The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-21
'ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
No Voice Against State Being
Represented.
Committee on Appropriations Addressed by Col.
AverilI, ex-Goy Jlrvis, Jas. H. POu and
Col. Cunningham,


State to be represented at the st. Louis
Exposition next year, and appropriating
$4,000 to cover the expenses thereof, was
considered yesterday Afternoon by the
Committee on Appropriations.
Col John E. Averill, of Saluda, who
was Director General of the Charleston
Exposition, and is now Special Commits
sioner for North and South Carolina and
the Virginias to the st. Louis Exposition,
addressed the committee ard formally in
Vited the State Of North Carolina TO take
part in the coming Exposition to cele-
brate the one hundredth anniversary OF
the Louisiana Purchase.
He read the following from leading
paper:
In this age of competition, States as
well as individuals must advertise to the
world their resources and advantages, or
be left behind in the race for supremacy
in the long run. 1t is the survival of the
fittest which determines the results: but
the fittest may lag behind for lack Of
proper publicity"
He spoke of the project of the General
Government to build a great inland chan
mel from New York to Florida, and said
that the carrying out of this plan would
mean the spending of 500, 900, 600 in North
Carolina alone.
Then the proposed Appalachian Park
would mean the putting into circulation
in the western country of $4,000 900 az
once, and at least $4,000, 900 later on.
When The North and the West want
things done for their development by thc
Government, they show up their re-
sources at these great expositions. New,
if North Carolina wanted the improve
ments he had referred to- there was need
to make this exhibit
Moreover, the Latin American colln-
tries would be represented at the PIX
position, and we had much that we coIld
sell to those countries. We should there
fore bring to their notice what we hal.
Elk Governor T. ]. Jarvis also spokei in
favor of North Carolina having an 4x-
hibit and making a good large appro
priatiOn toward it. He believed that God
helped those who helped themselves. lie
had had some experience in matters of
this kind and he had never lost vpte
or any popularity by urging the State to
do things in the interest of progress.
lining the new Hall of History. establish
ed by Col Olds in the State Museum,
and he could not help a feeling of pride
when he recollected that it was his work
that had secured to the State this prop
erty on which the museum and Supreme
Court buildings stood. He had gone
ahead and contracted for that property
without any legal authority and v--'4'---A
any mOnev
In 1883 North Carolina had sent an ex-
hibit to Boston that was a perfect reve-
lation to the people Of New England, and
also to the people of North Carolina, who
had gone up there to see it. It had .e-
suited in millions of dollars being invest
ed in the State.
If he was member of the Legislature
he would favor bond issue of $500, 600
to pay off all our indebtedness and put
up enough buildings at all our institu-
lions to secure the education of our child
rem and the care of our unfortunate
classes for the next twenty years. That
would relieve the Treasury of the con-
slant drain for permanent improvements
and the people need only be taxed for
the maintenance of these institutions.
Senator Brown, who has had large -
perience in immigration matters, showed
the committee the great advantages OF
advertising for this was merely ques-
tion of advertising. His only objection
to the bill was that it did not appro-
pirate enough money.
His experience had been that North
Carolina was getting the best class Of
immigration from the middle West, peo-
pie who were driven away from there ty
the great inflood of undesirable immi-
grants. He would say there were at
least $4,000 people in the middle West
who had either seen advertisements or
correspondent with a view to settling in
North Carolina.
Mr.. Morton read a petition from the
North Carolina Daughters of the Revo-
luton, asking the Legislature to send an
exhibit to ST. Louis.
Mr.. Morton believed that North Caro-
lima could make a very much better dis
play on less money than any other State.
The petition of the Daughters of the
Revolution was signed by Mrs. T. K.
Bruner, Regent; Mrs. f. f. Moffitt, Sec
rotary; Mrs. T. j. Jarvis and Mrs. w.
II. Pace, of the committee.
Mr.. James H. Pou also spoke for the