages thet these Asiatic hordes who have crowded on the shores of the Pacific Cosst have over their American rival by virtue of their cheap living and labor, it iSnot half so in- jurious to the broom industry by tenfold as that death-dealing blow for which we are taxed for its support, namely, the State Institution for the Adult Biind. After beingicompeled to pay our portion into theState treasury these very same funds are used to create a State institution under the guise of humanitarianism and philanthropy and would be so in reality were those unfortunate inmates cared for as they should be; but when forced against their will and to no purpose to put on the market acheap class of £00ds, they actually drive a legitimate industry against the wail where so much capital and so much labor is invested. For what purposeis this carried on? We do not know, when it is no earthly bene- fit to the Statz nor the inmates, unless it is to open up an avenue for illegitimate political purposes. Why should this be 50 when the State should make every cffort to create and foster industries and to protect them in every legitimate manner? On the subject of patronizing home in- s price or price, than do ihe Esstern houses | to these silurians. -1 love them so that 1 | dustries J. B. Crockett said: ) aslollows: which are absorbing’ the trade. What is the | cannot refrain from returning to them. Iam | With the varied resources of this State, with ces of the city of Sacra- | cause of thi. imination? | not speaking of San Francisto silurians. Oh, | proper enterprise, courage and management, g & proposition for the | What for thisanomaly? Simply | no! You haven’t them. Itis of silurians else- | we would import nothing; but above all we h 1 whereas, ely SRR TN J 1t factor in the decision to de w, therefore, it i i nvention urge upon | ortance, all t gs being | . equal, of kw ct to California | JAMES SPIERS R F BECKHAM eeping the money at | % the common good. 2 5 s taken to one clause in SANJOSE. 2 by M. McGlynn and An- eth, whe * two representa- ives of the Labor Council. | Mr. Furuseth objected to the phrase “all | things bei jual.’”’ He did not think | Californians in a matter of home products | should consider the cost. It was the | mutual benefit to the community which | should be considered. | An amendment was -offered by McGlynn to strike out the clause “all things being | equal,” but it was lost, and the original | resolution was carried. | Senator Perk w then immducedi and spoke of what Congress had done for | local manufacturers. He said: It is & part of my cal and religious creed | to do all w for those at our ho before ‘ g the dignity of 1g man and the had patronized our wooler have done they would n wool produci sen have bee East to b e as yet of the wonderful possi- | : ving us power, and I | at Pacific will vet be | e wave motor that will al power. We must i nclusi In co I rd, but we’ll come out izer land in the world r people are reaching e 1 18 fi ‘wansea or Fran tor of this enterprise he ch of ity b iation and to our gre T | ps alf | u may help yourselves | being always loyal to at State. e next speaker was L E. Moore, who | ke of the depression of industrieson | s coast. Mr. Moore said | I lm\‘o no words of abuse for our great and I3 riend who has_paramount authority here, who sits i v Y, with h finger on the t a > and regulates | blood ¢ es. And I have | Treat pn,;.nv:b the pabulum es all over eople to undi and t th ould have aroused and the need of protec- of this Govern- | 1 from ]_mu!nn»“ cans. And | ,without the sad ex- oad monopoly and oppression, to free ourselves itics and extortion o develop our own re- s. Necessity is the mother of invention, that we are face to face with the ruin of siness we can stop and ask, What are we not ica z Mr. Moore Paul B. Perkins g paper on the “Duties Manufacturers,” He anufacturers of California ent interests into | ction and future | > upon their lines of manu- d_incline, as far as pos- Give great attention to methods and the most eflicient th which to manufacture. In. 1d the wants of the people, and nufacture and place upon the markets ticles at prices which will | ket from Eastern or foreign m: to impress upon the people that by ng home productions they are mutu- ng themselves, the manufactur- eral industries of the State; placed in circulation continues the upbuilding of all industries, payment for goods im our industries, e. This means that our oved and that Eastern and ories can give employment to 1 our resident labor walks the s in idleness. y belief that the ping, in advance , predict this movement of the manu. rs will be encouraged by a very large majority of the people of this State. A paper was then read by James O‘Leary on the subject of “What Statistics Show. He said: A good deal has been said or depression and of a reduction in the values of goods manufac- | tured in_ the y and State. This, of course, | has partly arisen from the genersl financial depression that has been everywhere felt, resulting in_lower prices and in économies in the home. I estimate that on the whole this has reduced the value of California industries 10 per cent from what it was in the census year. Of course there are instances where such Lias not been the case. A iew yearssince we fmported from foreign countries nearly 30,000 tous of scrap, in addition to a great deal of pig fron, but