Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05
poet WATSON EX[E!|FOR GREATER SOUTH
Burns Bridges Admitting Aim OF Commercial Congress-
Thrust at Asquith Which Meets Tomorrow
MAY LIVE IN AMERICA FIRST SESSION AT 10 AM
Made Secretary Nagel to Call the As
Poet Laureate semblage to Order
ENGLAND NO PLACE FOR HIM MANY DELEGATES EXPECTED
Have
Now Should He Hold Convention
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ment of Commerce and Labor will call the
Southern Commercial Congress to order
| tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock In the
| auditorium of the New Willard Hotel.
| Delegates will be in attendance from all
the southern states, which have united
| In this commercial enterprise "for a
greater nation through a greater SOUTH.
| The objects of the congress, as stated
in the official announcement are Ito
hasten a clearer self-knowledge through
| out the whole south, to compel the bal
ance of the United States and of the
world to set a correct valuation upon the
south as a region of opportunity"
Stake Greatest in History.
1.-The stake involved is the greatest In
the commercial history of the United
States-a southwark rush of development
before 1915-a condition of preparedness
for the opportunities that rest under the
| influence of the Panama canal In pro-
ducing a southwark swing of commerce
| the emergence of the south from its
| eclipse and it's strong voice heard again
in national problems of development.
1.-THE souths approaching victory along
commercial lines positively leads to the
belief that greater nation will come into
| being through a greater south and that
therefore the victory of the south is
| something which the nation as a whole
| should earnestly desire
| Program of Addresses.
Rev. U. G. B. Pierce. pastor of All
cation at the opening; John NJ. Parker,
president of the Southern Commercial
Congress. will make the first address.
Opportunity for Southern Propaganda in
the British Isles and Europe" will be the
/ title of an address by Thomas l.. Field of
/ London.
| F. A. Hoffman, president Houston Bust
ness League, will preside at the after
| noon session. when j. NJ. Dickinson. Sec
rotary of War, will address the congress.
| Opportunity for Southern Trade In
South American Republics is the subject
on which John Barrett, director Of the
| international bureau of American repub-
| lies, will speak.
Manufacturing Opportunities in the
South is the title of the address by Gen.
| Julian 8. Carr, Durham, n. c.
Brinton Il. Davis. president of the
Louisville Commercial Club. will be
chairman of the third session, to be held
tomorrow evening 1.-The Good Roads
Movement of the South illustrated by
views and moving pictures, will be dis
| cussed by j. E. Pennypacker. chief of
road management. office of public roads.
| Canal will be told by Claude N. Ben
nett, manager of the congressional in
| formation bureau.
| At the Sessions Tuesday.
The program for Tuesday morning.
| under the direction of the chairma n
Harvie Jordan, president of the South
| ern Cotton Association, includes: Neg
lected Opportunities in the South by
| Willet M. Hays, assistant secretary,
Department of Agriculture: Neglected
Agricultural Opportunities in the
| South by G. w. Koiner, commissioner
of agriculture, Virginia; "Perpetuatins
| the Timber Wealth of the South" by
| r. S. Kellogg, assistant forester. forest
| service. and COLONIZATION Opportunity
in the Southern States" by Hugh Mac
| Rae. Wilmington, N. C.
/ AT the afternoon. session Tuesday Mr.
| F. w. Faxon, president Memphis Business
| Mems Club, will act as chairman. On the
| program are: 1.-The Commercial Possibih-
4 ties of Shallow Streams by john l..
| Mathews, secretary Mississippi Valley
| Transportation Company, st. Louis. Mo. :;
Opportunities for Invention in the
| South by George E. TeW, Washington,
D. c.. and 1.-The Opportunity for Southern
Craftsmanship in Conservation by Dr.
| j. A. Holmes Of the United states geo
| logical survey. 49,
| The final session Tuesday evening will
be In charge OF JOnH NJ dLdAcl, picSideiie
of the Southern Commercial Congress
| chairman. THE Purposes of the South
ern Commercial Congress Will be DIS
| cussed by G.. GroSvenor Dave, managing
director. Reports of committees and eiec-
ton of officers will follow.
| All in attendance upon the southern
Commercial Congress will be invited to
participate in the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress meeting i'll the Willard
December S, ., and 10.
i Officers and Committees.
The officers and committees of the
congress are:
President, John NJ. Parker, New Or
leans, La; secretary, Edwin l.. Quarles,
Petersburg, Va; committee of arrange
| ments, Charles Hall Davis, chairman of
the executive committee: Samuel w.
Meek, member of the Washington COM
mittee, and G. Grosvenor Dave. manag-
ing director.
/ Director of exhibits. John Fl. Finney.
secretary Appalachian National Forest
Association, assisted by A. p. Marks, F.
i d. Owens, E. f. Whiting, W. E. Parker,
r. Gordon Finney F. G. Plummer. B. I'll.
Streeks j. S. Diller, j. c. Ransom, w.
w Price and w. 0. Jones
/ JTshers from the Business High School,
under direction of Lieut.. Col. Il. A. Har-
Ian, jr.; Capt. Bornet of the reglmental
staff, Capts. Hinwood and Butt, Lieuts.
Moore Rathbone, MOoers, Nordlinger,