The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-08
REPRESENTATIVES, OF SOUTH.
E7N INDUSTRIES THERE.
The COMMERCIAL CONGRESS
For Full Understanding by People
Of the South OF the Gifts That
Nature Has Placed Under
Their Control. etc.

Conservation commission has rccci,.
ed word that at least thousand of
the leading business men uf the
south will be present In Washington
when the commission holds it's first
fun meeting here early In December
| This information comes n a letter
from G. Grosvcnor Dawes. secretary
Of the Montgomery. Ala. Commercial
Club, who tells OF "A meeting of the
representatives. of numerous bust
ness associations in the southern
states. held in Atlanta. These mon
formed u working organization. mad
after receiving assurances of SUI.
/ port from commercial bodies all
/ through the south. issued call for
a Southern Commercial Congress
/ The time and place were set so that
J the members can be in Washmetuu
| during tHc first meeting of the Con.
s"rvation Commission ON December
/ !. the conference between the com
| mission ANA the governors of the
/ states or their representatives.
| which follows. ON December =. and
/ the meeting OF the National Rivers
and llarbors Congress which will be
/ held her" during that time In the
| proceedings of all of which the men
who will compose the Southern Com.
morcial Congress are intensely in
lerest"d from a business standpoint
The chief purpose of the southern
ers in holding their big meeting is.
In the words OF one of thc origi.
nators. the provoking of fuller
understanding by the people of the
south of the gifts that nature has
placed under their control" But
without discOunting the vital import.
ance of promoting the business in.
| tercsts of their section of the coun-
try, the promoters of this congress
IN Washington say they hope that
1t will have an even deeper signifi.
cance and bring about closer
union between the north anr the
south. "Of course the congress has
practical and commercial aspects"
says one of these men, but there
Hes in the minds of the origiua'ors
an ethical purpose looking towarJ
a fuller understanding and union
between those who have for gen.
GRAFTON suffered from misunderstood.
ings and seeming separation of I'm.
tcrests."
Mr.. Dawes In his letter Suggests
that the attainment of fuller ln-
derslanding between the south and
other parts of the country would
have It's effect in bclterin" msl.
ness conditions in he south also
lie writes:
The Southern Commercial CON
ercss is also intended as means
of combating hindering prc.udlrrs
that exist against the South in both
northern and eastern states. We
have felt that such prCludic.s are
most easily ~emoved BY personal
contact, and we shall Therefore work
10 have Tr-g.nt on December Z ana
a thcus.@d or fifteen 'uuarcl
/ leading business men of IN. south
/ who will later stay 10 pqr iCipac
IN the deliberations OF the National
/ Rivers and IIarbors Congress. and
also be present in Washington to
receive inspiration from the report
made to the National Conservation
| Commission.
Beyond all this We feel that the
presence OF our solid business men
Ia meetings made mp largely Of sol
/ Id business men of the north and
east will act as a guarantee aud
pledge Of business mems parllcpa.
ton in further political affairs Of
the south and thus guarantee safety
10 investors"
Many Of the men who are most
active in organizing this Southern
/ Commercial Congress have for a
long time been preaching that the
south should not only develop it's
agriculture TO higher degree Of
efficiency, but that IL is time for
the men of that part of the coun-
try to take more energetic measures
10 expand lher manufacturing and bus
mess inerests. They believe that the
attendance of a large number of
the most enterprising men OF the
southern states at the Conference
between the National Conservation
Commission and the state governors
or their representatives will lead to
fuller realization of the immense
natural resources OF the south