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Atlanta Semi-weekly Journal.
VOL. X
ROOSEVELT IS HERE
TO SPEND THE DAY
AND MAKE SPEECHES
He Arrived Thursday Morning
at 10:30 o’CVlock Via the
Southern and Was Given
Military Escort to Hotel
Colonel Roosevelt was feeling ••fine.’
not ••bully.” when he climbed off the
Southern train at the Atlanta terminal
Thursday morning. His own word for it:
But he wore the same old black rough
rider hat and the copyrighted smile.
My. but he was feeling "fine"' He
put enough concentrated energy in that
one word to operate a municipal light and
power plant for three weeks. And he
wen genuinely •'glad,*’ not deelighted
to shake hands with President F. J. Pax
on of the chamber of commerce. Former
Mayor Robert F. Maddox and other well
known Atlantia ns whom he remembered
by name and counted among his friends.
There was very little ceremony about
the meeting on the depot platform. Just
• a good, all-around handshaking, which
Secretary Dickinson of the war depart
ment. and other notables who had ar
rived on the same train were also wel
comed.
Emerging from the station, the first
man to greet Colonel Roosevelt <was
Secretary Wilson, of the department of
agriculture, who has been In Atlanta for
two days.
Secretary Harper, of the department of
Roosevelt, had not turned up. Somebodj
asked about him. and the colonel re
marked. “Oh, he’ll catch up with us.
That young man is forging to the front,
as the New York Journal recently re
marked with Its habitual accuracy. -
DICKINSON LAUGHS AT WAR.
When Secretary Dickinson was asked
by The oJurnal about the rumors that
he was bound for Texas and Mexico, he
said there was no truth in the report
at all. There never had been intention of
going to Texas. He was going straight
hack to Washington this week. WTien
asked about the talk of invading Mexico,
the head of the war department merely
laughed good naturedly and turned away.
Headed by a military escort composed
of the Governor’s Horse Guard and lo
cal companies of the Fifth regiment,
national guard of Georgia, in command
of Gen. Clifford L. Anderson and Col. E.
E. Pomeroy, Colonel Roosevelt was taken
in an automobile to the Piedmont hotel.
In the automobile with Colonel Roose
velt were President F. J. Paxon. of the
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; John M.
Parker, of New Orleans, president of the
Southern Commercial congress, and
Brooks Montan.
In the second auto were Frank Harper.
■tyretary to Colonel Roosevelt; Edwin L.
R*WiHdn-
• son.
The entire body of directors of the
Atlanta chamber followed in autoe.
The plasw in front of the Terminal sta
tion was thronged with cheering people
as the procession started, and hundreds
rvwded around the entrance to the Pied
mont when the destination was reached.
FLOWERS FOR ROOSEVELT.
Just inside the crowded lobby stood
Mrs. A. McD. Wilson, president of the
Uncle Remus Memorial association, and
Mrs. T. T. Stevens, treasurer of the same
organisation. They presented Colonel
Roosevelt with a magnificent bouquet of
red and white flowers as a token of ap
preciation for the notable address he de
livered here some months ago for the
benefit of the Uncle Remus memorial
fund. *
Immediately after reaching the hotel,
the gentlemen who had welcomed Colonel
Roosevelt saw him safely w his suite,
and left him to rest until 1 o'clock, when
Brooks Morgan and John E. Murphy
called to take him by automobile to the
Driving club, where he was entertained
at luncheon
I At 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon he will
deliver an address to the congregation of
the colored Methodist church. Central
avenue and Hunter street, after which
lie will return to the Piedmont and take
another rest oefore going to the Capital
City club for dinner.
J. T. Holleman and Victor H. Krieg
ahaber will escort Colonel Roosevelt to
the Capital Cfty club, where he will re
main until f .15. At that time he will
he taken tc the auditorium-armory,
where he will deliver the feature address
of the evening, on the subject of “The
South’s Obligation in Statesmanship and
Business Endeavor.”
PLEISED WITH ITLINTI
Says Eyes of the World Are
Now Turned Toward the
South
Secretary James Wilson, of the depart
ment of agriculture, who was in Atlanta
Wednesday for the purpose of delivering
no address before the Southern Commer
lal Congress, praised Atlanta, its people
.ird the south In a short interview Wed
u-day. He said:
The south is just waking up to the
► net easily of working and utilising Its
apt agricultural resources. In the years
aince tiie civil war the awakening Itaa
x been gradually in progress and the South
am Commercial Congress marks the ex
ploiting of these resources. ,
“The eyes of the world are upon the
south and as a result of this great move
ment the south should in the course of a
few years make use of its resources to
■ruch an extent that it will not only feed
itself but will supply the teeming popu
lation of the north east with various
agrh 'iltural products.
