Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-18
M. A. HAMBURGER IS
RENDERED BANQUET
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT STORE
WELCOMED HOME
Two Hundred Executive Heads OF
Great Concern Do Honor to
Returned Chief--6rother
Makes Rousing Speech

Two hundred of the executive heads
of the "big white store banqueted NJ
A. Hamburger, president of M. a. HAM
burger & Sons, last night on his home
coming from a three months swing
around sixteen of the principal com
mercial centers of the United states
where he combined business with
pleasure, visiting the large department.
stores of the country.
The Sierra quartet and the 'Prodlgal
Sons" orchestra furnished lhe music Oh
the evening. The menu of the JOY
feast" put Hamburgers' cafe on record
with the best in the land.
w. c. Heffelhnser was the toastInas-
ter of the evening and introduced
many speakers, heads of the various
departments and lieutenants of the
"chief." who spoke on topics relating
to the welfare of the business and the
relation of the hundreds of employees to
their employer
Among the speakers of the evening
was Mr.. Hamburger's brother, d. A
Hamburger, president Of the Ham
burger Trust and Realty company, who
in his remarks threw light on the
policies to be pursued by the big men
of the city in making Los Angeles ono
of the three great cities Of the future
in the United States. Mr. Hamburger
said in part:
In OCTOBER, 1881, when we opened
our doors, Los Angeles claimed a popG-
lation of II 600. Twenty-eight years
later, 1909, it claims a population Of
350,000, and in 1897, twenty-e ght years
hence, it will have population OF
more than 100000 and extend from the
mountains TO the sea. When the Pan
anna canal is completed in 1915 we will
have direct water connection with the
nd V-hp wi
Francisco? By that time the trans
continental roads of the country viii
be double-tracked across the continent,
propelled by electricity, running at the
rate Of so to 100 miles an hour, with
through trains to New York in less
than forty hours. What will that do
to Florida, Egypt and the south or
France as winter climate?
within the next ten years you Will
see the state of California divided and
Los Angeles the capital of South Cali
fOrnia and the largest city west OF chi
cago. l say there will be three great
world famous cities-New York, Chi
Cago and Los Angeles. No longer Will
san Francisco be milking the state and
getting the cream, to Los Angeles al
loWance to a bit of mush Every dol
lar raised in Southern California for
taxation will go toward beautitying the
state Of South California, and not, as
now, % per cent of the total tax Of the
state raised in the south going 10
beautify Northern California and to
fatten the northern heelers at the
states pork tarreL'
NJ A. Hamburger. in reply to many
toasts to his health and continued sue
cess, thanked the employees present for
their kindly appreciation and told them
that in time of trouble or want of ad-
vice they would find him in his private
office on the fifth floor.
Mr.. Hamburger during his months
absence visited san Francisco, Port
land. Seattle, Spokane, Minneapolis,
st. Paul, Chicago, Buffalo, Albany,
New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, St.
Louis, Denver and salt Lake City.
While his trip was more for recreation
the fnancier paid attention to the big
department stores of those cities. He
stated last night privately that the
financial condition i'm the east seemed
greatly improved but that New York
in life, activity and healthy financial
condition seemed to lead the rest.