Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
An Exposition for the Southwest
By d. G. COLLIER,
Director General of tire Panama California
Exposition.


Exposition.
Southern California has reason to be
proud of the efforts that san Diego has
put forth in behalf of tile Panama
California exposition of 1915. In spite
of the. fierce opposition of San Fran
cisco and other cities of the north, the
youthful metropolis in the southwest
corner of California has managed to
retain all the plans originally adopted
and has laid the foundation of a DEM
onstration that will do much for the
whole southwest. 1t has been re-
markable example of the spirit Of
Southern California. and there is not
a county south of the Tehachapi ex-
empt from the obligation imposed by
San Diego's enterprise
San Diego has asked little of her
neighbors and has received nothing but
moral support, to which her people
were logically entitled. The achieve
ment is all the more notable because
the battle was Waged without allies,
and because this community, of limited
population and resources, assumed the
task of convincing the world that the
completion of the Panama canal means
more to Southern California than to
any other section of the Pacific coast.
NEW oIiGtlllS anu Aot'ii > hNiiNif'NN' '''@'-
riicing the advantage OF government
aid for the somewhat empty advantage
of federal Endorsement, are still unable
to proceed with definite plans. san
Diego, on the other hand, has gone so
far as to invite commercial bodies OF
the southwest to make arrangements
for their sectional exhibits, and there
are stir and preparation for the event
not only in Southern California, but IN
the two territories that are soon to
be states, and in every considerable
community from Guaymas to the west
ern end of the Panama canal.
It is to the advantage of this sec
ton of the state that there should be
more than one great seaport-more
than one commercial center The des-
TIMES of New England have never been
affected adversely because its manu-
featuring and distributing centers lies
within easy reach of one another The
opening of the Panama canal VIII bring
to the harbor of Los Angeles Atlantic
liners that might not come IL there was
but q single harbor in the southwest,
and the increase of population will be
accelerated if there are two great CEN
ters of attraction instead of one.
From a canvas of the situation today
it is probable that promoters of the
San Diego exposition will be able to
spend upward of $3,000000 upon their
II.
raised by subscription in the city of
San Diego a like amount was OBJ
tanned through a municipal bonding
scheme, and it is practically assured
that outside exhibitors, including Ari-
zona, New Mexico, Old Mexico and the
republics farther south will invest ap-
proximately $1,000,000.
Upon this basis San Diego will be
enabled to provide a show that Will
surpass all the achievements of recent
years. No fault was found with the
extent or merits of the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition, held in Seattle last
year, yet the people of the northwest
metropolis contributed but little over
81 ,000, 900 to the affair and the total in
vestment fell far short of the sum that
San Diego guarantees to spend The
total subscription to the stock of the
Lewis and Clark exposition, held at
Portland in 1905, was SAT- 900, but the
credit of the management was pledged
to raise an additional $235,000. The as
sistance received from outside sources
was inconsiderable, yet several hundred
thousand people were drawn to the city
during the few months the fair was in
existence, and Portland dates an un-