The Nevada County picayune., 1914-07-24

or locality, to join hands in the work now before us-that of providing fo- our state an exhibit unsurpassed by that of any other state or country at the coming worlds fair.
 Tn furtherance of this. let me call attention to some pertinent facts. which need only an allusion to impress upon us their importance to our state and our people:
 At no stage in the worlds history has competition for trade and com merce been more keen than today. The state, like the individual business man. must need meet this competition by advertisement-by letting the world and its hundreds of millions of peo- pie know what 1t has to offer. The state or country that fails to do this Is a party conspirator against the best interests and the prosperity of it's own people.
 The Southern states, by virtue Of their strategic location. will be the greatest -beneficiaries of the worlds fair. They will be in she very path of the human tide that will set in toward the exposition, and, by proper advertising at the fair, will be in posi- tion to reap the greatest harvest Of investment and enterprising citizen ship after the great fair closes, and al the crucial point when the influences at work at the fair will be most ef fectively felt.
 Arkansas lies at the very heart of the great Mississippi Valley and in a key position for unrivaled benefits from the exposition. It has unsur- passed opportunities to offer and ad- vantages to bestow, but the world must be made acquainted with these things. Through a great exhibit at the fair, our people can demonstrate 10 the world such great industrial facts as these:
 More miles Of navigable river than any other state.
 An average rainfall of 50 inches, distributed throughout the year
 That during the past decade Ar kansas farm lands have increased l33 per cent, standard hardly reacbea by any other state or country.
 That according to the greates; corn expert in the world, Arkansas should raise more corn 10 the act than Iowa. because of it's favorabl, seasons
 That a crop failure, through drouth is practically unknown.
 That Arkansas is the land of doH. ble crops.
 That Arkansas cuts one-twentieth of the entire output of lumber for tn UniteG States annually, and rank first in hardwoods, having the great. est oak and gum forests in the world
 That the undeveloped water-pow- CT of the state, if harnessed, would drive the wheels of every factory in the state.
 That lands can be bought for one. fourth what they will cost in the more northern states, yet will yield as gen. erous harvests and under conditions of climate that make farming a dis tinct pleasure.
 That the state produces a grade O. marble equal to that of any other state, supplies the larger part of the commercial aluminium of the world has rich and inexhaustible deposits Of kaolin from which the finest china is made. has by government test the most powerful steam coal in the world furnishes zine, slate. phosphate and other commercial minerals. and has the only diamond mines in America.
 That Northwest Arkansas is the banner fruit belt of the South, and has taken first prizes at nine nationa' and international eNpositions, and that 70 of the n counties of the state are adapted to profitable fruit growing.
 That in Southwest Arkansas is the greatest peach orchard in the world and that the varieties rival anything produced on the Pacific coast.
 That there are over 800, 900 acres of government lands subject to home stead.
 That the state has an educational system that ranks with the best in the country, and that school property shows an increase of 400 per cent in valuation within the past ten years.
 That Arkansas manufactures ap- proach Sl00,000,0 ,000 annually in value.
 With these facts before us, our duty is indicated. We must raise the necessary fund to build a representa- tive building at San Francisco and install therein the finest products from every county and city of the state. It has been estimated that s10O, 900 will me required-or less than six cents for each man woman and child within the state.
 AS the governor of the state call upon you, individually and collectively to assist in this great work and unless am in error as to the warp and wool of our citizenship this call will not be in vain. Rather, l am persuaded. will the people Of our great state feel that in getting behind this movement~they