in 1894 not a pound of serap was entered at the Custom-house,and we did not obtain it from other sources either. In the same way there has been a heavy falling off in the imports of ingot steel. For flonr,we have lost one of our best markets, Great Britain,where we used to send about 300, 000 barrels yearly. The value of the lumber in- dustries of the Siate has shrunk 25 per cent, the quantity of redwood sent to market drop- ping from 208,884,305 feet in 1893 10 157, 544,080 feet in 1894. Ourcigarindustry a few years ago showed over 151,000,000 cigars made in the First Internal Revenue District of this State—this year the number will not exceed 68 ople will pay little, for home productions, | < Tt is to change the direction of the current here noted that the representatives of industry throughout the State have been called together 1o creete a public feeling in favor of home in- A might” be con- Sty v ‘i r- plice for me to_predict {ustey, A58 0 glve SPIOYMBNY 1] "DIOSPEF: |1 Wkt the Dress or any tadiiiual mom ity to our people. ber of the press might intend to do. L. J. Norton of Napa spoke regarding “Glove Leather.” He said that there were $250,000 invested.in the industry in this State, and that the products compared favorably with those of the Eastern States. The next speaker was F. W. Dohrmann, His subject was *Home Manufactures from a Retailer’s Standpoint.” He said: It is a matter of course that retailers, like manufacturers, are in business not for mere pastime, but to make money, and when it is shown to be to their interest to sell certain articles they will swrely do it, and I take it for granted that every merchant who is not igno- rant or narrow-minded understands the gen- eral advantages of home manufacture, and also, that to sell home products requires less profit and less loss by over-stock and deprecia: tion, and that therefore he can afford to sell goods manufactured at home ata much smaller advance than if he had to import and carry in stock the same class of goods. {'hat the manu- fncturer and consumer understand that the dealer also must make 2 profit goes without saying, aud it seems that sel-interest on all sides will therefore assist all arrangements be- tween the manufacturer and dealer to their mutueal advantage. At the afternoon session there was an | march of this art industry, and it isa great | yes, we not only compete &s regards qual geutlemen, conveys the meaning of my practi- OSCAR LEWIS ./\\ DICKIE — SOME OF THE SPEAKERS WHO ENLIVENED YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS OF THE MANUFACTUR- ERS’ CONVENTION IN THIS CITY. [From sketches made by a “Call” atist at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday.] a groundless prejudice on the part of the con- sumer—a prejudice which is stimulated and kept alive by the enormous sums spent in ad- vancing certain brands of cigars. The Eastern men put their money into advertising, at the expense of the cigar. When you buy an Eastern cigar you pay 25 Fer cent for the tobacco, 25 per cent for the labor, 20 per cent for the manufacturer and | jobber’s profit and 30 per cent for the adyertis- ing. In buying a California cigar you pay little or nothing for advertising and you get the full amount of your money in the value of the goods. In both cases the retailer's profit is the same. William Schader followed with a paper on the manufacture of art-stained glass, | He reviewed the history of the trade, and said that although the use of art-stained glass has been going on since its invention, it has remaine§ for the latter half of the nineteenth century to evolve the most wonderful results. ~ The speaker said: San Francisco has kept apace in the forward mistake to think that we cannot rival in works of art, be it either the East or Eurofie— 1y, but also in point of cost, we can go them se eral better. We have as good artists and me- chanics in this branch right here in our midst as can be found anywhere, and as the salaries and wages are not higher than in the East, it stands to reason—labor being the principal art of the cost—that we can produce art glass tter for the money than any imported. In our case it amounts to this, that we have to cure the public of & widespread prejudice that art glass can be produced cheaper East, | When they are convinced that the very opposite is the case, it will be dollars and cents in their pockets to act according to that comviction. _The next speaker was Charles M. Short- ridge, who made a brisk and energetic speech, which was Ire%uently interrupted with applause. He sai I feel somewhat out of place to be called upon to address this kind of an audience. As I look into your intelligent and earnest faces I realize that if I am to do any good at all I must con- fine myself to straightforward, honest lan- guage th reference to the part which the press plays in the upbuilding of the great in- dustries of California, and 1 am not expected to make, or attempt to make, any fancied fl](,;ms of language for the mere purpose of effect. Tassure you that I appreciate the dignity conferred upon me by requesting & few words from me regarding the attitude of the gress to the great industries of which you are the crea- tors and maintainers. I appreciate it, and I assure you that it is with no spirit of criticism that I have come; it is rather with words of praise for what the press hasalready done. 1 ancy, Mr. Chairman, it It might be considered in a personal light. 