The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-11
AN EXPOSITION.
Continued from page L.

8aiiter g0rging himself with cakes and molasscs
nbar n"iiy brought him some finer than any OF the
she sad you arc 50 fond Of them them '. just
tin taeae Smiling, he tried to cvade the ques-
a rIli pHt shc pressed him, when he blurtcd out:
Don't want all them I've had So / fear If
were we, to attempt soecch this grand subject
lkou hlsht rec: that YOU didn't want them YOU
ashase had Applause
Blu. But came to this city in response TO a call
rom NE citizens. to assist i'll naugurating plan
ior the bette ment md better advertising OF the
Egrcn. resources OF This grcat country. feel very
mnch at home here In reference to subject OF
TINS Kind. This is Bocourt. The whole South
Il West Is Botctouit We arc merely children OF
Il grasp your hand.; desire to unite our family for
Il tunes anu to present to the world what this
, van ny IL doing That is the purpose for which
81 mat IL to my, that we have generous soil
| inat yields regularly to the sgriculturist; we
h erals that await this development OF The hand that
Ii would take hold of hem, and We have a climate
and sites for manufactures that are equal TO apy;
anu yon cannot iiud II combination that Is supe-
r'or 10 that in the world. IApplausc1
h someone has said to me not long sgo: GLOW
ett"r IL mat you are now just beginning to call
development has not been made before, Why IL
~ that these things Ia We lam dormant and tho
world has not known tina Virginia has udvnn-
tages:' Just refer them to the fact that at the
close of the civil war there wasn't u dollar or
currency in NirSini-; there wasn't bank; there
wasn't an insurance company; there wasn't II
railroad company, and we had to begin on the
ground floor, u II VIC wee n new pcor lc con,c
/ into hcw country, and we hnd To work our
Why shonld VIC despair now when we have
been able to accomplish much from this very
pea rock or GcsO,a tion In which we were pluccd
IN 1861. tell you, gentlemen, you can't Keen Tho
Workiiigmnn down (appausc) ana that's what we
tclvos to be- and that i what the stron, hcsri ~
courage a,d vigor of this generation will show ia
mas Ill IL, that ont OF the depression, when m,
seem almost to have lost hope come. the crreort
which brings success, and it is only out OF such
Unit great energies are brought forth
neh,iemcn VIII give you a little example OF
what We have done In the line or cxpoeitions
Twelve or fifteen years ago some energetic
county exhibition Well. some said: oh.
you can get up fair in i,otctourt, there isn't
enough ncoplc hcrc; there isn't enough interest
thSl can oc gotten in II to make II fair; don't
hnow whether you can get enough money to put
up n building.
some other. little stronger and a little more
hopeiul went to work 10 do it, and held little
anu saiu We were going 10 have It, 1t has been
soins on now ever since, Annually We haven't
missed missed year. The people OF the county arc
opment all along the lines on which il started
out to make nm exhibit Our stock In. been i'm.
course with each other"
!, Is not necessary for me to depict to this
anuichcc any picture OF our greatness, OF our
wealth, or our resources, of what we have and
W whmt we arc II Is known to you lust as we'll as
10 me. SO what II the use for INC To- keep rcpcat.
M to yon that VIC have great hopes: we have
all ~, the minerals we could ever wish for
we nave All hat which should attract any
pcrtoh VINO desires to enter into any Kind OF
tpusihcss, OF trade or any kind OF work We
nave II All. ioi know 1t as well a. / do You
are Just as well aware OF the rcsOurces or fhis
county as |. vi i"''
We are here not for the purpose of conorat.
uIAtlhS ourselves upon what we have so much "a
70 devise ways and means to let other. know
VIVA, VIC have. That is the question before us.
do Iot understand this to he n mere love f.a.t
among ourselves, to show how great we a re- ar IN
prove each other that VIC have something that il
OF vaue to ourselves but the practical Gucstion
before you in this meeting 10 to determine SOM
lhlhS that VIII enable you to present these re-
sources source, TO the outside world, to bring in emf
sources. N'p '"e re-
We know what we have. Ii is not IA matter OF
SSpecniation. 1t Is not matter cf uncertainty IL
Is not matter for us to think about or tall; abont
ourselves. We merely desire to let other pconlc
know IN our effort. to do this what we need il
capital and labor combined aud the best means
OF nrinsing them together, capital and labor and
applylnt Them to our resources IL that which
Will benz Mt us the most.
Wherever that policy has been pursued in any
conntry, where people own the land in such
Quantities nr they can work without hired labor
tnat IL the most prosperous country And that is
} ,i what we need along the line which Nlr.
Jonnsoh suggested, dividing our large farms and
apportioning them out, not under the svstem Of
tcnantry, but the system OF ownership OF HE
sou ny men VINO know themselves how TO work
In regard to The development OF mines, we must
nave the capital that will take hold and develop
them. We must have tho labor that is necessary
70 pen them and 10 put he crudc material into
factories and to bring the mechanics and oncr..
tiyes Tor those factories TO run them.
We have the soil for agricultnrsts. We have
inc mines and minerals and producers OF those
.ninss: we have facilities for. manufacturing in
ms country 10 a greater extent than in apy
othcr-not because we have better minerals or
necduse our lands are better than any body sc's
uii ~ uu, ,nhe We nave com bnation nnequaled
soil. We nave generous
As yomgo around 10 the farm houses YOU will
iind difference IN the very production NJ thn
hitcneh ITSELF All this has been DONE it is true,
IL, IL, ,a small way because we didn't have very
nue., Int we did the very best we could. W.
made II attractive and 1t has been 40 manaped
rs 10 keep ont OF debt, got a balance i'm Tho
treasury, and expect to have an exhibit and by
Chairman; the secretary ofthe Agricultural Asso.
clat,on, which had its annual meeting YESTERDAY
me that should present to this Assoc,stinn tbn
following resolutions: ' '"'
%At the thirteenth annual meeting of the stock
holders or the BotetOurt Agricultural and Me-
enanicai Association held at Fincastlc April o.
ISL inc following preamble and resolution were
unanimously adopted: WV
~ hereas this association has lcorn.d .bo.
the people OF Roanoke, with whom we are so
coscyv d oGa IN sympathy and feeling so
during the coming fall exposition In which
al the INDUSTRIAL products OF Southwestern Viz
xinia shall be shown; and -"
whereas this association heartily snnroro.
ana endorses this movement. therefore be it
, resolved That we tender to the citizens OF
koanoke the assurance OF hearty co.oocration IN
their undertaking and an earnest hone that II
may prove emnently successful in displaying
me snc vast industrial products and resources Of
SontnWcstern Virginia, and may prove OF great
be neit to the city of Roanoke.
Reso@ed, That copy OF this resolution be
Exposition" '"'
This home association and its hearty sympathy
win lhls movement anc its desire to promote il
IN every way that lies within their bower and
thcy desire me to cay to you that they will he
mere ana will compete with the rest of Southwest
virginia IL tho line OF agricultural products
canned goods and minerals