Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-07
NEW ORLEANS PLANS
FIGHT FOR EXPOSITION
Representatives of Crescent
City Here to Open
Headquarters.

The Worlds Panama Exposition COM
pany of New Orleans. represented by r.
Duvail Armstrong and H. c. Mccarthy
Of New Orleans, will open headquarters
in Washington to continue the fight for
the approval of Congress in holding the
celebration of the Panama canal opening
in 1915 in the Crescent city. Mr.. Duvall
and Mr. Mccarthy reached here last
night. and will have their headquarters
firmly established before Congress opens.
Mr.. Armstrong, who has been travelling
in Central and South America for many
years. and thoroughly understands the
trade conditions for the people Of New
Orleans. looks upon this exposition as
the absolutely necessary means of divert
ing, in a short time, the trade OF the
south from Europe to America. Mr..
Armstrong said today:
"The manufacturers and exporters Of
Europe control the trade of all the tropics
in spite of the fact that in many in
stances they have to travel in excess OF
10000 miles over the distance from the
United States. When the Panama canal
has been completed and this waterway
route around the Horn has been made I'M
necessary then the European exporter
will be placed nearly upon an equal foot
ing with the American in point of time
it's credits on long deliveries are salts
factory to the Latin trade now. there is
every reason to believe that the Panama
canal will be greater benefit to this
European trade already established than
it will be to the American trade, which is
SO limited at present
Benefits of Exposition.
"a trade for America would grow from
the very opening Of the canal, and there
would not be the years of semi American
trade idleness which would certainly re-
suit from depending entirely upon the
tons.
Chicago has been making a great fight
for lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway to
assist Chicago in her export and import
business. Combine this waterway with an
exposition at New Orleans. and secure the
cheap water freight rates via the deep
ened Mississippi, and you give the manu-
facturers of the United States better than
a fighting chance 10 change the trade
channel from Europe. On the other hand.
the holding of an exposition at New
Orleans, the nearest American port of
Importance. would attract the buyers who
give Europe the commercial monopoly,
and the agents of American factories
could be given a chance to bring these
buyers to the manufacturing plant and in
tIliS way divert III single year 4 trace
which would more than equal ten times
the ZENITH of time devoted 10 canvass:ng
trade on foreign COL.
Put the expo :ition at San Francisco,
twenty-one days steaming from Panama,
and where will be the exoo-. benefit to
the factories of the Mississippi valley? It
will not be New Orleans nor the south
which will reap the greatest har yes. from
a celebration az New Orleans, but the
factories of Ohio, lllirois. Missouri, Mich
igan and those states which build the
necessities of life.
Profits to the Interior.
New Orleans will handle the export
thus created, but the financial benefits
will travel farther up the Mississippi
valley.
iBrief1y, If the United States wishes to
build its export and import trade with
the Latin countries via the Panama canal,
rapidly, an exposition at the most logical
point is the most commOn-senSe method.
New Orleans, less than five days from
Panama. and as the gateway to the fac
tory district. has been made the only
logical point by it's very :ocation."
Mr. Armstrong is accompanied by H. c.
Mccarthy as his assistant. Mr. Nc
Carthy for many years served as secre-
tary to the late Judge Davey. who repre-
scented the second district IF Louisiana in
Congress for so many years.