The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-08
A W|DE-AWAkE
SOUTH, : ITS SLOGAN
Southern Commercial Con-
gress Convenes With Great
Initial Meeting
OPENING SCENES
OF GREAT INTEREST
Governor Brown Welcomes
Body, Gen. Carr Responds
and See'y Quarles Tells
Its Objects

ATLANTA, GA. March S.--Euro-
pean diplomats and shrewd financiers
from the North mingled with farm
ers from the South and the tar West
and senator's and governors from
various States Of the nation to-day in
monster gathering, numbering more
than 10000. marking the opening of
the Southern Commercial Congress
With a wide awake South" as It's
slogan, the congress expects 10 make
national history during the three days
il will be in session. To-day the pro-
ceedings were given over almost en-
tire to the extension of welcome to
visitors. After to-day the Southerners
themselves will play almost second
airy part In the congress. The re-
sources of The section will be desertb-
ed by representative men from the
North and West of the Mason and
Dixon line.
Following the opening Of the con-
gress by the Right Rev. G. X Nelson,
bishop of Atlanta, an address OF well
come by Governor Brown, of Geor-
gia, and response by General Julian
S. Carr. of North Carolina vice.
president of the congress- Edwin l..
Quaries. of Washington, d. c., ex-
planned the objects of the congress
as
"A union OF effort on the part OF
all Southern commercial bodies and
! individuals to establish a greater
nation through a greater South, and
to sweep out OF the mind of the world
all misunderstanding regarding the
South, it's prospects. its people and
| Its opportunities.
Secretary Wilson Speaks.
Hailing the South as the future
source OF the food supply not only OF
| the nation. but of large portion OF
Europe, Secretary of Agriculture
/ James Wilson urged farmers below
| attention to the cultivation OF cottor
| and more To the rwsSirg or live STOCK
and staple vegetables.
! In part he said;
The greatest agricultural need OF
| the South Is more and better live
stock. The greatest obstacle in the wa.
| of meeting this need Is the cattle tick
! The losses caused by these parasites
| have been variousiy estimated at from
| sac, 0o0.a 600 TO 100000, 600 year
| Fortunately. we know that this plague
| can be removed.
Heretofore, oil production from
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| France. 1t will be possible To put
| this upon a remunerative basis in tbs
| United States. This country send:
| abroad annually for it's raw drug ma
terials. Notwithstanding that much OF
| this material could be economical,
| grown at home, Camphor, which i:
almost entirely imported. can b,
grown in Florida. II has been demon
strated that paprika peppers OF th'
| Hungarian type, which have hereto
I! fore bean imported. Gar he, grown
here. Tea has been successfully grove
at Summerville. S. G. The demau,
| for the home grown product now
| greatly exceeds the output.
The average farmer only gets on
OF the soil one-tenth OF what he could
| II he did his best. This liz true II
nearly all the productions. l note
| that in large portion of the South
the women so into the field and no
| cotton and corn This Is no disgrace
hut ii is not always economic. Tn,
| time has come when every man mus
| do two or three times the work. h.
| has done In the past