Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-07
ALL. FOR EXPOSITION
Chamber of Commerce to Co.
Operate With Trade Board.
BRING MILLIONS TO CITY
Mr.. Mcfarland Chairman of Spe.
cial Committee-What San
Diego, CAL, Asks.
BRING MILLIONS TO CITY

In order to cooperate with the Wash
ington Board of Trade in its efforts to
have Washington chosen as the city in
which to hold the celebration Of the OPEN
Ing OF the Panama canal in 1918 the
chamber OF Commerce, at a meeting of
It's board OF directors last evening ap-
pointed special committee to work in
conjunction with a similar committee of
the board
The committee is composed of former
Commissioner H. B. F. Macfarland, chair
man; Capt. James F. Oyster Charles ].
Bell. r. n. Harper and C. E. Walker.
with William F. GUIDE. president of the
chamber. an ex-off1cio member.
Mr.. Mcfarland introduced the resol,-
ton to appoint the committee Prest-
dent GUIDE spoke in favor of it and said
that John Barrett. director of the bureau
or American republics would probably
speak on the subject at the next meeting
OF the chamber
President GUIDE said after the meeting
we must all work to get the exposition
mere l believe every business man in
washington favors 1t. 1t would bring
hundreds Of thousands Of people here
who would spend millions of dollars
washington could not get q better COM
mercial advertisement than to get the
Panama exposition
n. c. c. Stiles resigned as chairman of
the committee on expositions and Gran
VIie hunt was elected in his stead. Rob
ert N Harper was elected chairman of
the committee on manufactures
the board appropriated $500 for the
equipment OF its base ball team.
Alexandria to Assist.
Realizing the advantages to their CITY
OF having the Panama celebration held
in Washington, prominent persons In
Aiexandria are planning to take steps to
cooperate in an affective manner with
Washington in its campaign to obtain the
celebration.
alexandria is as deeply interested as
washington. said resident Of that city
today. and our people should do all they
possibly can to see that the celebration is
held in Washington. While Alexandrfa
! would be put to little If any expense, un-
questlonapiy thousands OF dollars would
be reaped by our people.
"Of course. the National Capital ia the
one point where this celebration should he
held. The nation will have expended
hundreds OF millions to dig the ditch
from the Atlanuc to the Pacific. and the
entire nation should unite in this great
celebration, and there is no place in this
country that can more properly present
| its pre-eminent claims for the exnoeifion
than the locality that belongs to the en-
|
Director General D. c. Collier Of the
Panama California exposition to be held
| in San Diego. Cal, in 1918, has arrived
| in Washington in the interest OF the prof.
ect
Because Of the fact that Congress is
asked to do little beyond indorse a fed
erar invitation to be extended to nations
bordering on the Pacific ocean and be-
cause San Diego has established q sub.
| stantial financial guarantee before re-
nuestin1 government reCo1nifion thn oro.
posal. 1t is said. is regarded favorabIy by
many members of both houses. 1t il ex.
planned that San Diego does not contem-
plate a worlds exposition, but a fair
which shall differ from any ever held
inasmuch as the people and customs OF
unexploited countries are to constitute
| the principal features.
| Mr.. Collier will endeavor to obtain from
steamship and railroad men an expression
| OF opinion. as to the rates that will pre-
vail between ports on the Atlantic anl
San Diego, the first American port norti
Of Panama after the canal il opened.