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Southern Interests at Great Conference in Washington
The Southern Commercial Congress opens in the New Willard Auditorium December 7 with Secretary Oscar S. Straus presiding. Speakers include Secretary of War Luke Wright and Hon. Gifford Pinchot, detailing Southern health, Panama Canal impact, rivers, iron and mineral wealth, and education as part of a nationwide economic vision.
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Imporah
South
Southern Commercial Congress
New Orleans
St. Louis
Richmond
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Walter Wyman
United States Marine Hospital Service
Panama Canal
Luke E. Wright
Wright
Roosevelt
Memphis
M. J. Sanders
Progressive Union
Norfolk
Galveston
Texas
John A. Fox
Arkansas
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Southern Railroads
Southern Railroad
John F. Wallace
New York
Illinois Central Railroad
Isthmian Canal Commission
United States
Wallace
Ammerican Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association
Western Iety of Civil Engineers
E. G. Eckel
Geological Survey
Mr. Eckel
C. W. Hayes
United States Geological Survey
Mr. Hayes
Hayes
Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
John L. Kaul
Birmingham
Ala