The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
Commercial Congress
 SolUes Labor Problem

asked about the innumerable letters relative to Alabama requiring most of the time of himself and hls stan. Add ed to this work now. are daily letters from European countries where emt- grafton is a live question.
 From England, the country which the promoters of the Southern Com get in close touch with, letters asking for specific Information regarding sea- son, crops, mineral deposits, manufac- turing. stock raising and many others, have been coming. e
 Mir. Dave has replied to these as soon as they were received and is now In course of weekly communication with several parties abroad. In order to meet the steadily increasing demand for information, which 1t was not at first expected would be necessary to give out, until the Congress had It's home ofiice and a stan to attend the work, MT. Dave is now forced to have prepared a prospectus, as 1t might be called. of the various resources. and these will be forwarded. possibly in pamphlet form. as soon as answers to the majority of the pertinent, questions can be prepared
 Increase Force.
 Even in the great comprehensive scope of the work. as outlined by the executive committee, there are some questions heing asked. that had es- caped the attention of.the creators of the Congress. Details that are here taken for granted are practically un- Known abroad and the rapid fire of comprehensive inquiries, has Mir. Dawe's stan e little more than very busy. 1t is now deemed advisable that before the headquarters of the execu- tive department are moved to Wash ington4 the force of workers here un- der Mir. Dave will have to be increas- ed. to handle the ever increasing mall, and 1t has been suggested that Mir. Dawe's first assistant" be appointed as soon as possible in order to relieve him Of this detail work, while he is conducting the general formation of the active plans of the congress
 Stock raising Is the principal ques- ton asked from England, the snitabil- ity of the Southern climate to various domestic animals and the facilities for eheapiy raising of food for animals, destined for food. Cotton, too, is a live issue from that quarter, as are the school facilities for the children of immigrants and the possibility of se- curing desirable land.
 From France and Spain, several let e0AS AOOCANG0 EC8AE0Luk kEApC culture, but the advent of prohibition has made answer to these last letters unnecessary. It is not the desire of the Southern Commercial Congress to publish abroad some of the peculiar conditions rampant In the Southern States, especially to inquirers from lands where win ordinare" takes the place of water.
 From the manufacturing cities of Germany, letters have come from fa0- tory employees. odd as it may seem, pregnant with queries about tife facil- ity for start. by those who wish to enter an agricultural life.
 Florida and Southern, Alabama have come in for the majority of questions that have eminated from Italy. Orange and lemon culture has formed the basis of their questions. although some have been made concerning truck
 From Western American States the most oft asked question Is regarding food for stock, especially hogs. Tn answer to these Mir. Dave has prepar- ed as already stated in The Adver- tiser. a list of stock foods secured