. The Southern States. A GLIMPSE OF FLORIDA IN CHICAGO. THE Southern States. JULY, 1893. SOME SOUTHERN EXHIBITS AT CHICAGO. By Thomas P. Grasty. In view of the immensity and diver-sity of Southern resources, plaintivelycalling for development, it was generallyexpected when the Worlds Fair wasfirst broached that Southern exhibitswould constitute one of its most inter-esting and conspicuous features. Farfrom this expectation being realized, theshowing here made by the South is asource of congratulation only to theenemies of Southern progress. Tothose who love and are proud of theSouth, the situa
. The Southern States. A GLIMPSE OF FLORIDA IN CHICAGO. THE Southern States. JULY, 1893. SOME SOUTHERN EXHIBITS AT CHICAGO. By Thomas P. Grasty. In view of the immensity and diver-sity of Southern resources, plaintivelycalling for development, it was generallyexpected when the Worlds Fair wasfirst broached that Southern exhibitswould constitute one of its most inter-esting and conspicuous features. Farfrom this expectation being realized, theshowing here made by the South is asource of congratulation only to theenemies of Southern progress. Tothose who love and are proud of theSouth, the situation, take it all in all, isone for sorrow and chagrin. This is allthe more surprising when the great im-petus given to Southern progress by theAtlanta Exposition in 1881 is remem-bered, and likewise the many benefits,fewer proportionately it must be con-ceded, flowing from the Cotton Centen-nial at New Orleans in i884-85. Fortunately, however, this regrettablecondition is not wholly irremediable, norwithout omen of ul
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