Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1917-01-18
EDUCATION OF HOME PEOPLE
AND STIMULATING THEM TO
BETTER EFFORTS.
ADVERTISING STATE WARES
These Are Principal Purposes Of Big
Event In Guifport, and Hearty
Cooperation to Carry Out
Plans Being Manifested.

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ton the purposes for which 1t is to be
held. Aside from the fact that we
are celebrating the completion of an
hundred years of statehood and that
loyal citizens are proud of the record
made. there are two important pur-
poses of the Exposition.
One is to educate our home people
BY giving to them an example that
will stimulate them to an effort to do
az well or better than the object that
10 before them. There is q remarkable
opportunity for effective work a ong
this line that is being kept strictly In
mind by the management. The leca-
ten on the Gulf Coast 10 especially at
ASaetive to the people Of the state and
viii draw as many o. more than any
vther point
Next ID the wonderful possibility Of
showing to the outside world Just
what we can offer the man who Is
willing to invest his money to aid In
developing our resources or is seek.
ing home for himself and family.
TIE county and state fairs to Ger.
tain extent take care Of the first rsa.
sonab advance, but the latter will
necessarily fall upon the Exposition
and the communities that cooperate
In making 1t.
white people to give help in making
eur 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 conveniences
cannot be maintained without a citi
zenship to support them.
There Is even a greater demand for
a market for our products that are as
good as can be found anywhere
and would be profitable if a fair
price could be rea lied by the farm
ers This market must be created
largely without the state and If Wis.
itors 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 de-
mand?
1t is with the outside people that
we have the greatest opportunity.
What porspect have we for showing a
large number at the Exposition? At
present, between January LIST and
April 1st each year, there are within
a 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, large per
cent of these visitors can be brought
to the Mississippi Coast for a few
days. Here they will see what we are
showing in the way of products that
they should use.
On four days each week special
trains bring Peep from Mobile and
New Orleans to any part of the Mis-
sissippi coast for a fare Of S1.00 for
the round trip. 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 SO to develop the
Mississippi coast to the point where
many times the people will come to
enjoy its advantages as at present. If
these visitors are for only 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 a market until we create it and
the sooner a start is made in that d.
rection the better. Ten times as many
people from a distance can be shown
an 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
follow is an ideal one.
From the Far South.
Never yet has an exposition been
staged 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 Gu Coast lies in
closer proximity to this section of
the world than any other portion of
the United States.
For this reason 1t is reasonable to
presume that a 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
troduced to the manufactured articles
Of commerce that we have to barter.
Manufacturers will no doubt real
ixe the splendid chance they have to
place their goods In our show window
and build a business that is made 80
much easier on account Of the Euro.
mean war and the interference Of trade
with the countries on that side Of the
water.
The United States has longed for a
chance to secure firm footing In
the Central and South American trade
and the opportuni.S Of lifetime IL
knocking at the door. With the prop.
er effort there is every reason why q
Lively and profitable exchange of prod
ucts could be stimulated and encour-
aged through the Mississippi Centen.
NAL Exposition.