The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-09

| to get without factortee. and then altS. ssco.ooo.O 900 profit annually" He too much for the farmer to farmer will help to still further stim. l ulate the construction of factories, the development of commerce, the building | of railways. the diversifcation of pro ducts of the farm. we believe that cot. per pound and the world to knowi. edge and understanding that that IS flair price Instead of benefitting by the monopoly in. the past, he said. the South. really had pursued a course to destroy. the value of its monopoly .. "Henceforward," he said, "we should l do the other thing. to wit: Diversity the pursuits of the people until the production of cotton IS limited to what I really will be be taken at 15s cents. 7 The associations of cotton farmers. he declared had done much to help the present condition of the cotton market by the, development of warehouses and l a more gradual sale of cotton. ."but the real and supporting stimulant to higher prices" he said. Ifs the devel- oprnent of factories and diversified pur- | suits
 Therefore. he said in conclusion. 1t was Important that st the farmer be brought to a knowledge of the fact that factories and railways were nos only his best friends but his very sal- pr. C. ". Hayes was the next 1 speaker, his subject being General Mineral Wealth in the South. !"
 Geology of south.
 Summarizing his remarks on this | geology of the South indicated a wide | diversity In character of the rocks and | geologic structure, and a correspond- +
 nsly great ths variety of economic minep nat distributed at random but in accord | ance with we'll recognized principles of 1 geologic association and genesis | was found only in certain associations and need not be sought elsewhere. From statistics which. he read. pr. ent' ' minerals were produced in the | South in commercial quantities; that | the Southern States produced all of l several important minerals. including monazite, asbestos. fuIier's earlh and l manganese, and more than one-third of the natural gas, petroleum. flour sSic Sss ahS Sr5s sospstons whep phah these H min eral deposits are very large. he said they are not inexhaustlble. and hence
 are cpiSal oa mnn ana should aad % Dc } controlled either by an enlightened l public opinion or by State legislation backed by public opinion" He cited methods in the development of cer- tain valuable deposits. such as natural | gas, phosphate rock. and bauxite, the absence of local Industries for proper utilization of the raw matertals He pointed out that serious economic waste vas involved U. in | who the raw materials was shipper to l a distant market. The freight he said, | was apt to equal the value of the pro- highest grade T product could De ship | ped. That he declared, involved the loss of the lower grade material. Ieft in as she mine Where it ee Could be re covered with difHcultx. if at all.
 In the opinion of pr. Hayes, mineral deposits were potentially rather than actually valuable. and he said their I full value was secured only in so far as they formed the basis for local in- | dustries. As an illustration he re- l ferred to the mineral beauxite. which Is the ore of aluminium and produced | only in the South. One ton of the ore. he said, having value at the mines
 sCS Yelfds fersment mass TSrtR fS Raae ss eds declared, "of over four thousand per cent benefits the locality at which the metal Is produced and not that from Tn conclusion, pr. Hayes said that the natural conditions In the South were extremely favorable for. many ip :. particularly chemical industries. by which cheap raw materials are con verted into high grade products. un- til these industries were establishea, be exploited and impoverished for the benefits of other parts of the country.
 Resolutions Commlttee.
 The Committee on Resolutions has been appointed as follows: F. P. Glass and C. 0. Dave. Alabama; I. NJ. Worthington, Arkansas: D. G. Amb- n laf~ EF1nNfda. EMlr o Smith and w. B. Stillwell Georgia; John E. Castleman and O.. D. Gates, Kentucky: c. M. Ellis and w.. W. Henson. Louisiana; W. l.. Oliver and Leland Hume, Tennessee: H. H. Hains and R. B. Boer. Texas: Joseph A. Ham and W. T. Dabney, Virginia; George W. Simmons and John P. Pitcher, Mis- souri. and George E. Plumber and John W. Scott, Illinois.
 The Committee on Permahent Organ ization was named as follows: J. s. Pinckard and T. E. KIlby, Alabama; i; I. M. Worthlngton. Arkansas; !. c. Ruge and F. M. Hendy, Florida; T. q. Philpot. l.. H. Chapelle' and John A Betjeman, Georgia: George H. Cox and R. R. Perry. Kentucky; D. N. Shelars and M. B. Trezevant. Louis- jana; w. A. Adams and A. E.. Tate, North Carolina; H. M. Winslow and D.
 
 c. c. Odin, Texas; ". B. Livesey and E. B. Jacobs. Virginia, and Charles P. Center and c. H. Howard, Illinois.
 pr. E. A. Alderman of the UniVer- sity of Virginia, was one of the prin- cipal speakers at the night session, his subject being Present and Prospec- tive Education Progress"
 Dr. Alderman on EducatiOn.
 Dr. Alderman gave the South credit for having made great strides in the educational advantages which it offers. He summarized what he said were the been overcome, and declared that judged by the standards, no part of the republic in the past generation has achieved truer educational progress than the States of the South. and that nowhere does there seem a fairer chance to work out satisfactory ed- ucational scheme" :" He said he knew of no social movement Tn modern times. founded in a higher purpose, carried forward with greater self-reli- ance, steadier zeal and larger results to It's credit than. the educational bat tie of the South since 1870. s'I like somehow to think" he said. that this movement began when General Lee de- cided not to become President of an insurance company at large salary. and became instead President of.Wash- year" In the civic battle of thirty odd years, he said some fundamental things in theory and practice has been settled. while others remained unset tied.
 As to the things that had been fair ly settled he stated that the Southern people had the political patience and Ia- 1Nzl 1