Birmingham state herald., 1895-11-24
ALABAMA'S GREAT EXHIBIT A Typical Display of Her Won
 derfuI Resources. A REVELATION TO VISITORS Who Are Astounded at the Magnitude Of Her WeaIth-Birmngham's Public Schools
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Atlanta, Nov. 22.-(StaR Correspond ence)-The Cotton States and lnterna- tional exposition Is a great show. It Is a magnificent monument to the indomit- able will and perseverance, of this great southern town. and the benefits to ae- crue from it will never be fully realized by the present generation. Every sec tion and every community in the south will feel the magic touch of the capitalist and the artisan attracted here by this wonderful collection of her resources and products.
 Every state, town and vicinity almost In this American republic Is contributing it's quota to the crowds that come here to see what we have and learn what we are doing with it. I stood at the entrance gate for quite while a day or so ago while the great stream of humanity poured through and watched the races and costumes and listened to the utter ances of the passers-by. It was a motly crowd composed of dozens of nat1onall- ties, the, American. of course, largely predominating But there were to be seen representatives from almost every civ iliZed country.
 The exhibits to be seen in the different buildings come from almost 100 countries in both hemispheres and represent nearly everything manufactured or produced.
 
 beloved Alabama-and from the Bir- mingham mineral district, if you please.
 It is not my intention to go into de- tailed account of all that Is exhibited at this exhibition, nor would l consume the time of the reader in calling over the names of the exhibitors. It would be 8 useless waste of time in view of the fact that nearly if not quite all of the people in Alabama have been here and seen for themselves what is to be seen.
 But would call the readers attention to the Alabama exhibit. It is par excel lence the exhibit at the exposition. There are many others that SurpaSs the Alaba- ma exhibit in point of beauty and artis- tic arrangement, but as a practical Illus tration of her resources Alabama's ex- hibit stands far and away ahead of any thing else here
 The Commercial A ssocation.
 To the Commercial Association of Ala bama is due the sole credit for this splendid display. The board of manag- CTS created by this association last spring has worked hard and faithful to make a creditable showing for Alabama, and how well they have succeeded is at tested by the universal commendation passed on the exhibit by the thousands who daily inspect it. No other exhibit on the grounds has been so favorably dis cusSed by those in quest of Information as has this one, and it is bound to result in untold benefits to the great common wealth which is destined at no distant date to take her place at the head of this magnificent sisterhood of states.
 Perhaps all Alabamians are familiar with the struggle made before the last legislature to secure an appropriation for an Alabama. building and an Alabama exhibit at the Atlanta exposition and the subsequent defeat of the measure It was a splendid fight the friends of progress and prosperity made to have the state creditably represented at the expo sition, but the opposition developed toe much strength and defeated the bill.
 The business men and developers of tht state realized that a failure to be prop erly represented at the exposition would give Alabama a black eye, from which she would not recover in years, and they went to work to do what the legislature refused to do. The Commercial Assoei- ation of Alabama, composed of the com mercial bodies of the various cities oi the state, which had been organized the year before, was called together Tor the purpose of considering the matter. The 7 result was the creation Of board ol ! managers who should have entire control of the exhibit and who were authorized to solicit contributions for fund to be used in defraying the expenses of the same.
 ties, and by hard and persistent work got together the splendid collection oi exhibits displayed in the Alabama build ing To do this required no little work and for months the members. of this board were untiring in their efforts to have the states resources creditably represented at the exposition.
 Necessarily there were tedious delays hut Manager Anderson and his assist ants knew no such word as fail.
 Mai Frank Y. Anderson.
 The board of managers for the Ala bama exhibit elected Maj. Frank Y. An derson of Birmingham as manager, and ir this action no mistake was made, as re- suits will testify.
 Major Anderson. In accepting the work thus Imposed on him, did so with the de termination to make complete success bf 1t. And in this he did not fail.
 He was ably assisted in the work by MT. T. w. Pratt, the Huntsville member of the board, Secretary Thompson and one or two other members of the board.
 The Contributions
 At a meeting of the Commercial asso ciation the various cities represented pledged certain sums towards the exhibit