The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-16

a ,root., Soutn must arise
q sreater nation Consequently ns;rc
tne terms Of ana = $50
CsoaIte constant hac
'aIu upon the national sipnin-
VI lhese and Their da-
.~eiopnent, for following the ranni+
!Hs tendency Of the Amer
I'm war, and the decision 10 wed
A'iahuc and the Pacific. there
Iiust come to the mind Of tho South
a clearer view Of its narin,ai Sou.'
ahce n relationship.
n great meetings of the S,,h
elh commercial Congress in Wasb-
lngton and elsewhere hava -
emphasized the contrast TIVE con
o.'io,1S dS they We're and conditions
as they are. But especially dnrins
.ne Years 1911 to 1915 it will en-
en"s'ze the contrast in conditions OF
ny Years 6 and those Of now
me h'c great meetings in the wears
nientioned will represent five scenaS
IN the great drama Of the Sonth.s -
coVery. The stage is the So1th the
auulence is the nation. The scene il
A'iahta IN March, 1911. carried ont
the ldea OF The South's Physical Re-
10y, me scene in Nashville. in
Apf1l' l9l2, carried out the idea of
me Souths Agricultural and Edu-
catlonai recovery The scene along
"a 1uli. or the Mobile convention in
ISl5, Will carry out the idea of ."rhe
South's Commercial Recovery" nsino
me completed Panama Canal as q
means OF defining the increasing i'm
poI'ance of the Southern States as
ieidteu 70 the Of the ma
tlon and Of the world. The scene in
-Mlssissippi territory in 1914
VIII express the idea Of internal de-
Veiopment, the rapid growth being
regarded as a type Of the growth that
VIII De common in the whole South
in the next quarter of a century me
scene IN 1915 will be set in Washing
ton or IN Richmond, and will ex-
press all that is involved in the
words The Victories Of Fifty Years
Of Peace"
ouch q constructive move, SO broad
III all It's has never been
undertaken for any other portion Of
the n1ted States, and, indeed, such
a move is unnecessary for other por-
lions of the United States.
HEADQUARTERS in Washington.
The Congress was started in Wash
lngton, IN December. 1908, and has
remained active there ever since
washington was chosen as headouar-
tiers in order that the efforts Of the
congress might actually bring to
pass a physical return of the south
10 the Nations capitol, and in or
der that using the natural adyan-
tages OF Washington for research. it
might, in the campaign for the South,
come INTO touch, by correspondence
and through the Southern exhibit.
with many minds from many places.
and thus send to all portions Of the
nation the broader understanding of
the South, which the nation needs
IN order to increase it's strength. An
additional reason for choosing Wash
lngton was that the most highly or
gained government Of modern times
is located there: yet, though SO high
~ organized, 1t is faulty articulated.
and the opportunity was seen for a
movement on behalf Of the South to
come in touch with governmental &C
t~ivities, supply the necessary correla-
ton. and then use the researches OF
the nation in terms of the South for
the South's internal benefit and for
its external influence upon the ma
ton.
1t is a act hat without money to
start with, without any official guar
antee of support by Southern States
at any time. and without a nun1er-
Gus following in the first two years
of its existence, this movement has,
In a few years, begun to deliver to the
nation a new message from the
South.
The Southern Commercial Congress
is doing aggressive work along many
lines.
AS the agent Of the All South Con-
ference, the Congress is leading in
a campaign Of cooperative adver-
Using, whereby a guide book to be
known as the Lure OF the Land
with an ssue Of five million, made
in regulation size to fit into the rail
road racks Of the world. will divert a
just proportion Of the three hundred
thousand tourists who cross the con
tinent annually to come by way OF
the South. Under present conditions
only, twenty thousand take the South
ern route.
Exhibit Assumes Form.
The permanent southern exhibit is
now assuming definite form as an in
depreciation Of the of the
South. This is possibly the greatest
single achievement Of the Congress
The exhibit contains ffty-fve hun
dred sQuare feet, and sixteen great
columns dedicated to the state of