“The south is generously equipped with
lOMjurces which are baly waiting for de
velopment to make this section one of
the richest regions in the world.”
in regard to Atlanta. Secretary Wilson
stated that it was a wide-awake and pro
gressive city of the “new south," and that
it was populated with fine people, if one
vas to judge from the citiaer.s with who.n
; e had eomo in contact.
,-c- rotary Wilson will attend the aao
siohs of the congress Wednesday and
Thursday, but states that it will be
ne»-essarv for him to return Thursday
afternoon to Washington.
-
Visitor at Congress
■■ ■—! ,-S- I .~W^W I
VICTOR K. OLMSTED
Chief of Bureau of Statistics, V. 8. De
partment of Agriculture ,
SOUTH’S GOLDEN FUTURE
RESTS ON JGRICULTURE
Secretary Wilson Declares
Agriculture Is Greatest Ques
tion Before So. States
One of the most notable addresses at
the sessioui Wednesday afternoon of the
of the Southern Commercial
congress was that of Secretary of Agri
culture James Wilson. He predicted a
remarkable future for the south through
its agricultural development and declared
that the most important question now
before the southern states is agriculture.
Mr. Wilson said:,
’’The south, with the wealth that must
come to it if it follow economic lines
with your usual characteristic energy,”
he said, “will soon be living in a period
of prosperity undreamed of by the age
preceding you. In that period I shall
expect to see you credited with more cot
ton than you now produce and with two
of three billion bushels of com instead
of ope billion. Yoqr dq.iry produptg will
1W He and your poul
try products will supply a nation. Os
fruits, no man can conceive of what
you may d® for the wrld. You have
such a variety of soil and climate, your
rivers all flow to the sea, you are com
paratively free from extraordinary tem
pests and all that is necessary is to wait,
confidence in yourselves and in soil
take advantage of opportunities that
are offered you.”
Secretary Wilson told his hearers
what has been done in development by
his department to help the south in all
branches of agricultural development.
He remarked that the old idea had been
exploded that it was better for the
south to stick to cotton and go to other
parts of the country for other farm
products and manufactures.
“If there is any reason why Georgia
nnd Alabama should go to Tennessee or
Missouri to buy mules I have failed to
discover it," he declared. “I would be
still more emphatic in regard to poultry’
and dairy products, with your superb
grasses, mild winters and abundant tim
ber. The : »-t;. really believed that It
was no corn country and a man would
have regarded it as an indication of
slight insanity if any one had gone
through the south and told them it was
one Os the best corn countries in the
world. But you have shown during the
past year, through the boys' corn clubs,
that it is strictly true that the south is
« marvelous country for the production
of com.
MUST RAISE FOOD.
“The south in order to keep her money
at home must raise all her food supplies.
Let us look forward to th® time when
the south will feed not only half itself
but will help to feed the teeming popu
lation of our eastern cities; when the
one crop system will be supplanted by
diversified farming, including stock rais
ing and dairying when the fertility of the
soil will be largely kept up by lly e stock
without the buying of large quantities of
expensive fertilisers; when the native
scrub will be replaced by the pure bred
animal; when teed will go to make beef
and milk instead of to fatten ticks, and
when better methods and conditions will
have built up a prosperous agriculture.”
Secretary Wilson spoke of the work of
the department of agriculture in helping
to exterminate the cattle tick which had
caused heavy losses to southern cattle
raisers, and the efforts of the department
to develop the dairy industry of the south
and to improve cotton varieties and cul
tural methods. The greatest agricultural
need of the south, he asserted, is more
and better live stock.
SOUTH’S ADVANTAGES.
“We have heard much about the in
creased cost of living and conserving our
food supply." said Secretary Wilson.
