The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-08
An Example to be Followed .

A company has been formed in BERTHE
county, II. c., for the construction of
typical tar kiln. which is to be exhibited
at the Chicago Fair among the many in
teresting articles of various kinds which
will be sent there from the Old North
State in illustratation Of its different in
dustries. BERTHE lies in that part of
Meddtsh MMesddth ,6Gn 6GntGltipp.%hicb has iqnG.--Pcen ia.
tar which it produces, and it seems pc
culiarly appropriate that the design re
ferred to should have had its origin
among its enterprising citizens. The
idea embodied in it is an excellent one,
and is we'll worthy of imitation in our
States which are distinguished for indus.
tries equally characteristic OF the soil
No State could adopt plan that
would bring before the vast mnltitndcs
who. will assemble in Chicago during the
Fair more vivid and graphic picture OF
its special resources. Deposit this kiln
in the North Carolina department in the
great exhibition, and the whole operation
of the manufacture of tar and the part
that it plays in trade and commerce. will
be impressed more deeply on the minds
of the spectators than thousand spec
linens Of the product, either in its raw
or manipulated form. would be able to
do, and to that extent the interests OF
North Carolina, which derives such q
large revenue from this source, will be
more fully promoted.
The whole process of putting tobacco
and cotton into condition for the hand ol
the manufacturer should be illustrated d;
! Chicago in the same practical way.
| Indeed, every industry that aids in bring
ing wealth and prosperity to the South
ern States should be presented to the at
teution of the visitors at the Fair in tho
shape of all object lesson as far as it j
feasible to do So
The Southern people do not as yet ap
preciate as they should the importance
of the Exhibition in its bearings upon tn
industrial development of their section
Such an opportunity of displaying tn
resources of the South will not agai
arise, in all probability, for an hundrc'
years. Among the thousands and tens q
thousands and millions of persons VIII
will gather from every quarter Of th
United States and of the world in Chi
ca %, there will be countless number
whoSwill have been Influenced in comm
to the Fair, not by curiosity alone. hn
the very strongest desire to obtain infor
| lnatlOn as 10 NV HCloS I'LL Which 'lc
can either advance their personal font
uncs or inve t their capital.
1t is to this class that the South if il
exhibits are thoroughly Icprcscntativ
.ill make a very powerful appeal.
is this class which our section wishes I
attract, and under no circumstance
could the chance Of doing so bc MOI
favorable than on such an cXtraordinar
occasion as the Chicago Fair.
IN the light of this fact, it is Sraiif,
{ ing to see that many enterprising indivI'
1 uals, following the example Of tho'
TO whom we have referred in connect
! with Bcrtic county, North Carolina, al
organizing themselves in many parts {
the Southern States into private con
( panies for purposes which are really esse'
italy public in the character, and, thcr
2 fore, calculated to advance the welfa
of the South at large. Richmond, Va
Times.