The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-27
WILSON TO Open
SOUTH BUSINESS
CONGRESS TODAY
V Il Make Leading Address of
Southern Commercial Con-
gress in Mobile.
+ -LATI0N OF PANAMA
CANAL THE DISCUSSION

Mobile. Ala. Oct. 27.---With
7 esident Wilson scheduled to make
tfa leading address of the session.
tl.e Southern Commercial Congress
- Il open here today, bring
II together delegates appointed by
e vernors and mayors from different
states and cities. There are also
re 'resentatirs from Canada. The
theme of the convention, which is
TIE fifth to be held since the or
81 F5nization of the association, is
he Relation of the United States
70 the Panama Canal, to Latin
A ierica and to World Commerce. :"
A. other important speaker, on the
lst of distinguished men to address
th convention is John Barrett, di-
re tor general of the Pan-American
u on. 1t is realized by many that
La'in-America, to the average citi-
ze of the United States. is terra
ir' ognita." Some know that coffee
an rubber come out OF Bsazil and
tn Chile has nitrate fields, and
aboVe all. that Havana tobacco
eoaes from Cuba, or ought to any
wiz. 1t is also remembered that
monkeys and cocoanuts are among
tr pical products, but these facts
are the boundaries of certain know.
let 90 of manv who wish to get in
touch with the trade that they be-
lle2o will come within reach when
thu Panama Canal is opened
If especial significance will be
tn participation Of the Latin Amer
icsn republics in the convention
Th;se countries will be represented
by delegates and their diplomatic
representatives in Washington The
bic lnial Pan-American Commercial
Go ference, which was to have been
h / this year under auspices Of
TIL Pan-American Union, has beer
pc poned and delegates to that or.
ge ization Will attend the conven.
tic !.
me of the most interesting fea.
tul as of the program is a cruise to
tbe Panama canal by the delegates
wi re a bronze tablet commemor-
at the late Senator John T. Nor
Ga father of the canal idea, vii
be placed in the zone; a squadron
OF United States warships. confer
en- of the commercial executives Of
tn country under direction of NJ
B. rrczevant, president of the New
Or ans Association of Commerce, q
co ention of the Woman's Auxil
ia of the Southern Commercial
CO gress, of which Mrs. Woodrow
w, on is honorary president, and
M Thomas NJ. owen, of Alabama,
is resident general and great
tra ta pageant in Mobile.
:. Clarence J. Owens Of Mary
lar /, managing director of the
So thern Commercial Congress and
dlr ,ctor general of the Permanent
Ar erican Commission on ASricul-
tur4l Cooperation, who returned
las July from a three months study
of agricultural cooperation and
ru Il credits in Europe, will report
tn. commission Investigations to
thu convention,
fter tho convention ends the
So thern Commercial Congress will
co duct trade expedition, com
pr ing commissioners appointed by
tbs governors of the states, mayors
of the largest cities, and CONNER
cis organizations, to South Amer
ics and Central America. This ex-
petition will be gone three months
in A chartered steamer of the United
FIR, It Company. sailing from Mobile,
AM will visit every commercial cen
ter of the Latin-American republics