The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-13
This Time It Will Not
BE for Struggle Of
Arms.
In IN | EREST OF
DEVELOPM ENT
Speakers of international Reputa
ton Will Address Southern
Commercial Congress, Point
ing to Souths Physical Re-
covcry and It's Impor-
lance to the Nation.

Washington. .. c., February l2-Ty
Pi!ing a new union Of the States OF
the South. which jus, fifty years ago
were uniting for a struggle Of arms.
the third annual meeting OF the South
cIn Commercial Congress in Atlanta.
ga. March S. and TO- arrangements
for which have almost been completed
Headquarters here, will stand forth
prominently in pointing out the South,s
physical recovery and demonstrating
It's Importance to the nation While
Industrial. commercial and agricultural
progress and possibilities of the South
vii. stand cminently throughout
the sessions, solilfication OF tho North
and South In the development Of the
nation VIII be set forth as never be-
fore
Eminent Speakers.
The program will bring together
men from all walks OF life. many Of
them with national and international
reputation, in order that every phase
of the South and it's resources may get
full treatment Such national political
fguTcs as President Taft. Colonel
Roosevelt. Governor Woodrow Wilson.
Secretary Dickinson and Secretary
James Wilson Will speak Among the
national business figures who Will
speak are George Westinghouse. OF
Pittsburgh George W. Perkins, or New
York Edward Hincs. OF Chicago. and
William G. McAdoo, Of New York.
Speakers from the educa tional world
VIII be Commissioners Elmer f. Brown.
of Washing ton. and Chancellor Hous-
ten, OF Washington University. St
Louis. @
a unique division. OF the program
Will be thai. entitled "The Solid South
OF Business In this division one man
rili speak for each Of the sixteen
states covered by the work OF tho
southern Commercial Congress. thus
bringing TO light the latest business
status of each state. On the third
day there viii be fourteen section
meetings. held Simultaneously The
chairmcn Of these section meetings are
themselves distinguished along va
rious lines. The section meetings and
their chairmen will be:
Agriculturc-Victo II. Olmstcd, chief
Of the Bureau Of Statistics. Department
OF Agriculture.
Commerce Bernard y. Baker, Baltt-
more. Md, president Of the Shipping
League of Baltimore.
Commercial Organizations ~ Adolph
Boldt. secretary Chamber OF Commerce.
Houston
Education -Commissioner Z. Brown.
United states Bureau Of Education.
Forests-Henry B. Hardtner. presi-
oent Louisiana Conservation Commits
sion. Jrania. La
Good Roads Director Logan Walter
Page. office OF public roads. Washing
ton, D. c.
Hcalth--surgeon- General Waiter Wy
man, Bureau Of Public Health and Ma
r!ne Hospital Service.
Immigration-T. v. Powderly, Bu-
rcau of immigration and Naturaliza
ton, Washington. D. G.
Observation-Disclosures y. c.. Sexton,
Land Observation-Disclosures Wiscer.
New Orleans.
Manufacturers Wise. Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
Mines and Mining--Dircctor j. A.
Holmes. Bureau OF Mines
Real Estate Advertising-Ro
Iemison. IT.. Birmingham Ala.
Water FcSourccs-John Ii. Finncy.
Washing ton, D. c.
Notable Addresses.
In each section there Viii be three
or four specchcs by men equally dis
,t.nguished. In the section devoted to
education. President Carleton b. Glib
son. OF the Mechanics Institute. Of
Rochester, \. u Will speak on Tech
-hittil anu lOr the
South: President S. C. Mitchell. of the
University Of South Carolina. on ..Edu-
cation for Constructive leadership.
State and National," and T. II. Harri-
son. state Superintendent of Public
Instruction in Louisiana. on Taxa ton
as Related to Education
In the section devoted to agriculture.
Commissioner T. J. Watson, of South
Carolina, will speak on The Cereals
or the South; Professor Bennett. of
Paris. Tex, nationally known for his
command of the subject, on THE Ma
tional Importance Of Cotton Fiber;
DR.. w a. Withers. OF West Raleigh,
\. c.. on 'The Rainfall and Growing
Hours Of the South. as Explaining Its
Agricultural Monopolies.' and j. \.
Evans. of Shreveport. La, on "Divcrsi-
tication in Southern Agriculture"
These discussions will lead to num-
Der Of resolutions or affirmations re-
garding the South as an integral part
OF the nation and as closely related to
the later growth and development OF
the nation.
AS the climax Of the meeting will
come the speech OF President Taft on
"a Greater Nation Through a Greater
South"