The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-24

man, thanking him, bowed himself into the
hail and disappeared In few moments a
drummer sauntered in and spied the philan-
thropist.
"Hello there, Nat. Been looking for you all
day. Say, Nat, we want you to give us few
jig steps and couple of slices of opera to-mo1-
row night. The boys are going to have little
time. Are you in, Nat?"
Fletcher life. Well, say; now you're talk
ing. Do we banquet?"
ooh, sure. That's all we do do"
"I'm in"
The two separated, and long-haired gentle
man, who had been waiting, grasped Lands
berger's hand with the warm, palpitating
pressure native to the Californian. "Nat, my
boy, am SO glad I found you. The fact is,
Nat, If you'll pardon me for taxing your kind
ness SO often, we are going to have little pink
tea up at the villa on the 26th, and Mrs. -
wanted me to ask you to come up and bring
your violin Give them anything, Nat. The
'Cavalleria Rusticana' sprinkled around at
intervals, or the miserere from II Trovatore'
slung in properly, would touch things of about
right If they insist you can take few bars
out of Rubinstein's melody in F. Just few
of those things, Nat. You understand. Can
we depend upon your"
sob, yes. yes, yes. Pll come" exclaimed
the philanthropist, as q smile hickered up
around his mouth over his ears and down his
spine Suddenly his face lapsed into a long,
sanity expression and the gentleman with hair
was gone. Nat took another stroll over toward
the ice-water and returned to his chair just in
time to encounter friend, who wanted him to
play at a concert in Berkeley.
'When do you want me?" inquired Nat.
"On the 25th and the 26th."
Mr.. Landsberger says he will keep the first
dates and play for charity. Are there many
philanrhropists like unto him in this whole
broad West? Well, no.
Will E. Fisher, the real-estate man, has some
good ideas about how to lure the prosperous
and industrious immigrant to these hospitable
shores.
at is no use for us to affirm that we have q
glorious climate or to assert the Importance
OF our resources" he said yesterday. eft is
not enough to tell the people of the East how
happy and prosperous they may be in Cali
fornia. We must induce them to come If we
want to see our country filed with enterpris.
ing citizens, we must exert little energy to
get them here. Los Angeles and other cities
of the State have been built up, and the result
has shown what energy could do when ap-
piled in the proper direction.
During recent business trip to the East,
was torc1bly impressed with the great need
that exists for more general advertisement
OF the resources of California. found other
States prominently advertising their induce
ments. but California was seldom heard of, and
could not help feeling that many immigrants
whom we might have were lost to us for the
want OF little of that git up and git spirit
which has always been synonymous with Cali
fornia enterprise.
"In general way the world knows some
thing OF the resources of California 1t has
read in books and magazines OF our climate,
our wonderful scenery and the fertility Of our
soil. What we need Is to let them know that
we have cheap lands-that we can sell them
farming lands for $50 to $50 per acre; but we
must also show them what those lands will
produce, and the prices which the products
bring, and to do this effectively no better plan
can be devised than the establishment and
maintenance of permanent exhibits in the
large cities of the East. And / feel confident
that arrangements might be perfected with the
different railroads in New York, Chicago, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and st. Louis, permitting us
to maintain in the depots such an exhibit as
the State Board of Trade in this City. Then,
instead of cursory glance from few visitors,
these exhibits would be seen by millions every
year. The impression made would be perma-
nent and the world would know Of our glori-
Gus possessions.
at would be fatal to the State to indulge in
e2travagant boom tactics. We don't need