The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-26
SURGEONS ELECT
D0Y P RESID |
Danville Man Honored
by Southern Rail
way Staff.
FINLEY TALKS ON
SOUTH'S GROWTH
Dr.. Wertenbaker Makes Strong
Plea for Clean and Sanitary
Stations-Veterinarians Not
Eligible to Membership.
Next Convention Goes
to Mobile.

! Optimistic as to the business out
look in the South, President w. W.
| Finley, of the Southern Railway. yes
/ terday demonstrated to the Associa-
| ton Of Surgeons of that road in con-
vention here the marvellous possibili-
ties OF commercial and Industrial de-
| velopment in this section Among
other things. he pointed out the great
| opportunities for trade with the Latin
American countries that the South
| has, the desirability of diversification
and intense cultivation on the farms,
and the problem of how the South will
| in the future meet the world demand
| for cotton.
Speaking of business conditions,
President Finley declared: 1.-TWO years
ago l spoke to you on The Proper
Treatment Of a Convalescent.' Speak
ing of the liability of the body poll
tic to attacks Of illness, l referred TO
the treatment the patient had been
given and to the sudden collapse and
period of depression that had fol-
lowed. There were then indications
OF healthy recovery. under the more
conservative line OF treatment that
had been adopted / am glad to be
able to report that favorable symp-
toms have continued and that the pa
tient is still progressing satisfactory
ly.
South's Great Boom.
In no section of the United states
has the business recovery been more
generally satisfactory than in the ter
ritory south of the Ohio and Potomac
Rivers and east of the Mississippi.
This has been due, in large measure.
to two things-the economic strength
of our section and the progressive
| character of its people, The unex-
I ceied economic strength. Of the South
| lies in It's wealth of natural resources
and its capacity for the production of
| commodities that the people of other
parts of the world must have. Ability
to utilize and profit by this economic
strength depends upon the enterprise
and industry of our people and upon
their ability TO have their products
carried to the markets of the world
where they arc in demand.
Commenting upon the railroad as a
factor in upbuilding the country, he
continued:
The communities served by rail-
way are constantly seeking for bet
ter service, calling for the reduction
OF grades and the elimination of
curves for the laying of additional
tracks. and for the provision of more
and better equipment. The tendency
of these same improvements is to re-
duce railway operating costs, and,
consequently, 1t is to the interest of a.
railway company to provide them as
fast as is justified by the volume of its
traffic and the extent of its resources
1T is to the direct interest of the
railway to Increase the volume OF its
traffic by promoting in every way the
commercial upbuilding of the terri
tory along its lines
Touching agricultural development,
President Finley declared that the
railroad of which he is the head real
ICES that good country highways
contribute materially to the welfare
OF the farmer and to the attractive
ness Of farm life'
How Roads Can Help.
One of the ways in which a rail-
way can aid producers In its territory
In expanding their markets is by di-
recting their attention to possibilities
of selling their goods In markets to
which they have previously given lit
tie or no attention. he said. "An H.
lus stration of this is afforded by the
work being done by our company to
bring to the attention of manufac-
turers and merchants in the South the
exceedingly favorable opportunities
for enlarging the sale of their pro-
ducts in the markets Of Mexico, Cen
trail and South America and the West
India Islands. The inhabitants OF
these LatinAmerican countries con-
sumo large quantities Of commodities
that can advantageously be produced
In the South.
AT present they are buying from
European manufacturers large quan-
titles of cotton goods. furniture, We
hicles. machinery, tools and other ar
ticles that our Southern manufacture
ers can make fully as we'll as their
European competitors. The geo.
graphical location of the South with
reference to these markets is excep-
uonally favorable. 1t Is such as to
give to our manufacturers shipping
ports decided advantages over their
foreign competitors. IT we are to
make the most Of these Latin-Ameri-
can opportunities we should have d.
rect and regular steamship communi-
cation between our Southern ports
and those countries. If we are to have
this kind of steamer service we must
develop sufficient volume of trade
to sustain 1t. The problem of build
tng up this business has. therefore,
two aspects. that Of developing the
business itself, and that OF securing
tho establishment OF steamship
lines"
Throughout his address, President
Finley emphasized the work done by
his road in encouraging and educat-
Ing the farmers and Industrial people
toward better things. He mentioned
the many agencies employed for the
purpose of upbuilding the commercial
life OF the South. declaring that his
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