The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-06-27

home seekers to find profitable in.
vestment in the South.
1.-THE mineral resources through
out the South are more numerous
than in any other part of the coun
try, but have hardly begun to be
developed. They offer honest, sub
stautial returns-not speculative re.
turns, for we do not want specula.
ton, but good, honest industry.
Applause.
"Passing to our manufacturing
industries, it should be known that
through all the hard times the cot.
ton men have continued their bust
ness without discharging their men
or failing to pay dividends.
The committee on plan and scope
offered the following as their re
port:
Resolved, That it is the sense OF
this convention that the CONNER.
cia', industrial and agricultural in
terests of the South imperatively re.
quire cooperation and organized
effort on the part of all those who
are directly interested in accom-.
plishing this great purpose.
Resolved, That permanent com
mittee be appointed by the convsn
ton which shall be charged with
the duty of perfecting an organ'z,.
ton Of the business men of the
North interested in Southern de
velopment, and of Southern business
men, in such form as they may
deem best, with full power to pre-
scribe the rules and conditions o f
mt mbership, to elect the first c fiji
GERS and directors, and to take the
necessary steps TO provide the ways
and means for ascertaining, adver-
Using and IN all ways advancing the
development of the whole South.
Resolved, That the committee
shall consist of twenty five men,
bers, one from each of the Southern
states, with ten from the North aud
West; that nine members of such
committee shall constitute
quorum to do business, and said
committee shall have power to fill
vacancies in its membership and to
increase its membership when
deemed necessary.
'Npo ralnl utjop uvao naccoJ upop;
mously after lengthy discussion,
with an amendment to make the
com mittee also include a member
from the District of Columbia, a
representative of the transportation
com panies and the chairman az an
ex otficio member of the committee.
The chair appointed the follow
ing gentlemen: A B Fleming,
West Virginia; Hamilton Disston,
Pennsylvania; Russell A Alger,
Michigan; L Jefferson Coolidge,
Massachusetts, r II Edwards, Mary
land; John s. Williams, Virginia;
Julian S Carr, North Carolina; A
G Haskell, South Carolina, d B
Dyer, Georgia; d H Elliott, Flor.
ida; ii M Caldwell, Alabama; VIM
G Yerger, mississippi; Henry Al
len, Louisiana; Mr. Gresham, Texas
G r Breckenridge, Arkansas; w r
Nelson, Missouri; III r Courtney,
Kentucky; f Peters, Tennessee;
ana the following gentlemen from
New York: John H Inman, John
Ciahin, Stuyvesant Fish, Chas A
Dlshon, Theodore Frelinghuysen,
S M Jarvis, Hugh r Garden and
Samuel Spencer, the latter repre-
senting the Southern railroads. Mr..
Boyd Smith, of the District of Co.
lumbia, was also adued to the list.
Speeches were made by Delegates
Rogers, Dyer, Parsons, BUST aud
Mr.. Stffaer, of Birmingham, raised
a laugh when in the course of a
speech, in which he spoke of the
necessity he felt that something be-.
sides the passing of resolutions
should be done, he referred to the
section from which he came as the
place where the "made iron and
steel for living"
1t will necessarily take the mem.
Der of the com mittee some time to
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