The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-23
Circulation Double That Of Any
Other South Mississippi Paper
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CON-
GRESS,

GhGSS.
A meeting that should rebound
greatly to the commercial interest of
the South, is the Southern CONNER
cial Congress, which will convene in
Washington, D. C., December and T..
The first session of this Congress
was held last December; that was
for the purpose of organization, and
the most that was accomplished was
organization, and plans for future
work. This Southern Commercial
Congress took its origin among secre-
taries of Southern Commercial organ
izations who were convinced that the
most effective way for commercial or
CARNATIONS to help their own towns
was for them to become interested
in general Southern growth. The or
ganization is differed by john M.
Parker of New Orleans as President;
Charles Hall Davis of Petersburg, Va,
Chairman Executive Committee; G.
Grosvenor Dave, Montgomery, AlaA
Managing Director. The organization
Is sending out very interesting and
Instructive literature, from which we
borrow at random. Among other
things they say:
approaching in Southern real estate
Whether it comes quickly or slowly,
depends upon the men of the South;
but it is coming sure. The farm
acreage of the South is $4,000 900.
The farm area at present is only
145. 100000. This undeveloped condi-
ton renders certain time of active
demand for farm land; for the TEN.
perature and rainfall over nearly all
the South are the best general aver
age of the United States.
New England, with but few natural |
resources has (omitting Missouri
more manufacturing development in |
its $4,000 square miles than the South |
has in its 100000 square miles. The
manufacturing activity of New Eng
land depends upon raw materials
brought from distance. A large
proportion of these raw materials are
either grown or raised or mined in
the South and Southwest. The unde-
veloped manufacturing condition of
the Southern States cannot continue:
Ton it has raw resources and immense
power unused in it's water courses
and its coal mines. The safe deduc-
ton. therefore is, that period of in
tense urban activity in the South is
coming.
There are external influences also
drawing commerce southwark through
the approaching completion of the
Panama canal These external in
and internal possibilities are
30 decided, that it is feasible for the
business men of the South to plan for (
and to produce in the next five years.
2 definite southwark rush greater
than the rush of Northwestern farm
ers to Northwest Canada, and greater !
than any Western rush; for in the !
South are the resources, the climate,
port openings, rivers and existing {
'aflroads, to justify a phenominally
'apid growth.
a
Nov comes the second Southern |
Congress" says their lit ?
nature, which is nothing more and ="
lothing less than simple co-opera- v
I've publicity move to arouse in the q
|outh greater self-confidence and to l
rouse outside the South desire to t
nvestigate. to invest and to settle" t
n commercial bodies are invited to i
ave Representatives present. Hat y
seburg ought to have its representa- a
W present. v
80 49, Is
Among the subjects to be discussed h