Birmingham age-herald., 1895-01-19
COMMERCIAL CLUB ITEMS.

s'The mills to the cotton" is now the ruling idea in textile manufactures, and the south will reap a golden harvest from it. Another cry should be no less potent in Birmingham's favor, and that is, "Foundries and machine shops to the coal and iron.n If foundries and machine shops do not seek coal and iron from the same reasons that mills seek proximity to cotton fields there is something radically wrong In the conditions that prevent it.
 The finished product should follow the raw material from Birmingham all over this country, and Birmingham can never realize on any of her greatest possibilities
 The work of the Commercial club lies in this field. with more to be gained, per- haps, than in all other directions com bined. Let a machine shop, foundry or stove plant in Birmingham begin sellin it's products in the markets ofipfesent com petitors, just as southern cotton mills began selling their goods In northern markets, and the same results will follow.
 There is DO more reason why the latter result should not materialize than there was originally against the former. h the working out of this result lies the possioil- ities of Birming gham's most rapid and per- uduchb ueNSio1LhSHt'
 The Commercial club should apply this logic 10 such conditions as are oos,ructing its iulfiilment and never let up until they are remedied.
 
 IT 1t pays railroad to take freight from one given point to another at ceItaio rate, is there any reason why 1t would not pay 10 take the same class of freight back to the starting point for the same moneyf
 If any one doubts the efficiency of adver- Using let him look at the pile of letters from contractors and builders who have written the Commercial club about Bir- mingham's cotton mills.
 If the home manufacturer does not sell as cheaply and as good goods as the outside com petitor he knows that he cannot hope to succeed in his business. But if better patronage is necessary to help him improve the quality or increase the quantity, as well as cheapen it, certainly be IS entitled to the trial. It IS like cutting off one's nose ito spite the face' to send orders away and thus weaken home industries without given them an opportunity to meet competition, for successto home en- terprises means success 10 Birmingham, and vice versa.
 Congratulations for the Birmingham Mattress company. MT. Lew Lazarus, the new president says the capacity or the plant will be doubled, with that much ad- ditional working capital. This means in- creased employment for labor and more en- couragement for similar enterprises to To- cate here.
 Col. T. T. Wright Of Nashville is strong friend of Birmingham and never omits any opportunity to say good word iu herl favor. He will attend the convention of national manufacturers which meets iDf Cinciu nati on the 22d instant, and he de- clined to take an appointment to represent Nashville, preferring to represent this city, in which he is a large property owner.
 D The Hawkins Lumber company, in their new location at Eighteenth street and Pow-r ell avenue, have greatly improved them- selves by the change, and have now one ofS the most complete establishments of the kind in the state.
 The success of Birmingham corp mill has not only brought another mill of the same class, but has attracted the attention of large western four milling company, who will probably locate here.
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