The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-04
QUARLFS IS N
JACKSONVILLE
SECRETARY OF SOUTHERN COM.
MERcIAL CONGRESS HERE GET.
TING IN TOUCH WITH BUSINESS
INTEREsTs-WILL REMAIN IN
STATE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS,
MAKING THIS CITY hEApoUAR.
TIERS.

Edwin l.. Cuarles, Of Washington,
d. c.. secretary of the Southern Com
mercial Congress, arrived In the city
yesterday morning and will remain in
the state for several weeks, making
Jacksonville his headquarters while in
Florida, according to The Times-Un-
ion.
The object of his visit, is to get in
closer touch with the business inter-
ests of the state, through the medium
kof the board of trade. The purposes
and objects of the Southern CONNER.
cial Congress are as follows:
To promote and develop the inter-
ests of the following states Of the
United States. known as the Southern
states. Alabama, Arkansas. Florida,
Georgia. Kentucky, LOUISIANA, Mary
land, Mississippi, Missouri. North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West
Virginia.
Collect Information.
To collect and disseminate informa.
ton regarding the resources and con-
ditions of the said states, and the op-
portunities and advantages offered in
them for the safe and profitable in
vestment Of capital: the attractions
offered in the South to the home
seeker, artisan and laborer and the
importance to the national govern
ment Of enacting proper legislation
/, looking to the conservation Of the ma
tural resources Of the South and the
| improvement Of it's rivers, harbors
! and transportation facilities.
! To encourage, promote and foster
| the development of the resources of
| the South with it's capital and by it's
| Inhabitants.
! To encourage and obtain the estab.
lishment in the South of commercial.
manufacturing, Industrial and other
enterprises and to foster those al
ready existing therein.
To encourage, promote and foster
the creation and establishment of in
stitutions and organizations, whose
energies shall be principally direct
ed towards the development Of the
material resources Of the South.
To Promote Immigra alton.
| To promote and develop proper I'm.
misraticl to the South and to pro.
| mote and foster the establishment of
| such organizations as may bring
/ about the development of desirable
/, immigration to the South.
4 To encourage the movement for the
construction Of good roads. and fol-
the extension Of railroad and trolley
transportation.
To encourage, foster and develop
patriotic and national sentiments
throughout the South and elsewhere
in the nation, and particularly to pro
mote, encoura~e and foster the feeling
and desire for greater nation
through greater South.
To promote the Improvement oil
educational and other conditions
\ which tend to develop the material
resources and happiness Of the resi-
dents OF the South.
To provide for the permanent es
tablishne'nt Of this organization so'
the continued enlargement of its
sphere of Influence and activity, by
providing a permanent endowment
fund. the proceeds from which shall
be used for carving out the pur
poses Of the organization, and by en-
istlng in its work the active into
est of individuals, corporate M
nicipalities. townships, counties
states, commercial and other orga1i
cations, and of the national govern
ment, and by securing from time tc
time their financial support for the
| same.
Mr.. Quarles vas the guest of Presi
dent F.. P. Conroy and Secretary II
II. Richardson, yesterday afternoon
on an automobile trip to the many
points of interest. in and about the
city.