The Harrison times., 1915-05-01
NEWS FROM STATE CAPITOL
Investigation Continues. Fight for Ex-
position Funds. Good Times and
Good Crops Everywhere,

On the showing made by the Pop.
ular Dollar Subscription Campaign
committee, the Arkansas building at
the Panama,Exposition will be
opened on June /, or earl er ii the
furnishings can be placed and the
exhibits arranged, How long after
that time the building will remain
open, depends upon the success Of
this committee during the month Of
June.
The first week of the campaign
was devoted entirely to Little Rock,
where the Flying Squanrons, which
will tour the state, have been organ.
led In Little Rock, where COM
mittees are daily working for
various Kinds of subscriptions, the
exposition exhibit workers disposed
of over 200 of the ALUMINIUM sou.
venir medals which are presented to
every subscriber to the fund. There
were only four real workers, and
they labored but three days They
are continuing the canvassing in
Little Rock this week with even
greater success, and before the end it
is thought that 1000 in the Capitol
City will donate their dollar. Less
than ten per cent Of the business
men were visited last week, which
would indicate that the minimum
number will easily be reached,
The work Of the investigating
committees has been resumed and
will 60 merrily on until it is com.
pleted. There will be a rc.opening
of the investigation Of the office of
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
and in the continuation Of the inves.
tjgation Of the State Auditors office,
some further investigation will be
made OF items already covered,
1t will require several months to
completethe work in some of the
departments yet to be investigated,
for in the past there has cen no
check kept on certain items, or no
double check, as is the custom in
most cases, 50 the committee will
have to search all over the state for
information, other than shown on
the department books,
Congressman Will S. Goodwin an.
nounces that President Woodrow
Wilson will soon name a committee
to investigate the marketing system
Of the United States, with the pros.
pect of working out a system which
will save to the farmer Of the
country the large waste annually,
! This is in line with q resolution Con.
gresham Goodwin attempted to
get through Congress, and it was
he who took the matter up later
with President Wilson when he
learned that the President has the
power to oppoint such committees,
According to Congressman Good
win the President will appoint the
heads Of several Of the greatest
mercantile establishments Of the
world, and the balance of the com.
mission will be composed OF presl.
dents of large railroad systems,
planters, and men who will know a
remedy when they see it,
THE President will appoint men
who know conditions now says
Congressman Goodwin, "and not
men who will have 60 60 and take
J an academic course Of instruction
concerning matters which they are
to investigate"
This commission will be expected
70 bring buyer aud seller closes to-
gethcr, and to follow the German
and Danish systems, by which the
farmer knows exactly what market
to ship his produce to, what he will
receive for it there, and when he
should ship Under present condi'
tions the farmers ship and then find
ont the market conditions,
Congressman Goodwin believes
! his plans will result in n lowering Of
the high cost Of living, and that he
will be given credit for the saving Of
two billion dollars or more annually
to the farmers
"Thcrc have been less failures this
year, or during the past ten months,
in Arkansas than in less strenuous
times announced a Little Rock
banker and wholesale merchant at q
dinner recently, and ! believe that
business is on Il lirmcr, more healthy
basis, than it has been for several
years,
"The merchants who went out to
make collections made them and
they have settled with the whole
solcrs, who in turn have liQuidNtcd
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