West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-05-21
SHALL WE BE REPRESENTED

INV Aies VI June next tOcre lS
to be opened in the city Of Raleigh,
n. C., a permensnt Southern Mu.
SCUM or Exhibit of the natural pro.
ducts of the South; also the pro.
ducts of the work. shop and factory.
This is done under the auspices OF
the Southern Interstate Immigra.
tion Bureau. This Bureau is not
fully understood by our readers,
and therefore we give = brief history
Of its origin.
The different State Department. Is
seeing what odds they had to work
against in competition with the
great Northwestern States. the
agents of whom used false state
ments to keep desirable settlers and
manufacturers from locating in the
South. thought it wise for all the
southern States to pool their inter
ests, as 1T were. A convention wa,
called to assemble in tho city OF
Montgomery, Ala, on the 18th of
December, 1888. The Governors
of tho several Southern States an.
pointed delegates to represent their
States. and more than six hundred
from all the States, includ ding Mar.
yland on the north and New Mex.
leo on the west, assemb bled and mu.
tualIy agreed upon 3 plan OF action.
which was to form joint bureau to
be known rs the Southern Ipter.
State immigration Bureau; and
that that Bureau should be CON.
posed OF one man from each South
ern State. with general manager.
TO have full power to carry out the
desire of the people of the South.
On the 18th of Deccm ber, 1890. a
second convention was called in
ike manner to review the work that
was inaugurated at Montgomery.
The Convention was held in the CITY
OF Asheville, n. c., and tho YER
dict of the Convention was unan.
imous IN saying the South had star
ted on the right road, and that the
was a grand plan for
the Development Of the South. At
ine 81 baondtg2IEmP6SHry dgSIEP6Hy, & n4SatiGs. E; EcT..
who was Commissioner of Lands
and immigration for that State,
was chosen General Manager, and
he was re elected at the Asheville
Convention. The wish OF the ma
joriiy OF the delegates was to re-
move the Headquarters from Texas
to q point near the northern border
OF the Southern States; and open
representative exhibit Of the pro-
ducts Of the South. 1t was thougt
best to choose either Baltimore,
Washington, Richmond, or Raleigh
and that the selection Of either one
OF them be made according to the
greatest aid extended in the WAY Of
money and buildings. Raleigh's
offer was considered the best BY the
General Management; they offering
money consideration sufficient to
pay the removing expenses Of the
Bureau, and the use Of very large
and commodious buildings for the
use OF the State displays. We pub
lish in another column a list of ar
ticles and the quantity that any
town or county can send for e1hi-
bItion at the Permenant Exhibit,
aud there IS no expense except the
freight charges to Raleigh.
Thousands Of people from the
Northern States and Europe will
visit this Exposition, expecting to
see exhibits from every part Of the
South. Special information may
be obtained by addressing Gen. r.
B. Chiffon, Raleigh. N. G.. Er-
hibits may be sent at any time, as
the Exhibit will be a permanent
one, but the sooner they are for
warded the better it will be. We
should not delay in obtaining all the
benefit We can from the great work
being done for rs.