The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-07
to the South. its resources Its opportunities and

10 ths Sonth, its resources, ls opportunities ana
its people.
Both New Orleans aud san Francisco have del
egations in Washington that they may be in
close touch with Congress, The Southern men
are busy pumping facts and logic into Congress,
while the Pacific Coasters are energetically but.
senators and congressman in the eff
fort to get pledges OF votes for San Francisco.
The railroads and steamship lines aiding
san Francisco for mercenary reasons, because
long haul means more money to them than
short one, and 1t must be admitted that the haul
to New Orleans within such easy reach Of SO
many millions Of people, would put less lucre in
the Golfers OF the transportation corporations.
In the steamship Offices in European cities
now hanging maps with the sun shining directly
over San Francisco with nature all abloom, and
everything else to indicate that It would be
most happy and delightful place to hold the Ex-
ed black and yellow. When an immigrant Or pro
spectve Exposition visitor inquiries as to the
meaning of these colors, he is told that black
represents negroes and the saffron indicates vel
low fever. This is libel New Orleans and
the entire South, but shows TO what end some
purpose. fair Congress, which knows any
thing whatever about the South should need
nothing further than this to make up it's mind
to select New Orleans, and thus give that city
and the South an opportunity Of wiping out the
false impressions so widely circulated abroad.
few facts which New ORLEANS has projected
into the contest should make the decision of
Congress all the more easy to reach.
San Francisco is 3,4O0 miles from the Panama
Canal New Orleans is $50 miles
Within a radius of geo miles Of New ORLEANS
G5,000,0o0 people live Within the same radius
of San Francisco live 100000 people
Should man living in Cincinnati care TO cele.
brate the completion of the big ditch, he would
be 1900 miles nearer it by staying at home than
il he went to San Francisco. Alaska regarded
as mort distant territory. is just as San
Francisco as is the Panama Canal. Hudson Bay
is just as near the Golden Gate as Panama
There is a difference OF 10000 miles between
New Orleans position relative to Manchester,
England and San Francisco.
For the same money the people living east of
the Rocky mountains would pay for transporta-
ton to San Francisco they could attend the Ex-
position at New Orleans. see all the sights, de-
fray their hotel bills and other expenses and
then have something left over
New Orleans is shipping point for the East
South and Middle West. and great commercial
progress would be made in holding the EXPOSE
tion in the Louisiana city
The Crescent City is accustomed to handling
large crowds its Mardi Gras celebrations each
year attracting $4,000 or more persons to the
city New Orleans is one of the most romantic
cities in the United States, linking the past
with the present with it's Creole settlements and
its thriving business zones
Thousands of reasons why the Exposition
should be held in New Orleans, and not in San
Francisco, have been advanced, and each day new
reasons appear In addition TO all this how
ever. New Orleans is The Logical Point" and
the first bidder for the Exposition and the
first city to form an organization work for it
and put up money. More than this. New Orleans
was the father Of the idea to hold an Epositton
in commemoration OF the completion of the canal
II YOU be true and loyal Southerner, work
for New Orleans and see that the Virginia del,
egation In Congress votes right