Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1910 — EXPOSITION FIGHT INTERESTS COUNTRY [ARTICLE]

EXPOSITION FIGHT INTERESTS COUNTRY

San Francisco Outclasses Hew Orleans In Every Respect. The great fight that i - being waged between San Francisco and New OrA leans for the honor of celebrating the completion of the Panama canal Is attracting the attention of the entire country. The fight Is no longer a contest between the two cities, but between California and Louisiana, {be legislatures cf which have each authorized a state tax to raise funds in aid of the proposed international exposition. In financial standing California Is so far ahead of Louisiana that its superior ability to finance the fafr must be conceded, and if the question of selecting a site for the exposition were to be decided on & basis of the relative wealth of the contestants, congress would haye no option, but would be forced to award the coveted honor to San Francisco. To the unprejudiced observer it is difficult to see wherein New Orleans has any legitimate claim to recognition as the logical point for the exposition. aside from the mere fact that It is located nearer to the center of population. In beauty of surroundings. climatic advantages, ability to handle the hundreds <sf thousands of prospective visitors, general progressive spirit of its people and record of achievement,, San Francisco stands head and shoulders above Its rival. According to the repert of the .national monetary commission on April 28, 1909, the population of California was 1,732,000, and that of Louisiana 1,642,000, while in the amount of savings deposits California ranked fourth among the states of the Union and Louisiana twenty-fourth, the exact figures being as follows: California .$281,228,437 28 Ijouisiana 21,356,289 90 Californio had 525.158 depositors, averaging $53 >OO, Louisiana 163,814, averaging *264.00. The total resources as represented In bank deposits were: California, *842.964,880.00, average per capita *486.70. Louisi lr a.- *158,612.502.00; average pei capita, *96 61 The following figures are taken from the report of the reports of the California comptroller of currency: San Frnn' s-o^—Total sivlngs deposits, *553,792.166.05: total individual deposits, *213.927,437 -; 7: average. *740.00. New Orleans -Total savings deposits, $16,856,783.49; total indlvioual deposits, $42,979,077 18: average JUOO.OO. Increase in resources of National banks year 1909-1910; San Francisco, $103.6.0,828.96; New Orleans, $2,370,226.74. In the face of such a Showing New Orleans and Louisiana do not appear to be In the same class with San Francisco and California, financially. And California is as much superior to Louisiana in every other respect as she is financially, just as San Frapcisco is immeasurably superior to New Orleans in all that goes to make a great and beautiful city. San Francisco is the ideal site for the Panama-Pacific International exposition in 1915. Let ecagress make no mistake