New-York tribune., 1881-12-26
THE ATLANT4 EXPOSITION.


THE IIL1AI} EAIOSIIIOA.
NORTH CAROLINA'S RICH DISPLAY.
FAVORABLE EXHIBIT OF RAW MATERIAL AND
MANUFACTURED AETICL FROM THE OLD NORTH
sTATE-RuMA ARRABlE REVIVAL OF INDUSTRIES
SINCE TiF WAR.
lFsoN An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUSEI
ATLANTA. Ga, Dec 21.-Four State displays in
the International Cotton Exposition command gen-
eral attention, both because of what they are and
what they suggest These are from the two Caro-
liuas, from Georgia and from Florida. While these
displays have many things in common, each has
important Specloltics that not found elsewhere.
North Carolina. the border land of the South so
far as agrculturaproducs are concerned. intrnsted
the collection and arrangement Of her cX-
hihit to the Hon. Montford McGehec her
Commissioner of Agriculture. He dill not
coniine himself to the products of the soil,
but collected everything that would set forth
the natural resources and the manufacturing pro-
grcss Of North Carolina. Owing 70 the peculiar
to Ograrhy OF the country, this state has probably
wider range Of food products than any other III
the Union. In general terms the state may be
described as a slope, extending westward from the
sand hanks that form the Hatteras coast to the
Tennessee iur where il reaches altitude OF 1000
feet above the ocean lcvcl the highest land in this
area naturally divides itself into three
belts: One, about fifty miles wide extending
from Ncwhcrn TO Wilmington, where eli
mate and soil are adapted to somi-tropica
products; second wcstwardly To the Piedmont
region in which section toh and all the cereals
flourish: and third the mountain region proper. In
these several tracts are found all the products OF
the temperate zone and many o. the sclnI-trnplca.
These Commissioner MCG,h,o has shi'fuliy ar
rang 50 that every visitor can see at a glance
what are the natural products OF any desired local
ity. With these he displays the products OF the
mills and factories that have sprung up since 1860.
ard the native wines that illustrate the value and
Importance of the vineyards of his State.
Commissioner Lorng. his address two weeks
ago, said That Mort Carolina, which before the war
had 10 standing as a cotton State, now stood third
on the lis The causcs which enabled her to make
thi great advance IN the short space OF fifteen wears
deserve consideration OF these the first IN I'M
porance is the fee, that there are small hold
ing. in this than in any other Southern state This
suh1ivi ion INTO small estates Oprr"tc as u does in
New-EnUland. The people are thrifty. they study
small economies, and they cultivate their land win
greater s'ill tnan practlscd on the great panta-
tiOns, The, alsO raise most of the food they con-
sumo. and what cotton they make counts as profit.
This being he Gaze. the line of cotton cultivation
has gradually extended back from the coast until Il
has M last reached the foothills OF the Blue Ridge
Will the area Of cultivation has been ENLARGED
the quality of the staple has also been i'm
proved ald ut the last Cincinnati EEposi-
tinn the award for first quality of upland cotton
was received by North Carolina. The energy aud
shrewdnes of The people OF that State evidenced
IN the great number OF small mills that has been
bull since the war. More than eighty cotton facto-
res, great ana small, are now running, all of which,
with solitary exception. arc owned by small lal r.
holders living in Their Immediate nelgilbrrhoOd. IN
other words the profits oil the cotton patches are IN
vested in mills, thai the planter may make addi-
bIv Il ~ b ia a "a
Without an exception these mills have nrospercd
and many new ones are now building. For these
the many rivers flowing from The mountains 10 the
sea furnish an unlimited supply Of water power
Among the textiles IN th. display som" fne
blankets made az mills in Surrey County. hese
mills tind home market for their entire pro tuct3On
and have never been fully able to supp the de-
mand. Their wool Is brought 10 their doors hv the
farmers OF the county, but they have not sufficient
capital to take all that IL offered The heccrs
from McrinOs and SOuthdowns both Of which
breeds of sheep do well everywhere in the state.
In the sections east of the mo ntains the climate
has been found too warm for III" COtswoldF, but
they flourish on the Blue Ridge farms. There have
been several sales at tho Exposition of wOOiIen ma
chinery, the purchas rs intending 20 add this
branch OF industry 10 their North Carolina cotton
mills.
to be one of the probabilities. The vine
hcurishcS everywhere through its length
and breadth ! he soldiers OF the Burnside cNprdi-
tion were astOni he'd 10 iind on Roanoke Island old
neglected vineyards, the vines OF which wcrc 50
m ted and interviewer as 10 form an almost con-
tinuous bower covering many acres. There was a
tradition among the iSlandors that these vines were
planted by a Connecticut colony which attcTTard
abandoned the country because Oi the prevalence
of levers. Whether true or a MYTH the vines are
there aud so they are IN every forest IN the STATE
Since the war hundIcls OF vIneNards have been
planted, mostly small. There are, however, slN,
each of hundred acres or more, where win" making
Is carried on, aided by the best NpercnCc and skill
that could be found in Europe. The products
of some Of these vineyards make an interesting
feature of the State exhibit
Commissioner McGrhcc gave me an instance OF
the transfer of lmpu tant Industry thIt Ougnt not
to he omitted from thi, letter He was as ed why
turpentiuc and TOsin not among he exhibit
and replied: "Our3 Ia the 'TaT-hcel State no
to Georgia. Our pine forests are practically cN-
hansted and Georgia is the great producer Of naval
stores. But what we have lost IN that direction we
have gained III another The Georgans came and
perIenced in that business. They spend he season
in Georgia, but return at hristmas 10 see
their families, VINO all remain at h lr Old
homes. These women and children are the
very best possible h'ip on truck arns. From early
spring until Ia jc in the fall they constantly
plovcd al good wages Tn" consequence Is that
NewberD iI the country adjacent has become ihe
centre of thIs great and profitable industry, and
some OF the most cntcrpnsing Norfolk truck deal
ers have transferred their interests 20 our State, to
avail themselves of our abundant labor
space iOl bids more llan passing notice OF other
features of tins important State exhibit. Rice from
the upland and iOwland marshes corn that weighs
seventy pounds 10 the bushei and has superior in
the word. bright tobacco in all shades from pale
lemon TO Cecp mahogany, wheat and other cereals
equal 10 any in quaty-thesc are but items Of col
lection that speaks volumes IN favor OF the Old
North state.
DIR. CUYLER'S SUNDIY-SCHOOL BUILDING.