New-York tribune., 1901-09-01
see the waste places of the earth filled up and
made TO blossom as the rose.
THE CHARLESTON EXHIBITION,

The success of the Pan-American Exhibition
! at Buffalo is now assured. IL is indeed actually
achieved Down to the present date the course
of the exhibition has been marked with great
and increasing prosperity, and there is doubt
/ that it will continue thus until its close, two
! months hence. 1t may therefore be not amiss
! to look a little ahead of the successful ending
of that exhibition, now confidently TO be antici-
! pated. to the one which is Immediately to fol-
| low 1t, and which will be a little less important
than il in degree only and not at all in kind.
We refer. of course. to the South Carolina In
terstate and West Indian Exposition. which is
TO open at Charleston, S. c., on November l. to
which we have already called attention, and
which is TO be earnestly commended to the
favorable consideration of the whole nation.
This exhibition is to be representative of the
States which may be regarded commercially
tributary to Charleston and of all the West
Indian islands, The States in question are
practically the whole Southeast, the "Old
South" There are ten States, with yearly min
eral products of more than S100O00.000. forest
products of more than $3.50. 600 000 farm prod
ucts of more than S575, 100000 and manufact-
ured products of S1.OOOO0OOOO. They would
form a great empire in themselves, and they are
as yet only beginning TO develop their riches.
Old though they are, those States have until
recently been much neglected: at first through
a false and ruinous industrial system and later
through the ravages and prostratlon of war.
Now they are rehabilitated and are quickening
into a new life far more ambitious and potent
than the old. 1t behooves every other State in
the Union, and by no means least those which
were once in unhappy conflict with them, not
only to wish, but practically 10 give them all
possible encoura cement and aid.
But the exhibition will reach beyond State
and national bounds, and include other nations
and colonies The seventy West Indian islands
comprise two independent repubics-one repub-
lie now in process Of organization one large
colonial possession Of the United States and
the colonial possessions Of four European ma
tions. tt = lie just off our coast. much nearer
to us than TO any other great nation. and their
trade should be chiefly in our hands. How i'm
portant their trade is may be seen from recent
statistics In the fiscal year ending with June
so, 1900 United States exports to those islands
were S47436.677. That was more than TO all
the fifteen republics of South and Central
America 1t was more than to all of China
Japan and Siberia II was more than to Russia,
Austria Hungary, Sweden and Norway, Spain,
Portugal Turkey, Greece and Switzerland all
put together. OF a surety such commerce is
worth conserving and increasing and informing
ourselves concerning IL.
Besides all that Charleston Is a particularly
interesting city 10 visit, and lies near some Of
the finest country on the continent 1t has been
pleasant in dog day heat 20 seek the cool lake
breezes at Buffalo and 10 see the wonders OF
Niagara by the way. II will be no less pleasant
In the bleak winter time 10 seek the balmy airs
Of the Carolina coast and 10 behold by the way
the elores Of the Land OF the Sky"