The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-16
Joseph G. Browns Glow
ing Picture of Facts.
AN EMPIRE OF LABOR
The Morning Of the Day of Prosperity
Brings to Its Brave and 10y
al People the Fruition
of Their Ardent
Hopes.

Especial to News and Observer
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. New York
City, Sept. 15.-The feature of this
evenings session of the American
Bankers Association, in the elegant
where the association is holding its
meetings, was the address of Joseph
CT. Brown, President of the Citizens
National Bank of Raleigh, N. c., on
behalf of the Southern section of the
association. Heretofore calls have
been made upon representatives OF
the various States. but on account OF
the large num0er of speeches that
this rule involved, a change has been
made and the calls are made upon
sections of the country. Mr.. Brown
was selected to represent the South
ern section and he met the call with
distinguished success and received
greater applause than any other
speaker. His speeches on former oc-
caSions, especially at New Orleans
and San Francisco, won for him a
great reputation and he is considered
the leading orator of the more than
three thousand members of the
American Bankers Association, and
his appearance, therefore, was greet
ed with prolonged cheers and APP
plause which was continued at inter-
walls during the address and after its
peroration.
Mr.. Brown is extremely popular
with the members. His strong and
benevolent face kindly smile and
genial manner attract all who come
into his presence and having been so
prominent in the association for many
years almost all know him. and those
not acquainted with him seek an IN
PRODUCTION to him. 1t is rumored
that efforts have been made by prom
inent institutions here and elsewhere
to get his services by the offer OF
| large inducements.
Mr. Browns Address.
Mr.. Browns address was as fol-
| lows:
That is a very beautiful custom,
originating in New England, but soon
spreading tfar and wide, that, al
| Thanksgiving Day, the scattered mem
| bers of the family should gather
again around the old hearthstone, and
While enjoying the roast turkey and
| the toothsome pumpkin pie, tell each
other of thier achievements, their
aims and their hopes.
In such a spirit, l take it, we are
come to-day, not in pride and boast
| fulness, to proclaim aloud our deeds,
| to rejoice with one another over our
common prosperity.
The time is not far in the past
when / stood before you and held up
| to view my own state as the one gar
| den spot and worthy is she of all that
| | said; but trip across this contl-
nent from sea to sea, and later. from
the great lakes to the gulf, has re-
vealed to me that fact that not North
/ South
| this great country has been highly
| favored of heaven.
The black lands of Texas in their
fruitfuness, the middle and north
western states in the richness of their
soil and the wealth of their products
the east, with the busy hum of its
marvellous industrial development
tn far west. with its luXuriance OF
fruits and flowers and foodstuffs
wrested from barren wastes, and my
own loved southland. coming forth
like a bridegroom from his chamber
all go to make up as fair a land, per-
haps, as that which greeted the eye
of Moses when from the mountain
top he looked out upon a land flow
ing with milk and honey.
Glad Message from the South.
Happy am 1 that upon such an occa-
sion | can bring you so glad a mes
SAGE from your brothers south OF
the Potomac. II would be of little use
to occupy your time with the oft
told tale of the desolation that stared
us in the face in '65. before We dis
covered anew the beauty of the stars
and stripes, and awoke again to the
fact that it's stars were our stars ano
it's glory our glory.
Let us look rather upon what ha:
been accomplished since that time
ever keeping before us the fact, how
ever, that all that the south may be
able to show to the world to-day
dates from that period of absolute
dearth.
/ shall not weary you with multi
tudinous figures but will ask the priv
| ilege of printing in tn record a rev
| striking statistics so admirably col
| lated by the accomplished editor o
| the Manufacturers Record OF Balti
| more.