The San Francisco Number 



AS part of its rehabilitation work The California Promotion Committee 

 issues the May-September number of FOR CALIFORNIA, devoted to 

 San Francisco and its reconstruction. The articles printed in this 

 number are from men who are in close touch with the conditions in 

 the city, and whose observations entitle them to consideration. It will 

 be noted that optimism pervades all the articles, for these men see beyond 

 the surface of things, and know that such a disaster as visited San Fran- 

 cisco is not a lasting injury. They know that while we will have to go 

 through a period of reconstruction, that period will tend to a constant 

 betterment of civic conditions. 



Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, with San Francisco as his topic, dwells on 

 the bravery of the men who make San Francisco, and of their love and 

 loyalty to the city. He tells of the trying days during and after the fire, 

 when his hands were upheld by the people, and the good work that 

 was done. 



Governor George C. Pardee has for his subject the State, of which he 

 is chief executive, and in a whimsical vein he shows that the great com- 

 monwealth has hardly been retarded In its strides toward commercial 

 supremacy. He neatly compares California conditions with those of less- 

 favored States, showing that there is no land so good to live in. 



San Francisco's magnificent harbor and its relation to the State and 

 city is written by Rufus P. Jennings, chairman of The California Promo- 

 tion Committee, who has given much study to this particular feature 

 of California's advantages. What this harbor means to California and 

 San Francisco is fully set forth. 



San Francisco's financial situation is a subject that is of interest to 

 all business men, and Charles Sleeper, manager of the Clearing House, 

 writes most interestingly regarding the business of the banks of the 

 city since the fire. He shows conclusively that business has been but 

 slightly retarded by the disaster. 



What seems to be necessary in the way of building the city over again 



[ is written of by S. H. Kent, President of the San Francisco Builders' 



' Exchange. He goes directly to the point, and shows conditions and 



makes suggestions as to the best lines to follow in the work of rehabilitation. 



Alfred Roncovieri, Superintendent of Schools, tells how San Fran- 



, Cisco's schools were rehabilitated, and enters into the theme with vigor, 



showing conditions adverse to the welfare of the city, and telling how 



they were overcome. He gives due credit to pupils of other cities in their 



help toward rebuilding the schools. 



E. R. Lilienthal, President of the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange, 

 tells of the commercial future of the city, and points out the reasons 

 why there is no fear of permanent harm being done by the disaster. His 

 article is clear and concise, and bears the evidence of close study of 

 the situation. 



Clarence E. Edwords, chief of the Publicity Bureau of The California 

 Rromotion Committee, who has kept in close touch with all work being 

 done since the fire, writes of San Francisco's progress, and makes a strong 

 showing, giving facts and figures to bear out his statements. 



Taken as a whole, this number of FOR CALIFORNIA is a concise his- 

 tory of the rehabilitation work that has been done, and is of such character 

 as to make It a valuable document to send to enquirers from all parts 

 of the world. 



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