Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-20
AFTER FOUR DAYS SESSION The Southero> N<>on Committee
 Re- ,p a Conclusion X HE QUESTION OF RATES sS
Pertaining to Orders for Iron Already Sold
 in This District
ATISFACToRY TO BOTH INTERESTS
A Commissioner Named With His Office to Be Located in Birmingham-A Neat Advertisement for the South
 Gotten Out.

The conference of the railroad freight l agents and the southern iron producers which has lasted since Monday, came to an end yesterday with satisfactory re- suits. The manufacturers, so far from opJecting to the advance of 50 cents Der ton are glad to see the railroads partici- pate with them in the benefits accruing rom the improved condition of trade. as the increased earnings of the roads will
 De reflected in larger purchases of rails. bridge material, locomotives and cars. There have been some rather seriuus questions to adjust as to the businass already booked by the manufacturers at low prices' and the magnitude of this matter has involved the protracted ses- sions or the present week. The discus slons have been amicable and have re- suited in the maintenance by the roads or the protection heretofore accorded to such future delivery sales
 The old machinery of the commits sioners office in Atlanta has been dis continued so far as relates to the hand ing of pig iron shipments, and a new ofnce for that purpose, under the direct control of the railroads has been estab- llshed under the care of Major McClin- tock. in Birmingham, as the recognized center or the southern iron trade
 one or the most unique and valuable folders ever gotten out by . railroad is
 now being distributed broadcast over the country by the Louisville and Nash
 vile through its efficient immigration agent, Capt. P. Sid Jones' The outer pages of the folder contains letters from along the line of the Louisville and Nash Ville from intelligent and reliable north ern farmers who are now cultivating southern lands of which full descriptions are given, accurate statistics of cost of labor and living and brimming over with
 praise for the southland. The interior or the folder contains a magnificent col ored map of the states through which the line and its branches run, also some beautiful views of dlffeTrl, points of in- terest That tnis piece of advertising will prove of valuable interest to this state there can be no doubt as it is A line advertisement and will be read with interest by home seekers.
 This arrangement is cordially con- cured in by the manufacturers at An niston, Sheffield, Florence, Ala, and Rlslng Pawn, Ga, Chattanooga, Dayton. south Pittsburg and Cowan, Tenn, the manufacturers from these points. who were represented In Mondays meeting naVing gone home and left their interests III the hands of the Birmingham repre- sentatives.
 The result of the thorough discussion oL these matters has again demonstrated the good results already accrued and to De expected in the future for the ad- Vancement of the industrial prosperity or the Birmingham district from A close alliance and cooperation between the producers Of iron and the great railroad systems which intersect this city.
 The establishment of q iron commits sioner's office here means much. as all sales must be reported and rates obtain ed from this point
 Iravel on all the lines of this city con- tinues very heavy. So much SO. in fact
 that nearly all trains arriving here are more less late.