The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-26
Railway Magnate Ad- dresses Great
 Audience.
PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN
Exposition of Railroads Relations
 With People.
Orator of Day Introduced by Mir. VaAdiver as . Georgia Man Who Has Become . Power
 in Financial World.

The railroad problem from the rail road standpoint. with details of man agement of which the general public is ignorant. the difficulties with which the great transportation mediums hay, to contend. and the relation of the people toward the railroads. was set forth by President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway to the people of Alabama in a ticughtful address at the State Fair at Vandiver Park yester ily.
 An appeal to the common sense of the people was mcdo by the railway chief He begged for the business man and .he farmer to cor slider the prob lem rom 8 broader standpoint thaa that of personal grievance. He asked them to look at the question in broader sense than tkat of politics.
 And if you will" he said, T havs not lost my abiding faith in the good sense of the common people"
 The ae dress of President Spencer was an explanation of the railroad position. In 1t he outlined the his- tory of the railroads in the South. He spoke of the day when the govern ment offered inducements to railroad to come to the South and aid in it's development. He presented the diff faculties of the railroad manager of the present day; of the increased price of labor and supplies and the edecrease in the cost of transporta- tion. He dweIt upon the necessity for continual improvement. for the prose- cution of which borrowed money was a necessity. He pointed out that rail roads in the South are continually making improvements. and investing money, in many instaces without sa- ,gltine expectations of return. bu: rather with doubtful hope that such .returps might come.
 Unreasonable AntaGou.sm.
 President Spencer said when he had received the invitation of Presiden' vandiver to make an address at the Montgomery State Fair, he had, at first. owing to the political agitation of the question hesitated in his ac ceptance. But he finally had resolvei to take advantage of the opportunity rresented to him to talk to the peo pie scf AIabs q,a. To political agfta' tors; he said, was due much of the antaeonism against the railroads, and this .sntagon sm. to a great degree he showed I his speech. to be unrea' sonable and Unfounded.
 Preceding President Spencer. Presi dent W. P. Eandiver of the Alabama Agricultural Association. made a short address. in which he set be- fore the young men of the State the examples of President Spencer. and ni United States Commissioner or lmm!- grafton Frank P. Sargent who spoke st the Fair Wednesday Both men he said. had come from the people They were both poor boys and had risen through their own efforts to po' s,tions of highest importance In ,the eyorld of men. The poor boy today has the same opportunity, he declar , ed.
 The speech of President Spencer yesterday was the chief event or th' day which had been set aside by ths Fair management as Railroad Day. Tn honor of the event. the different railroads entering Montgomery per mitted as many of their employees as could be spared to take half holi- day and attend the Fair. The crow which went to Vandiver Park durinS the day was the record breaker thu far this week. the gate entrance .hou,inp for the day and night, thai more than 30,0OO people had gone te the Fair
 Starting before o'clock in tn morning, the people commenced to g to the park and continued until lat at night Every car Of the Iractio' Comnany bore it's full quota. and ever! 
 Western Railroad poured its hundred through the gates. adding to the thous ands already there. Late In the ar ternoon, when probably the greates number of people were present. tn driyeways were swarming with people the buildings were filled. while In th grand stand during the last races. eF cry seat was taken. and hundreds "el standing on the stairways leading | 1t
 The restaurants did land office bus mess during the rush hours or th day. and were never idle from 10 o'clocl in the morning until long after darh Side show men and "fakirs had - rushing trade throughout the day.
 It was a noticeable fact. moreovei that the great majority of those O the grounds were patently visitor from other sections of the State, peopl who had come to Montgomery for tn day to see the big exhibits which tn Fair Association had gathered for thei benefit That the Fair has been DOT ular with the country folk during thi week has been plain. for every day ha seen the majority of patrons from tn country.
 President Spencer. of the Souther Railway, arrived in Montgomery earl vesterday morning in his private ca fron, New York city He remained q inc Union Railway Station until 9:3 o'clock. when he was called for b president Vandiver. who drove him { Vandiver Park and later took hii through the different exhibit building Throughout the trip of inspection tn railway official expressed the liveliey interest number of times he stor ned to nake a closer examination ( separate booths
 Mir. Spencer Impressed.
 .1 have beon wonderfully impressed he said. after completing his tour. "b inc exhibits 1 have seen here. For first wear exhibition. your Fair is moz rreditable. The results have more tha surprised me. as I had not anticipate such showing from so few months ( nreparation. I have been specially ir ,,.rrsted in the exhibits of s'mc ot Ala i,ma's new industries. The sugar an syrup industries. which have ext;hi, bcro were a source of interest to m and I took special note. also. of som of the individual exhibits. When th farmer of Alabama learns to diversif his crops, so he can supply himse
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