The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-09-04
The Southern People Have Combined to
Show The Great Natural Advantages
Of Soil And Climate in That Part
Of Our Union
NORTHERN MANUFACTURES INVITED TO
SHOW WHAT THEY HAVE TO SELL.


The fourteen Southern States, and
New Mexico and Arizona, have Joined
in establishing in the city of Raleigh.
the capital of North Carolina. Per
manent Exhibit of their products and
resources. This effort is made under
the direction of the several State gov
ernments. The location is an admir-
able one. The two principal railroad
systems of the South pass through
Raleigh. The Richmond & Danville
has traffic combination with the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the Sea
board Air Line has connected with i,
the Old Dominion Line and the Bay
Line Of steamships, making direct
routes of travel between Raleigh and
the northern cities.
The Permanent Exhibit opens MAY
18th 1891. From the Ist OF October
to the Ist Of December. 1891, a great
Southern Exposition will be held. The
Southern people fully understand that
their section is peculiarly adapted to
the production of fruits, vegetables and
all agricultural crops and that north
ern states are the manufacturing sec
tion of the Union. Therefore,
NORTHERN MANUFACTURES
and dealers in machinery and manu-
factured goods are invited to join with
the South and show at the Southern
Exposition the latest labor-saving devil
ces Of every description.
We are pleased to see this willing
ness on the part of the Southern
people to join hands in real earnest.
1t shows that they are willing to have
northern manufactures sell them goods.
Every manufacturer in the North
should avail himself Of this invitation
1t will not only pay directly. but it will
show the Southern people that the north
ern manufacturers and dealers apprecl-
ate their friendly disposition manifested,
and are ready to join with them in all
industrial movements.
Another feature will be an exhibit
showing the advancement of the
negroes, managed entirely by them
selves. Each southern state will have
its special negro Commissioner who
will preside over and have the control
Of the exhibit from his state. This
exhibit will in itself draw thousands Of
people from all over the land, to learn
Of the progress made by this people
which, less than generation ago, were
in slavery.
Hon. Jno. T. Patrick, the leader in
industrial progress in the southern
states, has been made Secretary, and
has already established his headquart-
ers at Raleigh, n. c. His efforts for
the past ten years, to bring about
friendly business relations between the
North and South. especially fit him for
this work He was unanimously elect
ed to the position by convention Of
more than six hundred delegates ap-
pointed by the Governors of the sever
al southern states, and Boards CT Trade
and Chambers Of Commerce of all
large southern cities.
Mr.. Patrick is not only Secretary of
the Southern Exposition, but is Com
missioner Of the Department of Infor-
nation Of the Southern Inter.States
immigration Bureau, 1t is his special
duty to furnish information about any
southern subject. This is done through
a system of co operation that has been
inaugurated between Boards OF Trade,
Chambers of Commerce and Immigra-
ton Bureaus all over the the southern
states. The way it is doneis certainly
a systematic arrangement. Any one
desiring information should write to
Mr.. Patrick, at Raleigh, n. c. Mr.