Newport daily independent., 1913-09-15
SHOW WINDOW
OF PROSPERITY
THAT is WHAT THE 1913 ARkAN
SAS FAIR is BEING De
SIGNED TO BE.
Arkansas Has at Last Awakened tc
the Importance of the Big State
Institution.

It has required eight years of steady
toll and expense to convince the PEG
pie OF Arkansas that the Arkansas
tuition, promote and maintained for
tie benefit of the whole state and not
for any particular section.
In the past year the people of Ark
ansas have attended the fall eXposi-
lions and have personally approved the
tair, but it was not until the season OF
1913, that Arkansas really awakened to
the fact that their cooperation was
needed along other lines than merely
as visitors to the state fair; that they
must join their interests with the 9th
er exhibitors and make themselves in
reality part OF this big exposition of
the resources and wealth of Arkansas,
as well as spectators.
In 1912 there was a creditable show
Jig of the different counties of the
state and agricultural hall contained
many splendid exhibits from the far
mers and business people of these
county and state exhibits was given
the desired impetus during that fall,
and this year nearly every county in
the state will be represented either in
a collective exhibit or by showings
from individuals and companies
With this cooperation in evidence
there can no longer be any doubt as
to the annual success and growth of
the state fair The generous people
of Hot Springs have paid their money
year after year to support the annual
exhibit, but the spirit of cooperation
| has been needed all along to aid them
| in their we'll meant efforts to promote
and advertise to the world the great
ness of Arkansas, her matchless re-
sources, her need of further develop
ment. and the great wealth of oppor-
| tlnity for settlers, manufacturers and
promoters to improve and intensity the
output of both commercial and agri,
cultural products
This year Arkansans are with the
| fair, heart and soul, and it is a fore,
| gone conclusion that the exposition
this year will be the greatest showing
| of Arkansas products ever brought to-
| The counties of the state are ex-
| pected to completely occupy the big
agricultural hall with their exhibits
and their competition to win the spen-
did list of eight prizes offered for the
| best county exhibits. Last year Faulk
ner county carried off first honors, but
this year there are a score or more OF
counties which expect to run Faulkner
a hard race for premier honors at the
fair.
| 1t is this spirit of cooperation and
good natured competition to produce
| and show the best that will make the
fair the great institution it should be
and when the farmers of the state fair
| have brought the fair to this state OF
| perfection, they have at the same time
brought the agricultural resources OF
| the state to a much higher standard
| of excellence and profit to the men
who till the soil.
| This is the one big purpose of the
state fair-to stimulate the people OF
Arkansas to their best efforts, and in
| cidentally to increase their profits and
earnings in the same degree that they
| increase the excellence of the products
| SO the state fair is not selfish in
! stitution, promoted and fostered for
private gain, but to increase the great
ness of Arkansas through the one
great medium that other and more ad
vanced states have adopted to their
universal credit.
The 1913 fair, October q to Novem
Der l inclusive, is going to be the
"Show Window of Arkansas Progress
and Prosperity" Every exhibit placed
! there will add to the aggregate of the
quantity and the excellence of the quail
! ity of Arkansas products, and in the
end the farmer and business man, and
not the state fair management, will be
| the gamer.