Newport daily independent., 1914-07-23
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 Big
Advertising Plan.

/
/ 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 apDro-
/ pFiations to the 100000 fund to ad.
/ vertise Arkansas at the Panama PACT
tic Exposition at san Francisco next
/ year. This fund is to be used in erect
ing, equjDping and maintaining an Ar
| kansas building and exhibit. Cover
nor Hays calls upon various organiza-
lions 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 complied 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 exposi-
ton ever planned, to be known as the
Panama-Pacific International Exposi-
. ton, and
Whereas, this exposition will form
ally celebrate the completion of the
great Panama Canal, built at cost of
$400, 100000 and largely for the indus
trial development Of the Southern
states, and
Whereas. foreign nations, az well
as the various states OF the Union,
are preparing to expend millions OF
dollars in providing for comprehen-
sive display of their products at the
| exposition and
Whereas, no provision has been
made for proper representation OF
Arkansas and Arkansas products.
thereby threatening to seriously handf-
cap osr 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 &C
tivity of leading citizens from all
parts OF the state a visit has been
made to the state OF California, 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, COVER
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 as the Panama Exposi
tton, and calling upon the good people
Of our state, irrespective of party, creed
or locality, to join hands In the WORT
now before us-that Of providing for
our state an exhibit unsurpassed BY
that Of any other state or country al
| the coming worlds fair.
I'm 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 1t has to offer. The
state or country that fails to do this is
a party conspirator against the bes
interests and the prosperity of its owr
people.
The Southern states, by virtue Of
their strategic location. will be tbs
greatest beneficiaries of the worlds
fair. They will be in the very path
OF the human tide that will set Ii
toward the exposition, and. by proper
. advertising at the fair, will be in posi-
, ton to reap the greatest harvest o.
. Investment and enterprising citizen
. ship after the great fair closes, and a.
, the crucial point when the influences
at work at the fair will be most eff
fectively felt.
Arkansas lies at the very heart o.
the great Mississippi Valley and jim 4
key position for unrivaled benefits
!, from the exposition. 1t has unsur
passed opportunities to offer and ad
vantages to bestow, but the worlt
must be made acquainted with thes'
things. Through great exhibit a
. the fair, our people can demonstrate
= to the world such great industrial fact
0 as these:
more miles OF navigable river thai
any other state.
"An average rainfall of so inches
, distributed throughout the year.
THAT during the past decade Al
kansas farm lands have increased 10
per cent, standard hardly reache
by any other state or country.
That, according to the creates
;, corn expert in the world, Arkanss