The San Francisco call., 1906-06-27
SYMMES FINDS
OUTLOOK GOOD
Wealth of City Will Be
Greater Than 1t
Was in Past.
Conditions of Prosperity
Are Many and Also
Permanent.


Frank J. Symmes. president of the
Merchants Association, has written an
address that will be circulated through
the publicity department of the South
ern Pacific Company in all parts of the
world. Mr. Symmes predicts that the
wealth of San Francisco in the future
will largely exceed that of San Fran
cisco in the past and gives numerous
reasons why this must be so. The text
of Mr. Symmes' address is as follows:
No great city can exist by local sup
port alone. A great population may
constitute. the city. but it does not sup
of the extent and richness of the coun-
try tributary to it, and it's facilities
Tor great commerce. San Francisco
has one of the most unique locations on
almost any disaster With no harbor
70 equal 1t on the entire Pacific Coast
and none to attempt competition with
and Oriental commerce is forever as
sured- Located midway of the coast
line, with the great rivers of the State
through the most productive of val
leys, the lines of trade follow with the
least resistance direct to San Francisco
Bay Disregarding the vast foreign
Francisco to and from the great trans
continental lines. the products of the
State alone constitute a continually
growing trade which cannot fail to
make for great city. Its remoteness
from the great centers of activity east
Of the A,ockies and It's former lack of
abundant rail facilities. which it now
possesses, have retarded it's progress.
California can support in luxury and
happiness 40,0o0,000 of people and now
a few have, found the way nothing
tion of the State is nineteen to twenty
million year, and the income from
the other minerals and from the vast
fields Of petroleum swells the income
to $40,000,000 from the mining industry
alone. The grain crop ($1S,000, 000) and
the fruit and wine crops are worth
many millions more. Can the great
shipping port for the greater portion
of all these products fail to move on
ward when the State is but sparseIy
settled, the mines but slightly devel-
oped. and the fruit and wine cultiva-
ton only begun? The trade of San
Francisco which comes from the in
terror Of the State alone must newt
ably grow greatly in value and import
ance.
Climatic considerations, which result
in giving to California the fruits and
other products that are so characters
tic also confer certainty of lasting
and enhancing trade with CALIFORNIA; $
lmmedtate Tnnrf lat ne nneigh69rs f;3 on the Paeie elf
money that moves the crops of the in
terror valleys of the State and provides
for the annual or extraordinary emer-
gencies that arise comes from San
in and out of San Francisco helps TO
feed the interior and at the same time
It ,,,aSid ADDS wealth to this city and is
the entire world which it serves
The territory that lies north of Cali
fornia and south of the Canadian line
capacity for producing wealth con-
tinually increase. The countries south
of California on the coasts of Mexico.
Central America and South America
are good trading stations for San
Francisco, and the vast income from
the Alaskan mines and fisheries comes
lishment of several large smelters close
to San Francisco to handle the ores of
widely separated points Is guarantee
of great wealth for this city.
Local trade will be augmented by the
local manufactures that inexhaustible
supplies of fuel oil in several counties
Of the State have fostered and will fos-
quire large number of skilled men in
this city to produce. All grain for ex-
port goes through the port of San
products. The. present and the future
overlie when factors of local import
ance are mentioned. The present has
tens the growth of the future, and the
and greatly increased industrial enter
prises furnishes a stimulus 10 the pres
ent, prompting a liberal scale of in
vestment when works connected with
production are planned.
The immediate trade of San Fran
cisco must be great The country that
is tributary must still be served just
as before the fire. Hundreds of mil
lions of dollars must be expended in
reconstruction in the burned areas on
both private and public properties.
There will be work enough for every
one to keep busy for a long period.
Money will be easy and abundant
While San Francisco is reconstructing
on lines more modern and advantag-
eous than those that were the result
of slow growth rather than selection.
an impetus will be created that will
carry 1t far beyond its present per-
ceivable needs, and its commerce. in
dustries and home markets will great
ly increase. The wealth of San Fran
cisco in the future is sure to greatly
exceed that of the past.