Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 66, 14 January 1911 — Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO . PREPARING FOR. $50,000,000 PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION IN 1915

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, AN FRANCISCO, the wonderful

metropolla of tho Tactile coast, la truly a maclo city, rractlcally wiped out by the great

conflagration of 1906, when $000,000,000 In property waa reduced to aahea In three days, It atanda today proud In Ita aplendid rehabilitation, majeatlo and magnificent, a miracle of reconstruction i wroufht In four ahort yean, grander and more beautiful than ever and howlnc In every line and tower of the mammoth skyscraper that crowd and adorn Ita business section glowing evidence of the Indomitable spirit and ex haustlesa energy of its people. filled with Justifiable pride In the successful accomplishment of this great work, the builders of this magto city now propose to hold a great International exposition In 1915 to celebrate the consummation of that other wonder of constructive genius, that companion miracle of twentieth century achievement, the completion of the Panama canal, the most stupendoua engineering feat In the history of the wurld. The City Rebuilt. San Francisco has been rebuilt, but the great work still goes on. More than $200,000,000 baa been expended In the construction of splendid buildings and an additional $100,000,000 has been expended In varloua municipal Improvements. The hundreds of millions of dollara In pentonal property that went vp In smoke In that fateful April catastrophe cannot be brought back, but the peorle have forgotten that loss In the realization of the Increased prosperity, preent and prospective, for which they ' have struggled with almost superhuman energy and with splendid Intelligence. -Within the next four year another 1200.000.000 will have been spent In painting the lily. In putting the finishing touches on the beautiful city that already is the wonder of the world. In beautifying and adorning until San Francisco shall be the peer of any city In the world. The city beautiful which will greet the eyes of the hundreds of thousand of visitors to the Panama-

Pacific International exposition in 1915 will be the realization of an entrancing dream, the fulfillment of a golden promise and a glorious monument to those whose Initiative, genius, enterprise and self sacrifice made posnlble the consummation of an Idea worthy of a people truly great. 8eeka No Government Money, In the fulfillment of Its desire to hold an International exposition which shall excel In magnificence and true greatnens anything of the kind ever before attempted San Francisco has asked congress for official recognition. It makes no plea for financial assistance that is not the California way. It asks only that congress shall say that San Francisco, because of its location. Its Climate and the proved ability of Its people to accomplish great things, is the most desirable site for the proposed exposition and to lend the authority and prestige of governmental sanction to the invitations which will be sent to all foreign governments, asking them to send exhibits. Many Millions Pledged. As an earnest of Its intentions San Francisco, backed by California, announces a fund of $17,500,000 to finance the proposed exposition. Of this amount more than $7,000,000 has been subscribed by the citizens of San Francisco, $4,OS9.000 being pledged In two hours at the Tret meeting held for that purpose; $5,000,000 will be contributed by the state and $5,000,000 more by the city of San Francisco, the necessary authorization having been granted by the state legislature In special session. But this $17,500,000 Is only the nucleus. San Francisco guarantees a $50,000,000 show, and Sa.. Francisco has a habit of making good. San Francisco Is not alone In Its desire to celebrate the completion of the gigantic artificial waterway that Is to connect the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, thereby providing a short cut for the commerce of the world from the ports of Europe and the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific coast and the orient. New Orleans also aspires to that honor, and Its citizens, backed by the state of Louisiana, are making strenuous efforts to secure the

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official indorsement of congress for the Crescent City as the exposition city. First In the Field. San Francisco was first in the field and to the unprejudiced mind must be recognized as having the strongest claim for the coveted honor. It is ideally located, has a magnificent harbor, a perfect Climate, unrivaled hotel accommodations and a whole souled, generous population, noted the world over for Its progressivenesa and lavish hospitality. Moreover, it has the money necessary to finance an exposition of a size commensurate with the Importance of the event which it is proposed to celebrate and the energy and ability to make that exposition an artistic and financial success. New Orleans bases Its claim to congressional recognition mainly on the fact that It is nearer the center of population and more onvenient to visitors Inhabiting the Atlantic coast and Mississippi valley regions. New Orleans believes that nearness to the center of population Insures success. That theory Is an exploded fallacy, as shown by the four International expositions that have been held In the United States since expositions became fashionable the first at Philadelphia, on the Atlantic seaboard, in 1S76; the second on the Mississippi, at New Orleans, In 18S5; the third in the Mississippi valley region, at Chicago, in 1893; the fourth on the Mississippi, at St. Touis, In 1904. All received government aid. New Orleans received a loan of Jl. 000. 000 (which has never been repaid). Subsequently $300,000 was appro

