The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-07-28
Wilmington Star

No State in the Union possesses
such n variety Of soils and climate as
North Carolina, from the tidal regions
whore the palmetto and the lOng-leaf
pine grow. to the mountain section
where the white pine and the fir tree
flourish. II is said that there is in
North Carolina every variety of eli
mate to be found between Florida
and Maine. In the east we have a
subtropical country and as the eleva-
tiOn rises westward to the mountains
the attitudes of the Appalachian
range furnish a climate like that bor-
dering on Canada. Hence it might
be observed that the various eleva-
tiOns from the Atlantic rice growing
country to the buckwheat area in the
Blue Ridge embraces every agricul-
tural product that grows in the South
and every agricultural product pc
culiar to any other portion of the
United States, North or South, with
the exception of the strictly tropical
fruits, although there are very few of
any of the fruits that do not find
ideal adaptation sOmewherein North
Carolina.
Naturally, therefore, the agricul-
tural resources of North Carolina and
the possibilities for field and horti-
cultural products cannot be equalled
anywhere in America. The same can
be said of the States mineral re
sources, for geology, minerOlogy and
PHYSIOLOGY demonstrate that more
gems and more minerals are found
in the State than in any other por-
tiOn of the United States. The forests
OF North Carolina also produce prac-
tically every wood to be found east
of the Mississippi river, while the
rivers and streams from the noun
tains and Piedmont regions furnish
unlimited power, so that with the
States natural advantages and ideal
climate there is no wonder that North
| Carolina is close to the top as a
manufacturing State. All these ad-
vantages and the possibilities and
opportunities in a State of such mag
nificent resources in more than one
particular ought to be advertised in
manner worthy of the best State in
the United States of America.
1t is gratifying that to some extent
the State is again to be advertised,
in a way, at the Ohio Valley Ex-
position, which opens August 29th,
at Cincinnati. The Star already has
carried the news from Raleigh that
the States exhibits for the exposition
are being shipped to Cincinnati
Many Of the exhibits already have
been forwarded and they will soor
be followed by Curator Brimley, O
the State Museum, under whose direc
ton the North Carolina exhibit viii
be made 1t is said that the State
will have quite a fine exhibit, embrac
ing the States chief agricultural anC
horticultural products, minerals
gems, timber and fisheries products
The fisheries exhibit, it is said, will bt
the only one from the Southern
States, and while it represents bust
ness of $2,OOO,O0O, it will demon
strate the great development o
which the fisheries industry is ca
pable.
The North Carolina exhibits hav'
never failed to attract marvellous at
tention at the various exposition
and no doubt they have attracted
millions of capital and many settler
to the State We believe, however
that they should be accompanied b.
a systematic scheme for advertising
every part of this wonderful State
Attractive advertising matter, givin!
{ the particulars and describing tn
) different sections of the State, tC
gether with their adaptabilities an
5 possibilities in every line OF industry
! should be distributed by the thou
sands. There is nothing like hanC
ing out to exposition visitors som
: kind of advertising device that is S
i attractive and in such shape that tn
! recipient will want to stick it in hi
9 pocket and carry it home with hin
: 1t will be found that money spent i
9 artistic advertising of North Care
3 lima, will beat the ordinary printe
9 matter that might be glanced at bu
Z invariably is fed to the winds.
: This matter OF properly advertiser
Z North Carolina should be one OF tt
8 first things to be taken up at tt
: January meeting of the General A
Z sembly. 1t is a matter worthy {
4 the most earnest consideration an
9 deliberate action.