The San Francisco call., 1901-11-19
.C|TY'S SOLID
MEN DISCUSS
LIVE TOPICS
Merchants Association
Has Annual Dinner
at Palace.
Tables Are Gayly Decorated
With Autumn Foliage
and Flowers.
Hundreds Of Leading Citizens Sit at
Festal Board and Hear and
Applaud Earnest
Speakers.


ance of a harvest festival The bright
hues of autumn leaves and flowers were
supplemented by hundreds of red-backed
menu cards on the snowy tables. On the
candelabra bright red and yellow shades
alternated. Grapes and other fruits,
heaped up in profusion in front of the
presiding officers place at table, and the
other fruitage of autumn, employed in
the fashioning of mural designs, added to
the illusion and lent suggestiveness to the
occasion.
Over the alcove in which, on raised
platform, sat President Symmes and the
guests of honor, facing the long rows of
tables that extended the width of the
banquet hall, American flags were fes-
tooned. So many accessories were en-
ployed that the general effect was ex-
tremely brilliant, far surprising any pre-
vious banqueting scene in which the as
sociation has been concerned.
Upon the platform in the alcove there
were three tables. AT the one in front
were seated President Frank ]. Symmes,
w. r. Wheeler, Chief Justice Beatty, DR..
William H. Tolman of New York, Director
Fairfax H. Wheeian, President BENJAMIN
fornia, President David Starr Jordan of
Stanford University, ex-President F.
w. Dohrmann and Mayor James d.
Phelan. AT the next table were Presidents
change, George A. NewhalI of the Chamber
of Commerce, A. A. Watkins of the San
Francisco Board of Trade, Professor Carl
Plehn of the University of California,
President Andrea Sbarboro of the Manu-
facturers and Producers Association,
Secretaries Friedlander, Freud, Bancroft
Merchants Association. Manufacturers
and Producers Association and Chamber
OF Commerce respectively and the MEM
bers of the Civil Service Commission of
he M hor
of the Board OF Works.
Supervisors Were There.
On the main floor, directly in. front of
the platform, were the memberS-elect of
the Board of Supervisors and some 9TH
ers. Back of them bakers dozen of
parallel tables were arranged, the line
extending to the farther end of the BAN
quet hall. There were present 475 mem
bers of the Merchants Association and
guests. All the great business enterprises
of the city were represented. Mayor-elect
| Schmitz was expected to be present and
to speak. but dispatch was received
afternoon, dated at Watsonville, convey
! ing the information that he would be un-
able to attend owing to the Illness of Mrs.
| Schmtz.
| On the menu card the work of the asso-
| citation was recounted at length
President Symmes acted as toastmas ster
duced the speakers. He alluded to the
| value of the association to the commu-
nifty. He said
The associations past good service has been
acknowledged and there is still much for it
| from business. We stand for good govern
ment, for clean streets and a clean City Hall
and for prosperous and happy people. All
| these things are interviewer and each helps to
| bring the other
Speaking of the recent political cam
/ paign President Symmes repeated the
! story of the traveller who found two men
disputing, over the division of an oyster
! ~ dixyid dnd Ttrt I<fr, ho ySf
giving each a shell. That was the situa-
j tion in the recent campaign.
William R. Wheeler made a strong plea
| for the use of San Franciscos natural
advantages for its own good. He would
! have San Francisco's climate advertised
! by all possible means, as he regarded that
| as a great asset. He would also do away
! with Chinatown have a main intercept
ing sewer constructed Of sufficient capac-
| ity to drain a city CT 1000 900 or more.
| Market street should be paved in the best
| ferry depot, AMI statuaIy should be erect
! ed at the cores on the north side of Mar
ket street.
Tolman Gives Advice.
