New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1910-04-23

WORLDS PANAMA EXPOSI-
TION.
Ry Walter Parker.

CxpoSltIOnS have taken III iron
gate receipts and the sale Of PRIV
ilpges as much money as required
, to exploit, build. equip and opef
them to the public.
In advance of the organization
of the World Panama Exposition
Company at New Orleans. the pub
lie spirited citizens who are pro
netting the enterprise looked mt
this phase Of the matter very care
! fully and discovered that almost
without exception the Bosses
/ charged against other eXposltlons
were directly traceablc to eX-
travagance in expenditures ra her
than to smalIness VI gate receipts
Having made this discovery. the
executive committee. at lt9 FIRST
/ formal session Tuesday. adopted a
strong and clear policy of econo.
mic management. requiring the
monthly publication Of the ex-
pense account in detail, and a
rigid supervision of salary lists.
One of the resolutions adopted
at this first executive meeting pro
vided that cit is the unanimous
sense of the corporation that no
one connected Herewith in any
official capacity, whether as mem
Der of the board of directors Of the
executive committee. as officer. as
member of any subordinate com
lnittee. as counsel. lawyer. notary.
or in any other professional or
administration capacity, Shall at
any time. directly or indirectly,
accept. receive or be entitled to
any compensation. emolument. gift
or profit of any kind or character
whatever, from any source. y This
resolution does not apply to cleri-
cal or labor forces. ...et
The executive committee. TWEEN
ty-five in number. with Mr.. I. p.
ThompsnQ at its head. includes
within its membership some Of the
richest and broadest minded men
in New Orleans and in Louisiana.
The secretary is Mr.. Il, L, Chap
plus, an actuary of note, Among
the prominent bankers are Mr..
Charles Janvier the treasurer, who
is vice-presidef3t Of the Canal-Lou-
isiana Bank and Mr. John J. Gam
non, president of the Hiliarnia
Bank and Trust Company. The
Exchanges are represented by
Messrs. G. II. Ellis, a vice presi-
dent, who is president of the New
Orleans Board OF Trade; w. Il.
Thompson, president of the New
Orleans Cottn Exchange; Philip
Werlein. president of the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange Philip
newspapers arr represented by Ilr.
Norman Walker. chief of the edi-
torial staff of The Times-Demo-
crat NIr. Thomas G Rapier, man
ager and editor of The Picayune .
Mr.. Robert Ewing. president Of
The Daily States Publishing Com
pany. As National Democratic
Committeeman, for Louisiana. Mr.
Ewing also represents that politi
cal party, while. First Viee- fresi
dent Pearl Wight, national Repub-
lean Committeeman for Louisi-
ana, represents that political par
ty. The various business. com
mercial and professinal interests
are represented by Messrs. T. W.
Danziger, w. T. Peterman, II, Il,
Schrieher. Joseph Voegtle, A. Brit
tin. DR., B. A. Ledbetter. w. II.
Sullivan, Maurice Stern, Robert
Glenk Hugh McCloskey, Peter i.
Pescud, Sam Blum, DIR. J. A. Dan
ma, DR.. 8. A. Dickson-all men
of affairs and leaders in great
public movements.
The city and state are repre-
sented by Mayor Martin tBehr-
man, as Honorary chairman of
the Board of Directors, and by
Governor J. Y. Sanders. Honorary
President.
The active president and The
director general have not been
named.. and will not be named
until the Board of Directors is
prepared to fill these most import
ant places with men peculiarly
fitted for the work to be done.
At Tuesdays meeting another
hundred thousand dollars were
added to the stock subscriptions.
Of these the New Orleans Rail
way and Light Company through
president MeCloskey. subscribed,
as{s.n initial amount. $4,000.
w6ile Manager G. H. Ellis, on be-
half of the United Fruit Com
pany. as an initial subscription.
signed up for $25,O0O.t Subscrip-
tions in amounts ranging from
800 to $1,000 are being received
by the officers in every mail. As
yet no organized solicitation for
funds has been made, and the
hundreds Of thousands so far re-
ceived represent voluntary sub
scriptions almost wholly.
Mr.. T. p. Thompson. Chairman
OF the executive committee upon
whom the burden of the. work
falls. js~ what is known in, nsedern
business language as a Give wire
proposition" "There has never
been any doubt, in my mind, =
said Mr.. Thompson today. "but in
the absence Of some direct proof
and some forceful demonstration
Of the public = attitude toward the
exposition project / have pre-
ferred not to talk much. The vol
untary support We have received
during the first week OF the Ex-