The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-11
THE PAN-AM ERlCAN.
Event Success of the Race Kitchen.
Points About Florida Day.


Buffalo, Sept. 10.-It Us a subject of
universal comment that\the South has
done its share in making the expo
sition success, and Buffalo has sure
ly done more than her part in the
cordiallty of the welcome and liberal
tty of the concessions she has extended
to our section. Thursday, Presidents
Day, the most notable of all the special
days OF the exposition, was a fitting
occasion for every part of the Union
to honor the man on whose shoulders
rests the responsibility of the Presi-
oency of this great and growing nation.
The Southerners did their part.
Commissioner and Mrs. R. R. Poole
of Montgomery, Ala, arrived at the
exposition in time to attend the Presi-
Dental reception in the Government
building. 1t is mainly due to the fore
sight and energy of Mr. Poole that
Alabama has such a fine exhibit here.
1t has been the best advertisement the
state ever had, and will be worth mill
lions to her in the future.
The Louisiana and Texas Rice Kitch-
en- has been another unique and val
liable advertisement for the South apd
for that cereal. The sale of rice in and
around Buffalo has increased so per
cent. since the exposition opened Mr..
Pritchard, the agent for one of the big
rice mills at Crowley, La, was here
last week. He says the shortness of
the corn and bean crop will largely in
crease the demand for rice this fall
and winter. He had just returned
from business trip to Chicago where
he found the people were waking up
to the value of rice as a food. The
rice kitchen here ought to have been
ten times larger than it is. 1t would
have been filled. There is a crush
around the doors every day. and thous-
ands continue to be turned away.
Col. Wier has finally arranged the
programme for Florida Day. 1t will
be very attractive and several big ex-
cursions ought to honor the last OF
Southern days at the n-American
Exposition by coming. After the morn
ing ceremonies in the Illinois State
Building when Gov. Pennings and Mr..
Parkhill of Pensacola will speak, Col.
Wier has arranged to have a second
meeting in the Temple of Music. The
Florida Press Association will be here
in a body, and the greater part of the
evening will be devoted to exercises in
which the leading editors of Florida
will take part. There will also be a
select musical programme.
The meeting of the New England
Cotton Manufacturers Association, to
be held here Sept. "a, Is and &c, should
bring a large crowd of Southern cotton
manufacturers and planters to the Ex-
position. 1t stands to reason that the
cotton mills of the future will be To-
Gated where the cotton grows. This
convention opens up a fine opportunity
for Northern and Southern manufac-
turers to get together and formulate
plans advantageous to both sides of
Mason's and Dixon's line. The South
needs capital and skilled labor. Many
Northern manufacturers might be in
duced to go South, where climatic con-
ditions are much better than at the
North. Mr.. D. A. Tompkins of Char
lottle, N. c., has been invited to ad-
dress the association. He has the rep>
utation of being a clear and forceful
speaker. No man has the facts better
in hand, and few have done more for
the material advancement of Southern
industries. Mr.. Tompkins will address
the association the 25th and his speech
will contain statistics showing the inn
mense strides made in the manufacture
of cotton goods at the South during the
past decade. He is one of the proprie-
tors of the Charlotte Observer, one of
the ablest papers published south of
Washington, and whose influence was
the most potential factor in causing
between thirty and forty millions of
dollars to be invested in cotton mills
in and around Charlotte, N. G.