The Forrest City times., 1894-02-02
TELL ABOUT THEIR WORK.

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 The Arkansas Worlds fair directory met in Little Rock the other day and made its final report to the governor.
 SIR-In accordance with the act of the legis- iafure making an appropriation of si5.ooo 10 represent the state of Arkansas st the Worlds Columbian exposition. we have the honor to submit the following report:
 On the sfh Of March. rsoe the Arkansas Worlds fair directory was organized in con- formity with the law. and at once entered upon It's work contact for the erection of the Arkansas building at Chicago had been let in the year is2e, by the Arkansas Worlds Fair association. for the sum of ei2. $40. the work to pc completed by November 9. 1922 Subsequent changes and additions increased the price of The building 10 eH-ssi-cs Of this sum s9.6ss vas paid from the funds of the Arkansas worlds Fair association. leaving a deft or S.o4o5 10 be paid from the tlS.om state appropriation Thus it will be seen that after paying for the building only G. .ee3 $ was available for the purpose of making an ex- hioit With so small sum at it's disposal for inc purpose of representing the products. re- sources and capabilities O. the state at the world fair. it seemed the part of wisdom 10 eonnne our efforts mainly to a display in our state building. But. after surveying the field
 
 the amount in preparing exhibits in al least two of the general departments or inc exposition. namely. the Liberal Arts building and the Horticultural de partment To this end the directory gave all assistance within it's limited means to Hon w G. Fincenheller commissioner of az riculture. who so efficiently represented the state in the horticultural department. and to Prof J. H. Shinn. superintendent of public in sfrnetso.- who represented the state with such marked sT'ccess in the educational department in the Liberal Arts building The large num- Der of awards granted to Arkansas for superior displays in these departments and the high character Of these exhibits fully justified the action of the directory. and it must be a matter oi great regret 10 every public-spirited citizen that 1t was not possible to have the state properly and fairly represented Tn every department of the eXposi- ton. Since it was not possible we deemed it wise to devote our energies 10 a proper repre- sentation of our products and resources in our state building. With this object in view. we at once began the work of collecting and forward ing exhibits. paying especial attention 10 the requirements of the act of the legislature mak- ing agricultural products the leading consider afaon- Circulars were issued in the newspa. pers. and sent to every portion of the state. urging the farmers to cultivate their crops with special reference 10 the production of the best specimens of grain. grasses. fruits and vegetables The press of the state was appealed 10 to aid the directory in the collection of such exhibits. and it responded. as it always does where the honor and reputation of the state is involved. in a prompt and patriotic manner. The first shipment 10 the fair embraced the agricultural. horticultural and mineral collections of the state agricultural bureau, the land depart ment of the St Louis. Iron Mountain X Southern railway. the Fort Smith TO ns and hn Taat son county collection. The next large col lection was the splendid mineral ex- hibii consisting of carload of zinc sent from the Morning Star and the other mines of Ma rion county. These exhibits were sent forward early in April Strawberries. early peaches. plums, etc. were placed on exhibit early in May. From this time to within two weeks of the close of the exposition or from April la to l October l6, the work of shipping exhibits went on The grand total of exhibits sent included seven carloads of freight and more than 300 packages of express matter. The St. Louis. | Iron Mountain & Southern railroad transported these seven car loads from Arkansas to St Louis and returned them free of charge. A large DOT tion of the horticultural exhibit. all in fact l eept the fruits in jas, was sent from time to time by express. The directory refers with | special pride to the showing made hy our state in the horticultural depar tment The awards given to our collection of apples constitute the | 1 and places Arkansas at the head of the list of the great fruit states of America.
 | The report refers to the vast amount 1 of printed matter circulated, and con- | tinues:
 It is confidently believed that the circulation of this vast amount of printed matter will have 6 most beneficial effect in turning immigration and capital toward our state. Indeed, we have abundant evidence that this seed sown in Chicago is already bearing fruit. In spite of the strfngency of the times there is increased demand for our lands especially for timber lands and those adapted to the cultiva- tion of fruit There is no room to doubt that the present year will show large immigration to the state and vast increase in its taxable values largely due 10 the advertisement of our great resources at the World Columb bian ex- position.
 The directory takes especial pleasure in re- serring to the fact that with the small appro- priation from the state of only siso all ex- penses incurred in matntaining the stale ex- hibit have been paid and a balance of tt53 H turned into the state treasury. We confident ly assert that no state among the thirty-six that were represented with buildings at the Worlds Columbian exposition made SO fine \ record on small an appropriation as Arkans~s It was misfortune that we did not have appropriation that would have warranted us in making exhibits in all the departments of the exposition; but it our hi to be Q matter of congrstulation that we were enabled to accomplish much with our limited means. From the organization of our board to the close of the fair it was object 10 husband our resources and guard ex- penditures with the greatest care possible
 Before closing this report. desire to press our high appreciation of the patriotic ef- forts of the public-spirited citizens of Arkan- sas whose free-will offerings made to the Ar kansas Worlds Fair associations.coBerfbuted so much 10 our success. But for their work and money freely given the state would not have