"The country’s beef supply has been di
minishing in proportion to population as
an alarming rate in recent years. Beet
has been getting scarcer and higher; our
home demand has taken nearly all our
supply, and our export trade has shown a
heavy decline. The western ranges are
being taken up by settlers, and we must
look elsewhere for a considerable port of
our beef in the future. Here in the south
is plenty of unused land that could l>e
profitably used in cattle raising; here is
a temperate climate; here are conditions
favorable for producing abundant teed;
here are pastures that can t»e graced
practically the year round, while northern
farmers must feed through a severe win
ter
“Corn is the basis for cheaper food
stuffs and of course cheap meats. If
there Is a plenty of cheap corn in a coun
try. we will see a decline in the price of
living. Il is necessary to have a good
corn crop Io carry on the dairy business
The south, instead of Im
porting dairy and poultry products, should
l>e shipping large amounts to other coun
tries. and I predict the time will come
when such shall be a fact. I noUsa that
the oouth is aroused Her people are get
ting the best machinery and trying to
make every one-horse farmer into a two
horse farmer. J rejoice in this great pros
perity that is coming to you.”
FARMERS MUST LINK
UNION ENTERPRISES
INTO COMPACT BODY
it B?~rett Say: Time
Has Come for Amalgama
tion of Warehouses, Grain
Elevators, Etc.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
UNION CITY, Ga., March S.-The time
has come to consider the amalgamation
of all Farmers’ union warehouses, grain,
elevators and similar Industrial enter
prises, says President Charles S. Barrett,
of the national union, in an address to
the members. His address follows;
To the Officers and Members of the
Farmers' Union: It is needless to re
mind the farmer either of the southern
or western states that the success of the
organization's program very largely
dependent upon the co-operative and sci
entific marketing of crops.
In the southern states the main consid
eration is cotton. In the middle and far
western states the main factors are grain
and fruit.
Smaller products figure, but these large
items are those with which we are prin
cipally concerned at the pres;nt time.
SYSTEM IS NEEDED.
In the sou.h we have long realized that
the farmer will never be assured that
return for his. staple justified by its in
trinsic value unless he shall market it
in a systematic manner.
The evils and penalties of the old meth
od are obvious. The cotton crop mainly
comes on the market in three a-nd a half
months, from approximately the first of
September until the 15tL of December.
Here and there are exceptions to the
rule, but the interval I have mentioned
constitutes the main selling season.
Unfortunately the manufacturing sea
son and the selling season for the man
ufactured goods are not restricted to this
three and a half months’ period. Both
run the year around unless abnormal
conditions Interfere with the natural law
The /result of the conflict between the
method of marketing cotton in a lump
and selling the finished product over a
normal period is apparent. When several
million southern farmers are clamoring
to dump their product on the market in
exchange for cash, it is evident that they
are not going to obtain a fair price for
it. The speculator, or spinner, is thus
given a weapon created by the farmer
himself to beat down prices, or at least
to so demoralize the market as to make
the farmer the prey of circumstance.
With various modifications, the same
conditions apply to the marketing of
corn, wheat and other products in the
middle and the far west.
It is an insane economic system that
does not provide for feeding out products
in response to the orderly law of de
mand, instead of in one gushing volume.
Co-operation is the one solution.
CHAIN OF WAREHOUSES.
Jn ,ti>e suuUiawx aUUMt aoughjt
to fneet the situation by erecting a chain
of warehouses, which shal 1 hold bonded
cotton and issue against It negotiable
receipts upon which sufficient may be
borrowed to se,. o pressing Indebtedness.
The farmers of s he west have per
haps preceded us in the way of erecting
grain elevators, although even in this
section th advent of the Farmers’ un
ion has been followed by marked prog
ress. z
In two or three of the southern states
ano in —.ore than one of the western
states, some of the wiser leaders, fore
seeing the logic of events, have attempt
ed to amalgamate these warehouses and
e pvators. In some instances the move
ment has met with success. In others
Lt has met w- success for a snort time,
only to break down and necssitate re
organization.
The whole situation may be expressed
as being in the preliminary stage. A
few of us have seen the great funda
mental economic fact that there must
be absolute concert of action in market
in to obtain result worth while. But
not all of us by any means have been
brought to see the full truth of what is
more important, the indispensable ne
cessity of suspending individual rights
to gain results.
In previous addresses I have pointed
ou* the part played by oranization and
co-operation in the great industrial en
terprises for which America is notable.
The Iron and steel industries, the oil in
dustry, the coal industry, the banking
business itself, all have been gradually
systematized upon a basis of well-nigh
perfect po-operatlon and organization.
