Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-01

industry selected, and then these lead
ers were given the opportunity to eX-
hibit In other words. there was not
the house toulouse" canvas, but the
exposition did the selecting.
Consequently, the exposition got the
best to be obtained. Furthermore, the
individual exhibitor recognized in this
policy the genuine service to himself,
because he would he able to show his
manufactures without having the vis-
itor distracted and wearied by similar
displays made by other industrial
leaders in the same realm of bust
ness. The attention Of the visitors
is kept keen and the benefit to the eX-
hibitor Is consequently at a maximum
Working with a limited amount OF
money. and with the firm intention to
open free from debt. the exposition's
outlay in every department was not
nearly as great as it might have been,
More money could have been used TO
good advantage, but the limited money
on hand was made, simply because Il
was limited, to do twice as much work
as Il would ordinarily have done. The
operating force has been Kept at
minimum. and salaries, generally,
have been at q minimum Many Of
the officials who have done most gal
liant work have done SO without any
reward or hope OF reward. but purely
out Of patriotism and zeal to do their
best for san Diego and the American
west. That is another Impressive fea-
ture of the xpositon--the devotion
ia cause bigger than was the cause
Of any previous worlds tair
San Diego as the first port of call
should benefit materially from the
Panama canal That was the one
idea in many the exposition had, and
from the celebration itself, san Diego
should benefit materially, but that Is
not the prime purpose, The bigger,
broader and better purpose is to as
sist materially In the development OF
the whole west - san DiegO's back
country, if that expression may be
used. The benefit to San Diego is in
direct The benefit to the western
states is certain, for the great aim has
been to show the tourist from other
parts Of the country on each slope Of
the Rockies. that holds definite OPP
portunity for the settler. That set
tier may he a farmer, or merchant,
or manufacturer or an artisan.
Whatever he is. he can find in the
western empire work for him TO do,
il he have the heart and the brain
and the hands to do IT,
The great effort is, perhaps TO
build up agriculture In the west To
cultivate the forty-four million acres
of undeveloped land, potentially just
as good as that now being developed
and cultivated, Just as the present
eight million acres are being Culti-
waited, to turn the desert into garden.
ana mere resources into revenue pro-
ducing investment In seeking to
help itself, San Diego seeks TO help
the west far more.
This, today, is generally realized
aud the support which the exhibiting
states are giving san Diego establish
es another record In exposition his
tory, II is an exposition of a new
type, and the best type The world has
seen, And this has been done hy the
smallest city which ever held fair
of such dimensions city which
started the building with only thirty
five thousand inhabitants city
which was told the plan was hopeless
and could not be carried out-a city
of boundless energy and bOundless fu-
ture--San Diego
For the past week the magnificent
building erected by the state of New
Mexico has been thronged with pre-
opening visitors. watching the install !
lauon of that states most notable ex-
hioits. Tonight II was crowded to the