Imperial Valley press., 1912-02-16

trade running westward from this
evergreen valley have their main
course to Los Angeles or to rival
city?
We may ask that question, but it
is for you, to answer. 1t is for you
TO formulate policy which will give
to your city such preponderance of
advantages as are needed to overcome
the distance differential and identify
the institutions of this valley with
your institutions.
We recognize the fact that Los Ang-
eles is a wonder city Its achieve
ments have been marvellous, and be
yond question they have been wrought
by a concentration and unity of endea-
vor IN the promotion of such enter
prises as are bounded by your munich
pal lines, but it is a question if even
greater results would not have been
achieved had Los Angeles become a
participant in the bigger work of the
making o. the Southwest instead of
thc development of Southern Califor-
MIA has been i'll a region necessarily
tributary to Your city. Redands and
Riverside could not but help support
you. Now the development has run
into . territory which is not necessar-
lily tributary 10 Los Angeles, which
may. il tacr, be tributary to rival,
and unless your city can formulate a
definite policy OF alliance YOU cannot
hope to use this territory as a founda-
tion on which to build
My mind tonight runs back through
nearly 5hirty years acquaintance with
and many years of residence in your
city aud that acquaintance necessar-
! lily implies love and admiration. With
all the years in mind since Los Ang-
eles was OF the present size of Riv-
erside, 7 am licensed to speak as
| member Of the family. And it is as
loving member of the family that |
say TO you that the time has come
when the city of Los Angeles must
formulate some broad scheme of or
eanizing promotive work that will
weave her destiny into the greater
| destiny OF the Southwest.
an cautioned by my own cons
| cienc- uor 70 say here tonight one
| Uord taaS can be construed as inhOs-
pitahHn But no man here loves Los
Angc)ns cGore than I, and it is because
Of that tOye | am taking the liberty of
frantuess.
For gou % say: I'VE bring the peo-
pie to Los Angeles. and you can come
END get hem. is not enough and this
| l.. especially true when the speculative
realty Interests of your city are oEcu-
ating to prevent our getting them
There 5 one message this vaIllr
las 70 convey to yon, and it is -
appraciatire message, not to say apol-
ogehC Thirty to forty millions OF
Goilar, D actual wealth has here been
orcatrI in a decade out OF nothing but
humlo viii and determination and self
saCr6ca md the bounty OF nature. FL
cnceriug j. everywhere synonymous
With deprivation and disappointment
| I. =. tiways the unexpected that hap
PENS. tor # is necessarily the period
q experimental work. The men and
om-r-C10d bless the pioneer women
--came here without means and began
their heroic task The business man
fagan to supply their needs. He rec
ogni2"d cG- true grit in the manhood
, and wom2nhc0d OF the valley, and
trusted -h=&'. in turn using his credit
! With tue iobbers to the maximum. And
fe il 5aid 10 the credit OF the iobbers,
/ they were lenient and long-suffering.
I&nt there are limits to all things
End @hen the pioneers had created
farms J5 value they sought, and be-
iIered tn-E had right to expect,
commaHi Of capital at reasonable in
ttrcsi l. was here that Los Angeles
fell dowG. To be just, let it be said
tnat one Los Angeles banker, Stoddard
less y he First National, from the
i!rSt recognized what this valley i'm
pled tn Los Angeles, and did his full
duty But one bank could not alone
carry The burden, and because the
| farmers have not been able to COM
mana sufficient capital there has been
| from the beginning a money shortage
'hIsii is felt on every hand and which
has orImpd local business houses and
| led ~ demand for unusual credit
Il tt- forty millions of values in
this VALLEY could command five millions
or capltlt at reasonable interest, for the
Inrchas- Of more live stock and for
farm improvements, the farmers, bet
ter equipped for the struggle, would
double their output and meet their bills
with pcomp7ness, and local business
men would cease sweating blood and
ray the'r bills with regularity.
Brt VI his five million dollars is net
forthcoming from the money chang
crs, II viii in time come from the soil
and Imperial valley will be less bound
| % Los Angeles. And that is why the