Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-13
MEN OF AFFAIRS
ARE JUBILANT
CONFIDENT OF EXP0SITl0N'S
SUCCESS
Senator Flint viii Demand an Appro-
priatlon from Congress to Aid
Worlds Fair and Peace
Conference
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will have something tangible to work
on.
THE whole state just recovering
from the recent disaster at San Fran |
cisco Will welcome the glad tldings
that here on California soil all the ma
tions of the world will have their rep
resentatives to fraternize and realize |
the dream of the centuries in discuss
ing some plan whereby swords shall |
be welded into plowshares' and in
dustrial harmony will supplant the hor-
rid frictions of all the ages past.
ITO the west OF us lies a vast terri |
tory and a wondrous population wait |
ing the stimulating energies and awak-
ening influences of western civilization
to make them our warm friends and
perpetual patrons. Already they mani |
fest an eager desire to adopt the |
agencies that have wrought our prog
ress, and in return we are anxious to
utilize the varied products of their
hands and brains.
Gateway to the Orient
GAS soon as the world becomes ac-
quainted with our intent to eclipse all
past efforts in the line of international
exhibits great industrial establish !
ments will begin to realize that the
ports of the Pacific are the natural
gateways to oriental commerce and that
along this coast must quickly develop
an infinite variety of manufacturing
industries. Then will come the repre-
sentatives of the great institutions that
prepare the products of the soil and
mine for market to review our re-
soures and avail themselves of the Won
derful opportunities that there await
the sorcery of money and brains to
fashion them into fortunes.
at was veritable inspiration when
Senator Flint arose in the presence of
his colleagues and gave formal notice
that he would ask at this session the
cooperation of the nation in shaping
this great undertaking, and it will be
a proud moment when he returns with
a formal commission from his people to
ask them to join in celebration that
leaps the bounds of local patriotism and
calls upon the nation to seize this aus
picious opportunity to step to the fore
front in the effort to establish univer-
sal peace and make the rivalry of COM
merce partake less of the instincts OF
blood and brutality.
Means Rapid Progress
"The whole commonwealth of Cali
fornia will feel at once the impulse of
new life. Those who hesitate and in
dulge evil forebodings of the future will
gather courage for extensive develop
ment and heavy investment. The great
transcontinental lines will feel that
our people are determined to build their
commerce to such proportions that
ocean liners like those that ply the At
lantic will be necessities on the Pacific
and our ports will TEEN with seaward
traffic that will rival that of the long
developed east.
1.-THE port Of San, Pedro will at once
receive the attention that it's growing
Importance deserves; the proposed wa
ter supply will be quickened; real estate
values will receive marvellous stimu-
lus; improved transportation and an ac-
tolerated transit to market for our
products will add values to our farm
lands, while a wonderful influx of peo-
pie will enlarge our home market to
such an extent that the farmer and
merchant will find at home all the con-
veniences of a metropolitan commerce.
"The great world expositions before
have been planned to be completed in
from two to three years. Their struct-
ural arrangements have therefore been
of a temporary and unstable nature,
thereby entailing an enormous wastage
of money and all the values of utility
have been sacrificed. This, the greatest
of all expositions ever projected be-
fore, will consume length of time in
it's construction that perpetual utilities
can be devised and by the constant
our local prosperity will be insured for
decade and no reactionary effect will
be experienced at it's close.
"In the meantime our population will
have so materially increased that If we
have no more than our normal growth
we will by that time have more popu-
lation than Chicago had at the time of
her exposition. We will have had time
to make San Pedro harbor one of the
great harbors of the world; the Miner
project will have been completed our
city expanded far beyond it's present
limits our steamship lines will have
reached many foreign countries, and
the magnificent edifices that will embel-
lish the grounds will be preserved to
furnish perpetual attraction and make
the City of the Angels the most beau
tiful of all the great cities of the earth.
"Our citizens are naturally and just
ly proud of the effort to enlarge the
influence. the power and the attractive
ness of our home and state, and Sena-
tor Flint is the recipient of hundreds
of congratulations. President Roosevelt
is anxious to have his administration
rendered historic along the lines that
the name of the exposition suggests and
it is altogether likely that he will use
his executive influence to forward and
hasten the passage of the bill for gov