The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-01
DR. C.F, RE|DTALKS ID BUSINESS MEN Illuminating Address on Far Eastern Commerce FUTURE OF THE SOUTH Fred NJ. Jackson Gives Luncheon to Introduce Man Who Has Spent
 So Many Years in the
 Orient
FUTURE OF THE SOUTH

pr. c. F. Reid of Nashville. secretary of the Iayman's Missionary Movement of the Methodist Episcopal church. south, delivered an Illuminating address to about 50 well known business and professional men yesterday at the lunch hour. pr Reid spoke on China and the possibilities of commerce between the south and this great nation on the completion of the Panama canal
 The occasion was a luncheon given in the private dining room of the Hotel Hill- man in honor of pr. Reid by Fred M. Jackson. pr. Reid has the happy fac ulty of being able to speak in way to interest business men and men of affairs, and his r years of experience as mission ary in China and four years in Korea give him an especially intimate grasp on the subject with which he deals. MT. Jackson said in his short introductory address that pr. Reid had been his guest for several days, and he had been so im- pressed with pr. Reids grasp of the far eastern commercial situation that he wanted the business men of Birmingham to hear him speak and had accordingly arranged the lunch.
 No one was disappointed in Dr. Reid's address and he proved to his hearers that missionary can also be man of af- fairs, and can say things about com merce that arouse the interest and en- thusiasm of men whose minds run almost exclusively in business channels
 Perhaps the most striking thing in his address was the facts he produced to show that the commercial center of the United States will move southward with the opening of the Panama canal.
 "Chna, containing one-quarter of the population of the globe, must have things to eat and things to wear," he said, and the south is the most logical spot in the world to supply them. Vessels loaded at the gulf ports will carry our products di- rectls- to the great Chinese ports.
 '"rhe Philippine islands lie directly west of the western mouth of the Panama canal Do you know that the Philippine islands are the natural distributing point to Japan, Korea, China, India, Straits Set dement's, Africa and Ausrralia--in other words. to a population of S0O,O00,OO0? Can't
 
 such close touch with these islands when the canal Is finished? Do you know how rapidly China Is developing, and what they are demanding? Do you know that five years ago there were only 900 miles of railroad in China; that there are now 5000 miles of railroad, that 9Oo0 more are being constructed or are under contract?
 At Picking you now board a magnifi- cent Pullman car made in the United pointed dining car made in the United States. The train is pulled by big Bald win locomotive over steel rails made in Birmingham for all know
 "The field is there and the missionaries have prepared and are continuing to pre- pare it for commercial development. A people must be civilized before they begin to make good customers. If we can train the millions of Chinese to change their cotton shirts twice week instead of once a week, don't you see that the demand for our cotton goods will be doubled?
 'We must not forget that the advance of commerce and tic advance of Chris tlanty go hand in hand. It Is the Chris tian gospel that is working the wonderful transformation in China. President Sun, the new head of the Chinese republic which is bound to succeed. is an ardent Christian. Thousands of the most intel ligent young men of China are being edu- cated in our schools and colleges, and the south Is destined to reap the commercial advantages that are sure to come from the great spiritual awakening
 Dr. Reid made deep impression, and when he had concluded all of the guests crowded around him to congratulate him on the informative address and to thank MT. Jackson for the pleasure he had given them. Among the guests who heard Dr. Reid were: Gov B. B. Conner, Dr. John ID. Simpson, R. s. Munger. Bishop James II. Mccoy. s. D. Weakley, Chappell Cory, R. NJ. Goodall, John l.. Raul, J. B. Dryer, Col. T. o. Smith, M A. Myatt. J. II. Barr. the Rev. R. M Archibald, John B. McClary. J. D. Moore, Walter Sessions, R. r. Lovelady, k. c. Hiden, Ersklne Ramsay, the Rev. J. W. Johnson, J. l.. Yancey. j. B. Babb, S. w. Lee, John w. Sibley, C. M. Stanley, Capt. Frank s. White, George B. Tarrant, J. w. Mcqueen. Robert Jemison, Sr., b. J. O'Connell.
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