1 therefore prefer in broad terme to compli- ment the press for what it has done. I speak of it as an entirety; I speak of the most humble member of that great free institution which has done as much, and possibly more, alone excepting the free public schools and the church, to raise mankind above the level where they were found than any other institu- tion among men. If it is therefore, gentlemen the press as a whole of which I speak, and it is to it that Idirect your sattention; not to any particular member thereof. 1f I should, therefore, suggest anything other than a com- &l,imem for what has” been done, I would not expressing my sentiments. I desire at this time to be practical, and to suggest some one policy to which the attention of the members of the press and the reading public may be directed, and that is that the press should recognize that it is its duty to encourage the consumption of home-manufactured goods. 1 was more than pleased to hear the senti- ments of the distinguished gentieman who pre- ceded me. Would that I had that sweet accent that comes from that foreign tongue. Would that I had that experience, that kriowledge that I could speak fo you pleinly asour dis- tingnished friend has done. ~He spoke of “man- | where that I spead. These silurians, that don’t exist here, of course, they are down there, They are an absolute clog upon the wheels of progress; they should be pointed out. There should be two columns in the newspapers, one should be headed: “The progressive citizens | that are willing to subscribe and pay their | money for home products and manufsctures, | and there should be another column, and the )name of it Iwill not suggest, any more than +Silurian.” In this other list shouid be pub- | lished the names of those, for example, in San | Francisco, who are large owners of wealth, and I propose to publish one or two just for 'my own saifsfaction. I know one man that has $250,000 now to_loan, and for that $250,- | 000 loan’he wants $750,000 worth of Govern- | ment_bonds to secure him. He doesn’t want | any interest in the vallef road, he doesn’t | want any interest in your large manufactures | &s_evidénce of the loan—Oh, no, he wants | brick blocks, he wants bank stock piled knee | deep, he wants everything—except the prds- | perity of the State.” Such men !houlvr be | branded as silurians and put in the column | under that head. The silurians who will not loan out their dollars to honest manufacturers atareasonable rate of interest are enemies to the State. They are afraid that by some hook or crook those great industries might take the wings of the morning and fly away, and they would have nothing left but the air. Silurian- ism is a blight and a curse, and you should stamp it out by making it infamous in the community which it disgraces. With one suggestion, Mr. Chairman, 1 will close. There have been various propositions to | employ Yeopls—lo give work to the unem- ployed. I have thought out several things for these silurians to do; they never do anything but loan money and cut off coupons—great God, I wish I when we have nothing r for these silurians to do we send them around those gnb“c buildings where the English sparrows uild their nests to hunt up the nests and suck tne eegs. \ Why don't you take up these cobblestones, which are a disgrace to this fair city? Why don’t you build some streets, why don’t you employ some labor, why don’t Tou tax some of those untaxed millions to build your streets? | The gentleman who preceded me referred to the tax on shipping here and nugfisud that the tax should be repealed. The Legislature has adjourned now and_this is no time to talk about getting it repealed. This convention should have been held before the Legisia- ature adjourned and that tax should have been taken off. There is not a gentleman in this house who dares attempt to answer the argument of that speaker. Then what will you do with the silurian next? Hunt him up, and when you find him asleep in a blanket that was not made inCaliforniaor in the United States, pull the blanket off him and let him sleep without a blanket. Isuggest, therefore, that the silurian £0 and suck those eggs if he won’t buy home goods at a reasonable price. i was down the street recently and I saw in & window California {fruit, with the California labels thereon, and when I noticed how excel- lent and how cheap it was it occurred to me that_every man that eats a bit of imported Blackwell’s jam should be caught #nd have the can thrust down his throat. Now, these are ractical ~ideas. why mnot use them? Vhy right in San Jose there is the San Jose Woolen Mille. Did you ever see Judge Peck- ham, thz old stalwert who runs that little mill down there? That little mill produces blan- kets good enough to cover any man born under the stars and stripes, and it would seam to me that it would be an honor and a pride for every Son of the Golden West to patronize industries that bring blessings and comforts to your homes and people. ) A communication was read from Mme. Rumsey. She said: Ibelong to several organizations of women, with lodges all over the coast, having just such work as this very much at heart. With your Een‘niulonl would like to form- from these odies a league pledging themselves to always buy goods manufactured in California