Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
0REGONIANS AND CHICAGOANS CITY'S GUESTS
Days Round of Glad Festivities Conclude With
Banquet-Speakers Earnestly Advocate
Linking of Trade Interests

Oratory. humor and a feeling of good
fellowship were the features of the
banquet last night at the Chamber of
Commerce, which was rendered by that
body to the visiting business men from
Oregon and Chicago, who arrived here
yesterday morning. They had spent a
day in Los Angeles and on the beach
and were in good humor.
Sparkling speeches extolling the mer-
it's of the section of the country to
which the speaker belonged abounded
on the excellent program which was
given.
J. o. KoepAi. president of the local
Chamber of Commerce, was the first
speaker. and after telling of the pleas
ure which he took in welcoming the
visitors. he introduced Judge B. N.
Smith, who said in part:
We are here to welcome 200 aggres-
sive, pushing business men who have
come to make us a friendly visit. We
wish to extend feelings of hearty COM
radeship and good will, which we hold
for our brothers from the north as well
as for those from the little city by
the lake.
I'VE welcome them because we feel
that our interests are intertwined, be-
cause we feel that we, with our broth
ers from the north are laying the foun-
dation of a great empire. 1t stands to
the lot of Oregon and California to be
first in the great system of inter-ocean-
ic communication. The trade of the
Orient and the Philippines and Alaska
belongs by right of situation to the
sister commonWealths, California and
Oregon.
Pays Tribute to Portland
"As Americans and citizens of this
great state, we welcome you Oregonians
and Chicagoans to California. On behalf
of the Chamber of Commerce and the
state of California in general, I wish
to thank the people from Oregon for
the magnificent way they treated the
Californians who visited the fair which
recently closed in Portland.
I'm regard to the Chicagoans pres
ent I have only this to say. 1 under
stand that Chicago annually does $780,
000,000 worth of business. There are
better things in this world than money,
but after all it is "a pretty good thing
to have, and it goes without saying
that Chicago is one of the largest,
greatest, grandest and most glorious
cities in the world"
In reply to the words of welcome
spoken by Judge Smith, Governor
George e. Chamberlain of Oregon
made the following speech:
Grateful for Sunshine
ST want to say to the gentleman
who has just spoken and to every one
present that 1 have enjoyed every
moment of my stay i'll California. 1t
rains some Of the time III Oregon and
it seems to rain all the time In Cali
fornia, for from the time we crossed
the northern state line until we
reached Los Angeles we were followed
by the most perniciously active rain
storm that / have ever seen.
But the rainy weather which we
experienced OH the way to Los Angeles
only makes us appreciate to a fuller
extent the beautiful sunny day which
greeted our first visit to Los Angeles.
I'VE have had a most magnificent
time. When the Lewis and Clark eX-
position was being held in Portland
you people from every section of Cali
fornia came up there, opened up your
headquarters and entertained the peo-
pie of Oregon most royalty and most
generously. We used to feel that we
knew you, but we did not have an
opportunity to share that California
hospitality that we had read about
until you came up there and taught the
people of Oregon something about hos
pitallty.
Makes Eloquent Speech
H. NJ. Cake, the president Of the
chamber of commerce OF Portland was
the next speaker: He said
"The sunshine of California has been
told in every land and in every tongue.
We saw it for the first time today, but
we know that 1t has always existed be-
cause we see it reflected on the faces
OF every one we meet in this glorious
city OF Los Angeles.
But it Is not of the sunshine that
| would speak nor of the climate; ii is
the Joy that / see on every face, the
intelligent citizenship. the life, the civic
vitality that exists in this community.
That Is the greatest pleasure that you
have, that every man, woman and child
here believes that Los Angeles, Cali
fornia Is the center of the universe.
1.-The state of oregon is so bound to-
gether that what affects one part af-
fects all and all the parts are anxious
to fight for the welfare Of every other
part. We cannot understand the fac
tionalism which I am told exists in
California, No jealousy exists between
the northern part and the southern por-
tions, the eastern and the western sec
tions OF the state are in perfect har-
mony."
William A. Harris. a Los Angeles