It will be 200 years in 1918 since the Franciscan fathers came out of Mexico to establish at San Antonio the outposts of Christian civilization. Prior to that time, many exploring parties had passed through what was then an untamed wilderness, but no formal efforts were made to colonize or develop the country until 1917. To develop permanently, it will be devoted primarily to developing closer commercial and social relations between the United States and the other republics of the Western Hemisphere. Other sections of the country have held great exhibitions in the past, but this will be the first time that Texas and the Southwest have attempted a movement of his hand. The Texans feel that the European war offers now, and will continue to offer after the war has ended, attracted opportunities for the cultivation of more intimate associations with the nations to the South. It is expected that at this exposition will be displayed products not only of the United States, but of every country in Spanish-America. Thus the cause of construction. 