where possible; to insist upon the stores they deal with giving prominence to the same; to never neglect to say a good word for the State and its ufacturers who don’t manufacture.” This, productions in writing East or the world gen- ad the privilege of throwing | | every one of them into the bay. Isuggest that | te) erally. I find the public generally know should believe in our own ability to do so, and 10 do 50 we must have the pride of the old fel- low who, when asked if he was a grammarian, No, 1 am a Missourian, and I don't ho knows it.” So it must be with the Californian; we must uphold the State pride; we must be Californians, with all the old Caliornia energy, and we must uphold each other by patronizing the State industries. A long address was delivered by George ‘W. Dickie. He said: When your committee on programme asked me to address you on some subject affecting directly the objects of this convention I at first thought it an easy matter to do so, but after a careful study of what you seek to accomplish by this gathering you are to endeavor, as I take it, the resurrection of dead industries, the strengthening and encouraging of weak ones and the creation of snch new industries for which the conditions here would warrant suc- cess, 1f these, gentlemen, are the objects of this convention it is not such an easy task to try andZdirect you as to how some of them may bé accoinplished. The Work 1o be done means years of struggle, the forming of new habits and the practice of new economies. The details of how this work is to be accom- plished need not be touched by this conven- tion, but the determination that this thing shall be accomplished may be emphatically declared, and a general sentiment instilled into the people of this community that it is for the general good of all that when one requires any product of industry, be it & steamship to plow the ocean or a plow to plow the land, he will find out if the thing he wants can be made as good and practically as cheap in California as t can be brought here from some other State before he decides to spend his money outside of the State in which it is earned. In regard to ship-building and marine erggu_werinf asa California industry Mr. Dickie said: In a harbor like that of San Francisco, fre- quented by steamships, the shipbuilder and engineer are a necessity. The shipbuilding in- dustry has existed in San Francisco more or less active for the past forty years or 80, but iton and steel ship builders combined with en- gineering as an establishment an our water front was not an accomplished fact until the Union Iron Works Company built their preseut establishment on the south side of Central Basin at the Potrero in 1883, and lately an- other establishment, the Fulton En, neering and Shipbuilding 'Company, has buiit en- gineering and shipbuilding works at the north endoftown, * & ¥ I am for free ships, but let them be free home-built and home-operated ships; and let us not forget that onr own State Legislature can help us more in this respect than the Gen- eral Government. There are other things needed to help the engineering and shipbuild- ing industry here which will be presented b. other representatives of these industries. ALl I ask of this conventior is to use its influence wherever that can be exerted for the creation of a strong sentiment throughout this State to ve justice to shipping in the matter of taxes and encouragement in the matter of port charges. One of the best papers of the afternoon 1‘“ read by Oscar Lewis. It was as fol- lOWS To every man connected with the manufac- turing interests of the Pacific Coast, and espe- cially to those ena din the building trades, the mecessity of this convention is but too plainly apparent, and the varied interests here représenied show to us all that itis not only one industry that is_threatened with disaster, if not annihilation, but that all are alike pass- ing through the most disastrous business de. pression that has ever visited California. We all, of course, expect to take our share of these periodical upheavals in industrial and finan- cial circles that sweep over our entire country, but we know that aside from this manufactur. ing bas been on the down grade for some vears ast and each vear sees & greater number of Tms either going out of business altogether or becoming importers, in part at least, of the various articles in which they deal. Itiz s condition, not a theory that confronts us. We cannot diguise it. The time hasar. rived when not only the employer, but em- ploye, the mechanic, the farmer, the merchant and the real estate owner, in fact, all who have . crumbs left after the Eastern manufacturers 5 ) ahope in what California ought to be, must stand together and putting aside all our petty differences work in harmony for the maintain- ingand building up of the various industries of this coast. Why,oniy recently, in the midst of our excite- ment over' the laudable valley railroad enter- prise, we found time to send & small job of iron- work to Winslow Brothers of Chicago, while iron-workers walk the streets of San Francisco idle. This reminds me of Artemus Ward, who was in fayor of enlisting and sacrificing ail his wife’s relatives, including his mother-in-law, to put down the Rebellion. And yet, Mr. President and gentlemen of the convention, we are all more or less to blame in this