The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-31
Congress Looks to Be Ready
to Aid City by Promising
National Patronage.
SAN FRANCISCO WANTS IT
THE GOLDEN GATE METROPOLIS
REFUSES TO GIVE UP HOPE,
TO THE END. -..

Washington. May 31.--That there
will be great worlds fair in 1915 to
celebrate the completion Of the Pan
anna canal seems to be settled and New
Orleans and San Francisco are the two
candidates. With due Difference to the
splendid capabilities and whole hearted
earnestness of the boomers from the
Golden Gate city, 1t would appear that
their arguments were outweighed by
those of Governor Jared Y. Sanders,
Mayor Martin Behrman, Lieutenant
Governor p. M. Lambremont, Speaker
Garland Dupre, l.. T.. Bentley. T. P.
Thompson and r. c. Barret, president
- tenn of the Louisiana senate. who
appeared before the house committee
- foreign affairs and the senate COM
inittee on industrial expositions. The
San Francisco delegation is making
its greatest play on an iron clad, UNI
conditional promise that under no cir
cumstances will the general govern
ment be asked to appropriate any mon
~ for the exposition. Ordinarily this
would be a card sufficiently strong to
win the trick, for congress Is tired OF
helping expositions out Of the hole and
the New Orleans people declined to
commit themselves further than to say
that their shoulders were broad and If
the government put the entire expense
or them they would bear it. But the
brate the completion of an engineer
ing project the like OF which has never
before been known and which will
stand alone among the wonders Of the
world. 1t will be an advertising prop
Osition pure and simple aside from the
glorification of the United States for
its enterprise. ability and resources
which made the canal a possibility. II
will be held principally for the pur-
pose OF familiarizing the people of
South America and North America
with the products of the Western Hem
isphere which are to be shipped
through the canal. which applies with
somewhat less force to the people OF
Europe and the Orient. The United
States government could therefore. in
the opinion of the more liberal mind
ed senators and representatives wei.
afford to appropriate sufficient money
even Ave or ten millions Of dollars to
make this the greatest celebration of
the times. commensurate with the UNI
dertaking the successful issue OF which
the exposition is to commemorate. For
these reasons it would appear that San
Francisco's pledge not to ask for mon
ey Is not likely to have the weight
with congress that otherwise would
certainly be the case.
In all other respects everyone not
pledged to San Francisco admits that
New Orleans has all the best Of the
argument. II claims to be the logical
point and it makes its claim good
Certainly If the Panama canal is tc
substantiate. the claims advanced In
behalf of it's construction its greatest
purpose Is to bring the three Americas
into closer trade and diplomatic rela'
tions, and the natural channel for com
merce between the states and Contra
anu South America seems to be the
Mississippi valley terminating at New
orleans. The canal itself is almos
due south of New Orleans and within
$50 miles. while San Francisco on tn,
Western Coast Is nearly 1000 miles
from the Pacific entrance to the cana!
AS the visitors to the exposition. or a
least large number will NATURAL,