Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-12
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 AN OPEN LETTER.
To the People of Alabama:

Ho the People of Alabama:
 In the movement inaugurated and car ried to a successful consummation where by the resources of Alabama will be shown to the world in building of her own at the Cotton States and Interna- tional exposition, the Alabama Conner cial association has presented to the peo- ple of the state an object lesson that should need no argument to prove how valuable that association has already been to the people of Alabama, much less how important. it may yet become. It is the object of this letter to briefly out line what this association may be made to accomplish and to test the willing ness of the people of the state to use it in the field it has designed to occupy. At the session held in this city on April 2 last a committee was appointed to draft a new constitution and bylaws in order to widen the scope of the associa- tion's usefulness. That committee has performed the work assigned them, or rather it has been so outlined as to only need a little clerical work to complete 1t. The following are the objects of the association:
 l. Cooperation in developing the com mercial and industrial interests of the state.
 2. A bureau of information whereby immigration may be stimulated and suS- ? tained in Alabama.
 8. Interchange of ideas on organized public work, and the municipal welfare of Alabama cities and towns.
 A. Formation of business organizations throughout the state.
 D. To assist in securing legislation fa- Norabe to immigration and the promo tion of commercial and industrial ad- Nancement throughout the state, and also Ito oppose legislation hurtful to these in- terests.
 The membership is to be composed of three classes, viz Active, associate and honorary. Representative from all bus iness organizations are the active mem- bers; associate members, any citizen who will pay an annual fee of $10 to further the objects of the association; honorary members, owners and editors of newspapers, mayors of towns and cities and probate judges and sheriffs of counties throughout the state.
 It will thus be seen that it is proposed Ito make this strong business organiza- tion that will cover the entire state in its work.
 To show how it can become immediate ly valuable, will be pleased to have any one whom it is purposed to embrace as members, to send me brief synopsis or the lands in their county that are avail able for colonization or immigration pur- poses number of acres, character or land and prices of same This information will be tabulated and furnished free to
  during the exposition, and, if possible, the same will be put in permanent form for distribution to the public.
 In addition to this, the three largest railroad systems operating in Alabama have agreed to cooperate with the asso- citation to the fullest extent possible, placing the same on all their literature as a bureau of free information, where prospective settlers can obtain reliable data concerning land in any portion or the state. The association is, therefore, in read iness to render the state most important and valuable service, and it only remains with the people to avail themselves of 1t. I respectfully request every newspaper in the state to publish this letter and call editorial attention thereto as the merits of the plan may seem to demand.
 N F. THOMPSON,
 Secretary. Birmingham, Aug. 12, 1S95
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