matter, for it seems to be a California fashion to shout for the opposition and travel on the old line. Even at this moment, when all Californians seem to be banding together in their effort to build up the industriesoi the State and city, the Eastern drummer, or human teredo, is at work, boring_around the archi- tects’ offices with his samples of interior wood- finish, seeking to lay his plans to procure the woodwork that will ‘soon %e required for our large business buildings and residences that are now in course of construction. Owners and contractors of this coast, give the mechanics of California a chance. Ii you want the Eastern woods that are not grown here im- port the lnmber and have the work done here, unless the railroad treats you as it does the wire nail industry—charge 60 cents a hundred on wire rods, or the raw material, and 30 cents on the finished article. 3 But enough of complaint. Admit it all, and what is the remedy? Boycott Eastern-made goods? Noj; rather build up our own State and let others build up theirs. It has been said that the high rate of wages ‘prevents manufacturing. While it is true that wages are higher here than in the East we hope that the rates in the East may be raised rather than ours lowered. However, notwith- standing the fact that both labor and materials are higher our greatest difliculliis local preju- dice and the limited market we have to supply. For we know the cost of manufacture is largely governed by the quantityof a given article manufactured. A It is to be hoped that this convention will go far toward convineing the people of this coast, without regard to age, color or.previous condi- tion, that their true interest lies in standing loyglly together, and, so far as possible, sup- plying their wants from the home market, even 1f it costs a little more, for the extra cost will come back to you tenfold in the general pros- perity of the State. g After thirty-six years’ residence in California I believe in her resources; I have faith in her people, and I believe that with the commence* ment of the Valley road and the general awakening of the people the revival of our mining, agricultural and industrial interests, a new_era of prosperity will be felt over our en- tire State and coast. If, on the other hand, the people will not awake—will not protect their own interests from the tomahawk of the mid- dleman or the grasping greed of our soul- less monopolies, then atleast save us from the handsof the Health Officer, and give us an ele- ant funeral as will, in the language of Jimmie McGinn, make it & pleasure for us to die; dig the grave wide, dig it deep, and place us face downward, so that we may gaze on Chicago. R. 8. Moore, who was to discuss the sub- Ject of how to stimulate the iron industries of this State, said: To my mind the impulse which gave birth to the idea of convoking this convention au- gurs much good, not alone for the iron indus- tries, but for all the industries represented on this floor. One of the prineiples on which the new order of things will be based will be a_clearer under- standing of the soundness of the business doctrine—that California should be for Cali- fornia, and that the maxim of “Every one for himself and the devil take the hindmost” is uot good business policy t is action on this maxim that has kept Caiifornia a colony in tributery bondage to the East. Turning aside from generalities, I would ad- vise a permanent organization of this Man: facturers’ Convention, to be controlled in its work by a body of respousible men who, by peinstaking, intelligent investigation, shall Birst ascertaln the causes of the prevailing stag nation in each particular line of industry and then present the remedies. Hardly & week passes that we do not see pro- osals advertised, and contracts for machinery fi’v. to Eastern firms. Gentlemen, this is all wrong; but it is the California custom of cut- ting her own industrial throat. Hundreds of cases could be cited from the past, and it would be time well spent to enumerate them in order 10 prove that our main trouble is with our- selves, and therefore, removable by oursely The labor unions of this city have set their employers in the iron industries an example which we should have the intelligence to fol- low. They have done the best work ever a complished in the direction which plain self- interest, common-sense and practical public spirit dictates. A few years ago these workmen waited upon the San Francisco Supervisors and succeeded in having inserted in street railway franchises a clause_compelling the companies 10 patronize home industries. A similar clause was incorporated in the contracts for the dome of the new City Hall. The plan worked ad- mirably. Law stepped in between unreflecting greed and local public interest, and thus thou- sonds of dollars’ worth of work was kept at home through the efforts of this handful of organized labor. The new valley road, with Claus Spreckels at the helm, is, if I may adopt figurative language, he herald of the new California, blowing a blast on its horn which has awakened the whole State and will arouse it still further. This road, it is certain, will start other roads, deprive the East of its artificial privileges in our field, and give home energy, home enter- prise, home_brains &nd home money a_fair chance to do California’s work and get their just reward. To