Part 2

If other evidence were wanting to establish the claim that the Seattle exhibit was the best and most complete ever made by California, it would be found in the record of prizes won by this State. In proportion to the number of entries we not only beat all the other States in the number of high awards, but we beat all past records made by California, and this in face of the fact that the juries as a rule set a high standard and were very critical in their examinations. California's greatest total premiums at any previous Exposition was 518, while at Seattle the total was 800. To win gold medals or higher on half the entries is considered a remarkable record, and yet out of the total of 800 at Seattle, 90 were grand prizes, an award only made in case of extraordinary excellence, 414 were gold medals, 155 silver medals, 108 bronze medals and 33 honorable mentions. A careful analysis by one who understands what is required to win a high award at an International Exposition and what it stands for, will show at once that this is a most extraordinary record, one which we confidently believe has never been equalled by any State or country at any Exposition in the world, and one which is not likely to be equalled except possibly by California itself, for many years to come. It will be noticed from the detailed list of the awards, which follows in this report, that they are well distributed throughout the State, nearly every locality and every industry sharing in the honors, a further evidence of the representative character of the exhibit.

SALVAGE.

At the close of the Exposition we took sufficient time to safely pack all material that had to be returned and to label it carefully so as to facilitate its distribution in California. In the meantime we sold some of the edible goods and some on order we turned over to local agents of the owners. All money received therefor has been remitted to the parties who furnished the articles and receipts received for the same. The furniture, fixtures and other material which belonged to the State and which we deemed it advisable to sell, was disposed of to the best advantage possible, considering the great quantity of this class of goods that were being thrown on the market. From this source we realized the sum of $5,135.16. From rent of soft drink stand in the building we realized the sum of $300.00, and from the sale of building $750.00, making the total salvage exclusive of building $5,435.16, which is fully accounted for in the financial statement which follows in this report. The $750.00 received for the building was turned over to the State Printer on account and never passed through our hands.

MATERIAL ON HAND.

There was certain office furniture which it was deemed unwise to sacrifice, and some permanent exhibition material that is worth more to the State for future expositions than any amount that could be realized from it at a forced sale. Consequently this material was returned and the furniture has been turned over to the State Agricultural Society and the exhibition material has been stored in a shed which we built for the purpose on the grounds of the State Agricultural Society. The latter consists of eight mineral show cases, a collection of California ores and mineral specimens, a large assortment of California woods, including burls and rare specimens, a lot of framed and unframed pictures of California scenes and industries, and about 500 glass jars, most of which are filled with seeds, cereals, sugar or processed fruits. The furniture returned at 50 cents on the dollar, the usual selling price at an Exposition of good material, is worth $75.00, the showcases $425.00, exhibit material, estimated at half what it would cost to collect it, $2,000.00, and the glass jars $1,000.00. This totals a heritage to the State from the Seattle Exposition of $3,500.00. This will be available and worth even more than the sum stated whenever the State desires to make another exhibition.

BENEFITS TO CALIFORNIA.

Summing up the benefits of an exhibit is a good deal like a merchant trying to estimate the good derived from a sign over his door. Occasionally a patron may say, "I saw your sign and came in," and occasionally a party may say, "I saw your exhibit and it prompted me to come to California." The money dropped from travelers alone who passed through this State going to or returning from the Exposition, has probably recompensed California for its outlay, but this is only the beginning of the harvest. Many people from the eastern and central States who visited the Exposition with a view of ascertaining in which part of the Northwest it would be best to settle, changed their minds after seeing the exhibits made by the different States and came on to California. Besides, thousands of others already settled, after inspecting the exhibits made by this State, openly declared that if they ever moved again they would land in California. The tons of literature on this State carried away by visitors to supplement and strengthen their impressions, both impressions and literature to be disseminated among their neighbors, will have an effect that cannot be estimated, but which must inevitably bear fruit for California for many years to come. Then again, the seeing of our splendid products naturally excites a desire to try them, and the increased demand for our fruits, oil, wines, etc., growing out of such a display, is far-reaching. But more than all this, the greater intercourse, the better acquaintance, the more friendly feeling between the people of the different sections of the country, and particularly of the west, and more particularly between the people of this State and Washington, or Oregon and Washington, if you please, is bound to lead to a better understanding in regard to trade relations and result in commercial benefits that cannot be estimated. That the participation of California was wise there is no doubt, and that the benefits received and to be received will be many fold greater than the cost is as certain as the future. The follow-up letters that have already come to your Representatives from people of the Northwest and other sections who saw and inspected our exhibit, is further proof that an interest in this State has been awakened among them that will not soon die out.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

We are under obligations to so many that it would be tedious to enumerate them. The higher officials of the Exposition, President J. E. Chilberg, Director-General I. A. Nadeau and Director of Exhibits H. E. Dosch, showed us every courtesy and manifested a desire to do all they could to facilitate our work; while from the other departments, and even from the subordinates in all departments, a request from California was promptly considered and always conceded when not inconsistent with the Exposition rules. There were differences at first, as is always the case, but on a better understanding these were adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned.

