Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

said in part
Judge Smith has said that / would
speak of our people from Chicago but
Judge Smith has said that they repre-
sent $35O,OOO,O0O and whenever l get
above $40 / am bewildered
Il would say a word to you seriously.
You know that we always tell the
truth on the Pacific coast and especial
~ In Southern California. We teach it
to our children.
We who live upon this Pacific coast
and who desire its future greatness
and the development of national in
terests on this western coast. washed
by the great ocean, should demand of
our public servants that they recognize
the sentiments which have home
among, the. people, and that they act
upon them."
III. G. Staver. on behalf Of the Chi
cago delegation, spoke as follows:
Tells of Vast Production
Mr.. Chairman and Ladies and Cen
tlemen of California and Oregon-JJn-
fortunately for the members of the Chi
cago Commercial association, we have
no lawyers Judges or governors with
US Qaughter), and I believe that the
laymen who are standing before me can
sympathize with me honestly when they
tnlnk OF my getting up before you in an
attempt to even talk to you after hav-
ing listened to the genius, the eloquence
and the oratory, both of Oregon and
California. daughter and applause.)
we gentlemen who have come from
Chicago, the little city on the lake
Qaughter), are ordinary business men,
used to hard work and little talking.
Stlll, while am not going to talk
about California, because l do not know
much about 1t, it may be interesting to
the visitors from Oregon, whom / am
1od fIn ,n1A 80
meeting here with you people Of Los
Angeles, to know that this corner in
the southern part of the state, south of
the Tehachapi mountains, has an an
nual production of about 10000 carloads
or oranges, $500 carloads of lemons, 1000
carloads of peas, 5000 carloads of cab
bage and caulifiower, $50 carloads of
dried fruit 800 carloads of canned fruit,
2500 carloads Of celery and $50 carloads
OF Walnuts, aggregating as a total near
ly $4,000 carloads yearly. When you
stop to think of this vast production
and consider the small territory from
which it comes, and then take into ac-
count what the figures will be when
you get these hundreds. yea millions of
acres of practically arid lands in this
state under cultivation, as you will do
under the reclamation act, you will be-
gin to realize what California will be in
the near future.
All Children of Chicago
"And in this connection / desire to
call to the attention of the gentleman
from Oregon (Mr. Cake) that in speak
ing of California, Oregon and the in
land territory west of the Rockies, he
left the impression with me that he
spoke of that as a dividing line. l
do not believe he meant 1t, for GER
tainly we from the east, from the
great commercial city of Chicago,
claim all of you. You are a part of us;
you are a part of this great nation,
and we expect to stand with you in
bringing into execution all these great
changes which the judge, who former
ly lived in Tennessee I believe Qaugh-
teri, talked about. (Long continued
applauseO You need us to help you
and we need you to help us. We must
stand united as one common people
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (Ap-
plause.)
IT do cheerfulIy admit that the east
ern country has felt as though it were
the mother, who, looking to the chill
dren of the west, did not realize that
they had become full grown and had
started out for themselves, and that
the time is here when the west must
be heard from and its wishes must be
respected.
Has Fun With the Judge
"But, ladies and gentlemen, | have
not come here to make speech along
that line, | come here representing
the Commercial association of Chi
cago. This association represents over
1900 business houses. and factories in
our city l bring to you, the people
of Los Angeles and also of Oregon,
greetings from that commercial asso-
citation; greetings with our best wishes
for greater success for you both than
you can ever dream at this hour.
1.-The city OF Chicago we claim is the
greatest commercial center of the
United States. Judge Smith said that
we did something like $350OOO,0 900 of
business annually, and the gentleman
who formerly came from Tennessee
Oaughter) said he could not figure that
at all; 1t was too large and he wanted
to start with $40. (Laughter)
Wants Closer Relations
Now l want to increase that figure
a little. We have an annual business
of over three billions annually, ten
times what Judge Smith put It, | was
proud when Judge Smith said he was a
sucker, aud was glad TO think he