The San Francisco call., 1910-11-18
WHO WILL RULE
PACIFIC?" ASKS
THE governor
"ShaII 1t Be the Flag of the
Rising Sun or the Stars
and Stripes ?"
Pacific Slope Congress to Have
Permanent Headquarters
in This City

fire ever visited upon an American city
we are stiIl in the ascenJancy and that
we have increased our population 21
per cent in the last 10 years.
While you are here we hope to make
You comfortable. We hope that you
viii enjoy your stay. / know that
your work Will he Of lasting benefit to
the whole country. 1 know that it will
bring TO this coast from the rest of the
nation its respect, esteem and admira-
tion."
MERCHANT MARINE FIRST NEED
Governor GiIlett then explained the
fun purpose Of the gathering. He said
i'm part:
There is nothing IL seems 10 me of
so much importance to the Pacific coast
as the merchant marine. If there is
one thing more than another needed on
The Pacific coast ii is to build up our
commerce with the orient. The COM
merce Of the Pacific is destined to ex-
ceed that OF any other ocean. It is of
prime Importance TO every western
state Now that the Panama canal is
nearing completion it seems to me that
the time has arrived for congress to
strengthen our hands. Unless some
thing is done we shall be greeted by
tho spectacle OF a great waterway
built IT an expense OF nearly 100000
600 for the benefit Of foreign ships and
not used by American vessels.
SHALL JAPAN RULE PACIFIC:
An ambitious nation faces us on
the other side Of the Pacific Shall IL
lie the flag OF the rising sun or the
stars and stripes that shall float at
the mastheads of the Pacific Will
japan carry our commerce. VIII ia
pan carry our mails?
The Pacific coast is in need of
proper defense There must be ade-
auate defense for the commerce of
Los Angeles. san Francisco. Portland.
Seattle and Tacoma with their great
growing communities and their great
growing trade They are in need of
protection and If is necessary that they
get that protection. Secretary Meyer
told us that we had not proper facili-
ties for a battleship feet Therefore.
We must get appropriations to better
the navy yard at Seattle and the navy
ward in san Francisco bay, so that
the largest battleships can go into
their docks. With this done, we can
expect to see on this coast a great
shipbuilding yard either north or
south, TO build those battleships.
FACE MANY QUESTIONS
we are faced by other questions oi
Importance. There is irrigation. There
is conservation. II is necessary fol
some big central body to take up al
these questions. We have our mer-
chants associations, our boards of trade
and other commercial bodies, but there
is urgent need for such a central body
as this congress 10 carry on the work
for the general benefit Of all"
Los ANGELES PLEDGES AID
In the discussion which followed
Joseph Scott, president of the Los Ang-
eles chamber of commerce. spoke brief
ly for his home city.
we are somewhat new to this ma
rine question" he said "as Los An
Eeles has only recently been made a
seaport. But 7 wish to assure you
that we are entirely in sympathy with
the whole idea. I believe that il is
now understood generally that no part
Of the coast can suffer a diminution
Of its prosperity without injury TO the
rest Of the coast.
we congratulate San Francisco
upon its magnificent rebuilding. We
t'll - al uidbt you on your census. we
are sorry you did not grow as rapidly
as we did but we are young and small
and most growing is done by those
who are young and small. We of the
south glory in your enterprise and ]
assure YOU that we are with you in
all your great undertakings"
go AFTER IT." SAYS COLLIER.
d. C. Collier of San Diego suggest
ed that the coast could get what II
wanted if il went after it in dead ear
nest.
Il believe that the Pacific coast con-
gress was called into existence at ex-
actly the right time" said he. 1--WE
should let congress know what we
want and that we want it now Let
them know what we men TO get these