sum up, then, the needs of the iron indus- tries are not peculiar; they call for co-opera- tion; for patriotic law, where that is prac- ticable; for wise economy in methods of pro- duction; for adjustment to Eastern conditions; for recognition of the truth that there must be more public spirit among manufacturers and a greater readiness to comprehend that their ‘welfare is bound up indissolubly with the wel- fare of the whole communtiy. James Spiers took the subject of “Labor as a Factor in Manufactures,” and said in part: If any one will go into our large establish- ments using machinery, including engines, boilers, etc., he will find that nearly all are of Eastern manufacture. . The Electric Light Company of this city has one or two engines that were built here, but all the engines put in during the last few yearsare of Eastern manufacture and of such magni- tude that thev would keep one of our large shofls running for one year without other work. There is much more machinery of Eastern manufacture sold here than would keep our shops busy the whole year round, giving steady, instead of oceasional employment, aid- ing our industrial population and retaining the money on the Coast that is now sent East. Imstead of which our workshops are reduced to the condition of jobbing shops, pickipg up the havehad their full. At the present time it is impossible to com- pete with the East in building a large class of machinery now brought here, and until such a ime as1abor 18 Brought approximately to an equality with thatof the Eest efforts in that direction will be unsuccessful. To relieve the severe strain upon the em- loyer, with reasonable compensation for his abor, to give constant employment to the workingman at a rate of wages which would be just, T think that if the representatives of each Would come together and discuss the subject with their mutual interests in view the uestion could be settled profitably and satis- factorily to all interested, snd.enable Calior- nia, {nstesd of pouring oht her vitality sent to others to supply her wants, to her own industries by her own hands. J. W. Kerr, in speaking of ‘“Loyalty to Home Industry,” said in part: A stream of gold has been flowing throngh and out of this State since first it formed & part of the Union. The direction of its current has been eastward, always eastward, and a few along the banks have prospered, notably. those representing Eastern manufacturers, while our local industries have been stunted and starved like the desert grass. Unfortunately this golden stream is not visi- ble to the common eye, but it flows just the same. “What is to be done about it?” Do as in coin uild np the settlers did, turn the current by {onr pat- ronage, make it flow from the banking-house to the factory payroll, there to be taken by the hands of the toilers, and by them fiitered through streetcar companies, grocery-stores, bookstores, clothing-stores and. real estate ownes, till it finds its way back to the bank once more to be started on its generous round. But you must lend your aid, and the senti. ment in favor of Eastern manufacturers must give way to one of loyalty to our local indus. tries. The times are ripe for the change. The mechanic has learned the folly of our ecourse as he sits beside his blighted fireside, or loiters around the darkened forge. The storekeeper has learned it in diminished sales and van- ished profits. The real estate owner in falling rent rolls and shrinking velues. The banker in his idle money and worthless mortgage. All have felt the error of our ways, and in that is our hope, for all have suffered, all must see the necessity for some change. % J. N. Knowles said: ‘The Pacific Steam Whaling Company and the Arctic Oil Works, which are one and the same corporation, were organized and incorporated unt;:)r the law of the State of California in November, 1893. They operate a fleet of fourteen steamers en- lgedyin the whaling business in the Arctic cean and in_the salmoun fishery in Alaskan waters, All of these steamers were built here by California labor, and are yearly fitted out here with repairs, sugplies, ete, and atan ex- 'nse of from $300, 10$400,000, distributed our home merchants and trades- lese companies started out at the on the called eir incorporation ali 'Te AMON cople. {lma of their incorporation prmnuu{ same principles that this convention is to consider. Prior to th the whaling fleet arriving here yearly were owned in New Bedford and tke East, and the catch went there, and the incorporation of these companies has brought to this State the | distribution of large sums of money previously distributed elsewhere. J. Mills Davies of Los Angeles was next called upon to speak on the subject of “How to Build Up Home Institutions.” He said that the matter laid more with the housewife than with manufacturers. What- ever the women asked for they got, and it rested with them as to purchases. He of- fered the following suggestions: First—Establish sub-organizations in every county of the State, whose duty shall be to gather statistical daia relating to raw mate- rials for manutacturing purposes—not now—or only partially used in mnnu?nc:ures; also facts and figures regarding cheap fuel of different kinds for manufacturing pnrposes; industries which may be established with reasonable pros- Dpect of success, whether in new lines or those | already represented, and finally to ascertain | the amount of money, as near as can be ob- | tained, sent out of their respective counties to the East or foreign countries for articles which are manufactured in Clifornia. | Second—Publish periodically a pamphlet con- taining the foregoing information, arranged by counties; also appeals to consumers and mer- chants to patronize only home industries, those in their immediate vicinity, if possible; but in any case to purchase no article (from a needle | to an anchor) made outside of California, if | {he £00ds required are made anywherein this ate. Third—Elect an executive committee, or board of managers, who shall have the power to establish sub-organizations in tho different counties, as above suggest: also, the appoint- ment of standing committees on raw materials, fuel, railroad and maritime transportation and other special features, An interesting paper on the utilization of water power was read by A. P. Brayton, president of the Pelton Water Wheel Com- | In the course of his remarks he | | Power stations well planned with reference | to water supply distribution and the wants of | consumers afford a safe and profitable outlet | for much of the idle capital accumulating in | the financial centers of the country. Withall | tne inducements offered there has, however, | been a Iack of confidence on the partof capi- | talists in_enterprises of this character, and | many projects involving the utilization of wa- | ter power in various localities—some of great | promise an¥l importance in an industrial sense | —are languishing for want of financial sup- port. Itistobe hoped that such investments | may in the future find more favor, especially as | they are so intimately counected With the gen: eral welfare and prosperity of the community” At the evening session papers were read by M. C. Taylor of Grass Valley on the | subject of “‘Home Industries,” W. J. | Martin of the meat-packing company, P. | Cahill on the manufacture of elevators in | this State, L. G. Schroeder on asbestos, | George Cumming on the general indus- i tries of the State, C. A. Wetmore on wine and Mr. Guthrie of Chicago on man- | ufacturing capabilities. | Following 1s the constitution and by- | laws, which will come up to-day for con- | sideration and final passage: | Section 1. This association shall be known | as the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Associ- ation of California. | Sec. 2. The object shall be to encourage and | assist the production and manufacture of arti- | cles for home consumption and for export, and to devise, consider and recommend such legis- lative, municipal and other measures as may | seem wise and expedient, for that purpose. Sec. 3. It shall be composed of firms, corpor- ations or individuals engaged in producing or manufacturing in the State of,Californie. Sec. 4. Such firms, corporations and individ- uals may become members and have repre- sentation and vote in this association by sign- ing the membership roll and paying the m bership dues. Any firm or corporation consi ing of more than one member may. be represented by either or all of its members or by a duly accredited representative, but shall only be éntitled to one vote. T Applications for membership shall be | ith the secretary and may be acted upon meeting of the board of directors, and if approved by the board the firm, corporation or individual shall become a membor on signing the roll. BY-LAWS. 1. The principal place of business of the as- sociation shall be in the city and county of San Francisco, and the State of California. 2. The affairs of this association shall be managed by a board of fifteen directors, who shall be residents oi the State of California and who shall be elected annually by the members in person voting by baHot or by & ballot signed by him and mailed or delivered to the secre- tary on the first Wednesday in February in each year. 3. Immediately after the result of the elec- tion shall have been declared the directors shall organize be electing from their numbers a president, three vice-presidents and a treas- urer. 4. Assoon asorganized the board of direct- ors may elect such other officers and employes as the business of the association may require. 5. The duties of each officer of the association are such as pertain or attach by law or custom to the office. 6. All vacancies in the board of directors oc- curring between the annual elections shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the boaru. 7. The board of directors shall at their first meeting, and as often thereafter as they may deem it necessary, require and exact from the secretary and treasurer, or from any other officer of the association, bonds for the faithful performance of their duties. The amounts of said bonds shall be fixed by them and lowered or mcreased at any time &5 in their judgment they mey deem advisable or proper. 8. The association may elect honorary mem- bers from among those who have been active members of this association, and who may have retired from business,or from distin- uished persons who have been prominently dentified with the manufacturing jnterests of the country, with all the privileges'of the asso- ciation except the right to vote or hold office, 9. All applicants for membership must sign these by-laws, pay the fees and dues and be ap- proved by the board of directors before they can be admitted to this association as mem- bers. Two negative votes in the board of di- rectors shall be equivalent to a rejection of the applicant. 