The San Francisco call., 1910-06-03
FIRST BIRTHDAY
OF ASSOCIATION
Businessmen Numbering $50
Are Guests at Banquet
in New Hotel
TOaSts All Deal With Future of
City and "PuII Together"
Is Keynote
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STOCKTON. June 2.-One hundre,
and nifty merchants and businessmen o
this city assembled around the ban
quet board in the dining room Of Th'
Stockton tonight to celebrate the frs
years existence of the Stockton mer
chants association.
IL was the associations first banque
and the keynote Of the affair was unit!
Of purpose among the businessmen. Th'
organization was formed not only Il
bring about better results from a bust
ness standpoint. but for promoting th'
city in general
The associat ton lends its aid to al
public and worthy charitable enter
prIses. The Merchants association anC
Commercial club are promoting th'
four county exposition TO be held il
this city next September.
H. ". Lewis presided at the banque
and acquitted himself in a creditabl'
manner.
Vocal solos were rendered by james
Z. Ziegler and Horace Vincent, anC
numbers by an orchestra contributed
70 the success Of the musical featur,
of the program.
MAYOR A PIONEER
Mayor Reibenstein was the frs
speaker. The mayor said:
It is particularly pleasing to me
10 speak in this magnificent hos
telry, especially by reason Of the
TACT that in 1857 1 lived within a
block of the site now Occupied by
this building, a tribute to the pro-
gressiveness and public spirited
ness Of the citizens and business
men Of Stockton. At that time
this was portion OF Stockton
slough and II was my recreation as
small boy 70 swim where this
building now stands.
It is an increased pleasure to
speak to you, the businessmen of
Stockton, who by your untiring in
dustry and your public generosity
have, to q large measure, contrib
uted in furnishing the capital
necessary for the building of what
is one Of the finest hotels in the
interior OF the state Of California.
The work you have so auspi-
ciously carried on In this direction
continues in other directions. and
you work together for the better
nent Of Stockton, the city of large
opportunities
There have been times in the
history Of our city when it seemed
almost impossible for the various
conflicting interests TO get to-
gether. Every man was working
spectiVe Of the progress Of our
town This spirit. manifested on
many occasions, held back the
growth of Stockton, but l am glad
TO say that Of recent years such
spirit has been. so little manifested
as to be barely perceptible. It is
only by organized effort that we
can attain to that position in pop
ulatiOn and wealth TO which our
situation and the many advan-
tages OF Stockton entitle US.
POLICY Is PROGRESSIVE
You, the members Of the Mer-
chants association, have started
this spirit You are, might say,
The pioneers in a united move for
the upbuilding Of our city. Your
policy as 1 Understand il is that
the benefit of the many shall be
superior TO the profit Of the few.
Continue this good work and
stockton will come into its own.
The city administration is in
sympathy with your movement and
is honestly and conscientiously
doing everything in its power TO
assist the growth Of Stockton. You
must stand with the administra-
tiOn and IL viii stand by you.
know that in some things we have
been subjected to criticism, often
tO unjust criticism. The labors
adeVolVing upon the administrative
you realize. You who are vitality
Interested shoulds~> help and assist
them IN every way
stockton can only be made great
and populOus by reciprocity. Each
one should help the other and sac
rifce his own petty desires for the
good Of the entire community.
1t is fitting at this time that in
this, our new Motel, we should en-
ter upon z new era OF progress
Let US then be boosters together
and let US do everything in our
power to arrive at a realization of
those ambitions for our city which
we have long cherished and held
dear.
THE BUSINESSMEN
Newton Rutherford, a young bust
nessman of this city, was assigned tn
appropriate subject, THE Young Bust
nessman." He responded as follows:
The future history of the com
mercial world is concealed within
the brain Of the rising generation.
The possibilities Of the young man
ia business. therefore, can only be
measured by the amount OF ply
sical and mental energy that is eX-
pended by the young men in a
given direction
In the past no permanent success
has ever been achieved without
hard work and il is safe to assume
that the business successes of the
future must be obtained in much
the same manner.
I believe that the possibilities of
the young man depend first upon
the young man himself and second
upon his employer.
Every employer should bear in
mind that he is not only charged +.
with the responsibility OF making
merchandise, but that he is also
charged with the responsibility Of
making good men.
Many promising business careers
have been shattered by the in
human treatment Of a domineerfng
employer and many young men
have fallen by the wayside in the
business World because of the fact
that they lacked a helping hand at
a critical time.
The employer who in his quest
for gold fOrgets that the heart OF
labor is filled with the same emo
tions and the same feelings as his
own can never attain the ranks of
the truly great
TWO GREAT ASSETS
I believe that honesty and in
dustry are the two greatest assets
that a young man can have. It is
an old saying that honesty is the
best policy and it has also been
truly said that the business of the
world rests on the integrity of a
promise.
Therefore it is of vital Importance
that every young man should first
with industry and you should have
the ideal man. You have the man
who has made the business world
OF today and the man who will
make the greater and grander busi-
ness world of tomorrow.
In concluding. I propose the
health OF all businessmen, young