The San Francisco call., 1908-10-06
WESTERN
UNITY IS
PLEDGED
New Era of Cooperation Ush-
cred In at Gathering Of Pacific
Coast Businessmen
Delegates From Commercial
Bodies OF Seven CltleS Sound
Knell of Sectional Strife
"0ne for All, All for 0ne," Is
Keynote Of Assemblage IN
Chamber of Commerce
Conference Inangnrates Cam
paign to Benefit States on
Pacific SeabOard

The unity of the states Of
the Pacific coast-one for all
and all for one-was the key
note of the conference of ex-
ecutive officers of the COM
mercial bodies Of the Pacific
coast states held yesterday
at the call of the Merchants
exchange of this city.Q Half
a hundred delegates, repre-
senting the metropoli of the west
ern coast, attended the meeting,
and from beginning to end the
conference teemed with western
loyalty and optimism.
In many respects yesterdays
meeting was the usher of new era
A new note of cooperation was
sounded and, hand to hand, the leading
men OF the greatest cities OF the west
ern coast pledged themselves to the
toast that calls for the ending OF sec
tional strife and that pledges them
to united endeavor in behalf of the
! three great states which form the
western border of the United States
No more significant gathering has
ever been held in San Francisco than
that which began its deliberations yes
terday morning in the assembly room
of the chamber OF commerce and con-
cluded its sessions at an elaborate
luncheon in the white and gold room
of the ST. Francis hotel The men
who composed the delegation TO the
conference were the leaders OF the
| seven greatest cities of the Pacific sea
board They were the men who mold
the public sentiment Of the west. and
they were brought together to discuss
ways and means of making this senti-
ment more effective than it has ever
been in directing the policy of the fed
eraI government for the good OF ths
Pacific slope.
REPRESENTATIVE MEETING
Though called inNo session on only
two days notice. the meeting was
thoroughly representative Of the great
est interests Of California. Washington
and Oregon, and the interest manifested
promises the beginning of a united
campaign which will make the Pacific
coast known TO the nation as 1t has
never been known before. There was
not a single element OF discord-only q
promise OF unity and cooperation that
means untold benefit and progress for
the states whose borders are Tapped
| by the waters OF the Pacific.
The spirit Of get together was the
one dominant factor Of the whole ses-
sion. fractional differences were for
i ~nr,17f ~ -
erased; aloeal pride was buried in
concerted effort to outline a campaign
that will mean the best good for the
Pacific coast and eventually win for
the western ocean and the western
lcities the prestige which the Atlantic
seaboard now enjoys Almost for the
first time in their history the greatest
cities of the west claSped hands, looked
into each others eyes and took the
oath of fraternity, and in the little
room in the Merchants exchange
building where the delegates met there
were exchanged those pledges OF
brotherhood which stand for loyalty 10
cause that is bigger than any ambi-
ton that single city can know.
DISCUSS WESTERN NEEDS
Western needs were discussed, and
to make the organization of western
leaders permanent a committee OF five
was appointed to draw UP a plan OF
permanent organization, 10 be reported
within a short time to the chambers
of commerce of the cities that were rep
resented at yesterdays meeting. In
addition TO Seattle. Spokane. Tacoma,
Portland. Los Angeles. Oakland and
San Francisco, which were represented
at yesterdays netting, a delegate was
present from Honolulu 1t is the In
tention of the organization now being
formed to eventually include the chief
cities OF Idaho. Oregon and Nevada. as
well as a number of the smaller cities
of the three Pacific coast states.
The accredited delegates who were
present yesterday Were:
Los Angeles chamber OF commeree-George H
Stewart. president W c. Patterson; Frank Wig
gins, secretary.
Oakland chamber OF commerce. H. Clay.
vice president; Edwin Stearns. secretary: Theo-
fore (sfer. NJ j. Laymdnce, =. p. Miller
Portland chamber OF eommerce-C F. swieerf.
president: E. c. Giltner, secretary.
Portland Commercial club-Tom Richardson,
manager
san francisco chamber OF commerce-CharIes c.
Moore president; James McNab. vice president:
William L. Gerstie. second vice president; C..
w Burks, secretary
Seattle chamber OF commerce-John McGraw
president. c. B. Gandell secretary.
California congressional delegA tion-United
States Senator George c. Perkins: Congressmen
julius Kahn. r. A. Hayes.
James Rolph, president Merchants exchange
board OF trade
Rufus P Jennings. chairman California Pro-
motion committee.
At the close of the executive mss<-