The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-04
COMMERCIAL Congress
PLANS Big MEETING

WASHINGTON, ID. G. Special
The details of the fourth annual con-
Vention of the Southern Commercial
Congress which will be held in Nash
vile. April Sth to 10th, are now near
ly complete. More than a hundred
and fifty speakers of national and in
ternauonal reputation will take part
in the meetings. The idea running
through the program is to demon
strate The South's Agricultural and
second in the series Of five annual
meetings paralleling the years of the
war and intended to show the contrast
OF conditions.
The following conferences are an
nounced:
Better Baling of Cotton: Chairman.
Harvte Jordan, Of Atlanta.
Drainage Laws; Chairman, A. w.
McKeand. Charleston, S. c.
Forestry; Chairman; Chief Forest
Service.
Health; Chairman. DR.. Oscar Dowl-
ing, of Louisiana
Roads and Bond Issues; Chairman.
p. d. Sergeant, Assistant Director
United States Office of Public Roads
Waterways Development; Chair
man. l.. J. Henderson. of Pensacola,
Extension Teaching in Agriculture:
Chairman. a. NJ. Soule. Athens. Ga.
j. l.. Coulter. Of the Census Bureau.
Page Bill (Senate 81; Chairman, c.
W. Burkett, Editor American Agri-
culturist."
The following section meetings will
Pine Beetle; Chairman. DR.. A. d.
Hopkins. of the Bureau OF Ento-
mology. United States Department Of
Agriculture.
Small Grains; Chairman. H. b.
Derr, Bureau of Plant Industry.
Apple and Pear Culture; Chairman.
Dr. 5. w. Fletcher, of Blacksburg, Va.
Beef and Dairy Cattle: Chairman
Dr. TAFT Butler, Editor of the Pro
gressive Farmer" Memphis. Tenn.
Hog Raising: Chairman. DR.. Dan T
Gray. Auburn, Ala.
Horse and Mule Breeding; Chair
man, Geo. NJ Rommel, Bureau OF
Animal Industry.
Nut Growing; Chairman. DIR. J. f.
Wilson. Editor Nut Grower" Way
cross. Ca.
Poultry; Chairman. ]. w. Morgan.
Riverton, Va.
Sheep and Goats; Chairman, ]. f.
Hite. Gallatin. Tennessee.
The work Of Dr. Seaman a. Knapp
Will be set forth in a session devoted
TO Knapp Memorial exercises. Walter
II. Page, Editor Worlds Work" will
preside and be followed by DR.. Wal
lace Butterick. speaking for the ma
the South. These will be followed by
brief testimonies of affection from
each State chiefly benefited by DR.
knapp's work through demonstra-
ton farms and boys corn clubs.
One entire session will be devoted
to demonstrating THE South's Edu-
cational Recovery" the speakers be-
ing the Commissioner of Education
or other official Of the sixteen States
covered by the work Of the Southern
Commercial Congress.
One entire session will be devoted
to demonstrating THE South's Agri-
cultural Recovery the speakers be-
ing the Commissioner of Agriculture
Of the sixteen States.
The main meetings will be address
ed by men of national standing. Mil
ton Whitney, Chief Of the Bureau OF
Soils, will speak on The Soil Re
sources of the South" Senator New
lands, of Nevada, on THE Business
Side of Waterway Developments"
Louis w. Hill, President of the Great
Northern Railway. on 1.-THE Relation
OF the Railroads to the Development
OF Gulf Ports through Trans Missis-
sippi Railroads." Senator Jos. w. Bal
ley. on The Mississippi Valley"
President =. b. Craighead, of Tulane
University. on The Educational
Benefactors of the South" Minister
Egan, of Denmark, on The Coop
erative Dairying Systems OF Den
marx, David I4ubin, OF Rome, Italy,
on European Systems of Rural Cred
IT'S" Herbert Myrick. Editor OF Farm
and Home. on "A National View of
Southern Development" Col ID. c.
Collier. President OF the Panama
California Exposition, Of San Diego,
on "A Western View of Southern De-
velopment;" Col. ]. o. Wright, Chief
Engineer OF Everglades Drainage, on
Reclamation Through Drainage;" DR..
Clarence j. Owens. secretary-treas-
urer of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress. report on the work of Southern
Commercial Congress. and a number
OF others.
In the week of April 1st to 9th, Da-
vid Lubin will hold conference in
Nashville under the auspices of the
Southern Commercial Congress. This
conference will bring together two or
more representatives from many
States to consider the rural banking
systems of Europe and the wisdom of
establishing similar systems in Ameri-