The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-07
T MAYOR ELLERT'S CALL.
In Response Business Men Will
Confer To-Day.
RESOLUTIONS MAY BE PASSED.
In Which All Commercial Bodies May
Unite in Protest Against
Business Slavery.

An important meeting will be held to-
day in the Mayors Office, although there
will be but six persons present. These
are, besides Mayor Ebert. the presidents
of San Fran cisco business associations
the Chamber of Commerce. Merchants
Exchange, Board of Trade, Traffic Assoc
citation and Produce Exchange.
The object of the meeting as set forth in
the invitation of the Mayor is to have rep
resentatives of these commercial bodies
consider, determine and decide what ac-
tion shall be taken" in the matter of secur-
ing the defeat of the funding dill.
To be sure, the presidents of the several
associations cannot take definite action,
but having considered and decided what
ought to be done. they will severaly re-
port to the associations of which they are
the heads and some very effective action
may be expected to result.
Mayor Ellert in speaking of the matter
yesterday said:
The time IS at hand for action think,
and as Mayor of the city 1 felt it my duty
10 call the attention OF the several COM
mercal bodies to it. saw the presidents
of the associations named before taking it
upon myself to invite them to join me in
discussing the matter. They all expressed
a perfect Willingness to come together and
do all that suggested itself as wise and
proper, and so l sent out an Invitation to
each. What action will be taken, of
course, it is not for me even to guess"
Following is the Mayors invitation as
received by General Dimond:
SAN FRANCISCO. August 4. 1894
President Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
DEAR SIR: There is a bill pending in Congress
known as the Reilly funding BID providing for
extending for a"term of fifty years the final
payment OF the debt due the United States
Government for the bonds land interest due
hereOn) issued 10 the Western and Central
Pacific railroads 10 aid in the construction of
said roads. AS this subject is one of great i'm
port TO the people of this Stale, and has OF late
engaged public thought and consideration, |
have deemed it my duty as Mayor of the city
and county to call the attention OF the com
mercial associations thereto, as their interests
are Identical with those OF the State, in order
that their representatives may consider defer
mine and decide what action shall be taken IN
this matter.
To that end l have invited The presidents OF
The several commercial organizations to attend
meeting at the Mayors Office new City Hail.
on Tuesday, August Z, at $3.50 o'clock p. NJ,
and request that you will be present for The
L. R. ELLERT.
General Dimond. as chairman of The
Chamber of Commerce. said yesterday
afternoon that personally he was straight
against the funding bill. He could not see
why big railroad corporation should no.
Dt W pay lto lOUcSG ueUtB Just
like any other business concern. He
would certainly attend the meeting, be
said. he could not speak for the Cham
Der OF Commerce either at the meeting or
as to what action it would take in the
matter; he could only report the result of |
the deliberations t. the trustees, and the |
trustees would doubtless bring it before !
the chamber at large. 1t was matter, he |
thought, OF the utmost Importance.
c. S. Laumeister, president of the Prod |
uce Exchange, was equally alive to the i'm |
portance of the matter. Like General |
Dmond, he offered as a preface that II
cannot speak for the exchange. of course, |
in advance of their action. | have only |
now received my notice OF the meeting |
from Mayor Ebert, and so have not even |
had an opportunity to speak to the board |
OF directors. but | shall attend the meet
ing of course, and report its conclusions
to the board. My notion is that the result /
of the matter will be that remon STRANGE.
petition or whatever may be, Will be
drawn up that all the commercial bodies
IF the city may unite in signing, asking
Congress TO drop the funding bill where
it is.
PERSONALLY" continued Mr.. Laumeister.
81 am against the bill, as it is against the
in terests of our city and State. 1t is not a
business proposition. Debts ought to be
paid, and | can ses no reason why an eX-
&c plion should be made in the case of rail-
roads,"
There Is no doubt that big, heavy
weight will be added by this action of the
Mayor to the influences being exerted
against the bill.