The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
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sOUTHERN ST ATEs EXPOSITION.

year during the months Of August
September and October, is q measure
for advancing the interests of this sec
tion which should receive the support
and encouragement Of all the people.
The great city by the lake has agreed
to furnish o building and will devote
the sum Of $500. 600 to this object.
Such generosity on the part OF the
people Of the Metropolis Of the North
west deserves prompt and liberal re-
spouse, from the people Of the South.
and the railroads Of this State and sec-
tion should foster and encourage the
project by affording ready Transports
tion to the products and fabrics offered
along their respective lines to add to
the display and effectiveness OF the ex-
position, which, If successful. means a
great deal towards making known the
advantages and resources of the Sou tn
ern States.
The exposition WAS organized at
Chicago in February last by q joint con-
vention of two hundred delegates, ap-
pointed by the governors Of Maryland,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky
and Illinois, pursuant to g resolution of
the Georgia legislature, passed Decem-
Der 10, 1895, and O resolution of the
common council of the city of Chicago,
passed January 6, 1896.
The delegates represented the most
important Industrial, commercial and
financial interests of the South and of
Chicago. A provisional committee OF
forty members WAS appointed by Mayor
Swift Of that city 70 carry out the part
assigned Is In preparing for the exposi-
ton, and the work in the South is to be
performed by separate State organiza-
tions, which will be independent. but
will cooperate with the advisory COM
mittee composed Of representatives from
eleven Southern States and of which
ex-Sena tor Patrick Walsh, of Georgia,
Is chairman.
The purpose OF the Exposition Is to
make it clear that the South is the best
place for new investments either In in
dustries or lands because Southern fac
tories and farms can produce at the
least cost, command the greatest num-
Der Of consumers, and earn the largest
profits. II will exhibit the natural re.
sources Of the South, the useful purposes
to which they may be applied, the
methods OF manufacturing them,
and the relative conditions under
which they are made in the South and
elsewhere, with the great advantages OF
this section for cheap and varied pro-
auctions.
The promoters recognize the fact that
the Southern States are not utilizing
their natural resources to their full ex-
tent, the result being that this section
has remained comparatively poor and
srarsely populated. 1t is to make
known the wonderful resources and
many advantages Of this section that
the exposition will be held, to the end
that immigrants and capital may be at
tracted, and the waste places made to
blossom as the rose.
The essence Of the plan is to show in
o practical way what useful industries
can be proftably carried on in the
South. Each principal class of raw
materials will be the basis OF one or
more progressive exhibits, showing
progression from the crudest to the M ost
highly developed forms, and the display
OF products will com bine q comparison
between those OF the Sou sh and those O.;
the rest of the world.
1t has been the policy OF the railroads
to advertise this section through agents,
by the means Of the press and by circu-
lara and pamphlets. In the Southern
Exposition ct Chicago the people will
have an object lesson, which will be sp.
preciated and contrast most advantage
ously In comparison with the opportrni-
ties offered in other sections of the
Union and foreign countries. AS q
rush of immigrants would mean in
creased business to the railroads, It fol .
lows thAt 1t 10 to the interest of these
corporations to render all possible as
| distance In making the ex position a suc.
cess.
There is no regular organization 10
Virginia looking to an active par.icipa-
tion OF this State In the enterprIse. I'm