The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-07
lOIlDLES WILL
Make SPEECHES
Foremost Men of Nation
Address Southern Com
mercial Congress
MEETS APRIL s TO
1OIN NASHVILLE
Waterways Congress and Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors
Congress Will Also
Hold Sessions
NASHVILLE. TENN, April s.-Ths

NASHVILLE. TENN April s---Tae
Southern Commercial Congress. In
combination with the Waterways
Confere nee. wsil present to the world
q unique lesson in the value Of COM
binexi effort when Il meets IN this city
fer i.s fourth annual three-day con
ference .4prii TO Re. For four
years she heads Of southern politics,
science and commerce have been
banded together in an organization
looking toward the advancement OF
the South. and with eaeh succeeding
convention their scope has enlarged
and interest IN their project increased
till this yesr the organization meets
with list of speakers, Including the
leaders cf every Southern movement
Of in7porta nee, all assured attendance
running we'll into the thousa nds. and
a pregraf IN II subjects 10 be discussed
that will vitality affect every rnan,
woman and child below the Mason
and DIXON line and interest not few
Of those above
Prominent Speakers.
The men who viii lead the debate
on the different questions that face
the Southern farmer. merchant and
ednca tionaIist viii include Senator
Joseph w, Bailey, Of Texas: Governor
r. ". Hooper. Tennessee; Maurice F.
Egan, United States minister to DEN
mark David 1ubin. delegate of The
United States te the International In
stitute Of Agriculture. Rome, Italy
Representative John II, Small, North
Carolina: Senator Francis G. New
lands. Nevada, besides many heads
of Southern educational projects. and
large number of leading merchants,
To Consider Many Things.
In addition to the Waterways Con-
ference. which will hold sessions on
April and 2, TO devise and vote
upon ways To Increase and render
more efficient the vast waterway mile
age Of the South. the Southern Com
mercial Congress viii consider coop
eratfse dairyinE. the Page educational
bill good roads, small grains. real
estate. forestry. nut growing. poultry
raising. cooperating marketing, horse
and mule breeding. cotton soils. the
extension Of teaching. drainage. hog
raising, fruit raising and the care and
culture OF cattle.
Each Of these subjects. which viii
be treated by experts. has an inter-
ested coterie Of Southern delegates.
who started today 10 drop off the in
coming trains and throng the streets
of Nashville. Already their numbers
the talk in hotel lohhies today II IL
estimated that the present meeting
Will draw the largest ATTENDANCE of
any convention of recent years in the
South.
Governor n W. Hooper. Of Tenues-
rec. will welcome the delegates Mon
day. incorporating in his address a
eulogy of President Jackson, "OId
Hickory" in whose honor Nashville,
f,f IA f,.,i cell seA4 ln
convention CITY.
Bailey to Speak.
Closely following Governor Hooper
in the list Of speakers Is Senator
Joseph w Bailey, OF Texas who
will address the meeting ON The
Mississippi Valley" After these two
opening addresses. Maurice +. Egan.
United States minister to Denmark.
will explain the cooperative dairying
systems OF Denmark, heading the
regular program.
An interesting feature OF the con-
yention Will be the memorial ser
vices in honor of the late DR., Seaman
A. Knapp, whose educational efforts
among the farmers did much to bring
the South out of the financial and in
dus1rial stress OF anie-beilum days.
The first feature Of the Knapp me-
. mortal exercises VIII be "A parade OF
farm boys on the afternoon OF Autil
9th. the parading farmers ending
their journey at the auditorium,
where Presiding Officer Walter n,
Page and other prominent men Will
address the audience on the life and
teachings OF the great Southerner.
The deliberations OF the Water
WAYS Conference Will he largely sup
Elementary to the National Rivers
and Harhors Congress. which has
lifted the subject Of waterways into
competing demand for attention
through Its yearly convention at
Washington. At the present meeting
the orators and delegates will take
up and discuss the policy of that
body In calling for an expenditure OF
s50.oed, 900 ON the nations waterways
For t he ifexts ten years. or RI 'sfi place
a bond issue that all worthy water
way projects may be pursued at one
time, thus placing the burden Of the
development on rostHrity. A vote VIII
be taken on these two contemplated
methods az lettering the nations
waterways and the recommendations
OF the majority win be made known
10 the officers OF the National Rivers
and Harbors Conference.