The Farmers’ union does not aim at
any practice subversive to the legal or
economic law, but, it is undeniable that
if the interests of the American farmer
are to be conserved equally with those
of the American business man, he must
adopt much of the logic of the latter.
MUST UNITE ENTERPRISES.
Therefore, in my judgment the time
is at hand when We must consider se
riously the questions of amalgamating
the warehouses, the grain elevators and
the other enterprises that have* to do
with the selling of the staple crops of
our members.
It may be urged by the faint hearted
that attempts in this direction have
been ineffectual in the past. This is
only a plea for inaction, and not a rea
son. The same argument could have
been and has been advanced against
concerted action in every other field of
industrial endeavor.
So we cannot expect to succeed over
night, nor can we expect to avoid many
temporary defeats, losses and pitfalls.
But from this time forward it is my
earnest hope that every member of this
organization engaged in bona fide pro
duction will seriously study the princi
ple I have outlined in the foregoing. We
have had a superfluity of talk. The
day is now at hand for action.
CHARLES S. BARRETT
SON stood~exam“~
bi’ t 2222? GOT JOB
Later Is Immediately Arrested
and Must Answer to the
Government
SAN FRANCISCO. March 9.—Because
he took a position in the postoffice here
which hi 3 son had ,won by competitive
civil service examination, George J. Reg
ley. Sr., was arrested yesterday on a
warrant charging him with conspiracj
to defraud the United States govern
ment. Regley's son, George J., .Jr., was
arrested on the same charge. The son
passed the examination some time ago,
and was placed on the eligible list. When
a paotUen Wcarr* vacant tek father ap
peared at the postnflV-c to clahn the
place. The father filed a bond of SI,OOO.
and assumed the position before it was
discovered that he was impersonating
his son.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1911.
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THEY’RE OFF
AUGUSTA ATTENDS SHORT
SESSION OF FARM TRAIN
, Crowd N-ot Big, but Interested.
Party Bid Farewell to Cen
tral Railway Hosts
BY BOGERS WINTEB.
AUGUSTA, Ga., March B.—The agricul
tural train rolled into this city on time
at 4:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, and
very promptly the usual, program was
' gotten under way for the benefit of 200
! or 300 farmers of Richmond county and
across the river in South Carolina.
It is in the towns, not the cities, where
j the train deals with the large crowds and
hence the size of tho Augusta audience
was not a surprise- There was no lack
-of interest, however, and a majority of
. those present were men whose business
is farming.
Dr. Soule, of the agricultural oollege,
and Dr. Bahnsen, the slate veterinarian.
' made the addresses. Dr. Soule spoke
I along general lines, laying particular
stress on the improvement .of cotton
' raising methods by the big planters. He
I took up crop rotation, analysis of the
I soil, careful selection of the seed, breed-
Ing good gipek, and making every de
partment of the farm pay actual divi
dends. Dr. Bahnsen gave his time to the
I importance of live stock;
Among those who took part in welcom
ing the train were the Roy
i Goodwin, managing director of the cham
’ ber of commerce and mayor pro tern of
i the city; James J. Farrell, secretary of
I the chamber of commerce; Dr. J. E.
| Greene, a progressive farmer and a
'leader along agricultural Jines'ln this
' section, being president or the Savannah
Valley Farmers’ association; David S.
| Holmes, R. C. Herckmans. W. T. Banks,
| O. G. Lynch. Robert Wingfield, tree and
j park commissioner of the city; E. H.
I Calloway, a leading lawyer and also a
i farmer; W. K. Nelson, Jr.," and E. S.
Brunson.
In Richmond county and in this section
J the corn club movement is making won
derful headway. There are several clubs
' in the county, -and next fall there will
be a big corn festival in connection with
! the annual Georgia-Carolina fair. More
, than $2,000 in cash prizes has already
j been put up, the Merchants and Manu
facturers’ association of Augusta donat
ing that amount. The association has
employed J. C. McAuliffe, editor of the
Milledgeville News and one of the best
known agricultural writers in the state,
to tour 24 counties in this part of Geor
gia and 16 counties in South Carolina, or
ganizing tiie corn festival in advance. O.
B. Martin, special agent of the United
I States department of agriculture in
I charge of corn clubs throughout the
I country, joined the train at Augusta, and
j will be associated with Mr. McAuliffe in
this work.
