The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-23
COUNTY AND CITY
 SHOULD GIVE AID
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARKANSAS GNHleiT AT PANAMA-PAcIFIc
 EXPOSITION URGED.
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
governor Hays Calls Upon Various organizations to Assist in BIa
 Advertising Plan.

| PiVeehung argument why sucb q Se would be meet and proper. N''ernor Hays in a proclamation calls "pol the various county and city gov eInhehts throughout Arkansas to con- SIuef carefully the matter of annro. prla1ons to the S1OO. 900 fund in ad. ,ei use Arkansas at the Panama Paci- i'c f'Nposltion at San Francisco next year This fund is to be used in erect. nis' equlpping and maintaining an Ar. kansas building and exhibit Cover. nor Hays calls upon various organi7a- tlons as well as the individual citizen 10 render patriotic support to the move hieht' The governors summary of the states resources and advantages in oilet form is said 10 be one of the pest things ever compiled along that me The proclamation is as follows. To the People of Arkansas:
 Whereas, there will be held in the city of San Francisco. California. next year the greatest international exposi. tion ever planned to be known as the Panama-Paciric International Exposi. tion, end
 Whereas, this exposition will form ally celebrate the completion of the great Panama Canal, built at a cost of $4o0,0oO,o00 and largely for the indus trial development of the Southern states, and
 Whereas. foreign nations, as well as the various states of the Union are preparing to expend millions of dollars in providing for a comprehen- siye display of their products at the exposition, and
 Whereas, no provision has beeu made for a proper representation of Arkansas and Arkansas products, thereby threatening 10 seriously handi- cap our beloved state in it's race to compete in the industrial markets of the world and at the same time sub iect the good name of our state and the enterprises of our citizenship to unfair criticism with loss of standing abroad and consequent weakening of confidence and state pride at home. and
 Whereas, through the generous ac- tivity of leading citizens from all parts of the state a visit has been made to the state of California. a site selected for a state exhibit at the fair and the good will and cooperation of the officials of the great exposition pledged to Arkansas in the effort of the state to provide through popular appeal a fair and needful representa- ton at San Francisco.
 Therefore, I, Geo. w. Hays, gover- nor of the great state of Arkansas. and in the name of her splendid resources, her rnrivalled industrial possibilities and her public-spirited citizenship do issue this proclamation. setting forth the imperative need of a state exhibit at the Panama Exposi- ton, and calling upon the good people of our state, irrespective of party, creed or locality to join hands in the work now before us--thst of providing for our state an exhibit unsurpassed by that of any other state or country at the coming worlds fair.
 'In 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 it's hundreds of millions of peo- pie know what it 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 the very path of the human tide that will set in toward the exposition, and, by proper advertising at the fair, will be in posi- ton to reap the greatest harvest of investment and enterprising citizen ship after the great fair closes, and at the crucial point when the influences at work at the fair will be most eff 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 nayigable river than any other state.
 "An average rainfall of 30 inches, distributed throughout the year.
 That during the past decade Ar kansas farm lands have increased 1S3 per cent. standard hardly reached by any other state or country.
 That. according to the greatest corn expert in the world. Arkansas