Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1919-02-09
NEW RAILWAY TO BE BIG
HELP TO ARIZONA

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Feb. ga per-
nanent Commercial Museum. the re-
salt OF research into the demands OF /
the increased commerce soon 10 be
funnel.ed through this port is pos |
sibility for San Diego in the immed- |
late future. il the plans now being |
Considered by the board of directors |
of the present Museum OF Nan ami
by business men aud commercial or
gan, ;l:icns of the southwest are car
died out.
In advocating tn. establishment Of
such a business and industrial mus
p n . occupy the beau.!fa, Southern
-IM.ornia counties palace al the en-
~anec TO the exposition grounds in
Balboa park, Dr. Edgar l. Hewett. d.
ro-tcr Of the San Diego museum, this
week declared that not only is such a
museum OF research 60 an absolute
/ necessity in the view Of the coming
/ changes in the routing of the ex9or.
( rade Of the southwest, but that Il
I can be done far more cheap.y and
quickly in san Diego that in any ether
city.
Calling attention TO the fact that
such permanent trade expositions or
grea. SAMPLE rooms" are now a fea-
tire OF the commercial certers Of
France. Germany. Holland, England
and Japan. taking the place Of the
-ostly AM epheremal world 5 fairs. d..
Hewe;t said:
with the ending of me great war
an examp,ed demand for our raw and
manufactured articles is coming 10 US
from the Orien; AID from South and
Central America. san Diego IS bound
J
ing ports II is announced that the
san Diego and Arizona railway, tap
Ping the rich empire between here and
y Paso. including the Imperial Valley,
will be completed between June and
September next. Every cargo shipper
in this region should have personal
interest in the development CT this
.rade through the pert OF San Diego
20 the distant world markets
This development in future must
re done as ether nations have devel
opel it and as the United States has
not. through scientific -ese2-ch and
careful surveys o: the exact needs o.
! he foreign trade The Old hit and
miss methods are dead They NEAR
failure For this development a per
manent commercial exhibit is ne
cessi:y And the p.esen; museum and
Schools of American Research Offer
the facilities in cooperation with al
chambers Of commerce and other or
CARNATIONS interested in making il 4
reality.
For the wider ope ming Of the doors
If opportunity of our southwest mer
Of constructive Imagination are need
ed. men who recognize that nothing
comes to us-it has been fetched. Il
we hesitate, the cities to the nortf
may beat US TO il, and attract the bus
ines that logically should flow along
the border and through San Diego
And we have a great initial advar
tage over other cities. not only in tn,
shorter haul to port. but in the small
expense involved in installing a1C
maintaining such a trade museum. We
have in Balboa Park fine building
viii eNHiDit ndi!s anu DdiCSHlcs
equipped for Just such collection
just as it was left when the southern
counties removed their exhibits We
have nothing to build. and the Sar
Diego museum offers the aid of It's
staff in displaying and giving publici,;
to it,
1T is hoped that the cities and the
towns tributary to San Diego as fal
east as Texas may take this mattel
e under Amusement and work out loca
z plans for a participation in this prac
( teal scheme Of developing the vast
v new field of foreign and American
I trade"