The San Francisco call., 1908-05-23
EVERYBODY TALKS
get TOGETHER"
Stockton Opens Arnls for Her
Visitors and Mixing" Is
Huge Success
spEcIAL pIsrArcH ro rHE al

TO hunt up the StOckto.4lanS and thrust
the glad hand at them they were at
the depot when the special pulled in;
they We're al the Imperial hotel when
the visitors Toasted royalty, they We're
IN attendance in force, scores of them
and the best OF them. at t2e reception
tonight given by the local chamber of
commerce and they made il plain that
The get together impulse which
started The san Franciscans on this
excursion was their impulse also.
President Moore OF the San Francisco
chamber Of commerce, the leading
spirit i'm this needed movement to
bring city and country into effective
commercial CO-Opera tion. had good rea-
son TO smile when he saw. early in
the evening how well his project was
working out II is sure success from
the start.
The reception by the stockton cham
Der was two fold celebration. The
gateway businessmen had just moved
into thelr new handsome and spacious
rooms and they made of tOnight's Occa-
sion q houSeW3rniiDg, as well as a wei
come The rooms were effectively dec
GRATED About the walls were attrac-
tive displays of the products of the
fertile san Joaquin valley. striking eN
hiblts TO prove the case OF the speak
ers. who by common consent talked
Tor the development Of the great
waterways o. California.
Governor GiileIt did not come up with
the eNcurslonists. hut met them here
soon after dinner having spent the
me day here inspecting the state Hospl-
pital
''GET TOGETHER TALK
Sensibly enough. considering that it
was no occasion for the customary
oTatoricsl fluhGub bat a get together
proposition. most Of the speakers at
the reception were both brief and
straig ghtforward. When President John
NJ. Perry OF the stockton chamber
asked for silence the visitors and Wis
Ted had mixed" in q manner calcu-
-ated 70 gladden. the hearts Of the mis-
sionaries. The men Of san Francisco
and the Gateway City men were com
pletely ShUhlcd up There were no
lonely souls. no wall flowers. Every
body had somebody to talk to and he
speaker got down to the matter Of
rlNer improvement without delay. He
had heen looking at tho lands and the
dllIes Of the Sacramento river for yea rs.
he said. and he was glad the big busi =
nessmen of san Francisco were going
- see these things. What they saw
would convince them. as he had been
convinced, OF the need OF appropria-
ton from Washington 10 improve the
Two great rivers. reclaim the lands
along them and develop the internal
commerce Of the state.
shall not be governor long" said
Giuett, but while ! am governor I
We need all Of us. citizens Of Call
fornia, TO pull together for our great
commonwealth TO make it greater"
The governor said; I believe more
D
prOVement Of the San joaquin and Sac
ramentO rivers by the united action OF
as all than IN any other manner. II
the san Francisco chamber of COM
merCe viii work in conjunction with
The chambers Of commerce Of this city
and Sacramento the results viii be of
immense Importance to the whole
state
STOCKTON LIKES TAYLOR
Mayor Taylor Of san Francisco was
he 1r,T 1-rss-
sstic applause OF the evening. Stock
ten likes the port mayor. and when
stockton likes anybody nobody is left
ln any doubt about -. There was a
crash OF hand clapping and lusty
round Of cheering as he came to the
suace cleared for the speakers He.
subject In part he said: 4 preached
2 sersaon in Stockton some few months
90 and feel myself among friends. 1t
IS important for you 70 become &C
Quainted with each other. This can
not be done in business transactions,
but only in social meetings like this.
"One Of the greatest tasks before us
IS 10 arouse interest in the improve
ment Of waterways. You have drouth
and food AT the same time because you
never have impOunde0 your flood wat
ers. There IS no telling the millions
that viii come TO US by improving the
Sacramento and san Joaquin rivers.
The way TO do a thing is TO do it, That
IS the San Francisco spirit and it is
terror"
Manager c. D. Clark of the California
navigation and Improvement company
was the first of the Stockton spokes-
men. except for President Perry's few
Introductory remarks. Mr.. Clarke
made a keen. crisp. businesslike talk
full Of the spirit Of cooperation and
full, also. OF fast and sound sense about
the vast Importance Of the waterways
movement TO the commercial future of
northern and central California Among
the other things ne said:
on your trip tomorrow You will see
something Of what has been accom-
plished on these great rivers and Will
realize something of what is to be done
You viii see something Of what the
chambers Of commerce Of Stockton and
Sacramento have done. These bodies
want 10 help and be helped by the San
Francisco chamber of commerce. The
reclamation Of the lands along these
rivers VIII pour oceans Of dollars into
San Francisco. I rejoice that a [ last we
are coming to the point of cooperation
IN this work, so vital to the prosperity
Of the state"
FARMERS HELP RAILROAD
President r. u. West of the Stockton
savings and loan society told how to-
day all Stockton had gone on a unique
picnic IN the interest Of the much de-
sired interurban road to the southern
part Of the county For this road the
san Joaquin farmers have secured
rights of way and viii turn them over
at cost TO the builders Of the line.
He gave figures TO show the great
increase Of the resources and produc-
tion Of the county lin late years.
Karl Brueck, one of Stockton's most
prominent contractors, closed the case
FOR the local chamber. There was a
ready laugh when he greeted the Wis
itors as "a kind Of billion dollar
club adding that in looking over the
list he had figured that the special
train had brought from San Francisco
TIE representatives of more than that
lnuch capital He told how Stockton
had earned her right to be forever free
from the odiums attaching to the
oiu- popular name the slough city, by
wiping out the last yestige of the last
slougbs. He said:
StocStOn's assessed valuation is now
$4,000, eco, which is en- average OF sa0O
per person IT took US a long time to
awake. but now that We have we are
making rapid progress"
M'SAB MAKES A HIT
President Moore Of the San Francisco
chamber OF commerce said only a word
or TWO in expression Of the purDose of
the excursion and then called Gavin
NcNab into the ring for the spaechiest
speech Of the evening The somett,9e
democratic boss OF California was ac
much at ease as 4 he had moi baen
through a political revolution a few
days before. 1t was 2 good ,sneecb
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