Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-31
|NDORSE STATES
AID FOR BIC FAIR
Local Commercial Bodies Favor
Plan to Raise $5,000,000
for San Francisco Show
ALL CALIFORNIA INTERESTED
Speakers at Chamber of Com
merce Prove Importance of
Event to This Section

Directors of the chamber of COM
merce yesterday unanimously indorsed
the plan to raise $5,000,000, either by d.
rect taxation or through a bond issue
for the purpose of holding an interna-
tional exposition at San Francisco In
1915 to celebrate the completion OF the
Panama canal. The vote was con-
Cured In by representatives of the Los
Angeles clearing house, realty board
and Merchants and Manufacturers as
sociation.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of giving the members of the
Southern California delegation In the
state legislature the combined opinion
of the representative men of the city
and county as expressed through their
commercial bodies.
The following members of Legislature
were present: Charles M. Bell, Fl. M.
Hurd, N. w. Thompson, H. G. Cattell,
Prescott F. Cogswell, Percy v. Ham
mon, w. ]. Hanlon. e. G. Hincle,
p. Transue.
James McNab, former president of
the San Fancisco chamber of COM
merce, and Percy B. Long, city attor-
ney of San Francisco, spoke of some
of the details for raising the necessary
funds for financing the exposition.
Both declared that they wanted the
southern emu lilo SUITS u lCCl Illebt
the international exposition was for
California as a state and was not a
method of boosting San Francisco
alone.
The argument was made that the
whole state of Louisiana Is behind the
claim of New Orleans for the govern
ment Endorsement. Mr.. McNab de-
clared that as a matter of state pride
all California citizens should get be-
hind the proposition and boost for tho
exposition.
WILL ATTRACT THOUSANDS
It was stated that the manner in
which the proposed state contribution
of $1,000 900 to be raised should be left
open to the discretion of the legisla-
tors Some may favor q bond issue and
some q direct tax. But 1t was gener-
ally agreed by those present that while
the state has voted year after year for
funds to provide exhibits of California
at expositions held in other states, 1t
has never appropriated anything for a
home fair that will attract thousands
of persons from all over the world and
bring millions of dollars into the state
It was also asserted that the expen-
diture of the money to be raised by tho
state will be entrusted to commits
sion to be appointed by the governor
and that San Francisco or its exposi-
tion directors will have absolutely no
control of this fund.
d. C. Collier, director general of the
San Diego exposition and at one time
an aggressive opponent of San Fran
cisco's claims, evoked much applause
by his speech on harmony. He said
that the people of California must get
together and work for this international
exposition and that past differences
and discords should be lost sight of In
the fight for the welfare of the whole
state and the entire Pacific coast as
we'll
Brief addresses were made by ]. A.
Graves, vice president of the Farmers
and Merchants National bank; Stod-
dard Jess, State Senator Thompson,
Speaker p A. Stanton and Robert
Marsh, a representative of the realty
board
The San Franciscans heartily thanked
-eche chamber of commerce for its
action and said that the citizens of the
north would do all in their power to
reciprocate.