The Sacramento Region News

              THE
Sacramento Region News
PUBLISHED BY
t SACRAMENTO REGION CITIZENS COUNCIL
Volume 1
MAY 19, 1928
Number 16
SUCCESSFUL MEETING
IN SAN FRANCISCO
From more than one point of view, the
San Francisco session was a great success. More than two hundred persons attended the dinner-meeting Friday evening, about equally divided between
those from our Region and those from
the Bay area.
Among the Bay district organizations
represented at the meeting were Califor-
nians, Inc., Southern Pacific Company,
Western Pacific Company, Santa Fe Railroad, General Steamship Corporation,
Dollar Steamship Company, Matson
Steamship Company, Panama Pacific
Steamship Company, Sudden & Chris-
tenson (Steamship Agents), R. S. Silva
Company (Steamship Agents), McCor-
mick Steamship Company, International
Mercantile Marine, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Oakland Chamber of
Commerce, Holland-American Chamber
of Commerce, United States Department
of Commerce, American Manufacturers' Foreign Credit Underwriters, Inc.,
Union Oil Company, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Stewart Flour Company, Drury Advertising Company, San
Francisco Produce & Provision Terminals, California Pear Growers' Association, Associated Press, San Francisco
Bulletin, San Francisco Examiner, San
Francisco Daily News, Redwood Empire
Association, along with many members
°f the Foreign Trade Club of California.
A review of the above incomplete list
makes clear the value of the important
c°ntacts established, which alone made
the trip more than worth while.
Mr. William G. Marvin, President of
he Foreign Trade Club, represented admirably the gracious hospitality of his
organization, which acted as host for the
j^'ening. Mr. Morris, President of the
VH,W00(i Empire Association, expressed
equal cordiality the sympathetic
buPPort of his association.
p    he  following  ten  carefully  prepared
nonS  Were   read   durin§   the   evening,
e of them running much over seven
minutes:
The   Sacramento   Region   Citizen's
Council,"   SIMON   J.   LUBIN,   President,
Sacramento Region Citizens' Council.
2. "Agriculture in the Sacramento Region," DR. CHARLES KEANE, State Department of Agriculture.
3. "Water Conservation and Utilization
in the Region," CAPTAIN JOHN D. HUBBARD, Chairman, ' Water Resources
Committee, Sacramento Region Citizens'
Council.
4. "Livestock Opportunities in the Sacramento Region," T. H. RAMSAY, President and General Manager, Pacific National Agricultural Credit Corporation;
Vice-President, Sacramento Region Citizens' Council.
5. "State Trade-Mark for All Farm
Products," GEORGE T. MEEKER, Supervisor, Butte County; Director, Sacramento Region Citizens' Council.
6. "World Markets for California Products," WILLIAM G. MARVIN, President,
Foreign Trade Club of California; of
Marvin & Bergh, largest firm of international lawyers in the world.
7. "San Francisco! Lest Ye Forget!"
CHARLES H. ROBERTS, Secretary-Manager, Nevada County Promotion Board.
8. "Our Mountain Counties and Their
Resources," JOSEPH H. HUNTER, Supervisor, Lassen County; Director, Sacramento Region Citizens' Council.
9. "Recreational Resources of the Region," CLAUDIA BAILEY FINNEY, of
Oroville.
10. "Industrial Resources of the Region," M. E. DITTMAR, Manager, Lassen Volcanic National Park Association.
The hour put at our disposal by KFRC
made it possible for only the first seven
talks to go over the air. To broadcast
the Council's story and Mr. Marvin's talk
on World's Markets, Mr. Harrison Holli-
way, Manager of KFRC, ran a special
wire to the meeting place, thus enabling
many thousands of persons to listen-in to
the program. All ten papers will be
printed in the next issue of the NEWS.
During the dinner, Mr. Holliway presented two of the most popular- stars of his
station, Mr. Robert Olson and Miss Edna
Fisher, who entertained the audience
with several beautiful musical selections.
The world-market enthusiast and good
friend of the Council, Mr. William J.
Mitchell, explained to those present the
details of the following day's program.
The Council was especially honored by
the presence of Hon. Luigi Sillitti, Royal
Consul-General of Italy.
Towards the end of the meeting, the
President expressed the appreciation of
the Council of the fine attitude taken towards the Council and its purposes by
the Foreign Trade Club of California and
the Redwood Empire Association, and requested that the Presidents of both organizations, Mr. Marvin and Mr. Morris,
act as honorary members of the Council, representing their associations, and
that they attend our meetings whenever
possible. Both gentlemen accepted the
invitation cordially and sincerely.
Mr. Marvin closed the session with an
inspired and enthusiastic appeal for
broader outlook on the part of civic organizations, offering the co-operation of
his Club and of himself personally in the
activities of the Council.
Many of the members of the Council
present declared that in their opinion the
San Francisco session was one of the
best and one of the most valuable ever
held. Much of the credit for the large attendance of San Franciscans must go to
Mr. R. V. Winquist of the General Steamship Corporation and to Mr. William J.
Mitchell of the Harbor Tug and Barge
Company. Both men are members of the
Foreign Trade Club of California.
GERMANY STILL WANTS
OUR PRUNES
The Hamburg prune market continued
firm during the first half of April and a
large business was done in boxed prunes
with the inland markets. Packers resumed buying during the first two weeks
of the month, but mainly from second
hands, since direct quotations from California were somewhat higher. The outlook for American prunes remains favora-
able. Imports of prunes into Germany
from September 1, 1927, to March 31,
1928, amounted to 41,200,000 pounds as
against 38,657,000 pounds during the corresponding period last season.   (F. C. M.)