Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-14
TO BUILD GREATER NATION
THROUGH GREATER SOUTH
Plans or Southern Commercial Con-
GresS Outlined by Number Of
Prominent Speakers.
John Bnrrctt Makes Plea for Closer
understanding Between All Amer
tcan NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MAdoO
Brings Greetings Of President.

CHARLESTON. :. c. December 10
The Southern Commercial Congress
began its seventh annual convention
.Souih's and the nations commercial
and Industrial problems by Secretary
OF the Treasury McAdoo. Governor
Henry {. stuart OF Virginia: John
Barrett. director-gcncral of the Pan
american Union: Dr. Nicholas Murray
Eu;lcr. OF Columbia University: Senator
Duncan L. Fletcher, OF Florida. prcsi
don't of the congress. and John Temple
Graves. % New York. Plans OF the
congress to build greater nation
through Il greater South were outlined
by the speakers.
Dr. Butler. addressing: the night Ses-
sion. declared that international prob
lens OF the United states now over
shadow domestic policies, though the
latter have not diminished in import
ar"c. He urged that the United states
prepare 10 aid Europe at the end of the
w',r in setting up its overturned po-
Ittical fabric" upon democratic prin-
ciplcS. Governor stuart, who also adj
dressed the congress tonight. discussed
agricultural and commercial problems
OF ~, South.
senator Fletcher. In his opcnine add
dress told what the congress already
had accomplished III developing the
SoGihS resources. y suggestion by Dr.
Charles w Eliot, ihat tho Southern
Commercial Congress drop the word
Suuih c!u" from its title Was presented
by senator Fletcher. TO the sugges-
u"n the senator replied that the con-
Grc"S sought TO aid the nation through
developing on. "f its sections, and de-
riarcd III" word southern" had no
more limited IT,. scop" of the congress
TO the South than h:,d the word Com
!n"rciar In it's title
PEACE SPIRIT WHICH Is
CAUSE or MIRACLE
John Temple Graves, speaking on the
Victories al Peace" traced the Souths
development since 1865 and referred to
ra"co as the spirit which has wrought
I!'a modern uiraclc.'
secretary NcAdoo told the congress
'hat IAN obvious duty confronts tho
nation" The first necessity, he said
was to provide tor the nations ply steal
Sgf"ty. ana tn. second to secure it's
:, r"n"n!ic safety. II" asserted that both
could be secured by establishment Of
e m"i chan, marine. Mr. McAdoo
drought 10 III" congress the personal
Greetings az l'rcsidcn, Wilson. The
W, sijcnt also expressed his good
wishes for the congress: In 81 tclcSram.
Making "A plea for closer understands
in@ between all American republics, Mv
Barrett declared after ;he European
var tn. United states would fad it,
self "unb"lovcd by all the present bel
lig"rcuts"
The victor will SAY. We w"n tic spite
Ia" United States VIE the losers
NIL say. We lost because Of the United
states. Barrett declared
H. aided .hat the leading men and
the lcadinc newspapers of all twenty
. ATTN American republics, stood with
IL, United states in it's attitude to
wards TIA" European bclli@"rcntS and
declared mat tn" Pan American doc
irin" Will some day suDcrs"dc the Mon
roe iiuctriua. and the great South
American republics will stand behind
TINS country III its relations with for
''Gn nations across the ocean. as III"
nitcd states. under It's Monroe Doc
;r.nc. to-da" would back up it's south