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Show loose of the tides In the great cans it will be suddenly incnrimratcd ! an American city in a new respec It has boon nut of tho America world all these years, and has hull up a musical, literary and finauclj sphere of its own. Withe the compl tion of the canal, San Francisco's ,i( drebs will suddenly become, 'iT. S A." a sufficient reason why Itshoul' wish to celebrate ou a mighty scale St. Louis Times. hie position of favoring New Orleans as Ihe place for holding the Panama Exposition, there Is a distinct tone of another kind to he heard on every side. The question is being asked, why should New Orleans be faored iii this relationship, at the expense of San Francisco, which is mailing a igorous effort to obtain the exposition? exposi-tion? The St. Louis Times i:? free to say lhat it can think of no good reason why this city should favor New Orleans Or-leans as acalnst San Francisco The argument of "neighborliness" Is, perhaps, more than counterbalanced counterbal-anced by other arguments which readily come to mind. Summer has always been the accepted ac-cepted season for World's Fairs; therefore, the mailer of climate, should be a fiit consideration. New Orleans has a very kindlv climate to offer winter tourists, but its summer are frankly unbearable. General Humidity Hu-midity appears to have his fortif.ca-tlous fortif.ca-tlous established most stronglj in the 1-eautlful Crescent Cltv and he Is the known foe to comfort and exercise ex-ercise of any kind. On tho other hand Sin Francisco's climate in the summer season may almost be said to err In the other direction. It Is cool, if not quite chilh ; and It is the brasclng quality In the air which acts as a 6timulant to all pleasure seeking. Again. Snn Francisco In on the salt water, while New Orleans has to summer sum-mer her fleets froni a point more than half a hundred miles away. As to Ihe benefits of the Panama Exposition, certainly there Is no city which will reap so great a number as San Francisco. Hy the turuiDg I i ST. LOUIS AND THE EXPOSITION. Despite the fact that a partial prom Ise has ben made iu SL IxiuSs which would eek to anchor this city to |