The Washington herald., 1912-03-23
It's Origin, It's Purpose, and It's Work.

The Southern Commercial Congress conpecal than
Industrial industrial than agricultural; agricu
than educational 1t is all of these more for is the
of the intended weld irresistible confidence
all the efforts that being made throughout all the South
utilize resources, improve conditions and ftng the ad
yantages of the South the world.
Commercial Congress business yet
yet promotes education has foot land
yet influence through the printed page has grown by leaps and
bounds 1t not national advertiser yet its work will shortly prompt
widespread and compelling ouburst of Southern municipal and real
estate advertising 1t is not the name OF an annual meeting yet holds
annual meetings as part of its work
complete dissatisfaction with things they unless those things
ought suggests others the changes activities that
should be in the South but does not dspate force
of detail
The organized in Washington December. 1905
started T there m %a no an @ effective @ union NJ Of Constructive ~ % forces
where the South sustain it, did wait for the pledges OF
whose would be benefited through the of the effort
As sprang full grown from the minds of group
Of commercial secretaries who Chattanooga August 1905
and outside of that could only be met by union of effort and fur
M decided that such union of effort did not exist State by State
throughout the South ten without waiting for the slow process
gradual unfcaon meeting must held to declare that such union
did exist The clear judgment of the who started the
is confirmed the fact that than years South
Commercial Congress have become known throughout the nation
the influences of its felt throughout
South and recognized practical force for good both here
and abroad.
The discussions Chattanooga along lines
The Panama Canal will be finished in few, years.
1t enterprise potent with influences upon the South
1t is bound to draw shipping southwark and change the
of travel
The lure of it will bring southwark of population
because by reason of the influences of the canal there will be
many enterprises developed in the South
The potent influences has stirred the imagina
ton of the of the South to anticipate benefits from
the completed canal
Nevertheless only in instances is there evidence of
commercial organizations and business men, particularly those
of ports preparing realize the canal and its influences
The hndering is a lack of widespread, definite
knowledge of the Souths Importance
Seeking in minds for the mqreioned of stirring
The South found that the of the South when considered
| the mind of the of the South with confidence and great
enough of the mind of the nation the accumulated
Of two three generations whose knowledge of the South either
The physical which work based these:
COAST LINE AND HARBoR INDENTATIoNs-
The South from Baltimore to Brownsville exceeding the Pa
c coast by two miles and the North Atlantic by nearly
four miles to
NAyIGABLE STREAMS IN AND BENEFIrING
THE SOUTH-Thee being 81 410 miles of navgable rivers
the United States Of these, omiting the Ohio
Missouri and the northern portions of the Mississippi $4,000
Basin the South possesses nearly 24OOO miles of the
total possessed by the nation.
WATER POWERS NEAR GREAT PRODUCING
AREAS-The Southern ApPaachans, with their surround
ing region of productivity above ground and under ground
States
RAINFALL N INCHES PER YEAR AND D1srR1-
BUTTON PER MONTH-The South exceling all other
portions of the United States in this particular except the
extreme Northwest around Puget Sound.
SOILS AND WET LANDS-The South possessing
great stretches of typical Soils for instance fifty million
Of Oft truck M lands & and 1ad also 20 pos By far the greatest por
the richest soils imaginable when moisture removed
DAYS OF TEMPERATURE FAVORABLE TO
PLANT GROWTH-The greater portion of the South lying
within region of 21O days between ost in which parcu-
lar has the advantage of the of the nation, for
days OF growing temperature are associated with rainfall and
with great soil types
FORESTS AND FOREST POSSIBILITIES-The
South having for three years produced lumber than all
the other States together and the climate of the South
peculiarly favorable to reforestaon and perpetual growth
MINERALS IN THEIR DISTRIBUTION NEAR
z. NAVIGABLE STREAMS AND TO THE COAST-Thus
becoming valuable for transportation for u and for
than in relation other ofhe
United States.
In other words using material things to
appeal not only to the pride of heritage only
but also the pride of achievement South If this
great resources becomes impressed the
civilization has anywhere the world
ton of of these basic Therefore
ming with purely material things which, after bases of
every human activity the Southern Commercial Congress
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