The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
DEVELOPMENT OF DIXIE.
The New York Meeting Proves a Big
Success.

This Section in Attendance-AC Com
mittee Appointed on Plan and Scope.
Secretary Hoke Smith Makes a
Speech.
New York, June 21.-About 300 gentle
men who are interested in the CONNER
cial prosperity of the south and who wish
to attract the attention of northern capi-
taltsts to the advantages it offers for in
vestment, held conference at the Fifth
Avenue hotel this morning. The meeting
was the continuation of one of a similar
kind held at Augusta, Ca, three weeks
ago, and with the results of which Sena-
tor Walsh, of Georgia, Col d. B. Dyer
and r. H. Edmonds, of Baltimore, the
prime movers in the enterprise, were not
entirely satisfied.
All the varied business interests of the
south sent Representatives to conference.
Senator Walsh did not appear, being de-
tanned at Washington by the possibility
Of vote in the Senate to-day on the in
come tax provision of the tariff bill
Some of those who were p resent at the
of Oxford, S. c., manufacturer;
T. Fl. Catlin, Tarboro, North Carolina.
merchant; ex-Congressman Hemphill of
South Carolina, j. ]. Spaulding, at
torney of the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition; William H. linn of
Admission, Ala, manufacturer; Augustus
Wright. w. E. Dibbel and Paschal
Davie, manufacturers, of Petersburg,
Va; Thorn as A. Millen of
Roanoke, J. f. Chalifoux of Birm-
ingham, merchant Brown and Ward,
Nashville, hotel; Judge Charles e. Fen
ner, lawyer, New Orleans; Harry Allen,
secretary, Young Mems Business League;
George H. Vennard New Orleans, Daw-
Marshall and Alexander E. Warner,
Portsmouth, Va. Charles L. Todd and
Henry W. Wood, Richmond, Va, and
many others.
THE MEETING ORGANIZED.
The meeting organized with the ap-
pointment of Capt. Hugh r. Garden, a
southerner, but resident In New York for
twenty-five years, as chairman and the
selection of Z. j. Bayne, of the Augusta
Chronicle, as secretary. A committee
consisting of r. H. Edmonds, Stuyvesant
Fish and George S. Sullivan were named
to wait on Secretary Hoke Smith, who is
stopping at hotel, and escort him to the
meeting.
In the midst of discussion over a resolu-
tion offered by Fred B. Gordon of Colum-
bus, Ca, for the appointment of COM
mittee on plan and scope, Secretary Hoke
Smith entered the room. He was given
an ovation and was escorted to q seat be-
side the chairman. it was finally de-
cided to appoint plan and scope commit
tee, consisting of eight members from
New York and seven from the eleven
southern states sending delegates to the
convention. Chairman Gordon appoin ted
the following gentlemen: Hugh r.
Garden, ex-officio; H. B. Clatin, Stuy-
vesant Fisher, Theodore Frelinghuysen,
William L. Strong, Walter Stanton,
Samuel L. Jarviss of New York, d. B.
Dyer of Georgia, w. H. Edmonds of
Maryland, John J. Hemphill of South
Carolina, DR.. d. M. Caldwell of Ala bama,
Hamilton Disston of Florida, Judge
Charles +. Fenner of Louisiana and Bar
ton Meyers of Virginia.
SECRETARY SMITHS SPEECH.
Secretary Hoke Smith made an ad-
dress, which was received with great
enthusiasm and was punctuated with ap-
plause. He said
L have not sufficient knowledge of the pur-
pose of this gathering to be able 10 discuss it
thoroughly. 1 understand that the genera
plan is to bring together the men from the
south and living IN the south interested di-
rectly in the development of the SOUTH
and the men from the east whose
investments in the south give
that section of the country. Beyond any
question, II we can accomplish the result of
placing the facts of the resources of the south
east and west, and perhaps with those who
live abroad, great benefit must come to the
whole southern interests.
believe with the number of those pos
sessed with the greatest confidence that the
south Will at no late day be one of the richest
condition of affairs existing in the
south, and the conservatism that is
found in the south equal if not superior to
the conservatism to be found in any other
part OF the union, and with the resources and
enthusiastic devotion OF the best minds Of
the south that material prosperity must re-
suit for that section.
OUTSIDE HELP NEEDED.
You have already force at home. which
will be able so develop the section in which
you live, but when the true condi-
ton of affairs is fully appre-
ciatet hen you must receive as an impetus
from the outside the help that comes from
the seeking of investment. Today there is
no disturbing influence in the south, there is
no race problem, but the white man and the
colored laborer are living side by side. There
is no obstacle to immigration to the south 1t
should be known that the man from the east
or west who comes down amongst US will find
the hand OF friendship reached out to him,
and may see prosperity ahead Of his work.
The secretary adverted to the agricul-
tural advantages of the south, the cheap
ness of the land and the handsome re-
turns to the producers, which was as is
"a to 13 compared with thenorthern farm
er's earnings He raised a laugh when
he referred TO the senator from Georgias
remark in the Senate that the south
could not furnish an industrial army to
march on Washington for the reason that
all the men there had all the work they
were able TO do.
sPECULAToRs NOT WANTED.
In conclusion he said:
We do not want any spectators in the
south. We do not want to offer anything to
the spectators. What we want Is substan-
tial Investments backed up by persistent in
dustry.
Secretary Smith was offered a unani-
nous vote of thanks for his remarks and
shortly after left the hall.
Letters of regret expressing interest in
the work of the convention were received
and read from Secretary of the Navy.
II. A. Herbert, Gov. Northen, Senator
Walsh, w. J. Morgan, S. M. FELTON,, S.
A. Pierce and A. B. Andrews.
Two plans for the convention 10 adopt
as a basis for its work was submitted TO
the committee on plan and scope. They
were offered by II. Wayne Wilson Of New
York and X. H. Williams.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing the
Dlan for a permanent exposition in Wash