The Southern Pacific Company and the Northern Pacific Company carried our freight at a one-way rate, and their respective agents were prompt and accommodating, setting a new mark for railroad efficiency at Expositions. The Southern Pacific Passenger Department also loaned us some very fine pictures of California scenes which were valuable not only as wall decorations but as object lessons on certain features of our State. To the Golden Gate Park officials of San Francisco, and also the officials of the Stockton State Hospital, we are under obligations for liberal contributions of ornamental plants and shrubs for the decoration of the California building and grounds. Mr. R. M. Teague of San Dimas and the Fancher Creek Nursery of Fresno, also contributed liberally of their choicest stock, for which we owe them a debt of gratitude. The same is true of J. Dietrich, Howard & Smith, Elysian Park and Edward H. Rust, all of Los Angeles, and of the Orange County Nursery & Land Co., of Fullerton.

To the counties and other subdivisions of the State that through organized effort and at their own expense collected valuable exhibition material, prepared descriptive literature and sent representatives to Seattle, thereby strengthening the exhibit and adding to the force of California workers, we are under obligations. To their efforts and to the efficiency of the people they sent much of California's success at the Seattle Exposition is due, and we want them to know and feel that their efforts and co-operation are fully appreciated.

To producers, manufacturers and packers, to lumbermen and miners, who responded to our request for samples of their output we owe a debt which we tried to pay in part by caring for their goods as they would have cared for them, and by looking out for their interests in the matter of awards as carefully as they could have done had they been there.

In this connection we wish to express our obligation to the Niles-Pease Furniture Company for the generous loan of the finest art mission furniture for our reception room, to Byron Mauzy of San Francisco, the Star Piano Company and Salyer-Baumeister of Los Angeles, for the loan of pianos for the use of our guests, and to the Eilers Piano Company for the free use of a pianola for our lecture room. To Arthur Harris, designer, and to C. L. Wilson, Superintendent of Installation, both experts in their line, is due largely the attractive character of California's exhibit, admitted to be the most beautiful in arrangement and display, as well as the most comprehensive ever put up by this or any other State, at Seattle or any other Exposition.

CONCLUSION.

We do not hesitate to affirm that California's participation at the Seattle Exposition was a success from every point of view, and knowing our trust was conscientiously performed, and that our best efforts were exerted in the interest of our State, we dare to hope that you who trusted us are not disappointed, and that the people of California who generously advanced the money for the work are satisfied with the showing made, and that they will reap substantial and lasting benefit as the result of their enterprise and liberality. We want to thank you sincerely for the confidence reposed in us, for your kindly co-operation and advise, and particularly for the generous rein given to us in carrying out a work for which you, in the eyes of the law, were primarily responsible. Our studied efforts were continually directed toward trying to get the greatest results at the least cost, for, though handling a generous appropriation, we never lost sight of the fact that it was the people's money, and consequently we consented to the expenditure of a dollar only where in our judgement a dollar's worth or more benefit would accrue to California; neither did we lose sight of the high standard which has characterized your course in the handling of public affairs. We acted on the principle that public office is a public trust, and that public money should be handled with greater care than one would handle his own.

The following pages contain a complete list of the awards made to California exhibitors and a statement of all moneys received and expended, and accompanying this report we hand you the vouchers showing all our transactions and just how the money was expended. We have settled every honorable claim, we have concluded the work in full, even to the distribution of the awards, and if there is a dollar left to go back into the Treasury it is because that dollar was not needed for the full satisfaction of the duties imposed.

Respectfully, J. A. FILCHER, FRANK WIGGINS, Governor's Representatives.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT

CALIFORNIA ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION COMMISSION

October 1, 1907, to December 27, 1910.

State of California $99,500.00 Salvage 5,435.16 Office Supplies $ 487.23 Postage 321.45 Telephone and Telegraph 248.04 Drayage 2,173.44 Express and Freight 5,579.11 Building Maintenance 3,250.96 Printing 1,639.30 Furniture and Fixture 4,294.74 Miscellaneous 3,361.95 J. A. Filcher, Salary 3,930.00 J. A. Filcher, Expense 1,319.99 Frank Wiggins, Salary 1,625.00 Frank Wiggins, Expense 705.87 G. A. Dennison, Salary 3,100.00 G. A. Dennison, Expense 838.35 Employees' Salary 10,264.60 Employees' Expense 1,570.66 Rent 763.03 Exhibit Material 8,205.03 Installation 10,829.55 California Building 40,333.84 Returned to A. B. Nye, State Controller 93.02 ----------- ----------- $104,935.16 $104,935.16

