The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-08-02
STATE. SECOND TO NONE.
LET NORTH CAROLIN colt Va
BIAN EXHIBIT BE THE BEST.
Every Citizen should he lntcrc>tcd:
Every Aid should he
ltiIiZed.

Utilized.
The following Worlds Fair notes are
released for publication in advance of
more extended information:
Mr.. John Robinson, chairman of the /
committee on agriculture, is AT work in (
earnest, having agricultural products
collected. Agents are at work in the
field collecting cereals and are meeting
with gratifying success. 1t is the intcn-
tiun of the committee on collections To
have agents at the several county and
district fairs TO be held in the State this
year and TO secure, as far as possible, the
very best specimens of productions which
can be obtained from this source.
Articles are now engaged photographing
the mountain scenery, of which pic
lures will be enlarged and shown and will
give some idea of the beauties found only
among these mountain ranges. In addi-
tion to the State fruit fair. which will
be held at Chicago next year, fruit will
be sent from time to time in cold stor
age, and exhibited in the natural State.
Arrangements have also been made 10
make "a display of such fruits as do not
keep, to have them put up in handsome
jars with prcservative fluid, i'll its natural
state with branches, such Us grasses,
dears, figs, peaches, figs, &c. The ac-
tive support and cooperation of all who
are III sympathy with the board Of agri-
culture in making the display of North
Carolina resources at Chicago is earn
estly desired The great Importance of
the future development and settlement
Of oar State will depend largely upon
the exhibit we make To the world AT the
Columbian Exposition. The magniii-
ccnce # our Western section,
the veuc Of the rivers and other
water courses; the prolific abundance
of the orchards with their wealth of
fruits; the extensive varieties of the grain,
cereals and flowers that smile over the
length and breadth of the entire State ::
the game birds, fish, animals, minerals
precious stones and valuable ores, all
should be properly represented, and will
show eloquently the material resources of
a State second TO none. An earnest ap
peal is therefore made to every loyal man
and woman In the State to aid and assist
in having demonstrated at Chicago Its
Z
r is doing and will continue to do all in Its
power to have the State properly repIe-
sented. but without the united effort OF
the press and those public spirited citi-
zens whose duty it is to aid in the mat
ter, together with all other citizens who
can help, the exhibit will not be what il
t should be, and hence all should 70 active
{ ly to work to advance an interest thai
. is for the common good of all.
Aiding the Worlds Fair Exhibit.
The following was adopted by The
State Press Association at Charlotte last
week:
! ''WHEREAs, The State Board of Az j.
= ! culture has undertaken to place Nortf
L Carolina In line with her sister States al
, the Columbian Exposition, to be held a
: Chicago next year, and has undertaken
: to exhibit the States resources in the De
partment of Agriculture, Horticulture
Mines and Mining, Fish and Fishcrie
and Forestry, and
:, "WHEREAs, The appropriation mad
by the last General Assembly has no
been available, and it is evident tha
money must be raised for the continu
I ance and furtherance of this great work
II therefore
: ''Res0lced, That the Press Associate
y of North Carolina pledge its co-opera
y ton and aid to the State Board of Agri
II culture in its efforts to creditably presen
d our varied resources to the world throug
D the medium of the great Inter Naeion;
T, Exposition to be held at Chicago,
III 1898; and further, that it be the polio
y of this Association to further a sentimer
7. favorable to the enactment of such legi
VI latiOn as will make available the appr'
y priation made by the last General y
sembly."