Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
PROMOTION
COMMITTEE
S. P.'S ALLY
DISCL0SES SUBSERvIENCE TO
RAILWAY POWERS
OPPOSES A LINE OF PACIFIC
STEAMSHIPS
San Francisco Men Caught in Trap
Forced to Show Their Hand in
Opposition to Important
Resolution
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easily be used in maintaining a serv-
ice and regulating transportation
charges.
The speaker added that he presented
the matter as citizen of California to
a body of men interested in the states
welfare.
chairman of the resolutions committee,
Immediately jumped up, saying that II
| was unfair to the committee to bring
up outside problems.
Mr.. Gibbon arose again to explain
that as he had already pointed out, the
resolution was admittedly not germane
to the subject of the day, and 1t was
merely intended to get an expression
/ from the committee as men interested
| in the general welfare of California.
Hand In Hand
DR.. Clarence Edwords, literary secre-
| tary of the promotion committee,
agreed with Chairman Pierce that IL
would be improper to bring up the
question now, though after adjourn
ment 1t might be perfectly proper.
Isidor Jacobs, one of the big ship
pers of San Francisco, who addressed
the City club at noon, then took the
floor supporting the resolution.
az read in the newspapers OF san
| Francisco that this question OF IN
dorsing the government line idea would
he pushed" said he. land since Chair
man Beveridge has ruled that 1T IS
open for discussion I will say that there
are many people here who have come
to the conclusion that this state must
get rid Of conditions that hamper It.
ut seems that one company has Tor
years been getting from the transcon-
tinental railroads subsidy or $Io'VUV
Unn
Panama Pacific trade without taxing
any through business for the Atlantic
"During the recent car shortage many
will recall that we had to rely on the
foreign railroads owned by the Mexl-
can government to relieve the situation
here, although our government owned
line of railroad across the lstnmuS
of Panama that cost US $4o,OOO,oVV.
To-day and every day the American
Hawaiian line people are running large
steamers in connection with the Mexl-
can lines.
NOW the government has practically
decided to establish a line to the Pa
cific on the advice of j. L. Brjstow,
the new senator from Kansas, Wnom al
the corporations opposed because tney
knew If he got on the senate hoor ne
would show up the way in which these
corporations have neutralized compe-
tition.
"Do YOU know that these transporta-
tion lines have secretly advanced
freight rates, which step Will take SlV
600 600 a year out OF the pockets OF
our producers? It goes into erect on
January /, applying to dried frults'
! prunes, rais1ns ana ABOUT LOO
articles. .
1--WE want all the transportation 1a-
cilities we can get to handle our prod
ucts and we want to stop the neutrall-
zation of competition. We want them
to comply with the law. We want all
the avenues of transportation we can
get" .,
sion President Rufus P, Jennings and
DIR. Edwords, literary secretary or the
! promotion committee, were actively en-
gagged in the corridor and in the room
! 'slining up those upon whom they
could rely to vote against the resoiu-
tion. They seemed overwrought WIN
anxiety lest this resolution get through
against their voice and vote. In their
lobbying they were successful, and on
a test vote to lay the question on the
table the opponents Of government
line won, "a to %. This convinced
Los Angeles people present that the
promotion committee was an institu-
ern Pacific railroad for the aggran-
dizement of that corporation.
Talks from All Sections
The morning session, which was held
at Blanchard hall, with Philo j. Bev-
eridge of Hollywood PRESIDING, em-
braced talks by M. F. Tarpey, on san
JOAQUIN valley attractions; G. ]. Noyes,
of south of the Tehachapi; II. G. Cap
i well, of Alameda county; Frank r.
Il Kellogg, of Santa Barbara county; +.
I. Lancaster, of Mendocino county ana
i Prof Alexander G. McAdie, OF the
weather bureau, who had to leave on
an afternoon train.
II The afternoon session included
! series of interesting talks. One or
them. characteristic of the secretary of
| the Los Angeles chamber of commerce,
/ concerned "Touridents," the word
! coined by Frank Virgins applying to
| persons who tour California and sooner
or later become residents.
"Tourldents"
"The Touridents we have always
/ with u.s. said Mr.. Virgins. He
/ couldn't help it If he would We would
not have it otherwise If we could. The
Tourident is one of Gods country s.
that California-finest crops.
"a Tourident, be it known, is per-
son who tours in California and be-
comes resident sooner or later-usu-
ally sooner.
II tried the term on your folks up
north while ago, and 1t stuck. If
you're going to get stuck at all, get
stuck on good thing. 1t Is better to
be stuck than be stung.
j "There are three classes OF Tourt-
/ dents. The man who comes to Califor-
uia expecting to stay-comes prepared
and goes in all over. so to speak.
1.-THE man who comes to spy out the
land: who then goes back east, ar
-. Il ..-kw 80 10
fornia to stay, and is glad of It,
1.-THE man who has looked ahead to
spending the remainder of his days
here. There are thousands of thou
sands of such desirable citizens staked
out all over the country"
Afternoon Session
Addresses were also made in the
afternoon by State Forester G. B. Lull,
who called attention 20 the alarming
waste of timber In the United States;
by w. A. Beard. concerning Sacra-
mento county's springs and other at
fractions In that valley; by Frank A.
II Miller of Riverside, who urged copy
ing some Of the methods OF Swiss hotel
owners in advertising the sights in
\ California, such as missions, rather
/ than the hotel and commercial at
fractions, and by Charles d. Daggett,
/ who spoke OF good roads
Today the committee will take a
trip to Long Beach, visiting the Craig