I T. G. Hudson, dbmmissioner of agricul
ture, and State VAerinarian Bahnsen left
I the train Tuesday night for Atlanta, to
take part in the Southern Commercial
I congress. Colonel Hudson will rejoin the
I train in a few days and Dr. Bahnsen
I will be back next week.
In Augusta the farm train passed out
;of the Central railroad's hospitable
hands and into those of the Augusta
Southern. Down this line the train goes
Wednesday. stopping at Hephzibah.
Wrens, Midville and Swainsboro Wed
nesday night the train will return to Au
' gusta, and Thursday morning it starts
’ out up the Georgia railroad, winning up
j the week in Atlanta Saturday night.
' Most of the remainder of this week the
: schedule provides for four stops a day.
All members of the party wefi-e sincerely
1 sorry to part the Central
I railroad and its representatives who have
endeared themselves in the last few days
to their guests. They have simply not
been ebte to 4e eoougfc ter tto cecwn
ience, the coinfort and tl\e pleasure of th»
; men in their charge. Under their expert
1 direction schedules have been followed
I with clock-like regularity. At every stop
they have rendered valuable assistance in
WOODROW WILSON,WILL GET
I ROYAL WELCOME IN ATLANTA
Distinguished Governor of New Jersey and Probable Stand
i ard Bearer of the Democracy Arrives Thursday After
noon-Brilliant Series of Entertainments Planned in His
Honor '
Woodrow Wilson, formerly of Atlanta.
Ga., now governor of New Jersey and
possibly president of the United States
a few years hence, will arrive Thursday
afternoon at 5:30 over the Southern to
join the throng of distinguished Amer
icans already in attendance upon the
Southern Commercial Congress.
Toward Governor Wilson there is a
particularly strong sentiment in this sec
tion. His former residence here, togeth
er with his long career of usefulness
to his country since he left the south
is a source of pride and friendly in
terest that perhaps no other Ainerican
in national politics holds for southern
people.
For this reason Atlanta Is preparing
an unusually’ warm reception for, the
governor of New To begin w-ith.
a committee will meet him at the Geor
gia state line and escort him into the
city. This committee will consist* of Wal
ter P. Andrews, chairman; Marion Smith.
Fred Lewis, Shelby Smith, Lamar Hill,
John S. Cohen, R. A. Broyles, Aldine
Chambers, Ed T. Brown, H. C. Peeples,
W. T. Latimer, Hugh Richardson and
George C. Wallace.
COMPLETE DETAILS ARRANGED
FOR PRESIDENT TAFFS COMING
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Fifth Regiment Georgia National Guard Will Act as the Of
ficial Military Escort—Employers Are Urged to Permit
Their Emjloyc Members of This Organization taTurn Out
The following completed and revised
program is announced by the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce for the coming of
President Taft Friday.
me following committee will meet
President Taft at Gainesville Friday
morning': Brooks Morgan, F. J. Paxon,
J. H. Nunnally, John M. Parker, Court
land S. Winn, Robert F. , Maddox, Asa
G. Candler, Henry S. Jackson, H. W.
Miller.
Upon the arrival of the president’s train
in Atlanta, a motor holding six persons
will meet the president. The escorting
cars and their occupants will be as fol
lows:
THIS HEN. TAKES BUGGY RIDE '
TO LAY HER USUAL DAILY EGG
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga., March B.—Mrs. D. B.
Barrett, of this city, has a prize Ply
mouth Rock hen, which lays her eggs
while taking her morning rides, the dis
covery being made in the following man
ner:
Sunday morning Mr. Barret )efs for a
business trip to St. Louis. He drove to
the depot from his suburban home In a
buggy, which had ndt been used for
the way of getting off telegrams, secur
ing information, and lending a hand with
the crowds. No trouble they could go to
has been too great, no service they could
render has been too small. And in the
ear between stops they have been good
fellows for companions and fine, gentle
men to know.
They are W. ■ W. Hackett, traveling
passenger agent; W. F. Holt, trainmas
ter; J. F. Jackson, immigration agent;
Harry CiMbaa. caadactor. Edward Da-
Loach, flagman. And not forgetting J.
M. Mallory, the industrial agent of the
Central, who was with the party as far
as Savannah It was he who entertained
the party last Sunday in Savannah.
