The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-01
PENNSYLVANIA Ar ATLANTA.
Colonel Mcclure. in Philadelphia Times.

C0lOnel McCluTe, III / lHlaucipHia Ai"'~S'
! have witnessed every industrial expo.
sition held in the south since the war; anu
speak advisedly when say that me pres
ent exposition In Atlanta Is incomparaDiy
the best that has ever been presented III
that section. 1t indicates the hish water
mark of industrial and commercial pro-
gress that has been attained since tne
universal prostration OF the south Dy the
civil conflict, and the energy exhi bited py
all classes and conditions in the beautitui
city of Atlanta, eloquently tells the story
of the substantial advancement in that
section Atlanta Is the heart of Georgia.
whose pulsations reach out into the re-
hottest regions of that great common
wealth, and the progress of Georgia, the
Empire state Of the south, has done much
to quicken the revival of prosperity
throughout the whole reconstructed re-
gion When visited the first exposition
held in Atlanta, In 1882, the general re-
vival of industry and commerce In the
south was only In Its infancy, but touay
the people of the north can see In this
great center of southern advancement
how rapid and substantial are the at
tanned results of the renewed energies OF
the southern people.
1t has been falsely stated in some OF the
northern papers that visitors to the At
lanta exposition are swindled In every
possible way by hotels, boarding houses,
hacks, etc. These statements are grossly
lent accommodations can be had from the
best hotels down to the cheapest boarding
houses at entirely reasonable rates, and
any visitor can reach the exposition
grounds from any part of the city in 4
first-class street car for the single fare cf
five cents. Indeed, SO far from attempt.
ing to extort from visitors, the people or
Atlanta seem to have united their efforts
to extend the most generous hospitality to
all who shall come to meet them on their
beautiful exposition grounds. No one
should be hindered from visiting Atlanta
because Of the fear Of extortion
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The Atlanta exposition Is most advan-
tageously located in the suburban part OF
the city, and Its various departments can
be studied with interest and profit day
after day by the intelligent visitor While
1t Is peculiarly southern enterprise ev-
cry state of the union Is represented In
it, and 1t presents in brief the matchless
progress Of the whole country. With the
limited resources of the south II Is mar
velous how complete the exposition has
been made. The exhibit of the general
government. while not so elaborate. Is
quite as creditable as that given at Chi
cago, and there Is a repetition of the MID
way Plaisance Of Chicago on smaller
scale, where nearly every condition and
class Of the world is presented. The wo-
men of the nation have achieved a con-
spicuous success by their efforts to add
interest to the exposition. They have
fully demonstrated how greatly they. can
contribute to the achievements of such an
enterprise Pennsylvania, along with near
" all the states of the north. has
beautiful house. erected by the state COM
mission, and on Its lofty portlco the old
Liberty Bell holds daily and nightly le-
wees. 1t Is one OF the few things that
commands homage from every nation and
every cline.
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The most gratifying lesson Of the At.
lanta exposition Is In the development or
the wonderful advancement the southern
people have made In Industrial economies.
Before the war the south was divided into
two classes-those who ruled and those
who served. The one was born to mas
terry. and the other to servitude, whether
white or black. and there was then no
need for diversified industries or for the
development OF new sources Of wealth
The result was that the waste OF tho
south would have fed and clothed abund-
antly her middle and poorer classes. Ne
cessity has taught the south what philos-
ophy and statesmanshlp would have
failed to teach them In generations. To-
day we see represented IN the Atlanta ex-
position how marvelously new products
have been created. and especially how
minutely the economies Of industry are
used to reap the fullest rewards OF capital
and labor in everything produced. This
is the foundation of southern prosperity,
and 1t has become so well established, as
advancement OF these states must greatly
Increase in momentum from year to year.
and there are those living today who will
see the south more generally prosperous
than the great states OF the north which
now oyershadow both south and west In
wealth and general prosperity.
To-
The people Of the north should give
generous patronage to the Atlanta expo
sition. Our industries. our commerce, our
financial interests and our general busi-
ness and social Intercourse. have become
so intimately interviewer with the people
of the south that all sectional feeling has
faded away, and both have learned that
they can mutually enlarge their prosper.
ity by mutual intercourse. The steady and
marvellous increase Of wealth In the south
ern states makes them most desirable
customers In every line Of commerce and
trade. Aside from the patriotic considern-
| tions which should make north and south
| gladly embrace each other In such indus
| trial and commercial, dlsplay as that pre-
serted at Atlanta. the material interests
| Of both sections call for the generous fra.
| Terrifying Of Pennsylvania with the sons OF
the Errpire state Of the south on the
beautiful grounds Of the Atlanta exposi-
tion.