Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-24
PARLIAMENT. OPENS
WITH Big POW=WOW
Governor Glenn Nails a Few Lies
and Throws Bouquets at
the South.
RD.STS IMMIGRATION AtENTS
Declares That They Have Misrepre,
sen'ed Dixie-Laborers Wanted
Everywhere, But RlH.RaH of the
World Not Oeslred-Justlce to Me-
gro. But No Social Equality.
By Associated rress.)

WASHINGTON. d. c., May %
Eleven Statcs--Alahama, Arkansas
Georgia. Florida. mississippi, North
Carclina. South Carolina, Tennessee,
TEXAS. Wes, Virginia and Virginia are
rcr"osenicI by delegates in the South
ern Industrial Parliament. which be-
gan is sessions here today and will
continue through Friday Delegates
from Louisiana and Kentucky are ex-
pccted 10 reach Washington tomorrow.
There are also present representa-
tives from New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore. who are interested II. the
objects for which the parliament was
called, which includes the exchange
of Ideas regarding matters of import.
ancn to the development of Tho South.
The feature of the day was The all
dress of Governor Robert B. Glenn. at
the morning session.
There were number of addresses
this afternoon, including one by VIII
lett n. Hayes. the assistant secretary
OF agriculture. who gave assurance
tnat the department of agriculture anu
agricultural institutions could lie
counted on to Join any large. effective
4 movement for betterIng the conditions
tsSLfoundins farmcrannd homemakers.
MIR. Hayes said In the past eight years
the people engaged in farming had
dwindled from rs to 35 per cent. Of
the whole population, but in the South
% par cent. were so engaged.
Addresses were made by ". w
Lumpkin, of Columbia, S. c.: M. ".
Richards. of the Southern Railway.
who discussed mainly, immigration to
the South
Would Exterminate Tick Fever.
DR.. Charles A. Carey. of the Ala
bama Agricultural College. spoke. urg-
ing that steps be taken TO exterminate
tick fever among the cattle and adYo-
Gated that the Southern people raise
more live stock. particularly for beef
purposes.
An appeal was made by John S. G,n.
iiinghdm. president of The Tobacco
Growers Association of North Caro-.
lima. that efforts be made for removal
| of the revenue tax placed on tobacco
as q war measure. Under that meas.
nEe he declared, the tobacco industry
has paid into the national treasury
| nearly $1,000, 00C,000. and that its oper-
alton has been The cause OF breaking
up and destroying tobacco factories In
Richmond, Danville and other South
ern cities.
| T. B. Thackston. Of South Carolina,
WINS elecced permanent secretary os
the parliament.
Governor Glenn President.
Governor Robert B. Glenn, Of North
Carolina. was unanimously elected
president and delivered the opening
address. At the outset of his remarks
he received applause by stating that
while lie had come to Washington
with his heart filed with love for the
section in which he lived there were
no men living that loved honored and
,evered "the great nation in Which We
live more than the delegates who are
here today from South of Mason and
Dlxon's line"
| Flo rejoiced in the common pros.
perity extending over the whole Unit
Ell Stntes. After drawing pen pic
tHre of the development of the cnun-
try during the last hundred years,
Governor Glenn touched upon the dc.
Visitation wrought in the South by the,
contest between tho States and said
the people of that section had gone
ahead with q will to redeem, reclaim
and build it up.
He spoke of the enormous produc.
ton Of cotton. iron. timber and other
commodities IN the South. and de.
clared that IL had risen to the place
where it ought to stand-"equal, II not
superior, to airy other section in the
universe in which we live" But. h.,
said, while the harvest of the South