The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-04-28
The Valley Virginian.
Tho South at the Worlds Fair.

Tho South at the Worlds Fair.
fucturer's Record, of Baltimore. make
this urgent appeal to the South to pre-
pare for the Worlds Columbian Expos
| ition:
| ''The display of apathy regarding pre-
parations for the Worlds Columbian
Exposition that is being manifested il
several sections of the South is great.
to be lamented. In the absence of con
stitutional obstacles, the refusal of an,
Southern legislature to make liberal APP
preparation for State representation ii
false economy of the most conspicuous
kind. Neglect to make ample provision
for this great event is O short>sighte(
policy that is sure to react in an iniuri
Gus manner upon the whole South. TIE
older Industrial sections Of the North
are making liberal preparations for re
presentation in the Worlds Fair, and
the West is providing for the occasion
with wonderful display of prodigality
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 South
ern States must be regarded as either
parsimony or failure to appreciate the
Importance of the opportunity.
There is not, to our knowledge, any
other use to which reasonable appro>
priation could be devoted with better re-
suits than in the provision of a suitable
exhibit Of the resources and industries of
any Southern State in this great exposi-
ton. Advertising is the life of industry
in these days, and States that desire to
attract attention and promote develop
ment might as well enclose their borders
with high fence as to neglect any good
opportunity for making their advanta
ges known to the world. The business
man who does not advertise confines his
operations to a narrow field, and this
rule applies equally well to town, coun-
ty or State The worlds Columbian Ex-
position is a huge. advertising enterprise,
and those who do not participate in it
will feel the effects in an unfortunate
manner.
''There is peculiar necessity for the
South to utilize this opportunity to the
fullest possible extent. There are
thousands of people in the North, in
the West, in New England and across
the ocean who have invested largely in
various enterprises for furthering the
development of the South. Nine out of
every ten of such investors have never
been in the South and will never visit
that section of the country. They have
read and heard much of the wonderful
resources of the South, it's rar idly grow
ing industries, its mines, forests, mills
and furnaces, and when they go to Chi
cago next year they will naturally ex
pect to see Southern exhibit proper
that section. They are fully justified in
such an expectation, and the RESPONSE
bility for fulf]lment rests with the South
with each State as well as with indi-
viduals.
''We earnestly hope..that all consider
alton of false economy will be set aside
in this matter, and that all the Southern
States will act in unison in providing
for liberal display at Chicago. 1t is
not matter of willingness or inclination
but of necessity-a necessity that is i'm
perative. Let there be no delay, no diff
ferences of opinion as to plans, but let
there be everywhere united and de-
termined effort to place the South on an
equal footing with the entire world in
the Worlds Columbian Exposition. We
have no interest whatever in this expo
south, but we fully appreciate the i'm
portance of the occasion, and warn the
South not to let such an opportunity
pass UNDECIDED"
Some improvements at Homestead.
No little excitement has been caused
by the report that there had been intro
duced at the Homestead Works of Cars
rect process that they were guarding
from the eyes of outsiders with the most
jealous care. This direct process seems
to be only an adaptation to structural
iron making OF the methods that have
long been in use in rail rolling. The in
gots are taken hot from the ingot>bed,
bloomed down and passed on to the 35-
inch beam MILL where are rolled. All
this is done without relocating, the
initial heat of the ingot lasting until
the beam is rolled. Nor is there any
handling after the ingot is placed in the
rolls until the finished beam is delivered
will materially lessen the amount of
hand-labor and greatly increase the out
put of the mill.
There has also been tried recently at
works method of increasing the OUT
put of the furnaces by preliminary
melting of the pig in a cupola, and
charging the pig in a molten condition
into the furnace, the time of melting
the pig being saved in making the heat.
This, it is believed, will largely increase
the output, giving twenty-five turns a
week when now bnt eleven are made.
To Millions of Free Acres via
B. & 0. R. r.
Early in April 100000 acres of land