The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-28

letter: 1T will be participated in BY ,
each of our States and nearly every for
eign country"
AS to the participation or the States.
the record as given from st. Louis shows
thu appropriations for State exhibits 10
April 1st amount to the total sum Of
Sc, loo, 600. Every state west Of the Miss
issippi River will be there in full force.
each wing with the others to EXCEL in
the display OF its resources and the adj
vantages 1t can offer to the home-seekcr.
and show what the Louisiana Purchase
and the country still further west OF it
has done in the way of development
since it became a part of the United
States. TIE States west OF the Allegha-
MES and East of the Mississippi will Re
there, claiming that they and their peo-
pie were the first to brave the perils OF
the unknown West. and that by their aid,
and through their fundamentally the
Star of Empire continued westward. un-
til it now sets in the far-distant Philip
pines. These States will also have much
to attract the eye of the investor and
home seeker. and very much to show in
the line of Industrial and Agricultural
progress during the past century, bear
ing in mind that at the opening of the
Nineteenth Century the red men held
sway III tndt TeSloUJ anu lIlc wal NHoop
was no uncommon sound.
Every one of the original thirteen
States, from which have grown a Nation
both respected, and in some ways, fear
ed by those of the Old World, should
be in evidence; they should congratu-
late their Offspring, their younger SIS
ters, on the showing they there make;
and those of the South should be there
and by the exhibition of what they have
accomplished within the last ten years
and their yet undeveloped resources, show
that truly out of trial cometh the
strength of man. out of disaster cometh
the glory of the State" Not one of the
old thirteen tina gave birth to the coun-
try, but can there present. without fear
or favor, a creditable showing of the de-
~velopments they have made within the
past century, developments that will at
tract the attention of many from this
and foreign countries; and il the people
of North Carolina will stand by their
Governor and respond to his appeal, the
Old North State will hold a position sec
ond to none, and the benefits that will
accrue therefrom, within a twelve month,
will be great.
Further, the Governor says, "and near
ly every foreign country will be there;
they will be there. not only with their
cAlllDltS, u Nv 1ApOoi'ich $3.50 S0
with visitors from every foreign nation.
He also says North Carolina must join
her sister States there; her past expo
rience shows that such advertisement OF
her resources pays and is a good in
vcstment." If it has been a good invest
ment in the past, is there any reason
why, in this age of progress and pros
perity, it should not be an even better
investment in this case, and why great
effort should not be made to have ire
exhibit exceed anything of the KIND her"-
tofore undertaken. We have said th2t
the States of this nation will all be rep
5 resented. and foreign countries will b
there, while millions Of visitors will
: during the period of the Exposition, in
' spect the industries and resources of this
country. thousands of them doing so not
/. from idle curiosity, but with the purpose
Of either learning where the best OPP
portunities are for the investment G
capital or where they can find homes best
5 suited to their views. There will be an
other class of visitors, looking TO an in
terchange of between tho
South Atlantic and Gulf States and tht
Latin-American merchants will buy, anc
; some of the products of those countries
can find markets within the borders Of
the State North Carolina has deep watel
ways through which this trade could be
! developed. and this opportunity shout
' not be lost sight Of.
LAS a matter OF State and Nationa
pride she must keep her position amone
the progressive States There will be
many readers who will say that the STATE
is progressing we'll enough, and is able, a.
it were, to paddle its own canoe; anC
, ! these will discourage the views express
cd by the Governor. Should they sue
800 ~ prnrrnntInE
the State from occupying its proper posi-
ton at st. Louis, it will be a step in re
, progression that will take years to over
: come. Take into consideration the on
: fact that she Sis asking the aid OF tn
people of the United States in large pub
lie appropriations for Improvement
. which include the great Inland water
{ way of the East and the Appalachian For
est Reserve in her mountain region
North Carolina can not afford to neglec
! this invitation of the Federal Govern
ment that she participate with othe
u States in this great National and In
I ternational undertaking for which Con
q gress has provided with such marked lii
n erality.o The General Government ha
done much to aid the development i
North Carolina through the deepening 0
her harbors and rivers, and now We ar
seeking a much larger appropriation |
give US the great Inland Waterway fror
Norfolk TO Beaufort, a project, Whlch.
II it can be carried through, viii be OF III
y calculable value to every city, town an
l. property owner within a hundred mites 2
the coast: and the Appalachian forea
Reserve in the mountain region mean
IS equally as mucn to that section OF III
e State. We should, therefore, go 10 .
; Louis not only with an exhibit OF our III
II dustries and resources, but we Shoul
n show up in miniature, as can oe donF
IS the coast line and country lIiputei
a , thereto: the western section OF the ota'