Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-07
Holds a Large and Enthusiastic
 Meeting.
NEW QUARTERS DISCUSSED.
Number of Important Matters lntroduced-Twenty-TWo
 New Members.


 usual attendance of our representative bus l mess men and transacted the following | business, President Moore in the chair: The secretary stated that the committee on rooms had received an anne nded propo- sition from Dr. Charles Whelan for rent of the Alabama club rooms, and in the di- | rectors' meeting this proposition was re- ferred to the secretary, with power to close contract, under certain conditions. The con ference committee submitted the following report, which was discussed by Major Anderson, Dr. H. M. Caldwell and Ross c. Smith, all being i'm pressed with the importance of the work and it's value to the city. On motion of MT. B. Steiner the report was adopted and the committee given further time to finish their work: BIRMINGHAM, July 6, 1894. To the Commercial Club:
 Your committee appointed at the last meeting of the club to take under consid- eration the conditions attending our local manufacturers, with the view of devising some relief for such as might be found re- quiring it, beg to submit this as partial report of the wCr in hand:
 The committee has had two general ses- slons, the last of which was in the nature of conference with our local manufactur- CTS, many of whom appeared before the committee and made frank statements re- garding difficulties that beset them. In re- lation to these facts thus presented, your committee e is impressed with the conviction that they bear vitally upon our city's fu- lure, and will require more time to inves- tgate and classify before a satisfactory suggestion or remedy can be reported. These facts relate specially to such indus- tries as use iron In it's finished state but it was shown that others could largely ex- pand their business by receiving a better nome patronage The manufacturers in this latter condition state that their goods o oss eew In uaed asdsg and pce equal that employment could be given to many who are now idie whose fasssRfdfhgs would all E to Birmingham
 merchants, if given betS home patron
 age. This shows the praessl value to
 our city of the clubs motto, "Pas. onA
 home enterprises, every other thing being equal, and if this was more generally
 observed your committee feels convinced
 that large circulating medium would
 soon be created hers that would be suffi-
 cient to give prosperity, in great meas
 are, to all our interests. besides the value
 such condition would have upon influence
 ing the establishment of other industries. L.. With existing enterprises successful and
 prosperous others would soon follow with
 out even seeking on our part. The value
 of this movement has already been demon
 strated, since customers for at least one oi | these enterprises have been secured, who
 formerly bought elsewhere.
 To render the service of the club more
 practically beneficial to these home enter l prises your committee would recommend | that the secretary of the club te instructed who use goods made here, stating the con- ditions and agreements of the manufactur- CTS, and requesting that they give the club
 such objections as they have, if any, for
 not patroniZing our home enterprises. l Your committee is convinced that when l their labors are completed much practical good will result therefrom, and we ask | every member of the club to aid in this | work by assisting in the creation O.: a more healthy sentiment in favor of home enter prises, all of which is submitted. Ross c. SMITH. Chairman; l. DR. H. M. CALDWELL,
 F. Y. ANDERSON, | BEN F. MOORE,
 l. CAMPBELL CORY, 1 J. A. VANHOOSE, w. H. KErTIa, L. ROBr. HENSON,
 w. c. SHACKELFORD. l. N. F. THOMPSON, Secretary.
 l.. Dr. H. M. Caldwell made reference to an | important horse shoe manufactory that I sought location here last year, but for l some reason did not do 50, when on motion i structed to reopen correspondence with | this party and ascertain what the exact 1 difficulties were that kept them away and 1 report same to the club.
 Dr. H. M. Caldwell, from the delegation leof representatives of the Commercial club l that attended the New York business men s l conference, made statement regarding 1 that meeting, and moved the appointment I of committee to formulate some plan 10 | present to the committee meeting that will be held in New York on the 12th instant, 1 of which Dr. Caldwell is the Alabama mem-
 Der. The motion prevailed and the follow l ing committee was appointed: R. D. | Johnston, F. Y. Anderson and Chappell /, Cory.
 b Any mem bers or others having plans or l views that they may deem of value in fur l thering the objects of the New York con- l ference can submit them to the above com mittee.
 1 The reports on amendments to the con- l stitutiou were taken up, and after some l discussion the minority report was with l drawn, when the majority report was 1 adopted as whole.
 l The principal changes wrought in the l present constitution and bylaws by these amendments are the concentration of the | standing committees from thirty down to ten, the secretary of the club being ex- ,t pff1cio secretary of each of the standing committees, and the chairmeu of these 4 committees to become x-officio members of the board of directors.
 On motion of B. Steiner, Mai. F. Y. Anderson was appointed chairman of the II committee heretofore appointed to see the II county commissioners about bridging the Cahaba river, it being shown that Bir- ming gbam loses large trade by this not be- ing done. The former chairman of the committee was MT. B. B. Conner, who is