The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-12
MEET IN PHILADELPHIA
sourHERNERS IN THE CITY OF
 BROTHERLY LOVE.
Governor Stone and Mayor Ash bridge Extend a Hearty Vel come to the Delegates-Har-
 grove and Longino Reply.

Philadelphia, June 1.-The annual Convention of the Southern Industrial Association was formally opened in Horticultural Hall at 10 o'clock this morning and will continue in session until Friday. Native weather greeted the delegates and the visitors from the South were given a fair idea of North ern hospitality in the warm and hearty welcome of the citizens. Ofhce build ings and business houses in the center of the city are gay with bunting and flags. and at night a brilliant electri- cal display greets the members of the Association from all sides of the city hall.
 Proparations for the Convention have been in progress for several months, and no effort has been spared to n ske the gathering a success. The South ern Industrial Association Ia composed of numerous commercial bodies and Is regarded as one of the most important organizations in ihe United States. This years Convention Is held in this. city with the object principally Uf giv- ing a wider knowledge ot the South S resources and to discuss measures looking to the we'll doing of the inter- ests of the North and South.
 The Convention was called to order by President H. H. Hargrose of the Association. several hundred delegates l being in attendance. Bishop Foes. of this city. offered prayer. Governor William A. Stone Of Pennsylvania, aroused the enthusiasm of the dele gates in his address of welcome by freuuent reference to the splendid re- sources of the South.
 l Governor Stone said in part:
 There never was but one period in our history when we were not glad to see the representatives of the South. l We hope to make our relations more neighborly. We want to trade With you. We realize the South Is the greatest mission field for commerce in the world. We recognize that com merce Is inspired by the hope of profit and not by sentiment. The South pro- duces two-thirds of all the cotton in the world and makes very little Of the finished product.
 If we can make steel products and tin plate in this city and undersefl | Wales. you can make cotton products and undersell England. What the South needs Is not carpet -baggers, but carpet bags full of capital. We make many things you need and you pro- | duce things we need. Le. us sell to | each other. We do not care who has | the balance of trade. We are one peo- pie, speaking one language. under one | flag"
 l A felicitious address of welcome was made by Mayor Ashbridge. during which he presented President Hargrove with the keys of the city. John H. Converse, President of the Baldwin Lo- 1 comotive Works, and Attorney John F. Lewis welcomes the delegates in be- l half of the commercial organisations Of | the city.
 In responding to the address of well come, President Hargrove spoke of the resources of the Southern states.
 "The Southern States" said MT. Hargrove. contain one-fourth of the area of the Union, and the territors; has practically as great an agricultural production as the remainder of the country combined. Its capacity In raw material is almost beyond measure ment. This section has 33 per cent. of the population of the United States. It raises all of Its cotton and cotton seed and American rice, 80 per cent. of its tobacco; contains 65 per cent of it's timber resources; 30 per cent. of its coal area; 20 per cent. of its coal pro- duction; produces II 1-2 per cent. of its iron. and furnishes 60 per cent. of the American pig iron exported: is the | third largest cane sugar producing sec- ton of the world; contains more coast and river frontage than all the other States; has 30 per cent. of railroad mileage, and affords the cheapest lum- Der building material. lands. cotton coal and oil and living in the United States
 In concluding. President HarKroye said the South possesses everything except adequate population and | finances to force that section ahead l nf ha raat Of the world
 l Governor A. H. Longino of Missis- sippi followed President Hargrove in a patriotic address. He said in part: | 'I believe as did that great South ern statesman, jurist and patriot, J. c. | c. Lamar, as expressed in his euloSy of Charles Sumner. when he said, If the | people North and South knew and un- | derstood each other better, they would | love each other more.'
 By a more liberal exchange of views as we'll as of our respective and dis | tinctive advantages of wealth, all sec tiois would become more prosperous 1 and happy in the exercise of mutual aid, the interchange of energies, good will. business push and progression, the consummate ends of which are among the purposes and hopes of this convention"
 Mayor Higgins of Waco, Tex, was the last speaker. He asserted that the South had forgotten the late unpIeas- antness and wa sanxious to join hands with the North for the commercial benefit of both sides.
 This afternoon the delegates and la dies of the party enjoyed an excursion on the Delaware River, visiting points of interest on the river front
 At tonight's session former Secre- tary of the Interior Hoke Smith of Atlanta. was the principal speaker. His subject was The Resources of the South"
 Mr. Smith spoke of the vicissitudes through which the South had passed and said the section had lost more than forty years of growth during the past century. the causes being slaN cry. war and reconstruction. He detailed the commercial and industrial history of the South and directed atte2tion to the opportunities now existing for the profitable investnen of capital. In l his connection ho oaid: The census report of 1890 shows in | the Southern States an increase from | 1880 to 1890 of 50.76 per cent in valua- tion of real and personal property; of | lOS 50 per cent in the value cf manu- factured products; of 406S per cent in the value of farm products 5nd 9C.23 | per cent in the expenditures for Eublic schools. The contemplation Of these figures discloses at once the general growth and healthy development, not