10. The membership dues shall be as follows: $— entrance fees, payable on admission, and $— per annum, payable in_quarterly install- | ments of $—, to be paid in advance on_the first day of November, February, May and August of each year. 11. Failure to pay dues for six months shall entail forfeiture of membership. 12. The board of directors shall meet at such day and hour as it shall determine. 13. There shall be an annual meeting of the association on the firs!wednesdnim February, ‘when the financial condition of the association shall be exhibited, the reports of the officers and the address of the president shall be read. 14. Five days’ notice by letter through the Postoffice addressed to each member shall be given of any meeting of the association. 15. The voluntary absence of any director from three consecutive regular meetings of the board shall be egulvnlent. to a tender of his resignation as a director. 16. Special meetings of the board of directors orof the association may be called at any time by the president. 17. The president shall call a special meeting of the association on the written request of ten members. 18. At all meetings of the association twenty members shall constitute a quorum. 19. These by-laws mliebc amended by & two- thirds vote of the members present at & meet- ing of the association, called for that purpose, notice and copy of the proposed amendments having been mailed to each member and posted in a conspicuous position in the rooms of the association at least one month previous to such meeting, and it shall be the duty of the secre- tary to carry out the provisions of this article. The convention then adjourned until 2 o’clock this afternoon, when the constitu- tion and by-laws will be considered. This morning, at 9 o’clock, the members of the convention will enjoy a sail around the bay in the Spreckels tug Fearless. A Peculiar Mistake. Owing to a similarity in names a mistaken report got into circulation Tuesday that Mrs. Leilah Yarde-Buller, who owns property valued at half a million dollars in Alameda County, had died in London. Investigation showed that it was Mrs. Yarde-Bulier, the mother-in- law of the lady mentioned who had departed this life. Public Administrator Knight had already taken steps to administer on the es- tate, but, of course, desisted when the facts were made know: i ————— Assault to Murder. Henry Wyman was arrested last night for slashing Arthur Rooney and Charles Floyd with a knife. The men got into an altercation on Alice street, off Folsom. Wyman was booked on a charge of assault to murder. ‘When the world dissolves all places will be hell that are not heaven.—Marlowe. MISCELLANEOUS. MONDAY MORNING Begins the last week of our Great Surplus Stock Sale, at which you can get a beautiful - French China Dinner-set and game sets, Tea and Coffee Cups and Saucers and handsomely decorated Plates at HALF THE USUAL PRICE. WE ALSO SELL Marble Statuary, Bohemian Cut Glass, Table Glass- ware, Punch Glasses, As- paragus Sets, Oyster Plates, Bisque Figures and Orna- ments at HALF PRICE. IT's YOUR LAST chanc o uy so cheapey NATHAN, DOHRMANN & CO. 122-132 Sutter Street. THEY TALK ABOUT GRAY HAIR! Here Is a Restorer Which Is Sold for $2.50 PER BOTTLE. 7} Use one hottle, and if ¢\ vou don’t like it I will N 7 ¢ANL T refund your money. MIME. MARCHAND—Dear Madame: At your request | have carefully analyzed Antoinette Gray Hair Restorer. In my judg- ment it is an efiective preparation and will not injure the hair or the general health. I can cheerfully recommend it to your patrons. Re- spectfully submitted, W. T. WENTZELL, Chemist. THIS WONDERFUL PREPARATION, For Restoring Any Color of Gray Hair to Its Original Color, Acts on the secretions and furnishes the natural coloring to the hair, and is NOT A DYE. It leaves the scalp WHITE and in a healthy condition. THE ANTONETTE PREPARATIONS Have received the indorsement of the leading chemists and physicians. Trial samples of my Complexion Specialties for 50 cents. MME. HARCHAND, Hair and Complexion Specialist, 121 POST STREET, ROOMS 32-36, Taber’s Entrance. Telephone 1349, Has besn established in the Palace Hotel ON ACCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made on the management. It takes the piace of the city restaurant, with direct entrance fram Market st. Ladies shopping will find this a most desirable place to lunch. Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such as have given the gentlemen'’ s Grillroom an 'International reputation, will prevai in this new department. 78 WELLENOWN AND RELIABLE SPE: cialist treats PRIVATE CHRONIC AND NERVOUS DISEASES OF MEN ONLY. He stops Discharges: cures secrst 8100d and Skin Disgases, res an wellings: Nervous .y, Impo- tence and other weaknesses of Manhood. . He corrects the Secret Errors of Youth and thelr terrible effects, Losa of Vitality, Paipitation of the Heart, Loss of Memory, Despondency and_other troubles of mind and body, caused b Excesses and Diseases of Boys and Men. He restores Lost Vi Manly Power, re- moves Deformities and restores the Organs to Health. 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THE POT CALLED THE KETTLE BLACK BECAUSE THE HOUSEWIFE DIDN’T USE SAPOLIO