The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-03
STATE WARES
These Are Principal Purposes Of Big
Event In Gulfport, and Hearty
Cooperation to Garry Out
Plans Being Manifested.

sAS SAPVSAtAVhs
One is to educate our, home peopl,
by giving to them an example tina
will stimulate them to an effort to d.
as we'll or better than the object tina
is before them. There is q remarkaDl,
opportunity for effective work R'0nl
this line that is being kept strictly X
mind by the management. The loca
ton on the Gulf Coast is especially at
tractive to the people of the state anG
will draw as many or more than any
other point.
Next is the wonderful possibility O.
showing to the outside world just
what we can offer the man who /,
willing to invest his money to aid In
developing our resources or Is seek
Ing a home for himself and family
The county and state fairs to a Ger
tain extent take care Of the first rea,
sonab.e advance. but the latter will
necessarily fall upon the Exposition
and the communities that cooperate
In making It.
There is a great need for more good
white people to give help In making
u millions of acres of waste lands
produce something that the world
needs and increase revenues for the
purpose of building and maintaining
! roads, churches, schools and other
modern necessities. The c~onveniences
cannot be maintained without q citi.
zenship to support them.
There is even a greater demand for
2 market for u products that are as
good as can be found anywhere
and would be profitable IL q fair
price could be realized by the farm
ers. This market must be created
largely without the state and If Wis
ttors from other sections can be
brought here by the thousands and
hundreds of thousands, why should
not they be made to know how good
our stuff is and thus stimulate q de-.
mand?
1t is with the outside people that
we have the greatest opportunity.
What porspect have we for showing Q
large number at the Exposition? At
present, between January list and
April LIST each year, there are within
q hundred and thirty-seven miles
along the Gulf Coast. including Mo-
bile and New Orleans, 100000 visitors.
With a sensible campaign Of publicity
that will be inaugurated, q large per
cent of these visitors can be brought
to the Mississippi Coast for q few
days. Here they will see what we r
showing in the way Of products that
they should use.
On four days each week special
trains bring people from Mobile and
New Orleans to any part Of the Mis-
sissippi coast for a fare Of $1.00 for
the round trfD. This rate applies all
through the summer. With perma-
nent exhibits Installed in the principal
buildings and kept open to the public,
these people can be shown at any
time our products and taught that
they should use them.
The Exposition management will CO.
operate to the fullest extent with both
New Orleans and Mobile in getting
more visitors and a'so to develop the
Mississippi coast to the point where
many times the people will come to
enjoy its advantages as at present. II
these visitors are for only a few days,
the chance is presented to impress
them with our productions and the
necessity of using them.
Other states have done this and
why not Mississippi? We will never
have q market until we create 1t and
the sooner a start is made in that d.
rection the better. Ten times IS many
people from a distance a be shown
exhibit on the coast as at any other
point in the state. For that reason.
the location for the Centennial Expo
sition and the other events that are to
is an ideal one.
From the Far South.
Never yet has an exposition been
with such advantageous oppor.
tunities of drawing a great number of
people from our neighbors In the Cen.
trail and South American countries.
The Mississippi CUT Coast lies In
proximity to this section of
Cuo WOTlu tIldu any OtHcI pUltlOu VI
The United States.
For this reason 1t Is reasonable to
presume that q great influx Of visit.
ors from these countries will attend
our birthday party and become bet
Ter acquainted with their friends in
The domain Of Uncle Sam and be in.
reduced to the manufactured articles
commerce that we have to barter.
Manufacturers will no doubt real
the splendid chance they have to
,lace their goods in our show window
ind build a business that is made 10
much easier on account of the Euro.
,ean war and the interference Of trade
With the countries on that side Of the
rater.
The United States has longed for .
to secure a firm footing in
he Central and South American trade
md the opportunity Of a lifetime is
knocking at the door. With the prop.
# effort there is every reason why q
lively and profitable. exchange Of prod.
lets could be stimulated and encour.
ICED through the Mississippi Centen.
lial Exposition.