The San Francisco call., 1908-09-09


the city with his family in an auto
mobile, and after the reception made
immediate preparations for his de-
parture, leaving the city at 5 o'clock
last evening. He will proceed at once
to New York on his private train, by
way of the Union Pacific.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GREETs
HARTMAN
1t was 2 o'clock IN the afternoon
when the reception given by the Man
ufacturers' and Producers association
opened at the Fairmont. Andrea Sbar
boro, president Of the organization,
and j. Parker Currier, vice president,
escorted Hartman to the seat of honor.
Sbarboro extended welcome on be-
half of the businessmen and Lieuten-
ant Governor Warren Porter offered
the greetings of the state. Porter
thanked Hartman for the assistance
rendered after the big disaster and
called upon him to bear ever in mind
that vast resources awaited develop
ment within the borders of the state.
In reply Hartman said:
Your chairman has just asked me if
I wanted to say few words. thought
/ wasn't to say anything, but to have
an informal talk with you. / spent
sleepless night thinking what 1 should
say IL I were called upon. | met Mr..
Kruttschnitt this morning and asked
him what 1 should say. He told me
that wouldn't have to say anything
and at once / felt better and my stom-
ach ache left.
II want to correct an idea that seems
to exist that I am not coming here
again for two years. / intend to make
an effort to attend the trans Mississippi
congress to be held here next month.
The president of that body. has asked
me to speak and it will be a case of go
as you please. say what you like.
REFERS TO FIRST VISIT
IT would like to recur to the first
time I visited San Francisco as presi-
dent of the Southern Pacffic. was en-
tertained at the Palace hotel and I de-
sire again to express my appreciation
of your kindness. At that time we dis
cussed why 1t was that California with
such great resources had so small a
number of Inhabitants. On that occa-
sion you were encouraged because one
of those present had that day had his
fourteenth child born. AT that rate, Ia
times 10000 (the states present
population) you will get there all
right.
II have been out of the busy world a
good deal of late and have had my
mind on other things. We have been
enjoying ourselves in the southern part
of oregon and the northern part of your
state. which are the same thing. There
we had an exhibition of good will. The
people showed a desire to cooperate
with us. For IL or is months we ex-
perienced a period of distrust. but we
seem to be getting back to less hys-
terical and more common sense view
of things and kindlier view toward
each other.
"As Mr.. Sbarboro says, our interests
are the same. You are the producers;
we are the carriers. Our interests
ought to be and are in common. We
will maintain our capacity for trans
porting and do it willingly IL you will
bear with us. If there Is anything
needed / can assure you we will at
tend to it. Because of your needs 1t
makes it necessary for us to maintain
fair dealing. We feel that we are en-
titled to fair return on our invest
ment We put into our business as
much energy. vitality and nerve force
as you do in. the development of your
separate enterprises and we are en-
titled to something for that. We do not
like to be treated like machine. We
are human and want to be treated in
that way.
CONGRATULATES CITY
II could talk further along these