The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-19
A PERMANENT EXPOSITION.

DaN " cSSoAAS Gh AhApoA oho ioS
tor in Southern development.
A PERMANENT EXPOSITION.
The National Capital to Have Perma-
rent Buildings TO Exhibit the Pro-
due and Resources of the Country.
Senator Patrick Walsh, of Georgia,
believes there should be q permanent
national exposition in the city of Wash
ington, and he has introduced q bill,
which was referred to the Committee
on the District of Columbia, making
preliminary provisions for such an es-
Enlistment. The bill declares that "a
permanent exposition be established at
the National Capital, in which the pro-
ducts and of the several
States and Territories Of the Union may
be fifty and properly displayed" Itpro-
vides for the appointment Of q commits
sion, consisting OF the Postmaster Cen
eral, the Secretary of the Interior and
the Secretary Of Agricultural, TO re-
port to Congress q plan for the estab-
lishment and maintenance Of such an
exposition, and of a suitable building.
The commission is to advertise for
competitive plans for the building, and
is to appoint q secretary. An appro-
priation Of $500 is made for the OK
| pSnSGS OF tne commission.
Senator Walsh is very enthusiastic
upon the subject of this project. He is
u firm believer, to begin with, in tho
future of the South, and one of the
most earnest advocates for the secur-
ing Of improvements. The bill which
he introduced to-day is the result Of
observations made by him during the
progress Of the Southern immigration
Congress held in Augusta, Ca, from
which he has just returned.
"This bill" he said to-day to a Star
reporter, sis intended to supply a
need, and give the people Of the coun-
try an opportunity Of examining CLASH
fed exhibits Of the products and re-
sources OF the various States. Wash
ington is rapidly becoming a central
point, in which all the States are in
terested.
GAS a contribution from each COM
monwealth would be necessary for the
establishment and maintenance of such
On exposition, Washington is, the only
place whore the enterprise could be
suitably located. l am satisfied the
best way to induce settlement in the
South is simply to give strangers an
opportunity to become thoroughly ac-
Q~uainted with the great advantages of
the section SO blessed by nature in
every way, It is unfortunate that the
railroads conveying tourists to the
South pass through some of the poorest
land W have, and the impression Is
thus given that the soil is nnproduc.
tive and the country unattractive. AS
can sit on his porch every day in the
yoar, and stock can Craze in The field.
We have the most reliable labor in the
world, and it is fast becoming the most
expert. During the financial strin-
gency, which has caused so much dis
tress in the North, and amid the great
oiamor from labor for larger rewards,
we have had but little trouble in
the South. You will find no South.
ern laborers among the followers Of
Gen. Coxey.
81 am glad that the Southern I'm,
migration Congress had an opportunity
to observe for thcGlselves the natural
advantag sofa country which l love
and delight to nonor, The South ex.
tends a cordial invitation TO capital
and labor to aid in the development OF
its wonderful of field, forest,
mine and factory. There is no pro.
scriptiOn on ACCOUNT of race, color, re.
thinking men can find recognition
there as well as elsewhere.
81 am deeply interested in the pro-
ject OF establishing q permanent expo
sition at the National Capital, and
want people from various parts of the
Union, as they como to examine the
beauties and attractions Of this mag
nificent city, to become inspired with
broader and grander ideas as to the
wonderful Of the Union in
which they live and with q patriotic
pride hat will lead them to mako
stronger excrtions to work out a
mighty future for 81 country hat en-
joys the blessings OF libertj regulated
by law,
"This is undoubtedly the place for
such a building. There is, indeed, no
other place for it. The exposition
should be housed in q great building,
an Imposing structure under the care
of the Government. There CEN be
nothing that would confer 80 much last
ing benefit upon tho people of the
Union az this great Interchange Of
ideas and exhibits. 1t would be o con-
slant object lesson, teaching the PEG
pie OF the United States. as we'll as of
the entire world visiting this country,
as to the muniiicent and unrivalled re-
sources of America. There is not q
thing that grows in the forest or is
produced from the soil, the mine, or
the factory, or the mill, that would not
be appropriately represented in this
great national building which would
present in compact space and in the
most ample way the enormous re-
sources of u country ."-Washington
Star,