The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-24

0N1N~-r gathering of our best citizens in at- tendance. upon the Congress but from this point influences are being exert ed very potentIy to bring to Washing ton business leaders and investors from North and East who can see advantage in meeting leading business men of the South in friendly inter- course.
 There are therefore four classes of men who should go from this city to Washington:
 "First-Those who wish to be in spired with a sense of the South's certain greatness and future develop ment.
 "Second-Those who have errands in Eastern cities.
 "Third--Those who have special en- terprises of development of property in connection with which they have plans based upon capital to be sup piled.
 A "Fourth-Young men not yet lead CTS in business who need to know for their own good and assurance. the wonderful destiny of the South.
 Travel will be very heavy on the 5th and 6th.
 Montgomery men should leave by the 6:45 p. m.. train Saturday, Decem- Der 5. If number speak in advance. we can have special Pullmans at- tached to the train here.
 Please let me hear from you, Yours truly, "G. Grosvenor Dave, Chairman Committee of Arrange ments"
 To Delegates Appointed by Governors:
 The first session of the Southern Commercial Congress, 10 a. m., Monday, December 2, will be presided over by Hon. Oscar s. Straus, and later sessions by the presidents of the New Orleans Progressive Union, St. Louis Business Mems League, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Jacksonville Board of Trade, respectively.
 Program of speakers is enclosed. The program. taken in connection with the charts, diagrams. etc, will enable all in attendance to get a clear Idea of the whole South and its stupendous posses sions and opportunities. The Congress will be the greatest interpretation of the South in the history of the whole United States. It will form the found- ation-stone of a greater South, based upon complete f-knowledge and un- wavering confidence.
 Especially low railroad rates go in- to force on the morning of December 5, and continue until midnight in Wash ington, December Is. The rates and the occasion give opportunity to receive | new sense of the greatness of our coun- try through attendance upon the South ern Commercial Congress. the National Rivers and Harbors Congress and the National Council of Commerce. All of | these events will take place in the great week, December 7-12. "The purpose of the Southern Com | mercial Congress being to inspire a new faith, based upon positive knowl- l 1k 1..Ir 1Fra,N rnd fr ent and participate. but the Congress Is open to every Southern man of affairs | to realize the opportunity of increased 1 development to come to the South | through the attraction of additional capital Please make this matter pub l lie in your own community and thus help forward the most stupendous pro- l ject ever undertaken for the commer- cial development of the South. l Yours truly. "G. GrosVenor Dave" | To Presidents Educational Institutions:
 "A cooperative effort will be made l by commercial bodies of the South to | interpret to the world on December N1 and in Washington. the resources ot the South.
 You will observe that the Alpha Of our program is health and the Omega Is education; for we realize that mtsuD' | derstanding of the South in these two | directions is the chief hindrance to ap' preciatfon and development of the mar velous resources grouped on the pro- gram between these two topics.
 "In addition to speeches, all depart ments of the government are co-operat- ing with us in preparing international charts aTIdS diagrams bearing upon ev' 1 cry phase of Southern products achievements and potentialities. The speeches and the diagrams will form to- gether the most complete survey Of thu South ever made at any ono time.
 "Arrangements have been made for the distribution of printed copies or speeches we'll in advance, so tKat the Inewspapers of the United States, of Europe and all technical journals will be enabled to mention freely the au- thoritative utterances.
 I've bring this matter to your at- tentfon for a most important reason. The Southern Commercial Congress adds one more remarkable element to the week beginning Dec. z and ending Dec. 12 During that week the fol- flowing bodies will be in sessicn in Washington: The Commission on Coun- try Life. whose purpose is to under stand both favorable and unfavorable l conditions in rural life; the National Conservation Commission, whose duty 1t will be to list in statistical form all the natural assets of the United States; | the Southern Commercial Congress whose function will be to interpret Southern assets; the National Rivers and Harbors Congress. whose purpose | is to davelope national policy for the quick improvement of waterway trans | portation in the whole United States: and the National Council of Commerce. to deal with important commercial questions at home and abroad.
 We would suggest that this remark able combination of progressive move ments be brought specifically to the at- tention of your students, in order that their minds may be directed strongly l towards the thought / of a greater United States arising from the work l of men and women who are utilizing l the gifts of nature without wasting. An underlying thought of stupendous import Is that the present generation | is in a position to receive the blessing or condemnation of generations yet unb orn; for at no period of the worlds history have the recklessly destruc- tive tendencies of human beings have been more strikingly shown.
 The Southern Commercial Congress will give a broader view to every one in attendance; and will send back to their tasks many hundreds of men with a new inspiration and a sure and | certain hope that the South is coming to the development decreed for 1t by the gifts of nature.
 There will be special rates on all railroads. As many as can attend from your educational institution are earn estly invited.
 | Yours truly,
 "G Grosvenor Dave.
 Chairman Committee of Arrange