The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-20
SAN Antonio PREPARES
FOR INTERNATIONAL FAIR

SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Jan. GO
san Autonlo's plans for ui-Cen-
tenpial Exposition in 1918, cele-
bfsting her two larIrClth aaai-
versary. are maturing faster than
even the most optimistic dreamed
p5sslble. The committee which
made the trip to Washington has
returned and reports the most ar
dent reception all along Che lire
from President wilson on down 60
the various department heads
The project for The Bi-Ceniennia'
Exposition will be- formally launch
ed At a three days session 10 San
Antonio January %. rs and a. az
which meeting hundreds ot dele
cetes from every city in TeNas, from
outside cities. from civic and com
mereial bodies and from government
departments viii be in attendance.
The lowest rates ever allowed by
the railroad commission in Texas
from every point viii be ia force for
those three days. making It possible
10 visit the Alamo city for less
than half of the regular round trip
fare.
All Texas is interested in this
pi-centeuniai as shown by the
hearty response already given the
project at the recent visit OF com
mittees of san Antoniaus TO Dallas,
Fort Worth. Austin and many other
smaller cities and towns. Further
committees will be sent out this week
to interest other cities so that prop
er representation OF these municipal
tiles viii be in attendance at the
launching meeting next week.
Some of the greatest authorities
in the country have pronounced this
Texas one opportunity TO get before
the people of the United States and
the Latin-A American countries. The
farther one goes into the project the
more he is impressed with its great
possibilities.
Coming at time when closer
business relations with the Latin
American countries is eagerly sought,
so that business houses OF this coun-
try may be firmly entrenched in the
business OF our southern neighbors
when the European war is a thing
Of the past. the bi-centennial expo
sition in san Antonio in 1918 isl
greeted as a great boon to this move
meat.
Already it has been openly indors-
ed and promised support by Presi-
dent Wilson. Cardinal Gibbons has
heartily Endorsed it and last Wednes-
dav Senator Marines committee IN
the national senate reported favor
ably upon the joint resolution extend
ing aid to the Bi-Centennial exposi-
ton and placed it upon the senate
calendar for immediate considera-
ton. The Texas members of con
gress have given it their approval
and it viii be bat a matter OF days
anita the resolution Sc passed 'h
bota houses
Secretary IausiEg cr-tao- who
has given the plan careful s,uuy ana
approved it, as has John Barrett Of
the Pan-Americm Bureau, and the
heads of the Departments of Com
meree and Agriculture
The three day session January %.
26, and 81 will undoubtedly be the
greatest meeting ever held in Tex
as and really the first Of It's kind,
where all Texas will lend its support
to a movement which in its culmi-
nation will not only benefit the City
of san Antonio where the exposition
will be held but every city and
county in the state At these meet
ings permanent directors viii be
elected and the plan for financing
the exposition presented in It's en-
tirety.
Invitations have already been sem
cut for the three DAYS session
through the mail, through the press
and from now until January 25th
they Will be presented in person by
various committees, urging the at
tendance of everyone who is inter
eated in the growth and betterment
OF the Lone Star State,
EnCkITG