The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-06-20
FLORIDA'S STATE FAIR
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR

Jacksonville, Fla, June 2O.-Spe.
ciaD-Another fallacy has been
knocked into cooked hat Some
folks thought, and among them were
Fair Managers both astute and exper-
fenced that because the country was
engaged in war, it would be advisable
and appropriate to discontinue Fairs
and Expeditions. This, not because
of fear of financial outcome, but lab
oring under the deluded idea that
all the country's energies should be
directed in other channels.
But both National and State gov
ernments, the Federal officials par
ticularly, in addition to agricultural
and live stock associations of a ma
tional character, have taken imme-
diate and particular pains to point
out to these error-oppressed individ-
uals that they can best serve their
country during its present need by
redoubling their efforts to not only
continue the Fairs and Expositions,
but to enlarge them in every depart
ment as far as is within their means
and on the whole to make them "big-
ger and better than ever.
These officials have made it plain
that if there ever was time when
the country needed to produce more
and better crops, live stock of high
er grade and more prolific, and to
conserve their resources as well as
augment these resources that time
was right now; that no medium
equaled a State Fair or National
meeting for the dissemination of in
formation as to the best methods to
accomplish this, and that one of the
greatest aids to this end was the
competitive exhibition of these pro-
ducts, in the way of object lessons,
assembled in Fair.
So instead of discouraging these
enterprises, we find the National
government, displaying greater en-
ergy than ever and adding new effort
to popularize these exhibitions and
gatherings of the people of all COM
munties.
Following out Cat politely and
realizing that the need of the hour
is better knowledge upon the part
of our Nation of what has been done
is being done and what will have to
be done during the war, the Federal
government will this year display at
the Florida State Fair and EXPOSE
ton, which opens it's gates at Jack
sonville on November 9th, closing
December 9Th, what is probably the
largest collective exhibit of Fedora
effort which has been shown since
the National Exhibitions.
These exhibits will travel in spe
cial train be in charge of a larg,
staff of specially trained and select
ed representatives of the various De
partments of our government, ant
will comprehend the war activities o
the Departments of Agriculture, Wal
Navy, Interior, Commerce, the Foo
Administration and the COMMITTEE
| on Public Information.
An entire building, over 1900
square feet of floor space, will b
placed at the disposal of these GOV
eminent officials. In addition to tn
inanimate exhibits many thousands
feet of motion pictures will be show
in special devised auditorium, a
fording visual teaching of the cavern
, ments war accomplishments in man
fields other than those susceptible c
tangible exhibit.
A feature of especial interest t
Florida at the present time, to whic
State the attention and interest of a
most the entire United States is no.
directed as affording the creates
opportunity for development an
achievement in agricultural and liv
stock ways, because of its man
thousands of acres of fertile soil sti
unutilized and untouched by thes
7 pursuits, blessed with an abundan6
of water and hallowed by a climai
unequaled anywhere on earth fl
+ man, beast and crop, will be the 3St
I Annual Session of the Farmers N
tional Congress, which will be he
in conjunction with the Florida Sta
4 Fair and Exposition.
h In the neighborhood of 5000 del
> gates, from practically all the Stat
, in the Union, annually attend Il
functions Of this Congress and p'
ticipate in its discussions. The Co