The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20
PACIFIC STATES TO
WORK AS A TEAM
Movement Started by the Con-
gress Will Continue With
Good Results
Frank B. Anderson Tells of the
Necessity of Upbuilding the
Merchant Marine

With the adjournment of the first
Pacific slope congress have come plans
for its expansion as an agency for
the upbuilding of the western states.
The meeting, which extended over
three DAYS. was intended more for the
formation of the body than for ac-
tuaI positive accomplishment. Here
tofore the Pacific states have gone
along as a minority fragment of a lar
ger organization. There is no inten-
ton of infringing upon the jurisdic-
| ton of other associations. but the be-
| lief is now firmly entertained that the
| Pacific slope is distinct unit with
! its own peculiar problems which can
| be best solved by itself.
WIDE FIELD AFFORDED
Frank B. Anderson, president of the
! Merchant marine league, which faith
cred the congress, sees wide held OF
usefulness for the new body. He said
/ yesterday:
The primary idea of the congress
was to get the 10 states and terri
| tories, including Hawaii. working to-
| gether for the things of most i'm
! portance TO themselves We have
! formed a congress of which the presi-
] governors OF other states. We have
/ thus brought together the executives
! Of the Pacific slope states.
'fThe first idea of the congress was
! to give further impetus to the move
ment for the building up of an Ameri-
! can merchant marine. From that be-
| ginning it was the intention to broad
en- out to all subjects of Importance
| to these western states
ct would be somewhat difficult to
interest New Mexico for instance. in
what would appear to be to the ad-
vantage Of California. But through
such an organization as the Pacific
slope congress. it is easy to show New
Mexico its close connection with the
harbor of San Francisco.
MANY WILL ATTEND
Although the attendance at our
first congress was small, it laid the
the future The next congress will
be held in Portland. You will find
| It largely attended In the meantime
much work will be done to broaden
the scope of the whole undertaking.
What we want TO bring about above
all else is team play. The south is
working together. New England is
working together. Now we want the
solid far west.
"Of our special lines of endeavor. we
want above all else some form of legis-
| lation to encourage the building of
ocean tonnage. The time has come
when this is absolutely essential. Think
what a fix we on the coast would IA ce
in case Of war between England and
Germany. Most of our foreign freight
is carried by German or English ships.
In case of the withdrawal of these
vessels for other use there would be
no carriers with which to move the big
crops Of the coast. We could not build
the ships over night to do the work.
Our fruit and our grain would rot in
the warehouses.
MERCHANT MARINE MOVE
THE movement for a mercantile ma
rine, begun by a few men in New York.
has spread until there is a Merchant
marine league in every big city of the
United States.
There is also another big movement
on foot, which is working for the same
results. 1t desires the upbuilding of a
merchant marine purely for. the aid
that IL will be to the navy. This work
is being carried forward by the Navy
lea que of the United States Its pres
ent officers are: Horace Porter, former
ambassador to France; Truman H.
Newberry, former secretary of the
navy; J. p. Morgan Jr.. Herbert L. Sat
terlee and Henry H. Ward of New York.
The league is pressing its campaign
purely along the lines of patriotism
It has headquarters in Washington. a
branch in every state. and more than
5000 members. I mention this to show
that this movement for the merchant
marine has spread further than many
of US know. 1t is one Of the pressing
problems for the Pacific coast, and I
feel that it should be the first accom-
plishment Of the Pacific slope con
gress.'
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