DR.. William H. Tolnan of New York
gave an account of the work of the So
cial engineer in reconciling the differences
of employees and EMPLOYERS. and told what
had been done by employers elsewhere
to improve the condition of the workers.
speaking particularly OF Europe. In con-
clusion he said that it is easier to form
than to reform, and that San Francisco
should take advantage OF the example OF
are preventing the development of many
industrial evils.
F. H Wheelan made the last address
He spoke of industrial betterment, and
urged that profit-sharing wouIa De OF
large value alike to employer and EN-
ploye, quoting many Instances in support
of his statement.
List of Those Present.
The following is a complete list of those
who were present at the dinner:
crosyenor P. Ayers. A. Aronson Sol Aron-
son. J. w. Amrath, A; M Armsr: A. H. Ad
ans, G. Almagia, A. Ancker, William NJ. Alb
bott. Frank p Abbott F. M Ames. George
Charles Bliss. H. Bird, Edward L. Baldwin.
G. S. Benedict. A. A. Ba5kin, 1sn, Paul :, Ba5bieri,
S. G. Bigelow, B. Broemmel, Charles Bundschu,
G. E. Bundschu. BENJAMIN Bangs. F. B. Bur-
F. Breuner. o. D. Baldwin, W. c. Brumfeld
H. H. Brann. Paul Boettcher. Emile Boesch.
q. S. Backman, Henry Brune, M. A. Breuss,
W. Blattner, George G. Browne. s. P. Blumen-
berg. Fred N. Bent, James p Booth, H. U
hart Charles E. Bancroft. B. Bradley. George
Bornemann, Judge William H. Beatty. W. 4.
liam farlli II. Baldwin. j. B. Batten en- 'e'
C. w Callaghan. Joseph Cox Alexander ].
P. Cole. William Corbin. Jesse Colman, Clar-
ence Colman w. C. Cordes. W. H. Grim, J..
o. Christie John curtis. II. "A curtin, j. +.
Currier, John Caffrey. w. NJ. Conklin Frank
Conkln F. Cavagnaro. DR.. L. c. Cox. H. M
Cochran Edward Cluin. A. ]. Campbell Will
liam Curlett. A. Christeson, John Connor, A
Comte Jr., Peter j. Curtis.
Dr. Paolo de Vecchi. H. F. Dunbar. R. A.
Daniels E c. Daley. A. B. c. Dohrmann. F.
Dohrmann Jr Andrew M. Davis, E. D. Den
nston ]. A. DaIziel. David Dalziel, John Dol
beer DR.. l.. L. Dorr. William J. Dutton. Sam
H Daniels James Denman E. j. Duncombe
F. w. Dohrmann. DR.. A. A. D'Ancona, Law
renee Dwyer.
Frank H. Ellis, j. A. Eveleth. c. H. Evans
George F. Ehrenpfort. H. G. Ellis, DR.. Ellin-
wood William Esters Won Krakau W. E. Ell
lott William Ehrenpfort. A. T. Eggleston
Scott Elder, Frederick Eggers.
Samuel FEEDER. Milton FEEDER. ]. P. Fraser
Henry Frohman. Louis ]. Frank. H. E. Faure
S. b. Foger A.. H. Frank. E. w. Ferguson
A. Fodera, C. r. Ford. Judge A. J.. Fritz, j.
Homer Fritch. j. F. Fugazi, M. j. Fontaha T.
Cary Friedlander ]. Richard Freud
J. G. Giesting A.. o. Girard Max Goldman
A. H. Giannini. A. P. Giannini. NJ. Garcia L.
Grunnger E.. N. Greenway. Thomas A Gra-
ham, j. T. Gibson soloman tiump, Max Cold
berg, Mark Green. George p Giannni L. Gass-
ner E. Greenebaum. Naph B. Greensfelder.
John ]. Grief, Harry N. Gray. j. O. Gantner
M. A. Goldstone. c. E. Grunsky. Eugene Good
win.
H. NJ Heinenlan. Henry Hip o. A. Hale r.
B. Hale. Marshal Hale. Alphonse Hirsch John