The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-07

Atlanta, March 6.-The presence or President Taft, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Secre- tary of War Dickinson and Woodrow Will son, governor of New Jersey, together with all the governors of the southern states, and some of the foremost busi- ness men of the nation, at the opening of the Southern Commercial Congress here on March will lend added dignity to a convention whose importance to the coun- try at large and the south in particular will be second to none. Coming as it does, just 50 years after the division of
 the states in civil strife it will exem- plfy that great commercial union that has sprung from the ashes of dead rev. olution to bind the north and south firm ly in the bonds of mutual interest.
 During the three days of the conven- tion, March s, g and 10, speeches will be delivered which will command the atten- tion of the nation, not only because of their commercial and political signifi- canoe but because of the prominence of the men who will utter them. These dis courses will be headed by speech from Senator Duncan Fletcher of Florida, who will speak on "The Southern Renais- sance..' He will describe the awakening from the darkness of mind and stupor of courage after defeat.
 The second speech of national import ance will be delivered by Senator Hern- ando D.. Money of Mississippi on "The Obligation of the Panama Canal"
 The third national utterancei will fall from tho lips of former Senator James Gordon of Mississippi, the man whose farewell speech to the Senate in 1910 del- uged that chamber with the tears of his audience and attracted the attention of the nation.
 The senator, who is now v years of age, will bring, as he calls it. a message From Yesterday to Touay,'' and will express to the nation the spirit and the feeling of the old soldier who fought his fight of conscience and who now, preparing to die, appeals to his nation for a union of heart ana spirit in facing all it's future prob lens. He will be followed by Dr. Clar- ence J. owens, commander-in-chie of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, a young IIidH ol oU WllO WILL Spedks or TO- day and Tomorrow and will display be- fore the eyes of the young men of the south the national summons to endeavor, to technical training, to devotion, to ideals and to worthy son-ship of worthy sires
 The fifth speech will come from Colonel Roosevelt. He will lay great stress upon the vast contributions that the south and it's statesmen made to this nation in it's formative years and the obligation resting upon the thinkers and workers of today to take up the task assuned in the his tory of the early south. and again con tribute statesmanship in meeting with the different problems of today--the problems of constructive business endeavor.
 < Tho sixth national utterance will come from President Taft who makes the clos and has taken for his topic "A Greater Nation Through Greater South.''
 The programme of the three days is so extensive and comprehensive that if IS impossible to describe it in brief article. Three men of worldwide reputation will speak on the first da.. These are Sec retary Wilson, George Westinghouse and George WI. Perkins
 On the evening of the first day a re- markable group, of speakers will be heard, each speaking from ten to twelve min utes and each a leading business man in the state for which he speaks These state speakers will have as their topic, The Solid South of Business"
 On the afternoon of the third day I5 section meetings will be held at tile same time in different halls throughout the city. Each section meeting is under the