The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-06-01

Washington y C., May 3l-That
there win be a great Worlds Fair in
1915 10 celebrate the completion Of the
Panama Canal seems 10 be settled and
New Orleans an san Francisco are
,be Two candidate. With due defer
ence 70 the splendid capabilities ami
whole hearted eauestness Of the
boomers from the Golden Gate City,
j. would appear that their arguments
we're outweighed by those of Governor
Jared Y. Sanders. Mayor Martin Behr-
man. 1t. Coy. P. NJ Lambremont.
Speaker Garland DuPre. L. Z. Bentley.
T. p. Thompson and T. c. Barrett.
President Protempore Of the Louisiana
senate. Who appeared before the house
committee on foreign affairs and the
senate committee on industrial expo
si.ions The san Francisco delegation
is making its greatest play on an iron
clad. unconditional promise that under
no circumstances viii the general gov
ernment be asked 70 appropriate any
money for the exposition Ordinarily
this would be card sufficiently
strong TO win the trick. for congress is
tired of helping eXposi,ions out Of the
hole and The New Orleans people de
clined TO commit themselves further
than 10 say that their shoulders were
broad and if the government put the
entire expense on them they would
bear It. But The Panama Canal eX-
position is 10 celebrate the comple-
tiou OF an engineering project the
Ike OF which has never before been
known and which will stand alone
among the Won ers Of the world. II
will De an advertising proposition pure
and simple aside from the glorifica-
ton of the United states for its en-
terprise, ability and resources which
made the canal a possibility. 1t will
be held principally for the purpose
Of familiarizing the people of South
America and those of Central and
North America. with the products OF
the Western Hemisphere which are
10 be shipped through the canal
which applies with somewhat Jess
force to the people of Europe and
the Orient. The United States gov
ernment could therefore, in the Opin-
ion of the more liberal minded sena-
tors and representatives. well afford
10 appropriate sufficient money. even
five or ten millions OF dollars to make
this the greatest celebration Of the
times. commensurate with the under
taking the successful issue o. which
the exposition is TO commemorate.
For th-se reasons It would appear
that San Franciscos pledge not 20
e ask for money is not likely % have
- the weight with congress that Othe"
= wise would certainly be the case.
e In all other respects everyone 10:
pledged to san Francisco admits tha;
New Orleans has all the best ol the
cal point and it makes that claim
. Eood. Certainly if the Panama canal
, is 70 substantiate the claims advanc-
, ed in behalf of its construction It's
. greatest purpose is to bring the three
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p sucl splendid con iition as to"aE Thls
table shows the purchasable power
%. each unit OF farm product As ~
p,t,-ed in the things that the farmer
aust buy and to compare the ye;.rs
l>c7 and 1909. the market value al
New York having been selecrel Tor
a., purposes of the comparison In
1897 bushel of corn would pur-
chase seven pounds OF sugar tic same
bushel OF corn will now purchase six
teen pounds OF sugar. \ 1ushel OF
corn would purchase in illuminatine
oil according 10 the table, twelve years
ago. five gallons. At the present time
IL will purchase eleven gallons. EN-
pressed in purchasing value in coffee
IN 1891 q ehNlltl VI WI % NpA4N qua
chase three pounds OF coffee and 1909
nine pounds or coffee. In barbel wire
bushel of corn in 1897 would pur-
chase eighteen pounds and at the pres
ent time il would purchase thirty
three pounds. /
Continuin- the examination of this .
table which has already created con .
siderable discussion. the average hog l
in 1891 it would buy forty-two pounds .
of granulated sugar. now it will buy
one hundred and nine,y-two pounds
in 1897 IL would guy forty-two poun IS
of coffee. now il will buy one hundred
and sixteen pounds; then it would buy
two hundred and twenty seven pounds
OF barbed wire. now it will buy three
hundred and eishty-seyen pounds \
comparison o. the purchasahie value
of the average horse in 1897 and 1903