The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-06
RE0PENZNG or THE EXPO
STTVON


Notwithstanding the refusal of tht
. Cabinet to let remain the Government
iexhibit st the Exposition, the good
people Of New Orleans and the coun-
J try have determined on reopening II
nszt fall, every obstacle having been
overcome. The Times : Depoeraf. in
speaking Of the many advantages to be
derived b. the South by rs0pening
Of this Great Industrial Fair, correctly
states the osse IN the following sensi-
bic language:
1If successfully promoted the move
ment in question will bring to our
fields, forests, waterpoweFs and mines
the men, capital, energy and skill
needed TO supplement the efforts of
our present population in the line of
practical development. The people of
the New South have property looked
with disfavor upon the idea of bring
ing into our midst any element like
thepauper immigration thst has cursed
the Northern States for many years
but they are equally strong in favor of
another sort of immigration = that
with skill, capital, industry and pur-
pose. Those whose ideas of immigra-
tion are based solely upon records of
the invasions of the North and West,
find it difficult to understand how an
influx of population can be secured
when that movement is to be confined
to the intelligent and well-to-do classes
of this and other countries. The care
full and arduous preliminary work
done by the Southern immigration So |
eiety has convinced the officers and |
members Of that patriotic organiza
tion that the project to FIJI the South
with experienced farmers, merchants,
manufacturers and mine operators, all
with means 10 start and conduct their
several avocations independently, is
quite feasible. Its success depends
entirely upon the cooperation Of the
Southern people"
"lf such rewards as the various
States and people acknowledge have
come TO them from their outlay and
labor in connection with the Expo
siton, are only the first frnits of the
enterprise, what may not they and the
entire New South look forward TO
when the indirect effects of the Fair
shall have accrued during the coming
year or two Dull as the times appear
to people who have been waiting
YEARLY for another season of great
national activity, the general situation
in the country is encouraging enough
to Justify the belief that the years of
prosperity and industrial movement
are near at hand. When times were
prosperous before, the New South with
its resources, capabilities and induce
ments, was hardly known. The Expo
sition has made it familiar to capital,
brains and enterprise everywhere, and
it only needs the complete restoration
of confidence in the near business fu-
tnre, to start the tide of investment
and industrial development in this di-
rection. Even as it is, and as this
journal has demonstrated from time to
time, the New South is comparatively
now the theatre of the greatest aetiv-
ity in new mining and manufacturing
adventures of any part of the Union.
All our people require is patience,
pluck and confidence in themselves
and their belongings, to realize the
widest hopes of the most enthusiastic
and optimistic New SontherBer, be-
fore old beads arc made grayer than
they are upon this identical day of
grace.