The San Francisco call., 1908-12-11
COMMERCIAL BODIES
PLEDGED TO UNITY
Pact on Behalf of Cities Made by
Los Angeles and San Francisco
Chambers of Commerce
Visiting Local Businessmen Are
Royalty Entertained in South
and Slogans Work for State


the end that the state of California may
dominate the Pacific coast and control
the commerce Of the Pacific ocean
Such is the explicit promise inter
changed on behalf of the two cities by
their respective chambers of COM
merce.
Coming TO Los Angeles. 30 odd strong.
the most responsible and the most con-
serVative businessmen Of San Francisco
nave struck their hands into the out
stretched palms OF their brothers of
the southern metropolis and all have
declared II pact to be Feligiously kept
Frankly. as brother TO brother, the
iwo cities have admitted differences in
Inc past and have mutually promised
that they shall be forgotten and re-
placed by earnest cooperation in the
fulhllment Of a common destiny.
Not all Of San Francisco's great rep
resentative citizens are travellers. That
Tact has been demonstrated by this
trip. Some OF the men who are here
with the excursion have never seen Los
Angeles before: many more have not
visited this city since the wonderful
boom raised il from the status of a
humble town to q proud metropolis
The visiting chamber Of commerce men
VIII go home wiser than they came.
That they will leave behind them a
feeling toward San Francisco Of gener-
Gus kindliness is certain. The Los
Angeles men are delighted at the per-
sonnel Of the visiting party, and they
are sincerely impressed by the message
Of good viii and sympathy brought by
their northern brothers.
After a day Of sight seeing, a recep-
ton was rendered the visitors in the
Los Angeles chamber of commerce to-
night There was a general getting to-
gether Of the nOrtherners and the
southrons and there was informal
speech making.
George II. Stewart, president of the
Los Angeles chamber of commerce,
presided over the affair. When he
called upon his hearers to work for all
Of California he was assured. by hearty
cheering that his appeal had hit home.
Stewart introduced Charles &. Moore,
the energetic and magnetic president of
the san Francisco chamber of COM
merce.
There are several reasons" said
Moore. why we men OF San Francisco
have made this trip. For one thing we
want TO see what you are doing down
here; we want 70 absorb the spirit Of
enthusiasm which you breathe into the
doing Of big things; we want to compli-
ment you on your achievements, and we
want you 10 like u.s.
We believe that you like US; we
know that We like you. and we don't
want to leave all the nice things for
the epitaph-"
Moore invited the Los Angeles cham
ber OF commerce TO visit San Francisco,
assuring the members Of a hearty well
come He was warmly cheered.
Lieutenant Governor Warren r. Por-
ter expressed the regrets of the COVER
nor, who was prevented by illness from
taking part in the excursion
have 2 little different way of doing
business but for enthusiasm we have
10 come 10 the south and TO Los An
geles. We are all for California;: there
is no north. south. east or west for US"
We are not here from San Francisco
or Los Angeles" declared Henry T.
Scott. We are here from the great
state OF California You can not build
anything here that viii not advance
Us; we can not build anything there
that viii not advance you.
I admire the south for its unity Of
action and because IL obeys the laws
Of the state and the commonwealth.
That is something We OF the north have
got to face. We are thankful for the
example and we are going to follow it.
Ernest s. Simpson, editor OF The
Call spoke for the press of San Fran
cisco. They used 20 have a question
in New York" he said. +" How can you
tell a man from Chicago? The answer
was You can't tell him anything, That
is not true OF san Francisco. Los An
geles can tell us much You have here
what San Francisco needs strong
united. civic spirit. To this more than
10 anything else is due your growth.
which is more remarkable than that of
any other American city
The stirring Of a new civic spirit in
san Francisco is exemplified In the
chamber OF commerce. and as an in
rr-otr trf fucy
wei as of Mr.. MOores aptitude for
bringing out the most conservative of
San Francisco's representative men, I
may mention that out Of twenty odd
banks in San Francisco is are repre-
sented here"
Gavin McNab delivered himself OF
some characteristic epigrams. For in
stance.
j admire that spirit OF splendid hos
pitaIity that makes the visitor of yes
terdav the citizen of today and part Of
the welcome OF the stranger OF to-
morrow.
Men come from where the sun shines
first 10 where il shines the longest"
scripture says the wise men came
out Of the east, but makes no mention
of their return. Therein Is their wis
dom and Los Angeles profit"
Speeches were also made by Andrew
Carrigan of San Francisco and William
j. Stevens and Willis Booth of os An
geles.
jolly good fellowship was the order
of the night on the way down. Presi-
dent Charley" Moore and Secretary
chester Burks diffused geniality on all
sides and all the ninety odd members
Of the party caught the spirit of the
occasion
Moore had prepared a schedule of
serio comic instructions as to what
might and might not be discussed and
done. Most significant was this one:
Don't talk India BASIN It is sub
iect on which San Francisco and Los
Angeles do not agree and should not
he broached, especially out of consid-
Grafton to certain members Of our par
tv" The chamber of commerce. IT
will be remembered, made an aggres-
si,-e fight against the act.
The party arrived at the Arcade
depot at 1890 a. M and was met by
committee from the Los Angeles
chamber. with Willis II. Booth as
cbafrman. George H. Stewart presi-
dent and Frank Virgins secretary Of
the Los Angeles chamber helped 10
welcome the men from the north.
Automobiles were waiting at the
o5 in few minutes 30 cars