The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-08

culture Hays. who unavoidably was not able to be present.
 Science and education, combined withs the new spirit of the times" said Mir. Hays, "are clearing the decks for most wonderful activities in the South"
 The South of today insofar as the development Of It's resources is con cerned. Is in the first flush of Its youth" was the happy introduction to an address delivered by Hugh McRae of Wilmington, N. C. He declared that from an industrial standpoint the South had to be born over again and that 1t had required forty years since the war to accumulate capital sufficient to do things, but that now 1t was on the threshold of a great future, having great opportunities within its grasp. He dwelt upon the necessity of immi- grafton to the South.i and what the lack of 1t had cost that section.
 Mir. McFsae expressed the belief tia increased Immigration would tend to a happy solution of the race problem.
 The South has a monopoly on yell low pine. the great structural timber. and it's hickory Is the best vehicle wood ever produced. declared Assist ant Forester Kellogg. of the United States forest service. He also stated that timber had been cut in wasteful fashion. He pointed out that the gov ernment. too, had duty to perform in the maintenance of the Southern for ests, explaining that great tracts which could not be controlled by the States in the Appalachian mountains should be purchased by the government and made into national forests.
 General J. s. Carr. of Durham, N. C., deplored the fact that raw material of rva lArHalW COnVArtAd into the manufactured product in other sections, although the South contained all the essential prerequisites for man. ufacturing. He presented an array of figures showing the wealth of the re- sources of the South and urged the ne- cessity of vigorous campaign for the bringing of capital to that section.
 Transportation Proposed.
 John I. Matchen, of St. Louis. said that a transportation company in St. Louis organized with capital of $1o.- 900, ,000. which in very short time will have to increase it's capital to $25.000.- 900, proposed to navigate the deep channels of the Mississippi with deep boats and shallow channels with shall low boats. It was proposed. he said. to put on coast line steamships and trains of barges for sea-towing to all the principal ports of the Souths< in- cluding Pensacola. Tampa, Jackson vile. Charleston and all intervening points.
 Mir. Matthews said that wherever on the smaller rivers proper means of transportation would provide the boats of this company would come to them and take off their cargoes.
 It further is proposed to go out or New Orleans to any point in the world. he asserted, and to this and other con- tributory points he urged the necessity of utilizing the shallow rivers. !
 Opportunities for invention In the South," was discussed by George E. Tew. of Washington, who pointed out "the needs of patented processes Tor the handling of Southern products in the way of labor saving devices
 John H. Finney. Secretary of the Ap- palachian National Forest Association made d plea for the bill now before Con1ress for the creation of the Ap- palachian forest reserve.