The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-22


List-Topics of Importance Which
VIII BE Discussed at the Gather
ing Next Month in the Quaker City.
PHILADELPHIA. Nav 22.-The official
programme Of the Southern Industrial
Convention. which viii bring to Philadel-
phia on June Ii, l., Is, and Il the greatest
assembly of representative Southerners
that ever visited any city. has been an
nounced- The invitations to be present.
which were issued under the joint aus
pices of the Southern Industrial AssOcia-
tion and the Allied Business Associations
Of Philadelphia. have been accepted ~
the Governors of the Southern State,
members Of Congress, and State Legisia-
lures. State officers. Mayors of Southern
cities and towns members of the press.
commercial, industrial and business or
carnations. educators. railroad and
transportation companies. merchants and
manufacturers, and thousands Of individ-
uaIs interested in the industrial develop
ment of the South and the subjects TO be
discussed before the convention.
The sessions will be held in Horticul-
tuTaI Hall. with the motto business
no politics-no sectionalisH.' The slogan
of the convention is The development Of
the South means the enrichment Of the
Nation
The programme follows:
Tuesday, June Thirst days session
The convention will be called to order az
10 o'clock by H H. HargTove, President
of the Southern Industrial Association;
opened with prayer; addresses of welcome
by ". a. Stone, Governor of Pennsylva-
MIA; Mayor AshbTidge, Theodore c
Search, John H Converse, and John L
Lewis. for the commercial organizations
of Philadelphia; responses by Il Il Har-
grove. for the Southern Industrial Asso-
citation; A II. Longino, Governor Of Miss
issippi, and ]. w. higgins, Mayor OF
Waco, Texas; appointment of committees;
excursion on Delaware River, given by
committee of Philadelphia organizations
to the delegates of the convention, visit
ing points of interest along the river
front connected with maritime Phnadel-
pAia. Evening session p. m.-An ad-
dress on The Resources OF the South,
bv Hoke Smith Atlanta, Ca; an address
on Popular Education, the Power Of IN
dustriaI Progress by Robert c. Ogdea.
President Southern Educational Confer
ence: reception to delegates rendered by
the mayor at City Hall, 10 to Il o'clock
in the evening
Wednesday, June 12.-Second days ses-
sion. $50 in the morning-Opened with
PRAYER: the States OF the South-their re
Iation TO the productive wealth Of the
nation; the resources and advantages OF
each State viii be presented oy the Gov
ernor of that State or his official repre-
sentative, setting forth IN a clear, con-
else and authentic manner just what MS
State possesses for the investment of cap
ital IN undeveIoped wealth as well as
its inducements TO thrifty settlers. These
addresses are limited to fifteen
minutes each The Cities Of The
South-their Industrial and Com
mer, Icl Advantages; call will
be made of the cities Of the South repre-
scented in this convention, and their claims
for development presented by specially
appointed delegates, selected by the com
mercial organizations IN these places, or
others duly appointed for this purpose
These addresses will be limited TO five min
utes Noon intermission. Afternoon ses-
sion, O'Clock in the Ameri-
can Cotton in Japan" by Tetsutaro Inu-
maru. Department of Commerce and Agri-
culture. japanese Government; Cotton
Manufacture in the South W B. Smith
Whaiey. Columbia sc, and Frank
Leake, Philadelphia; adjournment, 40 clock
in the afternoon, for visit TO the Baldwin
Locomotive Works. Evening session, s
o'clock-"Amerfcan Trade With the ORR
ent" by WI TIng-fang, Chinese Minister;
yVonen's Work for the Industrial South, -
by Mrs L NJ Homer. President Local
Council Of Women, New Orleans. La;
The South Carolina, Interstate, and
West Indian Exposition and Its Rela-
ton to the Industrial! Development Of the
South and the Nation. by J. Edgar
Snyrh, Mayor Of Charleston. 5. c.; John
E Ficken, and c. S. Gadsden-
Thursday, June 13-Third days session.
$3.50 o'cIock-Opened with prayer; Iron
and Steel Manufacture in the South
Speaker 10 be supplied by Birmingham,
Ala, Commercial Club; immigration to
the South, by Major F Z Anderson,
Birmingham, Ala; The Nicaragua Canal
Why Has It Not Been lSuiit?'' discus
sion opened by Sewan c. Cobb. Of Pen
sacola, Fla, followed by addresses from
other delegates, representing all sections
of the country; The Warrior Canal by
j A Van HcoSe, birmingham, Ala; The
Mississippi River and Tributaries dis
cussiOn opened by Charles Scott, Presi-
dent Interstate Mississippi River I'm
provement and Levee Association; follow
ed by specially appointed speakers from
the cities of New Orleans Memphis.
Shreveport st. Louis, Nashville, Chat
tanOUEa, Knoxville. Louisville Gin
CThe Mississippi River Commission and
Congressional Committee on Improvement
OF the Mississippi River and Tributaries
viii be invited to hear this discussion.
our Rivers and Harbors-How They
Should be Provided For" a special com
nittee viii be formed at the opening OF
the convention, composed Of naemb ers Sc
lected by commercial bodies at the prin-
cipal seaports, gulf ports, and river cities
Of the country, 10 whom viii be commit
ted the duty Of outlining a plan for pIac-
ing the rivers and harbOrs Of the COun-
try on permanent basis of proper pro-
lection and care This plan to be report
and If approved to be officially laid be-
fore Congress. The Congressional Com
mittee on Rivers and HarbOrS viii be in
vited to hear this report. Adjournment.
Visit TO historic and commercial Phila-
deIphia,- lunch at Commercial Museums
and inspection of Philadelphia Bourse.
Evening session. o'cloCk-The Memphis
Convention, presented by representatives
Of the commercial organizations of Mem
It's Relation to Race Development" by
Col. r. H Pratt, Superintendent Indian
Industrial School, Carlisle, Pa, and W. II.
Council, President of Agricultural and
Mechanical College. Normal Ala.
Friday, June 14-Fourth days session,
$50 'clock-Opened with prayer; MUM
cipaI Improvement in the South" Paul
Capdeville, New orleans; The Railroads
and Their Work for the South" present
ed by NJ Y Richards. Land and Indus
trial Agent, Southern Railway Company;
John T. Patrick, Chief Industrial Agent,
Seabeard Air Line: Col. J. B. Killebrew,
Land and immigration Agent Northern
Central and St. Louis Railway. and R J.
| Wemyss, Land and Industrial Agent,
Louisville and Nashville Railroad: THE
Press of the South and Its Relation to
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