The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-04-07


creasins the appropriation made
by this State to the Worlds Fair.
and we commend the foregoing
article, taken from the Manufac-
tHrer's Record, to the people Of
the different sections of the State
and hope that they will take adj
v ntage of the opportunity and
do something to advertise the Pc
culiar advantages which this State
has to offer, especially that part
of it which lies South Of the Ka-
nawha river. If you intend to do
anything get to work at once.
a1he display Of apathy regard
ing preparations for the Worlds
Columbian Exposition that is. be-
ing manifested in several sections
of the South is greatly to be la
mented. In the absence of conssi--
iutional obstacles, the refusal of
any Southern legislature to make
liberal appropriation for State
representation at Chicago is false
economy Of the most conspicuous
kind. Neglect to make ample
provision fertllis great event is a
short sighted policy that is sure to
react in an injurious manner up
on the whole South. The older
industrial sections of the North
are making liberal preparations
for representation in the Worlds
Fair, and the West is providing
for the occasion with wonderful
display Of probability. Money
appropriated for this purpose does
not indicate extravaganza in any
respect, but the Indifferent policy
that has been adopted by a few
of the Southern States must be
regarded as either parsimony or a
failure to appreciate the impor-
lance Of the opportunity.
There is not, to our knowledge
any other use to which a reason
able appropriation could be de-
voted with better results than in
the provision Of a suitable exhibit
of the resources and industries of
any Southern State in this great
exposition. Advertising is the
life of industry in these days, and
States that desire to attract atten.
ftion and promote development
might as well enclose their borders
with high fence as to neglect
any good opportunity for making
their advantages known to the
world. The business man who
does not advertise confides his
operations to a narrow field, and
this rule applies equally well to
a town, county or State. The
Worlds Columbian Exposition is
huge advertising enterprise, and
those who do not participate in it
will feel the effects in an unfor-
tunate manner.
'eThere is a peculiar necessity
for the South to utilize this opppr-
tunity to the fullest possible ex.
tent. There are thousands of peo-
lple in the North, in the West, in
New England and across the ocean
who have invested largely in va
rious enterprises for furtherng
the development of the South.
Nine out Of every ten Of such in
vestors have never been in the
South and will never visit that
section of the country. They have
read and heard much of the won
derful resources of the South, its
rapidly growing industries, its
mines, its forests, mills and fur
naces, and when they go to Chi
cago next year they will naturally
expect to see a Southern exhibit
proportional to the wealth and
resources of that section. They
are fully justified in such an ex-
pectation, and the responsibility
for fulfillment rests with the
South-with each State as well as
with individuals.
1--WE earnestly hope that all
consideration of false economy
will be set aside in this matter,
and that all the Southern States
will actl union in providing for
liberal display at Chicago. 1t
is not matter of willingness or
inclination, but of necessity-a
necessity that is imperative. Let
there be no delay, no differences
of opinion as to plans, but let
there be everywhere aunited and
determined effort to place the
South on an equal footing with
the entire world in the Worlds
Columbian Exposition. We have