The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-02-08
a SOUTHERN EXPOSITION.
Ii is Proposed to Show the Industrial
Advantages OF the south in New
York

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Advantages OF the south in New
York
Farm aid Trade.
The holding of an exposition o
Southern resources in New York city
in 1910 would be of vast benefit in has
tening the agricultural and industrial
development of the South. The future
supremacy of the South in nearly al
lines OF manufacture is conclusiyely
proven by the phenomenal success OF
Southern cotton manufacturing as com
pared with the unprOfitableness OF
similar competing factories in the East
The superior advantages of the South
, assures the same success in other liue
OF industry a. has been attained in cot
ton manufacturing.
The proposed exposition would be
the most effective means OF attracting
the attention OF the capitalist, the man
OF enterprise, the farmer, and of those
expert mechanics who flourish in the
East from small beginnings by making
Yankee notions, in which ingenuity
and skill are combined and which are
fr' quently CSe foundations of great in
dustrial enterprises. 1t would bring
to the South - diversified industrial de-
velopment based on the Manufacture OF
little things of general utility and
never ceasing demand, such as table
and pocket cutlery, hair pins, shoe
strings, buttons, needles and innumer-
able articles that enter into the eyery
day economics OF lie.
Tie interests OF the South would be
better served by holding Southern
exposition in New York than else
where. In the national metropolis and
the country within a radius of one hun
dred miles are six million people,
many of whom would at fr, uuent
intervals visit such an exhibition and
gather from its display information
they could not otherwise obtain. A ma
J>rity OF those attending Southern ex-
positions on Southern soil are from
this section a few Thousand, at most,
come from the North and East, q rs
rule these are semi-U Uf1icial visits hy
governors, their staffs and official Or
gan cations, who wish to compliment
the enterprise Of the people, enjoy the
social festivities extended them and
have good time generally. Not more
than five in a hundred come here to
study Southern resources.
Americans going to the great inter
national cxpositions like tho Philadel-
phia centennial and the Columbia at
Chicago, look at the foreign exhibits,
rather than those OF their own coun-
try. And, in addition, their attention
is attracted from the practical by the
side shows and amusements.
An exposition in New York in 1900
will not only attract the attention of
the millions from North and South
America and every part of the world
who visit the metropolis every year,
but, at the same time, will interest the
thousands OF prosperous Americans
who go to the Paris exposition via
New York. Such an exposition, with
nothing to attract attention from it,
and giving information about the in
ducements the Sohth offers the CAPT
Ialist, tho mechanic, and the man of
enterprise who has his own way to
make in the world, will be an object
lesson that will command consideration
and carry the conviction to enterpris-
ing citizens OF all sections that they
must invest and locate in the South II
they expect to win the sharp Industrial
competition of the future.
The sectionalism and prejudice, tina
for many years prevented Northern
capitalists and prospectors from in.
vestigating the South as q field for in
vestment, has almost entirely disap.
peared, AMI the time has arrived when
an elaborate setting forth of It's mate
rial resources and advantages At the
centre of wealth ana population will
receive the consideration OF all 4ho
are seeking the most profitable EN-.
ployment for their capital, skill and in.
duStry,