14 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OP VITICULTURE 



REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF VITICULTURE 



HELD IN RECITAL HALL, FESTIVAL HALL, 



PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 



SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 



JULY 12 AND 13, 1915. 



The Congress was called to order at 9:30 A. M. by President William B. 

 Alwood of Charlottesville, Virginia. 



President Alwood called upon Mr. E. M. Sheehan of Sacramento, Cal., to 

 introduce the representative of the Governor of the State of California, Mr. 

 Chester H. Rowell of Fresno, California. 



Mr. Rowell. "I am very sorry indeed that Governor Johnson cannot be 

 present in person to welcome, you this morning, but he requested me to take 

 his place on account of his unavoidable absence. It is necessary for him to 

 be absent on most occasions of this kind at the Exposition. 



"It is a pleasure for me to welcome you here, and I wish I had had time 

 to prepare a speech or to dig up an old one one that I delivered some years 

 ago on the subject of sweet wine a speech in praise of wine. Fortunately 

 for you, perhaps, but unfortunately for me, I have not had the time to dig 

 into this old matter or to prepare a new address. 



"The viticultural industry, not only the wine part of it, but with all of its 

 branches, has been a very proud possession of California from the beginning 

 of its history. The Mission Fathers, who brought Western civilization here, 

 brought also the vine, and there is the closest association between wine and 

 occidental civilization. We have had for years a viticultural department in 

 our State University, as well as a State Viticultural Commission and many 

 experimental stations and vineyards are located in California. 



"Every grape-growing country is pleasant and beautiful. The grape does 

 not grow in the jungles of the tropics or in the frozen North. The grape 

 was the basis of the original international industry, and as long as there has 

 been any commerce in the world two things have been carried wine and 

 raisins and frequently very little more. In the blackest pages of European 

 history all the commerce that was left was commerce in silks, pearls, wine 

 and raisins. 



"As the representative of Governor Johnson, I welcome you to California 

 and to the Exposition. May your sessions be pleasant and profitable and 

 your stay with us enjoyable." 



In his response to Mr. Rowell's address of welcome, President Alwood 

 said: 



"I want to say on the part of the Eastern people, that our hearts are so 

 full of gratitude and happiness over all that we have already experienced in 



