Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-07-24

an extent is the state of Texas
to benefit from the opening OF the
Panama canal?
Figures and statistics will not sumce
to tell at this date. because, apart from
the inevitable beneficial results which
must accrue to all countries blessed
with a coast line bordering one Of the
extremities of the new waterway, the
ultimate good that Texas will reap
from the canal will be culled from the
action taken by Texas herself.
Upon cotton Texas builds her main
hope. She is the greatest producer OF
that necessity in the world. Her ex~
ports are largely to the orient and 70
the west coast Of South America,
where are the greatest consumers OF
cotton cloth. The Panama canal Will
bring those customers Of Texas near
err by several days time and by
leagues of distance, thereby creating
a quicker and more expeditions supply
TO a demand that is continually In
creasing. The rich corn and the full
crops Of wheat, the multifarious fruits
and the ever widening supply OF cat
tie which Texas is producing year by
year-these, In addition to Its COM
mand of the cotton industry, are COM
modities for which the Lone Star state
will find new markets upon the open
ing of the Panama canal. The de-
mand will be brought into closer touch
with the supply. But how Is Texas to
secure that demand to herself?
| She must find the opportunity that
will present her products to the new
markets and emphasize them before
the old markets
Such an opportunity will be proyid-
ed by the Panama Pacific International
Exposition. which will be held at San
Francisco in 1915.
This gigantic festival OF commerce
is by decree of the United States gov
eminent the official celebration of the
completion of the Panama canal. The
Exposition has purpose which reaches
even higher than a national assertion
of nations success In establishing a
means of revolutionlzing the commerce
of the world. The purpose OF the Ex-
position is to bring the nations the
world together, that all may see what
all have done In their industries and
in their commercial enterprises, that
one may compare with the other and
so determine upon the best sellers and
the best buyers.
To put the situation even more pro-
saically. the Panama-Pacific lnterna-
tional Exposition is to be the shop
window of the world In 1915. 1t Is to
he the general department store. the
universal bazaar Of new era. And
to that department store or bazaar
every buyer and seller In the world
will come to look upon the newest
product, the most modern means of
manufacturing the product into the
salable article and to learn the reason
why one thing is better than another
and why one way is more advan'
tageous to the benefit of the consumer
10 the credit of the producer and to
the welfare Of the community.
Briefly. then, that is the boon that
the Panama. Pacific Exposition offers
to those who participate. 1t proposes
to establish sounder trade between
states, between countries and among
the peoples of the world The Expo
sition is a peace movement Of the most
definite compass. It's compass is the
binding Of nations, because commerce
is the surest tie of friendship.
And the one tremendously moving
. principle Of the Exposition is that the
participants in this international festi
val shall reap its benefits practically
for the mere asking The space fol
exhibits is extensive, but Is neverthe
less limited. Those who come first arr
the first served. 1t is not question
, of who pays the biggest price. 1t de
! ponds unpn who grasps the opportuni
: ty most firmly The race is to thu
z swift The. pattle is to the strong. !
, sfiinsATrxas will win; II Texa
, strains and strives Texas will be til,
= victor.
Z 1t costs nothing to win. There is NJ
charge to the victor. Exhibit space |
| absolutely free to all exhibitors at tn
{ Panama-Pacific International Exposi
: ton. All the capital which has beel
> put into the great Exposition and al
r the millions who will attend are at tn
, disposal of the exhibitor, without an.
cost whatever to him, except the cos
J Of transportation. installation AM
, maintenance.
There are those who are In the rae
already-those who have caught tn
meaning Of the opening Of the Panama