Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-27
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES
CONVENTION TO DE HELD IN PHu
DELPHIA IN JULY.
Program Of the Exercises, Topics fop
Discussion and Names of
Invited Speakers.

| The program for the southern Industrial
convention. to meet in PHILADELPHIA In Iulv
mas been arranged July IL the opentnr
| DAY, VIII be devoted to speeches of well
come and responses and excursions on the
delaware river. In the evening former
Secretary Of the Interior Hoke Smith OF
georgia Will speak on The Resources OF
the South" and Mr. Robert c. Ogden,
president OF the southern educational con-
ference, on Popular Education the Power
OF Industrial Progress"
The following day THE States OF the
South. Their Relation to the Productive
Wealth OF the Nation" will be discussed.
as also the industrial and commercial adj
vantages Of the cities Of the south Let
sutaro 1nasmuru of the department of com.
merce and agriculture Of the JAPANESE
government Will speak on American Cot
toll In JAPAN" w. b. Smith Whaley Of
Columbia, s. c., and Frank Leake OF PHIL
adelphia VIII follow with addresses on
Cotton Manufacture in the South" At
the evening session WI Ting Fang the
Chinese minister will speak on American
Trade in the Orient" Mrs l.. NJ Horner
president of the Local Council of Women of
New Orleans will discuss "women's Work
for the Industrial South" and THE South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian Ex-
position and Its Relation TO the Industrial
Development of the South and the Nation
mayor Of Charleston; Judge John E.
Ffcken and c. S. Gadsden.
July IL The Iron and Steel Manufacture
in the South will be presented by speakers
from the Commercial Club of Birmingham
Ala. Immigration to the South will be
presented by F. Y. Anderson of BirmIns-
ham. Ala. discussion will follow on The
Nicaragua Canal: Why Has 1t Not Been
Built?" which will be opened by Sewal c.
cobb or Pensacola, Fla, to be followed by
other delegates representing all sections OF
the United States. THE Warrior Canal"
which has recently been surveyed, and
which viii connect birmingham and Mo-
bile, distance of fifty miles, will be the
topic of an address by J. A. Van Hoose Of
Birmingham, Ala. 1.-THE Mississippi River
and Its Tributaries will then be discussed.
The opening speech on this topic will be
made by Mr.. Charles Scott. president of the
Interstate Mississippi River Improvement
and Levee Association, to be followed by
specially appointed speakers from New Or
leans, Memphis. Shreveport, ST. Lolis,
Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxville. Louis
vile, Cincinnati Wheeling and Pittsburg.
Those Specially Invited.
Invitations will be extended to the Mis-
sissippi river commission and the congress
sional committee on Improvement of the
Mississippi river and its tributaries to be
present at this discussion.
A special committee viii be formed at the
opening of the convention. composed of
members selected from the commercial
bodies Of the principal seaports gulf ports
and rivers of the country to which will be
committed the duty Of outlining a plan
for placing the rivers and harbors OF the
country on a permanent basis of protec-
ton and care This committee will report
before adjournment Of the morning SEES
sion Of the third day, when the matter of
Our Rivers and Harbors-How They
Should Be Provided For" will be taken up
by the convention. If the committees plan
be approved, 1t will be officially laid before
Congress and the congressional committee
on rivers and harbors will be invited to
listen to this discussion.
In the evening session the subject of I'm
dustrial Education and Its Relation to
Race Development VIII be treated by Mr.
r. H. Pratt, superintendent of the Carlisle
Indian Industrial School, and Mr. w H.
Council. president of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College at Normal, Ala.
July IA Mr.. Paul Capteville, mayor OF
Improvement in the South" Thereafter
the subject Of THE Railroads and Their
Work for the South" will be presented by
Mr.. NJ. V. Richards, land and Industrial
agent Of the Southern Railway Company;
Mr.. John T. Patrick. industrial agent Of
the Seaboard Air Line; ]. B. Killebren and
r. J. Wemyss; land and industrial agent
Of the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
'The Press Of the South and Its Relation
to Industrial Development will be dis
cussed by editorial representatives Of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, the Birming-
ham Daily News, the New Orleans Times
Democrat, the Charlotte Observer and w.
A. HemphiN, editor OF the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. furniture Manufacture in the
South" will be presented and discussed by
the prominent furniture manufacturers Of
the southern states