At 7 p. m. at the Piedmont hotel Gov
ernor-elect Hoke Smith will entertain
Governor Wilson at a dinner. Many dis
tinguished Georgians will be invited to
meet the guest of honor at this dinner,
which will be entirely informal.
Governor Wilson will be entertained
Friday either, a reunion breakfast giv
en by the Princedn Alumni association at
the Piedmont hotel, or at luncheon at the
Piedmont hotei at noon by the Young
Men’s Democratic league.
A definite announcement of these plans
will be made later on in-the day.
From 4 to 6 o’clock there will
be a public reception in the main par
lors of the Piedmont, and Demo
crat in the city is invited tp meet the
governor then. Governor Wilson will
be called on for a talk, and the public
generally is urged to be present to hear
him.
“The Citizen and the State.” Governor
Wilson’s address ■to the Southern Com
mercial Congress, will be delivered Friday
night, and thi- will undoubtedly be one
of the principal features of the entire
week in Atlanta. Ou Saturday morning
he will leave Atlanta for New Jersey.
' First Auto—President Taft. Governor
I Brown, Secretary Norton, John M. Par
; ker.
j Second Auto—Capt. A. W. Butt, Edwin
j L. Quarles. Courtland S. Winn.
, Third Auto—Secretary of War Dickin
i son, W. W. Finley, F. J. Paxon, Brooks
, Morgan.
Fourth Auto—John Hays , Hammond.
John E. Murphy, J. H. Nunnally.
Fifth Auto—G. Grosvenor Dawe, Rob
ert F. Maddox, Gen. C. L. Anderson.
Sixth Auto—Dr. Clarence J. Owens,
Mell R. Wilkinson, Henry S. Jackson.
Asa G. Candler.
several days, and accompanying him to '
the train were his young son. Master !
Joe Barrett, and his negro driver.
Following Mr. Barrett’s departure, tiie ■
negro purchased a loaf of bread, placing
it under the seat of the buggy. As he I
and the litle boy were driving out Thorn- 1
ton avenue tiu>y were startled at hear- '
Inga hen’s cackle coming from beneath j
them. They stopped the buggy, and on ;
looking under the seat frightened one 1
of .Mrs. Barrett’s hens, which had ac- •
companied them, and whose presence was •
unknown to them. The hen, on seeing I
them, flew out of the buggy, but was
chased down and caught by a shepherd |
dog belonging to Mr. Barrett.
An investigation brought to light the
fact that there was a fresh egg deposit- '
ed in the bottom of she buggy over which ;
the hen had been cackling, and it was '
also discovered that the hen had made i
her breakfast off a goodly portion of the
loaf as broad.
Both the hen and egg were taken to '
Mrs. Barrett, the egg being especially
prized and placed with care in the col- ,
lection to be used for the next “set-1
ting.”
SOUTH S FOREIGN ■
TRADE DISCUSSED
BY TH E CONGRESS
Thursday Morning Session at
Auditorium Began at Ten
o’clock With’ Larger At
tendance
♦ ADMISSION TO AUDITOBXVM ♦
♦ There is no charge for admission ♦
♦ to the auditorium during the a-?
♦ Southern Commercial congress atal ♦
♦- the pubMc is cordially invited.
The chamber of commerce has
♦- provided seats in the dress circle ♦
♦- for all delegates and all members ♦
♦ of the chamber c.f commerce. ♦
Delegates are requested to be at ♦ '
♦ the auditorium Thursday and Fri- ♦
day nights by 7:30 o'clock, so as
♦ to be seated. '
♦ At 8 o’clock the public will be ad-, 4-,
minted to the remaining seats, ex- ♦
♦ cept the arena. ♦
♦ Asa’ courtesy to the Southern ♦
♦ Commercial congress, the arena
♦ seats are reserved for its regis- -*■
♦ tered delegates wearing the of- ♦
flelal badge.
i w The registration is a function e-
♦ solely of the Southern Commercial ♦
congress, but the committee hopes ♦
♦ that members of the Atlanta >
> Chamber of Commerce will regis- ♦
♦ ter as a mark of appreciation for ♦
♦ the work of the Southern Com- v-
♦ mercial congress, in bringing to ♦
♦- this city the greatest galaxy of ♦
♦ eminent men ever assembled in the
♦ south. ♦
♦ Boxes ate reserved for official ♦
♦ parties. ♦ ■
«-• COMMITTEE OF ♦
> ARRANGEMENTS. ♦
The need of the south and of the Unit
ed States as a whole increasing their
' foreign trade, particularly of taking ad
vantage of the opportunities that will be
offered at the completion of the Panama
canal, was urged at the session Timrsday .1
' morning of the Southern Commercial con
gress.
