Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-15
CALLS CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IDEAL
LOCAL ORGANIZATION HELD
UP AS MODEL
Chairman Of Promotion Committee
Says Other cities Are Told to
Follow Los Angeles
Example

Tnat the great essential IN the up
building of California is the hearty CO.
operation between all parts Of the
state is firmly believed by members of
the California promotion committee, Of
which Rufus j. Jennings of San Fran
cisco is chairman
Mr.. Jennings has been spending q
few days In Los Angeles, having ac-
cepted an invitation to speak before the
recent gathering Of the Southern Cali
fornia Editorial association.
At the Alexandria last night Mr..
Jennings spoke of some of the phases
of the work being carried on by the
promotion committee.
Aim Of Committee
''It has been the constant aim Of the
California promotion committee to pro-
mote harmony and cooperation in
California. We have worked constant
ly toward this end and 1 am happy to
say that the increasing interest that
Is shown every six months In the meet
ings of the counties committee show
that the work Is having its effect. The
California promotion committee recog-
nizes no sectionalism and believes that
there Is nothing more detrimental to
progress than the constant harping on
the advantages of certain sections to
the derogation of other parts Of Cali
fornia. am just as emphatic in my
denunciation Of derogatory articles in
the northern part of the state as l am
of those which appear in the southern
part.
II hope the day will soon come when
all the people Of the state will realize
that we have a commonwealth 80 mag
nif1cent that there Is room for every
body to live in 1t and for everything
to grow in 1t, and that the people will
become so big that they will stand for
California, and not be so narrow as
to imagine that they can build up any
part Of the state by decrying some
other part. l have always found that
the people who advertise their wares
by comparing them with other wares
really enhance the value of the very
thing they want to run down.
Work in Harmony
I'VE have always worked in close
harmony with all parts of the state,
and the afflliation with the committee of
175 commercial organizations through
out California, with more than 100000
members, makes the combined or
ganization a power for good which has
had marvellous results. The committee
works for all parts of California, and
Is constantly bringing the state as a
whole before the people of the world.
We leave 1t to the individual local or
ganizations to look out for the people
whom we are bringing to California,
and in this work we play no favorites,
but give unbiased and impartial in
formation regarding any locality that
may be asked for. All of the organ
izations in this part of the state have
been in correspondence with us and
have had prospective settlers referred
to them. The committee Immediately
refers all letters relating to a specific
locality to the organization in that To-
cality, and also answers the questions
and sends literature relating to the
particular part Of the state which the
correspondents desire to hear about.
Commerce Chamber Ideal
"In Los Angeles you have what we
consider the ideal local organization in
your chamber of commerce, and the
lecturers of the committee, in their
tours over the state, forming new or
ganizations and instilling life in old
ones, constantly hold up the Los An
geles chamber of commerce and its
work as the best example for all to
follow. Your magnificent city owes
more. of its success and development to
the work of the chamber of commerce
than most people are disposed to give
credit for. 1t is this combined force
of the people that is effective in the
building up of state or locality, and
If all the state were united with such
singleness of purpose as that shown
by the local organizations, the prog
ress and development would astonish
the world"