The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-23
PARLIAMENT TODAY
North Carolina Sits at
Head of Table.
Governor Glenn, Senator Simmons and
Other Prominent North Carolinians
Have Already Gone to Attend
the Parliament.

Governor Glenn. Senator Simmons.
State Treasurer Lacy, Col. Charles E.
Johnson and Mr.. Joseph C. Brown
have gone to Washington to attend the
Industrial Parliament which will be
held in that city this week. Governor
Glenn, who has been invited to nra-
side. will make the opening speech.
and several North Carolinians will
top of column, next to reading mat
ter" for where it will sit "wilI be
the head of the table"
Speaking of the Parliament and it's
outlook, Hon. Henry LitchfieId Wesr.
District Commissioner. Says:
The program of the parliament as
thus far arranged promises an in
structive and valuable presentation
concerning the commercial and agri-
cultural development of the South
The delegates who have been ap-
pointed by the governors of the vari-
Gus States are men of high standing
in their respective localities, and ara
thorough experts in matters relating
to commerce and agriculture. Their
letters indicate that they will come to
Washington fully prepared not only TO
describe the progress that the SoutlHis
making, but also to present the needs
of their sections in the matter of both
capital and labor"
The program as announced, subject
TO such changes as the delegates may
decide upon, is as follows:
Tuesday May %. 1890 a. m.-The
Southern Industrial Parliament will be
called to order by Hon. Henry l.. West,
Commissioner of the District of Co
lumbia. chairman executive commit
tee; prayer by Rev. A. w. Pitzer, DID:
address of welcome. Hon. H. B. F.
MacFarland, president Board of Dis
trict Commissioners; opening address.
Hon. Robert B. Glenn, Governor North
Carolina: organization of the parlia-
ment. adjournment.
2.30 p. m.-Opening address. sub
Ject Agriculture Hon. James Will
son, secretary Department of Agri-
culture; THE Tobacco Industry" J. $.
North Carolina: rail
road Cooperation with Agricultural
Interests" M. v. Richards. general
land agent, Southern Railway; Truck
Farming in the South" w ]. Spill
man, Department of Agriculture:
Cotton" Chas. E, Johnson. Raleigh.
n. C.
p. m.-The delegates will visit the
Library under the es-
cort of the r. E.rLee Chapter. Stone
wall Jackson Chapter. and Red Cross
United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, and the Southern Relief So
ciety.
Wednesday. May "a. 1890 a. M
Manufacturing Industries in the
South" opening address, Hon. V. II.
secretary of the Department
of Commerce and Labor; general dis
cussion Cotton Mills in the South.
w. A. Erwin. aYc .e
. 80 y. n.-"The Maritime Interests
of the SOUTH Edward O'Brien: open
ing address. Foreign Commerce anG
Ocean Transportation" Gustave II. |
of the North German Lloyd I
Steamship Company; Immigration, . |
Senator f. NJ Simmons. of North |
Carolina. ~
Thursday. May IS. 1890 a. NJ
Opening address Immigration. it's
Possibilities and Problems F. p.
Sargent United States Commissioners
General of immigration: Banking"
Joseph e. Brown. of Raleigh: general |
$50 p. m.--"ThRg Lumber and Min |
ing Resources of the South" Clifford |
chief of the Bureau of For |
estry, Department of Agriculture; |
THE Italian Immigrant as an Ameri- |
oan Farmer" DR. Charles r. Borzii- |
Teri, Buffalo. n. Y: general discussion |
There will be a reception by the
President.