The San Francisco call., 1910-10-16
100000 CARDS
TELL EAST OF FAIR
Directors Believe Personal Ap-
peal Will Win Recognition
for San Francisco

With the close of the Panama-Pacif1c
postcard week. during which more than
2,ooo,O0O personal appeals were spread
throughout the east. the exposition
officials are turning their attention
now to the constitutional amendments
that are 10 be voted upon by the people
Of the state at the November election
II was hoped TO bring TO bear upon
congressman and senators such press
ure that they viii vote for San Fran
cisco when the choice OF an exposition
city IS made at the December session
1t is the belief of the exposition Off
Gals that this result has been accom-
plished
In every city in California commit
tees were formed and the people OF
the state were united in the one effort
TO give proper publicity to the ex-
position. Hundreds of thousands more
cards could have been distributed had
not the supply given out with the de-
msnd OF Womens day. Reports from
every corner of the state are to the
effect that, had they been available
countless additional postcards could
have been disposed of, and would now
be winging their way across the conti-
nent.
AMENDMENTS EXPLAINED
The Panama-Pacific committee on
California legislation yesterday issued
the following statement explanatory
of the two constitutional amendments
which viii be placed before the people
for approval IN November
The purpose of senate conStitu-
tional amendment No. % is to raise
state fund by small tax, cover
ing a period Of four years, that
California may celebrate the open
ing Of the Panama canal.
The citizens of San Francisco
having raised more than S6,500,-
600 and the city having proposed to
bond itself TO the extent of $4,000
o0O-as the proposed exposition is
q state matter, the legislature, in
extra ordinary session, has sub
mitted to the electors this tax as
the states proportion of the expo
1t is expected that. by the date of
the election, San Francisco will
have increased subscriptions nearly
$500 600. which would make the
contribution total S12, 100000. AS
san Francisco viii pay a quarter of
the state tax as well, and by add
ing the cities Immediately about
the bay, acting directly with San
Francisco, 2 third of the tax will
be represented.
CHARTER MUST BE REMEDIED
The purpose of assembly consti-
tutiOnal amendment No SO is to
clear the way for San Francisco to
amend its charter. so that $1,000
600 ia bonds may be voted in aid of
Tue exposition The adoption of
this amendment win not cost the
state q penny. The entire tax for
the bonds is to be paid by the city
The adoption of the foregoing
amendments Will enable the state
Of California. on the assembling of
congress in the first week of De-
cember, to present its claim for
national recognition on a financial
basis of s17,500,o00.
WOULD BRING WORLD HERE
The state of Louisiana has SUBJ
Initte6 10 its people a bond issue
of $6,500.000 in an effort to take
this exposition away from Califor-
MIA and the west.
LouiSfana's aSseSSable properfv
amounts TO $500,00o,oO9. while that
Of California amounts to nearly
$2.500,000. .00D-
In Louisiana the state, with IFS
limited resources. is practically
underta king to finance the entire
eyposition-as the citizens of New
Orleans have only subscribed ST.
600, 600, whereas San Francisco will
be obliged to pay $12, 500 900 directly
and its proportion of the state tax
This would seem very advanta ge-
Gus arrangement for the people of
the state.
Exhibits of California's products
at the states expense, at interna-
tional expositions. have become a
settled policy with our people. In
those instances we paid to take
California to meet the world. In
this one we propose to bring the
world to see California.