The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29

been a national figure and in complete touch with the great purposes un- deriving the completion of the Pan- anna Canal.
 Ports of the South and Foreign Trade" has been accepted as the topic Of his speech by the Hon. Nj. J. Sam ders of New Orleans, formerly Pres ident of the Progressive Union of that city and familiar with port possibil- ities from Norfolk. Va, to Galveston. Texas.
 Waterways of the South will be dee scribed and interpreted by the Hon. John A. Fox, of Arkansas. Field Sec retary of the National Rivers and Har- bors Congress and a constant trav- eler over the Southern States connect ed with the organization work Of that Congress.
 The moot question of southern rail roads and their needs. iuAtead of being assigned to any man directly connected with a Southern railroad has been given as the subject of his speech to John F Wallace of New York, formerly general manager of the Illinois Cen tral Railroad and subsequently, chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Com mission. Possibly no other man in the United States can speak with greater authority on railroad questions. MT. Wallace is past President of the Amer ican Railway Engineering and Main tenance Of Way Association and past President of the Western Society of Civil Engineers.
 | The immense subject of water pow CTS of the South will be taken by Frank Is. Washburn of Nashville, Tenn, whose hydraulic engineering Skill appears in the water supply of New York, Boston, San Francisco and various places in the tropics Mir. Washburn Is President of the American Cyananid Company of | Ia ra EraI IQ of Hydro Electric Company on the Ten i nessee River lie z N familiar with l every important water power possi- bility on both sides of the Appalachian Range.
 The great utterance regarding the water power possessions of the south ern States will be followed by speech from the Hon. clifford Pinchot, Chief Forester of the United States and l Chairman of the National Conservation 1 Commission. Mir. Pinchot's subject is | The Commercial Meaning of the Ap- palachian Range"
 The coal resources of the Southern States and the relation of their devel- opmsnt to commercial growth will be described by. l.. c. Glenn, Professor of Geology, Vanderbilt University, who has done more detailed geological work 1 in the Appalachian and interior coal fields than any other man in the South.
 The interpretation of iron resources of the South falls to E. C. Eclxel. for merly iron expert of the Geological Survey. MT. Eckel Is familiar with the iron resources of the whole coun- l try.
 1 The important subject of general mineral wealth of the South will be | treated by Dr. c. W. Hayes of the United States Geological Survey. Mir. Hayes is peculiarly we1l-acquainted with
 
 signed to work there for fifteen years. from 1887 to 1902. Mir. Hayes during these years prepared geological maps of 1s,ooo square miles in addition to special studies.
 The building materials of the South. cement, marble. clays, granite, will be described by William J. Oliver of Knoxville. Tenn. who may be safely spoken of as the leading contractor in | the South. Mir. Oliver will be remem- bered as one of the contractors to bid upon the Panama Canal. at which time he organized a S5,0O0.0o0 corporation in ten days. Mir. oliver has many inter ests throughout the South. The timber resources of the South will be described by John L. Raul of l Birmingham, Ala, eminent as an au- l thority on timber, and President of the Commercial Club of Birmingham
 The agricultural question will be a part of the Congress. being treated rather as a transitional stage, the in- ] depreciation of which has been as- signed to Clarence H. Poe of Raleigh, N. C., editor of The Southern Farm Gazette. The trend of his remarks | will be indicated by his subject. The | Agricultural Revolution His topic and the one following, Present and | Prospective Educational Progress" by l pr. F A. Alderman. win show some of the strong elements of the Southern | renaissancs.
 Dr. Alderman is President of the University of Virginia. and his voice rings true in raising educational ideals throughout the South. He has prepar- ed for the Congress a reassuring sur vey of educational conditions.
 The purpose of the whole Congress and the keynote of al the speeches is interpretation--not what the South has so much as what the South means. As the Congress falls during the week when the National Conservation Conn mission will meet, it occupies the ad- vantageous position of giving special meaning to all Southern statistics gathered by the Commission. The Congress will lead the men of the South to understand the solid basis provided by nature for stupendous commercial growth. At the same time it will lead the whole world to fuller
 
 and is. No similar effort to flash full knowledge over the mind of the world has ever been made. There will result from two days session an accumulation of facts and data that will encourage every Southern man to a new confl- dence and a greater daring and scope in his own business plans.
 The Congress will not be a dele gated body. All Southern men having equal rights on the floor. By courtesy of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, every gentleman attending the Southern Commercial Congress can participate in the three days session on behalf of river and harbor improve ment.
 The week of December 7-12 is unique in the history of the country, for in addition to the two congresses mem tioned, there will be in session the Na- tional Conservation Commission, the National Council of Commerce and the Commission on Country Life Ehe Congress of the United States will also be sitting. Special rates will prevail on all Southern railroads from Decem. Der to Is.
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