LIST OF AWARDS MADE TO CALIFORNIA EXHIBITORS

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909

GRAND PRIZES

EXHIBITOR ADDRESS AWARD ON--

A. Repsold & Co. San Francisco Brandy 3 star. Wetmore-Bowen Co. San Francisco Chateau Cresta Blanca. Gundlach-Bundschu Wine Co. San Francisco Mesa Blanca Wine. The Rosenblatt Company San Francisco Apricot Brandy. Italian Swiss Colony San Francisco Asti Special Wine. St. Elmo Cigar Co. Los Angeles Cigars. F. L. Hogue Santa Barbara Beans. F. L. Hogue Santa Barbara Mustard Seed. Lovdal Bros. Co. Sacramento Hops. San Joaquin Co. Stockton Grains and milling products. State of California Sacramento Assorted cereals. Ventura County Lima beans. John J. Sommans Pasadena Cut glass. San Francisco Keramic San Francisco Display hand decorated Club china. Bertha and Ellen Berkeley Hand decorated china. Kleinschmidt State of California Sacramento Gen'l collection woods and burls. State of California Sacramento Gen'l collection commercial and cabinet woods. Cawston Ostrich Farm Pasadena Ostrich feathers. Carlson-Currier Silk Co. San Francisco General display silks. Los Angeles Silk Works Los Angeles "Yard wide" silk. Jas. A. Jasper San Diego Silk and cocoon exhibit. Alameda County Oakland Processed vegetables. California Nursery Niles 78 varieties nuts, grown in one nursery. San Diego County San Diego Processed fruit in glass. W. D. Nichols Oakland Processed flowers. Sacramento Valley Gen'l display processed fruits and vegetables. Fred L. Hilmer Co. San Francisco Eggs. Petaluma Incubator Co. Petaluma Gen'l display incubators and brooders. State of California Sacramento Installation mineral exhibit. State of California Sacramento Gen'l installation of State bldg. State of California Sacramento Installation of fruit palace. Brawley Cantaloupe Ass'n Cantaloupes. Los Nietos Ranchito Rivera Walnuts. Walnut Growers Ass'n C. W. Leffingwell Whittier Lemons. Los Angeles Chamber Processed fruit in glass. of Com Tulare County Board Fruits through season. of Trade Cal. Fruit Growers Los Angeles Oranges. Exchange E. B. Leach Lemons. State of California Sacramento Fruit and vegetables in glass. State of California Sacramento Almonds. California Cotton Oakland Raw and manufactured cotton. Mills Co. Johnston Fruits Co. Santa Barbara Lemons. Pacific Electric Los Angeles Hot point electric iron. Heating Co. State of California Sacramento Processed fruit and vegetables. Holmes Disappearing Los Angeles Sanitary conditions. Bed Co. San Diego County San Diego Gem exhibit. Cal. Public School System General education display. Santa Barbara County English walnuts. San Diego County Display of nuts. Raymond Glove Co. Stockton Manufactured gloves. Wagner Leather Co. Stockton Tanned leather. Champion Manufacturing Oakland Aut-O-Lac leather dressing. Co. Walsh-Richardson Co. Sacramento Saddles. Gertrude Boyle San Francisco Sculpture. Clara Hill San Francisco Sculpture. A. Stirling Calder Los Angeles Sculpture. Rosa G. Taussig San Francisco Bookbinding. Western Art Tile Co. Los Angeles Art tile. State of California Sacramento Beet sugar. California Dried Fruit Fresno Dried fruits. Agency Santa Clara Co. Fruit Assorted dried fruits. Exchange Fresno Chamber of Commerce Seeded raisins. Fresno County Artistic display of raisins. Alpine Evaporated Cream Hollister Evaporated milk. Co. Roeding Fig Packing Co. Fresno Dried figs and preserved figs in glass. American Olive Co. Los Angeles Ripe olives. Ehmann Olive Co. Oroville Ripe olives. American Olive Co. Los Angeles Olive oil. Griffin & Skelly Co. San Francisco Assorted canned and preserved fruits. Cal. Fruit Canners San Francisco Assorted canned and Association preserved fruits. The J. H. Flickinger Co. San Jose Assorted canned fruits. Central California Sacramento Assorted canned fruits. Canneries Ewell & Russell Santa Cruz Jellies, preserves & marmalades. Bishop & Co. Los Angeles Preserved fruits. G. H. Waters & Co. Ramona Canned fruits. Octavia Holden San Francisco Bookbinding. State of California Sacramento General collection of gold ores. State of California Sacramento General display minerals. New Pedrara Mexican San Diego Onyx display. Onyx Co. Siskiyou County Gold ores, placer and leaf gold and gold specimens. A. Lietz Co. San Francisco Surveying and nautical instruments. Pacific Coast Borax Co. Oakland Borax, raw and refined, and its product for medical and domestic use. Hicks-Judd Co. San Francisco Display bookbinding & printing. State of California Sacramento California Public Schools System. Los Angeles Pressed Pressed and glazed brick. Brick Co. State of California Sacramento Variety of woods and finish. Ehmann Olive Co. Oroville Olive oil. Siskiyou County Yreka Indian basketry & Indian relics. State of California Sacramento Display of arts and crafts. Chas. Frederick Eaton Santa Barbara Arts and crafts. Chas. Frank Ingerson San Francisco Modeled leather screen. G. Kellogg Claxton San Francisco Metal art work and jewelry. State of California Sacramento Collective display oil paintings. Goddard Gale Oakland Water colors. Rose Hooper Plottner San Francisco Miniatures.

GOLD MEDALS

EXHIBITOR ADDRESS AWARD ON--