. Travel January 1915 . ai the city, whose charms he speaks so eloquently, is soon to be-come one of the great manufacturing centers of the land—whichprobably is not true at all. Manufacturing, as the north and eastof the United States may know it, has never thrived upon the Pacificcoast. There are many reasons for this. The most compelling ofthem is the high cost of labor. That is why commercial California has looked forward so_ eagerly to the completion of the Panama Canal. It has expected that, with thegreat ditch in full would sail from Ham-burg and Trieste and< icnoa direct t
. Travel January 1915 . ai the city, whose charms he speaks so eloquently, is soon to be-come one of the great manufacturing centers of the land—whichprobably is not true at all. Manufacturing, as the north and eastof the United States may know it, has never thrived upon the Pacificcoast. There are many reasons for this. The most compelling ofthem is the high cost of labor. That is why commercial California has looked forward so_ eagerly to the completion of the Panama Canal. It has expected that, with thegreat ditch in full would sail from Ham-burg and Trieste and< icnoa direct to its ports,loaded with immigrantsready to work. The warwill probably prove a sad blow to such expectations. When it finally is over Eu-rope will need all of it-men, and immigration willfall to a thin stream at thebest. it is hardly likelynow that the Panama Canalwill bring any real or im-mediate relief to the com-plicated labor conditions asthey exist. Your accomplished—and JANLAin1915 .w T R A V E L & 1. THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY BUILDING I he San Diego exposition is not primarily a show, it tells a story -the story of the great industries of the State, whether agricultural or manufacturing, here to be demonstrated in every process of growth or construction. It is a cultural project in its highest sense ? » olific— San 1 real-estat not let so littl< t mat as world-wide war and its « t upon economic conditions trouble him. railroads art coming over the mountains and the I tories </_ ling t spring up along tin- harbor side. His city, with a commendmunicipal pride, has already begun to pla that harbor side>rder. Its bi inning i- a municipal pier, for tin- construction ofich it recently raised a million dollars. The facility with whichSan I i go to raise money i>. as we shall s< • in a moment, on< the astounding thin: about the pla ays your r I-• ater, a- he whirls you around the big and sprawling town in h
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