Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-23

hospitality to the visitors from afar.
''We must cooperate with the other
| civic organizations on the Pacific
coast IN the general promotion of in
terests common to the entire coast.
1--WE must get our entire member
ship together oftener. You are entitled
to know what your officers are en-
| deavoring to do and your officers in
turn are entitled to more assistance
and support from you.
we must cooperate nationally with
those organizations devoted to promot-
ing in this community the beautiful
and artistic elements of life, not only
for our own culture and pleasure, but
for the positive value which these or
ganizationS are to us in our efforts
to attract the stranger.
To Make City Beautiful
1--WE must help to make Los Angeles
the city beautiful. The national guard
is entitled to and must have our as
sistance in its efforts to obtain an
| armory adaptable to its needs.
I'VE must get in closer touch with
our Mexican neighbors, for enormous
business possibilities lie in that direc-
ton.
In closing we may say that this
chamber has no time for vain regrets
for things attempted but undone. Nor
has it time for vainglorious Self-praise
for the victories it has won. Remem-
bering the past for the value of its ex-
perience, we hail the future for it's
greater experiences and wider posi-
bilities of service. May that singleness
Of purpose which has been our glory
and our strength ever abide with US.
Let US all put our shoulders more firm
| ly against the wheel Our work must
go on For the future in the distance
for the cause which needs assistance
for the good that we can do.'"
n. T. Lee Is POSTMASTER
Hon. H. T. Lee was presented as the
toastmaster of the 1909 banquet. He
more than met the expectations of his
many distinguished associates and
friends, and injected into the exercises
a fund Of wit and wisdom which con-
tributed in great measure to the pleas
ure and success of the historical occa-
sion.
The response to the toast "The Pres
ident of the United States" was given
by Hon. Webster Davis of national re-
nown, now engaged in the practice OF
his profession in Los Angeles. "Liber-
ty and Law was the subject selected
by the distinguished speaker. After a
poetic prelude and pat story the
speaker said in part:
Is Proud of Pedigree
1.-THE Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce has a pedigree of which it is
proud. 1t has contributed so much to
the grandeur of this city and to the
glory of this great commonwealth. A
state of immense and unlimited re-
sources with mines of untold value
with excellent universities and colleges;
with countless churches and public
schools, with libraries, asylums, homes
! and hospitals; with Wondrous wood
| lands, crystal lakes and rivers, with
natural scenery containing within itself
some of the most superb of nature s
pictures; with a genial climate uneX-
celled for health and comfort, with
snow enough upon her mountains fol-
| courage, and sunshine enough in heI
valleys for song; with fertile ranches
and fruitful orchards; with countless
mills and shops and factories, the
| ceaSeless murmur Of whose wheels and
| SpindleS and roaring furnaces, together
with the laughter of the sons of toll
! fills the land with rich, sweet melody o1
the songs Of free industry, while plenty
sits enthrOned and crowned and Sways
her joyous scepter over happy homes
| where millions dwell in peace and
sweet content. 1t is no wonder that
the people love their homes in this
! goodly land; for verify
Is Land of Gold and Wine
1t is the land Of gold and wine,
Land of the fruit tree and the vine,
And labor is the conquering sign
! That makes it yours marks it mine
! If only we shall toll and wait,
| There's no such thing on earth as fate,
For naught but labor can create,
| Or build a hamlet. town state.
No fruit is born of idleness.
! Effort alone bring success,
! Then toll on. be staunch and true
/ And all good things shall come to you.
| And as days go by and years wane,
! The plowman plowed the untller plain.
| The Lord will say: Let there be rain,
| The toiler must not live in vain.
| Seedtime and harvest will I give
To all the sons of men who live,
And help them in their daily needs.
| Whose faith is not of words, but deeds
Law Is Necessary
1.-THE basis of the splendid civilization
| of such land as this must be, and is
| law Indeed it is the massive rock
upon which rests our republic. Abolish
| law, and you destroy the safeguard OF
our nation.
Break asunder the bonds that bind
individuals to society, then would ouI
| boasted liberty become a fiction and
the story of our cherished freedom and
| equality of rights to future genera
tions would seem merely as a pleasant
| legend or a. visionary myth.
Much Of the past history of mankind