The Newark journal., 1911-08-04
IS MUCH UNJUST FEELING AGAINST
 HOT SPRINGS
No City in the State Has Done More to Advertise Arkansas and Bring Investments and Citizens Into Her Borders.

Two things are unfortunate for our state. One IS, that her people in gen eral know so little about the greatest health resort i'll the world, located in her territory. The other Is. a wide spread prejudice, more or less Yiru- lent. against Hot Springs. This pre- judice has been created largely by the wild rawlings of visionary religious cranks, and alleged "reformers, who have branded the place as "a hell hole etc Another class of defamers are persons who have gone there to have q good time or to beat the other fellows game, have sought the dives and found sharper crooks than themselves. Lacking moral courage 10 tell the truth as 10 how they were separated from their wads. they have cursed the town as a community of egrafters and thieves There Is, per haps, less truth in either Of these stories than of any great resort of it's nature anywhere in the world Many of the leading ehurcbmen of the coun- try have visited Hot Springs, studied 
 enforcement and high moral and so- cial standards Hot Springs will com pare with any city of its size and character in the country.
 Admittedly the most renowned health resort in the world. Hot Springs is a distinction to the state, of which all her people should feel proud They ought to learn more about this wonderful place and then they would think better of it. It has done more than any other agency or city 10 advertise Arkansas to the world II has been the means Of bringing more capital into the state for investment than any other city Wealthy people from all sections go there for health or rest. who other wise would never have come to the state, have learned of our marvellous resources and made large invest ments in lands, timber, mineral and manufacturing industries These in vestments have sought various see tions of the state, and if full list of them could be told it would make a wonderful story For these reasons the people all over the state should be proud of Hot Springs, should feel an interest in its growth and ad yaneement should send men to the legislature who could, at, least have some appreciation of ifs importance to the whole state sufficiently To deal fairly with it in legislative matters.
 The unfounded prejudice against Hot Springs has, to some extent. miIi= lated aeainst the State Fair. because that institution is located there. The State Fair is not local 10 Hot Springs beyond the mere fact of being held There, an incident due solely 10 the 1 fact that the owners of the OaKlawn race track have for five years given inc free use of their halfmillion dol lar plant to the people Of the state for the purpose of the fair. This fact is entitled 10 some appreciation. On ! the other hand, the location of the fair at Hot Springs adds greatly to it's benefits 10 the state No city in the state is so we'll equipped for comfortably taking care of the multi
 tudes who go to the fair, and at no other point would the resources of our state be so widely advertised to the outside world as there Be just and fair to Hot Springs. Boost the
 State Fair. for what 1t is-"of and for
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