Semi=weekly graphic., 1895-11-20
PINE BLUFF, ARK. NOV. 20. 1895.
The 4TL4N7,4 IMPOSITION.

The ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
The Atlanta Exposition is in full
blast and the attendance is inereas-
ing daily. The Exposition is mag
nifcent triumph for the South, and
it stands as a living monument to
the patriotism, public spirit and
enterprise Of the Southern people.
Ii is second only in Importance,
magnitude and sp}endor to the great
Worlds Fair at Chicago in 1893.
It is almost incredible that South
ern city, practically unaided, could
make SO magnificent a display As
the visitor can witness at Atlanta.
The Exposition is, indeed, credit
to that enterprising city on the
hills; and the large number Of visit
ors il is attracting from the North
ern and Eastern States will do much
toward the creation of an ezra of
good feeling between the sections,
and go far toward the development
of the South.
It must be gratifying To all Ar
kansans to know that Arkansas has
a splendid exhibit at this Exposition.
The Arkansas exhibit is in the
Agricultural building and is one of
the most attractive displays on the
grounds. However, frankness com
pels the confession that too much
attention has been paid to one in
dustry and product Of the State to
the exclusion of others. For in
stance, after viewing the exhibit the
visitor naturally becomes impressed
with the belief that Arkansas is one
large apple orchard, and that apples
are the States chief product; for at
the exhibit apples are made the most
prominent of the entire display
Cotton, States greatest pro-
duct-for which staple Arkansas
took first premium over all competi-
tors at the Worlds Fair, makes a
very small part of the exhibit,
whereas this important product
should have been pushed more
prominently TO the front. This is
also true of other products of this
State, which are equally as import
ant in attracting immigration as
fine apples.
But the most important exhibit to
the South, in an industrial way, at
least, is the exhibit of the Georgia
Manufacturers Association, and this
is important because it
shows the resources and possibilities
of the South in manufacturing
way. In this building are displayed
manufactured cotton goods, prints,
agricultural implements, wagons,
furniture. shoes, etc,
etc, all the products of Georgia
mills and factories. This exhibit is
exceedingly creditable to the South
and will likely be the means of
greatly accelerating the industrial
in the Southern States.
1t establishes the fact beyond per-
adventure that the South offers ex-
ceptional opportunities for the
profitable Investment of capital in
enterprises, and that
cotton mills, wagon factories, furni-
ture factories and similar industries
can be operated as prodtably-in
fact more profitably-in the South
than elsewhere.
1t is these things that are most
needed in the South. We have the
raw material right at our very doors, |
and when Northern and Eastern
and manufacturers be-
come eonvinced-as they are be-
convinced-th that the South is
The most profitable field for the
establishment of factories and manu-
Iaitories, then the industrial move
ment in the Southern States, now in
its very incipiency, will receive a
impetus.
In showing to the world the match
less resources and possibilities oil
the South in agriculture and manu-
features, the Atlanta Exposition is
doing wonderful work.
Mr. T. c. MAYS, late printing
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