The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-10

The address speaks for itself. 1t Is
follows:
COTTON STATES AND INTER
NATIONAL EXPOSITION,
ATLANTA, Ga, OGt. 81, 1895 )
"To the People of the United States:
The undersigned, jurors and mem
bers of the highest board of award,
having visited the principal depart
ments of the Atlanta Exposition and
having had the advantage Of guidance
and suggestions from the most quail
fed experts, think it important to com
municate our impressions to the pub
lie throughout the country by the
agency of the newspaper press in ad
vance of such reports as may be here
after ade to the constituted author
tiles. We desire to call attention to
the educational value of the Atlanta
Exposition, its important relations to
industry, ard its manifold indications
of the progress of the useful and liberal
arts. But in this brief paper we can
only indicate a few of the most signif-
cant characteristics.
Il. Toe exhibits of the national gov
eminent constitute a unique, complete
and instructive illustration of its wise
and benificent functions. Within a
building of moderate size, examples
are given the work Of the federal gov
eminent in it's relations to statesman
obio ptorpoFioDo iDtorOourco tho cd
ministration of justice, the promotion
of commerce-domestiC and foreign
the postal service and the control of
the national finances; the arts of
national defence, on land and sea; the
development OF agriculture, forestry,
mines and mineral wealth, fisheries and
fish culture; the protection and pro
motion of commerce by surveys Of the
coast, the lakes, the rivers and the
mountains; the study of the climate
and the ~fOrecasting of the weather; the
maintenance of lighthouses and life
saving stations; the education and civ
ilization of the Indian; the encourage
ment of invention, literature and the
fine arts by prOtec ing the rights OF
the inventor, the writer and the arts;
the advancement and diffusion OF
knowledge through the agency OF the
Smithsonian Institute; the national
museum; the manifold services OF the
bureau of education and the collection
of great libraries; the study of the dis
eases OF the human race and also of
plants and animals, and the protection
of life by c~autionary and remedial
agencies; the prevention of epidemics
and the regulation of the food supply:
These all, exhibited in a compact form,
bring before the people the noblesl
Offices of a strong, comprehensive, we'll
ordered government and are the best
exhibition of the kind that has ever
been made.
SO We admire the civic pride dis
played by the citizens of Atlanta, The
Gate City of the South" which, in
thirty years, has risen from the devas
tation of fire and sword, poverty and
distress, and now illustrates in many
"~y0S "0N OSROSAoAy III Gu0 HApOS!GlOu,
what may bedone for the advancement
OF q vast region by the union. enter
prise, generosity, knowledge and skill
of an unselfsh and voluntary bodv of
citizens, harmoniously organized
SO. The varied and inexhaustible re-
sources of the Cotton States, their min.
eraI wealth, agricultural products,
manufactures and railroads, as we'll as
their systems of education, are we'll
displayed in many departments Of the
Exposition, but especially in the com
prehensive exhi0IJs that have been
made by the State of Georgia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama
Louisiana and Arkansas.
~. Taere are many admirable slgn'
of Interstate cooperation and socla
intercourse The visits OF the FreSl
dent and Vice President OF the nlVeC
States, of the Governors OF many OILS
tant States, often attended by large es
corts of their fellow-citizens, the Assem-
blies of bankers, engineers, teachers
women of religious and philanthropy
associations and Of patriotic societies