The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-06
ALABAMA TO HAVE EXHIBIT will Make Showing at
 St Louis. ASSURANCE BY GOVERNOR Work of Commercial and In-
 dustrial Association. Organization wsl Raise as Much
 Money as Possible, Which
 Amount will Be Supplement- d by the ssare.

Alabama will be adequately represented by q special exhibit of its products and resources at the Louisiana Purchase Ex. position which begins in st. Louis May l, Sy Jeiss after fer Ss had had an Interview with a committee of promi- nent Alabamians recently appointed by the Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association which held .. special meeting in Birmingham for the purpose Of con si6ering the matter of an exhibit at St.. Louis.
 ' The committee, which consists of w. F. Lay of Gadsden, President of the Com merciai and Industrial Association; J: B. of Mobile, W. T. Brown of Ragland and l., L. Gilbert of Montgomery, was in conference with Governor Jelks for some time Hon. R. R. Poole. State Commis- also present. The committee urged the Importance of the exposition upon Gov ernor Jelks and 1t is understood that the suggestions of the committe nnen met with his most cordial endorsement:
 When the committee. representing the commercial organizations of the State. had retired. Governor Jelks said he had assured them that if the commercial or. eAnixations would give the proper sup- port to the movement the State would have a splendid exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition. The commercial organiza- tions are expected to raise as much money as they can and such amount as they may raise is to be supplemented also impressed upon the committeeman en the importance of the commercial or sanisations cooperating with the Com missioner of Agriculture ana lndustries in collecting materials for the exhibit and they gave him assurance that each city and county represented by the as sociation would furnish its materials to add to the collection of products
 It will be remembered that the Alaba- ma exhibit at the Buffalo Exposition at- .tracted a great deal of favorable atten- ton and bore off numerous prices This exhibit cost the State about $5.0oO and when 1t is understood that 1t IS proposed to expend something like $l5,00o upon the exhibition to be sent to the St, Louis Exposition. the completeness or the pro- posed exhibit will be appreciated.
 Governor Jelks made 1t clear to the committeeman that the State, In US pres ent financial condition, cannot undertake to bear the entire burden of expense of the proposed exhibit. but said the State government would supplement whatever amount the commercial organizations might raise The Legislature VIII ,, mee, the committee that n his message to the lawmakers he would urge an adequate appropriation, for properly presenting the products and resources of the State at the great exposition>
 The es h,bit is of course to be unie:' the direction of the Commissioner of Agri- culture and Industries and in pursu 1nce of a resolution adopted by tie :crir,iher ciaI and industrial Association G vernon Jeiks will name an Exposition Comn.is- sion to consist of two representatives, from each of the nine Congressional d's- tricts. These Commissioners will have direct charge of the work of raising funds and gathering materials for ths ex- hibit In their respective districts.
 The Special Committee which visited the Governor yesterday requested him not to name the Commissioners until the com mittee takes time to look over the heid and suggest proper persons to represent the several districts This the Governor agreed to.
 about the forthcoming exposition. He said in his opinion 1t offered the State a great opportunity 10 display its mate rial advantages and it was gratifying to him to observe that citizens in all sec tons of the State were alive to the op- portunity. He says he does not entirely approve of using the agricultural funds for making exhibits at fairs and expost- tons as has been done in the past and for this reason he will urge the Legisla- ture to make a special appropriation.