Excerpt from Addresses of Hon. Z. B. Vance of North Carolina, and Hon. D. W. Voorhees of Indiana: At the Opening of the International Cotton Exposition, at Atlanta, Georgia, Wednesday, October 5, 1881 To me has been assigned the pleasing duty of welcoming those who come from distant regions to participate in this grand parliament of industry. We who live by deducing from Mother Earth the fabric which clothes her children, welcome you men of the West, who, following kindred pursuits, live by evolving bread from the fertile bosom of na ture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.