Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — CHICAGO FAVORS SAN FRANCISCO [ARTICLE]

CHICAGO FAVORS SAN FRANCISCO

Bolden Bate City Indorsed For Holding Panama Exposition STRONG RESOLUTION ADOPTED Action of Nat’onal Business League of America In Support of the California City-bs the Most Desirable Place to Celebrate the .Completion of the Panama Canal Bound to Exert a Wide Influence.

The business men of Chicago are for San Francisco as the most desirable site for the exposition to celebrate the completion, of the Panama canal in 1915. The National Business League of America, on Oct. 7, adopted a resolution endorsing San Francisco and this action by such an influential body of representative business men is bound to exert wide influence throughout the - middle west and the east.. This endorsement, following closely cn the failure of New Orleans to secure a Chicago endorsement is particularly pleasing to San Francisco. The resolution follows: “Whereas. The Panama canal will, when completed, unite the waters of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and create new opportunities fer the advancement of American commerce; and, “Whereas, The citizens of San Francisco, in the state of California, United States of America, have publicly declared their intention of holding an international exposition in the year 1915. under the title ‘The Panar ma-Pacific International Exposition,’ to fittingly celebrate the completion of the Panama canal; and. “Whereas. The Pacific coast has an equable and healthful climate, and San Francisco has every modern facility for the comfort and entertainment of a large concourse of people, with ample opportunities for side trips to other Toast cities; and, “Whereas. By any route, a pilgrimage to the Pacific coast would be through scenes of beauty and grandeur unrivaled in any other part of the world, the trip to the exposition should be made, at least one way, by a route through the Panama canal, in order that visitors and the world at large may become familiar with that wonderful achievement; therefore, be it “Resolved By the Board of Directors of the National Business League of America, that San Francisco be, and hereby is, sSrerriv recommended as the proper site fer the proposed exposition: and f. • board further recommends that a line of commodious passenger- steamers be established to ply to and fro, through the canal, between the Atlantic coast cities and cities of the Pacific coast, primarily for the purpose of enabling visitors ts the exposition to inspect said canal.”