Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-02
WORLDS FAIR WHEN
PANAMA CANAL
IS OPENED
NEW ORLENAS AFTER BIG
EVENT DURING YEAR 1915
State Officers and Entire Leg
isIature in National Capital
10 Urge Claims San Francis
co Also Enters Race,
Morning Journal Bureau, !
613 Munsey Building,
achfnptOn - e.. limo l.

washington, II. t., June L.
Washington, ID. c.. June THAT
thcre win be a great Worlds Fair in
fq15 to celebrate the completion OF
mo Panama Canal seems to be settled
and New orleans and san Francisco
arc the two candidates. With due
difference to the splendid capabilities
ana whole hearted earnestness of the
baomers from the Golden Gate City, it
would appear that their arguments
we're outWeighed by those Of Governor
Jared Y. Sanders. Mayor Martin Behr-
man. LIT. Gov. p. NJ. Lambremont,
sneaker Garland DuPre, J.. E. Bent
lev. r. f.. Thompson and II. c. Bar
ret. President pro tempore of the
Louisiana senate, who appeared be-
fore the house committee ON foreign
aairs ana the senate committee on in
dustrial expositions. The San Fran
DISCO allegation is making its great
est PLAY on q niron clad, u%ncondition-
al promise that under no circum-
stances will the general government
~ asked to appropriate any money
for the exposition. Ordinarily this
would be q card Sufficiently strong
10 win the trick, for congress is tired
Of helping expeditions out Of the hole.
and The New OrleansNpeople declined
Ia commit themselves further than to
saw that their shoulders were broad
and il the government put the entire
expense on them they would bear 1t,
But the Panama Canal exposition is To
rcIcbrate the completion of an engin-
ecring project the like of which has
never before been known and which
has never before been known and
which will stand alone among tho
wonders of the world. It will be an
advertising proposition pure and sim
ME aside from the glorification OF the
United states for its enterprise, abil-
inv and which made h ca
nal a possibility. It will be held prin-
cipally for the purpose IF famtliariz-
inc the people Of South America and
those of Central and North America,
with the products of the Western
Hemisphere which are to be shipped
through the canal, which applies with
somewhat less force to the people or
Europe and the Orient. The United
Statee could therefore, in
the opinion of the more liberal mind
ed senators and representatives. well
afford to appropriate sufficient money
4ven tive or ten MILLIONS Of dollars g
make this the greatest celebration or
the times, commensurate with the
Undertaking the successful issue OF
which the exposition is TO commemor-
ate. For these reasons it would APP
pear that san Francisco's pledge NOT
to ask for money is not likely to have
the weigh with congress that other
wise would certainly be the case.
In an other respects everyone not
pledged to San Francisco admits that
.Ncw orleans has all the hest of the
argument. IT claims 70 be the logl-
cal point" and it makes h a claim
good. Certainly if the Panama canal
is to substantiatc claims advanced IN
behalf OF It's construction its greatest
rpo is to bring the three Ameri-
cas- into closer trade and diplomatic
relations. and the natural channel FOR
between the states n
Central and South America seems TO
be the Mississippi valley terminating
at New Orleans. The canal itself IS
almost due south of New Orleans M
within 1850 miles, while San Fran
cisco. on the western coast is nearly
four thousand miles from the Pacific
entrance to the canal. As the visitors
TO the exposition, or at least a large
number will naturally wish to see Tor
themselves the greatest engineering
work Or the world. this Is an import
ant matter. Add TO the expense ana
lIllt necessary To ItHtil f'fii
cisco from the Mississippi valley and
the east where the majority of the
population is, the expense and time OF
making the trip To the canal. ana
only Il very few of the exposition VS.
itors could avail Themselves OF the op-
p|ortunity Of seeing the canal II TINS
educational feature would be practl-
callv lost.
Taken as q whole the people of the
United States apparently care very 1T
lie il the government is called upon
to contribute literally to the cXposi-
ton. but they viii doubtless make
themselves heard if the exposition IS
located at Il point that would entali
the expenditure of more time ana
money than they wish to eXpend per-
s%onally.
There is also good reason TO believe
iha' foreign exhibitors and visitors.
whom the exposition is especially cal
culated to attract. would find them
selves hampered 10y the long journey
ACROSS the continent and back, II
there would una oubtedly be more ioi-
eigners ut New orleans than san
Francisco. 1t Is early to predict what
congress will do in the matter but II
seems now that New orleans Will ne
selected, The only thing in its way Is
mat the administration has nothing
To- gain politically by locating the eN-
position at New orleans, and it might
he benefited by locating il at San
Francisco. a consideration which Is
not likely to carry weight in such a
matter. In any event the New orleans
boomers made a most favorable m
preston. They were as fine and sub
slantial a body Cf men as ever IN
Naded the Capitol for q similar pur-
pose, and included the entire leglsla-
tufe. state officials. city officials. ana
business men OF Louisiana. and the
mayors of other cities in the South
nat the South is in earnest was m
Ply evidenced by the presence of these
men and the fact that the legislature
mas voted q special tax by a eonsu-
tNtlonal amendment that will net 81
'pV'Voe while several millions addlt-
i'nal viii be raised by privatecontri-
nnuon. S1,250.G00 having already
peen subscribed. New Orleans is will
ing To do all its part and something
more toward this celebration and the
,noleitions point to hearty co-opera-
,"'h on the part of the general gov
rnmar