Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-15 | Page 2 | Drainage Desired by Southern States

I I DRAINAGE DESIRED BY SOUTHERN STATES Commercial Congress Urges I Intensification and Diversification Diversification Diversification Diver Diver- of Farming ng I Norfolk Va Va- Dec 14 The H.-The The now shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping law development of drainage to increase production and th the intensification cation and diversification of ot farming were vet e approved ed today by the tho Southern Commercial congress S at the close of oC its eighth annual convention Resolutions adopted also ur urged ed greater efficiency In the management of ot cities and themore tho the more thorough h and general education of or the masses masses particularly In technical technical cal and commercial subjects The Tho congress s approved the report of tho the peace pence bell committee which provides provides pro pro- vides for a general committee to present present present pre pre- sent through popular subscription a a. great peace boll bell to tho the nation In celebration cele cele- celebration bration of or th the of peace in this country The rho bell would bo be set setup setup setup up at Washington as A proposal al for a great reat scheme of or international advertising ad presented by byI Herbert Herbolt S. S Houston of oC New York also was indorsed Final Pinal addresses before tho the congress cong today dealt with the extension of oC AmerIcas AmerIca's America Amer Amer- ica ica's s export trade after aCter the war Andrew An An- drew J J. J Peters as assistant secretary of oC the treasury predicted that the AmerIcan Amer Atner- ican lean manu manufacturer would bo he able to hold his trade because tho the cost of oC pro pro- In Europe b by reason of oC war wa- taxes would woul be bo much higher than wa-j wa in the past