The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-10
SPEAKERS TALK OF OPPORTUNITIES OF
 SOUTHERN STATES
Roosevelt Speaks of Obliga- tiOn in Statesmanship
 and Business
PURITY MUST BE
 IN ALL ENDEAVOR
John Temple Graves Receives 0vo- tion-President Taft Reviews Business Forces of the
 South Today

| Atlanta, March 9.-Strict governmental
 regulation of all industrial combinations.
 but, to attain that end the making of
 laws which are not the result of half
 baked reforms and are not conceived in
 the mind of the demagogues playing to | the clamor of ignorant agitators and a
 misled minority of people, was urged to-
 night by Theodore Roosevelt in his | speech before the Southern Commercial congress, now meeting in Atlanta. The subject of the former Presidents address was The Souths Obligation in States
 manship and Business Endeavor." Speaking, as he said, a 'half-south- | erner," Colonel Roosevelt attepr -ed to show the way for more prospe .ty and business awakening the Commercial con gress has for its object. The gist of his remarks along this line. that purity in | living must reach to all parts of human endeavor-political and business-if the south shall reap the benefits nature has bestowed and if the republic, which he called the greatest experiment of govern | ment the world had seen, was to stand and reach the ideals of it's founders. Combination Is Natural | Combination of great capital, he de- clared, was the natural outcome of this | day and age of great business and also
 was the proper thing, providing, how | ever, that the men who directed the af- | fairs of those mammoth concerns did | not use their power to inflate prices | and work harm to the man in moderate circumstances.
 l He predicted that the greatest de- velopment in future years would be | In the south and called all to forget
 past disputes and sectional strife. | An ovation was rendered John Tenn
 pie Graves. editor of the New York American and former Atlanta, when l he rose to speak on The Promotive
 Power of the Southern Press and it was several minutes before he could proceed. He paid glowing tribute to | the southern newspapers for their part | In the upbuilding of the south since
 the days of civil war. Henry Grady, Patrick Walsh and other great editors of the past generation. he declared. | set the example which has been fol- l lowed by the more modern papers and which has resulted In placing south
 ern newspapers In the forefront of the Journalism or today.
 1 Other speakers of the evening were
 Atherton Browpell of New York, Amer
 can director for the Brazilian com
 misison of Economic Expansion, and
 Col. l.. D. Tyson of Knoxville, Tenn.
 To Present Standards | Tomorrow morning President Taft
 will review the business forces of the
 south at the morning session of the congress. Delegations from each of the | southern states will present their state
 standards which will be grouped about | the national flag by President Taft the
 exercises signifying industrial reunion of the south about the national flag | 50 years after the great civil war In the afternoon section meetings will be
 held and at night the congress will
 close with the address by President | Taft on "A Greater Nation Through | a Greater South"
 | In an address on the south and this new approach to the Orient the Rev. | J. c. Calhoun Newton declared that | the only war with Japan which Amer | jeans may fear Is commercial war. Japan is ready for this, he declared. while the people of the United States | apparently are sleeping. In outlining the necessities for the advancement of trade In the Orient he pointed ouG the need of an increased number of | the elevation of the standards of the United States commercial agents; the establish ment of government banks in | foreign countries and the estabishx
 ment in the United States and particu- | larly in the south of commercial uni- | versities," where specialized training may be given young men for service in l foreign fields.
 Organize Foreign Trade | Charles H. Sherrill United States minister to Argentine.-in a short ad- dress, outlined the need of organizing | for the foreign trade. MT. Sherrll has | been touring the country recently, | speaking before chambers of commerce in various cities and as a result of these efforts, he declared, more thanf 200 American travelling salesmen havsf been sent to the South American | fields.
 "The Obligations of the Panama was | the subject of an address by MT. Baker. | He urged southerners to get behind their | representatives in congress and demand l solution of the question of enarging and extending American shipments In | who spoke on Get Ready for the Pan- | anna canal.
 l The South American countries are at present in a fertile condition for the
 south for rich harvest if they will ps
 prepared for the opening of the Panama l canal, according to John Barrett, direct- or-general of the Pan-American union | who spoke on Get Ready for tn ePan- | anna Canal
 Morning Session l Theodore Roosevelt delivered the first | speech of what he has announced as his 1 last speech-rnakng tour when he talked today to the colored population or tne | city at the Central Avenue Methodist church. The address was made at the | solicitation of the officers of the church.
 and the building was packed to the doors
 when Colonel Roosevelt Arrived. He was | greeted with burst of cheering and l his remarks were frequently interrupted by applause as he appealed to his hear 1 CTS.
 l A great need of technical learning | among the negroes as the solution was | the keynote of the colonefs talk. He l cited figures to show that the vast ma- l jority of the population of Georgia was | engaged in agricultural pursuits, but de- | clared that between 250,000 and 300,00O of | these were illiterate and unskillful labor | CTS. and as such could not hope to better | their condition or make themselves neces- | sary to the white race. It was for this | reason, Colonel Roosevelt declared, that he had taken such great interest in the | agricultural colleges of the south. 1 President Taft will address the congress l Friday on a Great Nation Through a l Greater South"
 I The nominating committee decided upon ! the following to be officers for next year: l President, Senator Duncan U Fletcher. | Florida; first vice president. John N. l Parker, New Orleans; second vice prcsI-
 dent Gen. Julius N. Carr North Caro- l lt