John Barrett, director o fthe Fan-Amer
ican union, and Charles H. Sherrill, Amer- .
ican minister to Argentine Republic, de
sailed the opportunities for trade offered
ito th e south by the countries of South
America, and Dr. J. C. Newton Calhoun,
of Japan, spoke of the commercial fields
in the east. The establishment of a com
mercial university in south was ; re
posed by Dr. Calhoun. Bernard N. 3a- :
ker, president of the Shipping league, of
Baltimore, spoke on TThe Obligations of
I the Panama Canal.’’?
Following prayer and the rendition on
the pipe organ at the auditorium of the
i “Star Spangled Banner,” during which
the convention rose and stood, the aessUm
ThUmday morning of the Southern C.<>ib- r r
mercial congresk was begun wXh the in-
I troduetion of the following resolutions.
which were unamiously adopted:
TO REFRAIN FROM POLITICS.
Whereas, the object of the Southern
' Commercial congress is to aid in the
i upbuilding of a great section of our com
i mon country whose advancement while
.remarkable to a degree, has not l>jen
I commensurate with its worth;
Whereas, this organization is in no ‘
sense political in character:
1 Therefore, resolved. That the commit- I
:tee on resolutions of this annual meet
ing of the Southern Commercial con- .
igress be and is hereby instructed to con
fine its affirmation of facts and its dec- -
‘iaration of policies to the physical re
sources of the south and their develop
ment to its commerc eand the possfttll
ment to its commerce and the possibili
tages and brilliant promise of a great
section possessed of seacoast, rivers, “
1 harbors, so l and climate unsurpassed if
: equaled, but hitherto not fully appre
' elated.
Resolved, That said committee be di
irected to refrain from submitting any
•expressions concerning the political or
■ economic questions now before the conn-
I try.
SOUTH TN BUSINESS
Discussion of the subject. "The Seiki i
I South in Business,” which was begun <
i Wednesday evening, but was not com-
I fileted, was then resumed.
I Speaking for the state of Oklahoma,
I Prof. Charles W. Gould, state
of Oklahoma, said:
”1 have the honor to represent the
baby. Oklahoma is the youngeat of :
sisterhood of states. As we say in he
west, 'She’s a 3-year-old.’
‘‘Oklahoma is doing x-ery well th-jse <3
days She Is really quite a vigorous
youngster. Like other children of iter
age. she likes to show her playthings a.nd ,
her pretty toys, to any one who will U.k«
iiie trouble to look at them. And when
i you stop to think of it. Oklahoma has
some things to show that may be of in
j terest to her older sfsterp.
"For instance, the census reports re
cently issued show that during the past
'decade, among the 16 states represented .
lat the Southern Commercial congress. >
j Oklahoma ranks as follows:
| "First in percentage of increase of pop
ulation of the state. 110 per cent. ,
“First in percentage of increase of
I elation of two chief cities, Oklahoma
I city, having 543 per cent, and Muskogee,
494 per cent.
“First in percentage of increase of,
value of farm crops?
"First in percentage of increase of
true value of property, IS per cent.
"First in percentage of inereaee of
wheat raised, 56 per cent.
"First tn percentage of increase of
cotton raised. 59 per cent.
"First in percentage of increase In
railroad mileage, 154 per cent. VS
"First in percentage of Increase in
lumber cut.' 901 “per cent.
"First in percentage of increase in
corn raised. Fztf per cent. >
“First in percentage of increase in
bank deposits. 1.033 per cent.
"Oklahoma ranks first among the south- '
ern states in the amount of petroleum
produced during the past-four years.
"First in the amount ot natural gas.
“First in the total amount of available
fuel.
"First in the amount of asphalt.
"First in the amount of glass sand.
"First in the amount of gypsum.
"And first in the amount of salt.
FIRST IN MINERAL PRODUCTS.
"She is also first in the total amount
of mineral products.
“First in the total amount of wiieat
raised.
“And first in the number of acres of
fertile soil lying idle.
"If you exclude Texas, our burly
neighbor on the south, with an irea .
nearly four times our own, and Missou
ri with its nearly 190 years of develop
ment,
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