Thomas County cat., 1890-05-01
LET Us KNOW EACH OTHER.
BUREAU OF SOUTHERN News.
j. T. PATRICK, General Manager.

BUREAU OF SOUTHERN News.
j. T. PATRICK, General Manager,
Raleigh, N. C.
It is likely that one Of the first grea
desires of every man coming from thu
North to the South to make q home. II
that the people of the North should know
the South; its climate, its resources, and
its people.
OF course, the people of the South have
the same desire. And while Northern
men are travelling in the South and writ
ing it up for important Northern pu6lica'
tions, the Southern people are organizing
for systematic and wise Efforts to place
themselves and their home country cor
rectly and fully before Northern eyes.
Until 1888 these organized efforts have
been confined to states. Now all OF the
Southern States are united into an organ
ization whose aim and intention is to
place the South and its people justly be-
fore Northern eyes. This organization
has very wisely determined. as the best
means 10 accomplish the desired object,
to hold Southern Exposition in some
Northern city.
1t is quite likely that great motive
principle in the first worlds fair was cur
iosity; a curiosity to see what other parts
of the world could do. 1t is equally GER
tain that higher motive has been the
main factor in later expositions, viz:
desire in the people Cf one part OF the
world to see what other parts can 90.
and from seeing to learn something for
the advantage of self. As means OF
diffusing knowledge. any large exposi-
ton is not likely to be overestimated in
its effects. The diffusion of knowledge
is just the reason tor Southern Exposi-
OSfw Tna
the North cannot all come South. But
the South can carry evidences of her ag-|
ricultural, mineral and manufactured
wealth, and spread it where northern
eyes can see and study that wealth. This
the South has determined to do. And
when it is done, it is certain that it will
prove a greater means of difusing cor
rect knowledge of the South among Nor
thern people than all other means COM
bined. The same motive exists for car
rying the resources of the South to be
shown in the North as that which will
move England to place her great resourc
es on exhibition at Chicago. Nor vet
just the same; for the need of q better
mutual knowledge between North and
South IS far greater than any need Of mu
tual knowledge between this and other
nations.
What can the South show? She can
show her great variety of rich agricultur-
al products and fruits What prices do
northern people pay for inferior market
samples of these fruits and products! She
can show proof of her mineral wealth,
unsurpassed by any people on the globe. |
How rapidly are Northern capitalists |
even now placing their money to bring
out this wealth and more money to their |
own pockets. She can show the progress
of the Southern white people in arts and
manufactures. And what is more, she |
can show under a systematic and we'll
organized plan, the progress of the col |
ored people since they became free.
In 1888 North Carolina alone held an |
Exposition in Boston, which was the |
wonder of all who gave it visit. Now.
all of the Southern States will combine |
their magnificent products. resources and |
wealth in giand Exposition. probably |
held in New York.
Who will gn to this Exposition. and |
what will it be worth to the city in which |
it is held? One southern gentlemen says
four millions of southern people will Wis |
1t the Exposition. They will 60 to see
what their own state can do, what other |
states can do. and to see the North The
low rates of travel, probably lower on |
railroads and domestic and foreign steam |
ship lines than have ever been granted
before. will induce a large number of |
Southern people to travel North. If the |
gentleman is half right, and each person
leaves three dollars in the CITY where the
Exposition is held, that city takes six |
millions of dollars from the Southern
people alone. Add to this the money
which people from other parts of the |
country and from foreign lands will leave
in that city. and the sum becomes enough |
to induce any city to say. 1--WE want the
Southern Exposition to be held here.''