The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1901-06-22
The Industrial Convention al
Philadelphia.

Last week there met in the city OF
Philadelphia one of the largest gather
ings ever assembled in hat city. more
than thousand delegates-represent-
ing every State IN the South. PhIla-
delphia is one of the few Northern cities
that knows less of the South and its
resources than many of its sister cities
in the North, and it was a good thing
in holding this convention there. The
F., great good that the different sections
of the South will derive in. the near
future from the convention will soon
begin to be felt, and as Louisiana had
such wide awake men as Gen. Adolph
Never of New Orleans, and Hon, II. H.
Hargrove of Shreveport. to represent
it. and who spoke eloqueatly of the re-
sources and advantages. it had over
many other states, much good can be
expected to follow from this conyen.
ton to our State and the other States
of the South.
The Philadelphia North American
Review, in an article on the Industrial
Conyention, says:
by coming to this city the associ-
alton casts off whateyer sectional char
acter it has bad and enlarges its scope.
NominallY. its aims and purposes are
the same as r. they have been from the
time OF It's organization-the industrial
development of the South and the ad.
vancement of its business and COM
mercial welfare. Actually, they in
clude general plan of cooperation
between sections. by which the resour-
ces Of the South shall be brought into
full bearing by the aid of capital and
enterprise and immigration drawn
from the North. From this interde-
tendency of interests must follow
closer commercial relations, the expan-
sion OF domestic trade and the i'm
proyement and multiplication of means
OF transportation.
The delegates to the convention have
the work that they have
laid out for themselves in spirit of
enthusiasm. For weeks the press of
the South, and this /. city has labored
zealously to awaken the communities
to which it addresses itself to the op-
portuDities this convention would
offer. How successful it has been The
North American knows from the COR
dial praise that has been bestowed |
upon its special Southern edition. both
in its home field of circulation and IN
the Southern States
The preliminary discussion of the pur-
poses of the convention has not only |
general interest. but it has
bad distinct educational value. Most
important of all, it has made the peo-
pie of the South feel confident that
lenceforth they will command most
attentive audience outside their own
borders when they describe the needs
md advantages of their section of the
country.
Never has convention of the South
I'm Industrial Association met under
'riSnter auspices. Lie United, States
now enjoying the most remarkable
'erlod of prosperity in its. history
Dur commerce is expanding at home
nd abroad, and there is every incen-
i've to reach out in new directions.
he South has shared in the general
within its present limita-
ons, but its retarded growth and I'M
atural isolation have prevented it \
'om reaping the same measure of
enefits that have fallen 10 more fully
eveloped regions. Now that the
onth has been aroused to activity, it
fesents its claims to recognition at a L
ost opportune time. The rest of the '
'untry was mover better prepared than 4
is now to render the South the as e
stance that it desires for the fulfill 81
ent of its hopes. Z