The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-13
THE WEALTH OF ALABAMA
|H. W. Sexton of AnniStOn Tells of His States Industries.
Declares This Commonwealth Better Able to Support Itself Than Any Other South of Mason
 and Dixon's Line.

Philadelphia, June 12.-Important &topics occupied the attention of the del- &egates to the Southern Industrial Con- &vention at this mornings session. "The relations of the Southern States to the #Productive Wealth of the Nation" was Udiscussed by the Governors of the va Xrious States or their representatives. NThe sneakers set forth the resources Of their States for the investment of cap- Nltal and the inducements offered to set tlers.
 Specially appointed delegates pre- *sented "The Industrial and Commercial Advantages of Cities of the South. kThe attendance was larger than that of yesterday, many delegates having 2arrived late yesterday afternoon and last night. The opening prayer was offered by Archbishop Ryan of this Ecity. President Hargrove opened the dis kcussion on the first named subject. He said Philadelphia has heretofore Nhesitated to take advantage of the op- portunities offered by the South.
 Send your agents of commerce z among us," said MT. Hargrove. Phil adelphia has money. Send 1t down the South which cannot be broken. Or- ganize trusts to build manufacturing plants in the Southwest. We read the & New York, Chicago and Boston papers, E but the Philadelphia papers are scarce N ly known. If there is an educator greater than any other. it is the press. \ Put newspaper men in the south ara 4 let them tell the people of the North of the great advantages offered by the Southern States. We Will love you you will let us"
 Alabama's Representative.
 H. w. Sexton of Anniston. Ala, said the State he represented was oetter able to support itself than any other < Southern state. Alabamas industries. #he said, were rapidly developing. $ Thousands of dollars are being expend- ed in re-opening the gold mines. ana the production of coal Is increasing each year. The earth is rich in min erals and the undeveloped water pow CTS of the State are sufficient to .urn ali the mills in New England.
 Judge B. J. Brown of Little RocK' said the resources Of that state are enual to those of any State in the z Union. The zinc fields, comprising E over 100 square miles, he said, had nev- CT been properly developed, owing to 4 lack of railroad facilities.
 "Our lumber and timber interests are unexcelled," continued the speaker. H eve are third or fourth in the produc- \ tion of cotton. We have not the funds to erect cotton factories. We have what T you want. Come with your money and r develop 1t.
 John P. Coffin, representing the Gov
 
 E thousands of acres of Government E property in the State ready for claim ants under the homestead act He Z smoke of the great advantages of the undeveloped portions of the State and extended an invitation to the North to send men and capital to build up the # State of Florida.
 Spoke for Georgia. Colonel w. A. Hemphill or Atlanta, representing the Governor Of Georgia, asserted that with Georgia's variety of soil. climate and products, the pos abilities of the State were almost be- yond belief. He briefly sketched the \ history of the State and detailed the # developments of recent years, espe- cially in the iron, gold and marble in- ' dustrieS.
 If had to write one word over the ' South" he said, that word would be .Develop.' We want you to come down and see for yourselves and if you are so inclined, to invest your money. + vou don't care to do so, we will try to
 work out our salvation alone" Congressman Adolph Meyer of Lou
 isiana and c. E. Hooker of Mississippi
 smoke for their States; Alexander Help
 CT of Baltimore spoke for Maryland & Col. Jerome Hill of Memphis and Col
 Harry Weissinger of Louisville made NJ hrjef addresses. Mayor Higgins of Wa
 co Tex. yielded his time to Professor
 IT p. Atwater of Abilene, Tex, who ex-
 hihited sample of the natural products of the State and explained the value of each and the great benefits to investors
 who will develop those raw materials.
 The discussion was ended by John & Bryan of Richmond, Va, after which
 recess was taken.
 Al the afternoon session the topic
 "The Industrial and Commercial Ad- vantages of the Cities of the South' was taken up and discussed by the delegates.
 Late in the afternoon the ladies ac- companyins the delegates visited Fair
 mont Park in carriages, and the dele < pates made a tour of inspection of the * industrial establishments of the city.
 Minister Wu Speaks. < Agricultural Hall was crowded to- night when Wu Ting Fang. the Chi nose Minister, arose to address the N convention on American Trade with the X orient. Minister Wu was given flat tering reception, and his speech was freduently interrupted by rounds of ap- X plause. He said. in part:
 "The world today is pervaded with a sprit of commercialism. The cry now k everywhere is commercial expansion 1his is very good. I am very glad to k hear it. It is far better than territo- rial expansion. This latter expansion
 in many cases, works hardship and k does injustice. In making this com parison. I do not mean to refer to any < nation or to any individual; I am speaking in a general way. Trade and K commerce is good for us all; it benefits