The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-17
GEORGIA AT THE FAIR.
COMMISSIONER WAY URGES THE
IMPORTANCE OF AN EXHIBIT.

The State Hempered by its Inability
to Mske an Appropriation, and a
General Subscription Fund ami Ex-
hibits by Individuals, Corporations
and Communities the Only Way to
Secure g Proper Representation
The Matter to be Decided by the
State Convention in May.
Col Charlton II. Way, commissioner
from Georgia to the worlds fair, is taking
an active interes, in securing, IL possible, a
creditable exhibit of Georgia's resources.
Gov. Northen's call for convention in
Atlanta May Of the representative in
terests Of the state 10 the first
step outside OF the efforts of
the commissioners toward securing proper
representation OF Georgia ia the exhibit
ton. Col. Way expects that convention 70
put the movement on footing that will
enable the state to be creditaoly repre-
sented
In view Of the impracticability Of secur-
ing state appropriation, Col. Way be-
lieves that the course to puTsue is for the
| convention to appoint an executive COM
mittee to receive from individuals and cor
porations applications for space, and to
transmit them to the director general Of the
|
space 1t is believed will be required to give
a proper display TO the interests which will
be represented.
A STATE FUND.
To provide for such an exhibit as Georgia
should make, an incidental fund, raised by
private and public subscriptions, will be
necessary. The larger this fund is, of
course, the better will be the results. The
exhibits, which must be largely Of the min
eral and agricultural resources of the state,
will include the vast mining interests, the
marble quarries, which it is believed rival
those of any country in the world, the
cotton, naval stores, rice and timber
| interests, and the manufacturing industries
which are springing up all over the state.
These exhibits, by individuals, corporations
and by communities, will. of course, have
to be made at the expense of the exhibitors
since the state itself can make no appropri-
alton.
| The Importance Of having a complete ex-
hibit Gov. Northen points out in his call
for the converting.
| GOV. NoRTHEN's CALL.
He says: "The Columbian exposition;
| TO be held at Chicago in 1898, will furnish
an opportunity to advertise to the world the
| resources of our state 1t seems now gen.
orally agreed, by the press and by the peo-
pie, that such advertisement should be
| LINUS ny q ulspldy OF our pEOOucCS, minerals
and woods, accompanied by circulars de-
scriptive of water powers, climate and the
Industrial and educational prospects of our
people. Other states, almost without ex-
oeption, are making large appropriations
from their state funds to avail themselves
of this splendid opportunity. In the opin-
ion of many legal gentlemen the constitu-
ton of our state wfil not allow the use of
the states money for this purpose. IL this
be true, and something is not done looking
to an exhibit by private subscription and
individual effort, Georgia will be put at
great disadvantage in this competitive dis
play, and lose the place she has worthily
won as the leader of progress and develop
ment at the south"
| COL. WAYS EFFORTS.
Col. WAY, from the time of his appoint
ment, has been constant in pressing upon
the people the Importance of such an ex-
h1blt as will properly represent the Empire
state OF the south. He urged the matter be-
fore the legislature until it was seen there
was no possibility of securing a state APP
preparation, then he appealed to the
governor, and then to the
governor as president of the
state agricultural society during the recent
convention in Savannah. The result OF his
efforts is the calling of the convention.
w hatever space Georgia occupies, Col.
Way says. ought to be secured as soon as
possible after the convention adjourns, and
the work of organizing exhibits should be-
gin AZ once.