The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-08-04
Exhibition OF Textile Fabrics-Ad-
dresses by w. @. Harrington, Mayor
Macauley, George s. Bowen and
Oahers-SynOpsls Of Mr.. BOWen's
Address.

opening of the Exposition of Textile
Fabrics, which should have been held
last evening, was postponed, and took
place at the Rink this forenoon.
w. @. Tarkington, President of the
Board of Trade, made the opening
address of welcome. During his re
marks he said: To-day we enter the
list as competitors of the East in the
great supremacy in the manufacturers
Of the two great sections, the East
and West. He spoke OF the rapid
growth of the Association, suggesting
that sooner or later the building of q
mammoth edifice for the holding OF
Expositions at some central point in
the West, might become necessary.
He was followed by Mayor Macauley,
extending hearty welcome to the
visitors. on the part of the city.
George s. Bowen, President of the
Association, responded. The follow
ing is a synopsis of his remarks:
Ladies' and gentlemen Of Indianapolis:
It gives me great pleasure, on be-
half of the manufacturers of the
West and the South, to extend to you
and your committee, having in charge
the arrangement for this exposition,
our sincere and heartfelt thanks for
the generous provision that has been
made for the exposition Of our goods;
and also to express the qualification
we feel In meeting so many friends
that are In sympathy with, and be-
lieve in, the doctrine of encouraging,
in every way possible, the prodnc-
ton of American fabrics. and their
use as we'll. AHA&
need not tell you of the great i'm
provement that has been made by our
manufacturers during the past few
years, for any one that has given any
thought to the subject, would readily
notice in examining the beautiful
goods now on exhibition at this spa
cious rink, that we. as manufacturers,
are marching on" in the highway to
success, and the practical question is,
shall We receive from the good peo-
pie of our country, words OF encour-
aaement that shall make our success
the more certain, or shall the popular
verdict be against US, and the great
market of our land be given Co
strangers, 10 part to our enemies; are
We all able to produce such articles of
textile frabrics rs the markets de-
mands2 Shall we influence our ap-
proval of the men and women Of
our nation in the use of Amer
icau goods. Give US these, and
the fostering care of our Government,
and we shall soon see our glorious
land filed with factories and founde-
ries both North aud South, and a tide
of prosperity will be with us hereto
fore unknown. We say, then, let us
encourage these industries; let as as
sist In the full developement Of. our
great country IN which we all justly
take pride, and with prosperous and
healthy state of our manufacturing
interests all over the land, we shall
enjoy thrift that will be most graft
flying, and page In the history Of our
political economy yet unWritten will
be revealed unsO as. / am greatly
rejoiced to see SO large q display of
goods on exhibition from the South
ern States of Kentucky. Tennessee,
South Carolina and Georgia, showing
to us the great interest our friends of
the South are taking in this matter,
which is indeed one of great i'm
portance to Us al. He thought
there was not qUite enough inter-
est awakened yet in the minds of
the manufacturers themselves, thus
far. Out of the six hundred WOODEN
and cotton mills west of the Allie
ghenies, less than one sixth were rep
resented. He called upon the ladies
to wear shawls of home manufacture
instead of going to Scotland or
France to obtain them. The West
manufactured Just as good ones as the
world could produce from wool. He
congratulated the citizens of Indian
apoIis upon their manufacturing in
terests. They are what constitute
the material growth of a city, and had
made of ours what it IS.
In closing, he exhorted the people
and politicians to be ever oa the alert
relative to the great manufacturing
interests existing among them.
Gov. Baker was the neat speaker
called on, and spoke briefly. He was
pleased to see so great an exhibition
of manufacturing skill. The people
of Indiana welcome all manufacture
ers, and was gratified to learn of the
interest he saw manifested by the
Southern manufacturers the indus
trial interests of the West and South
were one He joined the Mayor in
extending a hearty welcome to the
city and the State.
DR.. Bussey, Of Columbus, Georgia,
was introduced. He said he was de-
lighted to take the manufacturers by
the hand and bid them God-speed in
their work. The manufacturers are
the noblemen Of the West and South,
and were fast making every valley
alive with the whir of the spindle
and the noise of the loom. The
West and South have facilities for
outstripping the world IN the extent
of its manufactures, and were sue
ceeding beyond the possibility of q
failure. He knew his section would
appreciate the hearty welcome they
had received on the part of the As
sociation. aud the citizens cf Indiana.
Addresses were also made by J. G.
Stevens, of Augusta, Ohio, President
of the Wool Growers Association,
and Giles B. Stebbins. of Detroit. He
was pleased to notice that the Ex.
position of each succeeding wear
presented q marked Improvement In
the quality and finish of its fabrics.
This, the third year, exceeded ali its
predecessors. and he trusted tha4
progress would continue.
Rev. T. B. Norton, Secretary of the
General Association of Home Indus
try; John s. Hays. of Boston, Secre.
tary of the National Association Of
) Wooden Manufacturers, and several
other, made brief addresses.
A considerable amount of goods
and machinery arrived to day.
There is every indication that thl
Exposition will be complete success
Sc. Louis Items.
ST. LOUIS, August 3.-Some week
ago q document was published here
, purporting to be the confession of j