The Springdale news., 1914-07-24
COUNTY AND CITY
 SHOULD GIVE AID
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARKANSAS EXHIBIT AT PANAMA-PACIFIC
 EXPOSITION URGED.
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
Governor Hays Calls Upon Various Organizations to Assist in Biq
 Advertising Plan.

Littie= =hocR.-C1tng example and presenting argument why such a course would be meet and proper. Governor Hays in proclamation calls upon the various county and city gov ernments throughout Arkansas to con slider carefully the matter of appro- priations to the $100,000 fund to ad- yertise Arkansas at the Panama-Paci. fic Exposition at San Francisco next year. This fund is to be used in erect ing, equipping and maintaining an Ar kansas building and exhibit Cover nor Hays calls upon various organiza- tions as well as the individual citizen 10 render patriotic support to the move ment. The governors summary of the states resources and advantages in brief form is said to be one of the best things ever compiled along that line 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 expesi- ton eyer planned. to be known as the Panama-Pacific International Exposi. tion. and
 Whereas. this exposition will form ally celebrate the completion of the great Panama Canal, built al cost of S40o 000.e 600 and largely for the indus. trial development Of the Southern states, and
 Whereas foreign nations. as well as the various states Of the Union.
 
 dollars in providing for comprehen. siye displayof their products at the exposition, and
 Whereas, no provision has been made for proper representation o' 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 tect the good name of our state and the enterprises Of our citizenship 10 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 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. l. Geo. W Hays. goyer- nor of the great state of Arkansas and in the name of her splend q resources. her unriyalled industrial possibilities and her public-spirited citi2enshio. do issue this proclamation setting forth the imperative need Of a state exhibit nj 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 that of providing fo" our state an exhibit unsurpassed by that of any other state or country at the coWing worlds fair
 Tn furtherance of this, let me call attention 10 some pertinent facts, which need only an alusion to impress
  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 it has to offer The state or country that fails to do this is party eonspirator 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-. tion 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 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 great exhibit at the fair, our people can demonstrate to 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 133 per cent, a standard hardly reached by any other state or country.
 That, according to the greatest