The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-07-05
Vol. II.-No. l6.
SENATOR JOS. R. HAWLEY
THEOPENING AID.
DRESS AT THE EXPOSITION.
.ro.ident Arthur May Comc---Govcrn-
,neut Exhibits VIII be Nadc---N hat
y;r Primrose ii id in Washington.

WASHINGTON, June 81 Truly North
carolina is advancing and has taken the
advice Of THE CHRONICLE to assert herself.
last saturday night President Primrose,
Mr. John Nichols and Colonel Rurgwyn
reached tins city, and Monday, in compa-
ny With Senators Ransom and Vance thcy
waited upon President Arthur and invited
him to be present ut the opening Of the
Exposition. The President received them
with great cordality and eyinced much
interest in the character and progress of
the enterprise. He informed them that
he could not determine upon his plans for
the summer and Autumn at present, but
that ne would dO 50 after the ad iOurn-
ment Of Congress, but that as soon as
thcv were determined he would commL-
nicate his decision to Mr.. Primrose He
spoke 50 warmly Of the pleasure it would
afford him to visit the Exposition and to
meet the good people of North Carolina,
that the party left his presence satisfied
that the President would visit the Exposi-
ton, either at the opening or at some time
before its close.
The same gentlemen then called upon
Senator Joseph r. Hawley, of Connecti-
cut. and invited him to deliver the open
ing address General Hawley accepted
promptly and gladly, and all who attend
may 90 expecting to hear a speech worthy
of it and OF the distinguished statesman
who was born on North Carolina soil.
Last night President Primrose was inter
viewed by half dozen newspaper men
and gave graphic accounts Of the work in
progress in all the counties, of the re-
sources of the State that would be dis
played at Raleigh and of the immense
strides North Carolina had made in the
past six years in many lines of industrial
activity.
To-day he called upon Gen Hazen, the
chief signal officer Of the United States
better known as cold Probabilities s''-and
asked him if it were practicable to estab
lish signal station at the Exposition.
General Hazen thought he might arrange
with the signal service observer at Viii
mngton to establish for the time being a
station at the Fair Grounds to illustrate
the work of the weather bureau On his
return to Raleigh Mr.. Primrose will write
and send forward an application in due
form, and there is no question but that
the request will be granted
From there Mr.. Primrose went to the
Agricultural Department, but finding that
Commissioner LOring was in Massachu-
setts, he had an interview with Mr. VIM.
Saunders and with General Brown, two
of the commissioners principal assistants.
When Commissioner LOring returns the
request made by Mr.. Primrose will be laid
before him. and the officers had no doubt
but that some exhibits would be forward
ed from that department. Mr. Saunders,
whose reputation extends throughout the
world, is a bluff, hearty Scotchman, with
a profound knowledge of agricultural and
horticultural subjects and possesses a
practical skill in all departments, that
makes him an invaluable man for the DO
sition he fills. He told Mr.. Primrose that
some twenty years ago he was attending
Fair in Western New York, and that
passing through the grounds one day he
heard an acquaintance Of his addressing
a small cOncOursc of farmers, his theme
being the apples of Western New York
He asserted shat they were superior to
those raised in any other part of the coun-
try, and catching sight Of Mr.. Saunders
in the crowd, he called him by name and
asked him to cOrrObOrate his statement
Mr.. Saunders replied in a loud voice you
are altogether wrong. \ discussion en-
sued, Mr.. Saunders claiming that the best
apples to be found in the United States
We're produced in the Piedmont region of
Virginia and North Carolina. That dis
cussion induced Mr. Saunders to send to
a correspondent in the Blue Ridge coun-
try for several boxes of apples the best
Of these he had Photographed and then
engraved and those pictures may be
found in the published reports of the Ag
rIcultural Bureau for 1867. The year fol-
lowing the discussion member of one of
the largest nursery firms in Rochester
went to North Carolina to see whether
what he had heard was true. The result
Of that visit was that many native apples
of North Carolina received names, and
CRAFTS We're carried to Northern nurseries,
SO that now there are scattered through
the North and West tens of thousands of
fine fruit trees which had their origin in
your Piedmont region.
The Exposition will enable North Caro-
lima to assert herself and gain due credit
for her choice fruits as she has already
fought for and won the credit she ought
to have enjoyed long ago for her bright
leaf tobacco.
What President Primrose Says.
On his return from Washington, with