The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-11-11
MIDDLE WEST FOR SAN FRAN.
CISCO
CISCO

some indication of the favor wit,
which San Francisco is regarded il
the middle west as the site Off tn
Panama exposition is shown by tn
enthusiastic endorsement of the Cal
ifornia metropolis by the great or
CARNATIONS of business men in Chi
cago and Omaha.
A short time ago the head of tn,
New Orleans publicity bureau at ON
aha sent out a report that the Ores
cent city had been endorsed by tn,
Commercial club, the leading com
mercial organization of that city. I'm
mediately a meeting of the club was
called, the alleged endorsement de-
MED and resolution endorsing Sar
Francisco adopted by an overwhelm.
ing majority.
The city council of Omaha, in the
meantime, had adopted by a unani.
nous vote resolution endorsing San
Francisco as the site for the Panama
exposition.
The National Business Men league
OF Chicago is unqualifiedly in favor
Of the San Francisco exposition and
has adopted resolutions voicing in
unmistakable language its preference
for the Pacific coast city as the site
for the Panama exposition.
st. Louis Is for New Orleans, but
the preference is admittedly due
chiefly to sentiment. That there is
a strong feeling of friendship for San
Francisco In that city is evident to
all. The st. Louis Times asks why
should New Orleans be favored at the
expense of San Francisco" and adds.
The argument Of neighborliness
is more than counterbalanced by 9TH
er arguments which readily come to
mind. Summer has alwoys been ac-
cepted season for worlds fairs. There
fore the matter oficlimates should be
first consideration. New Orleans
has very kindly climate to offer
winter tourists, but it's summers are
unbearable. General Humidity APP
pears to have his Notifications most
strongly established in the beautiful
crescent city and he is the known foe
to comfort and exercise of every
kind"
The middle west must have the aid
OF either the east or the west in or.
der to get its desired deep waterways
legislation. The east never will lend
its efforts to a project SO manifestly
against the business interest of the
east. The west will stand with the
middle west and make deep water
ways fact for all states on the Mis-.
sissippi and its tributaries provided
that the middle west does not DELHI.
erately show itself hostile to the far
western states. ~
In any contingency. no matter how
the cards fall, Louisiana, New Or.
leans, the southern states, will vote
for deep waterways. They are as VI
tally interested in that as are any |
of the middle western states-what
state more Interested than Louisiana? |
VIII Louisiana vote against the deep.
ening OF the Mississippi and the Ohio
though the states on the upper
reaches of these rivers do not sup.
port New Orleans as the site OF the
exposition which will celebrate the
OF. the Panama canal in
1915? Will Louisiana thus vote
against something that she realizes
fully will enormously increase her
her wealth, her promin-
snce as the shipping point for the
great up-river states?
But how about the west? The gov.
srnors of 13 western states met rec.
entity in Salt Lake and indorsed San
Francisco as the exposition city. All
he Rocky Mountain and Pacific slope
'tates are united into solid column
f support for San Francisco. The
western states want the exposition in
San Francisco. They believe they
iced it, just as the middle western
tates believe they need deep water
ways legislation. The Panama canal
upplies the west with all the water
Ways it wants.
And If the middle west does not
i'd her far western sisters in their.I
lesire will the far west aid the mid
lie western states in what they want?
A P acific coast congress will meet
n San Francisco November II, Is
nd 10. Various topics of vital in
crest to the west will be discussed.
Governors, senators, representatives
nd prominent men from the Pacific
lope states will attend, and the mat
or of the exposition site, and the in
luence at work on it. will be discuss