The daily gazette., 1881-07-21
TMURsDAY. JULY II. 1851.
TEE INTERNATIONAL COTTON Ex-

position to open at Atlanta, Georgia,
on the 9th of October next. It is q
matter Of great consequence to the
whole country that this exposition of
the products Of the South should
prove success in that it will give
greater value to the staple products
throughout the world. Cotton is
perhaps the most reliable Of all our
exports to foreign countries, and has
bsen relied upon to furnish the means
Of paying any balance Of trade against
us. 1t is presumed that a very much
greater demand could be found for our
cotton products and manufactures in
the various countries of the world
were the superior quality of the raw
material better understood and it's
adaptation to the innumerable uses
and the excellence of the cloth woven
from it more fully known. There is a
lamentable amount of ignorance on
this subject. Our own people have
only lately found out that cotton is
susceptible Of being made into the
most beautiful materials that are to
be found on the shelves of the best
stores. Goods equal to the finest
English ohintzss are now pro-
duced in this country and sold so low
that the foreign goods cannot compete
with them anywhere. In all such
matters it is the business of the Eng
lish manufacturer and traders the
world over to keep their customers in
ignorance Of the adaptability of cot
ton to the manufacture of fine goods.
In cloths cotton now forms the COM
ponent part of most that is worn dur
ing the milder seasons of the year.
And these cloths are of the most
beautiful designs, and their style and
texture have commanded ready sale
where they have been introduced.
But as we have already intimated 1t
becomes difficult with our limited and
contracted commercial operations to
get American goods introduced. If
the delegations from foreign nations
can be induced to visit the Exposition
ut Atlanta they may be instrumental
in carrying samples of American goods
abroad and introducing them where
they have not been heretofore sold.
But cotton is not the only article that
will be on exhibition. On the con.
trary all the leading products will be
fully represented. The Southern
country produces good quality Of
fax; the best tobacco the finest
sugar cane the most nutritious rice
all of which articles have to go through
the manufacturing processes. 1t is to
get the people from abroad as well al
at home acquainted with what may
be produced in the South and worked
mp on its own soil, through the utilit.
Of the vast water power, to be foun,
ON the streams flowing from tn
mountains or through high lands il
every State. But the South does no
only produce these articles to b.
worked up and thus afford profitabl'
labor. Its cereals and its fruits ar
easily cultivated and the product t.
the aero is abundant.
Coal and iron exist in most of th
States, and is far more easily mine
than in the more northern States. A
the greatest Inducements to industri
pursuits await the immigrant in IL
South. No country in the world offel
finer opportunity for the skilled labc
of Europe, or for the enterprising an
energetic citizen of our own country,
It is said that the expositions ,
Europe have had the effect of extent
ing trade and that the Centennial el
hibition Of 1876 was vastly beneficii
to our manufacturers, how much mol
70 then must 1t be to the South whic
has never attracted the attention
should have received. The Southel
cotton Geld il yet a curiosity to Oh
own people and the modes of. .gathe
ing it and preparing it for market a
mot understood even by intellige
men living in States adjoining tho
that produce it. The fact that it m
be gathered, sinned and spun in
yarn on the same day and in the sar
field, IL but lately made known. A
even this improvement may be great
aided by others yet to be develop
through the genious Of onr unrivall
mechanics II they can only be Undue
to embark In Southern enterprises.
Is said that cotton spun into yarn
the plantation yields double in t
market what 1t does If bailed and th
shipped and that the mills are Of t
simplest construction and cost but
tie money. But cotton is not me
easily produced than wool. The vi
ranges for raising sheep and cattle
Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas a
Kentucky and Tennessee, to say no,