The evidence is simple. There are no public monuments to the great commercial builders of my city. San Francisco. The same is true for the rest of the United States.
These men, who should be revered, will find their names evoke screams of hatred and scat when such a monument is proposed.
When I have some influence on this city we will see monuments to the great pro-commerce builders who have worked and lived in San Francisco.
Here is the beginning of such a list of names to go on this important monument. In no particular order: A. P. Giannini, Levi Straus, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, Jane Lathrop, Milton Friedman, Charles Schwab, Anthony Zellerbach, Warren Bechtel, Mortimer Fleishhacker, Adolph Sutro, Collis Huntington, William R. Hearst, Charles Crocker and Joe P. Williams (creator of Visa).
What a great day to look forward to.