The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-16
PRESIDENT m ATLANTA
Makes NotsbI -ch Before
Soutnern Ion.- Ca
Conkresa q.
THE soUrHs PROGRESS

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Atlanta. Ca. March 1o.~-an : not
able speech before the closang wes.
sion OF the Southern Commercial
Congress tonight preslaens Taft made
q plea 10 the young inca Of tas South
10 take up the political Issues Of the
day from = broad and liberal ssana-
point and TO eliminate from their
consideration all narrow partlsanshIp
and seeiionailxm.
Come fully into our national CON-
munion." said the President. with
the patriotic purpose OF stimulating
the progress Of our civilization in
every right direction. maintaining
our country's prosperity and accamu-
iating It's wealth. but always In sub
ordination 10 higher ethical stand
ards and TO the promotion OF right
eousness and Justice"
The President reviewed briefly the
accomplishments OF the sixty-first
] Congress, declaring that in it's three
sessions just closed. IL had enacted
more helpful legislation than any
Congress since the civil war. Mr..
Tart asserted that the greatest ac-
complishment Of the short session.
ended March 4th, was the ratifica-
ton OF the japanese treaty. The
greatest disappointment, he said. was
the failure OF Congress TO ratify the
reciprocity agreement with Canada.
In the hope. perhaps. that tariff
legislation may be avoided at the
extra session, the President today
pledged himself to furnish to the
Democratic House at its regular meet
ing in December next, a report from
the tariff commission on Schedule X.
Of the Payne-Aldrich act, the woods
and wooden schedule.
/ Other speakers of national promi-
nence at the closing session OF the
Congress tonight were Gov. Wood
row Wilson. of New Jersey, and Sec
retary of War ]. NJ. Dickinson.
The President arrived in Atlanta
/ shortly after II O'Clock today and
left again at midnight for Augusta,
where he is to have a nine days va
cation.
Country's Rapid Growth.
| The great commercial and indus
trial development of this country the
last twenty years has been 80 rapid
that the statistics startle u.s." said
the President An examination
shows that proportioEately the COM
mercial and business growth of the
South is greater than that of any
other part of the country. A cotton
crop that sells for a billion dollars
insures prosperity, and when In ad-
| dition to that you raise a corn crop
worth half a billion dollars and in
elude the tobacco you raise, the pro-
duct of your iron industry. your cot
ton manufacturing and your truck
| gardening, as well as the naval stores
OF the Carolinas and Georgia, and
| the sugar and rice of Louisiana and
Texas, the fruits and the lumber OF
all the Southern States. ore begins
to get conception Of the marvellous
progress of the South For years
after the war the South was poor,
and was engaged in a long and Bit
ter struggle to recover from the dis
astrous condition in which she was
left by the civil war. She could not
maintain proper modern and ade-
quate educational system because 1t
was impossible to find taxable re-
sources Of sufficient extent TO raise
the requisite funds TO establish a
broad school system. In the gloom
OF the days that followed the war, In
the reconstruction period. and in the
time OF the slow. growing business OF
the South, it was impossible for the
Southern people to avoid the resent
ment against the rest OF the nation,
which the memories OF the recent civil
war engendered and which their hard
lot emphasized. But with the coming
OF prosperity. with the RESUMPTION of
comfort in their lives. with q grow
ing sympathy on the part OF the North
in their working out Of the serious
problems confronting them, and with
the sense OF triumph In their success
in overcoming their great difficulties.
the Southern people have meIlowea
The Northern people have met them
half way and never before In the his
tory OF the country have the two sec
tons been so friendly and in such
complete union az they are today.
Wonderful Growth OF the South.
The growth Of the South In wealth.