The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-02
oren Letter to the ci,izons of santa Bar
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letter which appeared in today's Times
from Santa Barbara compels me to write an
answer and address myself to the citizens of
Santa Barbara in order to explain certain
charges which are mentioned in that letter
and which are misleading
When visited Santa Barbara in April last
and witnessed their flower festival it was my
firm conviction that an agreement between the
people OF Santa Barbara and Los Angeles could
be formulated whereby both cities would be
the gamer. and matter of mutual interest
could advertise their several celebrations
in a manner which would draw attention
from people living the Pacific coast
as well as from the east. My first inter.
view was with the president of the Flower
association without very much encourage
ment. ! then called on Mr.. Perkins, one of
the committee of their festival, and laid be-
fore him my pans. Mr.. Perkins was not en-
thusiestic, but agreed with me that confer
ence between Santa Barbara committees and
Los Angeles committees would be advisable
left Santa Barbara, firmly convinced that the
proposition as outlined by me could be carried
out. A few days after my arrival in Los Ange-
les one OF the directors of the Merchants as
ISOLATION presented me with copy OF Santa
Barbara paper, which published an article,
written in such vindictive manner, that 1t
was utterly impossible to consider question
OF joint action possible. The writer expressed
himself in such outrageous manner about
Los Angeles introducing festival in opposi-
ton to Santa Barbara's festival. and used such
abusive language that the Merchants associa-
ton of this city considered it imprudent to at
| tempt calling together a joint committee.
| I wish to put myself OH record in this mat
ter as being firmly believer in the future of
| Sou thern California; that the only necessity
which arises, in my opinion, in order to make
| Southern California q country superior to any
other is by uniting the forces of all those citi-
zens who have the public good at heart, but
| only by such action can the benefits which
| arise by mutual action be attained.
! The following letter Of the Southern Califor-
| mia committee, who went with me to Santa
| Barbara to try to arrange this matter, will ex-
| plain itself ! only wish to add that, from
| feeling of delicacy, did not mention to the
I Santa Barbara committee the reason for not
calling to their mind the fact that the article in
| the Santa Barbara newspaper rejecting on Los
| Angeles was the cause OF not calling together
| the joint committee, and l therefore stated
that The fault of not calling such meeting was.
aneglect on my part.
join in the expression of the Southern Cal
| ifornia committee, that our only object in go
| ing to Santa Barbara was to impress the com
mitlee there with the fact that it was for their
interest alone that we took the the trouble and
expense to call on them.
MAX MEYBERG,
Director General la Fiesta de Los Angeles
/ Los ANGELES, Cal Feb l. 1895.
Max Meyberg, Esq, Director General 10 Fiesta
DEARsrR I'm reference to the Santa Barbara
letter. which appears in this mornings Los
Angeles Times. we all regret exceedingly thai
any i'll feeling between the sister cities o
Southern California should have arisen, and
while perfonally would prefar to refrain from