The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-20

last fifteen or twenty
months" said he, will,
stopping In such cities as New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago and 81. Louis
and with essng the activity and the press
business there, that have began to grasl
the possibilities of the greater San Fran
cisco.
1--WE have got to get our eyes opened, tina
Is all
wherever / went in these Eastern elite!
and witnessed the pride their citizens took
in developing their resources and improving
their opportunities of trade, was always
greeted with the caustic remark, What IL
the matter with San Francisco
Il want TO say there is nothing the matter
with San Francisco. To use familiar ex-
preston, San Francisco is all right, and is
destined to be the second city in the United
States within short time.
But TO bring abOu. this greater San Fran
cisco our merchants must be in unanimty.
There must be but one feeling, and that is
what is best for our city Is best for US.
Let our motto be Greater San Fran
CISCO" coupled with the well-known Roman
motto, Zone for all and all for one"
'Patr0niZe your home merchant, and
patronize only those whose stock you can
see and handle, whose homes and families
are here. who are part aud parcel Of this
great city. Drift away from these sample
rooms; in fact be hand-in-hand with the
jobbers and you will quickly find revival
OF trade and very few dull days.
Nov. let me speak af San Francisco as
think it will be and ought to be in 1908:
ut was never intended that the Panama
canal should be built when it was started.
1t was q swindle from the beginning and
has continued a swinde to the end. A lmost
the entire railroad interests of this country
had combined to destroy it. That the canal
n0nlf hQq bnif for ha ~
money the people of France, England and
America were swindled out of no one
doubts, and no one doubts also that both
the Panama and Nicaragua canals will be
built within fifteen years.
I'VE shall then have two great water
ways from Europe to San Francisco. Then
greater San Francisco will come to the
front as the second city of the country and
will stand first in point of health, climate.
beauty OF surroundings and wealth of its
citizens.
''San Francisco will ard must be the dis
tfibutlng point for this class Of merchan-
disc. both foreign and domestic. from San
Diego to the sound; the entire import trade
OF Mexico will center here; In ia I, the city
OF San Francisco is destined to lie within fif-
teen years second New York City, with
population Of not less than 800,000
The figure on all real estate is very low
now. but within three years after the canals
are opened there will be an increase in
value of over 80 per cent.
Let those canals be opened and France
will pour in thousands Of her laborers TO
cultivate our grapes and increase the popu-
larity of our wines. Italy will pour in is
thousands TO improve our orange, lemon
and other citrus products.
Ireland, England, Germany. and every
European country will vie with each
other in the rush for our lands when once
these great waterways are finished, and the
population Of the State will treble itself
net only this. but the entire Pacific
Coast will share the benefit, and whatever
benefits the Pacific Coast benefits San Fran
cisco.
This Is no exaggerated talk. The thing
Is sure to come, and that within 10 years,
just as surely as the needle points to the
pole and the mariners compass guides the
captain into port
But IL the canals are not built the city
OF San Francisco might just as well throw
up its hands and cease to be city. Open
the canals and the time will come when
emigrants can reach this port from Europe
at an outlay OF $50 or $50. / am not talking
wildly. 1t is an undeniable fact"