Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-03-14
southern Enterprise-.The louis
Vile Exposition.

Southern Enterprtse-sIne LOUIS
Vile Exposition.
The Atlanta Exposition in che lat
ter part Of the year 1881 was such q
grand success, so instinct with indus
trial life and the signs of reviving
prosperity on a spot made historic by
the shocks and ashes offecent war, as
to excite the surprise and admiration
of the whole country. The South
needed something Of the kind to in
spire self confidence, to awaken new
energies and to open the way for a
new era Of material development. 1t
brought the South up standing on the
very ground where there had been
defeat and humiliation. Men went
home with new ideas Of agricultural
implements and methods, of labor
saving machinery aud the value OF
intelligent, we'll directed labor. They
went back encouraged and
strengthened and went to work
to reclaim old worn out farms,
to plant orchards aud vine yards, to
SOW grasses, diversity and rotate crops,
to breed blooded stock, build rev
barns, buy good wagons and ma
chinery. straigthen up fences, paint
their houses, buy carpets anN furni-
ture and hang pictures on the walls,
to beautify their homes, educate their
children, place more and better litera-
ture on their tables, to live better and
to take broader and more hopeful
views Of life. 1t was a turning point
in the history of families, communi-
ties, Ststes. 1t brought the two great
sections together face to face, and the
representatives of the North
were ready to exclaim that the halt
had not been told them of the pro
ductiveness, the energy and the possi'
bilities OF the South. That EXPOSE
tian did more to bring the South be-
fore the world in favorable light aud
to set the people to thinking and
working intelligently than all
the speeches made since the war.
1t helped Atlanta. helped Georgia
and all the cities and States Of the
South. Other localities were imbued
with ambition and courage. Several
cities had revival of manufacturing
undertakings and proposed to hold
similar expositions. One, however
had the pluck to put the resolve into
motion and practical shape. While
others were talking Louisville, a ma
turally conservative and rather slow
place, determined to follow up the
Atlanta exposition with another on,
that would eclipse in extent, variet!
Of products displayed, and arrange
ment, any previous exposition in thu
South. We had hoped that Memphi
would be able to lead off next. but thu
time has perhaps not come for an en-
terprise requiring so much capital
We will be heard from in due time
The next best thing is to recognize anC
encourage every other city that has the
means and the pluck to make such
an effort. Sufficient money has been
subscribed st home to make the
Louisville Southern Exposition a
grand success. 1t will open on the
LIST Of August for one hundred days
but Of course viii be continued longer
The buildings will cover and include
thirteen acres of ground, besides
eighteen acres OF private grounds
adjoining which Mr.. Dupont has
generously offered to throw open fol
the uses of the Exposition. The en-
tire South should be represented, and
doubtless will be. The other States
can aud Willtake care to be properly
represented. We commend this great
enterprise to the manufacturers, tn,
planters, artizlns, to merchants, me
chlnies, owners OF mines aud lands
to all who have anything to buy or t,
sell, and to all who are interested il
the material development of tn,
South and the progress Of the times