Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-27
pres. TAFT GETS BOOK
ON SOUTHERN PROGRESS
fis y Also Invited ~ stteni soufhst"
ommefsial Congress.


southegn Commercial cvnefesa. rbep
preeenflng 20 President Tafi tpp'
~ ths volume lssusd ~ the congress
entitled "The HOufhs rhysirsl ~.
coyery." used those remarkable
words We regard this solnme 81
helms more than mere Rfoaping ~
pfirfed paRca II - m eyeni for y
voices an lnqlsishs call upon both
ihe nafih aud smith 90 fally 10 isfms
81 commerce and Of peace. o. con
ifaafsd piih she eoHdifisns which
sompellsa both NORTH aus s0ufh 10
saiig. fifJ y~sra aan 10 terms ~
strife and blood nhei TIE idsb ~
the volume L. so ssi fDfih this lm
pofiaai national contrast n puf ns.
ilon s. 10 learn that which u fsiuabis
in those aemi.eesiennisi gears tram
fsti 20 1918. 3, must learn che con.
tract rather ,han revive she msnoF
flcs End che stories ~ ihs strife ihai
sar
rho volume vas boNnf ln fnil ma.
foooo ana bore President RATS name
in roie isfgaflnF ~ contained all ibe
speeches delivered before ihe rou
rreaa 90 Atlanta last Nafrh. ineiudlnr
those By pfoaldrui Tan former Priest
i~nt Roosevelt. GofoFnof W"odfo~
Wilson. NJ nsorgs Westinghouse
~ George W Perkins and ulneis
others
A. The time Of ne sifi the sam.
committee invited President Taft to.
me National convention ~ iho con
gross In April az nest year The in
sitaii"R eaa accepted tentatively The
committee consisted ~ senator pun.
san u riceicher . Grosvenof Dave
managing director Clarence
owens. serfefsrf treasurer william
u Saunders. resident difrtiur. and
Senators Tagisf and iea and Repre-
..-iniive nyrna. Of Tennessee The
invitation eas pfcteoted hY @ Gfoa
senof Dave and seconded hY an oih
"a present NJ base said iu parti
1Atlaaia Wa chosen Tor lhe iFtl
meetinr because oiiy that eaa pfAe-
tleails removed from The ffef dnriua
mo war between ,he states waa nne
That lent itself maat readily 20 the
iramaiig contrast between The con
al,lons ~ 1854 aud 1873 the same
ihoagh, a. to ,he fitness Of location
has entered into m. deliberations ~
The congress in arleciinr fof the
second scene In tho series Of fise 81
NY in The Mississippi valley fof.
she Mississippi VALLEY ~in he The
ae., potpnt hiugc iniluenee ln agrt
e,lssuve end IN senesai deveiopmnnt.
l,a aroa almost ~ noe quite, oguala
Two fifths of lhe total area ~ ,hr
United States Furthermore az tho
meetinfs Of ihr congress are nni
more forialinuY groupings Of men
bot represent the most Intense rihl.
al purpose loosing towards The als
appearance - AZ sectional mluunrer
aiandlnsa aua iorceeolne Ersater
nation 90 come into existence Through
greaier South ws dsalge 70 state
that these Freat meetings should aura
ina THE entire acrler of i've years
/ be- nracod by the nfonence es the
presence % tho President ~ the
United states oar cffof, hasH pc po.
uiicai Significance ~ arss sseklns
+ only 80 transform ,np minds ~ men
kn the south ,esArdlus the truths 81
heir great secash and 90 Inform tho
minds Of the men 81 tho nation se
aardins che natlonai significance ~
ne south. once 81 willlng to depart
/ from ,he siSlvthood. but nov ~ eos.
sinred that IN tho 'rncsl union there
IN The trueat strength You viii re-
eAll the mumont 81 intense geelins
when the flags ~ Southern states
we're parAdcd before YOU IN Atlanta
and gr0aeed Areaod the platform.
ana-r the fcids Of the NatleA's ilss
a. indicative 81 the pFrsrn, rational
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