Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-31

sion was that the government would accent.
ms IN services without charge He even paws
ms steamship fare to and from the Philip
.ha out adter MS arrival there he will be
the guest of the insular government.
MI. Burnham's plans for the ~beautifica-
.ion or San Francisco will involve the i'm
p rasornntiat, Of Golden Gate Park. with
terminal facilities for all the TRANSPORTATION
lines that will be needed in 1913
Ihere Is decided difference of opinion
as to the effect of the Panama canal upon
the commercial and Industrial future of
California. but the enterprising people of
that state may be depended upon to seize
every advantage it offers.
San Francisco's Hospitality.
San Francisco has great reputation for
entertaining national organizations, and the
people surpassed themselves during the re-
cent conelave of Knights Templar, when
they expended at least quarter of mil
lion dollars for the pleasure Of their guests
They have had the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the National Educational Associa-
ton, the Christian Endeavorers the Meth
odist general conference, the knights of
Pythias and other organizations there re-
Gently and each occasion brought thou
sands of strangers who had never been in
the state before. These conventions were
not obtained by chance, but through the
efforts of the California promotion commit
tee and its affiliated organizations, which
are doing splendid team work in advertis-
ing the state and promoting the develop
ment of it's resources. Whenever an i'm
portant gathering of men or women Is held
in any part of the earth agents are sent to
use their best endeavors to secure an adj
journment to San Francisco or some other
city of the state, and they have proved very
persuasive.
The recent conclave was the elimination
of a series Of these gatherings, and al
though the comfort of the guests was some
s,~ko rod IVY into
something never recorded in California be-
fore-everybody had a good time and APP
preciated the generous hospitality that was
offered. Forty-two com M an ats Oh
operated with the Grand Commandery and
the local communicates of San Francisco
in the entertainment Of the visitors. The
number of knights from outside the state
every one of them went home impressed
with the grandeur Of the state and the hos
pitality of the people
California's Promotion Committee.
Other cities and states might well adopt
the same plan that has proved SO success
fuI there The California promotion COM
mittee is composed of fifteen representative
business men selected from the different
commercial and industrial organizations OF
the state and has for its object the adver-
Using of the resources of California with
a
hers of the committee donate their services,
and their reputation is such as to convince
all inauirers that the Information they fur
nish is reliable and unprecedented. They
have a large staff of clerks writer's and
agents constantly employed, who carry on
a vast amount of correspondence. furnish
Information on any subject desired, give
expert advice on technical questions that
may arise, free of charge, and prepare and
publish literature bearing upon the attrac
lions and advantages of California. Their
agents call upon strangers who arrive at
the hotels to tender their good offices and
furnish information. and competent agents
are always ready to accompany parties of
prospective settlers to any part Of the
state
AT the bureau of information tourists,
Immigrants and strangers of whatever
class or condition always receive careful
replies to their questions and whatever as
sistance may be properly given. Capital
lists who are seeking Investments are re-
earners who come into the state as strang-
ers are assisted in securing employment
The funds for carrying on this work are
supplied by bankers. merchants. manufac-
turers professional men and others inter-
ested in the development of the state and
the relations between the promotion COM
mfttee and the railway companies enable
it to secure special rates for prospective
residents. During the last year the South
ern Pacific railway has sold over OCOO
colonists' tickets. and since January 1. 1900
1t has sold over 10000. many of them
through the agency Of the California pro-
motion committee. and the Santa Fe Com
pany has donasa coErespondingiy large bust
ness The gplonists' tickets. which are
good for thirty or sixty days, are sold on
the theory that ths visit of one observing
man of good Judgment to the state Is
worth a tons of printed advertising. The
promotion committee is working on the
theory that ithe state Is capable Of sus-
tanning 20.OO0.000 of population, and It
homes before 1910 to Quadruple the 1 ApS OSa
inhabitants reported by the census Of 1000.