The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-10-12
PROMINENT MEN TO
ADDRESS MEETING
Fine Program Prepared for
State Board Of Trade
Convention.

The practically complete program
was announced today for the eleventh
annual meeting Of the West Virginia
Board OF Trade to be held In the as.
sembly room of the Fairmont Cham.
Der OF Commerce Tuesday and Wed.
ncsday of next week.
An unusually able array OF speakers
have already been secured and sew.
eral other noted men are expected 10
address the convention which prom.
ises to be the largest and most import.
ant ever held by the association.
Unusual interest cenlers in the prob.
able action OF the convention on The
very vital questions OF the proposed
raise in freight rates on West Vir.
ginia coal and the question OF the vir.
glnia debt decision. Manufacturers,
coal operators, merchants, profes.
sional men and working men :.re all
deeply interested in the questions at.
fecting the prosperity OF the state,
which will be tlreshed out at this
meeting.
Among the able out of town speak.
ers will be Edward N. Hurley, vice.
chairman of the Federal Trade Com
mission, and William j. Harris, who
will discuss the work OF this commits.
sion. South American Trade" will be
discussed by Stanley FL. Rose, OF the
Department Of Agriculture. or par.
ticular interest will be an able address
on "fhe Virginia Debt" by John w.
Mason, OF Fairmont, former Judge OF
the Circuit Court OF Marion county.
The program follows:
Tuesday.
10 o'clock a. m.--Convention called
10 order by President Louis Bennett.
Invocation.
Addresses of welcome by Mayor An.
thony Bowen and II. J. Ross, president
of the Fairmont Chamber of Com
merce.
Response in behalf of the state
hoard by John ]. Cornwell, OF Rom.
ney.
Annual address OF President Louis
Bennett. OF Weston.
Reports of officers and executive
council
Appointment of committees.
1870 o'clock p. m.-Rcports OF COM
mittees.
Discussion OF the work OF the Fen.
eral Trade Commission by Vice Chair.
man Edward N. Hurley and William
J. Harris.
4:30 o'clock p. m.-Automobile tour
of inspection Of the good roads about
Fairmont.
o'clock p. m.-Banquet at the Ma
sonic Temple.
5 o'clock .. m.-Address by Stanley
B. Rose, of the Department Of Agricul-
ture. South American Trade" Adj
dress by ]. C. Mckinley, OF Wheeling,
former president OF the West Virginia
Mining Institute. "The Coal Crisis"
Other addresses not yet fully arranged
for.
Wednesday.
10 o'clock a. m.-Reports of com.
mittees.
Address by John W. Mason, OF Fair.
mont, 1.-THE Virginia Debt"
Discussion of the tax question.
1880 p. m.-Reports of committees,
new business and election Of officers.
During the convention interesting
reports may be expected from the com.
mittee on Agriculture, Commissioner
H. E. Williams. chairman; good roads,
Congressman Howard Sutherland,
chairman; state development, John J..
Cornwell., chairman: labor and immi.
grafton, ]. c. Mckinley. chairman;
taxation. C. B. Taylor, chairman; pub.
lie health. DR.. c. A. Wingerter, chair.
man; university, Edward G. Smith,
chairman.
The joint committee on taxation
will meet Monday evening. October IS,
at the Fairmont Chamber OF Com
merce rooms.
A. c. Terry. superintendent Of the
Western Union company at Pitts.
burgh, will make short talk on the
growth Of the telegraph system In the
state, during the meeting.