Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-16
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LEADERS, IN In[
CONTEST ARE
CHANGINGVO VOTES
TEACHERS COUPON RACE is
MORE INTERESTING
Twelve VIII Be Guests at Seattle OF
The HeraId--Paclfic Development
Is Keynote of AIaska-Yukon
Exposition

Day by day the votes of The Herald s
teachers contest are mounting upward
and soon attention will be Drawn u
the leaders in each district.
AS the coupons pile in they are count
ed and each candidate gets creolt I'M
mediately, and eventually the tWelVe
highest will get round-trlp Jaunt ~
Seattle and spend two weeks at notes
there and in enjoying the EXPOSITION;
The newest entries and votes of the
day are:
Los. Angeles county list-Miss Esther
San Fernando, 100; Elizabeth M. OAK
ley, Ell Monte. 100.
Orange county-Miss Thompson san
Ia Ana, 101 Miss Collins, Santa Ana
101; Miss Wyant, Santa Ana lOl; MISS
Payton, Santa Ana, 1Ol.
Federal Anticipation
The interest of the United States IN
the development of the PaGlnc oceal,
commerce is not second to that OF any
of the great powers, and the opportuni-
ties offered to American skill and en-
ergy in this field are without parallel.
The trade of the United States with
the countries bordering on the Paclhc
ocean, including Canada, Is only ~ pei
cent of their total foreign commerce,
whereas. if it were promoted by mod
ern methods, as understood in Europe,
it might easily reach 80 per cent of the
total.
Because it is the object of the expo
sition to further this end, and on ac-
count of its direct relation to the trade
Of the Pacific, the United States gov
eminent will make an exhibit at cost
of 100000.
Besides the main government build
ing it is planned to have separate
structures for Alaska, Hawaii, the PM
ippine islands and the fisheries exhibit.
Foreign Nations Help
The foreign exhibits will be confined
strictly to the products of the countries
bordering upon the Pacific ocean, ana
it is the plan of the exposition man
agement, as far as it is practieaple, 70
induce the foreign nations 10 erect theif
own buildings and install therein col
lectiye and competitive exhibits.
The following countries are expected
to take mart: Australia, Canada, Chlle,
China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador
Fornaosa Korea, French East Indies
German colonies, Guatemala, Hondu-
ras, British India, Japan, Mexico
Dutch East Indies. Nicaragua, New
Zealand, Panama, Peru, Philippine Is
lands, Siam and Salvador
In addition to the foregoing, the
United States, Great Britain, France
Germany, Russia and the Netherlands
will be invited to make exhibits, repre-
sentative OF their 1IltIt0l III NllC L ANN
trade development.
Half the World Interested
Considerably more than half the PEG
pie of the world live in the countries
which border on the Pacific ocean. The
latest available statistics give these
countries, exclusive of the United
States an area of 17,096,060 square miles
and a population of 904 $4,000. ThelT
imports aggregate S1,S53,9S4,00 annual
". and their exports $1,S93, 1900, sc
that their total foreign trade is $3,746,-
$4,000. Of this foreign Pacific trade
the United States enjoys nearly one
fifth, the total being $71S,0OO,OO0 annu,
ally. of which 1896 100000 is represented
by imports and 1922 100000 by exports.
When one considers that the United
States enjoys positional advantages
over the countries of Europe, being
much nearer the countries above speci-
fed. and that in spite of this advantage
our country may boast of only about
one-fifth of the trade which these coun-
tries have, the possibilities of an in
creased transpacific business may be
understood in a general way.
This state of affairs Is one which the
exposition will endeavor to remedy
through the medium of exhibits OF
wares and products of different coun-
tries.