Arizona republican., 1908-12-03
NOTABLE GATHERINGS
 IN WASHINGTON DC
EARLY DECEMBER DAYS WILL BE MEMORABLE IN THE
 CAPITAL.
The Greatest Gathering of Men of Ar
 fairs the Country Ever Saw.

i Never in the history of the nation were so many of the country's able | men in the diversified walks of life | gathered in one city as will be the i case in Washington, D. C., during the | first two weeks of this month. Be- ! side the assembling of congress there will be many conventions of one sort or another, but all having in mind | the betterment of the nation and
 its people Among them are the Country Life Commission, the con- | ference on the conservation of re- sources and the Southern Commercial 1 Congress. Concerning the latter, Rob- ert McWade, correspondent of the i Woman's National Daily, says:
 Through the courtesy of the Hon. | s. Grosvenor Dave, the chairman of i the committee on arrangements, l have just received the perfected out line program for tine sessions of the Southern Commercial Congress which are to be held on December ' and in the auditorium of the New Will lard It is as follows:
 Southern Health Conditions, Climate and Temperature, Surgeon General Walter Wyman.
 The Influence of the Panama Canal on the Industrial Development of the l Nation, General Luke Wright, secre- | tary of war
 i Ports of the South and Foreign 1 Trade, M. J. Sanders. New Orleans.
 Water Courses of the South, John A. Fox, Arkansas.
 Southern Railroads and Their Needs, John F. Wallace, New York. | Water Powers, Frank S. Washburn. Nashville, Tenn.
 The Commercial Meaning of the ! Apalachian Range, Clifford Pinchot, chief forester.
 l Coal Resources, Prof. l.. C. Glenn. l Nashville, Tenn.
 Iron Resources, E. c. Eckel. Wash | ington, D. c.
 General Mineral Wealth, C. w. Hayes, chief geologist, Washington, : D. c. | Cotton Monopoly and Cotton Manu facture, speaker not announced. Building Materials Clement. Marble Clays, Granite), William J. Oliver. Knoxville, Tenn.
 Timber Resources of the South, John l.. Raul. Birmingham. Ala. The Agricultural Revolution. Clar- ence H. Poe, Raleigh, N. c. Present and Prospective Educational Progress. Dr. F. A Alderman, Univer- sity of Virginia.
 Summing Up, speaker not an nOunced.
 The states which will participate in the Southern Commercial Congress are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor- gia, Kentucky. Louisiana, Mississippi Missouri. North Carolina. South Car olina, Tennessee, Texas. Virginia and West Virginia
 The officers and members of the committee of arrangements are: Chairman, G. Grosvenor Dave of Montgomery, Ala; secretary. John A. Betjeman. Albany. Ga; treasurer, Jno. A. Patton. Chattanooga. Tenn; J. A. | Arnold, Fort Worth. Tex; w. G. Cooper, Atlanta, Ga; Edwin L. | Quarles, Petersburg. Va; II. H. Rich | ardson. Jacksonville, Fla; E. s. Shan non, Nashville, Tenn; James F. Smith, | St. Louis, Mo; NJ B. Trezevant, New Orleans, La.
 In his communication Chairman | Dave directs attention to the fact that | the convention of the Southern Com |
 
 important week of December 7-12; a | group of days in which more con- sideration will be given to the re- sources of the United States than has ever before occurred in the his tory of the country.
 The first gathering will be the | Southern Commercial Congress, cov- ering the days of December and 8. of ipfa tatf On the Sth will meet the National Conservation Commission, to list the natural resources of the whole United States. On the 9th, 10th and 11th will meet the National Rivers and HarbOrs Congress to work for a policy to relieve the congestion of the rail- roads. On the 10th will meet the National Council of Commerce in the office of Hon. Oscar S. Straus, to deal with important questions affect ing the commerce of the United States at home and abroad.
 Chairman Dave says that from a thousand to fifteen hundred repre- sentative men of the south will an swer the roll call of delegates to the Southern Commercial convention Discussing the ambitious and com mendable purposes for which sit has been formed, he says: Underlying the national aspects of the Southern Commercial Congress there are three very earnest and important purposes:
 First, to bring to the south a more complete understanding of itself; sec ond, to bring to the rest of the union a more complete understanding of the south; third, to bring to the business of both sections, who will then be face to face, realization of a common ground of interest and thus continue the obliteration of section lines"