Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-02-17

nuaI convention of the southern COM
mercia1 congress Is a national event
and 1t win also be easy to understand
why President Taft and two of his cabi-
net officers, Governor woodrow Wilson,
(who, by the way, is Virgtnian), the
governors OF all the southern states, and
more than a hundred speakers distin-
guished in the business affairs of the
nation will be in Atlanta to witness the
new union of the south along the lines
| of constructive statesmanship.
The program is perhaps the most I'M
posing ever brought together in the his
tory of the nation. 1t is divided into
eight main divisions.
/. Welcome and general statement.
2 External views of the south.
g. The solid south of business.
T. The world as a market for the south.
g. Making the new south understood.
| g. review of the business forces.
| Z. Section meetings.
g. The south's higher thought
Dealing with the eighth division first.
an idea of the weight and character OF
the whole program can be obtained. The
south's highest thought in business viii
be described by William q. McAdoo, or
New York. born in Georgia, under the
topic: Corporations and the Public"
The south's higher thought in education
Il w
(born in North Carolina, educated In
South Carolina, for long the head of the
| University of Texas and now heading
washington university, of, st. Louis,
MOI under the topic: Tho South's
Educational Obligation" The south s
higher thought in politics will be de-
scribed by Gov. woodrow Wilson, under
the topic: THE Citizen and the
State" The south's higher thought in
L. ~ Nv of
war Dickinson, of Tennessee, under the
topic: THE Enforcement of Law in
the South" The south's higher thought
in the nation will be described by Pres
ident Taft, whose words will come as the
capstone of the three days session UNI
der the topic. "A Greater Nation
Through a Greater South"
EMBRACES WIDE SCOPE.
In the seventh division there will be
IA section meetings. held concurrently,
embracing agriculture, commerce, COM
mercial organizations, education, for
ests, good roads, health, immigration,
insurance, land reclamation, manurac-
lures, mines and mining real estate ad-
vertising and water resources.
In each section there will be three or
more speeches each dealing with some
basic consideration appropriate to the
section and out of each section VIII
come a series of resolutions or affir-
nations to be read prior to President
Taft's speech, as the body OF affirma-
lions Regarding the whole south and Its
interests. 1t is impossible in the space
available to detail the speeches to be de-
livered in each section. The water re-
sources may be taken as q sample OF the
thorough ness with which each great IN
terest of the south will be considered.
M O. Leighton, chief photographers OF
the United States geological survey,
will speak on THE Significance OF the
South's Water Resources" Philip r.
wells, counse lof the National Conserv-
alton association, will speak on The
Ownership of Running Waters and Their
DEVELOPMENT. Capt. w. p. Lay, of
Gadsden, Ala, will speak on federal
and State Cooperation in Water Power
DEVELOPMENT on Navigable Streams"
Cane Dunn, vice president OF the Crock
er-Wheeler company and a member or
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, will speak on "Hydro-Elec-
trio Corporations, Their Duties and Re-
sponsibiltties."
In the sixth division of the program.
The World AS q Market for the South
Senator fernando d. Money, retiring
senator from Mississippi, and who. for
more than 20 years, has been close
student of the question of an isthmfan
canal. will speak on The Obligations
Of the Panama Canal" Ambassador
Jusserand has chosen the following hap
py title for a speech: "Old France TO
New France" Hon. John Barrett, d.
rector of the International Bureau OF
American Republics, bIll speak on the
subject: Make Ready for the Panama
Canal" He will be followed by Charles
II. Sheriff., our minister to Argentine,
who will make a thoroughly practical
speech on organizing for Foreign
Trade" It Is anticipated that there win
be In Atlanta other important ambassa-
doris beside the ambassador from France,
but final announcement is not yet possi-
BILE.
SOLID SOUTH OF BUSINESS.
The division devoted to ''the Solid South
of Business will be intensely interest
ing, banking, education, etc. The list Of
chosen from each of the Is states covered
bv the work OF the Southern Commercial
Congress to speak for his state and to
make clear it's business solidity along the
lines of agriculture, manufacture. min
ing, banking. education. etc. The list on
states and speakers In included.