The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-06-19
WERE SIGHTED.
Philadelphia Msrchants Have
Thus Ire a ad tbs vsaito1s to
INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION.
The Delegates Lsfs TO Hustle
for Themselves. The
Otjscs of tbs Visit
Badly Hurt.

Otjscs of ths Visit
| Badly Hurt.
The Sou hern Industrial Association
met in Philadelphia on Monday Of last
| week. Delegates we're in attendance
from all parts Of the South. South
Carolina was represented BY the follow
ing gentlemen: G. ". Kollcck, John
F. Ficken, j. G. Hemphill, James NJ.
Seignious, W. B. Whaley, ?. G. Hama
hsn, A G. kaufman and G. Bissell
Jenkins, all of Charleston; J,hn B.
Cleveland, DR.. Jesse F. Cleveland,
Thos. E Moore and ". E Burnett,
OF Spsrtanburg; Sol Kohn, Orangeburg;
G. s. Mccall, Bennetts7ille; Charles
q. Ficher, Edgefeld; D. < Norris,
Anderson; A. B. Carpenter, GreenVlle;
". L burst, Greenwood.
Inopsning the convention on Wednes-
day morning President Hartgrove Of
Shreveport La. said:
The business man Of the city have
neglected the convention ard the dele
gates composed OF men who came here
from places as far distant as Austin,
Texas, With the understanding that the
business men Of the city would attend
their sessions, take an interest in
what they had to say and escort them
through their establishments and do
the many other graceful things that
invite confidence, cement friendship
and build up trade, are displeased at
the failure OF the merchants and manu-
factu,ers TO keep the promises made.
Tuesday there wss fair audience
but Wednesday morning there were not
more than dozen Philacelpbis bust
ness men present at the opening of the
session and they were for the most part
men who were required to be there oW-
ing to their services on committees.
The first trouble developed at Tues
dsy evenings session when Robert e..
Ogden, Of Philadelphia, spoke on
"Populsr education, the power of IN
dustrial progress" The delegates took
uulbrsge at this reference to thu poor,
illiterate white women Of the South,
whom, he stated, required education
as much, if not more, than the Ne
gro.
The threatened discussion WAS pre-
vented by President Il. q. HargraVe,
who said that Ogden must be misin-
formed. As the mornings session,
however, Mr.. Hargrava, who halls
from Shreveport, La, and is editor
Of the New Orleans Piosyune, got back
at Ogden in a speech, Which reflected
severely on Philadelphia.
For the first time he said to the
40 persons present, Il feel misgivings
as to the success Of this convention.
There was good start made, but
1 fear bad ending. We Of the South
are famjiar with New York, Baltimore
and BostoD, but know nothing Of Phil
aoelphia.
Why, We never see travelling MAJ
from Phi a1elphis in the South. We
KNOW nothing Of your goods. We make
no attempt to get your business. Send
your commercial agsnts down so that
real commerce may grow up.
That would be better than talking
so much and doing nothing. see
few Pnlladelphians here this morning
What new faces are IN the hall are new
arrivals from The South"
The general opinion is that the bust
ness of the city With the South will
materially suf;5r through the lack Of
courtesy that has been shown the men
who came here Eith the expectation
that the city would extend to them
open arms; that they will be treated
kindly, their appeals for capital to de-
7elop their industries listened to with
interest and efforts be made to secure
the investment Of money TO foster their
natural resources.
Mt even the reception that was
tenedered the delegates by the Mayor
Tuesday night did the business men Of
the city consider that it was worth
while to attend. There were scarcely
more than score of Philadelphia men
there and the reception was dull,
fist affair that did more harm than
good to the reputation Of the city for
Warm-hearteo hospitality.
The afternoon session was devoted to
reading Of papers dealing with the
manufacture Of cotton in the South.
At the evening session the Chinese
Minister WI Ting Fang spoke on
American trade with the Orient.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL
The discussion Of the Nicaragus Ca
nal was opened BY Hon. Se1ell Cobb,
Of Pensacola, Fla. Il } said in part:
Five hundred and fifty millions Of
people of the far east, for half CEN
tury, have entreated Us to open high
way through the narrow strip of land
that connects the two great continents
of America, but We have had at the
helm of the ship Of state men of limit
ei maritime information and deaf ear
has been turned to their requests.
When our military army sought oppor-
tunity for promotion Gn rank) our off.
cisls rushed to a conflict with people
less han 10, 0,000,O0O in population and
already have expended in the effort to
inoculate them With benevolent as
81 nilation" upwards Of s3O0,000, 900
and countless lives. This money ez
pended in the other process CONNER
oial assimilation wauld have construct
ed the Nicaragus canal and established
lines of steamships numbering not less
than 100, each Of 5, 900 tons capacity,
carrying our own products.
The twentieth century calls for hu-
I-,,,or,ont Wo of tho south