Newport daily independent., 1914-08-06
AND CITY
 SHOULD GIVE AID
APPRo CREATIONS FOR ARKANSAS EXHIBIT AT PANAMA-PAciFIc
 EXPOSITION URGED.
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
Governor Hays Calls Upon Various Organizations to Assist in Big
 Advertising Plan.

Little Rock.-Csting example and presenting argument why such al course would be meet and proper, Governor Hays in proclamation calls upon the various county and city gov ernments throughout Arkansas to con- Eider carefully the matter of appro- priations to the $100000 fund to ad- yertise Arkansas. at the Panama -Paci- flc 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 to 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. ITO the People of Arkansas:
 Whereas, there will be held in the city of San Francisco, California, next year the greatest international exposi- ton ever 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 at cost of s4O0,00O,00O 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- sive display of their products at the exposition, and sf
 Whereas, no provision has been made for proper representation of Arkansas and Arkansas products, thereby threatening to seriously handi- cap oar beloved state in it's race to compete in the industrial markets of the world and at the same time sub ject 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 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 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 unrivalled industrial possibilities and her public-spirited citizenship, do issue this proclamation, setting forth the, imperative need of . state exhibit az 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 for our state an exhibit unsurpassed by that of any other state or country at the coming worlds fair. sas
 "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 its hundreds of millions of Deo- 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- tion to reap the greatest harvest Of investment and enterprising citizen BQIp dLL6T tub Si Gdt ldll SiOoSob 0AAN ~e the crucial point when the influences at work at the fair will be most ef- fectively felt.
 Arkansas lies at the very heart or 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 13S per cent, a standard hardly reached hv any other state or country.