Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-05
SPEECHMAK1NG TOUR
OF SOUTHERN STATES
Movement in Interest of Com
merciaI Congress to Be Held
at Mobile.

In the interest of the fifth annual con-
vention Of the southern Commercial Con-
gress, which is to be held at Mobile, Ala,
October 2729 John Barrett, director gen.
eral of the Pan-American Union. and DIR.
J. Clarence Owens, managing director of
the Southern Commercial Congress, will
leave Washington September 8 on a
speaking tour of sixteen southern states.
Among the cities at which they will de-
liver addresses will be Baltimore. Rich
mond, Raleigh, Columbia, Atlanta, Jack
sonville. Mobile and Knoxville. The Pan
American Commercial Conference, under
the auspices Of the Pan-American Union.
will participate with the Southern Com
mercial Congress in this convention.
Part of the program of the convention
has just been made public.
The convention theme will be: 1.-THE
Panama Canal, to Latin America and to
World Commerce"
President Wilson to Speak.
President Wilson. Secretary of State
Bryan and Secretary of the Navy Daniels
are announced as among the speakers.
Besides these are Gov. O'Neal of Ala
bama, Director General John Barrett of
the Pan-American Union. Senior Morales.
Panama minister to Washington; Min
lister Pezet of Peru, Minister Calderon of
Bolivia, John NJ Parker of Louisiana,
Col. Harvie Jordan of Georgia. Clarence
Ousley of Texas, Bradford knight of
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture, Gen. Julian S. Carr of North
Carolina, J. Rice Smith of Virginia,
Claude n: Bennett Of Washington, D. c.;
William Boyce of Chicago. Col. y. c.
Collier. president of the Pronunciation
MIA exposition; Lieut.. Col. William l..
Sibert of the isthmian canal commission,
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida.
president of the Southern Commercial
Congress and chairman of the American
commission on agricultural cooperation;
Senator Bankhead and Senator-designate
Clayton of Alabama, Senator Vardaman
of Mississippi, Senator Smith of Georgia,
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, Prof.
F. r. Johnson of the isthmian
canal commission. Representatives Hob
son, Hef1in and Taylor of Alabama.
The convention program includes a
cruise to the Panama canal by the dele
gates. where a bronze tablet commem-
Grating the late Senator John L. Nor
gan. Father of the Canal Idea will be
placed in the Zone; squadron of United
States Warshlps, conference of the
commercial executives of the country.
uNueF UlTeCIiOn OF NJ. Is. irrelevant,
president of the New Orleans Associa-
ton of Commerce, a convention of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Southern
Commercial Congress, of which Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson is honorary president
and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Owen of Alabama
is president general, and a great trade
pageant in Mobile.
Latin America to Participate.
OF especial significance will be the
participation of the Latin American re-
publics in the convention. These coun-
tries will be represented by delegates
and their diplomatic representatives in
Washington. The biennial Pan-American
Commercial Conference, which was to
have been held this year under auspices
OF the Pan-American Union, has been
postponed and delegates to that organi-
cations will attend the convention.
DR.. Clarence J. Owens of Maryland,
managing director Of the Southern Com
mercial Congress and director general
of the permanent American commission
on agricultural cooperation, which re-
turned last July from a three-month
study of agricultural cooperation and
rural credits in Europe, will report the
commissions Investigations to the con-
vention
After the convention ends the South
ern Commercial Congress will conduct
q trade expedition, comprising commits
sioners appointed by the governors of
the states, mayors of the largest cities
and commercial organizations. to South
America and Central America. This ex-
petition will be gone three months in a
chartered steamer of the United Fruit
Company, sailing from Mobile, and will
visit every commercial center OF the
Latin-American republics.