The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-06-14

WASHINGTON. June IA meeting,
with the utmost significance to the
material interests of the whole South,
will be held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
New York, Thursday, June 81. 1t is a
direct outgrowtn of the many public
conventions held OF recent wears in the
South to induce capital, industrial
plants and desirable immig ration to this
section.
The genera. invitation to this New
York meeting will be published in the
baltimore Manufacturers Record to-
morrow and is made at the request OF
Senator Patrick Walsh, Col. d. Il. Dyer,
OF Augusta, Ga; r. II. Edmonds, editor
OF the Manufacturers Record and
others, and fifty New Workers who have
investments in the South, trade with
the South and OF Southerners who now
live in New York but whose interesta
are South.
These fifty names directly own or
represent not less than one thousand
million dollars Of capital
The paper signed by this splendid
and most complimentary list Of names
OF the famous mercantile concerns OF
New York is as follows:
NEW 1Okk, june IL, 1894.
1--WE have considered the communica-
tions Of Col. D. b Dyer, Hon. Patrick
Walsh and Mr.. r. II. Edmonds and
suggest that an carly meeting in the
city of New York of Southerners and
prom lnent New York business men in
tereSted in the South or Southern
trade to confer with representatives of
leading interests from that section.
Recognizing the vital Importance of
the subject not only To the South, but to
the whole country. we will be glad to
meet the Southern business men for
conference at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
on the 2lst day of this present month"
The invitation is signed by R. Il. Will
son and Company and such other repre-
sentative men and firms rs Abram s.
Hewitt, II Clatlin and Company, C.
+. Hunn0gton, C Ill. Mallory and
Company, Coates Thread Company,
Samuel M. Jarvis, G. c. Baldwin, John
z. Calhoun. Woodward, Bald min and
Company. w. l.. Strong and Company,
Francis II. Leggett and Company,
Mills and Glib, William Stoinway and
Peter Mallett.
Judging by the financial prominence
OF those who have signed this invitation
this promises to be the most Important
meeting ever held in behalf Of Southern
advancement.
Men representing not simply millions
but hundreds OF millions, who recognize
the fact that the advancement and re-
sources OF the South only need to be-
fully known to tho world TO bring about
a great increase in population and
wealth, have united in asking others
interested in the South and it's future
to meet them in New York in order to
have general interchange OF views
from purely business standpoint as to
the best means of advancing the pros
perity of the South.
This invitation is general. 1t is ex-
tended to all business men, whether
they BIO transportation officials, far
mers, bankers, merchants and manua
facturers or property owners, interested
in the South.
As the notice of this meeting is neces.
sarily brief, AL business men who desire
TO attend can receive all particulars by
addressing by mail or telegraph R. II.
Edmonds, editor Manufacturers Record,
Baltimore. 1t is expected that tho out
come of this meeting will be Of mo-.
mentous consequences to the entire
South.