The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-12-22
NV England's Interest.

panama Exposition Should be
ts s.,d in the Crescent City.
~, FANS, December 10th. With
sF u ''stion of the Panama Canal vir-
Sn d .iebt, the question of providing
D. ID ~ celebration Of that notable
sPlVp. has become live issue in
pTsi'' The city of New Orleans is
4 gfss,, contestant for the privilege
a'u'' If being the hostess on that
'0IV' md her representatives hope
SOa ,+ her advantages SO convincing
'f'''D .Ls her selection simply a mat
70 n wing out the popular will and
o ., ING the public welfare.
"'' .,.;rs Of New Orleans will appeal
b ''' .ial force to the business judg-
''yt Nav England, whose interest in
d u ,.n,nent now taking place in the
f',' ,5;acent to New Orleans, and in
f'"! If new markets in the rapid
' i'.s,re Latin-American countries,
a', although for the most part
a'' sss have scarcely begun to
+ ''l ,.ir -arvelously rich resources,
wv s,rsira trade of the Southern
W. + .,oants annually to 81, 207, :
''o' .a. grester portion of which
y" rogIana. Germany and other
countries. Of that amount
" American countries import
pr-lt.. States S217,000, 900, or
,,. Than ten per cent of their
u j ....,ssr,ng to note also that while
,,,4 States exports s217, 900, 900
.ro5g,ts to Latin America, her
~ rom those countries amount to
.,.a.. linus making the balance of
..nst rs in that quarter of the
:. .ma5a. to Sl52, 600, 900 annually.
.,.. should not be so everybody,
=. isuo-American business men,
,l. HE fact that it is the case
....s wherein American enterprise
s.., rsrsjss while European COM
id syDlatation has been conducted
'sr.nt1r Excessively and with as
,bng success.
!. sort Of goods that New England
..fs,tnrs. is the very kind that the
.Isrts IN hose Southern Republics
l,on Europe. and they tell us that
,my from Europe chiefly because of
difference to their business and the
If enterprise displayed in seeking
4, t5e mart Of American manufacture
end exporters. 1t requires only that
american e1porter should go after
msin IS iatelligently, and in the
My spirit to work out a complete
auton ID tae commercial situation,
i7stsaa of our getting a trif1e less
:, d ne! cent Of the total trade of
i1.Amenea it would be easy to re-
g The iglres the United States get
is BE. rt and Europe getting rs
N-t
.iac 'ca has probably escaped the
gHauog the average person is that
rglo tie cu-furmation of the West
Iuast Of .tls Hemisphere straight
Egwn South from New Orleans
EjDaat TIE 4ntire continent of South
(si:a as. Of the longitude Of New
hans. all points on that coast being
Inies nearer 10 New Orleans than
IN Francisco.
fat do these things signify to New
Eali, i seems that many people
|ntg Larn American countries will
4 ey1asIton at New Orleans who,
sa@- If distance and expense,
l0. b induced to attend one held
~ Francisco They are in the habit
kang T. New Orleans, and the add
fsat}s q al exposition will bring
tDtlat ciJy IN much greater num-
/ than to the western metropolis.
.lt1ans is also about 1000 miles
perth wluaipal points in New Eng
tao S1 Francisco is, hence the
t1garl manufacturer will save
and more money by bringing his ex-
Et0 New Orleans, where for similar
rs, be would meet many Latin
FGar aJomers to whom a visit to
taaeAc would be out of the ques-
H0iea.s noils the key to the COM
Of Latin America with all its
i'@ous possibilities. The citizens
P@t Countries feel at home here as
10 IN no other city in the United
and the crowning achievement of
Sans Exposition held in New Or
FOlld he the getting together OF
FOPIs OF the two Americas. This
4esh multiplied millions of addition
AaeSS each year to the manufact-
dNeV England.
advantages that the Eastern bust
''sIes'a would derive from the To-
VI 'he Exposition in New Orleans
seem TO be so patent as to make
%ltaat that those concerned in
'aOl'l lose no time in getting to