Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-02-16
Tas SsJsh at tn Ex aslsiss.

ai.l bSve dIsPIays al the great
N0Eld's FaIf
EiSsissiFP4-I 2 Briaker,
Mes: P0Ins; Y FEazsr. Co;um
.Sa-; W = Stazrt ! Co Ocean
S2SIagz-
Texas o Baekisy, Dexter;
Cooper Z Ncphews, GzIvestoB;
StaEIey Z Galley. Pert " Orta-
louisiana @ Drew * Co A..
iIcxIud l.: q " DanhaT'r Sous
New leans; Outlet Gin Co.
Amite City ; r EetAeny Sons,
New IBERIA; 3 N Youag, Nor
gan City New Orleans Brewing
association, Gee Scale, New
Orleans
Alacara-Ehott Car COmpa-
ny. Gsdsdrn Tallahassee Falls
Manufacturing Company, Aont
gOMeTy-
South Csr0lina-J b Hammond
Beach Island: q kensiOn, il,
Charleston
North CsrOlin4-T 4 Bruner
Richmond and Dsnviile Railroad
Company, Raleigh
These six states have only
nineteen exhibitors Ii is need
less to say that the South does
not take up a very large space
in the ohcial catalogue
As We remarked before this
is neither istteFiBg nor eneour-
aging. These SIX States have
10000 900 population, are assess
ed at $1,000 Oo0.e60 and possess
ia actual geaIth over siOe9 GO,
90 They produce annually in
crops. manufactures, etc some
$3.50, O00.cao- They have cue
exhibitor, therefore, for every
.1j0. eae people and every e2I0.
900 900 OF wealth There is no
part of the country, or for that
matter Of the world that viii be
80 posrEy represented IN the gen
sral briIGIrgs Of th- Exposition
as the Southwest. a section
xhiek could If IL wished make
a. dses display as any aGd er
c0aas-y-
OF course there VII be State
exhibits. ia which there viii be
dasDIxyeda number Of louisa
Ia FexIs, mississippi and Caro-
liza products and manufactures.
bat We d0gbt whether these viii
be rs al etiEe In attracting at
tsatEOn and n showing the va
Fied possibilities of the SOuth
aad SSuthweSI as . display IE
the buildings devoted to mann
lectures the IISeral arts. etc Ii
Is tn these buildings the bulk Of
the visitors would 90. and ex
hIbSss there Will attract mCss at
teatI0n- be seen By the most PEG
pie and do the most good
The visitor whe. after travel
ing Gver miles of space, huds
thai the SIX Southwestern States
e01taIa only nineteen firms or
companies that have enterprise
enough to make exhibits or any
display; that al Alabama and
SSash Carolina can pEotiaee bat
two exhibitors each, VII be
struck as once BY the poverty or
aek Of enterprise Of this section
and viii reason thai the Sea b
has either very ii-tse 10 show or
lacks the energy eatsE7EISe and
spirft so show It.
We have argued from the
start that the Chicago ExP9sI
tiou offers the South the great
est opportunity e vii ever enjoy
in this generation TIE Phila
delpkra Centennial built up az
least three STAGES. Kansas, We
br4sks and Colorado from aOsk
iEgasss to wealth. p0PEsaeI0a
and prosperity ; sending them
millions IN capital and thousands
of Immigrants The New Or
leans Exposition Wis Of material
advantage TO this section IL
gave new life and vitality 10 IL.
brought Is a lev era Of pres
perity and fastened the deveI.
Gpment Of these sections which
maize good displays here As
We showed from the reports Gt
the several Southern exhibitors
there was scarcely ore who did
not reap a handsome profit fr0u
his display. But Chicago, rs
Tar as I7zigTati n Is concerned,
offers even greater advantages
than Philadelphia or New Or.
leans First of al, the attend
snSc Will be mueh larger, and
exhibits will consequently be
seen by more people Moreover
Il Is held in the very centre oil
the country from which we wish
to invite Immigration. aad fron
which We nav reasonably expee,
it, With proper efforts the
South may hope to induce 4
large number Of Western farm
ers, meehan- e. and others to
move here They want to come
aud such small efforts in the way
Of exhibits a. Louisiana kas
made at Sioax City and other
places. have brought q number
OF them down here, ~ the ad
vantage both Of themselves and
this State We wan. them anC
they viii want TO come il VI
can impress taem with the al
vantages the South offers Have
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