priated for a government exhibit, and later $350,000 additional was appropriated to pay the debts of the exposition. New Orleans was then as much a center of population as it is today. New Orleans, backed by the state of Louisiana, proposes to raise a fund of $8,000,000 to finance its proposed exposition, less than half the amount of the San Francisco Panama-Pacific exposition fund. Backed by All the West. All California and the entire west are back of San Francisco and the west makes no failures. The Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland, the Alas-ka-Yukon-Paclflc exposition at Seattle and the midwinter fair at San Francisco all' prova this. No government appropriation to finance the PanamaPacific exposition will be asked government recognition only is expected. The west never does things by halves it proposes to make this exposition the greatest affair of its kind In the world's history. San Francisco can accommodate the fleets of the world in its magnificent harbor, and a monster marine spectacle, which will be participated in by the assembled warships from all the maritime nations of Europe. Asia and South America, will be one and not the least attractive of the features of the Panama-Pacific exposition. San Francisco Is the largest city west of St- Louis and Chicago, the central port of all the Pacific coast between Panama and Puget sound, the greatest trade and shipping point In all the re

gion between the Mississippi and the Pacific, between Canada and Mextco. a region comprising more than twothirds of the area of all the United States and which will be more vitally affected by the completion of the Panama canal than any other section of the country. Ten transcontinental railroads now reach San Francisco, and each of these roads will bring thousands of visitors to the exposition. These visitors will be allowed stop-over privileges at various points to enable them to visit the many famous places in the west, such as the Yellowstone park. Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the Yosemite. Mount Shasta, Lake Tahoe. the big trees, the missions, reclamation projects, orange groves, gold mines, oil fields, orchards, flower farms, the glaciers of southern Alaska, the pearl fisheries of La Paz and Guaymas and the volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Steamships from the Atlantic coast ports and from Europe will bring more thousands, coming through the Panama canal, thus affording a splendid opportunity for the tourists to see the great ditch and obtain a fuller appreciation of the gigantic engineering feat that stands head and shoulders above any other achievement of man In the history of the world. Expositions have their business end and should be held during the summer months, because 90 per cent of the people take their vacations in the summer. It is well known that California's winter climate, balmy as It is. cannot compare with its summer climate, the summer temperature aver

aging 59 degrees, only 7 degrees higher than the winter mean. Travelers in the summer go north, not south. What Fra Elbertus Says. Elbert Hubbard (Fra Elbertus) has this to say in the Denver Post about the Panama canal and the proposed Panama-Pacific exposition, with which San Francisco proposes to celebrate its completion: "The Panama canal will be the actual realization of the short passage to India, sought by sailors and navigators for centuries. The building of the Chinese wall is the only engineering feat in history that actually rivals it. "To commemorate this mighty achievement is worthy of our highest, noblest and most dignified efforts. No Mardi Gras carnival, with Its dancing clowns? prancing nymphs and showers of confetti, will suffice. "Archimedes, who invented and held a patent on the lever, said: " 'Give me a place upon which to stand and I will move the world.' "San Francisco has a lever, and she has a place upon which to stand. She has moed the world to admiration for her recovery from calamity, and she will now, with the help of the world, give the world the greatest object lesson in science, economics, art and industrial betterment that it has ever seen. "She has the money, the location, the climate, the water, the sunshine, the men and women, the willing brain and the strong and helpful hands. "San Francisco now asks congress for official permission to invite the world to come to her house party in 1915. "San Francisco does not ask Uncle Sam for either an appropriation or a loan. "All she asks is for his smile and nod of recognition. "San Francisco has now pledged and at her command $17,000,000 to finance the Panama World's exposition. That is a larger sum than any world's fair ever had, and the Centennial exposition only bad about one-fourth . as much. "San Francisco 1915." Some idea of the relative wealth and ability of California and Louisiana to finance an international exposition of

the scope and Importance of the on proposed may be obtained from a study of the following figures, which artaken from the report of the national monetary commission, and, except as noted, relate to April 28. 1909; COMPARATIVE BANKING STATISTICS RELATIVE TO CALIFORNIA AND LOUISIANA. Items. California. Louisiana. Population June i, . 1909 1.712,000 l.M.m Capital of ail banks M,97,$.X2 $21,955,900.00 Individual deposits &67,Ut.799.00 9004.530.00 Average per capita 827.47 56.1J Total resources of. 842,969,880.09 158,642.10100 Total savings deposits .............. 281,228.437.26 2U56.2U.M Amount paid sav

ings depositors m Interest (1908-9)... Rank among states ' In number of savings depositors....

8.122.908.79 301,527.78

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High Financial 8tanding. San Francisco now holds eighth place among the cities of the United States in bank clearings. Nothing proves more conclusively the fact that San Francisco has regained her position as a banking and financial center. The bank clearings for 1909 amounted to $1,979,872,000 as against a total of $1,757.141,850.08 for 1908, a gain of $222,730,719.98, or 12.6 per cent. This Is almost double the amount of the bank clearings of the year 1900. ' The completion of the Panama canal is distinctly a Pacific coast event, sines it opens the Pacific to the commerce of thv world, and what more fitting place to celebrate that great event than San Francisco, the greatest port on ths Pacific coast? The new city, rebuilt on a scale of undreamed magnificence, will in itself be an attractive exhibit. The exposition will be distinctive and characteristic. Hers will not only be exhibits of products from all European countries, but all , nations that border on the Pacific the Islands of the sea and the awakening orient will be able to make displays here such as have never before been assembled. San Francisco is truly the exposition city, the only logical sits for ths celebration of the most stupendous work M man, the completion of the Panama canaL Let the slogan be "San Francisco 191SI