Pocahontas star herald., 1914-07-31
COUNTY AND CITY
SHOULD GIVE AID
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARxAns.e
EXHIBIT AT PANAMApAcfs'S
EXPOSITION URGED.
PROCLAMATION is ISSUED
sovsrnor Hays Calls Upon Various
Organizations to Assist In slu
Advertising Plan.

..-,. N'HhS eNtmnle and
presenting argument why such a
course would be meet and pron.r
governor Hays In proclnmatioo c,iIs
upon the various county and eity roy.
ernments throughout Arkansas !, 81,
slider carefully the matter OF a,,ro.
priauons 10 the slOO. 900 hind 10 ,d.
rertlhe Arkansas at the P.npw,. .p,cI.
VIC Exposition at San Francisco nsvt
year. This fund Is 10 be used In erect.
ING equippins and maintaining an Ar.
kansas building and exhibit Cover.
nor Hays calls upon various orrupIgn.
tions IA well as the lndlyidunl citiyep
70 render patriotic support to the move.
ment The governors SUMMARY m tho
states resources and advantages IN
brief form Is said 10 be one of the
best things ever compiled along that
line. The proclamation Is as follows.
TO the People Of Arkansas:
Whereas, there win be held In fro
city OF San Francisco. California. peyt
year the greatest international exposl.
tion ever planned. TO be known as the
Panama-Pacific international F,nposi.
tlon. and
"Wheseas, this exposition will form.
ally celebrate the completion Of tho
great Panama Canal. built al a cost OF
1iOo,0Oo.0oe and largely for the indus.
trial development Of the Southern
states. and
Whereas, foreign nations. as well
Rs the various states OF the Unlnn
are preparing 10 eNpend millions Of
dollars IN providing for comprehen.
slvc dlspiar OF their products az the
exposition. and
Whereas. no provision has been
made foe a proper representation o'
Arkansas and Arkansas products.
thereby threatening to seriously handl.
cap our beloved state in its race to
compete in the industrial markets OF
the world and at the same time sub.
iect the good name OF our state and
tho enterprises OF our citizenship 60
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 90 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 10 Arkansas in the effort OF
the stite 10 provide through popula.
appeal tlir and needful representa-.
tlon at San Francisco.
Therefore |. Geo. w. Hays, COVER
nor OF the great state OF Arkansas.
and in the name OF her splendid
resources, her unriyalled industrial
possibilities and her publcspirited
citizenship. do issue this proclamation.
setting forth the imperative need Of
state exhibit at the Panama Erposi'
tlon, 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 TO-
our state an exhibit unsurpassed by
that OF a1y other state or country at
the coming worlds fair
an furtnsrance OF this. let me cali
attention 90 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, mus, need meet this competition
by adyertisement--by letting the Worlu
and its hundreds Of millions OF peo-
pie know what II has TO offer The
state or country that fails 10 do this is
party C0nspirator against the best
interests aud the prosperity oi its own
people.
"The Southern states by virtue o.
their atra .sgic location, will be th'
greatest lsneficiaries OF the world h
fair They win be in the very Baln
OF the human tide that will set ih
lOW1Iu iIlr hApbSlNibllf anu -
advertiBirg at the fair, will be m posi-.
tion to reap the greatest harvest Of
investment and enterprisinG citizen
ship after the great fair closes, ana at
the crucia. point when the influences
ut work o. the fair win be most Ell
fectively felt. .
Arkansas lies at the very hearl OF
the great Mississippi Valley ana IN
key poslt0 for unrivaled beheli's
from the exposition. II has uhs"r
passed opportunities to ofier and aa'
yantages 70 bestow, but the Wo'i"
must be made acquainted with these
things. Tdrough a great eNhlO.l at
the fair. our people can demonstrate
30 the world such great industrial iac's
As these ..
More miles Of navigable river 'n|D
any other state.
IAN average rainfall oil % ln'''o''
distributed throughout the year
"That during the past decade A. AT.
kansas farm lands have increased J 90, o.,
per cent standard hardly 'e"'nT'
by any other state or country ..
That according to The bs'o1sS. bs.
corn ex1e~ in the world. NfN"''''